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Pricing note: All prices listed below are prices at the door evening of
the show. Since many shows do sell-out
in advance, advance tickets are recommended. All tickets bought
in advance at outlets are subject to added box office
service charges.
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Saturday,
November 28
8pm |
$17 |
Mumbo Gumbo
CANCELED |
www.mumbogumbo.com |
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The danceable music of Mumbo Gumbo is legendary
around these parts. With much of it based in the Louisiana sound that was so
prominent in their earliest years, their music has broadened to include Latin,
African, reggae grooves, country and jazz style ballads as well as good old
fashion pop/rock. Singer Tracy Walton takes on the lead vocals singing with both
strength and beauty, while Chris Webster has returned to The songwriting is
shared by many members of the band while the musicianship is taken on by the top
level playing of drummer Rick Lotter, bassist Mike Palmer, sax player Reggy
Marks, accordionist, pianist Steve Stizzo, and guitarist Jon Wood.
The dance floor will be open and seating will be
limited.
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Sunday,
November 29
7pm |
$20 |
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Maria Muldaur &
Her Garden of Joy |
www.mariamuldaur.com
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This will be an exciting show for us a legendary
blues/ r&B singer Maria Muldaur returns to her very earliest roots- the jug band
music she as she sang with The Jim Kweskin Jug Band back in the late 60’s.
Maria’s new album, Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy presents this old time
style of music in such a way that only Maria can. Her touring Garden of Joy Jug
Band will feature the funky, syncopatin' guitar work of Kit Stovepipe. Also
joining her are the multi-talented Gallus Brothers, Devin Champlin & Lucas Hicks
from the Crow Quill Night Owls on multiple acoustic instruments - mandolins,
fiddles, banjos, jugs, tubs, kazoos, harmonicas - you name it! Last but not
least, laying down that solid jug band groove will be Kurt Jensen on the bass
and washtub.
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Friday,
December 4
8:30pm |
$20 |
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Lydia Pense &
Cold Blood |
www.coldblood.biz |
During the span of six original late-60’s,
early-70’s albums, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood helped, along with Tower Of Power,
forge their own specific brand of funk/soul and R&B which came to be known as
East Bay Grease. That music still holds up today, proving that great music is
timeless and will continue to inspire generations to come. . Pense can still
shout like a 60’s soul diva and purr a slow blues tune with spine-tingling
subtlety. Cold Blood, as a whole, features a stellar group of musicians who have
been playing together for nearly 20 years including Steve Dunne on guitar, Steve
Salinas on keyboards, a gritty-growling horn section comprised of Rich Armstrong
and Rob Zuckerman along with a stellar rhythm section featuring Evan Palmerston
on bass and Donny Baldwin on drums. The band members are all veteran Bay Area
musicians who have played with many great artists including Elvin Bishop, The
Starship, Boz Skaggs, Albert Collins and more. Of course there is Lydia who
still has the chops with the patina of a seasoned veteran who’s done and seen it
all. Together she and the band continue to twist together R&B, (both Old School
and New School); into something that doesn’t have a label... On any given night,
Lydia Pense and Cold Blood power through their historic essentials, like “You
Got Me Hummin’,” “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” “I’m A Good Woman,” and
“Down to the Bone.” And now, there’s a whole new lineup of future
classics in their repertoire that draws on their heritage but is not stifled by
the past. Lydia and the band blast out a set that covers 40 years of thumping,
throbbing, East Bay funk..
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Saturday,
December 5
8pm |
$20 |
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The Hot Club of
San Francisco |
www.hcsf.com |
Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli never
recorded an album of holiday music, but the Hot Club of San Francisco -- who've
long been inspired by those gypsy-jazz pioneers -- always wished they had. "What
Would Django Do?," the Hot Club's guiding principle, led happily in this case to
the creation of Hot Club Cool Yule. It's the 12th album in the San Francisco
quintet's 20-year career and this show will include music from this new Yuletide
season CD. The Hot Club of San Francisco is among the world’s greatest ensemble
of musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s
pioneering Hot Club de France. The ensemble borrows the all-string
instrumentation of violin, bass and guitars from the original Hot Club, but
breathes new life into the music with innovative arrangements of classic tunes
and original compositions from the group’s superb lead guitarist Paul Mehling.
Hearing the ensemble live, or on any of their eight albums, carries the listener
back to the 1930’s and to the small, smoky jazz clubs of Paris or the refined
lounges of the famous Hotel Ritz. Often called gypsy jazz, the music of The Hot
Club of San Francisco has entranced audiences around the globe for over 15
years. Critics have hailed the group’s playing as “intricate, scorching and
often brilliant…” Acoustic Guitar. "The Hot
Club of San Francisco keeps this historic music fresh and alive. This music is
about a balance of excitement and beauty, and Hot Club of San Francisco has
found the perfect balance."--Jazzweek.com
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Tuesday,
December 8
8pm |
$22 |
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Dave Alvin w/
Nina Gerber |
www.davealvin.com
www.ninagerber.com |
In our minds here no one in the world of Americana
roots music matches the artistry of rock/country/troubadour Dave Alvin. From his
days with roots and rockabilly based band The Blasters, to his stint as
guitarist for one of rock’s greatest bands X, to his current incarnation as a
roots rock and folk poet, Alvin has been at the center of some of today’s
greatest music. This evening Alvin is joined by one of our very favorite
guitarists, Nina Gerber, whom we’ve had the pleasure of hearing for nearly three
decades as accompanist for dozens of great artists over the years, such as Kate
Wolf, Ferron, Eliza Gilkyson, Steve Seskin, Greg Brown, among others. It was a
few months back that Alvin brought his “Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women” show to
The Palms, which included Gerber on guitar. Where that show was an amazingly
full and rocking show, this show will showcase how well both Alvin and Gerber
work in a more intimate acoustic and quiet electric setting. Expect an evening
as good as it gets from these two greats.
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Thursday,
December 10
8pm |
$25 |
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Kim Wilson Blues
Revue |
www.fabulousthunderbirds.com |
Blues harmonica ace and vocalist Kim Wilson is best
known as a founding member of the influential American roots band The Fabulous
Thunderbirds. It is his trademark vocal that helped them earn a Grammy
nomination and propel such popular tunes as “Tuff Enuf” and “Wrap It
Up” up the charts. Wilson is known for his authoritative vocals and his
peerless instrumental virtuosity on harmonica. He is truly a master on the blues
harp. He can blow it as tough as anyone, but can also play with a delicacy that
few can match. He shows how the harmonica can be such a powerfully emotional
instrument. In his earliest days in the 70s he had the opportunity to play with
most of classic touring blues musicians, including Muddy Waters, who called
Wilson “the greatest harmonica player to come along since Little Walter.”
Don’t miss this rare treat.
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Saturday,
December 12
8pm |
$25 |
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Tom Russell
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tomrussell.com |
Born in Los Angeles and now living
in El Paso, Texas Americana/Country/Folk musician Tom Russell
has recorded twenty five albums worth of original material that
include such classics as "Navajo Rug," "Gallo del Cielo,"
"Blue Wing," "Walking on the Moon," "St. Olav's Gate," and
"Outbound Plane." His songs have been recorded by Johnny
Cash, Nanci Griffith, Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Doug Sahm,
Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Ian Tyson, Suzy Bogguss, Iris DeMent, Peter
Case, k.d. lang, Dave Van Ronk, Sylvia Tyson, Ramblin’ Jack
Elliott and many more. Recently, Russell has appeared on the
David Letterman TV show five times in the last few years, and
his songs have appeared in a dozen movies and television series
including: Tremors, Songcatcher and Northern Exposure.
Russell`s latest release Blood and Candle Smoke is a
collection of powerful observations and deliberations that has
one writer calling it “Album of the Decade.” USA Today
calls the album "stunning", the San Francisco Chronicle
proclaims it "about as perfect as it gets." Robert
Hunter, Greatful Dead Lyricist and co-writer of states that
Blood and Candle Smoke is an "excellent record in all
respects. Lyrics are jewels, arrangements deeply tasteful,
vocals superb." In a career of many many highs Russell, with
this new recording, seems to have surpassed even his high
standard.
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Wednesday,
December 16
7:30pm |
$20 |
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The Christmas Jug
Band |
www.christmasjugband.com |
Join us for some off-beat holiday cheer as an
all-star lineup of north Bay Area musicians, Paul Rogers (of Those Darn
Accordions!), various Commander Cody alumni, and other Mill Valley musicians,
join together to perform original holiday numbers, parodies of unlikely
classics, and raucous jugbandizations of seasonal favorites. The Christmas Jug
Band has been performing around the Bay Area in various incarnations for over
twenty years. Their material ranges from holiday pop and jazz classics such as "Winter
Wonderland" and "Merry Christmas, Baby" to more off-beat tunes as "Daddy's
Drinkin' Up Our Christmas," "Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit," “Santa
Lost a Ho” and "Santa Don't Do It," a song campaigning that Santa not
shave off his beard even though Mrs. Claus wants him to. Think of evening as
big-time fun in the form of woozy vocals accompanied by harmonicas, rubboards,
washtub basses, jugs, kazoos, accordions, and scuffed-up guitars.
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Thursday,
December 17
8pm |
$10 |
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West Nile
Ramblers |
Myspace.com |
With a combination of country, western swing,
bluegrass, jazz, and original tunes, The West Nile Ramblers guarantee an
eclectic and energetic musical experience. With their recent CD debut,
Honkabilly Western Garage, the band brings new life to old western swing
favorites by throwing some grit and drive into the mix, all the while executing
blistering solos that define the genre. The original songs on the album
characterize the fun, exciting sound that the band likes to call "western
garage." The band features core members from local favorites The Mad Cow
String Band, The Bottom Dwellers, Adam Hancock & Family, but regularly adds many
talented bay area and Yolo county musicians into the mix.
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Saturday,
December 19
8pm |
$20 |
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Peppino
D’Agostino |
www.peppinodagostino.com |
Acoustic guitarist/composer Peppino
D’Agostino is one of this country’s most distinguished acoustic
guitarists. In May 2007 Peppino was voted by readers of Guitar
Player Magazine as Best Acoustic Guitarist. His style is broad
based-he’s an incomparable fingerstyle player who brings the
best of his Italian heritage to his beautiful and accessible
songs as well as the influences of Irish, Brazilian, folk and
classical music. What sets Peppino apart from most other
technical guitar wizards is his warm and ebullient spirit. As an
entertainer Peppino is a natural and his shows are a beautiful,
funny, amazingly positive experience.
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Saturday,
December 26
8:30pm |
$12 |
Izabella
2Me |
www.izabellaband.com
www.2memusic.com |
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Izabella is a dance-inspired rock and soul band
hailing from the Bay Area. This six-piece family of musical explorers is avowed
for producing danceable, dynamic grooves. Izabella's live performances exude joy
and inspiration for all in attendance. Their unique blend of fist-pumping
guitar, funked-out keys, poly-rhythmic beats, and impassioned vocals is
unparalleled in the genre. “ For Izabella, ‘jam band’ means something
positive but neither is it a straightjacket that demands every tune be stretched
and bloated with improv. Their originals are dead solid with hooky lines. This
is exultant, flowing music, and follows in the Bay Area tradition of great
forebears like the Sons of Champlin. Plus, lead singer Brian Rogers sings with
genuine soul, which is pretty bloody rare in this vocally challenged age."
Dennis Cook, Jambase.com Playing first is
Sacramento’s 2Me, Christopher Twomey and Reid Foster, whom the Sacramento News &
Review describes as "earthy, compulsively listenable, and just jam-bandish
enough, 2ME’s Schizophrenic Love Songs, makes merry, Joe-college-friendly folk
’n’ roll with unselfconscious abandon.”
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Sunday,
December 27
7:30pm |
$17 |
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Adrian Legg
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www.adrianlegg.com |
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Since his debut 1990 release, Guitars and Other
Cathedrals , solo guitarist and British funny guy Adrian Legg has more than
lived up to the steady praise from critics, fans, top guitar mags and peers
alike. Joe Satriani once said, “He's simply the best acoustic guitar player
I've ever heard…he plays like he has hammers for fingers.” The genius that
the Boston Globe has called “technical brilliance paired with a troubadour's
tale-weaving skill” led him from 1993-96 to be voted Best Fingerstyle
Guitarist four years straight by the readers of Guitar Player magazine.
"...Legg is, above all, a guitarist of great
power, invention and versatility... Through fast-fingered picking, spontaneously
layering parts and occasional ringing harmonics, he sounds like an orchestra. "-
St. Petersburg Times
"Unlike Richard Thompson or Robert Fripp, in
whose league he belongs, Legg seems never to have been seduced by rock. But
unlike Leo Kottke or Ry Cooder, whom he also occasionally resembles, Legg is an
adventurer, not an archivist." -Newsday
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Thursday,
December 31
- New Year’s Eve
9:30pm |
$30 |
A New Year’s Eve
Dance Party w/
Tom Rigney & Flambeau |
www.rigomania.com |
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It’s a New Year’s Celebration with one of our
favorite dance bands-Tom Rigney and Flambeau. Tom Rigney, the fiery,
electrifying violinist/composer, joins forces with some of the finest musicians
on the San Francisco music scene to form Tom Rigney & Flambeau. This great band
specializes in blazing Cajun and zydeco two-steps, low-down blues, funky New
Orleans groves, and beautiful ballads and waltzes. Most of the songs are
composed by Rigney, but they also mix in a few classics from the Cajun/zydeco/New
Orleans songbook. Rigney’s charismatic stage presence, humor, and high-energy
showmanship pull the audience into his performances and make them feel that they
are a part of the music and the show. Tom Rigney and Flambeau were voted Best
Cajun/Zydeco Band of 2004 by the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame. The members of
Rigney’s band are Rigney on violin, Danny Caron on electric guitar, Caroline
Dahl on piano, Steve Parks on bass and Iian Hoffman on drums. Of course, the
dance floor will be open.
"Never less than spellbinding. The eclectic
and sizzling music runs the gamut from gritty zydeco and funky blues to New
Orleans jazz and lyrical waltzes. It’s hard to know whether to be more impressed
by Rigney's playing, his compositions, or the back-up support he gets." Paul
D. Comeau, Dirty Linen Magazine
Complimentary champagne toast at midnight.
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