|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Saturday,
November 17
8pm
|
$25 |
|
Dan Hicks & the
Hot Licks |
www.danhicks.net |
The Swingin’ One and Only Dan Hicks is truly an
American original. Since the early 1960s, Hicks has deftly blended elements of
Swing, Jazz, Folk and Country music to create the appealing sound he sometimes
calls "Folk Jazz". The lyrics of his songs range from the simply sublime to the
sublimely ridiculous, all presented with his uniquely skewed and inscrutable
touch. Dan's irresistible sense of rhythm, hip lyrical styling, laid-back
vocalizing, and infamous on-stage wit will make most who listen fans for life.
|
Saturday,
November 24
8pm
|
$20 |
|
Mumbo Gumbo |
www.mumbogumbo.com |
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.
|
Friday,
November 30
8:30pm
|
$20 |
|
Tom Rigney &
Flambeau |
www.tomrigney.com |
|
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
|
Saturday,
December 1
8pm |
$20 |
Chris Thomas King-solo
|
www.christhomasking.com
|
This evening we present a very special solo show
with guitarist, singer, and songwriter Chris Thomas King, who (amongst other
accomplishments) is the musician who played the Robert Johnson-based character
in "O Brother Where Art Thou?" and contributed to the ground-breaking,
chart-topping, and award-winning soundtrack. Based in New Orleans, King is an
extremely talented musician whose feet are planted in the blues (both vintage
and new) and is well-versed in gospel and other folk and modern styles of music.
King is celebrating the very recent release of his latest CD "Bona Fide"; the
show will feature music from this album and his previous albums and King's
extensive film work.
|
Saturday,
December 8
8:30pm |
$20 |
|
Guitar Shorty |
www.guitarshorty.org
|
Legendary guitarist/vocalist Guitar Shorty is a
giant in the blues world. Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy
Guy, Guitar Shorty has been electrifying audiences for five decades with his
supercharged live shows and his incendiary recordings. Like a bare knuckled
boxer, Shorty strikes with his blistering, physical guitar playing and his
fierce vocals, connecting directly with body and soul. What really sets Shorty
apart is his absolutely unpredictable, off-the-wall guitar playing. He reaches
for sounds, riffs and licks that other blues players wouldn’t even think of.
Amazon.com says his guitar work “sounds like a caged tiger before feeding time.
His molten guitar pours his psychedelicized solos like lava over anything in his
path.” The Chicago Reader declares, “Guitar Shorty is a battle-scarred hard-ass.
He slices off his phrases and notes with homicidal fury. He is among the
highest-energy blues entertainers on the scene.”
|
Wednesday,
December 12
7:30pm
|
$20 |
|
Rob Ickes and Jim
Hurst |
www.robickes.com
www.jimhurst.com/bio/
|
Two of Nashville’s biggest musical heavyweights, Rob Ickes and Jim Hurst team up
for an evening of stellar bluegrass music. We’re very familiar with Ickes who
lived in the area here about twenty years ago playing in multitude of different
bands. It’s when Ickes hit Nashville that his dobro playing made him the talk of
that town. He is a founding member of premier bluegrass group Blue Highway and
instantly became recognized as one of the most innovative Dobro players on the
scene today, contributing signature technique and greatly expanding the
boundaries of the instrument's sonic and stylistic territory. He won the
International Bluegrass Music Association's Dobro Player of the Year award for a
record-setting eleventh time in 2009; IBMA notes that he is the most awarded
instrumentalist in the history of the IBMA awards.
As an active session player and touring musician, he has collaborated with a
wide range of musicians, including Charlie Haden, Merle Haggard, Earl Scruggs,
Tony Rice, David Grisman, Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson, David Lee Roth, Dolly
Parton, Patty Loveless, Peter Rowan, Claire Lynch, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Guitarist Jim Hurst’s unique picking style and mastery of bluegrass guitar wows
audiences everywhere. To listen to Jim Hurst is to be amazed by his tasteful and
flawless performances. He is a much sought after player, even playing in Trisha
Yearwood’s band in the early 90’s. But it is love of bluegrass and his expertise
in playing it that make greatly admired. We have seen him here during his days
playing with Clare Lynch as well as him performing solo. He is a true master.
This pairing will be an enormous treat.
|
Thursday,
December 13
8pm
|
$15 |
|
California
Honeydrops |
www.cahoneydrops.com |
Digging deep into the roots of American music, The
California Honeydrops embrace the traditions of Blues, Gospel, Second Line New
Orleans Jazz, and early R&B. With stellar performances of traditional material
as well as their own innovative music, The California Honeydrops get people out
of their seats and onto the floor, dancing, sweating, and singing along. Since
their formation 4 years ago in the subway stations of Oakland, CA, The
California Honeydrops have completed 6 European tours, spread honey on crowds
throughout the US, and recorded 2 full length albums of original music, all
without the help of a record label or major booking agency. Their secret? An
irresistible sound that blends the energy and intimacy of a street performance,
undeniable talent and musicianship, and the soul and fervor of a spiritual
street parade.
|
Saturday,
December 15
8pm
|
$30 |
|
Kinky Friedman |
www.kinkyfriedman.com |
Fact-finding mission by Texas’ beloved
singer-songwriter, author, cigar and tequila mogul, and animal rescuer
The one and only Kinky Friedman returns to the West Coast on what he calls Kinky
Friedman's Bi-Polar Tour--A Fact Finding Mission. Is Kinky Friedman,
self-proclaimed author, columnist, musician, beautician and Governor of the
Heart of Texas, really bipolar? Come and find out. Kinky’s BiPolar World Tour is
nothing if not a fact-finding mission, as Kinky calculates national political
views, particularly toward the Kinkster himself, as he considers a second run
for Texas governor. After a plethora of gaffes by Texas’ Rick Perry, one of the
nation’s least popular sitting governors, the Kinkster will bring a fresh view
of Texas politics with him. Pollsters and the Kinky-ites believe he can win this
time.
Aside from his pending political rebirth, Kinky is both energized and excited
about all things Kinky, not least of which is his new book written with Willie
Nelson, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die. Kinky will also be hawking his new
live solo CD, Live From Woodstock.
Prepare yourself to hear this infamous raconteur spin stories about any number
of subjects as well deliver such infamous Kinky tunes as, “Ride ’Em Jewboy,”
“Sold American” “"Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in Bed" and “They
Ain’t Makin’ Jews Like Jesus Anymore.” Yes he is one of a kind.
|
Wednesday,
December 19
7:30pm
|
$20 |
|
Christmas Jug Band |
www.christmasjugband.com |
Join us once again 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.
|
Friday,
December 28
8pm |
$28 |
Trailer Hoppin’
at The Palms with
Antsy McClain & the Trairler Park Troubadours
|
www.unhitched.com |
Tonight Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park
Troubadours return to The Palms for another nutty evening of songs about all
things “Trailer Park.” This evening there will be prizes for best dressed (by
trailer park standards, of course) as well as a Trailer Park Beauty Pageant. Who
will be crowned Ms. Pine View Heights? And as far as music goes there will be a
batch of new songs off their new album Living the Dream. Antsy & the Troubs are
a hoot. McClain’s good-humored, audacious performance style is a hallmark of his
shows: from his pompadour hair to polyester clothes, from his no-holds-barred
dancing to serio-comic delivery, this is a performer at the top of his game.
Partner this with the witty lyrics and catchy melodies of McClain’s off-beat
crowd-pleasers (including “It Ain’t Home ‘Til You Take The Wheels Off”, “Living
in Aluminum”, “Prozac Made Me Stay”, “Wreck of the Bookmobile”, “I Was Just
Flipped Off By A Silver-Haired Old Lady With A ‘Honk If You Love Jesus’ Sticker
On The Bumper Of Her Car”, and “Cubic Zirconium in the Rough”) and the excellent
musicianship of the Trailer Park Troubadours explains how McClain can earn and
keep an audience’s attention like few others.
|
Monday,
December 31
9:30pm |
$45 |
New Year’s Eve w/
Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings
|
www.roy-rogers.com |
Celebrate the turning of the New Year at The Palms
with one of favorite bands Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings. Rogers is widely
recognized as one of the world's finest practitioners and innovators of modern
slide guitar. Rogers has been nominated for 8 Grammy's as producer, songwriter
and performer. An exciting live performer, he has performed with Carlos Santana,
Bonnie Raitt, Steve Miller, Linda Ronstadt, Sammy Hagar and many others. Rogers'
has appeared at the worlds most prestigious festivals including Montreux, North
Sea, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Featival - and festivals in Norway, Australia,
France & Italy. He has been covered by major media including NPR's Morning
Edition, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Billboard & Guitar Player.
"Rogers is both a sensational and a sensitive blues guitarist - certainly
among the finest slide guitarists playing today. His wailing slide guitar sound
(and churning rhythms, when needed) mark him and his work as of the highest
caliber." - San Francisco Chronicle
"Rogers is an exceptionally articulate slide guitarist, either he's scorching
Robert Johnson's 'Ramblin' Blues' or taking a lovely, lyrical journey...or
rockin' it out. One of the rare guitar heroes who values feeling over flash."
- Rolling Stone
"Many guitarists dabble in slide guitar, but the number of modern masters can
probably be counted on one hand - Roy Rogers is surely one of them..." -
Guitar Player
The dance floor will be open. Party favors and
champagne toast provided.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
