Upcoming Spring/Summer Special Events
We have a busy spring and summer ahead of us. I will continue to email out our gigs for the current week. However, we have several noteworthy future dates in the Spring and Summer I would like to share with you.
May 16 (Friday) Aragon Foundation Fundraiser @ Kingfish 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM This is both a celebration and an attempt to raise a little more money for the Aragon foundation. They have managed to raise $450k+ and have less than $50 to go. This money will be used to put an all-weather surface (track & field) on their existing athletic field. This will benefit the athletic program and also allow students and the community access to the field year around. There is a donation of $25 at the door. For more information on the event, please contact Ken Constantino at 650-814-0277, email: kencon@apr.com
This page was last updated on: May 12, 2008
May 30th (Friday), Grant & Green, 7 PM - 9 PM. John Lawton and Blues Guitarist Chris Cobb, will play 2 hours of Blues Based music. This will be my first Blues gig where I get to perform a couple hours of blues-based music. Chris Cobb is a pro, well known for his Blues Chops. It will be just Chris and myself. Expect a lot of guitar playing, this guy rips! Please note its the early show from 7 PM - 9 PM.
June 14th, 9 PM - 11 PM - An intimate evening of music with Scot and John of the Rodeo Clowns at the Seahorse Saloon in Pacifica. Scot may even bring his upright bass this evening
June 21st - Nick's at Rockaway, Pacifica CA 8 PM - 12 AM - Once again we have been invited back to one of the best places to play live music in the Bay Area. Its an old-schoool lounge with Ocean Views that was built with live music in mind. The venue has both a restaurant and a hotel so you can make a weekend of it. They are known for their crab sandwich. If you come out make sure someone orders it. Its my favorite. (The sandwich is mentioned here in the comments section: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/375526)
July 20th - Italian Festival, San Mateo, Stage at B Street & Baldwin. Time: TBD http://festafoundation.org/streetfair.html This event is always on a warm, sunny day. This will be our first appearance at a festival. We look forward to playing more festivals in the future. This events gets a very large crowd.
This week.... there are two events both unfortunately on the same evening that are worth seeing. Marla Goody our favorite female vocalist (she is the female lead vocalist in the Rodeo Clowns) will be part of the featured act Tia Carroll and Hard Work this wednesday at the Little Fox, Redwood City CA. The Band will go on from 9 PM - 10 PM. I just saw this band on Sunday at the Alameda Street festival and they are an excellent Blues influenced band. Tia's vocals are a force to be reckoned with and Marla does a superb job of backing her up. Tia is a special lady. See her now while its affordable (free!! - but you should tip the band...)
The same evening, our friend Sean Cummings, the Tahoe Bagpiper (http://tahoebagpiper.com), who occasionally helps us get the music started with his bagpipes, will be performing with his band O'l Cheeky Bastards at the Red Devil Lounge. They recently released a nice sounding CD (their first) and even got a mention on page 9 of the May issue of Guitar Player magazine. Their band leader Dave Dalton was a member is several well know SF-based punk bands. They are doing the Post-apocolyptic punk/americana thing these days and they have a clever set of songs with an all-star line-up backing them up.