Bands

SF Bay Area’s twangin’ bands listed by the first letter of their name.
For example, look for Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces under “M.” 

Attila Viola & the Bakersfield Boys
Bakersfield Outlaw Country
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(The) B-Stars
Hillbilly Bop & Boogie
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Beckylin & her Druthers
Covering country women, and with flare
BandCamp  Facebook

(The) Bitter Diamonds
Old School Country for Modern Times
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Blithedale Canyon
Melodious Americana, country and bluegrass
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(The) Brothers Comatose
Acoustic and proudly nontraditional
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Buck Nickels & Loose Change
Wine-soaked Sonoma County Country
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(The) Carolyn Sills Combo
Spaghetti western swing from Santa Cruz
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Chris Ford Band
’60s & ’70s honky-tonk covers
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(The) Classless Chaps
The rootinest tootinest band in Alameda
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Colonels of Truth
NorCal Americana anti-folk alt-country
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Court ’n’ Disaster
The North Bay’s rocky-tonk band
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Crying Time
Honky-Tonkin’ covers and originals
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(The) Dangaleros
Alt-Country, but don’t introduce them to your mom 
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Danny Montana and the Bar Association
A straight-up CW band
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(The) Devil Makes Three

Don Burnham & the Bolos

Western swing at its finest
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(The) Easy Leaves
Americana country originals, west coast style
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Gayle Lynn & the Hired Hands
A solid mix of country and pop originals
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(The) Gravel Spreaders

 

Hank Maninger & the Jukebox Charlies
Playing every 1st Friday at Club Deluxe, that’s it!
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Hi-Ball Hot Shots
Swingin’ western jazz with a dash of hulabilly
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Jesse Daniel Band
Soft spot for the hard stuff-inspired originals
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Jinx Jones & the KingTones
Guitar wizardry in rockabilly, country + r & r
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Joe Goldmark & the Seducers
Steel guitar-driven country covers and originals
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Kissin’ Cuzzins featuring Miss Connie Champagne
Covering country women you know and love
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Laura Benitez & the Heartache
Country with all its thorns
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Lonestar Retrobates
An 8-piece western swing band
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Los Train Wreck
All-pro backing band for El Rio’s (SF) 2nd Tuesday hoot
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Lester T. Raww’s Graveside Quartet
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Maurice Tani & 77 el Deora
Alt-country originals
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Miss Lonely Hearts
Alt-Country Originals
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Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces
Rockabilly and honky-tonk originals and covers
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Miracle Mule
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Moonshine Maybelline
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(The) Muddy Roses
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Nashville Honeymoon
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Nickle Slots
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(Thee) Olde Country
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Pine Box Boys
Alt-Country Originals
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Porkchop Express
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Possum & Lester
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Red Meat
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(The) RevTones
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(The) Saddle Cats
Western swing, often with Bobby Black on steel
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Secret Emche Society

Secret Town
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Shut-Ins
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Smelley Kelley & the Wagon Tongue
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Stadler Gibbons Band
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Sugar Moon
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Tennessee Truckstop
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Tell River
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Thee Olde Country
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Tim & the Anglers
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Tough Brothers
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Triple Shots
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Twang Ditty

Valerie Jay & the Americanos
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Velvetta
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The Vivants
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Whateverglades
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Whisky Pills Fiasco
Rockabilly and roots rock ‘n’ roll
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