Music fans in and near San Jose can welcome Sam’s Bar-B-Que at 1110 South Bascom Avenue as an addition to that venue-starved city as roots Americana finds its way to the club every Tuesday and Wednesday, usually in the form of bluegrass. The country band Larry Lynch and the Country Classics, not to be confused with the alt-country band Loretta Lynch, plays there every fourth Wednesday. All of the bands at Sam’s are timed for dinner and a show, 6:00-9:00. (more…)
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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT VS. CITY HALL
Thursday, October 29th, 2009The Supervisors hearing room was packed to overflowing on Monday October 28th as nightlife’s supporters and detractors rallied to their respective causes. This wasn’t even a Board of Supervisors meeting; it was a committee of three Supervisors: Bevan Dufty, the man who would be king; Eric Mar, a democrat in name only; and Chris Daly, the local press’s favorite whipping boy, (self-flagellation aside).
SF Dept. of Over-Regulation
NEW HICKS WITH STICKS WEBSITE
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Derek: Taking HWS to a New Level
Welcome to the new Hicks with Sticks site. The archives and photos still need to be loaded, along with a few other tweeks, but here’s what’s new.
- The newsletter has been broken down into individual blog posts that accept comments, use tags and are searchable.
- The posts are in categories so, for example, fans will be able to sort for the CD reviews (once the archives have been loaded.)
- Sound files can be added to the posts; again a work in progress.
- Subsubscribing and unsubscribing has been automated.
- Feeds lead to MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.
- The new column at the right summarizes the latest calendar entries and othe useful information.
- There’s a new easy-to-navigate photo gallery that will be loaded soon.
- And the archives have a master index to make browsing easier.
- Notice too the snazzy new HWS icon on your browser tab.
Many thanks to Derek the Scot for the invaluable help with WordPress.
BAY AREA MUSICIANS LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR CAREERS
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
The recession has accelerated the flight of musicians from the Bay Area. Austin seems to be the destination of choice with Dallas Wayne, Rockin’ Lloyd Tripp and the Mother Truckers already there and others to follow. Nashville and New York are claiming their share as well. (more…)
VIVA LAS VEGAS/ROCKABILLY RAVE UPDATE
Sunday, June 28th, 2009The B-Stars, Mighty Slim Pickins and others who attended the annual Easter weekend rockabilly bash Viva Las Vegas report that the event made a smooth transition from the Gold Coast Hotel to the Orleans. This year’s lineup didn’t seem particularly strong, but that’s a minor issue since live music is only part of the VLV experience. 2009 is also the second year for VLV’s sister show, the Rockabilly Rave which is itself a sister show of the annual Rockabilly Rave in England. A lot more European bands are booked for this one which has fewer side attractions than VLV but a stronger lineup.
