Johnny Nitro leaning a lick toward his pal Daniel Castro
What?! is the reaction of those who knew him upon hearing that San Francisco bluesman (not the WWF action figure) Johnny Nitro passed away suddenly on February 19th. He’d played his regular Friday show at The Saloon in North Beach just the night before. He was 59. Read the rest of this entry »
For Blue Diamond Fillups guitarist Jonnie Zaentz, the band’s mission is simple: play covers and rock. This seems like a well-travelled road, yet JZ keeps it fresh by applying talents that many would like to see in one band, let alone in one person. Read the rest of this entry »
The secret sale of KUSF, the SFBOT festival, new releases from S.F. Bay Area twangers, vinyl junkies sharing their love, and two new twang venues are in the latest Hicks with Sticks News.
"For whom the bell tolls KUSF, if not for thee?"
The skull and crossed microphones are no more. The University of San Francisco sold its station, KUSF at 90.3 FM, in a $3.75 million secret deal to the University of Southern California which was nothing more than a front for the station’s transfer to giant Entercom Communications, owner of classical KDFC. Read the rest of this entry »
Kicking off our 2010 review, Hicks with Sticks along with Larry Carlin (Keystone Station) and Peter Thompson (Bluegrass Signal on KALW) made this list of, count ‘em, 43 CD releases by bands of one twanging sort or another.
The two Hicks with Sticks radio shows in November were great fun. In the meantime a WordPress consultant was hired to get pod casting and other features added to the site, only to experience technical difficulties in doing so. Alas, it’s going to take $$$ to remedy, so it’s going to take a while longer. Here are the playlists. Read the rest of this entry »