Looking for a new East Bay location.

McGrath’s in Alameda, the leading supporter of live Bay Area roots music, is losing its lease in May 2011 and ending ten years at it’s current location.  Owner Peter Barnato plans to relocate  his labor of love elsewhere in the East Bay.  This could work out for the better since the current location is in a residential neighborhood and the club has always had to walk a tight line with live music…  The Bay Area has lost an oxymoron as the Sacred Profanities are taking advantage of their recent reorganization and changing their name to Calafia.  Sure it’s going from clever to bland but bland trumps clever when it comes to obtaining bookings.  ‘Tis a pity there are so few who could, or would, get the joke…  The B Stars‘ “Behind the Barn with The B Stars,” is their first fill length CD and the release party is yet to be scheduled but find them  April 15th at the Hotel Utah.  This will be a steel-lovin’ night with headliners Petunia and the Vipers out of Canada featuring members of the late Ray Condo‘s band, and the Hotst Totsy Hillbilly Jazzbos which is closer to 1920′s popular song than to jazz…  (more…)