Thursday, October 15th, 2009
The Riptide, the last bar in San Francisco before the Farallone Islands, has been recording video of its bands and publishing the performances on YouTube. The result has been an extensive video collection of local and not so local bands that have played the Rip. Find them all by searching riptidesf in YouTube.
Red Meat, East Bay Grease, Porkchop Express, Burning Embers, Joe Goldmark and the Seducers, and the now-disbanded Plain High Drifters are among the locals. Big Smith and Rancho Deluxe are among the visitors. Several clips are from Anna’s Monday night open mics. (more…)
Tags: music videos, riptide, shut-ins
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
BAND WATCH: Western Swing favorites The Saddle Cats have released their first CD, Herding Cats, so look for some CD release parties coming soon… The Cowlicks also have a new CD called Hey, Hey We’re the Cowlicks and a release party on Friday July 3rd at the Devil’s Canyon Brewery in Belmont… J. Byrd Hosch, the transplanted Texas songbird with an ultra-low profile is working on a CD to be released in September… Hang on to your livers because brothers Jack Spade and Jimmy Whiskey have (sort of) formed two bands: the Jack Spade Trio and (the return of the) Big Bad Wolves. It’s difficult to say if these really are two bands since the bands share members full and part-time, and after a few drinks they like to be one band again. Huh, what? Who knows? These bands may reconfigure themselves 2 or 3 times a night depending on the Jim Beam supply… Rumors of the Shut-Ins’ demise are premature. Mike Roper has been taking time off to work with Gayle Lynn and the Hired Hands, develop Cheetahs on the Moon and be a dad, but the Shut-Ins themselves are scheduled for a show in October… The Blue Diamond Fillups have arrived with their own brand of pedal to the metal rockabilly… The Jesse Jay Harris Quartet, a side project from the Rancho Deluxe guitarist, played its last show for the foreseeable future. Work of the day-job variety is taking Harris to LA. He’ll be back to the Bay Area soon with Rancho Deluxe… The Sweet ‘n’ Lo’s have reorganized from a quartet to a trio and renamed the band Li’l Anne and the Tune Wranglers… The B-Stars are glad to have released their 6-song CD which provides an excellent taste of what this four-piece is about… The Blushin’ Roulettes hail from Mendocino County with a bluesy/country acoustic mix that provides a tasty listen on their MySpace page.
Tags: b-stars, big bad wolves, blue diamond fillups, blushin roulettes, byrd hosch, cheetas on the moon, cowlicks, gayle lynn, jack spade, jesse jay harris, jimmy whiskey, li'l anne, saddle cats, shut-ins, tune wranglers
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