Blues Schedule for the Week of August 30th
I am exhausted from doing manual
labor this weekend for my son. He is getting his backyard ready for my grandson s birthday
party. Hauling and spreading decomposed granite and cleaning and moving decorative rock can
do a number on the body, but it s good to know that even at my age I can still put in a day
s (or two) work. Next weekend may be the Labor Day weekend but I did my labor last weekend
so I am going to relax next weekend and go hear some live music. Luckily there is an excellent
selection of great music this week from which to choose. Friday the great Jimmy
Thackery appears at the Palms Playhouse and the Grammy nominated zydeco artist Lisa Haley performs
at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley. Also appearing around town on Friday is Kaye Bohler
at the Torch Club and Tess Honn and Hip Trash who are performing at the Cozmic Caf in
Placerville. On Saturday the NAACP presents their Annual Rhythm & Blues Festival.
The festival will showcase musical groups from the gospel, R&B and blues genres. Among
the many performers will be Lenny Williams, Marshal Wilkerson, and Johnny "Guitar"
Knox and Dave Croall. Also on Saturday afternoon Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers will provide
the music for Kirkwood ski area s Thin Air Chili Cookoff and Brad Wilson plays in the early
evening at the Sierra Ridge Winery in Sutter Creek. Closer to home Lara Price has a CD release
party Saturday night at the Torch Club. Sunday afternoon the dynamic Lydia Pense
and Cold Blood take the stage at the Powerhouse Pub. Once again there is a lot
of great music for our enjoyment, so please support the venues that continue to bring us live
music. Enjoy the music everyone. If
you
know of someone who enjoys blues music, and would appreciate
this listing of gigs, please feel
free to forward it on. The addresses used to send out the Blues
Gigs Schedule are never used
for non-blues related material, will never be sold, and are
masked so that they will remain
private. Disclaimer:
This
list in no way represents
all of the blues gigs occurring in and around Sacramento. They
are merely the shows that I
would go to if I were able to clone myself. They are groups
or individuals that I personally
know put on a good show, or that I have heard good things about and want to see in the near
future.
Burwell
Briggs
Burwell
Briggs
The Designated Listener
BLUES GIGS AROUND
SACRAMENTO
Friday, September
3, 2010 Jimmy Thackery <http://jimmythackery.com/> 8:30
pm The Palms, 13 Main Street, Winters (530) 795-1825 http://www.palmsplayhouse.com/ Lisa
Haley and the Zydekats <http://www.lisahaley.com/> The Grammy nominated and
voted Zydeco Band of the Year. 8:00 pm Center for the Arts, 314 West Main Street,
Grass Valley (530) 271-7000 http://www.thecenterforthearts.org/ Kaye Bohler
Blues Band <http://www.kayebohler.com/> 9:00 pm Torch Club, 904
15th Street, Sacramento (916) 443-2797 http://www.torchclub.net/ Tess Honn
and Hip Trash <http://parisclayton.com/fr_index.cfm> 9:00 pm Cozmic
Caf , 594 Main Street, Placerville (530) 642-8481 http://www.ourcoz.com/ Saturday,
September 4, 2010 Sacramento NAACP Branch: Annual Rhythm & Blues Festival
<http://www.sacnaacp.org/AnnualRhythmAndBlues.html> Gospel, R&B, and blues
music featuring, among many others, Marshal Wilkerson & Smoked Sugar, Johnny "Guitar"
Knox, Dave Croall & The Soothers, and Lenny Williams and The Zapp Band. 12:30
pm Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Boulevard, Sacramento (916) 263-3247 http://www.calexpo.ca.gov/ Kirkwood
s Thin Air Chili Cookoff <http://www.kirkwood.com/pages/eventsactivities/eventscalendar.asp> With
music by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers <http://www.mickmartinblues.com/>. 12:00
pm to 5:00 pm Kirkwood s Village Plaza, 1501 Kirkwood Meadows Drive, Kirkwood (209) 258-6000 Lara
Price Band <http://www.laraprice.com/> CD Release Party. 9:00 pm Torch
Club, 904 15th Street, Sacramento (916) 443-2797 http://www.torchclub.net/ Brad
Wilson <http://www.bradwilsonlive.com/> 7:00 pm Sierra Ridge Winery,
14110 Ridge Road, Sutter Creek (209) 267-1316 http://sutterridgewine.com/ Sunday,
September 5, 2010 Lydia Pense and Cold Blood <http://www.coldblood.biz/pages/home.html> 3:00
pm Powerhouse Pub, 614 Sutter Street, Folsom (916) 355-8586 http://www.powerhousepub.com/ Upcoming
Shows Friday, September 17, 2010 Trombone Shorty <http://www.tromboneshorty.com/> From
the jazz and blues world of New Orleans comes this hot as a pepper young artist. 10:00
pm Harlow s, 2708 J Street, Sacramento (916) 441-4693 http://www.harlows.com/ Sunday,
September 26, 2010 Blues on the Green 2 <http://www.swell-productions.com/> The
Blues Broads (Tracy Nelson, Dorothy Morrison, Annie Sampson, and Angela Strehli) and the Nick
Gravenites Blues Band. Tickets are on sale online and at The Beat, Dimple Records and Capital
Public Radio s front desk. 2:00 pm The Green at Capital Public Radio, 7055
Folsom Boulevard, Sacramento (916) 457-7553
For
a
more complete list of shows in and around Sacramento
this week, please go to the Sacramento
Blues Society web page and click
on the “Calendar” button, or the Sierra
Blues Society web
page.
If
you would like to receive this schedule weekly by e-mail, please contact me at designatedlistener@sbcglobal.net.
Enjoy
the music!
The Designated ListenerBurwell Briggs
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