The band of heathens 

 

recording to follow. 
 

 

Got to see (again) my favorite band, The Chameleons.  My son joined me for this one.  Two of the original members, plus an extremely talented 3 other musicians.  This was the best I think I've seen them since the full group reunion in 2000/2001.  Just an amazing show, my son agreed.  They had incorporated some keyboards into some of their music, and usually didn't tour with a keyboard player.  This time they did, and it added a great extra layer of sound/ambience to many of the songs.

Interesting tidbit more for local music fans: the second opener was a band called Lovina Falls.  The singer was the lead singer of a 90's dream-pop type band in Boston called Mistle Thrush; I have a couple of their CD's.  I was today years old when I found out the current Chameleons drummer was the drummer for Mistle Thrush!  Spoke to the lead singer about it after the show, she couldn't stop praising him; and was so happy to open for the Chameleons - she's apparently a good fan.

Lovina Falls and Chameleons

 

Edited August 13, 20241 yr by skullguise

Hello Belvedere!

Midnight Flyer is in the house

And getting the residents up and rattling rolexes.

 

 

Edited August 11, 20241 yr by Grahame

22 hours ago, grawk said:

The band of heathens 

 

recording to follow. 
 

 

Check out this show by Band of Heathens from Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at The Shed on Live Music Archive!

https://livemusicarchive.app/music/artists/BandofHeathens/recordings/BoH2024-08-10

And, yes, they did play Hotel California.

 

 

 

Edited August 12, 20241 yr by Grahame

Saw Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers last night in Seattle
 

 

Welcome San Anselmo!

The Tom Finch Group is rockin' 

Creek Park,

And people are dancing like no one is watching 

 

 

https://www.tomfinch.com/

Edited August 17, 20241 yr by Grahame

Good Evening Sonoma Botanical Gardens

JayDub & Dino are playing the SBG Amphitheater 

On a balmy Sonoma evening

And the members of the Sonoma Botanical Garden ( and their dogs) thank you for your support.

Take it away guys.

 

 

 

Good (Sunday) Afternoon, Sonoma!

https://www.musicinplace.org/sonoma-sundays-on-the-plaza.html

It's a double feature today,

Starting with Glory Dayz

https://www.glorydayzband.com/

Outfit change!

Hand Jive!

And they got the audience dancing

 

 

Edited August 25, 20241 yr by Grahame

Part Deux,

With (multi instrumentalist) Spike Sikes

And his awesome hot cakes.

https://awesomehotcakes.com/

Dancing is a given

 

Edited August 26, 20241 yr by Grahame

2nd Annual Opera in The Amphitheater 

https://www.savehamiltontheater.org/opera

A few of the hits.

Everyone made it this time.

James McMurtry and BettySoo at the Bijou in knoxville

 

 

https://archive.org/details/james-mcmurtry-20240915

Golden gate Park, Botanical Gardens flower piano 2024 (on the first sunny day!)

 

Champian Fulton, Jane Monheit, and Camille Thurman doing a tribute to 30s-50s ladies of jazz, in Mtn. View, but touring the country. 

^^ I was literally listening to some Champian Fulton music last night!  What a fun show that must have been!

A sweltering, bandwith constrained  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 

https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/ 

Swan Stage. (Adjacent)

Pics to follow.

 

 

Zen HSB seating advice.

Do not seek the shade.

Let the shade find you.

Bandwith restored, so

Swan Stage,

 

Adjacent

Decent Sound from the nearby vertical array. 

What we heard / missed 

Didn't get the full HSB experience, as our host had facilities with walking distance. 

Quite a crowd by the time we left.

Report on Flower Piano 

 

 

 

 

 

The Alpha Rhythm Kings are putting on a three set finale for this year's Sonoma Plaza Music in Place Concert series.

They have the dancers on their feet.

And they swing.

Also, unexpected Aerosmith and ZZ Top covers. True story.

Studio:

Live:

 

Edited October 14, 20241 yr by Grahame

Marcus King was all I hoped for.  Took a few years to finally catch him in town...worth the wait.

HS

 

Greensky Bluegrass

https://archive.org/details/gsbg2024-11-10.4015gs

 

Not Yacht Rock.

Friday we saw the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Choir perform Beethoven's 9th. So far the only live music event I have been to that made my heart race. When the choir and soloists all stood up in unison to perform the fourth moment, I was shook.