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An international Singer songwriter Expose with
Geva Alon, Krystle Warren, and Steven Taylor-Ramirez
Thu, Aug 28
9:15
An international Singer songwriter Expose with

Geva Alon,

Krystle Warren,

and

Steven Taylor-Ramirez

Cover: 7

 

Geva Alon is one of the most versatile and accomplished Israeli singer-songwriters of the last decade. He was born in a small Kibbutz (Then still a socialist commune-like community) close to the ruins of Caesarea. He wrote his first song at the age of 14 and took the guitar seriously, practicing countless hours as a kid. As the founder & leader of "the flying baby" – probably the most powerful rock trio Israel has ever produced – he became known as an extraordinary & inventive guitar-player, capable of both hot-fierce fret-work solos and long slow moving jams into the unknown. But Alon is more then that – a gifted songwriter, he wrote all the lyrics & music to the band's songs. As a singer he possessed a haunting & surprising vocal register - sometimes comparable to early Neil young.  

With the band Alon had recorded 3 albums (their debut is still officially unreleased). Their second album, "inner world" (2001) was hailed as "The best non-Hebrew Israeli rock album since ("the Churchills" legendary psych LP from) 1968". The Band toured extensively all over California for sixteen months & played mostly in & around the bay area. "Pain to give"- their 3rd album was released in 2004 on the "Blue Sun Music" Label to rave reviews. It contained dark memorable moments such as "Doorway To Simplicity" (with a great & gloomy Tom Verlaine's "Feel") alongside long excursions as "Bound To Go Crazy".  

In 2006 Geva Alon released his debut solo album "Days Of Hunger". This was a surprising acoustic-based effort, with country-rock & acid-folk edge that met with a tremendous success in Israel.   Alon's live performances, usually in small Tell Aviv clubs, drew more & more people in the last 3 years, and he is regarded as a great performer with a "take-no-prisoners" attitude & a tendency for long surprising guitar workouts.  "The Wall Of Sound", Geva's latest solo album was a much more rock-oriented journey. A well crafted combination between The Flying Baby's electric power, a dose of pop sensibilities and the acoustic "feel" of his debut. The album sold a couple of thousand copies 3 weeks after its release & the single "Modern Love", an emotional acoustic take on Bowie (the only cover on an all-original album) became an instant hit in Israel. Now he is back at the NY scene with 2 Guitars, 10 fingers (thank God!) and some amazing songs for a series of rare live shows far from the holy-land. Don't miss the guy! He's a good one! 

 

 

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Best of the Bay Award Winners
Mushroom, The Moore Brothers and Matt Baldwin
Fri, Aug 29
9:15
Best of the Bay Award Winners

 

Mushroom

The Moore Brothers

and

Matt Baldwin

Cover: 7

Check out the great press on these artists!

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/bestof/best_jammed_out_kraut_rock_funk_combo/BestOfAward?oid=776831

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/bro_pop/Content?oid=430123

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Indie Rock and More with
Pebble Theory, Silver Griffin, Hey Young Believers
Sat, Aug 30
9:30
Indie Rock and More with

Pebble Theory,

Silver Griffin,

and

Hey Young Believers

Cover: 8

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The Starry Plough Presents
The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Thu, Sep 4
9:30
The Starry Plough Presents

An Evening with

The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey


Cover: 12

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The Plough Welcomes
The ORIGINAL Crooked Jades, The Stripmall Ballads, and John McKelvy
Fri, Sep 5
9:30
The Plough Welcomes

The ORIGINAL Crooked Jades

The Stripmall Ballads

and

John McKelvy

Cover: 9

Founding members of Internationally renowned San Francisco-born old-time band The Crooked Jades JEFF KAZOR, LISA BERMAN AND TOM LUCAS

reunite after 6 years to play this one special show with Crooked Jades alumnus ERIK PEARSON performing string band favorites from their back catalogue and featuring the hauntingly beautiful Kazor/ Berman harmonies.
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The Plough Welcomes
Dogwood Speaks, Brod Rob, and The Knockout Brothers
Sat, Sep 6
9:30
The Plough Welcomes

Dogwood Speaks

Brod Rob

The Knockout Brothers

Cover: 8

          The time has come again to introduce the world to someone new. Someone who isn't afraid to push the boundaries of music. Someone who dares to be different. Someone who wether you love or hate, you definately will not forget. That someone, is Dogwood Speaks. As the face of music has changed over the years, so too has the sound. The future of music is here. No limitations. No boundaries. No rules. With a past laden in hip hop roots, Dogwood Speaks journeys beyond genres with a soulfully provocative sound. While leaving a budding rap career behind, Dogwood has taken with him the essense of his hip hop ubringing and meshed it with the spirit of the true western soul. "Cadillac Land" is his offering; a heartfelt album filled with tales of passion, triumph, pain, and glory. Together with Noble House producer extraordinaire Gennessee, Dogwood has honed and crafted his own signature style. Reminiscint of when Otis Redding was sittin' on the dock of the bay, Dogwood tells the story of the common man's quest to overcome the daily struggles of the world today while bringing to life a candid reality through song. The first single "Where U From?" which is already gaining notoriety through local airwaves and fans alike,is the first step in the experience that is...Dogwood Speaks. Cadillac Land. Come take a ride.

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Gold Robot Records Presents
Lady Genius, The Parish, and Sweetie
Thu, Sep 11
9:30
Gold Robot Records Presents

East Bay Based Gold Robot Records Proudly Presents

Lady Genius

The Parish

Sweetie 

Cover: 8

Gold Robot Records is an independent record label based out of the East Bay in California. Our focus is 7-inch vinyl releases that incorporate art into the whole process of making an archival object which showcases the talents of the musicians, artists, designers, and printmakers involved in the project.

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World Flamenco Funky Badassness with
Locura!, Sol Jibe and Maracatu Luta
Fri, Sep 12
9:30
World Flamenco Funky Badassness with

Locura!,

Sol Jibe

and

Maracatu Luta

Cover: 10$

This will be a continuous night of music with Maracatu Luta Marching in to rally the crowd during set break

Bring your dancing shoes!

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A very Special CD release with
Dylan Champagne (CD Release), Joni Davis, Val Esway and El Mirage, and Michael Hamm
Sat, Sep 13
9:30
A very Special CD release with

 

Dylan Champagne (Cd Release)

Joni Davis

Val Esway and El Mirage

Michael Hamm

Cover: 10

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A Starry Plough Bluegrass Special Edition w/
The Gibson Brothers Band and Homespun Rowdy
Thu, Sep 18
9:00
A Starry Plough Bluegrass Special Edition w/

The Gibson Brothers Band (2 sets!)

Homespun Rowdy

Cover: 10

From the front porch of the farm house they grew up in outside the town of Ellenburg Depot, New York, Eric and Leigh Gibson could see a place called Lyon Mountain. It was famous for two things: iron ore mining and town baseball. It was from these elements, and their geographical source, that The Gibson Brothers drew the inspiration for their April 2008 Sugar Hill release, Iron & Diamonds.

Lyon Mountain is part of the Adirondacks, the northernmost portion of Appalachia. Most people don’t equate upstate New York with farming, mining, Appalachia, or traditional music, but it’s all there. Though the brothers never mined iron, they did play baseball on the Lyon Mountain Miners team, and they shoveled snow and more on their family’s dairy farm just a few miles from the Canadian border. And at the age of 12 (Eric) and 11 (Leigh), they picked up a banjo and guitar and began their musical journey.

Eric says, “Our father and mother had instruments around the house. A guy was teaching banjo and guitar up at Dick’s Country Store and he gave us a tape of Sweet Temptation and Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall.”

They began singing after their minister suggested it and they also began listening to the great duo sounds from the past. Leigh remembers, “When I heard Buck Owens and Don Rich singing, it really clicked for me.” Then they discovered the Louvin Brothers, the Delmore Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys, the Everly Brothers, and the Stanley Brothers. It was a tradition waiting for them.

In the early 1990s, they formed a bluegrass band with Eric on banjo, Leigh on guitar, Junior Barber on dobro, and Junior’s son, Mike, on bass. Mike is still with them and is regarded as a third brother.

In the coming years they recorded three well-received albums and won the 1998 IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year award. In 2005, the brothers signed with Sugar Hill Records. Their first release with the label, Bona Fide, went to #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited album chart and placed high on the Americana and Billboard charts as well. Two more releases followed -- Long Way Back Home and Red Letter Day. These albums solidified the brothers’ reputation as singers, players, and songwriters.

Now, with this new release, Iron & Diamonds, Eric and Leigh have taken their place on the American jukebox. The Gibsons have made a conscious effort to co-write most of the songs on this album. And by using their own band and a single microphone for their duet vocals, you hear exactly what you hear in a live show: a tight ensemble that plays to the song, toneful and nuanced lead and duet harmonies, and songs that can move you to tears or to the dance floor.

But they’re also aware of how a collection of songs should be selected, arranged, recorded, and ordered so that it creates a complete listening experience. They start with a Tom Petty song, “Cabin Down Below,” that jumps out of the speakers like some runaway rockabilly hit.

 

It’s followed by the title track, “Iron & Diamonds,” about the miners and ballplayers from Lyon Mountain. The chorus shows just how steeped in baseball the brothers are, but it also cuts to the core of the miner’s experience.

Around the horn, a can of corn,
A ground ball will get you two,
A life of iron and diamonds
Is all the miners knew.

Great duos are powerful not because the individuals sound similar to each other, but because they have something unique in each voice that complements the other. In the case of the Gibson Brothers, it’s Leigh’s warmer tones and Eric’s high-lonesome intensity that create a great double-stop fiddle sound, a blending of experience and emotion that all great brother duets have.

Their decision to record their vocals together really paid off. If you want to hear a song that could easily pass for an Everly Brothers hit, listen to “Lonely Me, Lonely You.” And the Steve Earle song “The Other Side of Town,” sounds like it was written specifically for the Gibsons. “Picker’s Blues” is one of the few bluegrass songs that actually gets to the truth about life on the road. And “One Step Closer to the Grave” echoes the great bluegrass songs of sin and salvation. The Gibsons never flinch from the truth that a song reveals, and the listener feels that too. Every word seems necessary and just right.

The Gibson Brothers’ band includes Mike Barber on bass, Clayton Campbell on Fiddle, and Rick Hayes on Mandolin. And for this recording, former Gibson Brothers’ dobroist Junior Barber makes a guest appearance, and their sister Erin sings on the concluding gospel song, a Bill Carlisle gem, “Gone Home.” All the players on this album have spent time on the road with the brothers, have learned how to play to the song and to the vocals, and it shows. The playing can be loving or fiery according to the songs’ demands.

With Iron & Diamonds, the Gibson Brothers have given us their music straight-up -- no pretence, no guile -- just great songs, a seasoned band, and brother vocals that go right to the heart.


-- Chris Stuart, Del Mar, California, December 2007

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The Starry Plough Welcomes Berkeley Ledgends
The Patrick Winningham Band, Glider, and Aiden Hawken
Fri, Sep 19
9:15
$10.75
Add to Cart
The Starry Plough Welcomes Berkeley Ledgends

The Patrick Winningham Band,

Glider,

and

Aiden Hawken

Cover: 10.75 adv (.75 is service charge), 15 door

Please note, there will be no paper tickets issued for online sales. All tickets will be will call and admission will be granted at the door. Please bring a copy of your paypal receipt and a Photo ID.

THIS IS A 21+ Show! IF YOU BUY A TICKET AND ARE not 21 Years of Age, you will not be granted admission. NO EXCEPTIONS.

THERE are NO Refunds on Tickets and Presale Tix are non transferrable.

·    Patrick Winningham, famous brother of Mare Winningham, started the Patrick Winningham Band in San Francisco in 1984.  Their musical styling’s are drawn from westerns, Gram Parsons and Townes Van Zandt.  The bands biggest moment was when they were chosen to play a big role in the 1986 hit movie “St. Elmo’s Fire.”  The Patrick Winningham Band broke up in 1993 when the bands lead guitar player (Dan Vickrey) and keyboard (Charlie Gillingham) player left the band to join Counting Crows on their first tour after the album “August and Everything After” forever changed the music scene.
·    Glider is the brainstorm of longtime friends and musical compadres Jim Bogios (drums-Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, Ben Folds) and David Immergluck (guitar-Counting Crows, John Hiatt). The group is rounded out by Dan Eisenberg (keyboards-Ryan Adams, Jonathan Richman) and Yoshi Sako (bass-Beatropolis, Syncrosystem).  For the show at Starry Plough, Millard “Lone Wolf” Powers from Counting Crows, Ben Folds will be joining Glider on bass as Yoshi will be in Japan.

Glider formed in 1998 as an excuse for some friends to play music together whenever they were in town. Immergluck and Bogios found it increasingly difficult to even share a meal together let alone book a gig due to conflicting Crow schedules. As fate would have it though, Bogios left Sheryl for Counting in January 2003 and Glider has been going strong since then. The band plays its own unique style mixing many musical influences that span the globe.... from the Middle Eastern deserts to the bustling downtown Italian streets, through the California waves and beyond.

One of Glider's biggest assets is their musical ESP and insight into one another that only comes about from years of gigs and sessions...Many bands, many lands all brought together for you in one epic group.

·    Aidan Hawken heard something in his head he was not achieving within the confines of his old band, Highwater Rising, and in 2004 he struck out on his own again. Assembling a dream team of studio pros including San Francisco luminary Chuck Prophet, Jim Bogios of Counting Crows, Tom Ayres of Persephone's Bees, Brett Simons of The Heartbreakers, and Highwater Rising’s Jason Borger and JJ Wiesler, Aidan recorded his first proper solo effort in the spring of 2005, Pillows and Records. A gorgeous collection that veers from the modern rock stylings of Highwater Rising to a quieter place that possibly reflected the changes Aidan had undergone in his personal life, P&R demonstrated an affinity for quirkier production, alt-country arrangements and even a bit of garage rock distortion.

With Aidan’s new collection, The Sleep of Trees, it seems like he’s off again… and again he has assembled a dream team of musicians.  Jim Bogios and David Bryson Counting Crows, as well as Marty Jones, the namesake of Counting Crows hit song Mr. Jones and many other talented musicians contributed to Aidan’s new collection.  Jim, David and Marty will be joining Aidan at the Starry Plough Show in their first show ever outside the studio.
·    Those of you who have followed Counting Crows stellar career, might have noticed that every single current member of the band will be playing this show, except Adam Duritz, of course.  Adam, however, will be in Berkeley that night and we may even see him at the show!

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Roots Reggae and More with
Joseph Israel and Lafa Taylor
Sat, Sep 20
9:30
Roots Reggae and More with

Joseph Israel

Lafa Taylor

Cover: 10

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Ambient, Rock and More with
The Blind, Walty, and The Soft White Sixties
Thu, Sep 25
9:00
Ambient, Rock and More with

The Blind

Walty

The Soft White Sixties

Cover: 7

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The Plough Welcomes
Or, The Whale, The Mumlers, The Porchsteps
Fri, Sep 26
9:30
The Plough Welcomes

Or, The Whale,

The Mumlers,

and

The Porchsteps

Cover: 10

Or, the Whale is the band that if ever caught off guard by an onstage power outage would say, “Fuck it,” pull in tighter, and play and sing harder and louder than you’d hoped for in the first place.


Sure, the San Francisco-based band harbors seven members, so you could argue for strength in numbers. But writing off the impression that they inevitably leave isn’t so easy; with such a diverse group of musicians, there’s no shortage of skill and influence. Some members toured in punk bands, others played roots and funk music, and still another tested her pipes as a chamber music vocalist. At first glance, their histories seem random. But weave those experiences together and you get a sound you can feel.

Or, the Whale’s songs range from danceable, rhythm-charged country-rock ditties with swaggering bass lines and articulately stomped-out drums to indie pop-rock tunes with bopping piano, snapping drums, and loops of finger-plucked guitar that explode into electric riffs to add fuel to fervent vocals. Slow it down and throw in some four-part harmonies, vibrant organ passages, and rippling pedal steel, and songs escalate into thoughtful ballads.

When it comes down to it Or, the Whale’s music can fly spirited and boisterous or topple lonely and bereaved. Hell, sometimes it does all those things in one song. Stories of hope and longing emerge from soothing, stirring vocals and twangy rock instrumentation. The latest evidence of this is on their first full-length album, Light Poles and Pines.

At times, Light Poles and Pines is omnipotent and epic (“Life and Death at Sea”), painfully reflective (“Rope Don’t Break”), or both (“Fight Song”). On “Life and Death at Sea,” defeated, raspy lead vocals sink under a whining pedal steel until pulled up by a rousing harmony. The two voices blend and are joined for a powerful chorus that valiantly leads the song back into the light of hope. And really, that’s the secret behind Or, the Whale’s draw: their songs are honest, intelligent, musically compelling reflections that act like the light off of a beacon, shining over the darkest, choppiest waters.

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Roots Rockabilly with
The Revtones, Los High Tops
Sat, Sep 27
9:30
Roots Rockabilly with

The Revtones

Los High Tops

Cover: 8

 

Hey Rock N Rollers! The RevTones are an Original Rock N Roll Rockabilly Trio from The San Francisco East Bay Area,CA. Ghost Train and Red Tree Road are two of our originals written by our very own Randy Schmidt.

We are currently playing the Northern California club circuit and have opened for "The Chop Tops"a few times,"Devil Doll,"And "The Go-Getters."And Performed at Billetproof 2007' in Antioch,Ca.
"Red Tree Road" and "Ghost Train" were recorded on March 17,2007 at Stout Recording Studio in Oakland, CA.. "Pipeline" is a Classic Surf Instrumental Originally released in 1963 by The Chantays.Our Version was recorded Live on May 14th 2007."Homework" an Otis Rush Tune from the early 60's was also recorded Live on May 14th in Emeryville,Ca


We have many more originals to be released on our new full length CD due out AUGUST 11th 2008!!! So stay tuned! Thanks for stopping by....Marcus,Randy,Rob-The RevTones

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First Thursday Latin Funk Dance Party with
Space Heater and TheSonando Project
Thu, Oct 2
9:00
First Thursday Latin Funk Dance Party with

Space Heater

and

The Sonando Project

Cover: 10$, 8$ w/student ID  

Welcome to the first installment of the Starry Plough Latin Funk Dance Party. This ain't no Salsa Party, its a funk party, and the Bands are top notch.

Presented by Oye Productions the first thursday Latin Funk Dance party will feature the funkiest of Latin Influenced bands in the bay are guaranteed to make you move them hips till last call.

The Sonando Project offers a unique and fiery blend of modern jazz and Afro-Caribbean traditions. Their musical landscape incorporates Afro-Cuban folklore and Brazilian Jazz flavors along with rumba and timba-esque dance grooves into a modern improvisational context. The band is currently performing their intriguing interpretations of the music of Stevie Wonder. The music showcases intricate arrangements of Stevie's beloved songbook filtered through an Afro-Caribbean Jazz lens. The result is a contagious sound that is sure to please Jazz, Latin and R&B connoisseurs alike. The world-class musicians of The Sonando Project are saxophonist & flutist Darren Smith, pianist Bob Crawford, bassist Sam Bevan, drummer David M. Flores and conga player/percussionist Patricio Angulo.

 

Spaceheater – a combination of the inspired melodies and harmonies of woodwind artist Evan Francis and the rich, noisy machine funk of producer Bill Mitsakos. Their 2005 release, “The Record” was created in San Francisco; presenting flutes, saxophones, and clarinets over a bed of thumping beats and percussion, creating a lush sonic adventure for the mind and body!

 

The Record - reaching number 20 in iTunes’ top 100 best selling electronic albums shortly after its appearance in August of 2006 (a joint release of Alpha Pup Records and Daly City Records), it has appeared in playlists and Top 10 charts. It’s often held the #1 spot on independent radio stations across the US, Canada, New Zealand and Europe.

 

“'The Record' is easily the best album I've heard this year. It's so effortlessly hip, funky, interesting, and fun simultaneously. It's a joy to listen to and a joy to play on the radio."

-Seth Samuels,  Jazz Director WOBC FM Oberlin

 

Collaborations - on stage and in the studio, Spaceheater has worked with some of today’s most esteemed artists, including vocalist Abstract Rude and electronic musician Daedelus. Francis, who hails from Los Angeles, has found himself in a wide variety of musical performances with artists such as Billy Higgins, Dr. Art Davis, John Clayton, Prince Buster, Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé (including a Tonight Show appearance), Sheila E., and is featured on recordings by Christina Aguilera and Mike Keneally.

 

“The music on this record and in our live shows evolved organically in the San Francisco bay area, where unexpected musical fusions are commonplace.  For live performances, I bring in friends to expand Spaceheater to a quintet, adding another horn player, bass, drums, sampler, turntables…  they’re all soulful musicians who interpret the music very much to my liking.” - Evan Francis, on Spaceheater

 

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Calamericana.org Presents First Friday Twang Party with
Royal Deuces, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit , and Big Mistake
Fri, Oct 3
9:30
Calamericana.org Presents First Friday Twang Party with

Royal Deuces

The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit

Big Mistake

Calamericana.org

Cover:8

CalAmericana Presents will produce roots Americana shows at the Starry Plough on the first Friday of every month beginning on October 3rd.  These shows will feature a variety of oldgrass, newgrass, western swing, honky-tonk, alt-country, rockabilly and music from in, out, around and between the worlds of twang.

The San Francisco Bay Area has the largest collection of twangin’ bands outside of Austin, but who would know?  The CalAmericana Association is a nonprofit that has been organized to spread the word about California’s burgeoning acoustic and electric roots music; music that the Starry Plough has been showcasing for three decades.

The October 3rd show jumpstarts the series with the East Bay’s Big Mistake playing a set of honky-tonkin’ originals penned by lead singer Christine Theberge.  Big Vic Estrella’s squeezebox adds some Tejano flavor to this band’s sound.  Next is The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit hailing from Oakdale, due east of the East Bay, where the Stanislaus River runs down from the Sierras.  Oakdale has been keeping this smokin’ alt-country outfit a secret for too long!  .  They have all played Strings, the late Ivy Room, Berkeley’s Spice of Life Festival and the Starry Plough individually and with other bands, but they are overdue for a Bay Bridge crossing as Misisipi Rider.

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HOE, The Shelly Doty X-tet, and Befor and After
Sat, Oct 4
9:30

HOE

The Shelly Doty X-tet

Before and After (featuring lisa mezzacappa)

Cover:9

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The Plough Welcomes
The Stairwell Sisters
Sat, Oct 11
9:30
The Plough Welcomes

The Stairwell Sisters

Support: TBA

Cover: TBA

Producer Lloyd Maines recalls hearing The Stairwell Sisters for the first time: “I happened upon this tribe of
women musicians, playing old-time string music, with the power and excitement of a great rock band.”
Tribe of women indeed. Evie Ladin explains what holds sway with the sisters, themes similarly found in one of
their early influences, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard: “not exactly the sweet and tender ladies, but the stand up
for yourself and face the world kind of women.”
Which is exactly the kind of women that make up The Stairwell Sisters. Evie, Stephanie Prausnitz. Lisa Berman,
Martha Hawthorne, and Sue Sandlin are career women, organizers, activists and mamas; making ends meet
working and living in San Francisco. They also happen to crank out acoustic, old-time music with a punk-rock
intensity. Somehow, between raising children, working and releasing records, they’ve taken their band to some
rather well-regarded places – appearing on A Prairie Home Companion, festival stages from Lincoln Center
(NYC) and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (SF) to Celtic Connections (UK), and many points in between.
Their third release Get Off Your Money, produced by Maines and out May 12, covers substantial ground as well.
There are fiddle tunes crafted decades ago from Alabama to Scotland, and from points unknown. There are old
songs of trains, boats and possums. One song is translated from Swahili, an all-too familiar story learned
from a street musician in Tanzania. There are new songs too – original songs of trial and work, loss and love,
and all-night parties. The women run all of it through the “Sister Mill.” Regardless from which era or continent
the songs have traveled, The Stairwell Sisters make such heartfelt and skillfully played music that boundaries
dissolve beneath the chugging force of old-time fiddle and banjo, the whomp of bass and guitar, the grit of the
slide guitar, and the tight, closely interwoven harmonies.
The Stairwell Sisters come from varied musical backgrounds, some from acoustic traditions, others through
amped-up rock and roll. Sue Sandlin says hearing Flatt and Scruggs brought her back to the country music
her family loved, “It was akin to the hair raising excitement I felt the first time I heard The Clash as a
teenager.” The Sisters are all about bringing that excitement to the stage. Lauded for infectious shows that
combine buckdancing with balladry and sass, these women unfailingly play their instruments hell-bent to
drive the music.
The driving tune “Kentucky Winder,” leads off the album with a crooked jump in the beat that fiddler Stephanie
Prausnitz says, “really wallops the punch.” Stephanie also brought the mischievous title song Get Off Your
Money to the group, having found it on a recording of old Alabama Fiddlers. Its whimsical happiness is the essence
of what makes playing together so much fun.

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The Plough Presents
BrightBlack Morning Light, and Meara Feathers' Avocet
Thu, Oct 16
9:30
The Plough Presents

BrightBlack Morning Light,

and

Meara Feathers' Avocet

Cover: 10

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A night fit for Budweiser n Chicken Wire with
The Whoreshoes, The Barefoot Nellies and The Mighty Crows
Fri, Oct 17
9:15
A night fit for Budweiser n Chicken Wire with

The Whoreshoes,

The Barefoot Nellies

and

The Mighty Crows

Cover: 10

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East Bay BeatBox Rock Star
Forrest Day and Harry and the Hit Men
Thu, Oct 30
9:00
East Bay BeatBox Rock Star

Forrest Day

Harry and the Hitmen

and

Opener: TBA

Cover: 10

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ANNUAL MURDER BALLADS BALL
Lineup TBA
Fri, Oct 31
9:30
ANNUAL MURDER BALLADS BALL

Come to our murder ballads ball at your own RISK!

Linup: TBA

Cover: TBA

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The Plough Weclomes the Return of
Izabella and 2Me
Fri, Nov 21
9:30
The Plough Weclomes the Return of

Izabella

and

2Me

Cover: TBA

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Every Sunday The Starry Session w/ Shay Black
The Starry Irish Session
Every Sunday Come join Shay Black and friends for a couple of pints and an evening of traditional Irish music and song! Open session to all - singer friendly!

Cover: Sliding Scale
Every Tuesday The Starry Plough Open Mic
Every Tuesday Open Mic Hosted By Joan Pez and Girl George
Heralded as the finest open mic in all of the Bay Area and Beyond. 
Every Tuesday, everyone gets to play. Featured Acts and a guaranteed raucus time!

Sign up at 7:30

No Cover
Every Wednesday Night Berkeley Poetry Slam
Every Wednesday Night Berkeley Poetry Slam
Hosted by Charles Ellik and Betsy Roll, Music by 3 Blind Mice. $150 cash prizes and touring poets!

Cover $7

All Ages!
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