Another great week of live in the Bay Area. Here are some suggestion for this week..

Monday June 10th

Club Deluxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 9:30 PM-12:30 AM Showtime…
Mike Olmos Presents The Sessions. Mike is a such a great trumpet player. He leads his all star Sessions for a great night of jazz.. Highly recommended!!!! N/C

Mr.Tipples 39 Fell St, San Francisco 7:00 PM-10:00 PM Showtime..
Le Hot Jazz.. The spirit of Django is alive and well in San Francisco. This is a great ensemble. Highly recommended!! N/C

Local Edition 691 Market St, San Francisco 8:00 PM-Midnight Showtime..
The Fil Lorenz Orchestra is a high-voltage, crowd-pleasing big band born of the blues, with a sound defined by a searing, relentless horn section. Saxophonist/arranger Lorenz has assembled a musical cast of the highest standard, bringing some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most accomplished and adventurous jazz veterans together with some of the fertile San Francisco scene’s most promising up-and-coming players. Highly recommended!!!! No Cover Charge…

Amnesia Bar 853 Valencia St, San Francisco 7:30 PM-11:30 PM Showtime..
The Bow Ties are back at the Amnesia playing great traditional bluegrass. Highly recommended. N/C

The Masonic 1111 California St, San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime…. Singer-songwriters Amanda Sudano and Abner Ramirez AKA JOHNNYSWIM is establishing themselves as one of the great American folk, soul, blues, pop music duos.. Great performers.. Highly recommended!!!!!!$35-$45 Cover Charge…

Yoshis 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland 8:00 PM Showtime..
Herb Alpert & The Lani Hall Trio jazz pop legend and inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be performing with grammy award winning vocalist Lani Hall. Highly recommended!!!!! $49 Cover Charge.

Tuesday June 11th

Le Colonial 20 Cosmo Pl, San Francisco 7:00 PM-10:00 PM Showtime..
Le Hot Jazz The spirit of Django is alive and well in San Francisco. This is a great ensemble. Highly recommended!!!!! N/C

Bar Fluxus 18 Harlan Pl, San Francisco 9:00 PM-1:30 AM Showtime.
Vibrason is another great band out of the Bay Area very reminiscent of some of the Cal Tjader bands. Highly recommended $10 Cover Charge.

Bottom Of The Hill 1233 17th St, San Francisco 9:00 PM Showtime. Headlining tonight is the LA based alternative pop soulful songstress DYLLAN. I really like her song title Walk Sideways, Also on the bill are a dark pop rock band from Seattle GRGRY and from LA elctro punk rockers Ever So Android. Highly recommended!!!!! $10 Cover Charge…

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St, Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime.. The World For All: A Fundraiser for Omar Moktari. This is a fundraiser for maestro Omar Mokhtari who is battling cancer.. The allstar performers include Ali Paris and Briana Di Mara, Eric & Suzy Thompson, Andrew Carriere and the Zydeco Allstars, David Wagner, Gopal Slavonic and Lars In Charge. Highly recommended!!!! $24 Cover Charge..

Yoshis 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland 8:00 PM Showtime..
Herb Alpert & The Lani Hall Trio jazz pop legend and inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be performing with grammy award winning vocalist Lani Hall. Highly recommended!!!!! $49 Cover Charge.

Wednesday June 12th

The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime.. Grammy award winner Patty Griffin is among the most consequential singer-songwriters of her generation, a quintessentially American artist whose wide-ranging canon incisively explores the intimate moments and universal emotions that bind us together. She will be joined by special guest by English folk guitarist/singer/songwriter John Smith. Highly recommended!!!! $35 Cover Charge..

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason St, San Francisco 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes..
Bay City Blues featuring Chris Cain is a weekly showcase of world class Blues music and superb instrumental talent. Sitting in tonight with the band is special guest is American electric blues saxophonist singer/songwriter Terry Hanck. This event is a celebration of the Blues in all its forms and an adventure into the depth of a national genre. Highly recommended!! $20 Cover Charge.

Club Deluxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 6:00 PM-9:00 PM Showtime. Singer/songwriter Lilan Kane is one of the Bay Areas very best soulful r&b/funk/pop & jazz vocalists. Lilan and her band has opened for Hall & Oates, Sharon Jones and Trombone Shorty. She is a great performer. Highly recommended!!! No Cover Charge..

Club Deluxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 9:30 PM-12:30 AM Showtime.
The Patrick Wolff Bebop Quartet is deeply rooted in the bebop tradition established by Bird, Clifford Jordan and Dexter Gordon. Patrick is absolutely my favorite Bay Area tenor player and he leads an outstanding group of musicians..N/C.

The Lucky Horseshoe Bar 453 Cortland Ave, San Francisco 8 PM-Midnight Showtime…
Ed Ivey’s Weekly Blues Jam gets the bar rocking. His weekly jam is really fun. N/C

Local Edition 691 Market St, San Francisco 8:00 PM-11:45 PM Showtime..
Steve Lucky and the Rumba Bums perform vintage jazz, pounding boogie woogie rhythms, sultry ballads, and funky-swinging New Orleans R&B. This band simply gives you the beat to move your feet. This will be a fun show. N/C

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St, Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime..
Dave Alvin Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of King Of California.. Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and self-described “barroom guitarist,” Dave Alvin is widely considered to be one of the pivotal founders of the current Americana music scene. A fourth generation Californian, Dave Alvin grew up in Downey, California as the local landscape quickly evolved from orange groves and dairy farms to tract homes and freeways. Since forming the highly influential roots rock/R+B band The Blasters, with his brother Phil in 1979, and throughout his long and critically acclaimed solo career, Dave Alvin has mixed his varied musical and literary influences into his own unique, updated version of traditional American music. Combining elements of blues, folk, R+B, rockabilly, Bakersfield country and garage rock and roll with lyrical inspiration from local writers and poets like Raymond Chandler, Gerald Locklin and Charles Bukowski, Alvin says that his songs are “just like California. A big, messy melting pot.” performing with Dave are pedal steel master Greg Leisz and singer/songwriter/guitarist Christy McWilson.. Highly recommended!!!!!! $34 Cover Charge…

Yoshis 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland 8:00 PM Showtime..
Herb Alpert & The Lani Hall Trio jazz pop legend and inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be performing with grammy award winning vocalist Lani Hall. Highly recommended!!!!! $49 Cover Charge.

Thursday June 13th

The Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St, Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime..
The Stanley Clarke Band is lead by four-time Grammy award-winner Stanley Clarke who has attained “living legend” status during his over 40-year career as a bass virtuoso. He doubles on acoustic and electric bass with equal ferocity and is a trailblazing jazz-fusion bassist. Highly recommended!!!!!! $64 Cover Charge….

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason St, San Francisco 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes. Ron Thompson is a legendary rhythm and blues guitarist and master keyboardist whose career began in the rough and tumble world of East San Francisco Bay nightclubs and bars in the early 1970’s. During many years of touring coast to coast with John Lee Hooker, Hooker was quoted as saying, “Ron Thompson, he’s my main man!” Not many living blues musicians can say they have performed with and recorded for legends like Big Mama Thornton, Tina Turner, Bruce Willis, Luther Tucker, Jimmy McCracklin, Pee Wee Crayton, Carla Thomas, Booker T. Jones, Percy Mayfield, Etta James, B.B. King, and Jimmy Reed. Ron Thompson can!! Highly recommended!!!! $20 Cover Charge..

Club Deluxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 10:00 PM-1:00 AM Showtime..
Robert Dehlinger & The Alpha Rhythm Kings is a swinging fun band led by Robert’s vocals and superb trumpet playing. This is a great band. Highly recommended!!!! No Cover Charge..

Friday June 14th

Bottom Of The Hill 1233 17th St, San Francisco 8:30 PM Showtime. The most entertaining show of the night in the Bay Area takes place this evening at the Hill with a great gospel Americana rock band Slim Cessna’s Auto Club co-headlining with a great rock band Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Bird.. San Francisco indie rockers Mayya And The Revolutionary Hell Yeah starts the night off.. I am really looking forward to this show… Highly recommended!!!!!! $20 Cover Charge…

Cafe du Nord 2174 Market St, San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime..
The 2019 Noise Pop Festival presents Janine New Zealand’s fiercely talented songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. She is also a self-sufficient artist who has created her own artwork and directed music videos. But, her greatest weapon: an ethereal and devastatingly beautiful voice that commands every single verse, hook and refrain. She’s magnetic – bringing you into her world. Highly recommended!!!!!!! $20 Cover Charge…

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason St, San Francisco 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes.. Wildly fun, musically fearless and bursting with bravado, Rick Estrin And The Nightcats have created one of the blues’ most instantly recognizable sounds and no-holds-barred styles. Featuring the world-class talents of harmonica master, songwriter and vocalist Rick Estrin, guitar wunderkind Chris “Kid” Andersen, keyboard wizard Lorenzo Farrell and dynamic drummer Alex Pettersen, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats serve up sharp and incisive original blues and gritty roadhouse rock ‘n’ roll. Highly recommended..$24 Cover Charge…

Great American Music Hall 859 O’Farrell St, San Francisco 8:00 PM Showtime.
Duff McKagen of Guns N Roses will be performing new music from his forthcoming solo album titled Tenderness (produced by Shooter Jennings). Shooter Jennings and his band will also open the night and back Duff McKagan for his performance. Highly recommended!!!!!!! $42.65-$66.50 Cover Charge..

Club Deluxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 6:00 PM-9:00 PM Showtime..
Mitch Polzak is a master guitarist and he and The Royal Deuces. has been one of the premier Rockabilly bands since staring in 1999. I am a huge fan. Highly recommended!! N/C

Revolution Cafe 3248 22nd St, San Francisco 9:30 PM-11:55 PM Showtime..
Tin Cup Serenade is one of the Bay Area’s most exceptional old time jazz band deeply rooted in the blues ragtime, New Orleans jazz, western swing with a little mariachi and calypso thrown in. I really love this band. Highly recommended!! N/C

The 44th Annual Grass Valley Father’s Day Festival is California’s premier bluegrass festival with camping, picking, children’s events, workshops, late night hot dog stand, square dancing, and a world class line up. For ticket information visit Grass Valley Festival Ticket Information. For a complete lineup visit Festival Lineup Information.

Saturday June 15th

SF Jazz 201 Franklin St, San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes.. 
Jose James celebrates the music of the legendary R&B singer and songwriter
Bill Withers in a tribute blessed by Mr. Withers himself. Joining José vocals & guitar are Allen Williams guitar & vocals, Sullivan Fortner on keyboards, Ben Williams bass & vocals and Nate Smith on drums. Highly recommended!!!!! $35/$55/$75 Cover Charge…

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason St, San Francisco 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes.
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers are just a superb internationally recognized swing big band in the authentic style of the 1940’s and 1950’s as the band. Lavay the reigning “Queen Of Classic Jazz & Blues” pays tribute to the swingin’ Kansas City tradition, featuring the music of Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams, Helen Humes, Lester Young, Jay McShann, Walter Brown, Jimmy Witherspoon, Myra Taylor & Big Joe Turner! Highly recommended!! $24 Cover Charge.

Club Deluxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 6:00 PM-9:00 PM Showtime..
Barrio Manouche is a great Bay Area ensemble performing a repertoire of original instrumental compositions with a unique sound that it’s difficult to classify but instantly recognizable deeply influenced by a range of musical traditions, from the swing of Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, to the hot jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, the gypsy soul of eastern Europe, the flamenco of Paco de Lucía to the avant-garde sounds of Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane…

Club Deluxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 10:00 PM-1:00 AM Showtime..
Howell Devine is the massively talented NorCal trio featuring Joshua Howell (Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica)Pete Devine (Drums & Washboard) and Joe Kyle Jr. (Upright Bass). HowellDevine breaks from the norm, providing rich and complex textures integral to the music rather than simple backing for a soloist. The result is a sound which stands in stark contrast to the typical blues heard in bars these days and would more likely be shaking the floors of a Southern juke joint some 70 years ago. Highly recommended!!!! No Cover Charge.. N/C

Revolution Cafe 3248 22nd St, San Francisco 5:00 PM-8:30 PM Showtime..
Westside Jazz Club, lead by the wonderful tenor saxophonist Scott Silverberg, is a collective of innovative jazz musicians performing jazz standards, challenging modern compositions and freshly-updated classics. I have seen this ensemble a number of time and they never disappoint.. Highly recommended!!! N/C

Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley 8:00 PM Showtime.. James Nash is a great and diverse guitarist drawing on influences as diverse as Charlie Parker, Bill Monroe, Django Reinhardt and Jimi Hendrix. Nash has served for a decade as a lead guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the eclectic and virtuosic Americana ensemble, The Waybacks. Nash’s newest side-project, The Nomads, reveals a more electric side to the eclectic artist, fresh new songs steeped in the soulful sounds of rock and blues that first inspired James to pick up a Stratocaster. The Nomads feature James on guitar, John R. Burr on piano & organ, Dave Brogan on drums and Angeline Saris on bass. Highly recommended!!!!!! $18 Cover Charge…

The Sweetwater Music Hall 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley 9:00 PM Showtime..
The Garcia Project with Maria Muldaur & Buzz Buchanan perform classic Jerry Garcia Band Shows for the 70’s, 80s & 90s.. Highly recommended!!!!! $30 Cover Charge…

The 44th Annual Grass Valley Father’s Day Festival is California’s premier bluegrass festival with camping, picking, children’s events, workshops, late night hot dog stand, square dancing, and a world class line up. For ticket information visit Grass Valley Festival Ticket Information. For a complete lineup visit Festival Lineup Information.

Sunday June 16th

The Lucky Horseshoe Bar 453 Cortland Ave, San Francisco 4:00 PM-7:00 PM Showtime..
Bernal Hillbillies.. A great three hours of bluegrass music at a really great venue reminiscent of the jams at the Old Paul Saloon many years ago. Highly recommended!!!! N/C

Biscuits and Blues 401 Mason St, San Francisco 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Showtimes.. I have been really looking forward to seeing the Shane Dwight Band. Shane s a killer songwriter, singer, guitarist and performer who is creating a soulful Americana sound. His band is receiving critical acclaim and I highly recommend this show.. $20 Cover Charge..

The 82nd Annual Stern Grove Festival free summer outdoor Sunday music festival kicks off with the Grammy award winning jazz-rap fusion group Digable Planets. Opening the show is Oakland’s own Bang Data a genre mixing hip-hop group blending cumbia, hip-hop and rock..The music starts at 2:00 PM and is located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Blvd in San Francisco.

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society 311 Mirada Rd, Half Moon Bay 4:30 PM Showtime.
The John Santos Quintet presents their revolving project Unusual Standards including unforgettable, outside the box, soulful, funky Afro-Caribbean tinged jazz standards and original compositions. Joining this world-class Quintet is the dynamic queen of Bay Area jazz & blues Faye Carol and Basie alum and 2019 Grammy nominee Jamie Davis. The Quartet features John Santos on percussion, Dr. John Calloway on flute, Marco Diaz on piano & trumpet, Saul Sierra on bass and David Flores on drums. Highly recommended!!!!! $35/$45 Cover Charge…

If you live in and around Santa Cruz you might want to check out

Moes Alley 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 4:00 PM Showtime… For over 30 years
Roy Rogers & The Delta Kings have continued to bring the blues to its legions of fans around the world. Rogers is considered one of the Blues scene’s preeminent slide guitarist. His distinctive guitar style is instantly recognizable and certainly unforgettable. His haunting and alluring musical renderings are firmly set in the heart of the Delta. A night with the Roy and The Delta Rhythm Kings features classics and originals ranging from the acoustic slide blues of Robert Johnson, Lighting Hopkins to the rockin’ blues of John Lee Hooker and Muddy Water songs such as. “Shake Your Money Maker”, “Walkin’ Blues”, “Terraplane Blues” “Dust My Broom” and “The Sky is Crying”. Highly recommended!!!!! $30 Cover Charge…

The 44th Annual Grass Valley Father’s Day Festival is California’s premier bluegrass festival with camping, picking, children’s events, workshops, late night hot dog stand, square dancing, and a world class line up. For ticket information visit Grass Valley Festival Ticket Information. For a complete lineup visit Festival Lineup Information.

If you live in the North Bay you may want to check out

Rancho Nicasio 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio 4:00 PM Showtime..
Tommy Castro & The Pain Killers are blazing soul-blues rockers with a funky southern soul, big city blues sound with street-level grit and soul. This band will rock the house. Highly recommended!!! $30 Cover Charge..

Video Pick Of The Week!!

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives explores the social impact of what the Source Magazine in 1998 voted, “The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time.” The documentary film is the story of quirky friends who became unlikely legends by engaging their listeners and breaking the biggest rap artists ever.