Silver Star Picks 11/13-11/19

Monday November 6th

Silver Star picks 11/6-11/12

Amnesia Bar 853 Valencia St, San Francisco 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
The Bowties

This is a really wonderful bluegrass ensemble. Lots of fun and the Amnesia is a great venue to see them. No Cover

Tuesday November 7th

20 Cosmo Place San Francisco Le Colonial
7pm-10 pm showtime
Le Jazz Hot Trio

This group is so much fun and at a great venue. Highly recommend. N/C

Wednesday November 8th

Club Deluxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 6-9 pm
The Cosmo Alleycats

One of the best vintage jazz bands around N/C

Hemlock Tavern 1131 Polk St, San Francisco 8:30 showtime
Why These Coyotes Discovered this band on youtube and really liked them. Watch Here! They are part of a 4 band night extravaganza.
The other bands are:
The Twin Ponies a Phoenix Arizona grunge band Watch Here!
Dent a Boston based alt rock band Watch Here!
The Chaw (Music could be heard in bandcamp link.) A four piece alt rock band from Oakland. This promises to be a great night of music $8 cover.

Thursday November 9th

Boom Boom Room
1601 Fillmore St,
San Francisco 9:30 pm showtime.
Deltaphonic and the Groove Valve Orchestra

Deltaphonic is a New Orleams duo that blends roots rock, country blues and New Orleans funk. This should be a fun show. $7.00 Cover Charge

Revolution Cafe 3248 22nd St,
San Francisco 8:30 pm Showtime Banda Sin Nombre

This is a wonderful world folk 5 piece band from the Mission District. This should be great show. No Cover

Friday November 10th

Revolution Cafe 3248 22nd St,
San Francisco, 9pm-12 showtime
Tin Cup Serenade

This is wonderful bay area jazz band.
This should be a fun show and you never know who may sit it with them. No Cover

Freight and Salvage 2020 Addison St, Berkeley 8pm showtime The Texas Troubadours Three of Texas most iconic songwriters and performers
Ruthie Foster

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Carrie Rodriguez

This world-premiere presentation will be a rare treat for fans of all three singers, for fans of Texas music, and for fans of great songwriting. $46.00 CoverCharge

Hemlock Tavern 1131 Polk St, San Francisco 8:30-12:30 showtime https://www.reverbnation.com/harriot
Watch Here!
I am so happy they are performing again. This all girl rock band from San Francisco was originally brought together by the now defunct branch of the School of Rock in San Francisco is a kick ass rock band. I expect they will go on later in the evening. 7.00 cover

Saturday November 11th

.Club De Luxe 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 9 pm showtime Howell Devine

My favorite Bay Area Blues Band minimum cover

.Slims 333 11th St, San Francisco 8 pm showtime Jerry Douglas Band

I have seen this band a few times and they are just great. Jerry is one of my favorite musicans and this group will not disappoint. $36.00 cover

Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
9 pm showtime
Carribean Allstars

One of my favorite bay area bands This is a great reggae band and the Ashkenaz is a great venue to see them. $15.00 cover charge

Sunday November 12th

Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol 8pm showtime Donna The Buffalo

This is one groovy good rocking band. I really love them. Great performers. $20.00 cover charge

Slims 333 11th St, San Francisco 8 pm showtime .Yasmine Hamdan

Yasmine is a great Lebanese born singer songwriter who is one of the most groundbreaking and inflential musicians from the Middle East. I love playing her music and this will be a special show.

Fillmore SF 1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco 8pm showtime .Annie D1Franco

She is such a great performer and one of music’s iconic characters. Just a greart performer and really funny.$35.00 cover charge

The Midway SF 900 Marin St, San Francisco 7pm showtime ThePharcyde

Classic D.A.I.S.Y age (Da Inner Soul Ya’ll) avant garde Hiphop icons that blend soul music with hiphop and have recorded with De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, the Roots, and the Gorillaz. No Cover Charge.

Video Pick
In tribute to the passing this week of the great Fats Domino I recommend the PBS documentary “American Masters” Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll

The New Orleans rhythm and blues of Fats Domino helped aid integration in the South.

Silver Star picks of the week 11/2-11/9

Wednesday November 1
Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol http://www.hopmonk.com/sebastopol 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol 8pm showtime
Dumpstaphunk dumpstaphunk.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEWv5PElFlo. This New Orleans funk jamband ambassadors. One of my favorite bands $23.00 Cover. Well worth the price of admission

Thursday November 2
Freight and Salvage http://www.thefreight.org 2020 Addison St, Berkeley 8pm showtime Habib Koite and Bamada habibkoite.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHBYpUMQlBU Habib is a legendary Mali singer songwriter and influential guitarist and his band, Bamada, is a supergroup of West African musicians. I will be at this show. $34.00 cover

Friday November 3
Boom Boom Room http://www.boomboomroom.com 1601 Fillmore St, San Francisco 9:30 showtime
JOE MARCINEK BAND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QQ4foJrug featuring George Porter JR. of The Meters, Alan Evans of Soulville & Wil Blades $20.00 cover
Time to get your funk on with some over the real innovators of funk and groove. This should be a fun show.
Biscuit and Blues http://www.biscuitsandblues.com 401 Mason St, San Francisco 7:30 & 10:00 showtime
Sonny Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKO38XWsaeU $24.00 cover charge
Sonny Rhodes continues to be the blues ultimate road warrior and a great blues singer and lap steel guitar player. He is
great performer.

Brick and Mortar brickandmortarmusic.com 1710 Mission St, San Francisco 9 pm showtme
The Sugarman 3 (feat. members of The Dapkings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5rdXEOR0-U and the Jazz Mafia Brass band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZU2y3swvIw $20.00 cover. Time to get your brass off. Should be one fun dance your ass off
night

Great American Music Hall http://www.slimspresents.com/great-american-music-hall 859 O’Farrell St, San Francisco 9 pm showtime
Donna The Buffalo donnathebuffalo.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXPexLWhNRg $20.00 cover charge
This is one groovy fell good rocking band. I really love them. Great performers.

Saturday November 4th

Club Deluxe http://www.clubdeluxe.co 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 6pm -9pm showtime Howell Devine http://www.howelldevine.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5mpOGzHFo4 No Cover
My favorite bay area blues trio.

Brick and Mortar brickandmortarmusic.com 1710 Mission St, San Francisco 9 pm showtme

The Sugarman 3 (feat. members of The Dapkings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5rdXEOR0-U and M-Tet http://www.themtet.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhX6kul0Hww $20.00 cover. Time to get your brass off. Should be one fun dance your ass off night

Freight and Salvage http://www.thefreight.org 2020 Addison St, Berkeley 8 pm Showtime Bobbi Cepedes https://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/bobi-cespedes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-JO2G0QumY $26.00 Cover charge
Without a doubt the bay areas best Cuban singer. She is a great performer. She will get you dancing.

Sunday November 5th

Freight and Salvage http://www.thefreight.org 2020 Addison St, Berkeley 7 pm showtime Sam Bush http://www.sambush.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xea_xDYXi3s $44.00 cover charge
One of the great innovators of Bluegrass music and one of my favorite mandolin players. Really entertaining. Sam always puts on a great show.

Monday November 6th

Amnesia Bar https://amnesiathebar.com 853 Valencia St, San Francisco 7:00 pm-9:00 pm The Bowties http://www.bowtiesbluegrass.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Im7MDGnEg No Cover Charge
This is a really wonderful bluegrass ensemble. Lots of fun and the Amnesia is a great venue to see them.

Tuesday November 7th

Le Colonial 20 Cosmo Place San Francisco http://www.lecolonialsf.com 7pm-10 pm showtime Le Jazz Hot Trio http://www.hotclubsf.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ISszuIj_k No Cover. This group is so much fun and at a great venue. Highly recommend.

Wednesday November 8th

Club Deluxe http://www.clubdeluxe.co 1511 Haight St, San Francisco 6-9 pm
The Cosmo Alleycats https://www.cosmoalleycats.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujOPuLinWMk No Cover One of the best vintage jazz bands around

Hemlock Tavern http://www.hemlocktavern.com 1131 Polk St, San Francisco 8:30 showtime
Why These Coyotes https://www.whythesecoyotes.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG7x1jqwnJI $8.00 cover charge. Discovered this band on youtube nd really liked them. They are part of a 4 band night extravaganza. The other bands are
the Twin Ponies a Phoenix Arizona grunge band https://twinponies.bandcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S8hDDJUtTM
Dent http://www.dent.band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTrudAAa-F8 a Boston based alt rock band
The Chaw https://thechaw.bandcamp.com https://thechaw.bandcamp.com a four piece alt rock band from Oakland This promises to be a great night of music

Thursday November 9th

Boom Boom Room http://www.boomboomroom.com 1601 Fillmore St, San Francisco 9:30 pm showtime.
Deltaphonic and the Groove Valve Orchestra https://grovevalveorchestra.wordpress.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5PhnJl7tOc Deltaponic is a New Orleams duo that blends roots rock, country blues
and New Orleans funk. $ 7.00 Cover Charge. This should be a fun show.