Petty Perking up Berkeley
The ultimate Mr. Cool, Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers play The Greek Theatre on a perfect summers night in his 40th year of touring as TP and the Heartbreakers. Opening for Petty was the up and coming rock band, The Shelters from LA.. The Shelters opened the show at 7, and they played for just under an hour. A young band that Tom Petty himself heard a few years ago and believed in them enough to, co produce their album, hand them the keys to his studio, all his gear and gent
Troublemakers Return to San Francisco
Vintage Trouble at Fort Mason for 'Tour deFat', Fat Tire beer festival. The event was a circus like atmosphere complete with stilt walkers and sideshows. Building C, at Fort Mason Center for the Arts was filled with beer loving millennials mostly, with a few "Troublemakers" sprinkled about the crowd. ("Troublemakers" is a name penned to those of us who are Vintage Trouble fans.) The event began at 4pm, with a colorful array of small acts and games to entertain the beer drinke
Outside Lands 10 - 2017
Outside Lands music festival, San Francisco. This year, 2017 is its tenth year. big lineup for this three day festival, and approximately 75 acts graced the stages in Golden Gate Park this weekend. Every act was impeccably timed, though there were a couple cancellations, one was 'Queens of the Stone Age' and the other was 'Tribe, called Quest'. So if you were attending the weekend for one or both of those bands you may have been sorely disappointed. This festival was definit
Kingsborough plays the Krush backyard
August 10, 2017 was another one of Sonoma County fave events, KRSH Backyard Concert. Tonight Lungs and Limbs, a great four piece indie band opened for Kingsborough. Lungs and Limbs played a great set whilst the KRSH crowd settled in, got their bevvie of choice, and enjoyed the music. The headliner, Kingsborough is a great rock n roll band from Sonoma County that proves time after time that they are here to stay. I do believe that someday in the not too distant future, Kingsbo
Beatles play Peacetown
Sebastopol is a little gem tucked away in the North Bay. This little tye dyed town has free concerts during the summer, in Ives Park every Wednesday night, they call Peacetown. On this particular Wednesday night there were two North Bay legends playing to the ever appreciative hippy dippy music lovers - the opening band, Bohemian Highway, lead by the very talented, singer songwriter Doug Blumer. Bohemian Highway is a six piece band, made up of two couples, Doug Blumer and his
Green Day at home
Green Day - one of my top five favorite bands, played their own back yard in Oakland at the Coliseum on Saturday. Catfish and the Bottlemen, a U.K. band, opened for them with a short set, of under 30 minutes. Catfish rocked the stage, yet the audience wasn't as taken with them as they were when I saw them at BottleRock Napa at the end of May this year. At BottleRock, the audience seemed to know every word and be true Catfish fans. My opinion of Catfish - great band, very much
