1/26/2005: Music for you and Tahoe too.

Happy hump day afternoon!

We here at McShow Industries realize that winter can
be a tough time to catch all the stellar music in San
Francisco. No matter how good the grooves are, some
people find the need to spend every weekend snow-bound
at Lake Tahoe. We can sympathize. We’re all skiers
here at McShow Enterprises having fired all those punk
snowboarders long ago in order to increase
productivity. We want to know who’s playing around in
Tahoe when we’re headed up, so from now on you will
too. Thank Mary for that.

By the way, there are a couple of unique events coming
up to keep in mind. An incredible band of funky
soul-jazz players from Greyboy Allstars, Karl D’s Tiny
Universe, and Robert W’s 20th Congress will be at the
Boom Boom Feb 4th & 5th. Miss that and you’re insane.
Also the SF Bluegrass and Old Time Festival kicks off
next week with a 2-week run of excellent bluegrass
shows all around town. Check out the schedule here:
http://www.sfbluegrass.org/schedule05.html

Here's what's going on right now:

|||||| WEDNESDAY 1/26 ||||||

SambaDa @ Elbo Room $6
Purveyors of funky funky samba, they’ll keep you
dancing and dancing and dancing…
http://www.sambada.com

BLVD @ Boom Boom Room $5
Word is this guitar/bass/drums trio is busting out the
live house/breaks-y stuff as good as anyone in
this-a-here-a-town.
http://blvdtrio.com/

|||||| THURSDAY 1/27 ||||||

SambaDa @ Green Room (Reno, NV) $8
(see above)
http://www.sambada.com

|||||| FRIDAY 1/28 ||||||

Speakeasy Trio @ House of Shields $FREE
Mister Willis and company are at it again to keep your
happy hour rockin’. Great crazy jazz, no cover, where
the hell else you gonna go downtown?

Keller Williams @ Fillmore $22.50
The original one man wonder plays his heart out on
SF’s greatest stage. Impossible to categorize, Keller
never ceases to impress with his shear inventiveness
and musicianship.
http://www.kellerwilliams.net/

Tsunami Relief II Allstars @ 12 Galaxies $10 donation
Members of Animal Liberation Orchestra and Samantha &
the Ritual headline a great night of funky music for a
great cause at 12 Galaxies.
http://www.12galaxies.com/artistdetail2.php?id=761

Scott Amendola Band @ Bruno’s $7
One of SF’s hottest funky drummers, Scott has too many
bands for me to keep up with. This one has Will
Bernard playing guitar, and I think that’s swell.
http://www.scottamendola.com/

Tower of Power @ Nugget (Sparks, NV) $27
The original kings of East Bay funk. No one does it
better. Saturday show too!
http://www.bumpcity.com/

SambaDa @ Sierra Vista (Tahoe City) $10
(see above)
http://www.sambada.com

|||||| SATURDAY 1/29 ||||||

Aphrodesia/Delta Nove/Al Howard @ 12 Galaxies $12
Three, three, three killer funky bands for the price
of one! Al Howard starts with his jazzy hip-hop
orchestra, Delta Nove plays their samba flavored funk
second, and Aphrodesia headlines with big loud
afrobeat grooves.
http://aphrodesia.org/

Bernard, Blades, Amendola @ Boom Boom Room $10
This trio of SF’s absolute finest funky boogaloo jazz
cats is sure to blow the roof off the joint. Let’s
hope it’s not raining at the time.
http://www.willbernard.com/default.htm

Tower of Power @ Nugget (Sparks, NV) $27
(see above)
http://www.bumpcity.com/

Shotgun Wedding Quintet @ Zephr (Reno, NV)
Jazz Mafia representin’ the jazzy hip-hop funk up in
the big little city.
http://www.shotgunweddingquintet.com/pages/1/

SambaDa @ Bar One (Tahoe City) $FREE
(see above) Afternoon show 4-7.
http://www.sambada.com

|||||| TUESDAY 2/1 ||||||

Realistic @ Bruno’s $10
The 5-piece core of the orchestra finally gets a
little room to breathe on stage at Jazz Mafia Tuesday.
It’s jazz, drum n’bass, funk, etc, etc, etc, and
awesome. $2 Stella Artois too.
http://www.realisticsf.com/

Vowel Movement @ Studio Z $8
It’s all beatbox, all the time with Kid Beyond and
many others that make amazing beats with mouths and
mics.
http://www.thevowelmovement.com/

Damn, okay, I think that's most of the major stuff.
Don't forget about all the crazy stuff that's coming
up soon. The funk won't forget about you!