8/11/2005: Tea Leaf Green downtown for FREE after work tonight!

Howdy folks-

Welcome to Thursday afternoon in musicland.

If ya'll know what's good for you you'll boogie on
down to Justin Herman Plaza on the Embarcadero and
join me after work for a free outdoor happy hour
performance by Tea Leaf Green. It's going down at 6
with opener Rich Price, and it's all free dammit.

AND if you really know what's good for you you'll head
out to see Garage a Trois for their last night in town
this evening. Last night they tore the roof completely
off the joint. They probably won't suck tonight
either.

Of course there are some other great shows tonight and
throughout the entire weekend. Russell Batiste at the
Boom Boom will be real funky, Stern Grove on Sunday is
getting invaded by New Orleans, String Cheese
Incident's Bill Nershi is playing a rare intimate gig
at the CT Yankee on Sunday night, and the list goes
on...

|||||| THURSDAY 8/11 ||||||

Tea Leaf Green @ Justin Herman Plaza $FREE
A free after-work gig on the Embarcadero! Catch SF’s
hottest jam band outdoors making happy hour happy.
Music starts at 6pm with Rich Price opening.
http://www.tealeafgreen.com/

Garage a Trois @ Independent $23 (limited tickets
available)
They destroyed the place last night, this is one hell
of an ass kickin’ band. It’s a powerhouse foursome of
sonic geniuses featuring Charlie Hunter playing guitar
and bass on one instrument, deep-groovin’ Stanton
Moore of Galactic on drums, madman Skerik on
saxamaphone and somehow-equally-mad man Mike Dillon on
vibraphone and percussion. You’ve seen some of these
nutty cats in Frequinox, Critters Buggin’, Hairy Apes
BMX, Dead Kenny Gs, Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade, and a
slew of other ridiculous bands. As Kid Beyond once
said, miss these shows at your unfunky peril!
http://www.garageatrois.com/

the New Up @ 12 Galaxies $8
All around good guy Mark Schuh plays bass in this
woman-fronted funky psychedelic rock band. With an
eclectic sound made from searing guitar, a powerful
rhythm section, and female vocals and flute, this
should be a tasty show. Two other bands fronted by
chicks open up: Zonk! and Artemis.
http://www.thenewup.com/

Plum Crazy @ Last Day Saloon $5
A Nor-Cal 5-piece, this jam band has been getting some
great press lately. You may have seen their excellent
bass player Greg Garvey playing with longtime buddy
Adam Willis.
http://www.plumcrazymusic.com/index.html

|||||| FRIDAY 8/12 ||||||

Cyclomatic Trio Happy Hour @ House of Shields $FREE
Mister Willis tells me the funky happy hour will end
at 8:30 this week, so get there early to catch the
grooves.

Russell Batiste & Da Orchestra @ Boom Boom Room $15
Saturday & Sunday shows! The funky drummer of Funky
Meters fame is going to rock the Boom Boom Room with
his own band this weekend. It’s mostly about funk with
a little jazz, reggae, rock, and Cajun added to the
mix. And the band is featuring Karl Denson’s stellar
former trumpet player Carlos Washington. Hot stuff
kids.
http://www.russellbatiste.com/

|||||| SATURDAY 8/13 ||||||

Russell Batiste & Da Orchestra @ Boom Boom Room $15
Saturday & Sunday shows! See above.
http://www.russellbatiste.com/

Home at Last @ Last Day Saloon $8
I think these up-and-coming jam rockers are going to
be the next Tea Leaf Green in the SF scene. Their
high-energy inventiveness combined with great
musicianship makes for a great dance-happy time.
http://www.halband.com/

|||||| SUNDAY 8/14 ||||||

Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet | Dirty Dozen Brass
Band @ Stern Grove $FREE
New Orleans invades Stern Grove! Get thee to the
festival early in the morn’ for a good spot for this
one. Big bad Beausoleil (headlining) is renown for
being one of the best Cajun/zydeco/tex-mex bands ever
to come out of ‘Nawlins. To sweeten the deal, Dirty
Dozen opens with the huge funky brass sound that only
a New Orleans brass band can bring.
http://sterngrove.org/index.php?template=2&page=10

Honkytonk Home Slice @ Connecticut Yankee $20
A soulful, downhome, rootsy, bluegrassy threesome
consisting of guitarist/singer Bill Nershi (of String
Cheese Incident) and his vocalist wife Jillian.
Stellar guitarist Scott Law will join them for this
intimate gig at the Yankee.
http://www.honkytonkhomeslice.com/index.html

|||||| MONDAY 8/15 ||||||

Scott Amendola Trio @ Bacar $FREE
Monday & Tuesday gigs. Catch some hot jazz and enjoy
some tasty wine at SoMa’s Bacar. Scott is an exciting,
inventive drummer of TJ Kirk and Charlie Hunter fame,
and his trio includes pianist Art hirahara and
stand-up bassist Devin Hoff.
http://www.scottamendola.com/

|||||| TUESDAY 8/16 ||||||

Scott Amendola Trio @ Bacar
Monday & Tuesday gigs, see above.
http://www.scottamendola.com/

|||||| WEDNESDAY 8/17 ||||||

Shanty Town @ 12 Galaxies $8
These guys are a high-energy, soulful, hard rockin’
band with a sound that borrows from bluegrass,
southern rock, and Blues-Brothers-Style rhythm &
blues. They’re really intense and really authentic and
a hell of a good time.
http://www.shantytownmusic.com/index.html