TUNE IN for a Special Night Celebrating The Music of Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia

All Ages

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm

$26

Sweetwater Music Hall

Two-time Emmy Award winning bassist, composer, producer and son of legendary Bay Area keyboardist, Merl Saunders, Tony Saunders’ life has been infused with one musical adventure after another. As an arranger, producer, composer and performer, Saunders has conquered the worlds of jazz, gospel, R&B, pop, rock and world music. He earned the first of his two Emmys at age 14 for collaborating with his dad on the PBS documentary Soul Is and by 17 was playing with Merl and Jerry Garcia on their collaborative projects. The second was earned for his contribution on the TV show, Digital Journey, on the episode, “China: Their New Digital Economy.” Though he took one of his first musical lessons on piano from Herbie Hancock, the bass he received from John Fogerty’s brother Tom – and watching recording sessions with famed bassists Anthony Davis and Lee Miles – sparked a lifelong passion for that instrument that now, 50 years later, has led to his emergence as a major independent force in contemporary jazz.

All-Star Blues w/ Richie Barron (aka Dr. Tequila) & The Mission Mob featuring an all star rhythm section of Jeff Cregg & Richard Segovia

Come dance and Enjoy All Star Blues / Latin / Rock / Music with

Richie Barron (aka Dr. Tequila) & The Mission Mob featuring an all star rhythm section of Jeff Cregg & Richard Segovia (Santana, Malo)

Full Bar

Doors 7p

Show 8p - 11:30pm

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Richard Segovia

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Come See some great local blues rock

Live at the River Theater in Guerneville

Doors: 8pm

Show: 9pm

Cover: $10

The Jody Counter Band is a mix of Rock & Roll, Driving Blues, and R&B performed by a tight rhythm section highlighted by Jody's stunning guitar work and E-Rock on bass.
In addition to their regular schedule of public and private performances The Jody Counter Band has opened for Eric Burdon & The New Animals, Neil Schon and the Piranha Blues Band featuring Neil Schon (Journey), Ross Valorie (Journey), Prairie Prince (The Tubes) and Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani), and The Detroit Disciples.
Over the years Jody has played & toured with numerous musicians & bands:
The Rocky Sullivan Band headlining their own shows and opening for artists such as Paul Butterfield, John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service), Greg Douglass (Steve Miller), Kingfish (Bob Weir) and Barry Melton (Country Joe).
Monte Mac & The Blues Attack with Ansley Dunbar (Jeff Beck ­ Journey ­ The Mothers).
Jody Counter's guitar work has appeared on Blues Bureau International Records' At The Station, Mike Onesko's Blind Side Blues Band and Mundai Owens' Natural Selection.
The 4th Saturday of each month for the last 4 years has been Jody's regular performance slot at The Tradewinds in Cotati. The Winds as it is often referred to is the premier Sonoma County music venue. It is known as a musician's bar. In the packed crowd on any of his Saturday nights you will find a large number local and passing through musicians who come to hear one of their best.
Through the years many musicians have sat in with Jody. Some of the more notable are Phil Ajioka (Los Blues), the late Stu Blank (Nasty Habits), Deen Castronovo (Journey), Levi Lloyd, Steve Long (Pulsators), Brock Spurgeon (Bone Dry), Mike Varney (Pat Travers), David Verno (Jackson Stone), and Peter Welker (Cold Blood).
It is common to see people in the crowd watching Jody pull off a 'solo' with their mouth's open. Most people dance, some just stare. The band has something for everybody. Whether you like it hard or soft, fast or slow, The Jody Counter Band puts on a great show. --John Ranis

Tumbleweed Soul

w/ Electrical Tumbleweed

Live Stream from the Occidental Fools Day Parade

Annual Fool’s Parade and Party - Saturday, April 1, 2023 1 PM

https://www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org/fools-parade

Join the village of Occidental as we celebrate all things foolish at this annual event where fools reign supreme! Frolic with the locals as they parade foolishly through town, full of West County whimsy, led by The Hub Bub Club marching band, as we wind our silly way to Occidental Center for the Arts for extreme frivolity and fun!

Everyone is welcome to join the all-ages parade. Gather with us at the Occidental Community Center at 12:45 pm to participate in the parade. We’ll wind our way through town and then head to the after party at OCA! The parade begins at 1 PM and lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Parade participants - gather at 12:45 PM at the Occidental Community Center (Across the Street from OCA)

2022 Fool’s Party

Parade is from approximately 1-1:30 PM depending on the level of foolishness.

Fool’s Party starts immediately after the parade. Performance artists, art activities and more at OCA after the parade! Free live entertainment by the Hub Bub Club, Tumbleweed Soul Trio and Electric Tumbleweed.

Costume up and come celebrate Spring with silliness at this family-friendly free community event

Muddy River Radio Hour

A throwback to ole’ Time radio Live Performance. Featuring skits, comedy, sound effects and more.

Live from The Hoot Owl art space in Monte Rio, CA

Sakoyana

Live from Elephant in the Room - Heldsberg, CA
Live Stream Event 8pm

Sakoyana is a jazz-funk band from Sonoma County, California. Influenced by sounds and creations of all kinds. Primarily the music is rooted in jazz, blues, and funk, but is also influenced by western classical music, hip hop, Indian classical music, space, plants, meditation and much more. The music strives to balance tight compositional structures with improvisation and joyful noise.

Josh Glum - Tenor Saxophone and Vox

Daniel Bowman - Drums

Stanton White - Bass and Vox

Los Amigos Invisibles - KGGV Live Stream Event

Friday, March 24, 2023

Doors: 8pm Show: 9pm

Julio Briceño, “Chulius” (Voz)
Juan Manuel Roura, “Mamel” (Batería)
José Torres, “Catire” (Bajo)

The band´s name comes from the television show “Human Values” by Venezuelan historian Arturo Uslar Pietri, which remained in the air for two decades, where he always dedicated the show to his “Invisible Friends” referring to the audience.

Los Amigos Invisibles (Spanish for "The Invisible Friends") is a Venezuelan band which plays a blend of disco, acid jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms. In addition to releasing eleven critically acclaimed albums, the band have been lauded internationally for their explosive, live shows, spanning nearly 60 countries. They are considered the Venezuelan band with the greatest international recognition.[1]

KGGV Live Stream Event - The True Loves with Fourth Position

8pm Thursday, March 16, 2023

Sweetwater Music Hall

Listening to the abundant sounds of the Seattle-based funk & soul group, True Loves, is like walking down a favorite neighborhood street, slapping five with friends, checking up with clerks in their stores, admiring your dark sun-glassed face in their windows, ducking under flowerpots and smelling the familiar smells of your most cherished locale. The band is its own block party.

What began in 2014 as a jam session between three of the city’s best – pocket-perfect drummer David McGraw, intoxicating bassist Bryant Moore, and otherworldly guitarist Jimmy James – has since blossomed into a global force that now features percussionist Iván Galvez and four horn players: trombonists Jason Cressey and Greg Kramer, and saxophonists Gordon Brown and Skerik. Together, the group’s live performances have garnered them much acclaim and millions of streams on YouTube.

In 2017, True Loves recorded their debut instrumental LP, Famous Last Words, which received worldwide adoration and earned them spots at coveted festivals. In 2021, the group released their sophomore album, Sunday Afternoon. 

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Check them out, here is their KEXP Perfomance…fire

KGGV Live Stream Event - Pink Talking Fish

Saturday, March 04, 2023

Show: 9pm

Sweetwater Music Hall

Pink Talking Fish is a Hybrid Tribute Fusion Act that takes the music from three of the world’s most beloved bands and creates a special treat for fans of the music.

Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish are all more than just bands… they are Phenomenons.  Their creations have artistically inspired people and their mindblowing live performances have brought people together to form a special sense of community around the love for their favorite band.

Although the music from each act is different, Pink Talking Fish has discovered that fusing the material together creates an amazing story.  The epic emotion of Pink Floyd…. The funky, danceable layerings of Talking Heads…. The multitude of styles, unique compositional structures and pure fun of Phish…. to merge these three into one gives music lovers a special experience.

Pink Talking Fish features Eric Gould on bass, Richard James on keyboards, Zack Burwick on drums and Cal Kehoe on guitar.  This is a band created by musicians who love the music of these acts.  It’s purpose is to heighten people’s passion for this music by creating something fresh and exciting for fans.  

Discovering connections is part of the fun:  Pink Floyd’s “On The Run” seamlessly fitting in the middle of the composition of Phish’s “You Enjoy Myself”.  Perfectly placing Phish’s “Sand” into the groove of Talking Head’s “Slippery People”.  Segued collections from all three acts such as Run Like Hell > Making Flippy Floppy > Piper > Run Like Hell or Mike’s Song > Have A Cigar > Once In A Lifetime > Weekapaug Groove.  These ideas are the spirit behind Pink Talking Fish.

The story is ever evolving.  The experience is always exciting.  Come join Pink Talking Fish for the ultimate fusion tribute and celebrate the love of this music in unique fashion.

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Tune Into KGGV The Gilmour Project Explores Dark Side Of The Moon

Sweewater Music Hall

Thursday, February 23, 2023

There are Pink Floyd tribute bands … and then there is The Gilmour Project. The 5-piece, All-Star ensemble, quickly gained a reputation for flipping the ‘Tribute Band’ script on its head, with exploratory performances of iconic and deep cut Pink Floyd classics, David Gilmour-centric and solo compositions, and pulling other surprise classic rock masterpieces out of their hats. Their version of (David Gilmour ‘discovery’) Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ appeared nightly in their sets, weeks ahead of its ‘Stranger Things’ buoyed resurgence to the top of the charts and worldwide press … making the band appear spookily prescient. Not satisfied with laurel resting, they immediately began adding geographic / historically prerogative selections … Grateful Dead’s ‘Dark Star’ in San Francisco … Patti Smith’s (Van Morrison’s actually) ‘Gloria’ in Detroit … The Band’s ‘The Weight’ in Ontario … The Allman Bros. ‘Jessica’ in Atlanta … Tom Petty’s ‘Breakdown’ in Florida … Santana’s (Peter Green composition) ‘Black Magic Woman’ in Mexico City.

Their original multimedia, ‘Floydian’ spectacle, eschewed poaching Floyd/Gilmour production assets and imagery – relying instead on visuals created by acclaimed (Blondie and Todd Rundgren) LD Hans Shoop and quadraphonic sound design and special audio FX by The Duke of New York (producer of Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland – The Remixes’). Each show was live streamed, modernizing a page from Grateful Dead’s nihilist marketing playbook, and making the performances available for free around the world for those unable to attend due to Covid concerns, or just unable to attend by being on the other side of the planet.

The Gilmour Project is 
⦁    Jeff Pevar (lead guitar with CSN, David Crosby/CPR, Joe Cocker, Ray Charles, Bette Midler, Blue Floyd, Phil Lesh & Friends, Ricki Lee Jones, Marc Cohn), 
⦁    Kasim Sulton (bass & vocals with Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, Meatloaf, Blue Oyster Cult, Hall & Oates, Cheap Trick & Joan Jett),
⦁    Prairie Prince (co-founder of The Tubes, original drummer with Journey, drums with Todd Rundgren, Blue Floyd, Jefferson Starship, Phil Lesh & Friends, XTC, George Harrison, Chris Isaak, Dick Dale), 
⦁    Mark Karan (guitar & vocals with Bob Weir, RatDog, The Other Ones, The Airplane Family, Live Dead ’69, Tom Constanten
⦁    Scott Guberman keyboard & vocals with Phil Lesh & Friends, Live Dead ’69, Keystone Revisited, Englishtown Project

KGGV Exclusive - STONE FOXES with The Coffis Brothers - Live From Sweetwater Music Hall

8pm - Sunday, February 19, 2023

After 2 years, the San Francisco rock and roll band is back on the road, bringing their fans a first listen to some of the songs from their brand new album On The Other Side. Their recordings have managed to capture and even elevate the unadulterated joy of seeing them live. Even so, one thing remains eternally true of the Stone Foxes; if you die without seeing them live, it will have been a wasted life.

Born out of both global and personal hardships, On The Other Side is an album of the heart. As the world was forced to look inward, so were the Foxes. Quite literally for Shannon, who underwent a painful open heart surgery (his second open heart surgery and fourteenth heart surgery in total). But, out of this pain came a sweeping soundscape that feels like both new territory and a return to roots.

The production of this album was a journey in itself: written by Shannon and Spence, rehearsed in their parents’ basement, recorded in studios and living rooms throughout The Bay, and mastered in Nashville. But through heartaches, hardships and harbingers of doom, the connecting force has always been love; brotherly love, romantic love and, of course, the unbridled love of rock music. They exude this love during their unmissable live shows and when Shannon takes the band out on tour, the world is better for it.

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The Coffis Brothers

With their newest record, Turn My Radio Up, The Coffis Brothers salute the glory days of the FM dial while planting their flag firmly in the present. Produced by Bay Area legend (and longtime Mother Hips frontman) Tim Bluhm, the album makes equal room for heartland rock & roll anthems, front-porch folk songs, and campfire-worthy Americana ballads.

Brothers Jamie and Kellen Coffis were raised in the Santa Cruz Mountains of northern California, an area whose woodsy imagery left a permanent mark on their sound. Their mother was a children's musician who often recruited the boys to join her onstage, instilling in them an appreciation for energetic, catchy songs that focused on melody, mood, and message. "We learned how to sing three-part harmonies with Mom at a young age," remembers Jamie, who later grew into an accomplished keyboardist as his brother sharpened his chops on guitar. When the two began writing songs together in 2007, they found that their shared upbringing — including the music they'd heard on the radio airwaves as kids — had left a lasting mark on their artistic sensibilities. "It's all-American music," says Kellen, who shares frontman duties with Jamie. "There's rock, blues, acoustic folk, and country in there. As music fans, we go all the way back to the beginning — to pioneers like Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers — but we also look to artists like the Eagles and Tom Petty for influence. That's our playbook."

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Tumbleweed Soul is an American Roots project based in the San Francisco North Bay, led by Adam Walsh and Stephanie Salva. The pair have been rocking the West Coast music scene in various projects for over a decade, best known for their joint role in the beloved Sonoma County band the Jug Dealers.  Joining them is Mike Dipirro on bass (Free Peoples, The Trichromes), and the legendary Greg Anton on drums (Zero, The Rock Collection). With powerful harmonies and eclectic songwriting that is both familiar yet fresh, their growing catalogue of original songs reflects their love of the deep city juke joints and country shacks where Americana was born.  Jazz, Blues, R&B, Country, Funk, Soul, and Old Timey Traditionals all find a home at a Tumbleweed show.

LIVE STREAM EVENT - TUNE IN SUNDAY NIGHT -6PM 2/5/23

Hosted by Big Steve Parish & feat. music w/ Ralph Woodson. Special Guests include Tommy Castro, Eric Martin & more.

Live Auction w/ Journey Memorabilia, and limited Sy Klopps merchandise for sale.

*This would have been Herbie’s 75th Birthday; All proceeds will go to complete the documentary film entitled “Who the F**CK is Herbie Herbert?!

Remembering A Legend: Herbie Herbert Passes Away At Age 73

Join award-winning singer-songwriters Megan Burtt and Edie Carey for an intimate, engaging, harmony + humor-filled concert

ABOUT EDIE:
“Edie Carey’s [The Veil] is a direct hit to the solar plexus…jaw-dropping lyricism…” – The Independent

Edie Carey has been performing since 1999, singing alongside Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile and appearing on PRI’s syndicated Mountain Stage as well as Cayamo, Telluride Bluegrass, and Newport Folk Festivals. Her lullabies project with Sarah Sample won Best Children’s Album in the 2015 Independent Music Awards, and she was a featured vocalist along with Lisa Loeb on the 2020 Grammy-Winning ensemble “All the Ladies.” Americana Highways called her 2022 release “The Veil” “one of the best of the year” and Basic Folk listed it as #4 on their “Top 10 of 2022 So Far” alongside Anais Mitchell and Aoife O’Donovan. More info at ediecarey.com
Music Video: “The Veil” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_a6hgu_Jo

ABOUT MEGAN:
“Soulful, confessional, and sublime...” – Pop Matters

Megan Burtt is a performing songwriter. She has played music on almost every continent, summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and survived a gluten free diet for a decade now. She and Oprah share the same enneagram number. She wishes she’d learned music in a Southern Gospel church and dreams of becoming an olive farmer in Spain. And, you never know, life is a long time.. and longing is a great source of inspiration. Megan is currently working on her fourth and fifth full-length albums in Colorado. More info at meganburtt.com
Music Video “Fast As I Go” —https://youtu.be/SjOQPWNErIw

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Performing as Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia, Reconstruction and Legion of Mary, Garcia and Saunders were at the forefront of the jam band era.

Tony Saunders recreates the Keystone shows with Jonny Mojo, Scott Guberman, Sunshine Garcia Becker, Danny Eisenberg and Larry Vann.

Two-time Emmy Award winning bassist, composer, producer and son of legendary Bay Area keyboardist, Merl Saunders, Tony Saunders’ life has been infused with one musical adventure after another. As an arranger, producer, composer and performer, Saunders has conquered the worlds of jazz, gospel, R&B, pop, rock and world music. He earned the first of his two Emmys at age 14 for collaborating with his dad on the PBS documentary Soul Is and by 17 was playing with Merl and Jerry Garcia on their collaborative projects. The second was earned for his contribution on the TV show, Digital Journey, on the episode, “China: Their New Digital Economy.” Though he took one of his first musical lessons on piano from Herbie Hancock, the bass he received from John Fogerty’s brother Tom – and watching recording sessions with famed bassists Anthony Davis and Lee Miles – sparked a lifelong passion for that instrument that now, 50 years later, has led to his emergence as a major independent force in contemporary jazz.