July 5 events, Acoustic Americana Music Calendar & News 2008

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"Tied to the Tracks"
ACOUSTIC AMERICANA
MUSIC CALENDAR & NEWS
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Events for July 5, 2008
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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WHY WE’RE ON BLOGSPOT.COM: after a long presence on MySpace, that site suddenly changed parameters to accept only short posts, now requiring a ponderous and VERY time-consuming process to list events in small increments. It’s far too time-consuming. So we began posting the calendar and news on Blogspot. We’ll see how this works, and we welcome your feedback, at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com .
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FUTURE EVENTS are posted into 2009. We update often, and we add a BUNCH of concerts, festivals, club gigs, workshops, and recurring events as dates arrive.
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LATEST NEWS FEATURES always post separately. The most recent edition posted July 4; the most recent previous News Features posted June 28; recent editions are available at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com; archived editions are available on the myspace page (www.myspace.com/laacoustic), by using the “View All” button, and if you don’t see what you want, then journey farther back by using the “older entries” button as many times as necessary. You can go all the way back to when acoustic music was made by indigenous natives pounding on hollow logs with rocks.
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SATURDAY, JULY 5
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Today’s anniversaries:
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LINCOLN CONSPIRATORS CONVICTED on this day in 1865 by a military tribunal, who found them guilty of plotting or aiding and abetting in the April 14 assassination of the president, and a broader plot to kill Vice President Johnson, General Ulysses Grant, and Secretary of State William Seward – who was attacked with a knife in his bed, and left for dead. Controversy has reigned for more than 140 years about the involvement of some of those who were convicted.
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The SALVATION ARMY was founded in East London this day in 1865 by revivalist preacher William Booth and his wife Catherine. The goal was to wage war against poverty and the indifference of religion to human ills. It didn’t get the name by which we know it until 1878; in the beginning, it was called the Christian Mission, though from the outset, clergy were officers and others were recruits or soldiers, as the organization based its structure on that of the British army.
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CHILDREN BANNED FROM THEATERS in New York on this day in 1916, not because of loud or unruly behavior, but because of a polio outbreak, and concern that children not be allowed to mix and mingle and spread the disease. It established the model for theater closures in 1919 when the global influenza epidemic struck, and new film releases were halted.
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“BLACK SOX” scandal broke on this day in 1921, as members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series. Many recall the famous line from a little boy to player Shoeless Joe Jackson, “Say it isn’t so, Joe.” It was, in fact, a complicated tale that wasn’t able to be fully told at the time. Sox owner Charles Comiskey routinely mistreated and grossly underpaid his players, and he produced confessions of their accepting bribes in the midst of a trial, ostensibly to take the heat off himself. The leagues other owners, fearing a growing scandal that could ruin the game, hired Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis as the new Commissioner of Baseball, because he was a hard-liner who simply banned the accused players from the game. Some of those players were baseball’s best, so banning them meant the league’s other teams would not face them on the field. Landis was also a hard-line white Southern racist, who banned black players from the league for his entire tenure, which lasted into the 1940s, offering a final sad irony to the moniker of “Black Sox.”
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LABOR WINS VICTORY on this day in 1935, when FDR signed the Wagner Act. It guaranteed workers the right to choose their own union, and to strike, and it forbade the brutal practices often used by bosses and mill owners to prevent workers from organizing or seeking safety standards. The bill had initially been opposed by President Roosevelt when Sen. Robert Wagner of New York introduced it. FDR instead chose his own National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), but when the Supreme Court knocked that down, the pragmatic FDR embraced Wagner’s old bill, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by the president.
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BIKINI INTRODUCED this day in 1946 by French designer Louis Reard, who named the daring two-piece swimsuit after Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific, scene of a US atomic bomb test earlier that week. Western Europeans joyously greeted the freedom of the first war-free summer in years, and French designers were rushing to provide fashion that would express joy and freedom. How ironic that it was named after the test site of a horrific new weapon.
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ELVIS RECORDED “That’s All Right, Mama” on this day in 1954. It was the impromptu blues jamming between recorded tracks that most caught the interest of producer Sam Phillips, who had Elvis record an “improved version” of Arthur Crudup’s song on this day, and the song would become a local hit on Memphis radio just two days later. It is cited by many as the birth of rock and roll.
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ARTHUR ASHE became the first black male player to win the Wimbledon Tennis Championship, defeating heavily-favored fellow American Jimmy Connors, on this day in 1975. His victory came one day short of 18 years since Althea Gibson had become the first black woman player to win the championship. Ashe died of AIDS in 1993. In 1997, the US Open’s new main court was named Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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FIRST MAMMAL SUCCESSFULLY CLONED on this day in 1996, as Dolly the sheep was born at Roslyn Institute in Scotland.
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TODAY’S EVENTS:
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SATURDAY, JULY 5
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Sat, Jul 5 (through Sun, Jul 6); in Washington, D.C.:
42nd Annual “SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL” continues on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.; this year brings a Texas emphasis, including performances by ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, GUY CLARK, JOE ELY, MARSHA BALL, CJ CHENIER, TERRI HENDRIX, THE GILETTE BROTHERS, and THE QUEBE SISTERS, all representing the Lone Star state, and many, many more music acts. Other major themes are a celebration of NASA and space exploration, and the culture of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Runs Jul 2-6. Info, www.folklife.si.edu/festival/2008/index.html.
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Sat, Jul 5; in Reno, NV:
Noon-9 pm “AMERICANA CELEBRATION” with LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS, and others, at Wingfield Park, Reno, Nevada. Free community event.
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Sat, Jul 5; in Fullerton:
10 am ZOOT’S WORLD plays the Kids Series at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malvern Av (1 blk W of Euclid, 2 1/2 mi N of the 91 Fwy), Fullerton 92833; 714-738-3134; www.themuck.org. Mime, stories, games and dance combine in a funny show by the Muckenthaler’s own director. The “MucKids” shows include a toddlers' area for younger siblings. $15 adults, $10 kids.
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Sat, repeats every week:
11 am-12:30 pm “PACIFIC SONGWRITERS WORKSHOP” with G. F. MLELY, at Theater & Cabaret, 1535 Termino Av, Long Beach 90804. Info, Billie Kalua, songwriters@jazcraft.net or 562-494-9627. Ongoing, began Mar 31, 2007. $15 per workshop, minimum 4 workshops payable in advance; pre-registration required.
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Sat, Jul 5; near Victorville:
Noon & 2 pm “ROY ROGERS INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION” is two "unplugged" all acoustic shows at Roy Rogers Ranch, Oro Grande, California. (More info to come.)
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Saturdays, on web radio:
Noon-2 pm “CONTINENTAL DRIFT” Celtic and British Isle folk show, on KUSP in Santa Cruz, includes live performance-interviews with host CINDY ODOM on her long-running show. From the highlands of Scotland to the midlands of England and beyond, it’s traditional and contemporary music from Ireland and the other British Isles, with Celtic lore and Celtic-influenced folk and ethnic music from Europe and North America. Info, playlists, and web simulcast at www.kusp.org.
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Saturdays, on web radio:
Noon-1 pm “UNSIGNED MUSIC SHOW” on WPMD with TEE-M and MIKE STARK is “a genre-busting show, where the UNsigned Revolution is on.” On the web at http://wpmd.org. Mike and TEE-M spin CDs 11 am-noon “from cutting-edge indie artists and bands,” (acoustic and electric) then welcome guests at noon, usually for all-acoustic live performances. The show also rebroadcasts through the week; check site for details.
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Sat, Jul 5:
1-5 pm “THE POETS SPIRIT” music and spoken word open mic “for peace, love, and humanity,” at the Learning Garden at Venice HS, 13000 Venice Bl, L.A. 90066; 310-722-3656; learninggardenmaster@yahoo.com. Gardenmaster David King tells us, “We are honored to join with the community for an organic uplifting day with music, art, poetry, expression and culture at the Learning Garden. Starting with a "vegan" potluck at the top of the afternoon, we follow that with an acoustic set in the earth circle of the "kiva" amphitheater surrounded by healing herbs, plants, flowers and trees. Later in the afternoon, we will feature the Jazz/reggae sextet THELONIOUS DUB. This is an open mic event welcoming all forms of creative expression.” Bring a contribution for the potluck. Free.
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Sat, Jul 5; in Santa Barbara:
2-5 pm THE SALT MARTIANS bring bluegrass to the Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stage Coach Rd (near San Marcos Pass), near Santa Barbara; 805-967-0066.
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Sat; alternate Saturdays, on web radio:
2 pm (Pacific) “ACOUSTIC HARMONY,” hosted by Mark Michaelis, from WGDR at 91.1 FM in the Green Mountains of Vermont, simulcast at www.wgdr.org. Mark sometimes hosts folk and acoustic renaissance artists in-studio for all-acoustic performance-interviews. He says, “The focus is on contemporary and traditional folk, singer-songwriters and local artists, but a little of anything and everything might creep-in. Whether it's Celtic, bluegrass, world music or even rock or blues, as long as it's got beautiful harmonies and melodies you might here it here on a Saturday afternoon.” More info, playlists, and archived performance-interviews at www.acoustic-harmony.com.
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Saturdays, on web radio:
3-5 pm (Pacific) “A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION” always features live performances and skits and stories with host GARRISON KEILLOR, a regular cast of recording artists, and guests, whether broadcasting from various live venues across America, or from its home base in Minnesota. This initial “live” broadcast tiume each weekend is standard everywhere, though repeat times vary by station. In L.A., the show is broadcast on KPCC 89.3 FM, and repeats Saturday night, 6-8 pm and Sunday Noon-2 pm. But if you’re in L.A., it’s much better to find a web simulcast from somewhere; that’s because KPCC has no other music shows and they do not know how to control the levels for music performances, causing frequent peaking and signal cut-out.
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Sat, recurring:
4-6 pm SHAPE NOTE / SACRED HARP, “The Learners Group” in Santa Monica. Call Laura for location: 310-450-3516.
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Sat, Jul 5:
4 pm “CHARITY AUCTION” at Amoeba Music, 6400 Sunset Bl, Hollywood; 323-245-6400. Host Brently Heilbron presides over a first-Saturday-of-every-month event, bringing a good time and money for a variety of charitable causes.
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Sat, Jul 5:
6-10:30 pm monthly “PICKIN’ NIGHT” at the Blue Ridge Pickin' Parlor, 17828 Chatsworth St, Granada Hills; www.pickinparlor.com; 818-282-9001. Beginner’s Jam 6-7:30 pm (main store); Intermediate Jam 6-7:30 pm in their additional space at 17824 Chatsworth St, 2 doors E of the main store; Open Jam 7:30-10:30 pm in main store.
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Sat, every week:
6:30-10:30 pm Weekly BLUEGRASS CONCERT at Me n’ Ed’s Pizza Parlor, 4115 Paramount Bl (at Carson), Lakewood; 562-421-8908.
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Sat, Jul 5:
7 pm SLIGO RAGS at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reserv, 626-398-7917. The Celtic band with a bluegrass attitude performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks” on St Patrick’s Day, 2006. At that time, they had EIGHT of the TOP TEN songs on one Celtic Music Chart (no others in the Top 100 appeared more than once). Venue impresario BOB STANE tells us, “this is a money-back, no-questions-asked-if-you-are-not-thrilled act.” They’re fun, exciting, up-tempo, multi-talented, as Bob Stane says, “A fusion that just crackles.”
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Two-time winners of the Orange County Music Award for Best Folk Band, they play fiddle, acoustic guitar, electric bass, and percussion. Sligo Rags is taking the local and not-so-local Celtic music scene by storm. Their debut studio recording, "The Night Before the Morning After," continues to receive international airplay, and was called "the best I've heard from a stateside band" by Celtic Beat Magazine. Says the San Diego Troubadour, "This band can light up an atmosphere as dim as the Guinness Stout you just ordered at the bar...Sligo Rags really know their Celtic music." Don't be surprised if elements of country, gypsy jazz, and swing manage to sneak their way into the act as well. $18.
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Sat, Jul 5; in Tehachapi:
7 pm TERRI ASHER at Mama HillyBeans Coffee & Community, 426 E Tehachapi Bl, Tehachapi; www.mamahillybeans.com; 661-822-BEAN. Describing herself as a folk style singer and song purloiner, Terri "borrows" O. P. T. (other person's tunes) that tell great stories. Old or new, humorous or heartening, Terri shares tunes that she has gleaned whilst bogeying down the human highway. Playing guitar since she was 10, she now also dabbles a bit with bowed psaltry and old time fiddle. Sometimes she is joined by another acoustic musician, or two, and depending on the impromptu combination, the musical round robin theme can just about end up anywhere from A to Z, and back. She encourages audience participation (yes including chat) and suggests bringing your laptop to tap into Hilly's WiFi, and to look for your live lyrics on line. Venue has great ambience, and food "made from scratch and about 95% organic." Traveling acts have varying admission prices; check venue's web site.
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Sat, every week:
7:30-10:30 pm GRATEFUL DUDES weekly bluegrass concert at Vincenzo’s Pizza, 24500 Lyons Ave, Newhall; 661-259-6733. (Lyons exit, just off I-5.) This a long-running series, often, with very impressive performing guests.
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Sat; every Sat:
7:30 pm “RANCH PARTY” evening of country & Americana roots music performances, on the West Patio Stage, Original Farmers Market, 3rd & Fairfax, L.A. Presented by EB’s Beer & Wine Bar. New in April, 2008. Performers have included DAVID SERBY, GRANT LANGSTON, 29 MULES, BOB WOODRUFF, OLD BULL, PSYCHEDELIC COWBOYS, PAUL CHESNE, NICOLE GORDON, and BUCKSWORTH. Parking: 2 hours free with validation from EB’s Beer & Wine Bar. $3 for the third hour; $1 for each additional 20 minutes; $15 max. Addt’l parking at The Grove, next door. Get validation for their structure from Grove merchants. No cover.
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Sat, first Sat every month:
7:30-11:30 pm “SANTA MONICA TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC CLUB” at Santa Monica Synagogue, 1448 18th St (corner of 18th & Broadway), Santa Monica. Info, coordinator April Halprin Wayland, 310-376-8760, Aprilstory@aol.com; www.santamonicafolkmusicclub.org.
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Sat, Jul 5:
8-10 pm monthly “JUKE JOINT GANG” show at The Talking Stick, 1630 Ocean Park Bl, Santa Monica; 310-450-6052; www.thetalkingstick.net. It’s an evening of fine acoustic roots music, this month with NICK KIRGO & ERICA SORENSON (Otis), ERNEST TROOST, LAUREN ADAMS, MARK FOSSON, in that sequence, each playing a 30-min set. Ernest Troost and Lauren Adams have each performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and Mark Fosson’s music has been heard on the show. Venue has coffeehouse fare, good sandwiches. No cover.
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Sat, first Sat every month:
8 pm “GRASSROOTS ACOUSTICA” monthly charity benefit showcase with RANDY SHARP, DUDLEY SAUNDERS, JANE BOLDUC, BYRON PFEIFER & TOM GRAMLICH, and performing host MARK ISLAM, at its new home, The Spot Café & Lounge, 4455 Overland Av, Culver City; 310-559-8868; www.thespotcafelounge.com. Performing host MARK ISLAM says, “All of the performers, [make] good on their promise to busk their hearts out… new songs & everything… a Who's Hoot.” Past lineups have included Grammy winners / nominees and a Village Voice OBIE Award winner. Mark continues, “There's no shortage of acoustic eclecticism in Los Angeles.” Artists info, www.myspace.com/tomandbyron ; www.myspace.com/markislam ; www.janebolduc.com ; www.dudleysaunders.com ; www.randysharp.ws . Every show is a benefit for a nonprofit or charity; this month’s beneficiary is Children of the Night; otherwise, no cover charge. See this week’s NEWS FEATURES for more.
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Sat, Jul 5:
8-10 pm “CONCERT TO AID KULAK’S WOODSHED LEGAL DEFENSE FUND”, featuring many Of L.A.’S Finest musicians, hosted by PAUL ZOLLO, and featuring DAVE MORRISON, BOB MALONE, MANDA, ROBERT MORGAN FISHER, SMOKEY MILES, LORIN HART, SEVERIN BROWNE, ALEX DEL ZOPPO, AARON WOLFSON, JEFF GOLD, JAMES HURLEY, JULIE CHADWICK, DAVE LAROS, ROD SMEAR, ARKIE & SNARKIE, CRAIG & SABRINA, RICHARD MARCHETTA, JOE FRISCO, JONAH SPARKS, ALLAN COMEAU, ROBERT MILKWOOD THOMAS, and others, at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood; 818-766-9913; info / web simulcast at www.kulakswoodshed.com. Many of the artists taking part have performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” including DAVE MORRISON, who says, “A frivolous lawsuit brought by a neighbor with more chip than shoulder, must be defended against. This means attorney fees. That's the bad news. The good news is that we are raising the funds like we always do. By putting on a show!” No cover, artists are unpaid, and a minimum $10 donation to the venue is expected from each participant & audience member.
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Sat, recurring:
8 pm-midnight SONGMAKERS “WEST VALLEY HOOT” Group Singing in Woodland Hills; call for loc, 818-887-0446.
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Sat, first Sat every month; in the OC:
8 pm-midnight SONGMAKERS “ORANGE COUNTY HOOT” meets in a private home in Mission Viejo. Info, www.songmakers.org/hoots/orange_county_hoot.htm.
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Sat, Jul 5:
8:17 pm THE CODY SHOW (aka THE CODY BRYANT BAND) at Viva Fresh, 900 W Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; 818-845-2425; www.vivacantina.com.
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Sat, Jul 5:
9-9:45 pm LUIS OLIART on acoustic guitar & vocals, with RUSSELL FEINGOLD on didgeridoo, at Room 5 Lounge, 143 N La Brea Av, L.A. 90036; 323-653-0640. Venue is 21+. $7 cover.
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Sat, every week:
9 pm LIVE MUSIC (artists tba) at the Cowboy Palace Saloon, 21635 Devonshire St (Devonshire & Owensmouth), Chatsworth 91311; www.cowboypalace.com; 818-341-0166. Live music 7 nights a week, sometimes acoustic, sometimes electric. Preceded by free line / couple dance lessons with Charlotte, 7-9 pm. No cover.
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Sat, Jul 5:
9:30 pm MADAME PAMITA and MARK MILLER (Skeeter Truck) celebrate their birthdays together with 20 CENT HAIRCUT (JAY & BOSKO of 50 CENT HAIRCUT), and SIMON STOKES, with all performing at Taix, 1911 Sunset Bl, L.A. 90026. Madame Pamita at 9:30, Mark Miller at 10, 20 Cent Haircut at 11, Simon Stokes at 12.
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Sat, Jul 5:
10 pm-1 am OLD CALIFORNIO and DAVE GLEASON at the Cinema Bar, 3967 N Sepulveda, Culver City. No cover; bring $ for the tip jar.
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Sat, every week; on TV:
11 pm-12 am "AUSTIN CITY LIMITS" on KLCS (check your cable co.; broadcast TV Ch. 58). Recently moved from Friday night to this new time.
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View more July events at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com, as chronological date listings, and longer “looks ahead,” as separate posts. NEWS FEATURES are also there, AND at www.myspace.com/laacoustic. News Features, radio playlists, and other things, are archived on myspace; use the “view all” button, scroll down, and if you don’t find what you want, then use the “older” button and scroll-down, as many times as necessary, all the way back to when acoustic music was made by indigenous natives pounding with rocks on hollow logs.
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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Questions? Comments? Contact us at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com
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