July 8 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 8, 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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TUESDAY, JULY 8
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Today’s anniversaries:
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LIBERTY BELL FIRST RANG FOR INDEPENDENCE on this day in 1776, to call the people of Philadelphia to the State House to hear the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, upon the document’s return from the printer. Contrary to what most Americans believe, the July 4 adoption of the Declaration by the Continental Congress was not occasioned by public hoopla, because the event would not be widely known until July 8. As for the Liberty Bell, it acquired that name not simply because it was used to signal the reading, but because of the perfectly appropriate inscription it bore, since its casting in 1751: “Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land and unto All the Inhabitants Thereof.”
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COMMODORE PERRY SAILED INTO TOKYO BAY on this day in 1851 aboard a squadron of four US warships, bearing a letter from President Millard Fillmore. It was the key first step in opening forbidden and secretive feudal Japan to trade with the West. It was an archetype example of “gunboat diplomacy.” Fearing naval bombardment, the Japanese met with Perry, and upon his return in March, 1854, signed a trade treaty with the US. Treaties with other Western powers soon followed, and the exposure to the outside world brought Japan’s feudal system of Shogun states to an end, and launched it on the most rapid path to becoming an industrialized nation that the world has ever seen.
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“BOSS” TWEED EXPOSED by the New York Times on this day in 1871. He had built a corrupt empire on unprecedented proportions, taking as much as $200 million in bribes and corruption from his throne as Commission of Public Works on New York City. He would be tried, convicted and sent to jail, from where he bribed his way out, and escaped to Cuba and then to Europe. Finally recaptured, be sought to trade his confession for immunity. He revealed how he did everything, and named accomplices. He was then returned to jail, where he died in 1878. Corrupt politicians do not all escape.
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COWBOY LICENSE PLATE designer Lester Callaway Hunt was born on this day in 1892. As Wyoming Secretary of State in 1936, he designed the bucking bronco / cowboy license plate that the state still uses. The design was taken from a photograph of cowboy A.G. Stubb barely staying aboard a horse named Deadman.
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY SEVERLY WOUNDED on a WW I battlefield on this day in 1918. He was a Red Cross ambulance driver, and he was carrying a wounded comrade to safety when he was wounded. He nearly died, was decorated for bravery, and sent home to become one of the 20th century’s greatest writers. Foreshadowing today’s obsessions with celebrity gossip, his life and romantic escapades were subjects of great interest. He would be wounded again in a 1953 plane crash, from which he never really recovered. He won the Pulitzer Prize that same year for “The Old Man and the Sea.” Increasing anxious and living in pain, he committed suicide in 1961.
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LOUIS ARMSTRONG boarded a train on this day in 1922, from his native New Orleans to Chicago, where he had been invited to play with King Oliver’s famous jazz band. It was there, performing with Oliver, that Armstrong would become one of America’s most famous musicians, as he developed the instrumental solo (on his trumpet) as a fundamental feature of the genre.
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TED WILLIAMS WINS BASEBALL’S ALL STAR GAME on this day in 1941, with a bottom-of-the-ninth, two-out, three-run homer. As wars raged in Europe and Asia, It would be America’s last summer of peace. With most of the nation fairly well recovered from the Great Depression, and radio reaching into homes and shops with events like the game, it seemed an idyllic time, full of possibilities, and made for sports heroes.
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PARIS CELEBRATES 2,000 YEAR ANNIVERSARY on this day in 1951. Most archaeologists and historians believe the French were more than a bit slow out of the starting gate, because scholars accept that the riverbank village that would become the City of Lights was probably established around 250 BC. Still, it’s easy to understand the postwar desire to celebrate, after the four long years that the city was occupied by the Nazis.
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KEVIN BACON was born this day in 1958. The successful actor is also a musician with his own band, and the subject of a strange cult of fans who seek six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon in everything.
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FIRST AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN VIETNAM on this day in 1959, as Major Dale R. Ruis and Master Sergeant Dale Ovnand died in a guerrilla attack on Bien Hoa.
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U-2 PILOT CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE on this day in 1960, as Francis Gary Powers, CIA pilot whose spy plane had been shot-down over Soviet Russia, faced being shot as a spy. The entire “U-2 Incident” soured US-Soviet relations at a critical time during the Cold War. After being found guilty, Powers was exchanged for a Soviet spy captured in the West. The wreckage of the U-2 has been a popular attraction in a Moscow museum for decades. Powers became a helicopter traffic reporter in L.A. until he was killed in a crash in 1977. In 2000, he was posthumously awarded medals for his bravery and conduct while a prisoner in Russia, though he had been denied any commendations from the US government during his lifetime.
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OPPOSED VIETNAM WAR on this day in 1968, as Republican candidate and Michigan Governor George Romney accused Defense Secretary McNamara of giving the public inaccurate information to generate support for the war. Romney had been a ‘60s Civil Rights figure, and then, following his 1965 trip to Vietnam, a vocal supporter of the war. But when he ran for president, he began to see the war as a tragedy, and advocated US withdrawal. The nation was divided on the issue, with most Republicans hawkish, as they are now. Romney’s principled stand may well have cost him the Republican nomination, which he lost to Richard Nixon. Nixon had a “secret plan” to end the war – alas, a secret no one ever saw enacted.
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TODAY’S EVENTS:
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TUESDAY, JULY 8
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Tue, every week; in Loma Linda:
9-11:30 am “LOMA LINDA UKULELE STRUMMERS” welcomes all, every Tuesday at the Loma Linda Senior Center, 25541 Barton Rd (behind the Civic Center), Loma Linda. (Sr Center at the far end of the parking lot.) Info, www.lomalindaukestrummers.org. Contact, Ginny Stone, 909 795 3841 or harryginny@hotmail.com.
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Tue, Jul 8:
Noon-2 pm ALISSA MORENO brings singer-songwriter show to the “Pershing Square Lunchtime Concert Series” at Pershing Square, on W 5th St between S Olive St & S Hill St, L.A.; www.laparks.org/pershingsquare/concerts.htm. Ride the Red Line subway to the Pershing Square Station and avoid expensive downtown L.A. parking. Grab a take-out lunch across the street, and enjoy a FREE lunchtime concert downtown.
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Tue, every week:
4:30-6 pm SON JAROCHO CLASSES at East Side Café, 5469 Huntington Dr N, L.A.; 323-583-5113. Learn to play Jarana, a string Instrument from Veracruz; dance Zapateado; sing & compose Sones-songs; gain knowledge of Son Jarocho music; work sound & lights. Open to adults, children and teens. No cover, donations are accepted.
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Tue, every week:
6 pm Weekly BLUEGRASS JAM at Curley’s Café, 1999 E Willow (at Cherry), Signal Hill; 562-424-0018.
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Tue, every week:
6-8 pm ARANA MUSIC LESSONS at IMIX Bookstore, 5052 Eagle Rock Bl, Eagle Rock; 323-257-2512; www.imixbooks.com. For beginners to experts music lessons focusing on the arana and Son Jarocho, presented by Caesar Castro, El Jarochelo.
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Tue, every week; in Menifee:
6-8:30 pm SANDII CASTLEBERRY & RON DAIGH, folk fest faves, at Giovanni's, Pizza, Pasta & More, 26900 Newport Rd #112, Menifee 92584; 951-672-8080. Info, www.sandiicastleberry.com.
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Tue, Jul 8; for kids:
6:30 pm RHYTHM CHILD plays “GET INTO THE RHYTHM,” the second in a series of “NATURE NUTS” kids programs at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr, La Cañada Flintridge 91011; 818-949-7984; www.descansogardens.org. Children who love music will enjoy this one. Everyone is part of the concert in this fun percussion experience with hands-on participation. RHYTHM CHILD’s award-winning music is a mix of drum loops, live percussion, soulful vocals, upbeat arrangements and classic melodies. Descanso opens at 5:30 pm for bring-your-own picnicking at the Café Court. Seating is first-come-first-served at the time of each event. To register, call (818) 949-7980.Program at 6:30 pm in the outdoor Under the Oaks Theater. Free parking. Event tix, per-person, $12 ($10 Descanso mbrs), free for children under age 2.
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Tue, every Tue:
6:30-11 pm SONGMAKERS “SOUP JAM,” country & bluegrass jam, at 3240 Industry Dr, Signal Hill 90755. Info, Don Rowan, 562-883-0573; http://songmakers.org. Acoustic instruments only, floating mic for voice, soup, donuts, coffee & tap water served. Loc is 1 mile S of 405 Fwy, 1.2 mi S of Long Beach Airport. Lakewood Bl South exit from 405, immediate right onto Willow for 1 mi (W), left on Redondo for 3/4 mile (S), right onto Industry Dr for 0.2 mi (W), building is 1st entrance for last building on the left; a fair-sized industrial building with high ceilings.
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Tue, Jul 8:
7 pm “FEMALES ON FIRE ALBUM LAUNCH” partly-acoustic show for the new “Females On Fire Compilation No.3,” a CD that showcases 36 hot female artists, with many performing tonight, at The Mint, 6010 W Pico Bl, L.A.; 323-954-9630; www.themintla.com. Performing tonight are AMANDA ABIZAID, ROBBIE KAYE, MICHELLE MANGIONE, CLAIRE WYNDHAM, GILLI MOON, LAURA BRADLEY, HOLLY LIGHT, JODY GNANT, HIDE FROM CLEO, & ZOE SCOTT, ending with a fun all-artist jam. Producer / guru GILLI MOON says, “C'mon young and old and enjoy 10 of our female artists do-it-up L.A style!” Info on the new CD at www.femalesonfire.com. Gilli adds, “We're looking for the hottest male artists for the ‘Art of Men’ CD compilation - and deadline is July 15.” We told you about that one in our News Features, weeks ago; info also at www.warriorgirlmusic.com. Tonight’s show offers dinner reserv (necessary for seating). Venue is 21+. $10 cover.
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Tue, Jul 8:
7 pm “WEBCAST LAUNCH PARTY” with IAN WHITCOMB & FRIENDS at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; reserv, 626-398-7917. Includes dinner. It’s an invitation (reservations required) to be a guest of the Coffee Gallery Coffeehouse and the Coffee Gallery Backstage’s new multicamera internet web video simulcast operators, and along the way, to help launch the new Coffee Gallery “front stage” website, www.funkylittlecoffeehouse.com. Mirror Image Sound Studios, in the same building, will host free tours of their facility. DINNER AND SHOW ARE FREE, with reservation, to help celebrate something that’s been in the works for a long time.
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Tue, Jul 8; every Tue, Jun 3-Aug 26:
7-9 pm CHARLIE HUNTER plays this week’s “WINE, JAZZ & MOONLIGHT” 5th annual summer series at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Enjoy free concerts by some of the country's top jazz performers on summer Tuesday evenings in the central courtyard of Hollywood and Highland Center. The event is FREE to the public and a wine tasting donation with wine provided by Wente Vineyards benefits Project Angel Food. Come early, and grab some dinner at one of the local restaurants.
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Tue, Jul 8:
7 pm EARLIMART at Amoeba Music, 6400 Sunset Bl, Hollywood; 323-245-6400. Their new album “Hymn and Her” is out July 1st on Majordomo Records. Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray have pared Earlimart down to a duo and deliver their most organic and diverse offering yet. They're playing at Spaceland Jul 18. Tonight’s show is free.
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Tue, Tue, every week:
7 pm “MAIN STREET SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE” this week brings DAVE MORRISON and JEANNIE WILLETS to Café Bellissimo, 22458 Ventura Bl, Woodland Hills; 818-225-0026. It’s a nice format, always with two recording artists, each doing a half-hour set, and a few songs from performing host GARRET SWAYNE, followed by an open mic; info, www.garretswayne.com. This week’s “MSSS” features two recording artists who have both performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and who both chose the radio show for the world-premieres of their most recent albums.
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DAVE MORRISON has long been known as one of Southern California's most engaging performing songwriters. He has been performing, sporadically, for twenty years. In the early nineties, Dave released his first recording, “A Flash of Green,” but did little to promote it. During that time, many of Dave's friends and colleagues took to the road and made their marks in the world of contemporary folk music, some performing one or more of Dave’s songs. Busy raising a family, Dave would write and perform occasionally, but turned his talents mostly to providing venues for the various touring folk / americana performers of the day. At his Pasadena-based “Sunday Showcase,” and later as performing host at The Coffee Gallery Backstage and the “Songwriter Strumble” at Kulak’s Woodshed, Dave shared the stage with some of the country’s finest singer-songwriters, notably DAR WILLIAMS, ELLIS PAUL, DARRYL PURPOSE, MARTIN SEXTON, and others. After taking a few years off to write a novel and a collection of short stories, Dave has returned to his first love with renewed passion, writing and singing beautiful songs that resonate with closely-observed and deeply-felt lyrics. And the songwriter community has definitely taken note of his re-emergence in the local scene. His first CD for Trough Records, “A Little Further Down the Road,” had its world premiere on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks,” and went on to bring rave reviews from “American Songwriter” magazine and other publications. It’s received widespread radio airplay. Preview some of his songs at www.myspace.com/davemorrisonmusic.
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JEANNIE WILLETS has performed for audiences from NYC to LA and beyond. Having come-up through the ranks in the NYC folk circuit, sharing the stage with the likes of SUZANNE VEGA and SHAWN COLVIN, Jeannie has developed her smooth vocals and intricate guitar stylings into a unique and sophisticated sound. Jeannie’s current CD, “Anywhere I Go,” had its world premiere on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” It fits smartly in the Adult Contemporary genre, alongside artists SARAH MCLAUGHLIN, NORA JONES and SHERYL CROW. As a songwriter, Jeannie has enjoyed success collaborating with hit-making Philippine songwriter JIMMY BORJA, with funny lady ELIZABETH GRAY, and others. Four of her songs have been included on two separate children's albums, one a project for Marvel comics, the other the #1 selling children's compilation CD in 2003. In 2004, Jeannie’s song “Plans With You” took second place in a singer-songwriter contest sponsored by L.A. Women In Music. “Anywhere I Go” came in 2005, and it’s available at CD Baby at www.cdbaby.com/willets. Jeannie often performs locally in the L.A. area with a full band, but tonight, she plays a solo acoustic set of her originals, joined by musician husband, Bill Willets, on percussion. Artist info, www.jeanniewillets.com and www.myspace.com/jeanniewilletsmusic.
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No cover, but venue expects a minimum $10 food / drink purchase.
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Tue, every week:
7-10 pm OPEN MIC - Music, Comedy, Spoken Word, at Synergy Café Lounge, 4437 Sepulveda Bl (just S of Culver Bl), Culver City; www.synergycafelounge.com; 310-482-3490. An eclectic open mic night. Bring your instruments, poetry, comedy, and anything else you'd like to share during your 8-10 minute set. Great atmosphere, excellent opportunity to see and meet other performers. No cover, food / drink purchase expected. Info, contact MC Jackie, jackielievense@yahoo.com.
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Tue, every week; in Tehachapi:
7-10 pm “ACOUSTIC JAM” at Mama HillyBeans Coffee & Community, 426 E Tehachapi Bl, Tehachapi; 661-822-BEAN; www.mamahillybeans.com. They welcome "All unplugged acoustic players." Venue has great ambience, food "made from scratch and about 95% organic." No cover.
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Tue, recurring:
7:30 pm Weekly OPEN MIC at Hallenbeck’s General Store, 5510 Cahuenga Bl, North Hollywood; 818-985-5916; www.hallenbecks.com. Venue offers sandwiches, coffeehouse fare. No cover.
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Tue, Jul 8:
8-9:30 pm DEBUT night for new “TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB” weekly summer series with KACEE and MICHAEL DOMAN, tonight featuring CYDNEY ROBINSON and THENA DARE, at Molly Malone's, 575 S Fairfax Av, L.A. 90036; 323-935-1577; www.mollymalonesla.com. Michael says, “Tuesdays just got a whole lot better.”
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Tue; every 2nd and 4th Tue:
8 pm OPEN MIC at El Cid, 4212 Sunset Bl, Silver Lake 90029; www.elcidla.com. Hosted by MICHAEL MCCARTHY the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, every month. A&R staff from “My Record Label” is on-site recruiting artists based on their original performances. Selected artists will receive an artist page on www.myrecordlabel.net along with a free 3-camera video shoot and professional audio mix of their performance. Sign ups at 7 pm; you can sign-up in advance at www.myspace.com/openmicatelcid .
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Tue, 2nd Tue, every month, Mar-Oct; in Fullerton:
8-10 pm “SECOND THOUGHTS” free Poetry Reading and Open Mic Night 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; 714-738-6595; www.themuck.org. Sponsored by local publishers Moon Tide Press. Each month, an artist is featured. Aspiring poets, writers, musicians, dancers and playwrights can show off their work to the audience in the main gallery, and the best artists are chosen to perform a “Second Stage Concert” show later in the year. Free.
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Tue, every week:
8 pm OPEN MIC at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank; www.vivacantina.com; 818-515-4444.
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Tue, every Tue:
8:30 pm CHAD WATSON performs for the evening 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 swing dance lessons with Ed, 7-8:30 pm. No cover.
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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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