June 23 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 June 23, 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 it works, and if everyone adjusts and gives positive feedback, we’ll move, and soon.
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JUNE CALENDAR updates frequently. View all of June as a continuous read at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com, and see EACH DAY’s listings, as separate posts, there AND at www.myspace.com/laacoustic – for the time being.
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FUTURE EVENTS are posted into 2009. We update often to add a BUNCH of concerts, club gigs, workshops, and recurring events as announcements and dates arrive. It’s easy to find at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com. On our myspace site, reading into the future curiously requires that you use the “Older Entries” button that appears when you click “View All” – thus going “back” to the future… another myspace aberration.
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LATEST NEWS FEATURES posted JUNE 19 and news always posts separately. Previous news features posted June 13; those, and recent editions, are available at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com; earlier editions, old radio playlists from “Tied to the Tracks,” and more, remain available at www.myspace.com/laacoustic, by using the “View All” button, and if you don’t see what you want, then you’ll need to journey farther back by using the “older entries” button as many times as necessary to find what you want – a quirk of myspace to see into the future as well as into the past; and you can go all the back to when “acoustic” was natives pounding on hollow logs with rocks.
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MONDAY, JUNE 23
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Today’s anniversaries:
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PACIFIC FUR COMPANY was established this day in 1810 by John Jacob Astor, seeking to gain a virtual monopoly on trade in the newly-explored Louisiana Purchase. Astor’s western outpost, Astoria, Oregon, was a casualty of the War of 1812, but it survives today as a picturesque town at the mouth of the Columbia River. What Astor envisioned for it is the role played by modern Portland, Oregon.
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ITALY’S FIRST WW I BATTLE began this day in 1915, a month after it entered the war on the side of the Western allies. It was the First Battle of the Isonzo. There would be twelve Battles of the Isonzo during the war. In the four inconclusive Battles of the Isonzo fought in 1915 alone, Italy suffered 235,000 casualties, 54,000 of them killed. Things there, as on many other WW I fronts, became excruciating trench warfare, mired in human misery and suffering. War as inescapable quagmire had arrived.
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MICHAEL SHARA, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Killer Angels,” was born this day in 1929. His historical fiction was the basis for an epic film, “Gettysburg,” that re-introduced movie-goers to the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. Shortly after completing the manuscript for the book in 1972, Shara was nearly killed in a car wreck that left him severely mentally disabled. His family found and published the manuscript, and later, another, “For the Love of the Game,” a baseball story that became a 1999 Kevin Costner film. Shara died in 1988, without seeing any of his success. His son, Jeff Shara, went on to write a prequel to his father’s Civil War book, “Gods and Generals,” which also became a movie.
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“THE ROY ROGERS SHOW” ended its run on this day in 1957 after more than a decade on TV. The matinee movie idol also had a long-running radio show that, like his TV show, combined dramatic stories with his western music, often including the SONS OF THE PIONEERS. America got to know Roy, DALE EVANS (they married in 1947) and Roy’s trick horse Trigger. When Trigger died, Roy had him stuffed and mounted in his museum, prompting Dale to quip that she didn’t want to go before Roy did. The museum, long in Victorville, CA, recently moved to Branson, MO, and is enjoying a great resurgence.
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CARRIE FISHER, famous as Princes Leia in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, first stepped into a spotlight at age 14 on this day in 1971, performing in a Sparks, Nevada, casino with her mother, DEBBIE REYNOLDS. Fisher would later chronicle parts of her life in two books, “Postcards from the Edge,” about her battle with drug addiction, and “Surrender the Pink,” about her failed marriage to PAUL SIMON (Simon & Garfunkle).
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HIGHER EDUCATION ACT was signed into law on this day in 1972 by President Richard Nixon. A landmark provision is Title IX, prohibiting discrimination, including gender discrimination, in allocation of education funding, including extracurricular activities. As a result, women’s sports gained their first major victory.
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WATERGATE’S “SMOKING GUN” was recorded in the secret, and later revealed, tapes of the Nixon administration on this day in 1973. It was a year and a week after the Watergate break-in. Nixon and his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, spent an hour-and-a-half discussing diverting the ongoing FBI investigation. When the tapes were revealed and transcripts read, it became an Obstruction of Justice charge and an Article of Impeachment in 1974. Nixon resigned the presidency, in the face of certain conviction.
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AUCTION OF JOHN LENNON POSSESSIONS brought-in $430,000 on this day in 1984. Lennon had been murdered in 1980. Among the auctioned items was a guitar he had played throughout his years with the Beatles. It fetched $19,000.
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TODAY’S EVENTS:
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MONDAY, JUNE 23
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Mon, Jun 23:
Annual 2008 “LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL” continues today, runs Jun 19 through Jun 29, showcasing more than 100 feature films, alongside star-studded premieres, outdoor screenings, live musical performances, and a Family Day. Info and sched at www.lafilmfest.com.
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Mon, Jun 23:
10 am ANDY RAWN plays the “Monday Morning Concerts for Children” free series at the Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park 91303; 818-347-9419. Requires reserv at 818-347-9938. ANDY RAWN performed Mephistopheles in Gounod’s “Faust” on a U.S. tour and sang recently in solo concerts with a trio honoring American Songwriters. His beautiful, dramatic voice is in the tradition of EZIO PINZA, the most famous romantic basso of the 20th century. The Valley Cultural Center's children’s series places professional musicians in an intimate, educational setting with five hundred K-5th grade children each week throughout the summer. Exposure to music at an early age has been proven to increase academic achievement in math and language and increased comprehension and communication skills. The joy of music and song in our daily lives strikes a personal chord and is invaluable in bridging the gap between peoples of varying cultures and ethnic backgrounds. This interactive program includes a brief history lesson of each musical style, a dynamic performance with selected children invited to the stage, and an opportunity for children to ask questions of the performers. Monday Morning Concerts for Children serves 6,500 young students each season.
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Mon, every week:
2-4 pm “HEAR, HERE” at the Lost Souls Café, 124 E 4th St (down the gated alley), downtown L.A.; 213-617-7006; www.lostsouls.com. A weekly live benefit event of “whatever” kind of music, by and for www.killradio.org, which has daily internet radio and live webcasts on Fridays, Noon-2 pm. The “Kill Radio” webcast is a submission show; send them your CDs or mp3s for “guaranteed” airplay. All the info for that is at www.myspace.com/hear_here.
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Mon, every week:
“PRO BLUES JAM” at Cozy's Bar & Grill, 14058 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks; 818-986-6000 www.cozysblues.com.
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Mon, every week:
“ALL STAR PRO JAM” (blues, R&B, jazz, soul, etc.) every Monday at Harvelle's, 1432 Fourth St, Santa Monica; 310-395-1676.
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Mon, Jun 23:
7:30 pm “FIDDLE WORKSHOP” with New England fiddle wizard LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER at Jan Tappan's home in Pasadena. Reserv by email, fiddlechris@gmail.com or 626-793-3716 but they say, “Calls can't be returned - email is best!” Artist info, www.lissafiddle.com. $20 per person.
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Mon, Jun 23:
8 pm PURE DROP brings Irish Pipes & Whistle to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info www.coffeegallery.com; reservations 626-398-7917. The duo known as Pure Drop brings amazing acoustic music to venues, with a lively mix of traditional dance tunes and the odd somber Irish song air. Listeners sometimes dance, sometimes sit back and relax as the duo transports them to the four corners of musical Ireland. JOEY ABARTA and KIRA OTT, both of the late and delightful band CIUNAS, have performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” They have been performing music together for the past six years, traveling to study music in Ireland, and playing together with two popular Los Angeles-based bands. They have shared the stage at The Los Angeles Music Center, The Ford Amphitheater, The Millpond Festival, numerous small venues and Irish pubs in the US and in Tokyo, Japan. Now they bring their energy and shared love for the traditional music of Ireland to the intimate musical setting of the Coffee gallery Backstage.
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JOEY ABARTA, on uilleann pipes and tin whistle, is one of the most gifted and versatile musicians performing traditional Irish music and teaching on the West Coast today. Joey's piping is both lyrical and rhythmic.
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KIRA OTT, on fiddle, has been performing since age 17. Her playing is often heard around L.A. in sessions and in a number of local bands. Kira often studies in Ireland with some of the greatest traditional fiddlers alive today. She has taught fiddle workshops at the California Traditional Music Society’s CTMS Solstice Festival and is a private fiddle teacher in the Los Angeles area. Reserv recommended, as this may sell-out. $15.
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Mon, Jun 23; rock-opera:
“THE WHO’S TOMMY” with ALICE RIPLEY & NONA HENDRYX runs Jun 18-29, at the Ricardo Montalban Theater, 1615 Vine St, Hollywood 90028. Somehow, the L.A. Times found it, even though it isn’t classical or jazz (usually the only music they acknowledge), and they have named it their “#1 L.A. Times Summer Theater Pick.” Sure, it’s largely an electric performance, but we’re sure you want to know about it. Info & tix, www.TheWhosTommy.com.
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Mon, every week:
8-11 pm blues legend BERNIE PEARL hosts the weekly BLUES JAM at M'Dear's, 78th & Western, L.A. Bernie says, “If you haven't been in, you owe it to yourself to join us either to play or just to listen, and be sure to bring an appetite for home-made soul food and home-baked cobbler, cake and pie. We have a ball, every Monday, 8-11.” Bernie was great performing live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks” in March, ‘07. Artist info, www.berniepearl.com.
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Mon, every week:
8 pm “BLUE MONDAYS” brings NEW ORLEANS WEST and featured blues performers to Club Fais Do Do, 5257 W Adams Bl, L.A. 90016; www.faisdodo.com; 323-215-5212; (Adams & Cloverdale; exit La Brea S from 10 Fwy). Free red beans & rice with BBQ chicken.
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Mon, Jun 23; every week:
8 pm “ACOUSTIC MONDAYS” in-the-round showcase, guided by singer-songwriter JAY NASH. This week's line-up features ANAHITA and MICHAEL DOMAN, at Room 5, 143 N LaBrea Av (2nd floor, above Amalfi Ristorante), L.A. 90036; 323-938-2504. Upscale, cozy atmosphere with affordable food. Full bar and menu.
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Mon, every week:
8 pm OPEN MIC at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood; 818-766-9913; www.kulakswoodshed.com. Signups at 7:30 pm. Hosted by LISA TURNER. Kulak’s provides all necessary connections for acoustic stage, plus a baby grand piano. Sign-ups 7-7:15 pm, show at 7:30 pm. One (max length 3-4 minute) song per performer. Info, www.kulakswoodshed.com/openmic.shtml. Must be a member of venue, in advance, to gain entry. No cover, artists are unpaid, and a $10 donation to the venue is expected from participants and audience members.
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Mon, every Mon:
8 pm "KILLING CASSANOVA'S SALOON MONDAYS" series at Dragonfly, 6510 Santa Monica Bl (at Wilcox), L.A 90028. Always a lineup of alt-country and roots bands, often with names you recognize and already know you want to go see. $7 cover.
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Mon, every Mon:
8:30 pm “TALENT NIGHT” hosted by CHAD WATSON BAND at the Cowboy Palace Saloon (Devonshire & Owensmouth), Chatsworth 91311; www.cowboypalace.com; 818-341-0166. Cash prizes, and some winners have gone on to perform on the Grand Ole Opry. Free dance lessons 7-8:30 pm, "Two-Step with Ed." No cover.
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Mon, every week:
8:30 pm OPEN MIC at the Rainbow Bar and Grill, 9015 W Sunset Bl, West Hollywood; 310-278-4232. Sign-ups at 8, show at 8:30 pm.

Mon, every week:
9-11:30 pm "IRISH MUSIC SESSION" weekly at Celtic Arts Center’s new shared location, Theatre Unlimited, 10943 Camarillo St, North Hollywood 91602; 818-760-8322; www.celticartscenter.com. Schedule every week is Irish language workshop at 7 pm, followed by the Irish céilí dance workshop at 8 pm, then comes Southern California's longest running traditional Celtic music seisiún, from 9-11:30 pm. Free.
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Mon, every week:
10:30 pm MISS MICKEY CHAMPION at the Social, 6525 Sunset Bl, Hollywood. L.A.’s legendary blueswoman plays an every-Monday residency. Artist info: www.mickeychampion.net. No cover.
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View all of June at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com, and chronological date listings, as separate posts, continue there AND at www.myspace.com/laacoustic. On myspace, use the “view all” and then, curiously enough, the “older” button to see into the future, all the way into 2009. The calendar will be moving soon, where we won’t need to post events in small increments, and we’ll let you know when and to where. Meantime, the most recent info, both events and news, lives on both the myspace and the blogspot pages.
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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