King Day Monday Edition, Jan 20, 2014

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Today is a day for remembrance. Tonight, at least this week, is a night for going-out. The Guide enthusiastically calls your attention to a last-minute booking with THE SHOW PONIES – folk fest faves with “Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin” winner PHILLIP GLENN and two award-winning vocalists – plus opening act JOSEPH, a band of three sisters from the beautiful Pacific Northwest, play the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena, 8 pm.
 
 
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TODAY IN HISTORY…

1)  Today is MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY, A national holiday in the United States, though many employers do not give their workers the day off. See the Guide’s News Feature for a special webcast happening today.

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2)  Every four years in the odd-numbered year following the Presidential Election, a President of the United States takes office for a new term, beginning with an Inauguration ceremony on this day. The next inauguration will take place on January 20, 2017. Since President James Monroe, the oath of office has been administered at the US Capitol building. And since President James Madison, gala Inaugural Balls have been part of the event.
 
 
 
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In this edition…

♪  PICKS for Monday

♪  NEWS FEATURES (three stories)

√  MARTIN LUTHERN KING DAY in perspective with music, in his own words,
    and notable, on the web

√  Contestant Forms Available, Starting Today, for the 54th Annual
    TOPANGA BANJO•FIDDLE CONTEST & FOLK FESTIVAL

√  MUST-SEE: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & JIMMY FALLON,
    spoofing the New Jersey Bridge Scandal and the Boss’s classic "Born to Run"

♪  TICKET ALERTS

♪  ONGOING MUSIC & ART EVENTS

♪  MONDAY-Only MUSIC EVENTS
 
 
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♪  PICKS for Monday

√  THE SHOW PONIES, folk fest faves with “Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin” winner PHILLIP GLENN and two award-winning vocalists, plus opening act JOSEPH, a band of three sisters from the beautiful Pacific Northwest, play the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena, 8 pm.

√  Big “BLUES SHOW” with performances by KIM WILSON, KIRK FLETCHER, LARRY TAYLOR, RICHARD INNES & BIG JON ATKINSON, and LITTLE VICTOR opening, all followed by “A HUGE OPEN BLUES JAM” (10:30 pm-1:30 am), at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon in SFV (Tarzana), 8 pm.

√  THE BROMBIES play their long-running bluegrass residency on one of the two stages at Viva Cantina in Burbank, 7:30-10:30 pm.

√  GONE TOMORROW brings bluegrass to Bistro Sixty in San Diego, 6:30-8:30 pm.
 
 
 
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NEWS FEATURES for
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1)   MARTIN LUTHERN KING DAY
      in perspective with music, in his own words, and notable, on the web

Anthropologists and historians agree, if you want to understand anything from the timeless lyrics of BOB DYLAN or WOODY GUTHRIE to the prevailing attitudes and beliefs of any society at any point in its existence, you must examine things in the context of everything else that was happening – or not happening when some felt it needed to happen. Such is the case with fully appreciating the music of the Civil Rights Era, the iconic lyrics of its songs and the status of their singers, and understanding the greatness of the indispensable leader of the peaceful change brought by the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Beyond the analytical, there is the ethereal, the part that moves the human mind and spirit.

The syndicated TV show "DEMOCRACY NOW," with longtime host AMY GOODMAN, has produced a moving tribute to the late Civil Rights icon, and it’s available online on-demand, all day, at:

www.democracynow.org/2010/1/18/dr_martin_luther_king_jr_1929

But that’s not all.

If you watch it, we would like to remind you not to get lost in the commentary about the Vietnam War, which was raging at the time Dr. King spoke. If you can avoid stumbling over those specifics, what Dr. King said is especially applicable, indeed pressingly pertinent, to us, and to the time in which we live today. It is all the more poignant when we realize the following was delivered on April 4, 1967, just one year to the day before he was murdered.

Here are quotes by Dr. King, excerpted from that speech. The entire speech, and more, are presented in the “Democracy Now” program:

“The world now demands a maturity of America that we may not be able to achieve.

“…the words of the late John F. Kennedy come back to haunt us. Five years ago, he said, ‘Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.’

“…we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.

“A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand, we are called to play the Good Samaritan on life’s roadside, but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life’s highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

“A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say, ‘This is not just.’ It will look at our alliance with the landed gentry of South America and say, ‘This is not just’ The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.

“A true revolution of values will lay a hand on the world order and say of war, ‘This way of settling differences is not just.’ This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.

“America, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing, except a tragic death wish, to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war.

“These are revolutionary times. All over the globe men are revolting against old systems of exploitation and oppression, and out of the wombs of a frail world new systems of justice and equality are being born. The shirtless and barefoot people of the land are rising up as never before. ‘The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.’ We in the West must support these revolutions.

“It is a sad fact that, because of comfort, complacency, a morbid fear of communism, and our proneness to adjust to injustice, the Western nations that initiated so much of the revolutionary spirit of the modern world have now become the arch anti-revolutionaries.

“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism. With this powerful commitment, we shall boldly challenge the status quo and unjust mores and thereby speed the day when ‘every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain.’

“A genuine revolution of values means, in the final analysis, that our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.

“This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all mankind. This oft-misunderstood, this oft-misinterpreted concept, so readily dismissed by the Nietzsches of the world as a weak and cowardly force, has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man.

“When I speak of love, I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response, I am not speaking of that force which is just emotional bosh. I’m speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality. This Hindu-Muslim-Christian-Jewish-Buddhist belief about ultimate reality is beautifully summed up in the First Epistle of Saint John: ‘Let us love one another; for love is God and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.’

“Let us hope that this spirit will become the order of the day. We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate. As Arnold Toynbee says, ‘Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. Therefore the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word,’ unquote.

“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The ‘tide in the affairs of men’ does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: ‘Too late.’ There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. Omar Khayyam writes, ‘The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on…’ We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation.

“We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace…” “and justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long dark and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.

“Now, let us begin. Now, let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter—but beautiful—struggle for a new world. This is the calling of the sons of God, and our brothers wait eagerly for our response. Shall we say the odds are too great? Shall we tell them the struggle is too hard? Will our message be that the forces of American life militate against their arrival as full men, and we send our deepest regrets? Or will there be another message, of longing, of hope, of solidarity with their yearnings, of commitment to their cause, whatever the cost? The choice is ours, and though we might prefer it otherwise, we must choose in this crucial moment of human history.

“As that noble bard of yesterday, James Russell Lowell, eloquently stated: Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth and falsehood, For the good or evil side; Some great cause, God’s new Messiah, Off’ring each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by forever Twixt that darkness and that light. Though the cause of evil prosper, Yet ‘tis truth alone is strong; Though her portion be the scaffold, And upon the throne be wrong: Yet that scaffold sways the future, And behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow Keeping watch above his own.

“And if we will only make the right choice, we will be able to transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of peace. If we will make the right choice, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our world into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. If we will but make the right choice, we will be able to speed up the day, all over America and all over the world, when justice will roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

AMY GOODMAN notes the above words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were delivered on April 4th, 1967, “at Riverside Church in New York, explaining why he opposed the war in Vietnam,” and “the speech [was] delivered exactly a year-to-the-day before he was assassinated… in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4th, 1968.”

She continues, “The night before he died, Dr. King delivered his last major address. He was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers as he built momentum for a Poor People’s March on Washington.” Some of Dr. King’s last speech, “I Have Been to the Mountain Top,” is also included in the “Democracy Now” program, available free on-demand all day today at:

www.democracynow.org/2010/1/18/dr_martin_luther_king_jr_1929

The Guide wishes to acknowledge and thank ED PEARL of the Ash Grove Foundation for sending us the transcript of the program from which Dr. King’s words are quoted.
 
 
 
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2)   CONTESTANT FORMS AVAILABLE, STARTING TODAY, FOR
      THE 54th ANNUAL TOPANGA BANJO•FIDDLE CONTEST & FOLK FESTIVAL

The best one-day music festival in Southern California derives from the myriad of performance competitions for players of numerous acoustic instruments, and for vocals, ensembles, and bands. The 2014 event returns to the expanse of green lawn, oak groves, and historic western town movie set at Paramount Ranch, overseen by the National Park Service as part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Agoura Hills, California.

It all happens Sunday, May 18, 2014, from 9 am–6 pm.

Contestant Registration runs from February 1 through March 31, 2014; you can download the forms starting January 20, and spend the time you need determining what you want to enter.

Advance ticket purchase also becomes available February 1.

Meanwhile, four things are happening now:

a)  The “Graphic Design Award” competition is accepting art for this year’s logo. Submissions are due by March 15, 2014. There is a $650 award for the winning design.

b)  You can NOMINATE your choice for the “MUSIC LEGEND AWARD.” Submissions are due by March 15, 2014

c) You can VOLUNTEER and enjoy a FREE admission.

d)  You can join the TBFC email list and / or “like” the event on Facebook.

All these options and the latest details – with updates, made as developments warrant – are at:

www.topangabanjofiddle.org

or call the Hotline at 818-382-4819.
 
 
 
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3)   MUST-SEE: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & JIMMY FALLON,
      spoofing the latter's classic "Born to Run."
 
You've heard about it, the lighter side of the New Jersey bridge scandal. Whatever you think of the rest, this part is hilarious. Here’s the link to watch, in its entirety, the funniest music video so far in 2014. The "Governor Chris Christie Fort Lee New Jersey Traffic Jam" as performed on "Late Night" on NBC:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHV0LLvhXM
 
 
 
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♪   TICKET ALERTS

See the editions for last Thursday & Friday.
 
 
 
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♪  ONGOING MUSIC & ART EVENTS
 
 
Ongoing (opened Jan 17),
in Santa Monica:
"CIRQUE DU SOLEIL" presents "TOTEM" opening today under the Big Top at the Santa Monica Pier.
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"TOTEM traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on a stage evoking a giant turtle, the symbol of origin for many ancient civilizations. Inspired by many founding myths, TOTEM illustrates, through a visual and acrobatic language, the evolutionary progress of species. Somewhere between science and legend, TOTEM explores the ties that bind Man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential." -- the show's promo.
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"Spectacular, artful. Breathtaking and deliciously ironic." -- The Toronto Star.
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"TOTEM is visually ravishing" -- The Boston Globe.
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Tix by phone, at 800-450-1480.
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Tix & info online, at:
http://m.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/totem/americas/usa/california/santa-monica.aspx

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Through January, in L.A.:
"JOHN FOGERTY: WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE, " is the wonderful temporary exhibition at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, on display through this month. It features artifacts from his personal collection, and it is named after his current album, hailed by fans and critics alike. John Fogerty’s music was considered rock when he first made it with CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, but, current and retro, it’s classic roots-rock-Americana now. The album received a rare 5-star lead review in Rolling Stone. Included with regular museum admission, which also includes the temporary exhibition, “RINGO: PEACE & LOVE.”
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At the Grammy Museum, 800 W Olympic Bl (entrance around the corner on Figueroa), L.A. 90015; check for museum hours: 213-765-6803;  HYPERLINK "http://www.grammymuseum.org" www.grammymuseum.org.
 
 
 
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Mon, Jan 20, in San Diego:
6:30-8:30 pm  GONE TOMORROW brings bluegrass to Bistro Sixty, 5987 El Cajon Bl (at 60th), San Diego.
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The band tells us the venue has “the best food in San Diego, and the best bluegrass music from 6:30 until 8:30 or 9 pm. While Bistro Sixty doesn't have a pool, we just could help, using Gone Tomorrow's cool blue pool shadows to help everyone cool off after a warm week in San Diego. However, the Bistro DOES have a fabulous selection of wine, wine cocktails, and some lovely cold beer along with a great menu, including desserts.”
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Reservations recommended, at 619-287-8186, or online at www.bistrosixtysd.com

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Mon, Jan 20, in SFV (NoHo):
7 pm Weekly “IRISH CéILí DANCE” and “IRISH MUSIC SESSION” (the latter a structured jam), presented by the Celtic Arts Center at the Mayflower Club, 11110 Victory Bl, North Hollywood 91606; 818-760-8322.
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Dance at 7, music session at 8 pm.
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Info on Gaelic language classes and more at www.celticartscenter.com

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Mon, Jan 20, in Burbank:
7:30-10:30 pm  THE BROMBIES play their long-running bluegrass residency on one of the two stages at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444;  HYPERLINK "http://www.vivacantina.com" www.vivacantina.com.
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Featuring LA studio star-singer-mandolinist George Doering (who's on the soundtrack of a dozen or more movies) as well as songwriter JoEllen Doering on guitar, the great Bill Bryson (Bluegrass Cardinals, Desert Rose Band, Chris Hillman Band, mucho mas) on bass and bluegrass phenom Patrick Sauber on banjo.
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All shows on both stages are no cover. Venue is known for its Mexican food and full bar. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons).

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Mon, Jan 20, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm  CHAD WATSON BAND plays, followed by the weekly “TALENT CONTEST” with cash prizes, at the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166.
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This is L.A.’s last real honky tonk. No cover, full bar, lots of fun. Go early for the nightly free dance lesson.

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Mon, Jan 20, in SFV (NoHo):
8-10:30 pm  Weekly “OPEN MIC” with worldwide webcast at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood 91607; 818-766-9913; www.kulakswoodshed.com

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Mon, Jan 20, in Altadena:
8 pm  THE SHOW PONIES, folk fest faves, plus JOSEPH, a band of three sisters from the beautiful Pacific Northwest, play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001.
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Venue impresario Bob Stane tells us, “We got a chance to snag a traveling two-act show of solid folk-influenced music. Both are headline acts. Because of their travel schedule, and the ‘booking magic’ that is the ‘voodoo that we do so well,’ we have them. Monday only. So it is up to you to call in a reservation and wallow in the wonderful music of fiddles, guitars, banjos and voices. What a Monday night. Great youthful enthusiasm. Get them as they traverse the world of fun and music. I will be there to join you. Bring the family.”
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THE SHOW PONIES bring “Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin” winner PHILLIP GLENN and two award-winning vocalists. A Los Angeles based indie-folk / neo bluegrass quintet with old-time-country influences, they are headlining their second show tonight at The Coffee Gallery. Bob Stane notes, “The Show Ponies love to hoot, holler and have a good time. Celebrate the rare occasion of Joseph being in Los Angeles and The Show Ponies playing such an up-close and intimate venue.”
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THE SHOW PONIES are an ensemble featuring award-winning male and female vocalists Clayton Chaney and Andi Schrock. They are backed by Phillip Glenn on fiddle, Jason Harris on guitar and banjo, and Kevin Brown on drums. The Show Ponies strike a balance between old and new, joy and sorrow, rough and tender.
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The Guide can verify that, when you see The Show Ponies, be prepared to clap your hands, stomp your feet and sing along. And there will be encores because the audience demands it.
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The band started in 2011 as the combined musical creativity of Chaney and Schrock. She is a native Texan; he was born in Texas and raised in Arkansas. Heading to Los Angeles at different times for unrelated reasons, they eventually found themselves singing, writing, and performing together.
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Jason Harris, fellow musician and Texan, initially introduced the duo. Harris jumped at the opportunity to produce The Show Ponies’ debut album, “Here We Are!,” bringing his extensive training in music composition to the project. Shortly after recording the album, Harris officially joined The Show Ponies as their guitarist and banjo player.
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Philip Glenn joined the group after recording fiddle tracks with the band. Glenn is considered by many to be one of the top young fiddle players in the country. Before joining the other Ponies in the studio, Glenn attended the “Mark O’Conner Fiddle Camp” where he was awarded the “Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin.”
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Kevin Brown soon became the fifth Pony, lending his drumming expertise while earning his masters degree in percussion performance from CSU Long Beach. Rarely do five people with such exceptional talent join together to create such a cohesive sound. The Show Ponies play regularly along the entire west coast, in support on their debut album “Here We Are!”
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JOSEPH, a band of three sisters from the beautiful Pacific Northwest, are opening the show. Expect honest words, beautiful instrumentation, and genetically perfect harmonies.
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Tix, $15. Call for reservations, 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm, 7 days).

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Mon, Jan 20, in SFV (Tarzana):
8 pm  Big “BLUES SHOW” with performances by KIM WILSON, KIRK FLETCHER, LARRY TAYLOR, RICHARD INNES & BIG JON ATKINSON, and LITTLE VICTOR opening, all followed by “A HUGE OPEN BLUES JAM” (10:30 pm-1:30 am), at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon, 18389 Ventura Bl, Tarzana 90803.
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Admission is by donation, plus a two-drink minimum required by the venue.
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$10-$15 suggested donation for the “donation jug,” with 100% of the funds going to the bands and their travel expenses. “A Supreme Benevolent Blues Contribution” of $20 will make friends for you here.

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Mon, Jan 20, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm  An undisclosed “AMERICANA / ALT COUNTRY / TRAD COUNTRY BAND” performs at the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166.
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This is L.A.’s last real honky tonk. No cover, full bar, lots of fun. Go early for the nightly free dance lesson.
 
 
 
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