The Rowans 12/12
Christmas Jug Band 12/20/21
For Whom the Bridge Tolls 12/31

December Shows 2008

Con Tito Y Su Son

Cuban Dance Party!

This band is led by Heriberto “Tito” Gonzalez who emigrated from Cuba in 2000. He is the lead singer and "El Trecero mayor". Tito plays a Cuban instrument similar to the guitar called the "Tres". According to Tito, “when many people think of Cuban music they think of salsa, but in our performance we provide the audience with a sampling of the wide range of musical styles that originated in my country.”

Doors @ 8:00 Dance Lesson @ 8:15
$20 advance $22 @ Door
To buy tickets
Online: click here
Via Phone with visa or MC 415.389.5072

"It's almost that time of year again and the Christmas Jug Band threatens to darken the door of The Masonic Hall in Mill Valley for a repeat performance this year. This irreverent crewe of stalwart purveyors of the jugabilly mystique is a seasonal assemblage of misfits of Commander Cody alumni and others from various notable Bay Area musical aggregations. What got started from a Wild Turkey-inspired momentary lapse of sanity is now, four albums and 30 years of fruitcakes later, an unconventional holiday tradition of highly skewed merriment. One never knows exactly what form this 100% acoustic folk-skiffle-swing jug band will take from one season to the next, but those who attend will get a full dose of tongue-in-cheek holiday highjinks."

Saturday’s show features special guest Mike Duke:
Duke has been a part of the inner-fabric of the Marin music scene since the early ‘80s, playing piano and singing at New George’s in San Rafael, the Sweetwater in Mill Valley, and writing hit songs for Huey Lewis and the News. His first hit was Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do followed by Doing It All For My Baby released in 1986 on the News’ album Fore!. Today, Duke is one of the managers at the Rancho Nicasio bar and restaurant in Nacasio. He runs its general store, plays piano and sings in the Rancho All-Stars house band. He’s also the Rancho’s resident music expert.

Sunday special guest is Dan Hicks:
"So few truly original figures exist in pop music that Dan Hicks should be a national treasure." San Francisco Chronicle
Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks is truly an American original. Since the early 1960s, Hicks has deftly blended elements of Swing, Jazz, Folk and Country music to create the appealing sound he sometimes calls "Folk Jazz". The lyrics of his songs range from the simply sublime to the sublimely ridiculous, all presented with his uniquely skewed and inscrutable touch. Dan's irresistible sense of rhythm, hip lyrical styling, laid-back vocalizing, and infamous on-stage wit will make most who listen fans for life. He's a snappy dresser, too.

$22 for general admission
$32 for wine and Hors’d'oeuvres reception with reserved seat

To buy tickets
Online: click here Via Phone 415.389.5072
Famous4 96 Trockmorton Ave. 415.388.2550

Here is a very vintage video of the Jug Band