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Saturday, February 8
Jackstraw
Strungover!
Hot Buttered Rum Stringband
Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco
7:30 pm (doors at 7) - $14 advance / $16 door
Advance tickets available now. All ages.
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For the past two years we’ve welcomed Portland-based Jackstraw to the SFBOT Festival, and each time we’ve received fistfuls of surveys asking us to bring them back. We’re thrilled that we can showcase them as headliners of this evening of rising stars on the acoustic circuit.
Despite an atypical instrumental mix (David Pugh on mandolin, Jon Neufeld and Darrin Craig on guitar, Jesse Withers on bass), Jackstraw’s sound springs from the traditional core of bluegrass. Their mix of old and original tunes, shaped through wicked harmonies and ferocious picking, continues to make converts to acoustic and bluegrass music at clubs throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Santa Cruz-based StrungOver! is making bigger waves than ever, with the release of their second CD, Avocado Shakedown, featuring guest appearances by Laurie Lewis and Rob Ickes This past year they carried their traditionally-tinged, progressive bluegrass sound beyond the Bay Area, with sets at the High Sierra Music Fest, Mountainaire, and Hornings Hideout. They’ve just returned from a tour in Alaska, and are heading from here to Wintergrass in Tacoma. Twins Jason (banjo) and Jeremy (mandolin) Lampel are joined by Michael Thurman (guitar) and Hugh Broughton (bass).
Local jam-fan favorites the Hot Buttered Rum Stringband defy easy categorization with their addition of accordion and woodwinds to their “high-altitude bluegrass” sound, shaped on a camping trip taken together in the Sierras. Their following has grown by leaps and bounds with the release of their debut album, Live at the Freight & Salvage.
Address
1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco
Buying Advance Tix
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Getting there
The Noe Valley Ministry is located at the corner of 23rd Street and Sanchez,
in San Francisco. Parking is often limited in this residential neighborhood,
so give yourself plenty of time. Or consider public transit--the J Church,
24 and 48 Muni bus lines all place you within 2 blocks of the Noe Valley
Ministry. About the venue For 20 years Larry Kassin's Noe
Valley Music Series has earned a reputation as one of the most diverse
and innovative music/performance series in the Bay Area. The Noe Valley
Ministry (the site of the performances) is an intimate and acoustically
ideal 110 year old Victorian church in the picturesque Noe Valley neighborhood
of San Francisco. The series has garnered praise for its programming of
nationally and internationally known musicians (many who've won Grammys,
Guggenheim Fellowships and other awards) and Bay Area performers of the
highest quality.
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