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Sunday, February 16
All Wrecked Up
The Old #7
The Roadoilers
Critical Grass @
The Hotel Utah, San Francisco
8 pm - $10
General admission. 21 and over.
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Local favorites All Wrecked Up (Matt Knoth, Christa Dahlstrom, Mike Brown, Chris Ereneta) have undergone some changes this past year, shedding much of their honky tonk skin for a more focused fusion of bluegrass and old-time mountain music. And with the addition of Annie Staninec on fiddle, the older (and rarer) repertoire is gaining a distinctively new edge, one that at times sounds like rock 'n' roll.
Mississippi native Cliff Wagner attended Berklee College of Music in Boston (where he eked out a living playing traditional music in the subway), and later played in NYC's Drinkin' and Cheatin' (with Bad Livers alum Bob Grant). In The Old #7 Wagner plays banjo and fiddle and sings lead, with support from Jesse Harris (guitar, tenor vocals), and Patrick Sauber (mandolin, banjo, accordion). The band's three-part harmonies and driving instrumentals are soaked in traditional mountain bluegrass, with a touch of honky tonk and Delta Blues.
Four guys in chairs might not match some people's image of the "most fun, authentic old-time string band in the West", but you'll quickly forget that The Roadoilers are seated when you can't keep from dancing. John Pedersen, Perry Fly, Chuck Wiley, and Mike Drayton have more than 160 years of collective experience playing old-time and bluegrass music, much of it together (in other combinations).
Buying advance tix
No advance tickets
Getting there
The Hotel
Utah Saloon is located at the corner of Bryant Street and 4th in the
heart of San Francisco's SoMa district.
About the venue
Once a haunt for Bay Bridge construction workers and longshoremen
(and reputedly for Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe), the historic Hotel
Utah Saloon is now home to Critical
Grass, a showcase of bluegrass & old-time music on the 1st and 3rd
Sundays of each month. Tuesdays at the Hotel Utah is the Brokedown
Opry, a weekly showcase of Americana music. The critically-acclaimed
menu features tasty food that's vegetarian-friendly and humanely farmed.
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