Five one-hour sessions on Sunday afternoons at 2PM Pacific Time, October 23rd - November 20th. Along with teaching the tunes, he'll talk about the influences, techniques, theoretical strategies and fingering choices that shape his style. He'll be drawing material from his record releases over the years, including his 1979 Kicking Mule "Bluegrass Guitar” LP, the mid ‘60s classic "Beatle Country”, “Two Guitars”, and his most recent album,“Kleptograss”.
Ironically, the most recent release of Eric's guitar playing is also the oldest! Check out “Rosa Lee McFall” from the Garcia Before The Dead CD box set, recorded when Eric was 17. Jerry singing, with Eric's lead guitar action.
Price for the 5 one-hour sessions is $150. To register or with questions, email Eric
Sat. Aug. 20 - from 4-6 pm -- outdoor afternoon concert -- Alameda
Eric Thompson's New Kleptograss Revival
Front Lawn
3275 Briggs Avenue
Between High St. and Fernside Blvd.
East End, Alameda Easiest access is via the High St. Bridge. From 880, take the High Street Exit
A rare chance to hear Eric do his thing with a stellar band!
It's finally going to happen, in an outdoor afternoon concert -- a rare chance to see (and hear!) Eric do his thing!!!
Eric Thompson’s Kleptograss Revival “borrows" tunes from many different styles, playing them with a bit of Bluegrass attitude. For this show, Eric joins forces with longtime cohort Alan Senauke on guitar, Paul Kotapish (Wake the Dead) on mandolin, and Chuck Ervin (Sons of the Pioneers) on bass, for an evening of “borrowed” music: old-timey string band styles, Blues, Irish, and Cajun traditions, plus a few tunes from Greece and Latin America. Eric Thompson has been a renowned guitar phenom for nearly 60 years, harking back to his "Before the Dead” and Dawg days as a teenage Bluegrass nut in the early ‘60s. Over the years he has delved deep into many styles of roots music; as they say, “You can take the boy out of Bluegrass, but you can’t take the Bluegrass out of the boy.” For this show, Eric will be showing off his shiny new toy, a German silver National Resonator guitar, and he’ll also bust out his 10-stringed Puerto Rican cuatro (which you can see in the above photo - L to R: Alan Senauke, Paul Kotapish, Eric Thompson
, Chuck Ervin.
Tues. Aug. 23 at 8:00 pm
Ann Savoy & her Raggedy Ann Dance Band at Ashkenaz, Berkeley.
The legendary Cajun musician Ann Savoy has put together a Bay Area all-woman Cajun dance band featuring Ann on accordion, fiddle, guitar and vocals with Suzy Thompson on fiddle and vocals, Karen Celia Heil on guitar, and Michaella Goerlitz on drums, plus special guests Agi Ban and Delilah Lewis on fiddles. More info and advance ticket link HERE
Friday Aug. 26 -- from 7:30 to 10:00 pmAnn Savoy & the Raggedy Ann Dance Band with Eric & Suzy Thompson, Agi Ban & Michaelle Goerlitz
Napa CA
Welcome Grange #791
3275 Hagen Rd.Napa, CA
Advance tickets: https://tinyurl.com/2k4dkbbs
$40 per person
Members of Welcome Grange: $35/person at welcomegrange@gmail.com
A percentage of the ticket price will benefit the Welcome Grange #791. Beverages and snacks will be for sale at the event.
Sept. 21 - 25: The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention features tons of great artists including Alice Gerrard, Tatiana Hargreaves & Reid Stutz; the Earl White Stringband; Corn otato String Band; Piedmont Blūz (Valerie and Benedict Turner); New Vintage Revelers; Skillet Licorice Allsorts Orchestra; Right To Parlay; callers Evie Ladin, Robin Fischer, Mike Lewinski, and more !! Below are the highlights of the evening activities (and the Saturday daytime ones) but there is lots more including many FREE events. Check out the BOTMC website for all the info.
Four-day BOTMC pass now available! Good for all 4 ticketed evening events: Welcome Party and Dance on Weds, concerts at the Freight on Thurs and Fri, and the big Square Dance Party at Ashkenaz on Saturday night. Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Wed. Sept. 21 - Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Welcome Party at Ashkenaz -- square dancing to Corn Potato String Band with Mike Lewinski calling, followed by a set of Cajun music with the legendary Ann Savoy, backed by Thompsonia!! Plus, jamming in the back studio, hosted by Harry & Cindy Liedstrand. Beginners welcome, all dances will be taught, all genders and ages welcome! Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Thurs. Sept. 22 - BOTMC Concert at the Freight, with Piedmont Blūz, Corn Potato String Band and the New Vintage Revellers (Harry Liedstrand, Dan Warrick, Paul Kotapish) Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Fri. Sept. 23 - BOTMC Concert at the Freight with Alice Gerrard, Tatiana Hargreaves and Reid Stutz; Earl White Stringband; Skillet Licorice Allsorts Orchestra. Suzy will be part of the Skillet Licorice Allsorts Orchestra (Elise Engelberg, Matt Knoth, Meredith Axelrod, Clinton Davis, Kelly Marie Martin and Suzy) for their set of rags and waltzes from the repertoire of the East Texas Serenaders. Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Sat. Sept. 24 -- BOTMC Daytime in Civic Center Park (downtown Berkeley):
FREE activities
10:15 -- Family concert with Piedmont Blūz
11:00 -- String Band Contest
Evening -- Square dance party at Ashkenaz at 8:00
Clogging lesson with Mark Schatz
Square dancing to the music of the Earl White Stringband, Tatiana Hargreaves & friends, and Right To Parlay, with calling by Robin Fischer and Evie Ladin. Beginners welcome, all dances will be taught, all genders and ages welcome! Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Cancelled March 2020 Todalo Shakers tour
Fri. March 20 -- 7:30 pm -- Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia. $20 (students/low income $12). Advance ticket sales available--call Traditions at 360-705-2819. Great food, specialty drinks, beer and wine.
https://newtraditionsfairtrade.com/todalo-shakers/
Sat. March 21 -- 7:00 pm -- Chicken Barn Concert Hall in Clinton on Whidbey Island. $20 suggested donation. Reservations strongly recommended. For reservations, directions, and information, e-mail cflax@whidbey.net
Tue. March 24 -- 7:00 pm -- Vincent Schoolhouse, 8010 W Snoqualmie Valley Rd NE, Carnation, WA. $20 suggested donation at the door. Doors open at 6:30.
Thur. March 26th -- 7:00 pm -- Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., Port Townsend. $15-$25 sliding scale at the door. Doors open at 6:30
Fri., March 27 -- 7:00 pm -- YWCA Ballroom, 1026 N Forest St, Bellingham. $20 admission at the door. Doors open at 6:30
Sat., Mar 28 -- 7:30 pm -- Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle. Advance tickets $20 ($18 SFS members, students, seniors), $2 more at the door. $10 under 18. Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006.
http://www.seafolklore.org/wp/events/todalo-shakers/
Sun., March 29 -- 6:00 pm -- Vashon Island at the Coop. $20 donation at the door. Potluck dinner at 4:00; some main dishes provided, bring sides and salads. For more information, call (206) 459-3062 or (206) 501-7987
Ironically, the most recent release of Eric's guitar playing is also the oldest! Check out “Rosa Lee McFall” from the Garcia Before The Dead CD box set, recorded when Eric was 17. Jerry singing, with Eric's lead guitar action.
Price for the 5 one-hour sessions is $150. To register or with questions, email Eric
Sat. Aug. 20 - from 4-6 pm -- outdoor afternoon concert -- Alameda
Eric Thompson's New Kleptograss Revival
Front Lawn
3275 Briggs Avenue
Between High St. and Fernside Blvd.
East End, Alameda Easiest access is via the High St. Bridge. From 880, take the High Street Exit
A rare chance to hear Eric do his thing with a stellar band!
It's finally going to happen, in an outdoor afternoon concert -- a rare chance to see (and hear!) Eric do his thing!!!
Eric Thompson’s Kleptograss Revival “borrows" tunes from many different styles, playing them with a bit of Bluegrass attitude. For this show, Eric joins forces with longtime cohort Alan Senauke on guitar, Paul Kotapish (Wake the Dead) on mandolin, and Chuck Ervin (Sons of the Pioneers) on bass, for an evening of “borrowed” music: old-timey string band styles, Blues, Irish, and Cajun traditions, plus a few tunes from Greece and Latin America. Eric Thompson has been a renowned guitar phenom for nearly 60 years, harking back to his "Before the Dead” and Dawg days as a teenage Bluegrass nut in the early ‘60s. Over the years he has delved deep into many styles of roots music; as they say, “You can take the boy out of Bluegrass, but you can’t take the Bluegrass out of the boy.” For this show, Eric will be showing off his shiny new toy, a German silver National Resonator guitar, and he’ll also bust out his 10-stringed Puerto Rican cuatro (which you can see in the above photo - L to R: Alan Senauke, Paul Kotapish, Eric Thompson
, Chuck Ervin.
Tues. Aug. 23 at 8:00 pm
Ann Savoy & her Raggedy Ann Dance Band at Ashkenaz, Berkeley.
The legendary Cajun musician Ann Savoy has put together a Bay Area all-woman Cajun dance band featuring Ann on accordion, fiddle, guitar and vocals with Suzy Thompson on fiddle and vocals, Karen Celia Heil on guitar, and Michaella Goerlitz on drums, plus special guests Agi Ban and Delilah Lewis on fiddles. More info and advance ticket link HERE
Friday Aug. 26 -- from 7:30 to 10:00 pmAnn Savoy & the Raggedy Ann Dance Band with Eric & Suzy Thompson, Agi Ban & Michaelle Goerlitz
Napa CA
Welcome Grange #791
3275 Hagen Rd.Napa, CA
Advance tickets: https://tinyurl.com/2k4dkbbs
$40 per person
Members of Welcome Grange: $35/person at welcomegrange@gmail.com
A percentage of the ticket price will benefit the Welcome Grange #791. Beverages and snacks will be for sale at the event.
Sept. 21 - 25: The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention features tons of great artists including Alice Gerrard, Tatiana Hargreaves & Reid Stutz; the Earl White Stringband; Corn otato String Band; Piedmont Blūz (Valerie and Benedict Turner); New Vintage Revelers; Skillet Licorice Allsorts Orchestra; Right To Parlay; callers Evie Ladin, Robin Fischer, Mike Lewinski, and more !! Below are the highlights of the evening activities (and the Saturday daytime ones) but there is lots more including many FREE events. Check out the BOTMC website for all the info.
Four-day BOTMC pass now available! Good for all 4 ticketed evening events: Welcome Party and Dance on Weds, concerts at the Freight on Thurs and Fri, and the big Square Dance Party at Ashkenaz on Saturday night. Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Wed. Sept. 21 - Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Welcome Party at Ashkenaz -- square dancing to Corn Potato String Band with Mike Lewinski calling, followed by a set of Cajun music with the legendary Ann Savoy, backed by Thompsonia!! Plus, jamming in the back studio, hosted by Harry & Cindy Liedstrand. Beginners welcome, all dances will be taught, all genders and ages welcome! Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Thurs. Sept. 22 - BOTMC Concert at the Freight, with Piedmont Blūz, Corn Potato String Band and the New Vintage Revellers (Harry Liedstrand, Dan Warrick, Paul Kotapish) Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Fri. Sept. 23 - BOTMC Concert at the Freight with Alice Gerrard, Tatiana Hargreaves and Reid Stutz; Earl White Stringband; Skillet Licorice Allsorts Orchestra. Suzy will be part of the Skillet Licorice Allsorts Orchestra (Elise Engelberg, Matt Knoth, Meredith Axelrod, Clinton Davis, Kelly Marie Martin and Suzy) for their set of rags and waltzes from the repertoire of the East Texas Serenaders. Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Sat. Sept. 24 -- BOTMC Daytime in Civic Center Park (downtown Berkeley):
FREE activities
10:15 -- Family concert with Piedmont Blūz
11:00 -- String Band Contest
Evening -- Square dance party at Ashkenaz at 8:00
Clogging lesson with Mark Schatz
Square dancing to the music of the Earl White Stringband, Tatiana Hargreaves & friends, and Right To Parlay, with calling by Robin Fischer and Evie Ladin. Beginners welcome, all dances will be taught, all genders and ages welcome! Advance ticket info for all BOTMC events HERE
Cancelled March 2020 Todalo Shakers tour
Fri. March 20 -- 7:30 pm -- Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia. $20 (students/low income $12). Advance ticket sales available--call Traditions at 360-705-2819. Great food, specialty drinks, beer and wine.
https://newtraditionsfairtrade.com/todalo-shakers/
Sat. March 21 -- 7:00 pm -- Chicken Barn Concert Hall in Clinton on Whidbey Island. $20 suggested donation. Reservations strongly recommended. For reservations, directions, and information, e-mail cflax@whidbey.net
Tue. March 24 -- 7:00 pm -- Vincent Schoolhouse, 8010 W Snoqualmie Valley Rd NE, Carnation, WA. $20 suggested donation at the door. Doors open at 6:30.
Thur. March 26th -- 7:00 pm -- Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., Port Townsend. $15-$25 sliding scale at the door. Doors open at 6:30
Fri., March 27 -- 7:00 pm -- YWCA Ballroom, 1026 N Forest St, Bellingham. $20 admission at the door. Doors open at 6:30
Sat., Mar 28 -- 7:30 pm -- Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle. Advance tickets $20 ($18 SFS members, students, seniors), $2 more at the door. $10 under 18. Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006.
http://www.seafolklore.org/wp/events/todalo-shakers/
Sun., March 29 -- 6:00 pm -- Vashon Island at the Coop. $20 donation at the door. Potluck dinner at 4:00; some main dishes provided, bring sides and salads. For more information, call (206) 459-3062 or (206) 501-7987
Suzy will join forces with the powerful vocalist Meredith Axelrod (also a dynamo on guitar and ukulele and, for this special show, will also be playing glockenspiel!) and long-time friend and musical collaborator Del Rey, goddess of the resonator guitar and ukulele. Vintage seasonal repertoire includes "Christmas In Jail", "Santa Claus Blues", "Cold Morning Shout" and many other wonderful old-time bluesy Xmas songs. These three women love making music together, and you're invited to join the party!
Wed. Dec. 11 - 7:30 pm - Santa Cruz: House Concert - email herrmann.irene@gmail.com for info
Thurs. Dec. 12 - 8:00 pm (doors at 7:00) - Berkeley: Freight & Salvage - Tickets available now!
Fri. Dec. 13 - 8:00 pm (doors at 7:30) Woodside - House Concert - email aschillace@gmail.com for info
Sun. Dec. 15 - 6:30 pm (note early start time - doors at 5:30) - Caspar: Caspar Community Center (the tiny town of Caspar lies halfway between Mendocino and Fort Bragg) - Tickets available here
TODALO SHAKERS OCTOBER 2019 CALIFORNIA TOUR!
Thurs. Oct. 10 - 7:30 pm - The Ugly Mug, 4640 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Todalo Quartet (Matt won't be able to join us for this show). $18 with reservation, $20 at the door. Payment for both at the door by cash or check. Reservations (recommended but not required) by emailing crbrundle@gmail.com, or 408 499 9441 (text or voice). This place has really great coffee, by the way! Presented by the wonderful folks at Fiddling Cricket Concerts
Fri. Oct. 11 -- 8 pm -- Encino House Concert. Please email barry.oneill@polisci.ucla.edu for more details.
Sat. Oct. 12 -- 8 pm to 10 pm - Los Olivos Grange Hall, 2374 Alamado Pintado Avenue
Los Olivos CA. 93441. Doors open at 7:30 PM. All ages welcome. Advance tickets @ $15.00 each will go on sale September 16th, at The Book Loft, 1680 Mission Drive in Solvang and on-line at:
https://bluegrasswest.com/tickets.htm
Sun. Oct. 13 - Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Stowe House, Goleta - the Todalo Shakers play a main stage set at 2:30. At 12:30, Frannie & Suzy teach a harmony singing workshop, and Eric teaches a guitar workshop. Great lineup and a beautiful site! fiddlersfestival.org
Mon. Oct. 14- 8 pm - Down at the Yard Music Series, Yard Theater, 4319 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles. Tickets $10-2o. www.theyardtheater.com
Tues. Oct. 15 - 8 pm - Naiditch House Concert, Altadena.
Tickets $25 at the door. For reservations and directions, email: davidnaiditch@charter.net
Sun. Sept. 8 - 12:30-2:30 PM - Eric & Suzy with Meredith Axelrod and Craig Ventresco (aka Sneaky Freaky String Band) -- at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur. Look for us at this shopping center just across from the ferry - we'll be outdoors where there is plenty of seating and lots of delicious places to buy some lunch too. If weather is very cold or rainy (unlikely but you never know) we will be inside Copperfield's Bookstore. FREE! We'll play some juicy ragtime, blues, stomps and other music from the early 20th century. We really love playing music with Craig and Meredith and if you come to this show, you will see why.July 26-Aug 3 - Lark Camp, Mendocino - Eric will be teaching at this world music camp, with a huge and wonderful staff, nearly every kind of music you can imagine! www.larkcamp.com
July 26 - Suzy with Jim Kweskin - Bellingham, WA - a concert in the beautiful big room at the Bellingham YWCA. 1026 N. Forest St, Bellingham, WA. Tickets $20, available at the door
July 27 at 2 pm - Suzy with Jim Kweskin - Gig Harbor, WA - more info and link to buy tickets HERE. Or, email band@UBMNA.org or call 253-225-7655.
July 28 - Aug. 4 - Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop & Festival - Suzy will be teaching fiddle (there are 2 other fiddle teachers this year!) and she will be co-leading a jug band lab with Jim Kweskin! Fantastic staff this year including Jerron Paxton, Sunpie Barnes, Cedric Watson, John Miller, Guy Davis, and many others. centrum.org/blues-festival-artist-faculty/
Eric and Suzy are excited to be playing a couple of Bay Area shows with Johnny Nicholas! Suzy got to know Johnny when they were both part of Geoff Muldaur’s “Texas Sheiks” project (along with Stephen Bruton, Cindy Cashdollar and several other stellar Austin-area musicians). He’s now splitting his time between Fredericksburg Texas and southwest Louisiana, where Eric and Suzy and Johnny spent some time playing music together at the Black Pot Camp and Festival last fall. Johnny is one of the most soulful singers ever, and plays resonator guitar, harmonica, piano, mandolin and probably a bunch of other instruments, he’ll definitely have the resonator guitar on hand. He and Eric will have just spent a week at Lark Camp playing their resonator guitars, so they’ll be all warmed up, and Suzy will have come straight from Blues Week in Port Townsend so it should be a terrific reunion. We’ll play some blues, some of Johnny;s originals, and, at the Ashkenaz dance, we’ll add some Cajun music to the mix. This is a rare opportunity to hear Johnny Nicholas live in the Bay Area!
Sun. Aug. 4 at 7:00 pm - Eric & Suzy with Johnny Nicholas in concert - University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley. Located at 2425 College Ave, Berkeley (at Haste). Tickets available at the door. Be sure to leave enough time to find parking!
Tues. Aug. 6 at 8:00 pm - Johnny Nicholas, Eric & Suzy and friends - Blues and Cajun DANCE at Ashkenaz. Dance lesson at 7:30, live music at 8. Ashkenaz is located at 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley (near Gilman). All ages welcome, free parking across the street in the REI lot. Admission $15 at the door. Ashkenaz info
Wed. Dec. 11 - 7:30 pm - Santa Cruz: House Concert - email herrmann.irene@gmail.com for info
Thurs. Dec. 12 - 8:00 pm (doors at 7:00) - Berkeley: Freight & Salvage - Tickets available now!
Fri. Dec. 13 - 8:00 pm (doors at 7:30) Woodside - House Concert - email aschillace@gmail.com for info
Sun. Dec. 15 - 6:30 pm (note early start time - doors at 5:30) - Caspar: Caspar Community Center (the tiny town of Caspar lies halfway between Mendocino and Fort Bragg) - Tickets available here
TODALO SHAKERS OCTOBER 2019 CALIFORNIA TOUR!
Thurs. Oct. 10 - 7:30 pm - The Ugly Mug, 4640 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Todalo Quartet (Matt won't be able to join us for this show). $18 with reservation, $20 at the door. Payment for both at the door by cash or check. Reservations (recommended but not required) by emailing crbrundle@gmail.com, or 408 499 9441 (text or voice). This place has really great coffee, by the way! Presented by the wonderful folks at Fiddling Cricket Concerts
Fri. Oct. 11 -- 8 pm -- Encino House Concert. Please email barry.oneill@polisci.ucla.edu for more details.
Sat. Oct. 12 -- 8 pm to 10 pm - Los Olivos Grange Hall, 2374 Alamado Pintado Avenue
Los Olivos CA. 93441. Doors open at 7:30 PM. All ages welcome. Advance tickets @ $15.00 each will go on sale September 16th, at The Book Loft, 1680 Mission Drive in Solvang and on-line at:
https://bluegrasswest.com/tickets.htm
Sun. Oct. 13 - Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Stowe House, Goleta - the Todalo Shakers play a main stage set at 2:30. At 12:30, Frannie & Suzy teach a harmony singing workshop, and Eric teaches a guitar workshop. Great lineup and a beautiful site! fiddlersfestival.org
Mon. Oct. 14- 8 pm - Down at the Yard Music Series, Yard Theater, 4319 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles. Tickets $10-2o. www.theyardtheater.com
Tues. Oct. 15 - 8 pm - Naiditch House Concert, Altadena.
Tickets $25 at the door. For reservations and directions, email: davidnaiditch@charter.net
Sun. Sept. 8 - 12:30-2:30 PM - Eric & Suzy with Meredith Axelrod and Craig Ventresco (aka Sneaky Freaky String Band) -- at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur. Look for us at this shopping center just across from the ferry - we'll be outdoors where there is plenty of seating and lots of delicious places to buy some lunch too. If weather is very cold or rainy (unlikely but you never know) we will be inside Copperfield's Bookstore. FREE! We'll play some juicy ragtime, blues, stomps and other music from the early 20th century. We really love playing music with Craig and Meredith and if you come to this show, you will see why.July 26-Aug 3 - Lark Camp, Mendocino - Eric will be teaching at this world music camp, with a huge and wonderful staff, nearly every kind of music you can imagine! www.larkcamp.com
July 26 - Suzy with Jim Kweskin - Bellingham, WA - a concert in the beautiful big room at the Bellingham YWCA. 1026 N. Forest St, Bellingham, WA. Tickets $20, available at the door
July 27 at 2 pm - Suzy with Jim Kweskin - Gig Harbor, WA - more info and link to buy tickets HERE. Or, email band@UBMNA.org or call 253-225-7655.
July 28 - Aug. 4 - Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop & Festival - Suzy will be teaching fiddle (there are 2 other fiddle teachers this year!) and she will be co-leading a jug band lab with Jim Kweskin! Fantastic staff this year including Jerron Paxton, Sunpie Barnes, Cedric Watson, John Miller, Guy Davis, and many others. centrum.org/blues-festival-artist-faculty/
Eric and Suzy are excited to be playing a couple of Bay Area shows with Johnny Nicholas! Suzy got to know Johnny when they were both part of Geoff Muldaur’s “Texas Sheiks” project (along with Stephen Bruton, Cindy Cashdollar and several other stellar Austin-area musicians). He’s now splitting his time between Fredericksburg Texas and southwest Louisiana, where Eric and Suzy and Johnny spent some time playing music together at the Black Pot Camp and Festival last fall. Johnny is one of the most soulful singers ever, and plays resonator guitar, harmonica, piano, mandolin and probably a bunch of other instruments, he’ll definitely have the resonator guitar on hand. He and Eric will have just spent a week at Lark Camp playing their resonator guitars, so they’ll be all warmed up, and Suzy will have come straight from Blues Week in Port Townsend so it should be a terrific reunion. We’ll play some blues, some of Johnny;s originals, and, at the Ashkenaz dance, we’ll add some Cajun music to the mix. This is a rare opportunity to hear Johnny Nicholas live in the Bay Area!
Sun. Aug. 4 at 7:00 pm - Eric & Suzy with Johnny Nicholas in concert - University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley. Located at 2425 College Ave, Berkeley (at Haste). Tickets available at the door. Be sure to leave enough time to find parking!
Tues. Aug. 6 at 8:00 pm - Johnny Nicholas, Eric & Suzy and friends - Blues and Cajun DANCE at Ashkenaz. Dance lesson at 7:30, live music at 8. Ashkenaz is located at 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley (near Gilman). All ages welcome, free parking across the street in the REI lot. Admission $15 at the door. Ashkenaz info