Eric Thompson Suzy Thompson Matt Weiner WB Reid Frannie Leopold
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SAT. MARCH 16 at 7:30 pm PDT TODALO SHAKERS LIVESTREAM
To view livestream, go to Suzy Thompson's Facebook page (you should be able to click on this link and view the livestream even if you don't have a Facebook account)
We'll start the livestream a bit before 7:30. If you go to the above link, and don't see the livestream, please refresh your browser at 7:30 and that should do the trick.
To view livestream, go to Suzy Thompson's Facebook page (you should be able to click on this link and view the livestream even if you don't have a Facebook account)
We'll start the livestream a bit before 7:30. If you go to the above link, and don't see the livestream, please refresh your browser at 7:30 and that should do the trick.
TODALO SHAKERS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOUSE CONCERT TOUR
Eric, Suzy, Matt, Frannie and WB are gonna be on the road again, celebrating 25 years of the Todalo Shakers!
Wednesday, March 13 ~ 8 pm
OAKLAND
Details and reservations, contact [email protected]
Thursday, March 14 ~ 7:30 pm
PORTOLA VALLEY
House Concert at Angie & Sam's in Portola Valley. For
reservations, directions, and info, contact [email protected]
Friday, March 15 ~ 7:30 pm
SANTA CRUZ
House Concert in Santa Cruz (near campus)
Info, reservations, and directions: contact [email protected]
Saturday, March 16 ~ 7:30 pm --- this show will be LIVESTREAMED!
To view livestream, go to Suzy Thompson's Facebook page (you should be able to click on the link and view the livestream even if you don't have a Facebook account)
We'll start the livestream a bit before 7:30. If you go to the above link, and don't see the livestream, please refresh your browser at 7:30 and that should do the trick.
FOLSOM
House Concert at the "Folsom Opry House"
Info, reservations, and directions: phone 916-990-0719 (leave message) or email [email protected]
To view livestream, wait until after 7:00 pm on Sat. March 16, then go to Suzy Thompson's Facebook page (you should be able to click on the link and view the livestream even if you don't have a Facebook account)
We'll start the livestream a bit before 7:30. If you go to the above link, and don't see the livestream, please refresh your browser at 7:30 and that should do the trick.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOUSE CONCERT TOUR
Eric, Suzy, Matt, Frannie and WB are gonna be on the road again, celebrating 25 years of the Todalo Shakers!
Wednesday, March 13 ~ 8 pm
OAKLAND
Details and reservations, contact [email protected]
Thursday, March 14 ~ 7:30 pm
PORTOLA VALLEY
House Concert at Angie & Sam's in Portola Valley. For
reservations, directions, and info, contact [email protected]
Friday, March 15 ~ 7:30 pm
SANTA CRUZ
House Concert in Santa Cruz (near campus)
Info, reservations, and directions: contact [email protected]
Saturday, March 16 ~ 7:30 pm --- this show will be LIVESTREAMED!
To view livestream, go to Suzy Thompson's Facebook page (you should be able to click on the link and view the livestream even if you don't have a Facebook account)
We'll start the livestream a bit before 7:30. If you go to the above link, and don't see the livestream, please refresh your browser at 7:30 and that should do the trick.
FOLSOM
House Concert at the "Folsom Opry House"
Info, reservations, and directions: phone 916-990-0719 (leave message) or email [email protected]
To view livestream, wait until after 7:00 pm on Sat. March 16, then go to Suzy Thompson's Facebook page (you should be able to click on the link and view the livestream even if you don't have a Facebook account)
We'll start the livestream a bit before 7:30. If you go to the above link, and don't see the livestream, please refresh your browser at 7:30 and that should do the trick.
“A killer set of blues, rags, slow drags, early swing and jug band favorites…they sure know how to shake it up!” Old Time Herald
“An irresistible blend of harmony, swing and stomp!” SingOut! Magazine
“An irresistible blend of harmony, swing and stomp!” SingOut! Magazine
ABOUT THE TODALO SHAKERS:
What do five veteran performers of blues, jug band, jazz and old time music do for fun? Why, form a band and wail on their favorite 1920s party music! The Todalo Shakers, from Seattle, Mendocino and Berkeley, have been playing together for over 20 years, and are currently celebrating their 2019 release, Rock Away My Blues. Past performances include Live Oak Festival, Santa Fe Bluegrass Festival, Lark In the Morning, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Freight & Salvage, and Portland Old Time Gathering.
The Todalo Shakers specialize in vintage party music: jug band blues, rags and stomps which sound like they are lifted right out of 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee. Complex and soulful vocal arrangements create rich and funky harmonies, and a great feeling of camaraderie; the exuberance and fondness that the musicians feel for their material and for each other is unmistakable. Mix in hot ragtime tunes on fiddle and mandolin plus virtuoso bass slap solos, and the party really gets going!
Suzy Thompson has long been known for her bluesy fiddling and powerful vocals; she is the fiddler of choice for Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur and Del Rey, and has also worked with Maria Muldaur, Dave Alvin and Peter Rowan. Eric Thompson (playing mostly mandolin in the Todalo Shakers) began exploring the country blues in the 1960s with Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions (with Jerry Garcia) and more recently in his work with such artists as David Nelson, David Grisman and Jody Stecher. The Thompsons are based in Berkeley, California. Guitarist/vocalist Frannie Leopold (Mendocino) has toured and recorded the Delta Sisters and the Balkan Kafe Orchestra, and is a perennial favorite instructor at many West Coast music camps including Lark in the Morning and California Coast Music Camp. Bruce "WB" Reid (Seattle) sings and plays a rare vintage 6-string banjo-guitar (affectionately known as "the enforcer") with the Todalo Shakers. WB spent part of his twenties hanging out in San Diego with bluesman Sam Chatmon, of the legendary string band the Mississippi Sheiks. He has toured and recorded with the Tallboys (Seattle's hottest oldtime string band), with the Carolina Jug Stompers and with his wife, Bonnie Zahnow. Upright bassist Matt Weiner (Seattle) boasts a distinguished resume including stints with the Asylum Street Spankers, Hot Club of Cowtown, Wayne Horvitz, Danny Barnes and Becky Kilgore. His slap bass solos are always a highlight of a Todalo Shakers performance!
What exactly is a "Todalo" and how do you shake it? It's pronounced "TOE-dah-low" and is closely related to "diddy-wah-diddy". Todalo crops up occasionally in obscure old blues songs: "I'm satisfied, satisfied, my todalo shaker by my side" is a line from the Memphis Jug Band classic "You May Leave, But This Will Bring You Back" and references to "todalo" turn up in songs by Mississippi John Hurt, Eubie Blake, and Bessie Smith.
Todalo Shakers Performances (partial list)
FESTIVALS:
Live Oak Festival
Santa Fe Bluegrass & Old Time Festival
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
Portland Old Time Gathering
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers Convention
CONCERTS:
Seattle Folklore Society
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley CA
Lagunitas Brewery, Petaluma CA
Quimper Grange Hall, Port Townsend WA
Mendocino Community Center
Devil Mountain Coffeehouse, Walnut Creek, CA
Numerous house concerts in many cities and towns up and down the west coast
MUSIC CAMPS:
Lark in the Morning
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
Sweets Mill
The Todalo Shakers specialize in vintage party music: jug band blues, rags and stomps which sound like they are lifted right out of 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee. Complex and soulful vocal arrangements create rich and funky harmonies, and a great feeling of camaraderie; the exuberance and fondness that the musicians feel for their material and for each other is unmistakable. Mix in hot ragtime tunes on fiddle and mandolin plus virtuoso bass slap solos, and the party really gets going!
Suzy Thompson has long been known for her bluesy fiddling and powerful vocals; she is the fiddler of choice for Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur and Del Rey, and has also worked with Maria Muldaur, Dave Alvin and Peter Rowan. Eric Thompson (playing mostly mandolin in the Todalo Shakers) began exploring the country blues in the 1960s with Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions (with Jerry Garcia) and more recently in his work with such artists as David Nelson, David Grisman and Jody Stecher. The Thompsons are based in Berkeley, California. Guitarist/vocalist Frannie Leopold (Mendocino) has toured and recorded the Delta Sisters and the Balkan Kafe Orchestra, and is a perennial favorite instructor at many West Coast music camps including Lark in the Morning and California Coast Music Camp. Bruce "WB" Reid (Seattle) sings and plays a rare vintage 6-string banjo-guitar (affectionately known as "the enforcer") with the Todalo Shakers. WB spent part of his twenties hanging out in San Diego with bluesman Sam Chatmon, of the legendary string band the Mississippi Sheiks. He has toured and recorded with the Tallboys (Seattle's hottest oldtime string band), with the Carolina Jug Stompers and with his wife, Bonnie Zahnow. Upright bassist Matt Weiner (Seattle) boasts a distinguished resume including stints with the Asylum Street Spankers, Hot Club of Cowtown, Wayne Horvitz, Danny Barnes and Becky Kilgore. His slap bass solos are always a highlight of a Todalo Shakers performance!
What exactly is a "Todalo" and how do you shake it? It's pronounced "TOE-dah-low" and is closely related to "diddy-wah-diddy". Todalo crops up occasionally in obscure old blues songs: "I'm satisfied, satisfied, my todalo shaker by my side" is a line from the Memphis Jug Band classic "You May Leave, But This Will Bring You Back" and references to "todalo" turn up in songs by Mississippi John Hurt, Eubie Blake, and Bessie Smith.
Todalo Shakers Performances (partial list)
FESTIVALS:
Live Oak Festival
Santa Fe Bluegrass & Old Time Festival
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
Portland Old Time Gathering
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers Convention
CONCERTS:
Seattle Folklore Society
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley CA
Lagunitas Brewery, Petaluma CA
Quimper Grange Hall, Port Townsend WA
Mendocino Community Center
Devil Mountain Coffeehouse, Walnut Creek, CA
Numerous house concerts in many cities and towns up and down the west coast
MUSIC CAMPS:
Lark in the Morning
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
Sweets Mill
2019 Todalo Shakers release - Rock Away My Blues
To celebrate our 20th anniversary of playing together, the Todalo Shakers recorded a new CD: "Rock Away My Blues" which includes material from Memphis Jug Band, Mississippi Sheiks, Hensley & Taylor, Carolina Tar Heels, East Texas Serenaders and Kid Ory and includes a beautiful original rag penned by WB Reid. You can get them directly from us -- email WB if you want to order one by mail.
Still available:
Fourth Street Messaround - our debut CD - Frannie, WB, Eric & Suzy with Steven Strauss on bass
Tickled Too - Frannie, WB, Eric & Suzy and Matt
To celebrate our 20th anniversary of playing together, the Todalo Shakers recorded a new CD: "Rock Away My Blues" which includes material from Memphis Jug Band, Mississippi Sheiks, Hensley & Taylor, Carolina Tar Heels, East Texas Serenaders and Kid Ory and includes a beautiful original rag penned by WB Reid. You can get them directly from us -- email WB if you want to order one by mail.
Still available:
Fourth Street Messaround - our debut CD - Frannie, WB, Eric & Suzy with Steven Strauss on bass
Tickled Too - Frannie, WB, Eric & Suzy and Matt