Recently captured at San Francisco’s Tupelo on Grant Street, Shantytown delivers this brilliant rendition of ‘Cajun Queen’, a song about going home.
Tupelo hosts live music seven nights a week.
http://tupelosf.com/
June 2019
Peter Lindman & Mike McKevitt – ‘(Ghost) Riders in the Sky’
Recently captured at San Francisco’s oldest saloon, ‘The Saloon’ on Grant Street, Peter Lindman and Mike McKevitt deliver this authentic rendition of ‘(Ghost) Riders in the Sky’, a song originally written and recorded by Stan Jones in 1948, and later covered by many artists.
“The song tells a folk tale of a cowboy who has a vision of red-eyed, steel-hooved cattle thundering across the sky, being chased by the spirits of damned cowboys. One warns him that if he does not change his ways, he will be doomed to join them, forever “trying to catch the Devil’s herd across these endless skies”. Jones stated he had been told the story when he was 12 years old by an old Indian who resided north of the Douglas, Arizona border town behind D Hill. The Indians, possibly Apache, who lived within Cochise County, believed that when souls vacate their physical bodies, they reside as spirits in the sky, resembling ghost riders.
It’s worth noting this duo had never played together before, adding a spark of magic to this piece.
The Saloon hosts live music and dancing seven nights a week.
http://www.sfblues.net/Saloon.html
https://peterlindman.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNfjRth9zGgECIelH-Az1g
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Legends & Friends @ Pier 23 – ‘Boom Boom Pow’
From once upon a time (2010) at San Francisco’s iconic waterfront destination for live music, Pier 23, ‘Legends & Friends’ deliver the most exciting version of ‘Boom Boom Pow’ ever captured on film, a song originally performed by ‘The Black Eyed Peas’, written by Allan Pineda, Jaime Gomez, Stacy Ferguson, and Will Adams, a song about evolution beyond self destruction.
Mike Bazlamit – Saxophones
Brian Switzer – Trumpet
Ben Thompson – Piano
Marvin Ive – Bass
Brandon Farmer – Drums
Legends & Friends can still be found playing at Pier 23 Cafe if you’re lucky enough to catch them.
https://www.facebook.com/LegendsandFriends/
Pier 23 hosts world class live music seven nights a week, offering fresh seafood and a full bar.
pier23cafe.com
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The Uptones @ The Ashkenaz – ‘Ghost Town’
Captured in 2018 on ‘Earth Day’ at the Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center in Berkeley, legendary local Ska band ‘The Uptones’ deliver this epic cover of British Ska band ‘The Specials’ 1981 hit, ‘Ghost Town’, a song lamenting the demise of modern civilization at the hands of austerity and social decay, written by Jerry Dammers.
Keyboard / Vocals – Paul Jackson
Guitar / Vocals – Eric Din
Guitar / Vocals – Musashi (Moose) Lethridge
Bass – Ben Eastwood
Drums – Mike Stevens
Trombone – Jeanne Geiger
Saxophone – Adam Beach
Trumpet – Jay Sanders
http://uptones.com/
http://www.ashkenaz.com/
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