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HERE'S A FEW LIVE MUSIC EVENTS....COME OUT AND ENJOY!

TONIGHT ...NOVEMBER 14 SATURDAY 9P-1A

LITTLE JONNY & THE GIANTS w Jon Lawton & Sid Morris

MURPHYS LAW 135 S Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale

Lots of parking in the rear

NOVEMBER 15 SUNDAY 5P-8P

LITTLE JONNY & FENNY ACOUSTIC DUO

Santana Row Oaktree Stage (by Borders on the main drag)

San Jose

NOVEMBER 20 FRIDAY 6P-10P

LITTLE JONNY & THE GIANTS

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

91 S. AUTUMN ST (near the HP)

DECEMBER 6TH SUNDAY 2P-6P

THE DANGOGH'S

COYOTE STAGE STOP on Monterey Highway near Bailey/101

A nice old road stop with great bar and FREE FOOD! located between South San Jose & Morgan Hill

#608

From: George Engle <george.engle@...>
Date: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:26 pm
Subject: Need Input re: a Fender Monitor

skipengle

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I have had the Fender 1270P powered monitor recommended to me.

Do any of our user group have any experience with this unit?

I appreciate everyone's help, and thanks in advance.

Skip Engle.

#607

From: Fenny <harmonicaman1@...>
Date: Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:51 pm
Subject: Re: SF Bay Harpers Jam Tonight!

harmonicaman1

Online Now

I have two really strong harmonica players coming with me as surprise guests....Eyebone (Alan) and Joe Lempkowski......see you around 7pm.... Mark

--- On Wed, 9/30/09, miltloomis <miltloomis@...> wrote:

From: miltloomis <miltloomis@...>
Subject: [SFBayharpers] SF Bay Harpers Jam Tonight!
To: SFBayharpers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 8:24 AM

Signups to play with the House Band start at 6:30, music starts at 7 (or whenever the sound man is ready). Armando's, 707 Marina Vista, Martinez, CA. Just in case some of you haven't joined the new forum here:

http://bayharpers. ning.com/

Cheers, Bob Loomis

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#606

From: "miltloomis" <miltloomis@...>
Date: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:24 pm
Subject: SF Bay Harpers Jam Tonight!

miltloomis

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Signups to play with the House Band start at 6:30, music starts at 7 (or
whenever the sound man is ready). Armando's, 707 Marina Vista, Martinez, CA.
Just in case some of you haven't joined the new forum here:

http://bayharpers.ning.com/

Cheers, Bob Loomis

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#605

From: "miltloomis" <miltloomis@...>
Date: Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:50 pm
Subject: 6th Quarterly Jam Update ...

miltloomis

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... for the Sept. 30 SF Bay Harpers Jam has been posted at the new forum. If you
haven't already signed up, go here:

http://bayharpers.ning.com/

Thanks,
Bob Loomis
SF Bay Harpers

#604

From: Fenny <harmonicaman1@...>
Date: Fri Sep 4, 2009 4:41 pm
Subject: LIVE JAM TONIGHT 10P COME OUT! TAPESTRY MONDAY 1PM KGO STAGE...MORE

harmonicaman1

Online Now

live music in September

TONIGHT!!!! Friday 9/4. HOSTING A PRO JAM AT: Woodhams Lounge Pro-Jam NO COVER, music starts at 10:00 PM. House band is: Jim Sawyers (Lead Guitar for the Syndicate of Sound and the Sultans), Pat Hennessy (Drummer for the Sultans & original Cornell Herd Band drummer), Bob Gonzalez (Bassist for Sultans and Syndicate of Sound) and Mark Fenichel (on the Harmonica). Be ready for some great music and all the great jammers that make Woodhams the Friday Night Live Music Hot Spot. Come out to dance, or just listen. This will be a great way to begin your holiday weekend......... Woodhams is located at 4475 Stevens Creek Blvd in Santa Clara.

Saturday 9/5 Emcee Millbrae Art & Wine Festival 11a-6p

Sunday 9/6 Emcee Millbrae Art & Wine Festival 11a-6p

Sunday 9/6 Private Party with Gypsy Jack

SEPTEMBER 7 MONDAY LABOR DAY 1PM-2PM

TAPESTRY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

FEATURING:

"THE TRIO"

JON LAWTON-SID MORRIS-MARK FENICHEL

On the KGO Stage 1P-2P...JUMP SWING, BOOGIE, ZYDECO BLUES

VIRGO RISING PARTY 9/12

TO CELEBATE VIRGO BIRTHDAYSS INCL. MICHELE & LORI (McKENNA'S) BIG BIRTHDAYS......

SEPT 12 WOODHAMS LOUNGE -

FEATURING OWNER KEN AND HIS VERY SPECIAL HOUSE BAND

9PM - ON

4475 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 247-3144

LIVE MUSIC, FULL NO HOST BAR

IF ANYONE HAS A SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY…THEY MUST COME

....AND EXTRA GUESTS ARE WELCOME........ LOTS OF FREE PARKING....JUST A GOOD TIME FOR ALL! You can’t beat the hospitality from Ken, Roseanna, Amanda and the gang at Woodham’s Sports Lounge

SEPTEMBER 12 & 13 FENNY TO EMCEE MTN. VIEW ART & WINE FESTIVAL.......for band details go to www.miramarevents.com

SEPT 13 7PM ANGELICA'S BISTRO, 863 Main St. Redwood City....BENEFIT TO HELP BOBBY HAMMOND drummer extraordinaire for many years. Bobby had a stroke and now can not play so help him with his huge medical bills and contribute $10 and join the party.....many great players on this one. 650-365-3226

SEPT 18 7PM HOLY FAMILY FESTIVAL WITH OFF THE RECORD

Holy Family Church, San Jose 7pm

SEPTEMBER 20.... NOON-4P CHUBBY'S ALLSTARS at DAVE’S AVENUE SCHOOL 17770 Daves Ave
Monte Sereno , CA 95030-3298

SEPT 26 4P CHUBBY'S ALLSTARS - TASTE OF MORGAN HILL FEST. downtown Morgan Hill 3rd St Stage (or near there)

…..COMING IN OCTOBER..............

FENNY'S BIG BIRTHDAY BASH

....IT'S GONNA BE A BAR BURNER

OCTOBER 24TH 8PM-ON Get it in your calendar NOW!!!!

MURPHY'S LAW

FEATURING HOST BAND CHUBBY'S ALLSTARS!

Eclectic Classic Rock, Bar Burning Blues, and music for your ears!

Bring your instruments and plug in with us, big jam and EVERYONE gets to play! Bring your whole band and do a few (advance notice required) Great drink specials and if you have ever been to a Fenny Birthday Bash you know it is FUN! You may bring as many friends as you like to this one and we will be celebrating ALL OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS!!! DEREK & ZOE AT THE BAR POURING VERY GENEROUS DRINKS.....

#603

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:54 pm
Subject: Sept. 30 Jam Coming Up!

miltloomis

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Just a reminder to those of you who haven't signed up for the new SF Bay Harpers forum,which has replaced this Group, that less than a month remains until the September 30 SF Bay Harpers quarterly jam at Armando's in Martinez.

So far for this 6th quarterly event we have Michael Peloquin, Danny White and Larry Marks signed on as featured performers, with more likely to be added between now and then.

As always, the jam signups will start at 6:30 p.m. and music will be from 7 to around 10 p.m. at Armando's, 707 Marina Vista, Martinez. It'll be a great chance to play a tune or three with the excellent house band, using the house sound system.

Please go to the following Web site and sign up if you haven't done so. You'll find a host of features and a more interactive harp community:

http://bayharpers.ning.com/

Thanks, hope to see you at Armando's on September 30!

Bob Loomis
SF Bay Harpers

#602

From: Damien Masterson <dzm@...>
Date: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:35 pm
Subject: Damien Masterson Music Update, 8/09 - "Collectif Etoile @ Anna's Jazz Island"

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Hey Everybody!

Disclaimer:
GREETINGS to all the new people on the list! If you forgot why you’re getting this, I play Chromatic Harmonica & Saxophones, and perform with Jazz, Funk, Ethnic, Blues, Rock, Classical and Hip Hop bands. I tour quite a bit with others, as well my own projects: Intercambio, Blue World Order, The DME, etc... Welcome! If you're here and you don't want to be, type “unsubscribe” and reply. If you’ve already done this and I dropped the ball, please be patient – ask again!

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The West Coast Jazz Harmonica Summit was a HIT!

We played to a sold out crowd and got it all on video.

Keep an eye out for the DVD, to be released in the near, not too distant future:

http://www.jazzharmonicasummit.com/

Upcoming Gigs!
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Equilbria

Friday, August 21

playing Brazilian jazz standards and originals

People in Plazas Concert Series
noon to one pm
425 Market Street plaza
Bw Fremont and 1st, SF

Dave Ridnell, guitar
Damien Masterson, chromatic harmonica and tenor sax
Scott Thompson, electric bass
Phil Thompson, drums

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Sunday, August 23rd, 8 pm: DO NOT MISS!

“Collectif Etoile”

   Many of you have been aware of my African music obsession. Some of you even knew that some time ago, I started a rehearsal group of musicians who, like me, wanted a chance to play this stuff. Well, it’s been over a year of playing, transcribing, shedding and debating where the heck the downbeat is, but we’re going to debut the end result.
    "Collectif", because it is a collective, and education is the end goal. “Etoile”, from the teacher of all teachers, Youssou N’Dour & Le Super Etoile de Dakar. Come to Anna’s for this special maiden voyage, where you’ll hear Senegalese Mbalax, music from Cameroon, and repertoire from Composers such as Cheick Tidiane Seck, Etienne Mbappe, Martin Atangana and many others. It is really a groundbreaking event, one that we hope inspires more just like it. Please get the word out!
  The day after this gig, we’re going to hit the studio and do our first demo. Come out and support the African music that just doesn’t get played enough around here!

Collectif Etoile is:
Ken Husbands & Q Morrow – guitars
Ben Flint - Keys
Damien Masterson – Saxophone & Harmonica
Danny Cao - Trumpet
Aaron Germain - bass
Otto Huber – drums
Idrissa Gueye – Sabar, percussion

Cover
2120 ALLSTON WAY�� BERKELEY� CA 94704�
(just east of Shattuck Avenue & downtown Berkeley BART)
TELEPHONE: (510) 841-JAZZ
www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
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Back to Africa!

   I’ll be in CAPE TOWN, South Africa for the entire month of September, looking forward to studying, playing and recording. If you have any good contacts there, please forward them!!!

   Also, returning to Senegal and Mali, from 12/16/09 to the end of January ‘10. If you know anybody interested in funding a couple of music projects for these regions, please send them my way....

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Damien Masterson http://www.damienmasterson.com
or enter my name in any search engine
http://www.myspace.com/damienmastersonmusic
http://cdbaby.com/all/damienzm
415 305 7138 dzm@...
Damien Endorses Hohner Harmonicas and Audix Microphones

#601

From: "Bob Loomis" <miltloomis@...>
Date: Sat Aug 8, 2009 4:17 pm
Subject: A reminder: Sign Up for SF Bay Harpers!

miltloomis

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About half of you folks who have been members here have registered as members of
the new SF Bay Harpers Web presence set up by Danny White. We thank you!

Now we need the rest of you to climb aboard so that you can keep up with harp
happenings in the Bay Area and be up to date on the next quarterly jam session
at Armando's on Wednesday, September 30. If you are among those who haven't made
the shift, please go here and use the link at the top right of the page to sign
up:

http://bayharpers.ning.com/

Thanks and happy SPAHing!
Bob Loomis
Erstwhile Moderator

#600

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:50 pm
Subject: Chroms for sale

miltloomis

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Just in case some of you haven't signed on at ning.com yet, this:

I am thinning my herds of musical instruments, trying to keep only those that I actually use. I have the following chromatic harmonicas for sale:

Hohner Super Chromonica 270 Deluxe, excellent condition, $100 OBO

Hohner 270 Chromonica Tenor C, $75

Hering Deluxe Chromatic 6164 in C, $90

Huang Professional 1248 in A, $40

All prices are plus shipping and insurance. U.S. buyers only, please. E-mail me off-group if interested.

Thanks, Bob Loomis

#599

From: "Bob Loomis" <miltloomis@...>
Date: Sat Jul 4, 2009 4:59 pm
Subject: New Club Home

miltloomis

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I posted this as the informational note on our old SFBayharpers home page today:

This group, affiliated with the East Bay Harmonica Club headed by Deron
Cavaletti, has been a forum for discussions and activities for San Francisco Bay
Area harmonica players. We are now transferring our Web activities to Danny
White's SF Bay Harpers forum at Ning.com. See messages below with links to a
sign-up page. This page will be kept alive purely for archival purposes. We will
continue to hold quarterly meet-and-greet jam sessions at Armando's in Martinez,
CA. The next will be on September 23, 2009. Details will be posted via the Ning
site as the event nears. Thanks to all who have joined us and thanks to Danny
White of Good Stuff Guitar Shop in Martinez for starting the new, improved site.
Hope to see you there!

Once again, here's the link to register (follow the Sign Up link at the top
right side of this site):

http://bayharpers.ning.com

Thanks to all for your support in the fledgling first year and a quarter phase
of our Bay Area harpers' club, I know you are going to like the new forum even
more! Check it out!

Cheers,
Bob Loomis
Former SFBayharpers Moderator

#598

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Sat Jul 4, 2009 3:56 pm
Subject: Re: Get on board!

miltloomis

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Here's the cor rected link, spa ce rem oved. If it do esn't work I'll g et out my Compooters for Dum mies b ook.

http://bayharpers.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp?

Bo b Loo mis
Ertswh ile Lead er

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@...> wrote:

From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@...>
Subject: Re: [SFBayharpers] Get on board!
To: SFBayharpers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:10 AM

Bob -

The web link below has an error that prevents it from working - there's a space after the dot in "bayharpers."

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...> wrote:

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Subject: [SFBayharpers] Get on board!
To: "SFBayharpers" <sfbayharpers@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 6:22 PM

Lots of exciting stuff happening at Danny White's new SF Bay Harpers web site, kincluding sound files, photos, discussions ... y'all better get on over here and sign on:

http://bayharpers. ning.com/ main/authorizati on/signUp?

Cheers, Bob Loomis

#597

From: Fenny <harmonicaman1@...>
Date: Sat Jul 4, 2009 3:50 pm
Subject: Re: Get on board!

harmonicaman1

Online Now

Please refer to "Computers For Dummies" for more info.....

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@...> wrote:

From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@...>
Subject: Re: [SFBayharpers] Get on board!
To: SFBayharpers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:10 AM

Bob -

The web link below has an error that prevents it from working - there's a space after the dot in "bayharpers. "

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729- 5

--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Bob Loomis <miltloomis@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@yahoo. com>
Subject: [SFBayharpers] Get on board!
To: "SFBayharpers" <sfbayharpers@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 6:22 PM

Lots of exciting stuff happening at Danny White's new SF Bay Harpers web site, kincluding sound files, photos, discussions ... y'all better get on over here and sign on:

http://bayharpers. ning.com/ main/authorizati on/signUp?

Cheers, Bob Loomis

#596

From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@...>
Date: Sat Jul 4, 2009 2:10 pm
Subject: Re: Get on board!

winslowyerxa

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Bob -

The web link below has an error that prevents it from working - there's a space after the dot in "bayharpers."

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...> wrote:

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Subject: [SFBayharpers] Get on board!
To: "SFBayharpers" <sfbayharpers@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 6:22 PM

Lots of exciting stuff happening at Danny White's new SF Bay Harpers web site, kincluding sound files, photos, discussions ... y'all better get on over here and sign on:

http://bayharpers. ning.com/ main/authorizati on/signUp?

Cheers, Bob Loomis

#595

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Sat Jul 4, 2009 1:22 am
Subject: Get on board!

miltloomis

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Lots of exciting stuff happening at Danny White's new SF Bay Harpers web site, kincluding sound files, photos, discussions ... y'all better get on over here and sign on:

http://bayharpers.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp?

Cheers, Bob Loomis

#594

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:51 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Jazz Harmonica Summit August 10

miltloomis

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S'OK Winslow ... be sure to take note of our SFBayharpers reshufle from Yahoo to SF Bay Harpers on Ning under Danny White's strong leadership, about which I sent a Group message ... go here to sign up:

http://bayharpers.ning.com

I forwarded the summit message to the new forum and will do the same with this. Thanks again for all your help!

Bob Loomis
Moderator Emeritus (Or Is It e-Meritless?)

--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@...> wrote:

From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@...>
Subject: [SFBayharpers] Re: Jazz Harmonica Summit August 10
To: SFBayharpers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 10:29 PM

I got so excited when I wrote about the Summit that I forgot how to count. There will be 8 harmonica players featured (but nine acts counting the all-harmonica group), and the all-harmonica ensemble I'm part of will be a four-piece, not a five-piece (no wonder I never hear that fifth part I've been writing - dang!)

Winslow

--- In SFBayharpers@yahoogroups.com, "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@...> wrote:
>
> On Monday, August 10, I'll be one of several west coast jazz harmonica players participating in the Jazz Harmonica Summit in Santa Cruz:
>
> http://www.jazzharmonicasummit.com/
>
> This concert is a first of its kind:
>
> - Features 9 different jazz harmonica players
>
> - Will include a 5-piece jazz harmonica ensemble
>
> - Will be recorded for a DVD
>
> If you were at the Spring SFBayharpers jam, you saw and heard the harmonica ensemble. Each of its members will also be featured individually:
>
> Damien Masterson, master of Brazilian and Latin jazz
>
> Michael Peloquin - one of the Bay Area's strongest R&B players, equally fluent on chromatic and overblow diatonic
>
> Steve Malerbi - A mellow master of chromatic jazz
>
> Winslow Yerxa - Combining jazz with celtic and Canaidan traditional influences in new ways, on chromatic, diatonic, and tremolo harmonicas.
>
> we'll also have:
>
> - 80-plus year old Pete Blasberg, who can still play blistering uptempo bebop
>
> - Michael Polesky up from Los Angeles on his tenor-tuned Renaissance chromatic (played thru a bullet mic!)
>
> - Slide man Slim, the organiser of the whole event, who plays smooth jazz guitar in addition to fine chromatic, in a duo bassist/vocalist Penny Hanna.
>
>
> The concert is timed to occur one day before Jason Ricci's Harmonica Blowoff in Sacramento, followed by four glorious days of the SPAH Convention. Sacramento is only a 2 1/2 hour drive from Santa Cruz, so you can fill up the entire week with great harmonica entertainment!
>

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#593

From: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@...>
Date: Thu Jul 2, 2009 5:29 am
Subject: Re: Jazz Harmonica Summit August 10

winslowyerxa

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I got so excited when I wrote about the Summit that I forgot how to count. There
will be 8 harmonica players featured (but nine acts counting the all-harmonica
group), and the all-harmonica ensemble I'm part of will be a four-piece, not a
five-piece (no wonder I never hear that fifth part I've been writing -  dang!)

Winslow

--- In SFBayharpers@yahoogroups.com, "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@...> wrote:
>
> On Monday, August 10, I'll be one of several west coast jazz harmonica players
participating in the Jazz Harmonica Summit in Santa Cruz:
>
> http://www.jazzharmonicasummit.com/
>
> This concert is a first of its kind:
>
> - Features 9 different jazz harmonica players
>
> - Will include a 5-piece jazz harmonica ensemble
>
> - Will be recorded for a DVD
>
> If you were at the Spring SFBayharpers jam, you saw and heard the harmonica
ensemble. Each of its members will also be featured individually:
>
> Damien Masterson, master of Brazilian and Latin jazz
>
> Michael Peloquin - one of the Bay Area's strongest R&B players, equally fluent
on chromatic and overblow diatonic
>
> Steve Malerbi - A mellow master of chromatic jazz
>
> Winslow Yerxa - Combining jazz with celtic and Canaidan traditional influences
in new ways, on chromatic, diatonic, and tremolo harmonicas.
>
> we'll also have:
>
> - 80-plus year old Pete Blasberg, who can still play blistering uptempo bebop
>
> - Michael Polesky up from Los Angeles on his tenor-tuned Renaissance chromatic
(played thru a bullet mic!)
>
> - Slide man Slim, the organiser of the whole event, who plays smooth jazz
guitar in addition to fine chromatic, in a duo bassist/vocalist Penny Hanna.
>
>
> The concert is timed to occur one day before Jason Ricci's Harmonica Blowoff
in Sacramento, followed by four glorious days of the SPAH Convention. Sacramento
is only a 2 1/2 hour drive from Santa Cruz, so you can fill up the entire week
with great harmonica entertainment!
>

#592

From: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@...>
Date: Wed Jul 1, 2009 8:26 pm
Subject: Jazz Harmonica Summit August 10

winslowyerxa

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On Monday, August 10, I'll be one of several west coast jazz harmonica players
participating in the Jazz Harmonica Summit in Santa Cruz:

http://www.jazzharmonicasummit.com/

This concert is a first of its kind:

- Features 9 different jazz harmonica players

- Will include a 5-piece jazz harmonica ensemble

- Will be recorded for a DVD

If you were at the Spring SFBayharpers jam, you saw and heard the harmonica
ensemble. Each of its members will also be featured individually:

Damien Masterson, master of Brazilian and Latin jazz

Michael Peloquin - one of the Bay Area's strongest R&B players, equally fluent
on chromatic and overblow diatonic

Steve Malerbi - A mellow master of chromatic jazz

Winslow Yerxa - Combining jazz with celtic and Canaidan traditional influences
in new ways, on chromatic, diatonic, and tremolo harmonicas.

we'll also have:

- 80-plus year old Pete Blasberg, who can still play blistering uptempo bebop

- Michael Polesky up from Los Angeles on his tenor-tuned Renaissance chromatic
(played thru a bullet mic!)

- Slide man Slim, the organiser of the whole event, who plays smooth jazz guitar
in addition to fine chromatic, in a duo bassist/vocalist Penny Hanna.


The concert is timed to occur one day before Jason Ricci's Harmonica Blowoff in
Sacramento, followed by four glorious days of the SPAH Convention. Sacramento is
only a 2 1/2 hour drive from Santa Cruz, so you can fill up the entire week with
great harmonica entertainment!

#591

From: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@...>
Date: Wed Jul 1, 2009 8:15 pm
Subject: Winslow playing midsummer barn dance July 15

winslowyerxa

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On July 15 I'll be playing a gig involving the same people I played with at the
recent SFBayHarpers jam at Armando's.

The gig combines a concert and a barndance at 124 Throckmorton in Mill valley.

The concert part of the evening is by the band "A Thousand Years at Sea," which
includes Colin Cotter, the guitarist in my recent outing at Armando's.

The band's website:
http://www.myspace.com/athousandyearsatsea

Second half of the evening is a barn dance, with a dance caller who is very good
with novice dancers. The band includes bass, piano, guitar, several fiddles
(including Tuula Cotter, who also played with me at Armando's) and me on
harmonica.

Tickets are available at:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/142-Throckmorton-tickets-Mill-Valley/venue/337813

Hope to see you there!

Winslow

#590

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:19 pm
Subject: SPAH hotel rate deadline

miltloomis

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Picked this up off Harp-L via a plost by Warren Bee and am passing it along FYI:

Rooms need to be booked by July 11th to get guaranted $99.00 rate.

Need I say more slow pokes!

WB
--
Warren "Bee" Bachman
SPAH Publicity Director
631-981-1241 / 631-521-0472
www.spah.org

#589

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:48 am
Subject: New SF Bay Harpers Home: Come on In!

miltloomis

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Danny White has set up a new SF Bay Harpers account through ning.com, and if all (or at least a majority) of us agree with the change, we'll shift over to that forum from Yahoo Groups.

This meets a couple of goals we've discussed here before -- it enables me to gently bow out as moderator of this group in favor of Danny, and gives us a vastly more interactive Web presence, as you will see by the photos Danny already has put up there. We should be able to post videos and discuss various topics in a more lively fashion than Yahoo allows.

To sign in, if you already have a Ning account, or sign up, go here:

http://bayharpers.ning.com

Check it out and let us know what you think, either through Yahoo or Ning.

A huge thanks to Danny for all he's done and is doing for SF Bay Harpers. We owe him a huge debt of gratitude, starting with a featured set at the next Armando's jam in September.

Keep on Harpin'!
Bob Loomis
SFBayharpers Moderator Emeritus
Ning SF Bay Harpers member

#588

From: "Slim Heilpern" <slim@...>
Date: Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:58 am
Subject: West Coast Jazz Harmonica Summit, Monday, August 10

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Hi All -

Though I've been a member of this list since the outset, I've been kind of quiet
and haven't been able to attend any of the events due to the travel time
combined with my very early-to-work weekday schedule (I live south of Santa
Cruz), but it sounds like y'all have been having way too much fun at
Armando's...

I just wanted to pop in and tell you about an upcoming Santa Cruz event, The
West Coast Jazz Harmonica Summit on the eve of this year's SPAH convention. This
will be filmed in hi-def video in front of a live studio audience on Monday,
August 10 starting at 7:30pm. Featured are (alphabetically):

- Pete Blasberg
- Jon Eriksen
- Steve Malerbi
- Damien Masterson
- Michael Peloquin
- Michael Polesky
- San Francisco Harmonica Ensemble
- Slide Man Slim
- Winslow Yerxa

All the details are posted on our recently updated website including sound clips
from all of the above players:

www.JazzHarmonicaSummit.com

Seating is limited, so reserve yours now and don't miss this fantastic prelude
to the upcoming week-long SPAH harmonica party in Sacramento!

Thanks,

- Slide Man Slim

#587

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:08 pm
Subject: Fw: Damien Masterson Music Update 9/06

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Forwarding Damien Masterson's update ... Bob L.

--- On Fri, 6/26/09, Damien Masterson <damienmasterson@...> wrote:

Damien Masterson Music Update 9/06 Hey Everybody!

Disclaimer:
GREETINGS to all the new people on the list! If you forgot why you’re getting this, I play Chromatic Harmonica & Saxophones, and perform with Jazz, Funk, Ethnic, Blues, Rock, Classical and Hip Hop bands. I tour quite a bit with others, as well my own projects: Intercambio, Blue World Order, The DME, etc... Welcome! If you're here and you don't want to be, type “unsubscribe” and reply. If you’ve already done this and I dropped the ball, please be patient – ask again!

Upcoming Gigs!

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Saturday, June 27th, @ Bacar in S.F.

Performing with JoBoom!
Brazilian music at it’s best!

8pm – No Cover
Bacar Restaurant & Wine Salon
448 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94107-1713
(415) 904-4100
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Friday July 17 12 noon to 1 pm:

Equilibria
People in Plazas concert
101 California Plaza - outside

Featuring:

Dave Ridnell - guitar
Damien Masterson - harmonica
Scott Thompson - bass
Phil Thompson - drums

Originals and Brazilian jazz standards

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West Coast Jazz Harmonica Summit

7:00 - 10:30pm, Monday, August 10, 2009
The Digital Media Factory, 2809 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, California

http://www.jazzharmonicasummit.com/

I will be featured in a 15 minute segment, and again with the San Francisco Harmonica Ensemble.
Check out the website! This is going to be really cool. If you can come to Santa Cruz and participate in the video shoot, you won’t be sorry! More on this soon...
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The Jazzschool presents:

Beginning Harmonica & Harmonica Ensemble Classes

New classes for the summer quarter start July 13th

The summer quarter is only 6 weeks, and is a great chance to get your feet wet!

If you haven’t checked out the Jazzschool yet, I highly recommend it. It’s an amazing place that needs to be supported by everyone:

http://www.jazzschool.com/

http://www.jazzschool.com/html/classes_harmonica.html

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Back to Africa!

I’ll be in CAPE TOWN, South Africa for the entire month of September, looking forward to studying, playing and recording. If you have any good contacts there, please forward them!!!

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Damien Masterson http://www.damienmasterson.com
or enter my name in any search engine
http://www.myspace.com/damienmastersonmusic
http://cdbaby.com/all/damienzm
415 305 7138 dzm@...
Damien Endorses Hohner Harmonicas and Audix Microphones

#586

From: "Bob Loomis" <miltloomis@...>
Date: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:19 pm
Subject: A post from Greg & Harp-L

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Picked this up via Greg Heumann's post to Harp-L and thought I'd pass it along
here in case someone missed it:

Charlie Musselwhite at Windsor Town Green

Charlie performed 2 masterful sets today (Thursday?) on the Windsor Town Green
in Sonoma County, CA before a crowd estimated at 10,000. He sounded phenomenal -
and could be heard everywhere. Because he was able to drive to the show, he got
to choose any amp and mic he wanted from his own collection, or available
through the show promoters.

Pictures are here:

1) The crowd: http://blowsmeaway.com/charlie_09/crowd_640.jpg

2) The band: http://blowsmeaway.com/charlie_09/band_640.jpg

3) Charlie and his BlowsMeAway mic:
http://blowsmeaway.com/charlie_09/charlie_09_640.jpg

4) The amp - a Sonny Jr. Cruncher: http://blowsmeaway.com/charlie_09/amp_640.jpg


Charlie says "I LOVE THE CRUNCHER AND WOULD PREFER IT ANYWHERE ANYTIME
TO ANY OTHER AMP." And he'll say the same thing about his mic if you
ask him.

It was a great show!

----
Thanks, Greg!

Bob Loomis
SFBayharpers Moderator

#585

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:24 pm
Subject: Re: A great night

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Thanks, Larry, you put on a great show and that energy is always enjoyed by the audience!

Bob Loomis
SFBayharpers Moderator

--- On Fri, 6/26/09, Larry Marks <larry.marks@...> wrote:

From: Larry Marks <larry.marks@...>
Subject: Re: [SFBayharpers] A great night
To: SFBayharpers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 7:41 AM

Bob,

Thank you for all your work in organizing these events. My wife and I
had a great time. I love playing of this crowd.

-LM

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#584

From: Larry Marks <larry.marks@...>
Date: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:41 pm
Subject: Re: A great night

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Bob,

Thank you for all your work in organizing these events. My wife and I
had a great time. I love playing of this crowd.

    -LM

#583

From: Bob Loomis <miltloomis@...>
Date: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:26 pm
Subject: A great night

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OK, you folks who couldn't make it to last night's session missed a great one. All our featured performers earned encores and there was an especially rousing round of applause and cheers for Winslow Yerxa's trio.

They played a set of Scottish, Canadian and Finnish fiddle tunes and a Gordon Lightfoot song and enthralled everyone. He was joined by fiddler Tuula Cotter and guitarist Colin Cotter (Tuula's son). Fine fine combo!

Mark Fenichel and his pals Jon Lawton and Doug Burns also wowed 'em with a set of acoustic and electric blues that included twin harp by Fenny and Doug. Great, great set!

Larry Marks came all the way from Mount Shasta once again and earned an encore with a wonderful set of blues standards that had the joint rockin'. He also invited all present to the Mossbrae Festival in Dunsmuir, where he will perform with the Ron Lovelace Band and where Charlie Musslewhite will be featured. That festival is on Sunday, July 25.

The only down side last night was that there was a scarcity of jammers -- where were ya' folks? -- but even that worked out well given the amount of music supplied by our headliners.

We did have one volunteer jammer brave enough to follow all these stellar acts and close the show with two rockin' numbers that had folks on their feet and dancing, and it was his first foray into the spotight: Ron Rawson of Orinda. Congrats to Ron on shouldering the load as the lone first-timer from among our 51 members. Great job!

The one bad, bad, yes, very bad outcome of all having all that talent was that once again Danny White, our co-sponsor for these jams via his Good Stuff Guitar Shop in Martinez, was again bumped off the playlist. We had intended to make sure that he got a full, featured performer's set, but with the 10 p.m. shutdown, couldn't fit him in and he graciously stepped aside to allow others to stretch out. We vow to give Danny No. 1 priority for a set at the next jam in September.

Thanks to the Hot House Band -- Warren Stewart on guitar, Kennan Shaw on bass and Brett King Cosby on drums -- for another great night of backup.

Thanks also to Roy Jeans for being co-sponsor and prioviding the excellent venue and last night's excellent sound man, whose first name is all I can dredge up today: Joe. Somebody tell me his last name so I can properly identify and thank him!

Congrats to all who showed to play or just listen. And I'm hoping Fenny and Winslow will post their upcoming gigs to the Group. They are indeed more than worth seeing.

Cheers, Bob Loomis
SFBayharpers Moderator

#582

From: "Bob Loomis" <miltloomis@...>
Date: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:26 pm
Subject: Tonight's The Night!

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SFBayharpers 5th Quarterly Jam Session at Armando's, 707 Marina Vista, Martinez,
CA. Be there or be absent and miss a great time!

Bob Loomis
SFBayharpers Moderator

#581

From: miltloomis@...
Date: Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:59 pm
Subject: SFBayharpers Jam on Wednesday!

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Just two more days before the next SFBayharpers quarterly jam session on Wednesday, 
June 24, at Armando's, 707 Marina Vista, Martinez, CA.

Winslow Yerxa, who has provided some of the greatest musical moments
at our past jam sessions, will be among headliners, this time with a
trio. Winslow is one of our SFBayharpers harp gurus and author of the
book Harmonica for Dummies. At past sessions he played solo and with
Damien Masterson and the
Berkeley Jazzschool Harmonica Ensemble as well
as the house band. 

This time he'll play with a trio including violinist Tuula Cotter, who
is both an experienced folk fiddlers and a member of the first violin
section of the Sacramento Symphony, and guitarist Colin Cotter (Tuula's
son), who plays guitar and fiddle in the band A Thousand Years at Sea.

At past sessions, Winslow has played everything from blues to 
Quebecois fiddle tunes to Duke Ellington classics. He is a master of
diatonic, chromatic and tremolo harps. It will be exciting to see what
he and his band mates come
 up
with this time.

Diatonic ace Mark Fenichel will be bringing renowned guitarist/singer
-songwriter Jon Lawton (Little Jonny & The Giants, Tip Of The
Top) and will perform a number of acoustic and possibly a
few electric duos. Special guest Doug Burns will also play.

We'll have stellar harpers Danny White and Larry Marks and of course 
SFBayharpers members will be able to sign up to play with the Hot House Band or with their own accompanists. My
own band Awed Ducks, with Peter Sproul on harp, will kick things off.

Jam signups for playing with the Hot House Band or with your own accopanist(s) 
start at 6:30 p.m., and the music will run from 7 to around 10 p.m.
There will be a selection of boutique harp and guitar amps provided by
Danny White and his Good Stuff Guitar Shop in Martinez, our co-sponsor,
as well as the excellent house sound system and board man. 
We'll have a few door prizes for SFBayharpers members and no doubt a few 
musical surprises as well.

Hope to see you there!
Bob
Loomis
SFBayharpers Moderator

#580

From: Eric Schaller <emiesterschal@...>
Date: Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:02 pm
Subject: Do you have these Item Sitting around?

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Fellow Harp Players,
I am looking to borrow a 30" or more TV or any, an Overhead Projector or Computer Projector. and a Projector Screen. They are for a convention going on in Sacramento, in Aug. between the 11Th and the 15Th. I will return them after that, or if you don't want them back, I will get rid of them for you.
This is to support the SPAH convention. So you are helping the harp community. Could they be borrowed for a week in August? If you have questions or want to help, please contact me.
. Thanks in Advance Eric S