Hello friends and fans,

 

Welcome to the future!  I mean, doesn’t 2009 sound kind of futuristic?  Well, here we are, so put on your jetpacks and let’s go out and hear some music!  No excuses accepted….hang the economy, forget the weather, traffic is only a minor inconvenience.  Your life is right now….as Carmen sings in “It’s Later Than You Think”, “You better have your fun while you’re feeling in the pink”.  Do you know what I’m saying!  NO REGRETS!

 

You have plenty of opportunities to have some fun with us, and our band does like to have fun, these winter months when it’s too cold to hang out outside.  Besides lots of full-on Rhumba Bums shows and great dance events, you have some rare chances to see Steve Lucky back at the old pianoforte all by himself.  That’s right, Steve Lucky unplugged, smashing away on the piano without the help of his sidekick Ms. Getit.  Don’t worry, no divorce papers in sight, just a need to get back to some good old piano playing without the cute crutch. 

 

Don’t miss a rare appearance of the Rhumba Bums at the historic Top of the Mark in San Francisco at the Mark Hopkins Hotel tomorrow night.  Unbelievable views, beautiful dance floor, a romantic spot where WWII soldiers took their sweeties before shoving off in the ‘40s.  And the Rhumba Bums return to Joe’s of Lafayette on the 16th, where we’ll help Joe celebrate 4 years of bringing his San Diego feel-good beach vibe to the east side of the East Bay.  Tell your Southland friends we’re excited to  party with the lovely Stevens sisters in Pasadena on Jan 24^th, and make our third appearance at the annual David Patrone Swing Dance challenge at the Viejas Casino outside San Diego on the 25th, where you can earn a chance to win 5K with your fancy dance moves.  Plenty of folks listening and enjoying the music and dancing in their own special way too, so don’t feel like you have to compete (but sheez – there are some AWESOME dancers to watch).  It’s a nice room.

 

If you can’t come party with us in person, you have more opportunities to hear the Bums.  You can download us on iTunes!!!  Thanks to the wonderful folks at CDBaby.com (where you can also purchase our music as of November), the Rhumba Bums are finally available for download, and this time it’s legitimate.  That’s right, a  fan wrote a while back to ask why the rest of our CD wasn’t available on iTunes, we checked, and discovered almost our entire album was available under a different title.  Never did get to the bottom of it, but the trail went from iTunes, to a music distributor in Sacramento, to a business in Switzerland…and we never reached them, but iTunes honored our request to remove our music from their site.  We’re back now so check it out and tell your friends who like to buy their stuff digitally.

 

Thanks to those who turned out for the New Year’s Eve bash at the ever-enjoyable retro ballroom Bimbo’s in San Francisco – plenty of horsing around on stage with Leland PressOn and the lovely and talented Leslie Presley.  Loved the Cottontails – especially the vocals of Karina Denike – definitely check her out!  And of course Stompy Jones tore it up with an all originals set.  All this plus the lady in the fishbowl and the various uncoverings of Kitty Kitty Bang Bang.   Oh, and a fan from Arizona showed up with a magazine of photos of our band – he did a nice job – and you can peruse it and other bands and/or purchase one for yourself on-line at http://magcloud.com/browse/Issue/5425

 

The Baby Corner:

You’ve asked for it.  The youngest “Bum” is now 26 months old.  Her vocabulary is increasing exponentially, she built her first snow man and snow “spouse” over the Xmas holidays in Northern Michigan, went sledding for the first time, and experienced the wonders of gift-giving and holiday lights & decorations.  Grandma gave her gifts early, so she could watch Monique enjoy them without the frenzy of cousins and relatives.  After opening the third wrapped gift from a large box, daddy said to her “Now Monique what do you say to Grandma?”  Monique thought about that for a moment, looked back at the large box and replied “More?”.   In her defense she does say “peeze” and “kake-you” a lot.  She sounds a little like Spanky from the Little Rascals with her “Oh, otay”.  She has difficulty with the letter k, and uses t instead (“More Milt, peeze”).  She’s a natural on the harmonica as it turns out, and the day she was handed one she blew in and out, and up and down the harp, singing and playing a call and response tune like an old blues pro.  Visual if you will: sing:  “pee pee a potty”, blow a few licks on the harp, “poo poo a potty”, blow more licks…repeat…dance.

 

Now stay tuned for our upcoming shows:

 

STEVE LUCKY appears without the Bums on piano/vocal

with John Clark on bass

Wednesday January 7, 2009

and every Wednesday in January
Castagnolas

286 Jefferson Street

San Francisco CA

Venue: 415-776-5015
4 - 7 pm, Free

 

STEVE LUCKY & THE RHUMBA BUMS

featuring Miss Carmen Getit

Thursday January 8

Top of the Mark

Mark Hopkins Hotel

One Nob Hill
(999 California St.)
San Francisco, CA 94108

7:30 pm - 11:30 pm

$10 per person cover charge applies from 7:00 pm onwards.

21+ after 8:30 pm

 

STEVE LUCKY appears without the Bums, solo piano/vocal

Saturday January 10

Bing Crosby's Restaurant & Piano Bar

1342 Broadway Plaza

Walnut Creek, Ca. 94596

925-939-BING (2464)

No cover charge!

7 - 11 pm

Dancing, Dining, Full Bar.

Wood dance floor.  All Ages.  Certified Green Business.

 

STEVE LUCKY appears without the Bums solo piano/vocal

Wednesday January 14, 2009

and every Wednesday in January
Castagnolas

286 Jefferson Street

San Francisco CA

Venue: 415-776-5015
4 - 7 pm, Free

 

STEVE LUCKY & THE RHUMBA BUMS

featuring Miss Carmen Getit

Friday January 16

Joe's of Lafayette

3707 Mt. Diablo Blvd.

Lafayette, CA

Venue: 925-299-8807.

7 pm, supper club, dance space

All Ages Welcome.

+ DJ Ant in da mix

Come Celebrate Joe’s 4 Year Anniversary!

$10 Admission

           

STEVE LUCKY appears without the Bums, solo piano/vocal

Saturday January 17

Bing Crosby's Restaurant & Piano Bar

1342 Broadway Plaza

Walnut Creek, Ca. 94596

925-939-BING (2464)

No cover charge!

7 - 11 pm

Dancing, Dining, Full Bar.

Wood dance floor.  All Ages.  Certified Green Business.

 

STEVE LUCKY appears without the Bums solo piano/vocal

Wednesday January 21, 2009

and every Wednesday in January
Castagnolas

286 Jefferson Street

San Francisco CA

Venue: 415-776-5015
4 - 7 pm, Free

 

STEVE LUCKY & THE RHUMBA BUMS

featuring Miss Carmen Getit

Saturday January 24

Presented by the Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association
First Baptist Church of Pasadena
75 N. Marengo, Pasadena CA
All Ages, Dance Lessons 7:30 – 8 pm,

Showtime: 8 pm - 11:30

$15 admission at the door.

 

STEVE LUCKY & THE RHUMBA BUMS

featuring Miss Carmen Getit

Sunday January 25

Viejas Casino

Dreamcatcher

Alpine, CA
Showtime: 6 pm – 9

The $10K David Patrone Swing Dance Competition 2009
Free Swing Dance Lesson with Jim and Margie: 5-5:45pm

Free Registration begins every week at 3:30 - 4:45 and is required to win any prizes!

(Competition Takes Place During the Band Breaks)

David Patrone Productions, 2toGroove and Viejas Casino are proud to bring you the biggest single "top cash prize" swing dance competition in the WORLD.
Starting Sun. January 11th, registered couples may compete in any number of 9 weekly qualifying rounds in order to advance to the semi-final round held on March 22nd. Only the top 2 couples from each of these 9 qualifying rounds will move on to the semi-finals. Of the 20 couples in the semi-final round, only 10 couples will be chosen to move on to the final round held on March 29th, where they will then battle it out for one of 3 huge cash prizes.  Dancers, even if you don't think you'll make it to the semi-final round, please come and participate in the weekly contests. Each weekly winner will receive a cash prize.

1st prize: $5,000.00
2nd prize: $3,000.00
3rd prize: $2,000.00

For more info, Email David at:competition@...

Venue: 800-847-6537

 

STEVE LUCKY appears without the Bums solo piano/vocal

Wednesday January 28, 2009

and every Wednesday in January
Castagnolas

286 Jefferson Street

San Francisco CA

Venue: 415-776-5015
4 - 7 pm, Free

 

STEVE LUCKY appears without the Bums, solo piano/vocal

Saturday January 31

Bing Crosby's Restaurant & Piano Bar

1342 Broadway Plaza

Walnut Creek, Ca. 94596

925-939-BING (2464)

No cover charge!

7 - 11 pm

Dancing, Dining, Full Bar.

Wood dance floor.  All Ages.  Certified Green Business.

 

 

Coming Up...

Saturday February 7, Steve Lucky solo @ Bing Crosby’s, Walnut Creek CA

Friday February 13, Steve Lucky & RB @ Midtown Stomp, Sacramento CA

February 14, Steve Lucky & Carmen Getit Quartet @ River Rock Casino, Geyserville, CA

Cancelled: February 17, Steve Lucky’s San Francisco Boogie Woogie Piano Summit

February 19, Steve Lucky & RB @ Top of the Mark, San Francisco CA

February 20, Steve Lucky & RB @ Pleasant Hill Community Center, Pleasant Hill, CA

February 21, Steve Lucky & RB @ Bartholomew Park Winery, Sonoma CA

Thursday March 5, Hammond Cheese Combo @ Moody’s, Truckee/Lake Tahoe, CA

Fri & Sat March 6 & 7, Hammond Cheese Combo @ Baxter’s Bistro & Lounge, NorthStar (North Lake Tahoe, CA)

Saturday March 14, Steve Lucky & RB @ Rancho Nicasio, Nicasio CA

Saturday March 21, Steve Lucky & RB @ Biscuits & Blues, San Francisco CA

 

Web links for most shows are on our website. 

 

See you Soon!

 

Miss Carmen Getit & Steve Lucky

 

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Pick up a copy of Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums "Come Out Swingin'!" on

Rumpus Records, product number RR-65902. ( **** 4 stars in DownBeat

Magazine and Blues Access magazine.) And Steve Lucky has an earlier release

with his New York based band called Steve Lucky, "Smack Dab in the Middle".

 

Our most recent release, Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums "Some Like It Hot" is finally available complete with artwork!

Buy it on-line at CDbaby.com, Amazon, iTunes and other retailers, or from our own website.

 

"STEVE LUCKY & THE RHUMBA BUMS" deliver '40s & '50s-style jumpin' R & B,

blues and swing and lots of original tunes featuring Steve Lucky on piano & vocals,

Miss Carmen Getit on guitar & vocals, Scott Edog Petersen and Doug Rowan

on baritone, tenor & alto saxophones, upright bass and drums.(sextet) 

 

"CARMEN GETIT!", the band, is a quartet featuring Miss Getit on lead vocals

and lead guitar, Steve Lucky on piano and vocals, Lukas Vesely on bass and a

drummer. Original songs and covers in the '50s - '60s roots R & B and blues traditions. 

 

The "STEVE & CARMEN SHOW" is a duet (unless due-ly noted) featuring Miss

Getit on vocals and guitar, and Steve Lucky on piano and vocals, performing

original songs and covers from the '20s - '60s in the roots R & B, blues and

The quartet version features bass & drums.   

 

Steve Lucky's "HAMMOND CHEESE COMBO" is a quartet featuring Lucky on the Hammond B3 organ,

Miss Carmen Getit on guitar, Scott Edog Petersen on tenor saxophone, and drums cookin' up original songs in the groovy soul-jazz tradition & kooky '60s sounds.