04 May 2023

BISS List 5.4.23: Spotlight on Mark Karan’s Buds (5.6) + Best of BISS this Week

Happy Cinco De Mayo Week BISS Listers!

I hope you NOLA JazzFest-goers are having a blast. For those of you just headed down there for the second weekend, be sure to check out the shows being produced by two Bay Area Promoters.

Poolside Presents (*WIN*) : Every night (sometimes 2 per night) @ Cafe Istanbul thru 5/7: https://bit.ly/poolsidepresents
Bayou Rendezvous(*WIN*): 9 Bands on 2 Stages from 8pm to sunrise breakfast jam: https://bit.ly/BayouRendezvous2023

#LastWeekend, many of you hit up Goose at The Warfield on Thursday and Friday. Thank you to Corey for hooking us up with some clips from Friday night’s Goose show. On Friday afternoon, a group of us went over to the Bandshell in GG Park to get down and funky with our friend Ronkat and his band Katdelic. Check out the clips we captured!

#ThisWeekend, we are excited about going to L7 at the UC Theater on Thursday night. Then on Friday, I am torn between Fantastic Negrito at GAMH (*WIN*) or Vinyl at Peri’s to celebrate Lex’s birthday. On Saturday, I would like to travel up to Hopmonk to see Mark Karan’s Buds (*WIN*). For more on this one, check the spotlight below! Then, of course, we end our Saturday night at Boom Boom Room. They have a special treat lined up for us with Mingo Lewis (of Santana) (*WIN*).

#NextWeekend, I will be away working at Golden Road Gathering (5.12-5.14) – California Honeydrops, Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belews Remain in Light, The Floozies, March Fourth, Orgone, Scott Pemberton O Theory, Late Night Radio, GrooveSession, Achilles Wheel, Smoked Out Soul, Ideateam, Smokey The Groove, Red Dirt Ruckus, Mescalito, Coburn Station + MORE!. This is going to be a super funk and funky festival. I hope to see you there! – PS. We still have one pair of GA tickets to give away for this one!

As always, check out the Best of BISS section and Win Tickets page. And don’t forget there is always more on the Full Calendar.

But wait, there’s more! This week’s #ListenToThis is “Bruce Cafe” by Eric Lindell from his latest album, Oakland. Be sure to check it out below!

PS. Speaking of my “being away”, let us know if you might be interested in guest writing for BISS this summer.

#seeyouattheshows,
~ Pamela aka Miss BISS

SPOTLIGHT ON BEST BUDS

Mark Karan’s Buds

May 6th @ Hopmonk Tavern Novato

Mark Karan is best known for performing with the extended Grateful Dead family. For the last twelve years, he has anchored the lead guitar slot in Bob Weir & RatDog, playing hundreds of shows to thousands of fans year-round. Before crossing over into the land of the Dead, Mark worked his guitar and vocal voodoo for the likes of Dave Mason, Delaney Bramlett, the Rembrandts, Paul Carrack, Huey Lewis, Jesse Colin Young, and Sophie B. Hawkins.

“Mark Karan’s Buds” features Mark’s soulful blues-based vocal stylings and inspired guitar work melded with the remarkably creative and responsive playing of an array of amazing musicians, who just also happen to be his friends. It all comes together in a passionate delivery of the psychedelicized sounds of Americana. This is where rock meets R&B and country and mixes with the soul of New Orleans… with healthy portions of reggae, folk, funk, and whatever else the muse might bring. This time around the “Buds” include Scott Guberman on keyboards, Anna Elva on drums, and Don Crisp on bass guitar.

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LISTEN TO THIS

Listen to “Bruce Cafe” by Eric Lindell. From his latest album Oakland, where Eric melds West Coast rock, swampy Gulf Coast R&B, hard country, and Memphis soul in a hybrid American roots music that, while thoroughly respectful of traditions, blazes a trail of its own.

Eric had this to say about the song, “When I was really down in the dumps and feeling like shit, my buddy Chris told me about this place so I rode my motorcycle out there one morning. Bruce Cafe is about 25 minutes from my house. It is pretty much the only thing in Bruce, Florida.” And it was there he wrote this song.

Friends in California and Nevada, don’t miss your chance to catch Eric Lindell live at BackCountry Festival, June 2-4 at Corley Ranch Nevada.