The theme of last weekend's Alameda/Oakland Lighted Boat Parade was 'Peace on Earth,' so Kwame built a 7-foot peace sign for the bow of Espresso and we paraded around the estuary singing "all we are sailing/is give peace a chance." It was fun, it was goofy, and it was good medicine, not only singing those lines, but watching spectators sing and clap along from shore.
If it fit in the car, I'd bring the sign to the show this coming Sunday, December 21, to add to the return-of-the-light Solstice Soiree, Zoe Fitzgerald Carter and I are playing at Thee Stork Club in Oakland! Celebrating community, the season, new music, joyfully and peaceably, is what we're after. If you’ve been meaning to make a show, this is the one.
Given that's its been such a birdy year for me, it’s also on theme that my last show of the year is at a venue named for one! Thee Stork Club is a venerable Oakland venue that underwent a metamorphosis a few years back when its changed hands and the folks behind Elis Mile High Club and the Mosswood Meltdown took over, transforming the dive bar into a venue worthy of a John Waters movie-set. Equal parts retro and futuristic, a revamped bar, booth seating and a dance floor crowned by a disco ball face the red-curtained stage where we'll be performing. Zoe will kick off the music at 6:30pm, playing a set of her literary-minded Americana tunes. I’ll follow at 7:45 with a set focusing on material from my new release I Was Yours. I’m delighted to be playing with Andrew Griffin on drums, Kim Xuan Nguyen on bass and Kwame Copeland on guitar for what will be my final show of the year. I’ve enlisted my Alameda neighbor, Craft Chocolate, to make some marzipan for the occasion and it won’t be a party without you. New music, new season, chocolate and the return of the light = some much needed sweetness — come celebrate! $18 adv/$20 door: Ticket link
If it fit in the car, I'd bring the sign to the show this coming Sunday, December 21, to add to the return-of-the-light Solstice Soiree, Zoe Fitzgerald Carter and I are playing at Thee Stork Club in Oakland! Celebrating community, the season, new music, joyfully and peaceably, is what we're after. If you’ve been meaning to make a show, this is the one.
Given that's its been such a birdy year for me, it’s also on theme that my last show of the year is at a venue named for one! Thee Stork Club is a venerable Oakland venue that underwent a metamorphosis a few years back when its changed hands and the folks behind Elis Mile High Club and the Mosswood Meltdown took over, transforming the dive bar into a venue worthy of a John Waters movie-set. Equal parts retro and futuristic, a revamped bar, booth seating and a dance floor crowned by a disco ball face the red-curtained stage where we'll be performing. Zoe will kick off the music at 6:30pm, playing a set of her literary-minded Americana tunes. I’ll follow at 7:45 with a set focusing on material from my new release I Was Yours. I’m delighted to be playing with Andrew Griffin on drums, Kim Xuan Nguyen on bass and Kwame Copeland on guitar for what will be my final show of the year. I’ve enlisted my Alameda neighbor, Craft Chocolate, to make some marzipan for the occasion and it won’t be a party without you. New music, new season, chocolate and the return of the light = some much needed sweetness — come celebrate! $18 adv/$20 door: Ticket link
