An Evening With Greg Brown
Fri. 8:00pm
Sept. 2nd

Greg Brown's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a Holy Roller preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa, where the Gospel and music are a way of life. Brown's first professional singing job came at age 18 in New York City, running hootenannies (folksinger get-togethers) at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. After a year, Brown moved west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a ghostwriter for Buck Ram, founder of the Platters. Tired of the fast-paced life, Brown traveled with a band for a few years, and even quit playing for a while before he moved back to Iowa and began writing songs and playing in midwestern clubs and coffeehouses.

Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
Wed. 7:30pm
Sept. 21st

Dan Hicks is an American treasure: The more you dig, the more gems you'll find … even if you're Dan himself.

Take Selected Shorts, his latest CD for the Surfdog label. In getting ready to put this one together, the smooth-singing, finger-poppin', hep-scattin', one and only icon of West Coast jive 'n' jazz rummaged through his history in search of notes, phrases, and things he'd written or covered but never got around to recording.

He didn't actually find that much -- after all, he's cut fourteen albums over the past forty-odd years, all of them packed with plenty of his own cool tunes and the occasional suitable chestnut. But he did find a few things that had slipped under the radar, some fragments of ideas that he could revisit and flesh out -- enough stuff to turn Selected Shorts into yet another instant Hicks classic.

Our Big Night At The James Beard House
Thurs.
Nov. 10th

All performing artists deserve a great stage. Musicians have Carnegie Hall. Opera singers have The Metropolitan Opera House. Chefs, winemakers and cookbook authors have The James Beard House. More than 20 dinners, lunches and workshops are held each month at The James Beard House to showcase culinary artists from around the world. Charlie Abowd, executive chef and owner of Adele’s Restaurant & Lounge in Carson City, Nev., has been invited to take the stage at The James Beard House November 10th, 2005.

http://www.jamesbeard.org

James Beard Menu (pdf)

The dates that we will be in New York are from 11/6 - 11/12 and we will be staying at the Hotel 17, 225 East 17th Street, New York. The dinner is on the 10th and for Reservations to The James Beard House you must make with them by calling 1-800-346-8357.

Craig Fletcher
Thurs. at 7pm

Some of the most popular entertainers in the region, Craig Fletcher and Teri Campillo have been playing together for eight years. They play all favorite types of music and their original songs. Teri provides back up vocals several nights a week for Craig. Together, they make a great team and great music. Craig can be seen performing at Glen Eagles Restaurant in North Carson City on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings and on Thursday evenings at Adele's.

Craig Fletcher was born in San Francisco 49 years ago and spent his defining music years in Oakland and Alemeda and had a huge following there. At 16 years old, this talented musician went professional playing Big Band music in some of the bigger local hotels. When Craig turned 18 he started a seven piece band called "Sweet Success" and soon had a following of fans throughout the bay area.

A consummate musician, Craig is also a songwriter and has partnered for the past thirty years with Tim Ashley. Together they have produced four CD's of original music which will soon be ready for distribution, much to the delight of his fans. So far, the pair has authored about 100 songs.

Brother Dan
Tues. at 7pm

Dan has spent the last 25 years polishing his craft and entertaining diverse audiences. Whether serving as the opening act for groups as diverse as Three Dog Night, Foghat, The Tubes, The Grass Roots, War, Donovan, Humble Pie, and Black Oak Arkansas; passing the hat on the streets of San Francisco; whether playing in dinner houses, night clubs, country western bars, or comedy clubs; whether performing as a solo guitarist/singer, duo, trio, up to six-piece band; Dan has always proven to be a very capable, diverse, and crowd-pleasing performer