James Beard - 2005
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.

- New York Trip Letter From Karen & Charlie Abowd
- James Beard Adeles Menu

Summer Concert Series - 2005

Carson City, Nev., (March 2, 2006) – Each summer Adele’s hosts the Carson City Summer Concert Series outside and under the stars. In 2004, multi-instrumentalist David Lindley played a rare solo acoustic performance, marking the first Northern Nevada performance in over two years for the eclectic and colorful rocker, who has played sideman to the likes of Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby and Nash, Warren Zevon, and most notably, Jackson Browne (think guitar solo on “Runnin’ on Empty”).

Last summer’s series included Men at Work’s Colin Hay, who secured a place in pop music history with a series of melodically infectious, invigorating singles marked by his instantly recognizable voice and perceptive, witty lyrics. Kicking off the series, Hay performed new works and selected Men at Work hits. Greg Brown brought his recognizable style of bluesy-folk infused with hillbilly and bluegrass to a sold out crowd and Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks closed out the series with a bang, delighting longtime fans as well as new ones with his unique blend of swing, jazz, folk and country.

The Summer Concert Series is produced by Captain LittleTrip in conjunction with the Brewery Arts Center and continuing support from Carson City Redevelopment Authority. The intimate and beautiful outdoor atmosphere at Adele's contains only 20 rows, so even the last row in the house promises an exceptional view. With a true festival atmosphere, the venue houses a fully stocked, premium liquor bar, a wine bar and even a beer garden. Check back soon to see what the 2006 summer concert series has in store!

Greg Brown- 2005
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 - 2005
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.

Colin Hay - 2005