Tue. 2/12/13
Show: 6:00 PM
$5.00
18 and over
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Twin sisters Lizzy and Catherine Ward-Thomas are emerging as one of the hottest new country-pop acts in the UK. Having recently completed their debut album recorded in Nashville, with Music City heavy-weights Chris Rodriguez, Bobby Blazier, Jeremy Hunter and Dan Dugmore. The girls are currently gigging some of their new album.
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Twin sisters Lizzy and Catherine Ward-Thomas are emerging as one of the hottest new country-pop acts in the UK. Having recently completed their debut album recorded in Nashville, with Music City heavy-weights Chris Rodriguez, Bobby Blazier, Jeremy Hunter and Dan Dugmore. The girls are currently gigging some of their new album.
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We would like to introduce you to our new house band at The Billy Block Show. Let’s call them Lucky 13. It’s a mighty talented and diverse group of veteran musicians with credentials that will blow your mind.
Randy Leago plays piano, organ, accordion, saxophone, penny whistle, guitar, bass and just about every thing else. Oh yeah, he sings too. Check out all of Lucky 13’s creds on the Meet The Band page in our monthly magazine.
Multi-instrumentalist Jimmy C. Clark displays his musical prowess on fiddle, pedal steel guitar, trumpet and guitar. Oh yeah, he sings too.
Bassist extraordinaire Paul Ossola is relatively new to Nashville but has a huge following of admiring fans and musicians. Paul won a Grammy as the bass player on the late great Levon Helm’s Ramble from The Ryman recorded LIVE.
Thomm Jutz is an acclaimed guitarist, engineer, studio owner, artist and producer. His many credentials include producing and touring with Grammy winner Nancy Griffith, Americana star Mary Gautier, Otis Gibbs, David Olney and Amy Speace.
Unbeknownst to many Billy Block is an award-winning drummer who has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists. We will play a set every week at 7pm and invite guest artist of all genres to join us. Lucky 13 will also be available to perform with artists featured on our show.
Artist info obtained from public profile, artist website or social media
We would like to introduce you to our new house band at The Billy Block Show. Let’s call them Lucky 13. It’s a mighty talented and diverse group of veteran musicians with credentials that will blow your mind.
Randy Leago plays piano, organ, accordion, saxophone, penny whistle, guitar, bass and just about every thing else. Oh yeah, he sings too. Check out all of Lucky 13’s creds on the Meet The Band page in our monthly magazine.
Multi-instrumentalist Jimmy C. Clark displays his musical prowess on fiddle, pedal steel guitar, trumpet and guitar. Oh yeah, he sings too.
Bassist extraordinaire Paul Ossola is relatively new to Nashville but has a huge following of admiring fans and musicians. Paul won a Grammy as the bass player on the late great Levon Helm’s Ramble from The Ryman recorded LIVE.
Thomm Jutz is an acclaimed guitarist, engineer, studio owner, artist and producer. His many credentials include producing and touring with Grammy winner Nancy Griffith, Americana star Mary Gautier, Otis Gibbs, David Olney and Amy Speace.
Unbeknownst to many Billy Block is an award-winning drummer who has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists. We will play a set every week at 7pm and invite guest artist of all genres to join us. Lucky 13 will also be available to perform with artists featured on our show.
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Based out of Alaska, Janie Lidey is an Emmy award winning singer-songwriter who has been writing music nearly all of her life. Rather than focus on her craft alone, Janie dedicated herself to teaching music in the public schools of Alaska for 25 years. In 2011, Janie decided to follow her passion and become a full time singer-songwriter.
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Based out of Alaska, Janie Lidey is an Emmy award winning singer-songwriter who has been writing music nearly all of her life. Rather than focus on her craft alone, Janie dedicated herself to teaching music in the public schools of Alaska for 25 years. In 2011, Janie decided to follow her passion and become a full time singer-songwriter.
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With his six-string skills, best described as a fusion of metal, southern rock and psychedelia, Ben Flanders is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Born into a musical family in Brisbane, Australia, he began playing drums at age three.
After hearing "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson, Ben became mesmerized by the guitar. He became a sponge to every known guitarist he could find. With influences as diverse as John Petrucci, Jimmy Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Lukather, Zakk Wylde, and Jeff Beck, Ben began fusing a variety of musical styles into an approach of his own.
Refusing to to confirm his playing to one style, Ben caught the attention of Ernie Ball MusicMan Guitar company which officially him in 2009. In August of 2010, Ben was asked to join in on the Co-Writing and Production sessions for American Idol finalist Siobhan Magnus' debut album "Moonbaby". This led to his first national tour; stepping on a tour bus on his 17th birthday.
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With his six-string skills, best described as a fusion of metal, southern rock and psychedelia, Ben Flanders is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Born into a musical family in Brisbane, Australia, he began playing drums at age three.
After hearing "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson, Ben became mesmerized by the guitar. He became a sponge to every known guitarist he could find. With influences as diverse as John Petrucci, Jimmy Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Lukather, Zakk Wylde, and Jeff Beck, Ben began fusing a variety of musical styles into an approach of his own.
Refusing to to confirm his playing to one style, Ben caught the attention of Ernie Ball MusicMan Guitar company which officially him in 2009. In August of 2010, Ben was asked to join in on the Co-Writing and Production sessions for American Idol finalist Siobhan Magnus' debut album "Moonbaby". This led to his first national tour; stepping on a tour bus on his 17th birthday.
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Megan Keely is an American Singer-Songwriter. She self-released her debut album, Acorn Collection, in October 2010.
Megan’s sound is influenced by an amalgam of soul, jazz, and folk, and evokes a timeless waft of nostalgia while carving a vibrant, fresh new niche for itself. She puts on a show that is teeming with rich musical sensitivity and delicate emotion. When joined by her family, their instruments melt together naturally, leaving plenty of space for the music to breathe. Whether accompanying herself solo or playing with a full band, Megan gives a performance that is not to be missed.
The Bay Area native brought her naturally compelling singing and songwriting to San Francisco in 2008, and her full-hearted warmth and audience just keep growing. Her style draws on an eclectic range of old-time, folk, blues, and jazz while sounding approachable and new. Vocally inspired by Lauryn Hill and Etta James, her songwriting influences include Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Caetano Veloso, Leonard Cohen, and Tom Waits.
Though she grew up in a musical family, she was not always a performer. Family vacations throughout her younger years were primarily centered around her father’s touring psychedelic rock band, The Flying Other Brothers. But she remained in the audience. Watching musicians like G.E. Smith and Pete Sears and her own father, Bert Keely, she longed to learn how to play but was mortified by stage fright.
It wasn’t until she enrolled in a Jazz Vocals Workshop that she attempted to face her fears and sing in front of an audience. With the help of instructor Sasha Dobson, Megan achieved her first vocal performance singing Agua de Beber with a jazz ensemble on the final day of the workshop. Days later, she went to see a friend play a show in Oakland, only to find that the show was at a 21+ bar. She was only 18, but when her friends and family told the bouncer she was in the band, he let her in. That night she did end up on stage, winning the crowd with a sultry, jazzy version of Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix. Though petrified, she realized that night how much she loved singing beyond the private confines of the shower and the car.
Although her academic studies took her on a voyage to Ithaca, NY to study Landscape Architecture, she spent nights and weekends teaching herself guitar and ukulele, eventually joining jazz ensembles and developing her songwriting skills. Upon graduation she returned to California, and while working at a Landscape Architecture firm downtown, she began performing on street corners and at open mics. She soon found herself packing venues such as Viracocha, Amnesia, and The Hotel Utah, often playing solo but mostly playing with her brother and father.
In October 2010, she recorded eight original songs in her drummer Larry Marcus’s living room, for the deliciously intimate debut album Acorn Collection, which features her brother Brandon Keely, her father Bert Keely, and friends from her San Francisco musical community. Megan’s flair for design is expressed in her packaging and merch for Acorn Collection: her handmade acorn necklaces and earrings have sold well both at shows and online via bandcamp.
She currently lives in San Francisco and plays regularly with her brother Brandon on upright bass, her father Bert on guitar and trumpet, and is occasionally joined by her friends Larry Marcus and Kevin Brown on percussion as well as her friend Antja Jean Thompson on fiddle. Megan also plays in a new side project called Sparkbox with Kelly McFarling, and occasionally sits in on backup vocals for several artists including Wolf Larsen, Con Brio, and more.
Megan and her brother Brandon are currently working on a new collection of songs they have written as a duo. One of their songs, called Rules, landed a spot on the highly acclaimed soundtrack companion album, The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond, produced by T Bone Burnett. The recording features the lovely Jayme Dee on lead vocals, Brandon on guitar, and Megan on backup vocals and ukulele. The album skyrocketed to the top of the charts, and Rules has been quite popular as an individual track, rising to #143 on iTunes the day of its release. Stay in touch for more to come.
Artist info obtained from public profile, artist website or social media
Megan Keely is an American Singer-Songwriter. She self-released her debut album, Acorn Collection, in October 2010.
Megan’s sound is influenced by an amalgam of soul, jazz, and folk, and evokes a timeless waft of nostalgia while carving a vibrant, fresh new niche for itself. She puts on a show that is teeming with rich musical sensitivity and delicate emotion. When joined by her family, their instruments melt together naturally, leaving plenty of space for the music to breathe. Whether accompanying herself solo or playing with a full band, Megan gives a performance that is not to be missed.
The Bay Area native brought her naturally compelling singing and songwriting to San Francisco in 2008, and her full-hearted warmth and audience just keep growing. Her style draws on an eclectic range of old-time, folk, blues, and jazz while sounding approachable and new. Vocally inspired by Lauryn Hill and Etta James, her songwriting influences include Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Caetano Veloso, Leonard Cohen, and Tom Waits.
Though she grew up in a musical family, she was not always a performer. Family vacations throughout her younger years were primarily centered around her father’s touring psychedelic rock band, The Flying Other Brothers. But she remained in the audience. Watching musicians like G.E. Smith and Pete Sears and her own father, Bert Keely, she longed to learn how to play but was mortified by stage fright.
It wasn’t until she enrolled in a Jazz Vocals Workshop that she attempted to face her fears and sing in front of an audience. With the help of instructor Sasha Dobson, Megan achieved her first vocal performance singing Agua de Beber with a jazz ensemble on the final day of the workshop. Days later, she went to see a friend play a show in Oakland, only to find that the show was at a 21+ bar. She was only 18, but when her friends and family told the bouncer she was in the band, he let her in. That night she did end up on stage, winning the crowd with a sultry, jazzy version of Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix. Though petrified, she realized that night how much she loved singing beyond the private confines of the shower and the car.
Although her academic studies took her on a voyage to Ithaca, NY to study Landscape Architecture, she spent nights and weekends teaching herself guitar and ukulele, eventually joining jazz ensembles and developing her songwriting skills. Upon graduation she returned to California, and while working at a Landscape Architecture firm downtown, she began performing on street corners and at open mics. She soon found herself packing venues such as Viracocha, Amnesia, and The Hotel Utah, often playing solo but mostly playing with her brother and father.
In October 2010, she recorded eight original songs in her drummer Larry Marcus’s living room, for the deliciously intimate debut album Acorn Collection, which features her brother Brandon Keely, her father Bert Keely, and friends from her San Francisco musical community. Megan’s flair for design is expressed in her packaging and merch for Acorn Collection: her handmade acorn necklaces and earrings have sold well both at shows and online via bandcamp.
She currently lives in San Francisco and plays regularly with her brother Brandon on upright bass, her father Bert on guitar and trumpet, and is occasionally joined by her friends Larry Marcus and Kevin Brown on percussion as well as her friend Antja Jean Thompson on fiddle. Megan also plays in a new side project called Sparkbox with Kelly McFarling, and occasionally sits in on backup vocals for several artists including Wolf Larsen, Con Brio, and more.
Megan and her brother Brandon are currently working on a new collection of songs they have written as a duo. One of their songs, called Rules, landed a spot on the highly acclaimed soundtrack companion album, The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond, produced by T Bone Burnett. The recording features the lovely Jayme Dee on lead vocals, Brandon on guitar, and Megan on backup vocals and ukulele. The album skyrocketed to the top of the charts, and Rules has been quite popular as an individual track, rising to #143 on iTunes the day of its release. Stay in touch for more to come.
Artist info obtained from public profile, artist website or social media
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