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Blue Monday at the Sausalito Cruising Club

Posted in Bay Area Music, Night Beat, Sausalito After Dark, Sausalito night life, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 10, 2011 by joetatesblog

NIGHT BEAT on Rhythm Street

With Joe Tate on guitar, Willie Riser on Bass and Donny Kountz on drums, the Monday night jam session kicked of with Joe’s rendition of Blue Monday.

After delivering a one hour set, Joe Tate, who hosts the session, began calling up the various musicians who had come to play. First up was Craig Caffall and a couple of his friends who burned through a few standard blues numbers. They were then joined by Ken Markowitz who delivered up Stormy Monday along with some others in that bag.

Wendy Fitz came with her bassist Tim and performed some very fine old favorite tunes which got the people up off  their seats.

Jessie Kincaid followed with a fetching rap number that filled the dance floor. This was followed by Gabe Navarre and his smokin hot rock n roll.

A very nice trio of singers consisting of David Kemp, Susan Hoffer and Gloria Lopez did some very nice Fleetwood Mac songs followed by Susan Scott singing Fever. Joe Tate finished the night out with some old gospel songs with the trio backing him up.

It was a delightful evening filled with friendship, music and good vibes.

Saturday Evening at the No Name Bar

Posted in Bay Area Music, Night Beat, Sausalito After Dark, Sausalito night life, ukule music with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 10, 2011 by joetatesblog

NIGHT BEAT on Rhythm Street

Cole Tate, Joe Tate and Lonnie Walter held forth as the Taters on February 5 at the No Name Bar. Joe and Cole were both called “Taters” when they were in school. Lonnie is referred to as Rotate so, they are all Taters.

The house was rockin as usual when these guys team up. With a low key sound using guitars and bongos, it’s never overbearing but good listening that gets the feet tapping. Of course there are always those who get up and dance. We can’t stop them even though there is no dance license.

Find out more about Joe Tate at

http://xrl.in/4y57

or You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS1ZOiyK06o


Saturday Evening at the No Name Bar

Posted in Bay Area Music, Night Beat, Sausalito After Dark, Sausalito night life, ukulele music with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 10, 2011 by joetatesblog

Saturday Jan. 29 was a gas with Wendy DeWitt on piano, Lonnie Walter on bongos and myself on guitar. What a pleasure it is to play with Wendy. Whereas I usually have to sing and hold the middle together, Wendy carried the ball and I only had to diddle around on the guitar. My singing duties were still there but with her dominant left hand, the music rocked with very little effort from me.

To learn more about Joe Tate and his music go to

http://www.theredlegs.com/JoeTate.html

Or

http://xrl.in/4y57

On You Tube see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vIQODAiAP4