Initially formed as an acoustic string band, seven years of constant touring has transformed Hot Buttered Rum into a plugged-in, percussive powerhouse that wows critics and fans alike. Their left-coast rock reveals an access to jazz, country, and world music that few groups can match. While the band's music belies simple categorization, its songwriting and stage chemistry delights listeners at every turn.

Hot Buttered Rum’s story is one of evolution. The “high altitude bluegrass” era captured on their first studio album, In These Parts, found the band enjoying success at such diverse stages as the Newport Folk Festival, Bonnaroo, Grey Fox, High Sierra, Wakarusa, and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

As the band developed a heavier sound, fans and press began to describe them as a rock band with acoustic instruments. It therefore came as no surprise when, following the departure of mandolinist Zac Matthews, the other founding members Aaron Redner (fiddle and mandolin), Bryan Horne (upright bass), Nat Keefe (guitar), and Erik Yates (banjo, guitar, woodwinds, and resophonic guitar) joined forces with Everyone Orchestra conductor and drummer Matt Butler.

The new lineup has recently emerged from San Francisco’s Mission Bells Studios, where they recorded Limbs Akimbo under the watchful eye of producer Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips). Limbs Akimbo is an album that is both an elegy and reincarnation of Hot Buttered Rum’s past sound, that borrows heavily from the rock pantheon while sprinkling in just a little of everything else. Limbs Akimbo is an album that evidences the acoustic string band of yesteryear while unapologetically propelling into the scene a mature left-coast, drum-driven, pop-rock band.

Here is one fine tune.. Something New

One very good video, this band is talented.. Limbs Akimbo

“Stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity."– Relix Magazine

“Few things rejuvenate the soul like a warm fireside drink after an exhausting day in the snow.
Hot Buttered Rum has that effect. Their original songs are instantly familiar and inviting, and their easygoing versions of timeless classics (the Beatles, Hank Williams) belie the intricacy of the arrangements.”
–San Francisco Chronicle

$18 advance GA standing, $25 GA Seat, $20 day of show
$35 Reserved seat @ Table with cocktail service and a limited menu

To buy tickets
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Via Phone with visa or MC 415.389.5072
Famous4: 96 Throckmorton Ave Mill Valley

Out of Savana La Mar, Jamaica, the mighty Itals - - are reuniting to tour the U.S. this summer in support of an their new album, Let Them Talk, the follow-up to the December 2008 release on VP Records of the Lloyd Campbell produced compilation of their early hits on his Spiderman label, In A Dis Ya Time. Known for their tight harmonies and uplifting songs, these reggae ambassadors have been touring strongly since the early eighties. After many years on the road, the Itals are living examples of the “Rasta Philosophy” album that brought them a Grammy nomination. 

Over the years, the Itals have performed countless shows worldwide.  Although the background harmonies have sometimes changed, they always sound as sweet as ever.

Music to listen and enjoy .. My Way High / Let Dem Talk

$20 GA standing / $25 Ga Seated / $25 day of show
$35 Reserved seat @ Table with cocktail service and a limited menu

To buy tickets: Online: click here
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All ticket sales final no refunds or exchanges
General Admission tickets do not guarantee a seat

Mark Karan and Jemimah Puddleduck

Friday August 27
The Palm Ballroom
100 Yacht Club Dr. San Rafael
adjacent to the Seafood Peddler

Mark Karan is best known for performing with the extended Grateful Dead family.  For the last twelve years, he has anchored the lead guitar slot in Bob Weir & RatDog, playing hundreds of shows to thousands of fans year-round.  Before crossing over into the land of the Dead, Mark worked his guitar and vocal voodoo for the likes of Dave Mason, Delaney Bramlett, the Rembrandts, Paul Carrack, Huey Lewis, Jesse Colin Young and Sophie B. Hawkins.

Mark also tours with an array of amazing musicians on his own, where his soulful blues-based vocal stylings and inspired guitar work meld with the remarkably creative and responsive playing of his friends in a passionate delivery of the psychedelicized sounds of Americana. This is where rock meets R&B and country and mixes with the soul of New Orleans… with healthy portions of reggae, folk, funk and whatever else the muse might bring.  In addition to his originals, as well as those of songwriter friends, Mark covers a range of eclectic songs from Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "You Can Stay (But the Noize Must Go)" and Peter Tosh's "Don't Look Back", to the Kinks’ “Lazin’ on a Sunny Afternoon” or Joe Jackson’s “Fools in Love” -- his unique musical taste and song choices are the hallmark of these shows, and always crowd pleasers for his nationwide, loyal fanbase.

$15 advance, $20 day of show, $20 GA seated
$35 Reserved seat @ Table with cocktail service and a limited menu

A song to enjoy.. Out in the Woods /

Here is one very good video, it is in high def also.. Easy Wind

To buy tickets
Online: click here
Via Phone with visa or MC 415.389.5072
Famous4: 96 Throckmorton Ave Mill Valley