Renee & Irish Greg's Pop UP!

Renee & Irish Greg's Pop UP!

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  • T Sisters
    Please enjoy this fun episode with the wonderful T Sisters, recorded at a private house-concert/Blue Bear School of Music benefit in a beautiful Victorian in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill. This one features a few gorgeous originals plus covers of the Beatles and a stunning opening number originally by Chumbawamba.
    This is the sisters second appearance on the show, this time to talk about the upcoming release of their EP “We Are Bound” which was produced by Oliver Wood of the Wood Brothers who also appear on the EP.
    The T Sisters will celebrate their latest offering with a show at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco on Saturday, March 16th
    To guarantee entry to our shows please become a patron on Patreon and for as little as $5 a month you plus a guest get to see amazing artists, enjoy world-class poster art and sip on delicious drinks courtesy of 21st Amendment Brewery and Whetstone Wine Cellars. Past guest include George Clinton, Steve Earle, Bob Weir, Jane Wiedlin, Chris Robinson, Nicki Bluhm, the Wood Brothers and many others.
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  • John Craigie
    What a thrill to host the insightful, hilarious and very talented John Craigie as our latest guest on the podcast. John brought great stories, songs and bellbottoms to the Haight Street Art Center and delighted a SOLD OUT crowd with tales from the road and some beautiful music.
    Special thanks to Peter Finch for co-hosting while Renee was on vacation.
    To guarantee entry to our shows please become a patron on Patreon and for as little as $5 a month you plus a guest get to see amazing artists, enjoy world-class poster art and sip on delicious drinks courtesy of 21st Amendment Brewery and Whetstone Wine Cellars. Past guest include George Clinton, Steve Earle, Bob Weir, Jane Wiedlin, Chris Robinson, Nicki Bluhm and many others.
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  • Rob Hotchkiss & the Dolly Mamas
    We took the show on the road for our latest podcast, heading to Iron Springs Pub & Brewery in Fairfax to host two local acts, the Dolly Mamas and Rob Hotchkiss. 
    Many of you will be familiar with Rob from the band Train where he wrote such hits as “”Meet Virginia,” “I Am” and the Grammy award winning smash “Drops of Jupiter.” Rob treated us to a Bob Dylan cover, a couple of his own tunes and ended with a surprise version of the Train classic “Calling All Ages.”
    The Dolly Mamas are Marquesa Versola, Rebecca Chourré & Liz Pisco, three working moms from Fairfax whose love of music brought them together to record the album “Labyrinth” which we were happy to help launch. They delivered a lovely set of songs with beautiful harmonies and were even joined by Rob Hotchkiss for a flawless cover of “I Shall Be Release
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  • George Clinton in Conversation
    What better way to close out an amazing year of shows than with Dr Funkenstein himself, the legendary George Clinton.
    Taking a break between two sold out nights at the Independent, George graciously spent the best part of an hour with us, regaling a packed house at the Haight Street Art Center with stories of life on the road with Parliament-Funkadelic, why a Motown rejection was the best thing that ever happened, what keeps him motivated and why he’s no longer medicated…sorta!
    Seriously, this was a total treat and a fitting end to 2018, a year that saw the show grow in leaps and bounds thanks to the support of you guys and of course our wonderful sponsors 21st Amendment Brewery, Whetstone Wine Cellars and the fabulous Haight Street Art Center.
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  • Holiday Special w/ EllaHarp, Rick Hardin, Kendra McKinley
    Dubbed “Xmas in October” as that’s when this episode was taped, this fun show was recorded early to accommodate a TV special. We gathered in Pacifica at the Longboard Margarita Bar on a warm day, donned our gay apparel and pretended it was the most wonderful time of the year!
    We had a blast interviewing and hearing performances by three Bay Area favorites; EllaHarp, Rick Hardin and Kendra McKinley. They performed some of their own tunes and songs of the season> We hope this puts you in the holiday mood!!
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  • The Stone Foxes
    The Stone Foxes were the first guests on our show when we started in October 2016 and so it’s fitting that they chose the podcast to be the swansong for the current iteration of the band.
    As is often the case for musicians, life can get in the way of the pursuit of one’s passion and some of the guys have decided to move on. Frontman Shannon will keep the Foxes going but they’ll look a little different when they return in 2019.
    In the meantime, we were thrilled that they said their goodbyes on our show, rocking the T-Mobile Signature Store in downtown San Francisco and treating the crowd to a raw and emotional good time. Oh, this one gets a little loud!!
     
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  • Howlin Rain, The Easy Leaves, Marq Spusta

    We love when we can bring music together with all the fabulous art at the Haight Street Art Center, the semi-permanent home of our show. So it was recently when we hosted Howlin’ Rain at our our annual pre-Hardly Strictly Bluegrass bash which alo happened to be our second birthday.
    Howlin’ Rain are tight with poster artist Marq Spusta, a contemporary poster artist who is part of the “Family Devalues” exhibit that is currently showing at the center. The band and Marq collaborated on the event poster that was made available at the show.
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  • Lee Conklin & the New Chambers Brothers

    Throughout its remarkable 50-year span, Lee Conklin’s career has been well regarded as an essential contribution to the psychedelic poster art movement. Well known for imaginative vision and inventive lettering, this work demands and rewards prolonged, patient exploration. Perhaps his best known work is the cover of Santana’s first album but he also did posters for the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and the Chambers Brothers.

    These posters often offer voyages—visual trips—containing hidden messages, elements and value that reveal gradually and perhaps unintentionally. According to Conklin, “I just start drawing … and sometimes it turns into something.”

    Lester and Dylan Chambers continue the tradition of the Chambers Brothers, a band best known for their eleven-minute 1968 hit “Time Has Come Today”. The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions with modern psychedelic and rock elements. Their music has been kept alive through heavy use in film soundtracks.

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  • John Oates

    What a total pleasure to have the legendary John Oates on our show. He treated the completely sold-out crowd to a few songs off his new album “Arkansas” including the title track, a Blind Blake cover and the classic folk tune “Stagger Lee.” John talked about the early days of Hall & Oates and played a few numbers from the duo’s earlier albums.

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  • David Gans, Steve Parish, Roger McNamee Jerry Day Special

    At our second annual Jerry Day benefit show at the Haight Street Art Center we were treated to wonderful music by David Gans of The Grateful Dead Hour and Roger McNamee of Moonalice. As great as the music was, the stories of life on the road with the Grateful Dead courtesy of Steve Parish and Dennis McNally were equally enthralling.

    Settle in for a truly entertaining couple of hours honoring the legacy of Jerry Garcia.

    Thanks as ever to our sponsors 21st Amendment Brewery and Whetstone Wine Cellars.

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