Ever listen to Lucinda Williams, Pixies frontman Frank Black's solo stuff, or John Prine? Then you've probably heard Duane Jarvis' guitar work. Samples of his songs are available on his myspace page. Jarvis passed away this morning in Marina...
I'd like to get Johnny Winter, Leon Russell, Slim Richey and Edgar Winter all in the same room together and test their DNA. We know Edgar and Johnny are brothers ... but has anybody ever seen them in the same...
It's the only place I know of where a rank beginner can sit down in a welcoming non-judgmental environment and sing his or her song in front of people for the first time and not have it be so overwhelming that they never do it again.
It's also the only place I know of where musicians and songwriters who are already professionals keep coming back to get a fresh drink of improvisational inspiration.
It's free; it's every Thursday night starting about 7 p.m.
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