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August 18 2018 8:00PM doors -- music at 8:30PM ••• 21 AND OVER $12 in advance/$15 at the door Black Sheep Scooter Club presents... The San Francisco Classic 2018 The Odd Numbers www..theoddnumberssj.com/ pop punk rhythm and blues The Inciters www.facebook.com/theinciters/ 60's Soul The Capsouls www.facebook.com/thecapsouls/ Reggae, Soul DJs Karen Hartman & Chops (Big Beat - Phoenix) / (Working Class Disco - Long Beach) The Odd Numbers Dave Baisa, Dave Miller, Dave Conrad -from San Jose CA -The Odd Numbers are a Powerpop/punk, Rhythm & Blues band from San Jose, Ca. Established in 1988. Dave Baisa doesn’t mince his words. Perhaps he gets that from his job: tending bar often requires a highly direct manner of speaking. Or maybe it’s all the practice he’s gotten drawing boundaries and explaining the world to his kids. Then again, it’s probably both—plus the fact that as the frontman for The Odd Numbers, Baisa has been distilling his thoughts into punchy skate-punk songs for 30 years. “We did a lot in the early years,” Baisa says, looking back at the time he spent touring Europe and the U.S. with The Odd Numbers back in the early ’90s. “We had a chance to make it a little bigger. But things went kinda sour for us and we missed a bunch of opportunities.” For those unfamiliar with the veteran San Jose band’s history, Baisa is referring to the grisly motorcycle wreck that sidelined The Odd Numbers for months. It was the summer of 1995 and the band wrapped a gig in England when the band’s drummer, John Cummings, hopped on the back of a bike after far too many drinks. “He basically lopped his leg off,” Baisa says. “They saved it, but he was in a hospital for months.” After that, things were never really the same—especially for Cummings. “It freaked us out,” Baisa says. The band eventually picked up another drummer and kept going, but the momentum they lost on that tour was hard to make up for. The Odd Numbers released two more records after the accident, but by the time the aughts rolled around, they were all in their early 30s, starting families and looking at dialing back the rock & roll lifestyle. “You just can’t keep on getting into the van after a while,” he says. For many, these details would merely serve as fodder for Uncle Rico-esque lamentations of what might have been. But in the hands of Baisa and his bandmates, Dave Miller (bass and vocals) and Dave Conrad (drums and vocals), these experiences and many more form the foundation of The Odd Numbers fifth album, The Oddyssey—the trio’s first LP in 16 years. True to form, Baisa doesn’t waste any time getting to the point. “So through a series of events I found myself still alive,” he sings on album opener “Teach Myself,” a poppy, propulsive punk song that clocks in at just under two minutes and thirty seconds, and features a chorus that celebrates the hard lessons that only failure can teach: “I don’t mind falling down; I like to, I know that,” Baisa sings. “The only way I’ll ever learn is if I teach myself.” Writing the new record, Baisa says, he and his bandmates realize that they’ve managed to teach themselves quite a bit over the course of 30 years. “This band truly has been on an odyssey,” he says. “We’ve been playing together basically all of our mature lives.” Even over the last decade and a half, while the band hasn’t released anything new, they’ve continued to play one off shows, and Baisa says they still get inquiries from fans and interested promoters. Now that his kids—and the children of his bandmates have grown older—he says The Odd Numbers are looking at hitting the road again, albeit in a more restrained manner than when they were in their early 20s. After they celebrate the release of The Oddyssey with a show at The Ritz this Friday, Baisa says The Odd Numbers plan to go on a series of short tours around the U.S. and aim to return to Europe; they’ve always had a following in Sweden, he notes. “I’m super excited about it,” Baisa says of the prospect of hitting the road and getting on stage again. “Playing in front of people still totally inspires me,” he says. “That’s what it’s all about—learning to live through rock.”. The Inciters Rick Kendrick -Trumpet// Terry Magee - Saxophone// Kevin Zinn - Tenor Sax// Don Roland - Lead Guitar// Mick Lee - Rhythm Guitar// Michael Luke - Bass// Sabi Kendrick - Vocals// Jessica White Cloud - Vocals// Aimee Gruber - Vocals// Kristen Vacketta - Vocals// Cameron Escovedo - Drums// -from Santa Cruz, CA -One of the West Coast's finest Northern Soul bands – THE INCITERS! An overpowering 11-piece dance floor soul band that has brought the house down from LA to Chicago and all across Europe. Northern Soul takes the Motown/Stax ethic but adds a stronger back-beat with more adventurous production, and THE INCITERS continue this tradition in grand style. With 11 members wielding drums, bass, guitars, a full horn section, and three female vocalists, THE INCITERS have no problem filling a room with the powerful sound of soul. The three vocalists lead the band through finely crafted original songs as well as traditional soul music that will get you out of your seat and start to dance. THE INCITERS first formed back in 1995 and had a successful 10-year run before breaking up in 2005 – leaving behind a massive following in Europe that demanded their return year after year. In 2009, they got their wish as original member / bandleader Rick Kendrick went to work putting the band back together. THE INCITERS re-formed with some new, younger faces and picked up right where they left off. The Capsouls Chris - Drums Mando - Bass Eric - Organ Jane - Vocals Jesse - Vocals -from Bakersfield, CA - DJs Karen Hartman & Chops (Big Beat - Phoenix) / (Working Class Disco - Long Beach) - - |
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