Paul Pena,who's played with everyone from Jerry Garcia to B.B. King, is coming out of the musical shadows, thanks to the award-winning documentary Genghis Blues. He's also blind, and sick, and entirely tired of living.
Booker TBooker T and Bettye LaVette
The Independent
Friday, May 8, 2009
Last night I saw Booker T. Jones, one of the titans of American music, and it really hit me how much he has contributed to Western pop culture. I was also digging his performance, as was everyone else at the sold-out show.
When I was growing up in the American South in the '60s, my parents kept the radio tuned to country or easy listening stations. When I had a chance to turn the dial, the music I heard was completely affe
DJ Pam the Funkstress: Cajun food queen​The Bay Area's devotion to its homegrown music and food is steadfast. The culinary creativity here is as infectious as our sonic imagination, so it should come as little surprise that there is a crossover between the two local scenes. But did you know that DJs are whipping up cupcakes and burritos, and guitarists are serving up their personal brands of margaritas and champagne?Behold our picks for eight local artists who rock kitchens and vineyards as ea
