Steve Miller

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Courtney Love

America's Sweetheart

The Battle for Walpert Ridge

A lawsuit over a proposed Hayward country club promises to be more than just another environmentalists-vs.-developers fight

Tuvan Grooves

Genghis Blues

Riff Raff

Goodbye to All That; Punk, Love, and Understanding; He Shall Be Released

Night & Day

Goodbye to All That; Punk, Love, and Understanding; He Shall Be Released

The Red Menace

Bad music. Bad press. Bad hair. Sammy Hagar's heard the insults. But for the Bay Area's Red Rocker, the best revenge is living well.

Bluesman's Blues

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.

Return of the Prodigious Son

Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter revisits the Bay Area, energized and uncorrupted by the bustle of New York City

Reviews

Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter revisits the Bay Area, energized and uncorrupted by the bustle of New York City

The House of Tudor

Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter revisits the Bay Area, energized and uncorrupted by the bustle of New York City

Riff Raff

Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter revisits the Bay Area, energized and uncorrupted by the bustle of New York City

The Fall of Love

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

R.I.P. Les Paul (1915-2009)

The Legend: One of Gibson's signature Les Paul guitars​ The Associated Press has reported  that guitar innovator Les Paul  died today at the age of 94, from pneumonia-related complications. Paul helped to popularize the electric guitar in the 1940s, and his use of multitracking, overd ... More >>

Bouncer: Hating Steve Miller and classic rockers at the Nite Cap

The Legend: One of Gibson's signature Les Paul guitars​ The Associated Press has reported  that guitar innovator Les Paul  died today at the age of 94, from pneumonia-related complications. Paul helped to popularize the electric guitar in the 1940s, and his use of multitracking, overd ... More >>

Thoughts from the Nite Cap: Steve Miller Must Die

​Every year, classic rock should have a Shirley Jacksonesque "Lottery" of sorts, wherein the tiredest crap is trotted out, thrown into a large pool, and selected at random for public stoning until it is dead. What led me on this Steve Miller diatribe? I was sitting at the bar at the Nite Cap, mi ... More >>

Saturday: The Twilight Singers Perform Blackberry Belle at Great American Music Hall

Maureen "Action" JacksonThe Twilight Singers at Great American Music Hall on Saturday​ The Twilight Singers Saturday, September 17, 2011 Great American Music Hall There's a good chance one of your favorite bands is on a Classic Album tour right now. Primal Scream is playing the entirety of Sc ... More >>

In The Soul Kitchen's DJ Harry Duncan on Working With Bill Graham, His Show at Amoeba, and the Battle to Save KUSF

DJ Harry Duncan​ Harry Duncan has filled a lot of roles in his 61 years: Independent producer of black music for Bill Graham Presents; manager of artists like the Meters and Ornette Coleman, to name just a couple; original talent buyer at Slim's; and, currently, a consultant at Bimbo's 365 Clu ... More >>