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Monday, October 10
El Capitan
Axton Kincaid
8:30 pm
free
@ The Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom St. @17th
www.ritespotcafe.net
San Francisco's El Capitan started as a fledgling folk trio in June of
2003, with Ryan Henry (Hills Have Eyes, Hopelifter, Tuolumne County
et-al), Chris Connolly (DC, ingenious guitar tone extractor, savant
lap steeler/harp blower/banjy picker), and Ryan Honaker (SLC, Gift
Anon, aything with strings or keys - his parents are in the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir for Chrissakes) pulling acoustic sessions in
Honaker's Mission flat kitchen and Henry's Cedarsonic recording
studio. The nights consisted of intaking finer tonics while working
out arrangements and harmonies, with the goal of better dynamics
through chemistry and the addition of volume to the eventual fold.
With the songs becoming too cramped for the kitchen (and the natural
sonic limits of fiddles, banjos, and acoustic guitars), Henry invited
his drummer pal and Hills co-alum Matt Butler to add some rhythm to
the mix. A couple practice spaces later (one shared by a homeless
dude), a run-in with a strangely-alluring female mandolin peddler, and
with the addition of Dave Kearney on bass (rhythm master for various
dub/jazz all-star ensembles), El Capitan was as it is: all-melody,
all-hook, a mixture of rickety hymnals and thick sonics, old-timey and
post-country, loud, silent, and dubby as all get-out.
www.elcapitanland.com
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Kate Howser grew up in Southern Oregon listening to the sounds of her
father's bluegrass band, while her much older siblings were off at the
rodeo. Although she longed for a barrel racing ribbon of her own, she
found comfort in the music of Emmylou, Dolly, Willie & Waylon, Doc &
Chet, Flatt & Scruggs, and of course, Hoyt Axton.
In the mid '90s, she moved to San Francisco to join the music scene,
playing bass and touring in see jane run, where she met guitarist Jen
Daunt (who also plays/screams/twiddles knobs in Economy Class).
After see jane run, the two explored life as an indie rock trio
(Luster), a cover band (Funhouse), and a rootsy cowpunk outfit (the
Porch Sitters) before returning to their roots with Axton Kincaid: a
simple pickin', harmonizing country duo with Kate on guitar, Jen on
mandolin, and the occasional friend joining in, with the promise of
good times and free alcohol.
www.lustermusic.com/axtonkincaid/
El Capitan
Axton Kincaid
8:30 pm
free
@ The Rite Spot Cafe
2099 Folsom St. @17th
www.ritespotcafe.net
San Francisco's El Capitan started as a fledgling folk trio in June of
2003, with Ryan Henry (Hills Have Eyes, Hopelifter, Tuolumne County
et-al), Chris Connolly (DC, ingenious guitar tone extractor, savant
lap steeler/harp blower/banjy picker), and Ryan Honaker (SLC, Gift
Anon, aything with strings or keys - his parents are in the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir for Chrissakes) pulling acoustic sessions in
Honaker's Mission flat kitchen and Henry's Cedarsonic recording
studio. The nights consisted of intaking finer tonics while working
out arrangements and harmonies, with the goal of better dynamics
through chemistry and the addition of volume to the eventual fold.
With the songs becoming too cramped for the kitchen (and the natural
sonic limits of fiddles, banjos, and acoustic guitars), Henry invited
his drummer pal and Hills co-alum Matt Butler to add some rhythm to
the mix. A couple practice spaces later (one shared by a homeless
dude), a run-in with a strangely-alluring female mandolin peddler, and
with the addition of Dave Kearney on bass (rhythm master for various
dub/jazz all-star ensembles), El Capitan was as it is: all-melody,
all-hook, a mixture of rickety hymnals and thick sonics, old-timey and
post-country, loud, silent, and dubby as all get-out.
www.elcapitanland.com
-
Kate Howser grew up in Southern Oregon listening to the sounds of her
father's bluegrass band, while her much older siblings were off at the
rodeo. Although she longed for a barrel racing ribbon of her own, she
found comfort in the music of Emmylou, Dolly, Willie & Waylon, Doc &
Chet, Flatt & Scruggs, and of course, Hoyt Axton.
In the mid '90s, she moved to San Francisco to join the music scene,
playing bass and touring in see jane run, where she met guitarist Jen
Daunt (who also plays/screams/twiddles knobs in Economy Class).
After see jane run, the two explored life as an indie rock trio
(Luster), a cover band (Funhouse), and a rootsy cowpunk outfit (the
Porch Sitters) before returning to their roots with Axton Kincaid: a
simple pickin', harmonizing country duo with Kate on guitar, Jen on
mandolin, and the occasional friend joining in, with the promise of
good times and free alcohol.
www.lustermusic.com/axtonkincaid/
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