The Dirt Rakers (acoustic trio) are an Americana band featuring Erik Rozite (guitar and vocals), Jayne Williams (mandolin and vocals), and Sean Woodward (lead guitar), a home-brewed group out of the redwoods in the Santa Cruz mountains, blending a high octane / cask-fermented feel, purdy harmonies, and a deep love of all rootsy genres of music. Rock, country, bluegrass, and folk all swirl together in their magical musical brew.
Acoustic string band out of Marin Country drawing from traditional bluegrass and old-time, plus some country, blues, rock, and jazz to create a contemporary California bluegrass sound.
Hosted by Rich Berkery, enjoy Trivia at Discretion Brewing every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month, Beginning July 14th!
6-8pm
About Rich the Trivia Guy:
“My 4th grade teacher inquired why I answered “John Adams” when the question was, “Who was the first U.S. President?” Despite my knowing the answer as George Washington, I wryly replied, “but isn’t knowing who the first Vice President more challenging?” I suspect this was the moment trivia was born for me.
I started playing and eventually hosting trivia nights at the “Grand Daddy” of all trivia locales, King’s X in Oakland, which is the longest continuously running pub trivia game in the U.S.. I have also had fun hosting fundraising tournaments, including the Juvenile Hall Auxiliary, “9/11 Project” and the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.
I only appear trivia savvy because I have all of the answers.”
Seven Shades of Grey is a South Bay band playing upbeat, party-oriented classic rock, R&B and soul covers. The proceeds from all of their gigs are donated to UCSF Cancer Research.
Acoustic rock trio, ranging from The Beatles to Chuck Berry to very catchy originals. You may find yourself wanting to get off your bar stool and dance.
Stormin Norman is long time lead singer for Stormin Norman & the Cyclones. Ken Kraft is lead player and singer for the Cyclones, plays with the White Album Ensemble and was formerly with the legendary Snail band. Jo Jo Fox is bass player and singer for the Cyclones and also with Karen Phoenix Band.
For The Love Of The Land is based in Santa Cruz, CA. Five guys from all walks of life and musical backgrounds gathered while the rest of the world stood still. They re-created Paul Damon’s original songs within a swirl of eclectic tastes and interesting flavors. This new formation brought rhythms and textures to old resonant feelings within grooves that move people’s feet and hug their souls.
With African inspired percussion dancing around the driving beat of rock drums and funky bass, an electrified World variety of instruments including flute and sax guides the ensemble into a rhythmic dream. Accompanied by powerful charging vocals, For The Love Of The Land weaves melody, harmony, and danceable beats into a night to remember.
Love Creek is a psychedelic rock group from the Santa Cruz Mountains, performing funky originals and beloved covers that are sure to get you dancing and singing along.
Preacher Boy mines the dark edges of Contemporary Blues and Americana with his signature raspy voice, virtuoso National slide guitar playing, and darkly poetic lyrics. Of his boot-pounding live performances, the Good Times wrote: “As he beats his long leather boot, four to the floor, his National steel guitar slides and spits a devious storm of gothic Americana and gritty country blues.”
Preacher Boy returns to the Discretion Beer Garden, joined by Veteran harmonica player Virgil Thrasher.
The BlueLightning Duo features Robin Randle Ellison on vocals & guitar, and John Gullic on guitar & vocals. Rockin-boogy-country-twangy-Americana-hillbilly-footstompin’ great music!
S.R. Laws is an American singer/songwriter, musician and recording artist from Northern California. Inspired by storytellers like John Hiatt, Rodney Crowell and Chuck Prophet filtered through early life experiences wandering the train tracks through wheat fields and smelling the fruit ripening in the orchards in his hometown Marysville, Ca.
S.R. cut his teeth as a songwriter in Austin, Texas. The “live music capitol of the world” and a thriving music scene yielded a bounty of musical and life experiences like no other. Each passing season allows provisions of a burgeoning sound peppered with wry attitudes and energetic rhythms to develop “lyrical pictures,” showing the humanness in the common walks of life. It is through heartfelt performances that allow him and the characters in his songs to “break the ice” with any toe-tapping crowd. He lives in Sonoma County. You can find him performing all over California and with his band The Heartsleeves. His new release “A.M. Sessions” is out now and available at his live shows and on all platforms!
Local contemporary folk artist Lucas Lawson teams up with songwriter, entertainer, multi-instrumentalist Dan Frechette for an evening of unforgettable tunes.
About Lucas Lawson:
Lucas Lawson is a young contemporary folk artist who grew up on a farm just north of Santa Cruz, California. In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, while spending time alone on the farm, Lucas developed the 5 songs that make up his debut EP, Revisited Harbor. This isolation encouraged him to complete the process of recording Revisited Harbor by himself. Once finalized on October 23rd of 2020, Revisited Harbor came to the ears of Lucas’s growing community.
Lucas’s upbringing on an organic farm exposed him to the balance and harmonies that all living things have to offer. At a young age, Lucas began attending bluegrass barn dances on the farm, where he first learned to play the guitar alongside local group, the County Line Pickers. When those sadly came to a halt in March of 2020, Lucas found himself writing songs more than ever.
“Classic acoustic covers & originals with a modern beach soul vibe”
Jordan and Olivia are a couple who have been playing together for a little over a year. Jordan is a Santa Cruz native. He started playing guitar when he was 15 and is a self taught singer and songwriter. Olivia grew up in Connecticut and sang in a choir through highschool, then took a break from singing and re-discovered her love for music when she met Jordan. They are both Cal graduates but met after graduating and have been creating and relaxing ever since.
Sip Discretion at the 19th annual Bonny Doon Art Wine & Brew Festival, where you will enjoy authentic local hospitality, community celebration, outstanding wines & brews, and fundraising for Bonny Doon Elementary School. Your ticket price includes choice of a wine glass or beer mug, and an afternoon of wine & craft beer tastings accompanied by a live band.
Other festivities include a wine pull, silent auction, local artisan vendors, and local food trucks.
Honest American Roots Music with Travis Cruise and Robert Melendez
Expect songs from Steven Graves CD, “All Alone,” plus some new Nashville tunes and unrecorded gems!
‘American roots music, compellingly honest, beautifully crafted and fully realized songs that just happen to be in the Americana realm. Really good stuff. — Dennis McNally | Grateful Dead Publicist
Jenny and The Bets is a local jazz quartet led by the swinging and talented vocalist Jenny O’ Leary. Jenny sings standards, blues, and bossa novas while accompanied by guitar, bass and drums.
Based in Santa Cruz, The Shady Characters have been playing together for nearly 10 years.
They feature many styles of popular music from such artists as Lucinda Williams, Marvin Gay, Eilen Jewel, Boz Scaggs, The Cure, Black Keys, Rolling Stones, Hall and Oates, and many others, and enjoy choosing songs that will inspire dancing!
An offshoot of Santa Cruz’s iconic rock band Snail, the Messiah’s original melodies, hot guitar riffs & killer vocals will transport you to rock nirvana. Featuring Bobby O’Neill, Ken Kraft & Craig Owens.
Somewhere in-between the tropical lounges of 1930s Los Angeles and the honky tonk beer joints of rural 1950s California, you’ll find Poi Rogers. Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA, the duo performs vintage country & western swing, Hawaiian steel guitar ballads and cowboy tunes.
Carolyn Sills and Gerard Egan front the award winning five piece band, The Carolyn Sills Combo, which has released three albums to date. When the Covid pandemic sidelined touring bands everywhere, the couple lost no time working on new music to perform as a duo, biding their time until the gigs returned. Poi Rogers features Gerard doubling on standard guitar and his 1954 Fender triple neck steel guitar with Carolyn on standup bass, her powerful voice anchoring the show.
San Francisco Indie Folk Rock Singer/Songwriter blending 90’s alternative rock and contemporary folk/americana.
Anthony Presti was born in Menlo Park, California and moved to Seattle in the 90’s during a thriving grunge scene. After a brief stint in Arizona, he made his way back to California, settling in Sonoma County as a teenager where he called home for over twenty years before moving to San Francisco.
The influence of Presti’s vagabond life is evident in his musical style. He flirts with multiple genres tied together by thoughtful lyrics and catchy hooks and draws inspiration from the places he’s been in his life. Some of his current influences include Damien Rice, Ryan Adams, The Avett Brothers, Stick Figure and Tom Petty.
Presti has opened for Grammy nominated singer Gretchen Peters and national acts The Deer and Little Tybee, has gone on several west coast tours and headlined Santa Rosa’s Live at Julliard Park Festival Series. He’s released three studio albums including his latest, Different Places, recorded at San Francisco’s legendary Hyde Street Studios (Green Day, Train, Grateful Dead, Cake).
