BISS List 2018 07.26 : CA HONEYDROPS / EMILY CLARK / ROOSTER CONSPIRACY / KATDELIC / CHARLIE HUNTER // NXT WK: TAJMO / HAPPY BDAY JERRY / BIG SAM / FEMI KUTI

Hello Dear BISS List followers,  We have so much to talk about in this week's edition!  I want to start by reminding you about the best little funk fest coming up in two weeks! FOR THE FUNK OF IT is taking place in Belden, CA August 10th-12th. Tickets are still available: http://bit.ly/FTFOI Belden is a magical town nestled in the Sierra Mountains and tucked away in the Feather River Canyon. Belden Town Resort and Lodge is located on Highway 70, 28 miles west of Quincy, California. The resort offers both indoor and outdoor dining on the outside deck and a fully-stocked bar. This year's lineup includes: Big Sam's Funky Nation, Five Alarm Funk, Soul Scratch, The Nibblers, Vokab Kompany, Mojo Green with Hornmageddon, Ideateam, El Metate, Diggin' Dirt, City Of Trees Brass Band, Disiac, Smokey The Groove, Alden & The Ambiance, Swoop Unit, Lovebush, Funk Exchange, Ten Foot Tiger, George Napp, Black Fong, Brooker D & The Mellow Fellows, Control-Z, Polyfunktion, Marshall House Project, Big Sticky Mess, Boca Do Rio, The Gold Souls, Jive Machine, Lo and Behold, Drinking With Clowns, Riff's Addicts, Chango, The Klown, & Galaxos Confunktion http://bit.ly/FTFOI I still need a few amazing volunteers for my Artist Liaison Crew (email me: pamela@bisspresnts.com). And there are lots of other Volunteer opportunities still open on other crews too (email: msskyeluvli.is.funky@gmail.com). A few weeks from now, you should make note on your calendar that from August 30th thru September 2nd, Rebirth Brass Band is playing SIX shows  in 4 days at The Sweetwater in Mill Valley!!  The BISS List has a special contest just for you NOLA FUNK lovers... SPREAD THE WORD about this run of six shows and you could see Rebirth Brass Band on ALL FOUR days!  Up to you how you spread the word... Facebook, Twitter, Email, Instagram, Text... What to share? The FB Event, The ticket link (see below), a video of the band... Just be the one who shows to most love to this run of shows, then email us at biss@bisslist.com and tell us all about it!! http://ticketf.ly/Rebirth6Days #FREQUENCYCOUNTS! Also, worth mentioning though it's a bit far out, is that Thievery Corporation just announced two nights at the Masonic for NYE. Tickets go on sale at 10am tomorrow, Friday 7/27. Now back to this week and next week too...  As always, I have gone thru the overall BISS Calendar of many many shows, and I picked the very best ones and made a list for you below. But before I get to that, I want to highlight a few of the best of the best here... For starters, tonight there are a plethora of options starting with my girl Emily Clark & The Krewe followed by The Drunken Hearts with Nat Keefe at Boom Boom Room. There is also Rooster Conspiracy featuring Eric Krasno, Reed Mathis, Jay Lane and Todd Stoops, Shots Fired featuring DJ Williams, John Staten, Victor Little, and AnDre Mali at The Independent. And we should not forget that The California Honeydrops are playing the first of two nights at The Sweetwater tonight too! If you are a little further North tomorrow, Booker T Jones is at The Mystic in Petaluma. In the East Bay, Charlie Hunter Trio is at The Ivy Room. That should be a real treat in that little room! If you want a little preview of For The Funk Of It on Friday, check out Big Sticky Mess opening up for Funk Revival Orchestra at Boom Boom. Saturday, we get our favorite funky dance party with Ronkat's Katdelic at Boom Boom Room. (It's about damn time!) As a bonus we get to celebrate our friend Shaunna Hall's birthday too! Jumping to next Wednesday, Happy Birthday Jerry! Next Friday, get another taste of For The Funk of It with Big Sam's Funky Nation at The Independent! That just barely grazes the surface of the best shows coming up. Read on for more! THE BEST OF THE BISS 7/26 - 8/12 *Check the full calendarfor more upcoming shows!* 7/26/2018 The California Honeydrops at Sweetwater Music Hall **WIN TICKETS** EMILY CLARK & The Krewe ** + *DRUNKEN HEARTS* w/ *NAT KEEFE* (of "HOT BUTTERED RUM") "An Allstar Shredding Double Bill" at Boom Boom Room **WIN TICKETS** Rooster Conspiracy with Eric Krasno, Reed Mathis, Jay Lane and Todd Stoops, Shots Fired featuring DJ Williams (Karl Denson's Tiny Universe), John Staten (Dumpstaphunk), Victor Little (Robert Walter's 20th Congress), and AnDre Mali (Prince/Stevie Wonder) at The Independent Smoked Out Soul: Groovewell Takeover with Ledet, J Key & Soul Funky +Zebuel & The SOS Players Will Magid, Paul Oliphant, Brandon Lee, Enrique Padilla & guests at Monarch **WIN TICKETS** The Deep Basement Shakers 6PM / Atta Kid 10PM - Max Cowan (keys) and Daniel Casares (sax) at Madrone Art Bar **WIN TICKETS** Stu Allen and Mars Hotel at Ashkenaz **WIN TICKETS** 7/27/2018 The California Honeydrops at Sweetwater Music Hall **WIN TICKETS** Booker T. Jones at McNear's Mystic Theater Charlie Hunter Trio at Ivy Room **WIN TICKETS** FUNK REVIVAL ORCHESTRA (11 PIECE FUNK ORCHESTRA)** + *BIG STICKY MESS* + DJ K-OS going to 3:00 AM at Boom Boom Room **WIN TICKETS** THE HUMIDORS plus guests (Funk)   at Elbo Room Jack London THE DECEMBERISTS, Whitney at Greek Theatre DIEGO'S UMBRELLA, THE MIDNIGHT BROTHERS at Hopmonk Novato **WIN TICKETS** 7/28/2018 KATDELIC (featuring: 'P-Funk AllStar' Legend - *Ronkat*) going to Sun-7.29 at 3:00 AM at Boom Boom Room **WIN TICKETS** HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAUNNA!!! Willie Nelson & Family And Alison Krauss at Ironstone Amphitheater Art & Soul 18 Oakland: Lyrics Born, Jazz Mafia Choral Syndicate, Jazz Mafia Bay Revue feat: Joe Bagale, Matt Wong, Ben Misterka, and Adam Theis, Alphabet Rockers, GOSPEL SHOWCASE CLAY STREET STAGE: Terrance Kelly and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Derrick Hall & Co., CIP, Lauren Byrd & LOTS More! at Downtown Oakland - 6 stages An Acoustic Evening with Jackie Greene, Eric Krasno & Ross James at Terrapin Crossroads HUSHconcerts:: HUSHfest: Lake Merritt at Lake Merritt -Lakeside Park 7/29/2018 KC Turner Presents - Cookout Concert Series: CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO, DAVE MCGRAW & MANDY FER at Hopmonk Novato WAKE & DRAKE w/ JAZZ MAFIA feat. MATT WONG* (Brunch) at Drake's Brewing Co FREE Foreigner with Special Guests Jason Bonham & Queensryche at Ironstone Amphitheater **WIN TICKETS** Art & Soul 18 Oakland: The Pointer Sisters, Alphabet Rockers, Netta Brielle, WEST COAST BLUES SOCIETY SHOWCASE CLAY STREET STAGE Caravan of All Stars Featuring: Jesse Brown, Nat Bolden & Sharon Davis, Karl Bracy, "Terrible Tom" Bowden, Bruce Dorsey, Fillmore Slim, Oakland Blues Divas Feat: Earnestine Barze, Baby Bee, Margie Turner, Xymphoni, Diva Ladee Chico, Special Guest: 2BuckChuck, Co-Headliner: Dee Dee Simon, Headliner: Willie G and LOTS MORE! at Downtown Oakland - 6 stages Return Of The Cypher ~*FREE HIP HOP PARTY* Live Rap Emcees w/ DJs & Musicians at Boom Boom Room FREE Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th Anniversary featuring Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Marty Stuart and his Band at Mountain Winery 4 at Madrone Art Bar FREE 7/30/2018 Joe Bonamassa at Center for the Performing Arts Events 7/31/2018 TajMo: The Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' Band, Alicia Michilli at Mountain Winery Tinariwen, Dirtwire at The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall **WIN TICKETS** 8/1/2018 1) JERRY GARCIA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: FT. CHINA CATS. 7:30PM FREE, ALL AGES BAR SHOW / & 2) STU ALLEN & REFLECTIONS: CELEBRATE JERRY GARCIA'S 76TH BIRTHDAY! 8PM in GRATE ROOM $25 at Terrapin Crossroads LSD Tour: Lucinda Williams/Steve Earle/Dwight Yoakam/King Leg pres. by SiriusXM at The Masonic 8/3/2018 Big Sam's Funky Nation, Sal's Greenhouse, Harry Duncan at The Independent The Stone Foxes, Go By Ocean at Sweetwater Music Hall **WIN TICKETS** Stu Allen and Mars Hotel at Ashkenaz **WIN TICKETS** KC Turner Presents: RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT - SEATED SHOW, EVIE LADIN at Hopmonk Novato 8/4/2018 Rock the Pillar Music Series August Show: Midtown Social / Sal's Greenhouse / Funkanauts at Old Princeton Landing Femi Kuti& The Positive Force, Afrolicious at Catalyst Club Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra at Sweetwater Music Hall **WIN TICKETS** 11th Annual Petaluma Music Fest-Keeping Music In Schools: Railroad Earth, The Brothers Comatose, Melvin Seals & JGB, Royal Jelly Jive, Ron Artis II & The Truth, The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Danny Click & The Hell Yeahs, Rainbow Girls, The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men, Afrofunk Experience, La Gente SF, Black Sheep Brass Band, Mike Saliani Band, Dirty Red Barn, The Peach Thieves at Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma **OSCAR MYERS' STEPPIN' **[GREASY OLD SCHOOL NASTY FILLMORE FUNK 'N SOUL] ** & *DR MOJO* at Boom Boom Room **WIN TICKETS** 8/5/2018 CHUCK PROPHET & the Mission Express, Special Guest MATT JAFFE (BBQ on the Lawn) at Rancho Nicasio Stern Grove Festival: Afro-Beat FEMI KUTI & The Positive Force, Sol Development at Stern Grove Jerry Day: Stu Allen & Mars Hotel 3:00pm , Melvin Seals and JGB 12:45pm, Gary Gates Band 11:30am at Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre FREE Return Of The Cypher ~*FREE HIP HOP PARTY* Live Rap Emcees w/ DJs & Musicians at Boom Boom Room FREE 8/7/2018 Charlie Hunter Trio at Make-Out Room Daryl Hall & John Oates and Train at Oracle Arena Weezer / Pixies / Sleigh Bells at Shoreline Amphitheatre 8/9/2018 Vetiver at Redwood Grove Concerts at UC Berkeley Jerry's Middle Finger - Celebrate "Garcia Day" on the 23rd Anniversary of Jerry's Passing with at Sweetwater Music Hall **WIN TICKETS** 8/10/2018 - 8/12/2018 For the Funk Of It: BIG SAM'S FUNKY NATION, FIVE ALARM FUNK, SOUL SCRATCH, THE NIBBLERS, VOKAB KOMPANY, MOJO GREEN & HORNMAGEDDON, IDEATEAM, EL METATE, DIGGIN' DIRT, CITY OF TREES BRASS BAND, DISIAC, SMOKEY THE GROOVE, ALDEN & THE AMBIENCE, SWOOP UNIT, LOVE BUSH, FUNK EXCHANGE, TEN FOOT TIGER, GEORGE NAPP, BLACK FONG, BROOKER D & THE MELLOW FELLOWS, CONTROL-Z, POLYFUNKTION, MARSHALL HOUSE PROJECT, BIG STICKY MESS, BOCA DO RIO, THE GOLD SOULS, JIVE MACHINE, LO & BEHOLD, DRINKING WITH CLOWNS, RIFF'S ADDICTS, CHANGO, THE KLOWN at Belden Town FTFOI **WIN TICKETS BY SPREADING THE WORD DAILY** **************   Why? 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