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The Soft Spot tour continues! 

4/7/23 - Jackson Hole, WY - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/8/23 - Ketcham, ID - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/9/23 - Eden, UT - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/14/23 - Chico, CA - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/15/23 - Arcata, CA - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/16:/23 -Ashland, OR - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/18/23 - Bend, OR - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/19/23 - Bellingham, WA - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/21/23 - Seattle, WA - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/22/23 - Portland, OR - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/23/23 -Portland, OR - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/25/23 - Boise, ID - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/26/23 - Missoula, MT - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/27/23- Bozeman, MT - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/29/23 - Paonia, CO - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/
4/30/23 - Morrison, CO - https://cahoneydrops.com/tour-dates/

Sneakin' into Heaven

When It Was Wrong

Let It Go

Nothing At All

Gilded Age

My Style

On A Rainy Day

Bye bye, my sweet girl,
Sing softly if you return...

Sweet Girl

You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough

Meet Me in the City

Shark Tank (Featuring Royal Jelly Jive)

GarciaLive Volume Three: December 14-15, 1974 Northwest Tour

Boogie On Reggae Woman (Live) [feat. Jerry Garcia]

When listening to the twelve original songs of Próxima Parada’s newest release, Big Seven, every person takes away something different. The twenty-two year old jewelry maker hearing the infectious positivity of ‘Tossin My Troubles’ was compelled to lay low in her most-loved place and soak it up, free of worry and anxiety. The father of two boys found himself involuntarily humming that opening melody in ‘Why Not It Be Me’ as he waited at the checkout stand. Some tracks, like ‘Better Now’ and ‘Resilience’ feel best late at night, but ‘One Cloud is Lonely’ pairs so well with a car traveling in the sunshine. One moment, Big Seven enraptures, gets feet moving and heads swaying, then it soothes and invites introspection, then a smile comes from catching the twist at the end of ‘Hannah Hannah’. Big Seven pushes further into Próxima Parada’s flavor of soul music. Sincere lyrics and powerful vocals weave in with intentional arrangements where every instrument is heard in the mix and every note serves a purpose. Here are twelve songs that offer something special in their groove, something straight from the soul.

Time in a Circle

Time In A Circle

"Boondigga" from "Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW" (2009) album

Fat Freddy's Drop - Boondigga

Call It Home Vol. 1

Live Learn

This is the album that started Bobby Alu. Written and created solo with a few guest musicians. It placed in Triple Js Roots n All top ten albums of 2010 and recently peaked at #2 in the iTunes Australia World music charts. The single 'One to Wait' won a Qsong award and made the semifinals in the International Songwriting awards. The debut tour including performances at Island Vibe, Woodford Folk Fest and the prestigious Blues Fest and it all kicked off an exciting career.

2013 sees the next edition of the Bobby Alu catalogue. Take it Slow is due for release late 2013.

Its Time

“The California Honeydrops...evoke the greasy rumble of Booker T and channel the spiritual ecstasy of Sly and the Family Stone.” -Rolling Stone

Formed in the subway systems of Oakland, retro-soul outfit The California Honeydrops are an electrifying group that defy convention at every turn. They’ve become a mainstay at festivals including Byron Bay Bluesfest (Australia), Outside Lands, Monterey Jazz, Lightning In A Bottle, and touring with B.B. King, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, and Allen Toussaint. Led by the enigmatic and energetic frontman, Lech Wierzynski, and drummer Benjamin Malament, each member of the band is a virtuoso in their own rite — Yanos “Johnny Bones” Lustig on saxophone, Lorenzo Loera on keyboards/guitar, Beaumont Beaullieu on bass, and regularly accompanied by Oliver Tuttle on trombone, Leon Cotter on saxophone/clarinet, and Miles Lyons on trombone/sousaphone — navigating through a vast repertoire of original songs and timeless classics every night. But what truly sets them apart is their unwavering commitment to the art of improvisation - a skill so finely honed that they have completely abandoned the use of set lists and no two shows are ever the same. Off stage, their music has been streamed more than 200 million times, and placed in a variety of TV and films, including “Dead To Me,” “Alaska Daily,” “Black-ish” and more. They are currently touring North America in support of their new deluxe album, 'Soft Spot'.

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The Honeydrops have come a long way since guitarist and trumpeter Lech Wierzynkski and drummer Ben Malament started busking in an Oakland BART station, but the band has stayed true to that organic, street-level feel. With the additions of Johnny Bones on tenor sax and clarinet, Lorenzo Loera on keyboards, and Beau Bradbury on bass, they’ve built a powerful full-band sound to support Wierzynski’s vocals.

 

Listening to Lech sing, it can be a surprise that he was born in Warsaw, Poland, and raised by Polish political refugees. He learned his vocal stylings from contraband American recordings of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and Louis Armstrong, and later at Oberlin College and on the club circuit in Oakland, California. Bringing all those influences together with the rest of the band’s diverse experiences into a unified musical vision, the California Honeydrops expect to play parties for a long time.

 

 Discography:

    Like You Mean It (2013)
     Honeydrops Live (2012)
    Spreadin' Honey (2010)
    Soul Tub (2008)

Let It Go

The California Honeydrops

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