The Mission Seven is on a mission to return dance music to it's fun roots with a mixture of Latin Soul, Boogaloo, Cumbia, hard driving beats, and a retro garage edge. Taking a human approach with real drums and percussion, a soulful horn section, and vintage guitar and bass, our sound is sophisticated without being stuffy, and very dance floor friendly.
The band hails from San Francisco's Mission district, our name taken from Sax playing leader Connie's grandma's phone number, which back in the day was MI7-5444, MI being the Mission district prefix.
While our members have a wide variety of musical tastes and experience, this band is all about filling dance floors with sounds from our collective roots which stretch from the aforementioned Mission, all the way to Bogota Columbia. Alto, Soprano and Tenor Sax duties are amply handled by Mission native and band leader Connie Walkershaw. For her fans from former international sensation Go Van Gogh, Connie is grooving more soulfully than ever, but expect double horn pyrotechnics, and plenty more in store for concert goers.  
Our guitarist Felipe Gomez (Triple Point) hails from Bogota Colombia, where he grew up steeped in the sounds of Cumbia, Salsa, and Son.  In his rebellious youth he played in various Bogota based grunge bands, before moving stateside to study Jazz and composition.  We have dragged Felipe into a whole new bag, and marvel daily at what he brings to the table.
Battering the trap set is Rick Kennan (the Night Falls, Navio Forge, The Surround Sounds). He claims to be raised by loving parents, then captured by evangelical wolves.  On the other hand percussionist Joe Chavez was raised in a regular home on the borderline of San Francisco and Daly City.  He cut his teeth in latin rock bands like Los Cochinos, went on to play traditional Mexican folk music, and was drawn into the crazy Walkershaw world, first in Go Van Gogh, and now The Mission Seven.
Rounding out the band is bass player Jesse Walkershaw (Go Van Gogh, Miguel Y Los Buenos, Comic Book Opera). He says he "never intended to play music, but could neither box, nor cook".  Sharing writing and vocal duties with Connie, they keep up a lively banter on stage and off, as failure to entertain is just plain failure.
So if you like to dance, and carry on late intro the night, keep your eye on this space, as live is what The Mission Seven loves the most. 

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from Groovy Pop by The Mission Seven
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Our theme song, inspired by Connie's grandmothers telephone number MI7-5444 from back in the day.
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from Groovy Pop, released February 26, 2016
Music by Jesse Walkershaw and Connie Walkershaw

Karen Mitchell vocals
Connie Walkershaw sax
Felipe Gomez guitar
Joseph Chavez percussion
Rick Kenan drums
Jesse Walkershaw bass

Recorded at and by Wally Sound, Oakland CA Jan 31st 2016
Mastered by Norman Rutherford. 

very slinky instrumental track. Check out Connie's very taunt tenor playing 

All songs by Jesse & Connie Walkershaw, with the creative contributions of the band. Copyright and Publishing via The Laryngitis Label. 
Recorded by the wonderful Wally Sound, at the end of July 2016, in his lovely and utilitarian Oakland CA studio. 

The personnel remains Joseph Chavez on percussion, Felipe Gomez on guitar, Rick Kennan on drums, Connie Walkershaw on saxes and backing vocals, and Jesse Walkershaw on bass. 

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from Thirsty For Love, released November 9, 2016 
All songs by Jesse & Connie Walkershaw, with the creative contributions of the band. Copyright and Publishing via The Laryngitis Label. 
Recorded by the wonderful Wally Sound, at the end of July 2016, in his lovely and utilitarian Oakland CA studio.

Red Room

Soul Latin Cumbia Retro Rock from San Francisco's Mission district