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Mighty Crows
at a venue near you!
- Wednesday, July 23rd
- Sam's BBQ, SJ
- Sunday, August 3rd
- Sand Dollar, Stinson Beach
- Saturday, August 9th
- Good Old Fashioned, Hollister
- Saturday, August 23rd
- Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club
- Wednesday, August 27th
- Sam's BBQ, SJ
- Saturday, September 6th
- Brown Barn, San Martin
- Sat-Sun, September 13-14th
- Anderson Marsh, Clearlake
- Wednesday, September 24th
- Sam's BBQ, SJ
- Wednesday, October 22nd
- Sam's BBQ, SJ
- More info,
more shows...
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News and Stuff
 The
Mighty Crows pass probation at Sam's
We've been playing the "every 5th Tuesday" at Sam's
BBQ in San Jose for just short of one year. That works
out to about four shows a year because, let's face it,
there just isn't a fifth Tuesday in every month! Well
there is a fourth Wednesday every month and that's where
you'll find the Crows starting in July. A little bit
of math is all it takes to figure out that you can see
us 12 times a year at this particular location. BBQ,
cold beers, the Crows...good times.
2008 Sonoma Bluegrass Festival
Here's a quote from the CBA's Bluegrass Breakdown
and another picture from Mike Melnyk. You can see
more pictures from Mike.
After dinner, the Mighty Crows took the stage
and we were back in business. The Mighty Crows showed
why their popularity just keeps growing in California.
Their harmonies are tight, their stage manner friendly
and witty and their song selection is superb. Two
things jump out at you: their strong, confident trio
harmony singing and the visual aspect as they work
their vintage single mic onstage. Chris Smith’s
lead vocals are strong, and his pitch and phrasing
are right on the money. Onstage, they are engaging
and witty, as evidenced by mandolinist Ken Torke’s
request for the activation of the mirrored disco ball
(his request was granted directly).
[Note: they did not honor the request for fog.] |
Mighty Crows Take to the Air
- KPFA
KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech
Radio (and Free Bluegrass)
We played on Ray Edlund's Pig in a Pen. Did you miss
it? You can listen to
it here.
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Quotes and Links to Venues:
We've added a page of quotes just in case you were wondering
what folks are saying about the Crows.
Besides, it might help you decide to come out and see us
some time.
Archive of News Items and Other Such
Stuff:
Did you miss something? Do you have another half
hour to go before work ends for the week? We'll start putting
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The Mighty
Crows is a Bay Area bluegrass band with a style and
repertoire that borrows heavily from the traditional sounds
of The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs,
Vern Williams, Red Allen and Jimmy Martin. If you like the
old time bluegrass we'll get along just fine. Butch Waller
from High
Country says "It doesn't get any more straight
ahead than that; you all are 'bluegrass boys' for sure."
Want to decide for yourself? We would love
to have you come join us some time or you can just listen
to some tunes from our demo or
some video clips from a taping
we did for a local cable show.
The Mighty Crows are available for BBQs, corporate
events, weddings, or just about any other event that needs
some music. Get yourself to the contact
us page and let us know what we can do for you.
The Band includes
Chris Smith on guitar, Jeff Zieba on banjo, Ken Torke on
mandolin and Mark Wardenburg on fiddle and Dave Walker on
bass. Most of the singing is built around the trio sound
of Chris, Jeff, and Mark but everybody sings and everybody
has fun. We've played at the Freight and Salvage, RBA, Plymouth,
GOF, Wolf Mountain, the Riptide, on local cable, radio and
more.
More about the band... |
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