Join us for the biggest Record Release Event, er, I mean Experience of the year. It's a double release for Geoffrey Miller with "Everything That Sparkles" and Essence & Gold Country with "Father's Daughter". It's the official San Francisco Record Release for both.
If you like true California country, honky-tonk, the Bakersfield Sound, and dancin' & drinkin' you won't wanna miss this show. It's gonna be a hoot of a good time. Come early for the free country dance lessons before the show.
GEOFFREY MILLER (Sacramento) is one of California's best kept secrets and one of the finest and hardest working country singer-songwriters/guitar pickers anywhere; West Coast, East Coast, Mid Coast, wherever. Geoffrey does it all, from honky-tonk to classic country to rockabilly with an original song catalog steeped in the sounds of Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, as well as Ray Price and George Jones.
ABOUT "EVERYTHING THAT SPARKLES" "Geoffrey has out done himself on this new record. I put his previous record, "Leavin' 101" on the top of my favorite country records of the last few years and thought there's no way he can top that one. But somehow he did. Every song on "Everything That Sparkles" is a hit, especially the title song. And every song takes you into your neighborhood beer joint or honky-tonk and makes you thirsty for more. Miller even somehow managed to improve his remake of Honky Tonk Sin (from his debut record). This record will be in my rotation for awhile". -shelby
Available on vinyl and CD and sold exclusively at this show, on Geoffrey's website, and at The Music Store on West Portal in SF.
ESSENCE & GOLD COUNTRY -- Sixth generation San Francisco-born singer-songwriter-instrumentalist Essence grew up in Haight-Ashbury the daughter of two flower children, beginning her musical journey when gifted a notebook by her father. She put that to good use, along with a ubiquitous Walkman, learning her craft from classic story-telling singer-songwriters like John Prine, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Carole King, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Emmylou Harris and Bob Dylan to current tunesmiths Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch.
ABOUT "FATHER'S DAUGHTER" Father’s Daughter finds Essence mining her life’s most vulnerable moments and emerging with songs that speak across generations. The result is a collection that radiates both grit and grace: a celebration of hard-won freedom and the road back to one’s true self. This album is about grief, healing, resilience and rebirth, ” says Essence. “It’s about the passing of my father, the end of my marriage, and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I’ve never felt more connected to the music or to myself. And we are just getting started.”
