If it’s seems to good to be true…it must be time for Hardly Strictly
Anything Goes.

Friday, October 2
The Third Annual Hardly Strictly Anything Goes
Presented by Jeanie & Chuck
At the Velo Rouge Café
Corner of Arguello and McAllister
Free/All ages
7 to 10 pm

with Misisipi Mike
Doug Blumer
Pam Brandon
The Cowlicks
The Barbary Ghosts
The Tonebents
Eric Embry & Friends
Denise Funari
The Lark Family
The VeloTones
Maurice Tani
Don Burnham
Quake City Jug Band
The Henriettas
Gayle Schmitt
and Chickwagon!!!

plus lots of surprises – Anything Goes!
http://www.velorougecafe.com/

See Misisipi Mike’s most excellent poster
http://www.countryroundupsf.co…..y_2009.jpg

Rumor has it that there’s a great big free roots music festival called
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass going on in Golden Gate Park the same weekend.
Thanks to that banjo-pickin’ benefactor, Warren Hellman, San Francisco
becomes the epicenter of a mighty musical quake every October. Our
little gathering is a tribute to the festival and a way to showcase a
whole lot of local talent in a sightly more intimate setting than
Speedway Meadows. Mostly it’s a party for musicians and their fans and
friends – the perfect way to celebrate our wonderful local music community.

Our theme for this year’s HSAG is “Yield to Total Elation.” That’s
right, we’re throwing caution to the wind in our quest for some kind of
musical nirvana. We’re not exactly sure what we’re looking for, but it’s
not like Kurt Cobain grunge nirvana. No, it’s more like the kind of fun
we had at last year’s proceedings.

Check out this audio slideshow to see what we’re talking about.
http://mikemelnyk.com/Anything…..ideshow08/

So yield to at least partial elation and join us at the Velo Rouge Café
for a party-and-a-half with your friends and neighbors. If you haven’t
been to one of our VRC shows you’re in for a treat. Ask anyone who’s
been and they’ll tell you - it’s magic. Don’t know how it happens, we
don’t plan it, but you’re going to hear and see some stuff that just
blows you away. It’s all about fun and sharing and a lot of mutual
admiration and respect among the musicians and the audience.

Lest ye forget, our monthly jam is coming up, as well as a return of the
Country Roundup to the Atlas Café

Wednesday, October 7
The Bluegrass Country Jam
Hosted by Jeanie & Chuck
At the Plough and Stars
116 Clement Street
8:30 – 11 pm
Free/21 and over

Thursday, October 15
Jeanie & Chuck’s Country Roundup
At the Atlas Café
Corner of Alabama and 20th Streets
8 to 10 pm
Free/All ages