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Sep 9 ~ “Elvis Outta Rehab
Show” - featuring AlwaysElvis chan- neling The King Today is Alive and Karate- Kicking, Just Not as High, FREE. Dance party and show. The Blue Heron, 25300 Steelhead Blvd, , Duncans Mills, (707) 865-2261, blueheronrestaurant.com
He describes a chance meeting in 1972 with John Lennon on a
San Francisco St. as being influential. “I was blown away,” Colombini says. He asked Lennon how
Bluegrass Jam every 2nd and 4th Mon
A Good Mick
Auditions
Aug 16 - Oct 11 ~ Auditions Open for The Old World Carolers 2018 - Sing with The Old World Carolers: traditional European carols. info@traditionalfun. org. traditionalfun.org
By Date
Every Thurs. ~ R and B Music Jams at the Sebastopol Grange. - Call Peter, 829- 9052, to confirm location. FREE, 7p, Sebastopol Grange, 6000 Sebastopol Ave., Hwy 12, Sebastopol, 707-829-9052, sebastopolgrange.org/
“I feel great entertaining,” says Rudy Colombini, who will be performing with his band, the Unauthorized Rolling Stones, Sept. 20 at Santa Rosa’s Montgomery Village. Colombini, in a recent interview, tells me he’s the son of Italian farmers who migrated to San Francisco where he was born in 1954.
During a mid -‘60s to mid -‘80s period he refers to as “a very hot mecca of musical activity,” Columbini had a multitude of bands. His first, the Stragglers, played local clubs in North Beach. Later came Kicks and The Twist. The latter’s recordings include one used in the film, Rumblefish. Colombini has five albums, which he wrote, recorded, and arranged.
he writes his great songs. Lennon replied “They’ve all been written. You just steal a little here and a little there.”
Thru Sep 22 ~ Sonoma County Philharmonic - $48 for 4 Concerts, , socophil.org/subscribe-on-line-to-our- 2018-19-season
For several
years, Colombini
studied Business
Administration, and
as a real estate broker
amassed a large sum.
When Lennon got shot
in 1980, Colombini understood his life needed to be in music.
- Afro World Beat Free for ages 10 and under, $7-$15, 7:30p Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St., Sebastopol, 707-829-4797, onyeandthemessengers. brownpapertickets.com/
Sep 15 ~ Oliver’s Market Cheers to 30 Years Anniversary - Local bands, samples, raffles, kids' activity area, and wine/beer tasting. FREE, 12p - 5p, La Plaza Park, Cotati, oliversmarket.com
Sep 22 ~ The Musers and Jon Gonzales Stringband - Ukelele master & KRCB radio host Jon Gonzales joins bassist/ producer Michael Lindner & Carissa Green, $16-$19, 8p Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct., 707-874- 9392, occidentalcenterforthearts.org/
Sep 23 ~ Irish Band Connla - FREE, Dinner $5-$10, 5p-6:30p, Forestville United Methodist Church, 6550 Covey Rd, Forestville, bandsintown.com
for which you can name the Rolling Stones without actually naming the Rolling Stones.”
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Colombini is determined to give his audience “a good Mick.” Stones’ lead singer, Mick Jagger, has been one of his favorites since Colombini’s youth, and through a trial and error process including watching Jagger’s films over and over, he studied the rock star’s singing and mannerisms for a few years.
Sep 8 ~ Blues Session - Featuring an all-star lineup of local musicians, $5, 7-9:30p, The Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Blvd, 707-894-9044, Lisa Brew-Miller, cloverdaleartsalliance
Sep 8 ~ Peace & Justice Center's Annual Concert in the Hub - Midnight Sun, FunkNRoll, Dream Farmers, Hubbub Club, DJ Loisaida, DJ Broken Record, FREE, 12:30-6p, La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Hwy & W Sierra Ave, 467, Cotati, 707-575-8902
Sep 9 ~ Duo West - pianist Abbie Gabrielson with cellist Sonja Myklebust. $14-$19, 3p Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, 707-874- 9392, occidentalcenterforthearts.org/
Sep 10 ~ Andres Music - Music for children, FREE 3:30p, Guerneville Regional Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-869-9004
Sep 15 ~ Armstrong Redwoods Old Grove Festival - $28-$80, 4:30p-9p, Armstrong Woods State Natural Reserve, 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707- 869-9177, Erin Harer, stewardscr.org
Sep 30 ~ Greek Music with HohLax Trio
Colombini claims there’s a lot of sexuality in Stones’ songs. “The more you can revel in that the better job you do,” he says, adding, “I’m usually a better Mick when I’m polyamorous. When I’m in a monogamous relationship I withhold that energy because I’m supposed to.”
Oct 3 ~ The Jazz Club - Ratatet - Electro- acoustic sextet from the San Francisco $15-$20, 7p, The Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Blvd., 707-894-8500, Mark Tharrington, CAA Executive Director, cloverdaleartsalliance.org, mark@cloverdaleartsalliance.org
Oct 6 - Oct 8 ~ Santa Rosa Symphony - Passion and Power - Brahms Violin Concerto with virtuoso Arnaud Sussmann. $10-$25, Santa Rosa Symphony, 50 Santa Rosa Ave. #410, 707- 546-8742, srsymphony.org
Mystic Theatre
mystictheatre.com Petaluma
Aug 30 ~ Siberian Surf Rockers Igor and Red Elvises
Comparing himself to Jagger, he says, “I’m younger and better-looking.”
Colombini’s biggest current project, slated to open in early 2019, is Music City Rehearsals, which he calls a “music farm,” funded by $25 million of his own money.
He calls it “the most adventurous music project in the United States,” a modern-day version of Stax, Sun, and Motown Records.
Colombini believes he’s “creating a situation where we’re incubating thousands of musicians that come for educational and rehearsal reasons, also to play the venue. “We’ll be coming up with some real talent.” There’ll also be three recording studios, a Hall of Fame including 90 exhibits, a radio station (which is already broadcasting online), and an affordable hotel upstairs catering to musicians, artists, and travelers.
“It’ll be a piece of history,” Colombini says.
musiccitysf.org/index.html
Aug 31 ~ 90s Psychedelic, Blind Melon Sep 1 ~ John Courage Trio with The Coffis
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Oct 12 ~ The Purple Ones - The Insatiable Tribute to Prince
Oct 10 ~ Beach Goth Psych, The Growlers
PHOTO by Bob Hakins
Positive vibrations. $30-$35, 3-10:30p, Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg, 707-433-6335, raventheater.org, info@raventheater.org
In 2001, without a platform with which to entertain, he formed the
Unauthorized Rolling Stones, handling the vocals and occasionally adding
some rhythm guitar and harp. The use of the word “unauthorized” protects
him from legal difficulties over using the legendary band’s name. “It’s a name Doris Murphy Court, 707-874-9392,
~ Peter, 829-9052, to confirm location. FREE, 7p, Sebastopol Grange, 6000 Sebastopol Ave., Hwy 12, Sebastopol, sebastopolgrange.org/
Sep 1 ~ Onye & the Messengers Concert
Sep 6 ~ Israel Vibration and Roots Radics
Sep 7 ~ First Fridays Live presents - Chappell & Dave Holt - The Jazzy Side of Americana’ with this multi-talented piano/guitar/vocal duo. $15, 7:30p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850
$19-$23, 5p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Dorris Murphy Ct., 707-874- 9392, occidentalcenterforthearts.org/
Brothers and Ben Morrison