There’s a fun dinner show in Alameda California on June 15, 2012. Tani, of the acclaimed group 77 El Deora, “is consistently hailed for his highly literate alchemy of traditional music forms: wide screen ruminations ranging from rye to romantic, blending a broad set of genre-stretching influences from country, jazz, and blues to film scores, gospel and classical music.” I’ve been a fan of Maurice for a while and think he’s truly one of the musical gems of the Bay Area.
I’ve got a few new songs in the mix and will be playing with the full band! We’ll swap sets over the course of the evening in a cool dinner club venue. High Street Stationis a full-service cafe and truly a great place to hear live music in Alameda. Plus this show comes complete with sit-down table service.
Americana in Alameda: Maurice Tani & Deborah Crooks
High Street Station Cafe
1303 Alameda Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
Friday, June 15, 2012 7-10pm
reservations: highstreetllc@comcast.net; 510-995-8049
Deborah Crooks (www.DeborahCrooks.com) is a writer, performing songwriter and recording artist based in San Francisco whose lyric driven and soul-wise music has drawn comparison to Lucinda Williams, Chrissie Hynde and Natalie Merchant.
Singing about faith, love and loss, her lyrics are honed by a lifetime of writing and world travel while her music draws on folk, rock, Americana and the blues. She released her first EP “5 Acres” in 2003 produced by Roberta Donnay, which caught the attention of Rocker Girl Magazine, selecting it for the RockerGirl Discoveries Cd. In 2007, she teamed up with local producer Ben Bernstein to complete “Turn It All Red” Ep, followed by 2008’s “Adding Water to the Ashes” CD, and a second full-length CD “2010. She’s currently working on a third CD to be released in 2013.
Deborah’s many performance credits include an appearance at the 2006 Millennium Music Conference, the RockerGirl Magazine Music Convention, IndieGrrl, at several of the Annual Invasion of the GoGirls at SXSW in Austin, TX, the Harmony Festival and 2009’s California Music Fest, MacWorld 2010, Far West Fest and many other venues and events. She toured the Northwest as part “Indie Abundance Music, Money & Mindfulness” (2009) with two other Bay Area artists, and followed up with “The Great Idea Tour of the Southwest in March 2010 with Jean Mazzei.
