Steve Key: Hello!

For updates on the showcases I host in the San Luis Obispo CA area, go here:
www.songwritersatplay.com

I'll post info on my solo gigs here, and will post new songs too. I'm planning to write 14 songs in 28 days as part of the February Album Writing Month, www.fawm.org

I continue to host weekly songwriters showcases in three locations, and twice-monthly in Solvang.

Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm at The Clubhouse in San Luis Obispo, www.clubhousereport.com

Wednesdays 7-10pm, The Pour House in Paso Robles, www.pasopourhouse.com

Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm at The Porch in Santa Margarita, www.porchcafe.com

Sun. 4-7pm Jan. 10, 24; Feb. 7, 21 at Alisal Cellars in Solvang, http://alisalcellars.com

I have some great featured acts booked this month, top local talent as well as touring acts from Nashville, LA, even Denmark!

Jan. 5 Clubhouse features Stuart Mason of Molly's Revenge
Jan. 6 Pour House in Paso features Bob Malone, LA-based piano man
Jan. 7 Porch in Santa Margarita features Mo Hensler, accompanied by Dorian Michael.
Jan. 10 Alisal Cellars in Solvang features Owen Plant of The Sunshine Brothers
Jan. 12 Clubhouse: JimBo Trout from SF, plus multi-instrumentalists Musical Charis.
Jan. 13 Pour House features Sacramento band Musical Charis.
Jan. 14 Porch features longtime local fave Paul Hobbs, plus Owen Plant
Jan. 19 Clubhouse: Bay Area husband-wife team Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon
Jan. 20 Pour House & Jan. 21 Porch: Stephen Simmons, Nashville-based alt.country a la Ryan Adams
Jan. 24 Solvang, and Jan. 26-28 features Amalie Riis and Brett Perkins, on tour from Denmark.

Hope to see you again soon!

http://www.facebook.com/notes/steve-j-key/2009-showcasing-and-booking-over-1000-musicians/394577440006

Our debut Solvang Songwriters Showcase on Dec. 13 was a big hit, so I'll return Dec. 27 with another all-star lineup, details below.

Don't miss the amazing Roy Zimmerman, returning to the Clubhouse in SLO this Sat. Dec. 19. And showcase favorite Christine Rogers is playing the Clubhouse Sun. Dec. 20.

Lots of fresh talent featured at the showcases in the New Year, click the links posted below.

I wish you happy holidays, filled with music and merriment.

Your host--SK

SUNDAY DEC. 27: Tom Corbett is featured on this special songwriters showcase at Alisal Cellars in Solvang. Tom is a mandolinist-guitarist best-known as a member of The Acousticats and John McEuen's String Wizards. He's also an excellent singer-songwriter, two solo CDs, with a third due out in early 2010. http://tomcorbett.net
Guest performers on Dec. 27: Jeff Bisch, Kate Bennett, Mike Lopez, Jody Mulgrew, Robert Postel, Kay Rose and ukulele master Sean Hutchinson. We go from 4-7pm at Alisal Cellars, 448 Alisal Road, Solvang, 805-686-4329, http://alisalcellars.com. Caution: 21 and over only!

ROY ZIMMERMAN RETURNS: In this time of war, natural disaster, social upheaval and political strife, Christmas just got funnier. Roy Zimmerman presents his show "Peacenick" -- hilarious holiday satire for all humanity. From the pan-humanist "Christma-Hanu-Rama-Ka-Dona-Kwanzaa" to the faux-Dylan protest song, "Christmas is Pain," to the devastating "I Won't Be Home for Christmas." Free show! 7pm, Sat. Dec. 19 at the Clubhouse in SLO. http://www.royzimmerman.com

EVERY TUESDAY 6:30-9:30pm, The Clubhouse at This Old House, 740 W. Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo, (805) 548-8500, all ages OK, full dinner menu served. http://www.clubhousereport.com
Dec. 22: SLO folk-rock trio Signs of New Growth, http://www.myspace.com/signsofnewgrowth. Plus a new duo called LoveSmith (Steve Mazzetta and Monica Dailey), Phil Hill, Kaitlyn Eller, Brent Dannells, and Kevin Coons of the band Candle.
Dec. 29: Ojai's Emy Reynolds Band http://www.myspace.com/emyreynolds. Plus Donny Kidd of The Loveless Estate, Kaitlyn Eller, Kay Rose, and Jayson Jones.
Jan. 5: Stuart Mason of Molly's Revenge, http://stuartmasonmusic.com
Jan. 12: JimBo Trout, http://www.jimbotrout.com
Jan. 19: Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon, http://www.truewindmusic.com

EVERY WEDNESDAY 7-10pm, The Pour House, 1331 Vendels Circle, (behind Firestone Brewery), Paso Robles, 805-239-2868.
http://www.pasopourhouse.com.
Dec. 23: Tim Jackson, http://www.timjackson.net. Plus his bandmate from The Bootleggers, David Miller, Kaitlyn Eller, and blues harpist Debra Windsong.
Dec. 30: LA-based jazz guitarist Goh Kurosawa, http://www.happysad.org/goh/. Plus Dorian Michael, Kaitlyn Eller, Rob Cox, Cory Allen Staats.
Jan. 13: Musical Charis (yes, that's how they spell it), http://www.musicalcharis.com

EVERY THURSDAY 6:30-9:30pm, The Porch, 22322 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita, 805-438-3376. All ages OK, have a pizza!
http://porchcafe.com
No show Dec. 24 or 31, returning Jan. 7, featuring Mo Hensler, http://www.myspace.com/mohensler
Jan. 14: Paul Hobbs, http://www.myspace.com/paulhobbsca
Jan. 21: Nashville's Stephen Simmons, http://www.StephenSimmonsMusic.com

Jan. 26-28 (all three venues): Brett Perkins, http://www.myspace.com/brettperkins, with Amalie Riis, http://www.myspace.com/amalieriis

LIVE MUSIC ALMOST EVERY NIGHT:
http://www.linnaeas.com
http://www.clubhousereport.com

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