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This is a list of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area, music groups founded in the San Francisco Bay Area or were closely associated with the region for a significant part of the group's active existence. Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they were primarily solo artists.
Tim Weed (born April 11, 1959) is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter known for virtuosity on the banjo. [1] Raised a Southern California surfer, Weed learned the banjo at age 17 and played professionally at 18.
The Peninsula Banjo Band is American musical group and 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation [1] dedicated to preserving the musical legacy of the four-string banjo as well as raising money for cancer-related and other notable charities. The group is based in Northern California, around San Jose and San Francisco and has performed publicly every week ...
Classic-fingerstyle banjo refers to a style of playing for the five-string banjo which penetrated popular culture in America and Great Britain in the period roughly defined as following the minstrel-show period and merging into the jazz age. [1] Some players of the genre can also be described for their activities in these other genres.
Some players of the genre can also be described for their activities in these other genres. For example, players John H. Lee, William A. Huntley performed in minstrel-show music before transitioning to classic banjo. Thousands of works were published in the late 1880s — early 1900s, and banjo clubs permeated America in this period.
Charlie Tagawa (October 27, 1935 – July 30, 2017) was a Japanese-born American musical entertainer and banjoist.In a music career spanning seven decades, he was regarded as one of the best contemporary four-string banjo players. [1]
The car club did not adopt the official name "Dragons Car Club" until 1958. The words "East Bay" were added by member Joe Louis, signifying their region of origin. By 1959, the East Bay Dragons had developed a reputation among Oakland Police Department for their numerous melees and brawls with local street gangs from East and West Oakland. The ...
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk is a 2017 documentary about the punk rock music scene of San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area from the late 1970s to the 1990s. It features interviews performances by dozens of associated artists, notably Green Day .