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Mavis Staples LIVE at Sweetwater Music Hall
Soul Icon Mavis Staples (I'll Take You There, Respect Yourself) to Headline Benefit Concert for Blue Bear School of Music at the Sweetwater
Join Blue Bear School of Music on Saturday, January 17, and experience the power of a Grammy-Award-winning Rhythm and Blues icon live at the intimate Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley!
Mavis Staples was named one of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll by VH1 and one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. Her infectious enthusiasm and her trailblazing, powerful grit-and-honey vocals grown from gospel roots will make this an unforgettable evening.
How many musicians can claim to exist outside any scene or genre yet weave themselves into the fabric of soul, R&B, jazz, gospel, rock and blues? From the delta-inflected gospel sound she helped create in the 1950s, to the engaged protest of the civil rights era, and then, amazingly, on pop radio with a series of soul anthems, from “I’ll Take You There” to “Respect Yourself,” Mavis’ warm embrace of a voice has been a multi-decade constant, making her indelible mark on American music.
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Opening for Mavis will be Matt Jaffe & The Distractions. Matt Jaffe is a 19-year-old singer/songwriter from the San Francisco Bay Area with influences ranging from The Clash, Elvis Costello, and Talking Heads to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Fela Kuti. He was ‘discovered’ playing solo at an open mic by ex-Talking Head Jerry Harrison, who has helped mentor and create Matt’s unique sound. In bringing the ambitions of the studio to rambunctious life onstage, Matt sought out the youthful rhythm section of Alex Coltharp and Sammie Fischer to round out the Distractions, winners of the 2014 San Francisco Hard Rock Café Battle of the Bands and the 2013 Marin County Battle of the Bands.
Joining these artists will be TH__, a Blue Bear after-school youth band.
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What:
Mavis Staples, benefitting Blue Bear School of Music
Openers: Matt Jaffe & The Distractions
TH__, A Blue Bear Youth Band
When:
Saturday, January 17, 2015
VIP Doors: 6 p.m.
GA Doors: 7:30 p.m.
Show: 8 p.m.
Where:
Sweetwater Music Hall
19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Cost:
$150 VIP (includes buffet dinner & early entrance)
$75 GA
Why: Benefiting the nonprofit Blue Bear School of Music’s community music and sliding scale programs.
How: Tickets available at bluebearmusic.org/mavis
