The Session Room @ HopMonk Tavern- MARDI GRAS W/ GATOR NATION AND PULSATORS

Door: 8p| Show: 8:45| 21+
Cost: $15

A SPECIAL MARDI GRAS CO-BILL CELEBRATION WITH SONOMA COUNTIES FINEST ZYDECO AND FUNK!!

Music took hold of Willard's life when, at the age of 13, he and his singing group took to the stage and placed first at many talent shows throughout San Francisco. At 15, Willard picked up his first set of drumsticks. Playing in concerts and marching band at his high school eventually led him to join Running Waters, a Pomo Indian soul band in nearby Santa Rosa. Running Waters became the backing band for visiting artists such as Bobby Freeman ("Do You Want to Dance" and "C'mon and Swim") and Little Dion (protégé of Jackie Wilson).Willard went on to form and lead his own band Souler Heat (1978 to 1983), a critically acclaimed soul band in Northern California. Later, as a freelance drummer, he went on to play with Sam Andrews of Big Brother and the Holding Company and Peter Tork of the Monkees.

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