Water Tower Bucket Boys Bring "Wide Open Spaces" to Cyprian's Friday Night

How many bands encourage fans to send in photos of themselves near water towers? But their music -- that's what sets apart the Water Tower Bucket Boys. In this clip from Wide Open Spaces, the WTB Boys revel in some real Pacific Northwest yearning:

"Well I just have to spend some time near the cold night sky for to give me satisified"

Here's just two of the raves for Portland's hot bluegrass band with their "three-part harmonies and tight instrumentals":

“They've adopted the intensity of rock and punk and channeled it into their songs and tunes...their far-ranging influences enable them to see the common ground between folk, rock, punk and even jazz, and they draw from this common ground to create their unique sound.”
-No Depression

"They have total control over everything they play and are a really tight accomplished band, their individual vocals all being well-suited to the type of song they lead on. Add this to their excellent harmonies, infectious enthusiasm and their ability to form and easy rapport with the audience and you pretty much have a complete package…"
-Maverick Magazine

Friday, Feb. 18, 8 pm at Cyprian's 2097 Turk (at Lyon Street) in collaboration with SF Live Arts (formerly Noe Valley Music Series)

Free bike valet parking, on or near major Muni lines, and free vehicle parking for patrons (see Getting to Cyprian's on this site)

Students with ID, kids, & seniors -- just $16 (at the door only) for 3 hours of Portland's prize bands

Second up from the north Jackstraw:

This avant-garde bluegrass band from Portland, Oregon plays on the cutting edge of acoustic music with wild solos and a great mix of traditional, original and inspired material Cartwright’s Music – Salem, OR

And then there's more and back to Cyprian's home ground:

Followed by the Bay Area's own The Brothers Comatose. You loved them at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, see them again at Cyprian's:

Cyprian's Welcomes Renowned Music Series in February

Cyprian's, a new performance space on the corner of Turk and Lyon streets, is excited to welcome the much-respected SF Live Arts music series (formerly known as the Noe Valley Music Series). For thirty years, SF Live Arts has presented a stunning mix of musical performances at the Noe Valley Ministry. During major renovations to that space for the next year or more, the series will bring to Cyprian's the performers that packed the house in Noe Valley. Expect bluegrass, country, old-time, jazz, classical, world music, spoken word, and comedy to stir the North Panhandle twice monthly.

SF Live Arts has introduced up-and-coming talent and award-winning artists to Bay Area audiences. Jeanrenaud of the Kronos Quartet, folk troubador Ramblin Jack Elliott, Kitka's Women's Vocal Ensemble, and Grammy winner Jim Lauderdale are just a few of the series' previous acts. Under the direction of  musician Larry Kassin, SF Live Arts has developed a fine reputation among patrons and performers alike.

Beginning February 11th SF Live Arts presents three evenings of world-class picking and all-around foot-stomping as part of the San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival. Cyprian's invites everyone to celebrate the new home for SF Live Arts with these stellar acts:

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 8 P.M.—OPENING NIGHT
NEWLY ADDED: The NashVillains 

This new acoustic supergroup, featuring virtuosos James Nash of The Waybacks on guitar, Bill Evans on banjo, Jesse Cobb of the Grammy-nominated Infamous Stringdusters on mandolin, and Bryan Horne from Hot Buttered Rum on upright bass, promises an evening of innovative, high-octane picking. Sit back, set aside your expectations, and enjoy as this dynamic and adventurous ensemble pushes the boundaries of bluegrass to parts unknown.  

Nell Robinson with John Reischman & The Jaybirds with their distinctive bluegrass and country vocals with world-class pickin'

The Henriettas, those fine-feathered song sisters fresh from A Prairie Home Companion 
$18 adv/$20 door

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 8 P.M.
Stairwell Sisters Featured at New York's Lincoln Center, the Bay Area's favorite all-gal old-time teardown has performed all over the U.S. and Europe
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West A young duo with an entirely new and refreshing take on bluegrass and old-time traditions with some fine Northwest deepwater roots influences added to the pot
Misner & Smith Their tune Madeline (Paradise Cracked) won the West Coast Songwriter Association's Song of the Year
$18 adv/$20 door

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 8 P.M.
Jackstraw Portland's purveyors of Northwest mountain music feature some of the hottest, most amazing pickers to be found anywhere
Water Tower Bucket Boys with their raw, hard-driving sound, and tight harmonies, play a combination of classic bluegrass, old-time and country
The Brothers Comatose with infectious foot-stomping, shout-along sound, they received a Norby for Best Country/Americana Band. They've performed at the Hardly Strictly Festival, Great American Music Hall, The Fillmore and recently headlined at Slim's
$18adv/$20door

Tickets are available in advance at:
Swankety Swank, 289 Divisadero, SF
Phoenix Books & Records, 3957 24th St., SF  /  (415) 821-3477
Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito  /  (510) 525-2129
Please support our free ticket outlets!

You can also purchase tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com or www.tickets.com (by phone at (800) 225-2277) or by mail at P.O. Box 862, Fairfax, CA 94978

Cyprian's can be reached easily by several Muni bus lines: the #31 Balboa, #24 Divisadero, #5 Fulton, #43 Masonic. Free bicycle parking provided.