Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Shemekia Copeland Band
The Blues Entertainer of the Year!!!

Tickets: $20 • On sale: 7/3/2010 in the pub.

Born in Harlem, New York, in 1979, Copeland began singing as a child, and eventually sang onstage with her father, Texas blues guitarist Johnny Copeland. She launched her recording career in 1997 at age 18, and in the years since, she has scored a GRAMMY nomination as well as five W.C. Handy Awards (now known as the Blues Music Awards). Her resume also includes work with musical titans like Dr. John and Steve Cropper and film giants like Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders. This six piece powerhouse blues band is guaranteed to keep the dance floor full all night long.

For additional information on Shemekia Copeland Band, please visit www.shemekiacopeland.com

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Monday, August 16, 2010

Tommy Castro
Back by popular demand!!

Tickets: $25 • On sale: 7/10/2010 in the pub.

One of the most popular blues bands ever to perform in the Big Room. At the Blues Awards Show this year in Memphis, Tommy and the guys won Band of the Year, BB King Entertainer of the Year, Contemporary Blues Artist of the Year, and Contemporary Blues Album of the Year (Hard Believer). That about says it all. Get your tickets early since this is a quick, guaranteed sellout. And...the dance floor is open. Join us.

For additional information on Tommy Castro, please visit www.tommycastro.com

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Special Fall Gourmet Food & Beer Pairing Dinner
Gourmet dinner paired with world class lagers and ales.

Tickets: $50 • On sale: 7/31/2010 in the pub.

Come join us August 20th 2010 for the latest in our series of Food and Beer Pairing Dinners at the Sierra Nevada Big Room. Hosted by Sierra Nevada executive chef Micheal Iles and family member Steve Grossman, this five course gourmet dinner will feature pairings selected to highlight the unique relationship that exists between hand crafted food and artisan beer. The menu will include fresh, local and sustainable foods including Llano Seco Pork Belly, malt smoked trout, Sierra Nevada raised N.Y Strip, fresh picked vegetables from our own organic garden along with creative appetizers and dessert surprises. Each course will be paired with carefully selected Sierra Nevada ales and lagers, chosen to compliment and accentuate the complex layers of flavor that exist in quality food and world-class beer. Throughout the dinner, Micheal and Steve will share stories, techniques, and tips from their brewing and culinary backgrounds. Please join us Friday August 2oth and experience great food, legendary beer and in-depth knowledge from these two masters of their fields. There will only be 100 seats available so get your tickets early. $50

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Darrell Scott
Singer/songwriter/Master Musician

Tickets: $20 • On sale: 7/24/2010 in the pub.

Darrell Scott is an official “favorite son” of the Big Room. His two previous appearances have sold out and rightly so. “His playing is unreal. He’s just limitless in his approach and knowledge of instruments.” Sam Bush. "Darrell Scott's music is equal parts talent and heart, soul and grace, power and poetry, charm and wit, funk and grit... all in service of the better parts of humanity. Darrell Scott is scary good. Listen and learn. I'm a huge fan." Rodney Crowell. "He is so good. He is soooo good." Alison Krauss. Oh well, maybe one more.... “Darrell Scott is to Nashville what Richard Thompson is to Britain and what Paul Brady is to Ireland." Boston Globe. What makes this visit a “can’t miss” is that he is performing this evening as a solo. It is this presentation that should highlight the true gifts of one of America’s greatest singer/songwriters/musicians. Darrell currently is touring as a hand-picked member of Robert Plant and the Band of Joy. Join us for the kind of evening the Big Room was made for.

For additional information on Darrell Scott, please visit www.darrellscott.com

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Monday, September 13, 2010

JJ Grey & Mofro
Gritty funk to raw Southern soul to blistering rock.

Tickets: $20 • On sale: 8/14/2010 in the pub.

From raw funk to deep soul, blues and rock, JJ and his band Mofro deliver devastating live performances. With long-time friend and guitarist Daryl Hance, bassist/organist Adam Scone, drummer Anthony Cole, and the Hercules Horns of saxophonist Art Edmaiston and trumpeter Dennis Marion, Grey moves effortlessly from gospel-tent fervor to Southern-fried rockers to deeply emotional soul all fueled by JJ’s gritty, smoldering vocals and intense, funk-infused guitar and keyboard work. As a performer, Grey is influenced by the sexually charged blues of Howlin' Wolf, the country soul of George Jones and the hard funk of James Brown. If you like Muddy Waters, Stevie Wonder, Tony Joe White, Jerry Reed, Otis Redding, Dr. John, Sly & The Family Stone or Van Morrison, you don't want to miss this show. JJ headlines scores of festivals across the United States and Europe. From gritty funk and juke joint romps to contemplative country soul and blistering rockers, Grey’s music is at once contemporary and classic. This is his second appearance in the Big Room. His first sold out show had them dancing in the aisles (and on the dance floor)..

For additional information on JJ Grey & Mofro, please visit www.mofro.net

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave.
Perhaps the nation's top festival attraction of 2010.

Tickets: $20 • On sale: 8/21/2010 in the pub.

I am pleased to present perhaps the nation’s top festival attraction of 2010. Trombone Shorty quite simply is a true force of nature. After checking out a Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue performance, New York Times lead music critic Jon Pareles observed that the front man “flaunted the presence of a rock star... He played trombone with almost combative postures.” And Rolling Stone’s David Fricke observed that Andrews, “looking like a street-parade P. Diddy in a sharp white suit, made true heavy metal with his horn in a thrilling recasting of AC/DCs ‘Back in Black.’” Troy’s rarefied talents and immense promise inspired the organizers of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to pick him as the subject of the fest’s annual Congo Square official poster. In 2009, at 23, he became the youngest artist ever to be pictured on a poster—the next youngest was Wynton Marsalis, who was featured at age 41. Said Marsalis of Andrews, “Shorty possesses the rarest combination of talent, technical capability and down-home soul. I’m his biggest fan.” After Trombone Shorty toured with Lenny Kravitz, Lenny lauded him as “a genius player. He’s got nothing but personality, he plays his ass off and he’s a beautiful human being.” This could be the show of the Summer. (At least until the next one.) Get your tickets early.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
One of the most talked about shows of 2009. Get tickets early.

Tickets: $20 • On sale: 8/28/2010 in the pub.

Don’t need to say much about this show. If you saw their last visit (a very quick and total sell-out) well…you’ll be back. If you didn’t, trust me, get your tickets early. Led by Dave Alvin, the Grammy winning front man from the super group, The Blasters, Dave once again brings a collection of some of the most talented women performing today. Their last visit was one of the most talked about shows of last year. We’re not sure at this time of the make-up of “The Guilty Women” but you can count on it being special once again. Blues, rock, folk, humor and beauty. What’s not to like. Join us.

For additional information on Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women, please visit www.davealvin.net

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Carolina Chocolate Drops
“Dirt-floor-dance electricity." Rolling Stone Magazine

Tickets: $25 • On sale: 9/4/2010 in the pub.

I’m proud to present the Carolina Chocolate Drops in their only appearance (besides the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fstival) west of St. Louis for the rest of 2010. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are the newest and youngest players in a long lineage of Black String Bands. The tradition traces its roots to musicians from Africa who came to the Americas in the holds of slave ships. Carolina Chocolate Drops formed after all three members — Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons and Justin Robinson — attended the 2005 Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C. The annual event brings together folk musicians, student musicians and African-American folk-music enthusiasts at Appalachian State University for a weekend of music and classes. After attending the festival, Giddens, Flemons and Robinson decided to sit in on a weekly jam session with Joe Thompson, an 86-year-old country fiddler well known for his distinctive style. Thompson inspired Giddens, Flemons and Robinson to create Carolina Chocolate Drops, a band which combines traditional string-band elements with several modern twists. Two of the three members of Carolina Chocolate Drops are classically trained: Rhiannon Giddens studied opera at the Oberlin Conservatory and Justin Robinson studied classical violin. Dom Flemons studied guitar and slam poetry. In 2008, they received an invitation to play on the Grand Ole Opry. “The Drops were the first black string band to play the Opry,” Duffy notes. “The Opry has a huge black following but you don’t see that on stage.” Opry host, Marty Stewart, pronounced the performance a healing moment for the Opry. Rolling Stone Magazine described the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ style as “dirt-floor-dance electricity." This trio has been taking the festival circuit by storm and I encourage you to bring the whole family. This is quite possibly one of the most original and inspiring groups I’ve ever presented. Visit the link below to get a taste of what you can expect from an evening in the Big Room with the Carolina Chocolate Drops!

For additional information on Carolina Chocolate Drops, please visit www.carolinachocolatedrops.com

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For More Information: contact Bob Littell at the Brew Pub and Restaurant: boblittell@sierranevada.com

Tickets for all shows may be purchased in the Pub at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. or by phone (with use of a credit card) by calling 530-345-2739. To encourage the family participation in the enjoyment of live music, our shows are all-ages friendly.

A full dinner is available for $12.50 from the time doors open to the beginning of the evening’s entertainment.

Please, no cameras, video, or audio recording.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., in accordance with California State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, strictly abides by the Bona Fide I.D. requirements when determining drinking age. An acceptable form of I.D. must be issued by an Official Government Agency (Federal, State, County or City) and must contain all of the following: name, photo, physical description, date of birth and must be currently valid. (Bona Fide I.D. is one card that contains all of these items).