Mendocino Brewing Company Presents the First Annual Red Tail Ale Americana Music Festival.HOPLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1998--On August 15, the Mendocino Brewing Company Mendocino Brewing Company, founded in 1983 as the Hopland Brewery in Hopland, California, is a brewery currently located in Ukiah, Mendocino County, California. The company runs a brewpub in Hopland at the location of its original brewery, but has since expanded into a , California's first brewpub brew·pub n. 1. See microbrewery. 2. A saloon where the owners make their own beer and serve it on the premises. Noun 1. since Prohibition, will celebrated 15 years of brewing by presenting a music festival on the grounds of their new brewery in Ukiah, Calif. Dubbed "The First Annual Red Tail Ale Americana Music Festival," the event will present seven different bands playing Americana music. What is Americana? Simply put, it is American roots music, direct, unprocessed, well-produced rather than over-produced, with emphases on singing and songwriting expertise rather than fads or technology. Musicians often used the term Fat Music for this style. The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Saturday, Aug. 15. The bands include two Grammy winners and a man generally considered to be deserving of a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in , Johnnie Johnson Johnnie Johnson could refer to:
n. A member of a jazz band who is not the leader or a featured soloist. for many years, and played on and wrote many of Berry's greatest hits. Eric Clapton calls Johnnie "the best blues pianist in the world," and Keith Richards, another big fan, made a CD with Johnnie in 1991 entitled "Johnnie B. Badd". Backing up Johnnie will be one of the Bay Area's most popular bands, Rhythmtown Jive. Multiple Grammy winner Roy Rogers will also be there, playing with his band, The Delta Rhythm delta rhythm n. A brain wave pattern originating from the forward portion of the brain and having a frequency of between 1.5 and 4.0 hertz; it is associated with deep sleep in normal adults. Also called delta wave. Kings. Roy produced John Lee Hooker's recent CDs, for which he won his Grammys. Hooker calls Rogers "the best slide guitar player I ever saw." Old friends Al Rapone and the Zydeco zydeco (zī`dĭkō'), American musical form originating among the African-American Creoles of Louisiana. Drawing on elements of traditional Cajun music as well as jazz, country and western, and blues, it is characterized by French lyrics, Express will bring a taste of the Bayou. Al was awarded a Grammy with his sister Queen Ida in 1982. Other acts include brewery favorites The Sundogs, with their unique sound they call "Swamp Beat Boogie," as well as The Memphis Exchange, voted "The Bay Area's Favorite Country Band" for 1998. Appearing with Memphis Exchange will be Nashville singer/songwriter Michele McCord. And country blues artist Kelly Joe Phelps will bring the traditional sounds of the Mississippi Delta to Ukiah. The day will end on a high note as the Pipe and Bowl Morris Dancers present centuries-old dances which were Celtic tribal dances intended to be a blessing on the annual barley crop. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $18 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at the Hopland Brewery, the Music Coop in Petaluma, the Last Record Store in Santa Rosa, Backdoor See trapdoor. Disc and Tapes in Cotati and the Music Merchant in Ft. Bragg. The First Annual Red Tail Ale Americana Music Festival is co-sponsored by Brutocao Winery, Hopland, KRSH-FM in Santa Rosa and KOZT-FM in Ft. Bragg.
CONTACT: The First Annual Red Tail Ale Americana Music Festival
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