Charlie Hunter grew up in Berkeley, CA, where he studied under Joe Satriani and his influences were Joe Pass and Tuck Andress, both adept at sounding like two guitarists at once. Hunter took it a step further and devised an 8-string guitar on which he could be both guitarist and bassist. With a Leslie-style rotary speaker, he produced a sound akin to a Hammond organ. His sound has since evolved to a distortion-based blues.
Since the debut of Charlie Hunter Trio in '93, Hunter has recorded 17 albums and worked with Miles Perkins, Les Claypool, John Ellis, Bobby Previte, Leon Parker, Mos Def, Norah Jones, Adam Cruz, and John Mayer to name just a few.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Show 8:30 pm | Upstairs Live

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Los Straitjackets are the leading practitioners of the lost art of the guitar instrumental. Using the music of The Ventures, The Shadows, Link Wray and Dick Dale as a jumping off point, the band has taken their unique, high-energy brand of original rock & roll around the world. Clad in their trademark Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling masks, the “Jackets” have delivered their trademark guitar licks to 10 albums, thousands of concerts and dozens of films and TV shows. Viva Los Straitjackets!

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It is the battered cassette jammed in the tape deck of the getaway car, the music Ida Lupino cues up on the roadhouse jukebox as she counts the till after close. This is Queen of the Minor Key by Eilen Jewell, a smart cookie with a heart of burnished gold and enough stories to keep even the rowdiest crowd hanging on her every word.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm | Downstairs Live

Tickets:
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