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Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band at Biscuits And Blues
Courtesy of Joy Montana | Posted on July 3, 2015
Where
Biscuits And Blues
401 Mason Street (at Geary)
San Francisco, CA
Map
415 292 2583
When
Sun, August 30, 2015
7:00 pm
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Musicians
About
Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCU6veRZmK0
2 shows: 7pm and 9pm
www.robertadonnay.com
Roberta Donnay is a Jazz Age preservationist, guardian of Depression-era sounds, and extender of traditions, but her music isn't covered with cobwebs or dated in any way. On Bathtub Gin, this singer-composer puts a new coat of paint on the songs of the '20s and '30s, contributes originals sympathetic to the sounds of those times, and conjures thoughts of life during prohibition.
Across fifteen tracks, Donnay and her group—the aptly-titled Prohibition Mob Band—deliver snappy statements, sly songs, roaring numbers, and relatively subdued sounds. Everything listeners have come to expect from this music is present: a swinging rhythm section, pithy solos, muted brass exhibitionism, tom breaks, vocals with a dose of sass and humor, the spirit of the blues, gutbucket horn asides, and intelligent songcraft are all here for the taking....