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Saturday, July 10th 9:30pm The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Ave Berkely, CA with Steve Taylor and Tiny Television
VENUE CHANGE!! The Saturday, May 22nd Bob Dylan birthday concert will be held at Ireland's 32 in San Francisco. Sparky and the Backorders will be one of 10 exciting acts, including hosts Crooked Roads!
Sparky will return to Pirate Cat Radio 87.9 FM - this time for a full hour of conversation and music - on Wednesday, June 9th, from 3 to 4 in the afternoon.
Sparky's own birthday bash will be held at Peri's in Fairfax on Saturday, July 3rd.
Confirmed gigs! Tuesday, March 30th at Peri's Silver Dollar in Fairfax. Sparky and the Backorders will be sharing the bill with their friends, the Youngsters. Saturday, May 22nd at the Rockit Room in San Francisco. Sparky and the Backorders will be taking part in the annual Bob Dylan birthday celebration hosted by the band Crooked Roads (featuring drummer Norman Famous!). Sparky and band will perform a 20 minute set.
On Wednesday March 3rd from 3.30 to 3.50 Sparky is going to be interviewed on Pirate Cat Radio.87.9 FM! Not in the San Francisco? No problem - Listen Live Streaming!
In September of this year Sparky is planning on touring the country as part of the Peace Love and Barbeque Tour, put on by B&B Productions. Sparky will be performing with other B&B artists Los Diablos de Amor, the Gee Family Band and Ericka Davis. The tour is "designed as a fund-raising vehicle to fund organizations serving the homeless throughout the U.S.” For more information visit http://www.peacelovebbqtour.com/
Sparky is hard at work in the studio preparing These Are The Times, the long-awaited 2-CD anthology of his work from 1975 to 1984. Included will be music from all 4 of his long players (including the bulk of the legendary, never-released Rodent to Rodent), selected cuts from singles and lots of rarities.
Currently available at CD Baby and other online retailers are Winter Comes and Goes, Sparky's latest, and the 30th anniversary CD of Sparky's first album, Won Out (there are not many of these left, folks, so get yours now!).
Sparky and the Backorders will be performing at Berkeley's famous Starry Plough pub on Thursday, February 25th. Also on the bill are Teri Falini and Matt Payne. Teri has of course shared many bills with the Backorders. This time around she will be performing "unplugged" with hubby and musical compatriot Mark Caputo. Matt is a multi-talented musician who plays with several well-known bay area bands (Falls Protocol, All My pretty Ones and Transegrity Nine, to name 3!). This will be his first show under his own name - and the first time he'll be sharing a bill with his dad! |
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