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SONOMA COUNTY, CA. ~ T e New Year is upon us with lots of great bands to see at the cool Sonoma County venues. Let’s take a journey through Sonoma County starting in the southern part of the county in Peta- luma. T e Big Easy, an underground Jazz Club in the Historic Downtown district of Petaluma in American Alley features live music six nights a week, in- cluding Midnight Sun on Janu- ary 11. Just a few blocks away, music-lovers can seek refuge at the Mystic T eatre, a beauti- ful art deco infl uenced build- ing that is over 100 years old. Be sure to check out Reverend Horton Heat on Tuesday, Janu- ary 23. Nearby, “Built in 1905, the Phoenix T eater was origi- nally an opera house. It featured Harry Houdini, Enrico Caruso and Lillie Langtry. It’s burned down twice. For a while it was a


Musical Notes in Sonoma County 2018 Filled with Awesome Talent!


movie house. But since the ’80s, rock has reigned supreme. T e venue struggled for fi nancial sol- vency and stayed alive through


the willpower of


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cabbie Tom Gaff ey, who has helped man- age the venue,” remi- nisces Greg Cahill on the venue’s website. Twin Oaks Road-


house features Kevin Russell & the Rhythm Rangers Band on Fri-


day, January 5. Musicians and music afi cionados will enjoy Levi Lloyd’s bi-monthly workshop on the 2nd and 4th T ursdays at this Penngrove establishment. Up the road a bit and still on Old Redwood Highway, dancers love to boogie on the Redwood Cafe dance fl oor. Check out Si- las Fermoy opening for Marshall House Project on January 12. T e old Cotati Cabaret is back in action for one evening only with Blues Legend, Coco Montoya on January 20. T e Eastern end of the county


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has two notable venues that feature live music; one is Hopmonk, So- noma and the other is T e Reel Fish Shop. T e former has Timothy O’Neil headlining on January 5 and the latter features Western Swing Hall of Famer, Tommy T omsen on January 13. T e West County area has locals’ favorite, Hopmonk of Sebasto- pol with Monday Night Edutainment being the Bay Area’s Longest Run- ning Weekly Dancehall event. Heading to Santa Rosa,


Aroma Roasters hosts live music every Friday and Saturday night from 8:30-11pm. Keep going north to Healdsburg to see Los Lobos at the Raven Performing Arts T eater on January 12. Or you could keep driving west on River Road all the way to the Rio Nido Roadhouse to catch the THUGZ


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Pomegranates are unique fruits, and they have no close relatives. There is disagreement among taxonomists as to what family they belong to, and they are frequently placed in an order of their own, Granateae.


Ancient Egyptians used the pomegranate in a variety of ways. The juice (called Schedou) was believed to


on January 18. Whatever your favorite So-


noma County venue is, please make a New Year’s Resolution to support live music in 2018.


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A man entered his local paper’s pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.


fi ght intestinal worms, while the pomegranate blossom was crushed to make a red dye and the peel was used for dyeing leather. The pomegranate became so revered that representations of pomegranates were found on Egyptian wall paintings in tombs, symbolizing life after death. In fact, King Tut took a pomegranate vase into the afterlife with him.


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