This past Tuesday night, 10/20/09, Carrie Rodriguez and her band performed a brilliant show at the historic Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco. Built in 1908, the saloon has a sketchy past, as quoted from its website:
“Gamblers, thieves, ladies up to no good, politicians, hustlers, friends of opium, goldseekers, godseekers, charlatans, police, fancy miscreants — they all visited The Utah. And that was when South of Market was just a lonely section of the San Francisco waterfront.”
However, for this show, the audience were simply music-lovers, who enjoyed 2 hours of fine songs, for a worthy $10 admission, with Guinness (and other beer/wine) available for $4.
Carrie and her band are recording their new album in Berkeley, and this gig was an opportunity to perform old and new material before a live audience. The new album features covers of other songwriters, and the opening song for the night was Lucinda’s “Steal Your Love”.
A very refreshing evening of music, set in historic wooden furnishings, among walls that hold many stories.