[Harp-L] San Francisco blues jams?

[Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leslie - there are some great jams in the area; unfortunately NOT in  
S.F. itself. There are 3 places in SF you can count on hearing good  
blues almost any night:  Biscuits and Blues http:// 
www.biscuitsandblues.com/, Lou's Pier 47 http://www.louspier47.com/ 
cgi-local/sche.cgi and The Saloon http://www.sfblues.net/Saloon/ 
Saloonschedpage.html. I only know of one jam in SF - on Tuesday  
nights at Skip's Tavern http://www.skipstavern.com/ - pretty much  
acoustic, can go from sort of OK to awful.

However there are excellent jams in the bay area. Worth it even if  
you have to rent a car. At the top of the list would be RJ Mischo's  
jam at Mojo Lounge in Fremont http://www.themojolounge.net/ on  
Tuesday nights (45 minutes from SF) and Wednesday night at the  
Redwood City Blues Jam at The Little Fox Theatre http:// 
www.rwcbluesjam.com/ (35 minutes from SF)  Both of these draw nice  
crowds and excellent musicians. There is also a new jam in Pacifica  
on some Thursday nights. On Sunday afternoons there is a good jam at  
The Pioneer Saloon in Woodside http://pioneer-saloon.com/ and another  
good one Sunday eve out on the coast at Old Princeton Landing http:// 
www.oplmusic.net/

The best resource is the Yahoo Group "BayAreaBlues" - http:// 
launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/bayareablues/messages - there is a  
calendar there that is reasonably accurate and any jam that actually  
happens is very likely to be on it, as well as every blues show  
within 100 miles or so.

Hope that helps


/Greg Heumann
http://www.blowsmeaway.com
http://www.bluestateband.net