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Great American Music Hall (GAMH)

859 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94109 map
cross street: Polk
district: Polk Gulch/Van Ness


Tel. 415.885.0750
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Events Calendar
Sun Jul 06
Todd Rundgren is universally regarded as the most influential and innovative music artist of his generation. For over 35 years, as a musician, singer/songwriter, record producer and multimedia artist, he has consistently been on the cutting edge. The... More
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Tue Jul 08
Tilly and the Wall are five people from Omaha, NE who became friends exploring music. The band operates as a collective with five songwriters, each with their own distinct musical voice, whose talents come together to form something extraordinary. Th... More
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Thu Jul 10
SGM's instrumental array shifts from song to song, including many homemade devices suggestive of the avant-garde, but they are thoroughgoing populists, warmly regarding their varied audiences and embracing their role as entertainers. Though not witho... More
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Fri Jul 11
"WHAT IS?" the exile Canadian Enfant Dingue, KING KHAN, inquires platonically as well as categorically through the brand new LP from the SHRINES and snatches the master question right out of the astonished community's mouth. While it's predecessor, M... More
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Sat Jul 12
In their recordings and live performances over the last nine years, Matmos have used the sounds of: amplified crayfish nerve tissue, the pages of bibles turning, a bowed five string banjo, slowed down whistles and kisses, water hitting copper plates,... More
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Wed Jul 16
SCISSORS FOR LEFTY: "...scruffy, dancey pop that's gleefully euphoric. Bryan Garza sings like an indie-rock James Brown, yelping, cooing, and slurring his lines in a boyishly seductive fashion..." - Rated: A, San Francisco Magazine ELEPHONE: el... More
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Thu Jul 17
One of the most unique singer/songwriters in American music, Stan Ridgway is a true original. From his early days with L.A.'s Wall Of Voodoo, to his even more intriguing solo career, Ridgway has created an impressive body of work spanning close to th... More
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Fri Jul 18
“One of our most emotionally revealing and talented singer-songwriters” – Vanity Fair... More
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Sat Jul 19
Gram Parsons is often referred to as a pioneer of the country rock sound. His music and legacy has developed a considerable cult following due to his efforts to blur the line between rock & roll and country music during the late 1960's and early 1970... More
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Wed Jul 23
Guitarist David Nelson and pedal steel wizard Buddy Cage will be representing the NRPS catalog along with Michael Falzarano (guitar, mandolin and vocals), Johnny Markowski (drums and vocals) and Ronnie Penque (bass and vocals). Michael you may recogn... More
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Fri Jul 25
"Jazz Forward" features artists that are trying to bring jazz into the future, or who have incorporated jazz principles into futuristic music. NBJF 2008 proudly presents "Lipstick Jungle" themesters and critical darling Bitter:Sweet along with sound... More
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Fri Jul 25
FRIDAY, JULY 25: NIGHT SHOW 1 "Jazz Forward I: Bitter:Sweet + the Frequency + Tal M Klein at the Great American Music Hall" "Jazz Forward" features artists that are trying to bring jazz into the future, or who have incorporated jazz principl... More
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Sat Jul 26
"JazzFunk" features shows that blur the lines between contemporary jazz and oldschool funk. Los Angeles' famed rootsfunk revivalists the Breakestra make their first SF appearance in almost 2 years, appearing at an all-ages blowout with Bay Area world... More
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Sat Jul 26
SATURDAY, JULY 26: NIGHT SHOW 1 "JazzFunk I: the Breakestra and J-Boogie's Dubtronic Sciencel at the Great American Music Hall" "JazzFunk" features shows that blur the lines between contemporary jazz and oldschool funk. Los Angeles' famed roo... More
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Sun Jul 27
Although others may have gained ground on the band's sound, these three are still miles ahead of the curve. - Baltimore City Paper Over the course of 16 years, four proper albums, two compilations, a mega DVD retrospective and more than a little w... More
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Mon Jul 28
Spiritual heirs to both Thurston Moore's wide-eyed experimentalism and the all-encompassing, stark DIY art-is-life aesthetic of the Crass collective, No Age is the kind of band that inspires its audience without affectation, without cynicism. Its liv... More
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Mon Jul 28
No Age: the name alone suggests multiple meanings and possible interpretations—timeless, ageless, anonymous, free from restriction, something positive from something negative… a profound strength in its simplicity. Likewise, the Los Angeles duo consi... More
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Tue Jul 29
Jon McLaughlin's music stays with you long after he walks off stage. Clearly, his skill as a performer can only be described as “unique”. His combination of song and conversation makes even a large audience seem intimate. Jon gives the listener a ... More
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Fri Aug 01
Southwest Louisiana-based guitarist, songwriter and singer Sonny Landreth is a musician's musician. His blues slide guitar playing is distinctive and unlike anything else you've ever heard. His unorthodox guitar style comes from the manner in which h... More
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Sat Aug 02
Japanese cult favourite sludge/doom rock trio Boris take their name from a song on grunge godfathers the Melvins ' “Bullhead” album. They also have a lot in common with the Melvins musically, including a fondness for heavily down tuned guitar/bass to... More
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Wed Aug 06
Amanda Palmer is the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the "Brechtian punk cabaret" duo The Dresden Dolls .... More
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Fri Aug 08
"Musically the band sound like a beefed-up Turbonegro with an ominous edge, fronted by an Austrian death metal vocalist. "The Greatest..." showcases the band's unique vision that places them somewhere in the hinterland where rock meets metal - and de... More
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Sat Aug 09
The Everyone Orchestra is a revolving cast of stellar musicians brought together by drummer/conductor Matt Butler for concerts, festival super jams and special benefit events. EO's interactive, improvisational experiences are designed to create space... More
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Fri Aug 15
"Brandishing four Grand Ole Opry–worthy vocalists — frequently harmonizing to thrilling effect — as well as three other accomplished musicians, Or, the Whale throw one hell of a barn dance." San Francisco Bay Guardian "At first listen I though th... More
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Fri Aug 22
They draw freely from the old school and the old world, but The Waybacks are no throwback. They've been erroneously pigeonholed as a bluegrass band and celebrated as purveyors of "acoustic mayhem." They are as uninhibited and unpredictable as the ecl... More
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Sat Aug 23 - Sun Aug 24
There's no danger of mistaking the Waifs' broad Strine for anything other than Aussie, as the Simpson sisters deliver their tales of home and heartland - and of missing them - over the infectious amalgam of country, roots and folk. There's a heft of... More
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Tue Aug 26
On Phantom Punch Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down deliver music brimming over with unrestrained youthful energy. 11 powerful tracks, several recorded live in only one take, don't forsake Lerche's well renowned melodic gifts, but its concise solos and v... More
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Wed Aug 27
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Thu Aug 28
"Hailed as 'almost impossibly majestic and beautiful' (NPR), Shearwater's Palo Santo (2007, Matador), a suite of ethereal but oddly disquieting art-rock songs loosely centered around the life and death of singer Christa Paffgen (aka Nico), marked the... More
Sat Aug 30
The instruments are drums, upright bass, pedal steel, banjos, piano, guitar, vocals and stories. They have recorded critically acclaimed albums (Village Voice, Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle) on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label. Spin ... More
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Tue Sep 02 - Wed Sep 03
Lucky, the title of Nada Surf's fifth album, is at once literal and ironic. Like the songs that singer- guitarist Matthew Caws, bassist Daniel Lorca and drummer Ira Elliot crafted for their previous two albums, Let Go (2003) and The Weight Is A Gift ... More
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Wed Sep 10
Robert Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens. On 6th May 2006 Grant McLennan passed away, bringing an end to The Go-Betweens. Robert For... More
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Sun Sep 14
One of New Zealand's most gifted and celebrated musicians and songwriters, Tim Finn's varied and remarkable career spans his days as founder of legendary 70's/80's art-pop group Split Enz, his time in Crowded House, two Finn Brothers albums, and an o... More
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Tue Sep 16
Some musicians are meant to be heard but not seen - merely an auditory experience and nothing more. Berlin's IAMX, on the other hand, isnt merely a band... it's an event - a full-on aural and visual attack with the dynamic and inimitable Chris Corner... More
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Sat Sep 27
John Brown's Body is in the midst of its tenth year of performing, supporting its latest studio album, Pressure Points (Easy Star Records). The eight-member group (from Ithaca, NY and Boston) has developed a strong reputation for it's originality and... More
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Wed Oct 08
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Sun Oct 19
Come see local high school students display their talents in an all-star Jazz performance!... More

About Great American Music Hall (GAMH)

San Francisco's oldest and grandest nightclub, the Great American Music Hall carries guests back to an earlier, more elegant era, with its ornate balconies, soaring marble columns and elaborate ceiling frescoes. Long-time customers and newcomers alike feel at home in the 5,000-square-foot concert hall that symbolized renewal and optimism when it opened in 1907. Today, a professional sound and lighting system, two full bars, a modern kitchen and a spacious oak dance floor help to blend contemporary quality with turn-of-the-century graciousness.

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Editorial Review
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Supergrass
An Interview with Bassist Micky Quinn
By Roger Thomasson (02/17/2006)

" Every band has its mythology. As a budding folk guitarist, punk icon Joe Strummer adopted the moniker of his unlikely hero -- Woody Guthrie. Richey James, lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers, has been mysteriously missing since 1995. And Gaz Coombes, the front-man for Supergrass, needed his Mom to co-sign his first record deal at the tender age of 16. "

Editorial Review
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Hold Steady
at GAMH, 10/18
By Roger Thomasson (10/07/2005)

" The retro-centric obsession steering our culture can often make it difficult to avoid the numbing effect of familiarity. Listen to a modern rock station, and you are likely to hear a NEW new-wave band back to back with an OLD new-wave band. Needless to say, those not up on their Rolling Stone and Spin would be hard pressed to tell the difference. This is not a general criticism -- a good song is a good song no matter when it was produced, and there is certainly much to love and mimic from decades past. However, if historical "references" become too encompassing and too plagiaristic, we risk cultural stagnation. "

Editorial Review
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Feist at Great American Music Hall, 9/17
Canadian Chanteuse with an Indie Twist
By Ginevra Kirkland (09/09/2005)

" Feist's roots can be seen in everything from Ella Fitzgerald to Burt Bacharach, combining immense vocal talent with a knack for understanding the fun in being today's reigning indie princess. Born Leslie Feist and hailing from the Great White North, reared in rock bands and inspired by turntablists, she's a rollicking good-time gal one minute and a pensive chanteuse the next. For fans of Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, and the other Canuck powerhouses, this is a show not to be missed. In case you needed to add another Canadian pop darling with impeccable taste to your list of essential artists, give her a listen at GAMH. "

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