Wazeima
543 Divisadero, SF
8pm, acoustic trio, FREE!
Saturday, May 17
El Rio
3158 Mission St, SF
Fundraiser for SF Food Bank
Daytime backyard show 3-7PM!
with Kemo Sabe, The Whoreshoes, Bob Harp, we're on last
Friday, June 20
Ireland's 32
3920 Geary Blvd at 3rd Ave in SF's Richmond District
with Misisipi Rider, 8pm
Saturday, June 21
San Francisco Folk Fest
4PM at SF City College
50 Phelan Ave, San Francisco, 94112
FREE!
We'll be on the Woody Guthrie stage
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SmileysSaloon
41 Wharf Rd., Bolinas, CA
With the Whoreshoes
9PM; we are on first as a trio with Katy on fiddle!
PAST SHOWS
Two parts Midwestern wedding band veterans, one part Oregon ranch girl, one part Nashville native, and one part Orange County girl, Axton Kincaid is the result of five friends deciding it was time to get back to their roots after a decade of playing indie rock.
Bass player Ryan Waggoner and drummer Jon Fojtik grew up best friends in the cornfields of Michigan, playing everything from classic country to polka in Fojtik's father's wedding band. They continued playing together in San Francisco in Fojimoto, a three-part-harmony-driven band that made inspired forays into Uncle Tupelo-ish twang.
While Fojimoto was touring the country, Kate Howser and Jen Daunt's band, Luster, was ending, after Kate decided she wanted to reconnect with the bluegrass and country music of her childhood. After many nights with her guitar, a six-pack, and a mic, she had a set of stripped-down songs with simple melodies and basic themes: family, love, death, alcohol. Jen added mandolin and harmonies, and the two began playing as an acoustic duo. After one of these shows, Ryan and Jon (post-Fojimoto) suggested rounding out the songs with a full band and three-part harmonies. Mac Martine, who had played pedal steel with Fojimoto and legendary singer-songwriter Bob Frank, joined in soon after.
After releasing a self-titled EP in spring 2006, AK quickly made their mark with their first radio single, "Who's Gonna Pour My Whiskey When You're Gone?" and a moody cover of the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored." The Bay Area's top morning show on Alice 97.3 (Sarah and No Name) invited them to be the house band for their "Hayseed 4th of July" live on-air promotion, which followed with packed, rowdy shows around the Bay Area and two West Coast tours.
In the first few months of 2007 Kate was profiled in American Songwriter Magazine, NPR showcased the song "Red Lights" for its All Songs Considered Open Mic program, and the band opened for BR549 at the Nugget casino in Reno, Nevada. On May 8, Free Dirt Records released the band's first full-length CD, Songs from the Pine Room, in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Great reviews came in from West Coast Performer, All Music Guide, Americana-UK.com, SF Weekly and the SF Bay Guardian. Other highlights of 2007 included opening for Camper Van Beethoven, Red Meat and Eileen Jewell.
With songs about the loss of a good bartender ("Who's Gonna Pour My Whiskey When You're Gone?") or a favorite relative ("Irene, Goodnight")and the satisfying descent into bad habits ("The Things That I Do"), Songs from the Pine Room exudes country, folk, and bluegrass sounds. This album tells the stories of people who spent their childhoods crawling on barroom floors and running through wide-open spaces, who learned to ride before they could walk, and learned to drink before they could talk.
Axton Kincaid is currently hard at work recording their second album and plans for a Summer 2008 release!
Bass player Ryan Waggoner and drummer Jon Fojtik grew up best friends in the cornfields of Michigan, playing everything from classic country to polka in Fojtik's father's wedding band. They continued playing together in San Francisco in Fojimoto, a three-part-harmony-driven band that made inspired forays into Uncle Tupelo-ish twang.
While Fojimoto was touring the country, Kate Howser and Jen Daunt's band, Luster, was ending, after Kate decided she wanted to reconnect with the bluegrass and country music of her childhood. After many nights with her guitar, a six-pack, and a mic, she had a set of stripped-down songs with simple melodies and basic themes: family, love, death, alcohol. Jen added mandolin and harmonies, and the two began playing as an acoustic duo. After one of these shows, Ryan and Jon (post-Fojimoto) suggested rounding out the songs with a full band and three-part harmonies. Mac Martine, who had played pedal steel with Fojimoto and legendary singer-songwriter Bob Frank, joined in soon after.
After releasing a self-titled EP in spring 2006, AK quickly made their mark with their first radio single, "Who's Gonna Pour My Whiskey When You're Gone?" and a moody cover of the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored." The Bay Area's top morning show on Alice 97.3 (Sarah and No Name) invited them to be the house band for their "Hayseed 4th of July" live on-air promotion, which followed with packed, rowdy shows around the Bay Area and two West Coast tours.
In the first few months of 2007 Kate was profiled in American Songwriter Magazine, NPR showcased the song "Red Lights" for its All Songs Considered Open Mic program, and the band opened for BR549 at the Nugget casino in Reno, Nevada. On May 8, Free Dirt Records released the band's first full-length CD, Songs from the Pine Room, in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Great reviews came in from West Coast Performer, All Music Guide, Americana-UK.com, SF Weekly and the SF Bay Guardian. Other highlights of 2007 included opening for Camper Van Beethoven, Red Meat and Eileen Jewell.
With songs about the loss of a good bartender ("Who's Gonna Pour My Whiskey When You're Gone?") or a favorite relative ("Irene, Goodnight")and the satisfying descent into bad habits ("The Things That I Do"), Songs from the Pine Room exudes country, folk, and bluegrass sounds. This album tells the stories of people who spent their childhoods crawling on barroom floors and running through wide-open spaces, who learned to ride before they could walk, and learned to drink before they could talk.
Axton Kincaid is currently hard at work recording their second album and plans for a Summer 2008 release!
Media and Retail: Free Dirt Records/Trade Root Music Group, john@traderootmusic.com
Management: Avokado Artists
Booking: axtonkincaidbooking@gmail.com
Radio: Dauntless Promotion
http://myspace.com/axtonkincaid
Management: Avokado Artists
Booking: axtonkincaidbooking@gmail.com
Radio: Dauntless Promotion
http://myspace.com/axtonkincaid