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Introducing the 2014-2015 Lobero LIVE Season
 Series subscriptions on sale now!
o Jazz at the Lobero Fall Series –first of TWO big series
this season.
o Buy three events and save! Choose your own series.
 Full season lineup features incredible jazz and blues artists and
fabulous singer-songwriters.
Santa Barbara, CA, February 9, 2016 – Lobero LIVE is thrilled to announce the exciting
2014-2015 season chock full of talented artists. Blues fans are in for a treat from the
Robert Cray Band (12/8) and Taj Mahal (2/21) or bluegrass super group the Dave
Rawlings Machine (10/5). Fans of female singer songwriters can enjoy Mary Chapin
Carpenter (10/10) and folk songstresses Mary Gauthier, Eliza Gilkyson and Gretchen
Peters as they bring us Three Women and the Truth (2/20). Guitar fans, don’t miss the
fretboard fireworks of David Lindley (1/16), or Bill Frisell’s newest creative offering,
Guitar in the Space Age (1/26).
Jazz at the Lobero is celebrating 15 big years of connecting jazz stars and fans like
never before with an unprecedented two-part jazz series. The Fall Series showcases
the Joshua Redman Trio (9/30), Dorado Schmitt and the Django Festival All Stars
(11/11), and New Orleans Legends: the Preservation Jazz Hall Band with Allen
Toussaint (11/25). It’s a fun series from beginning to end celebrating the depth and
diversity of the genre. Then, in the spring we’ll offer three more jazz artists at the top of
their craft.
This year, we’re offering special Three-or-More concert pricing for all Lobero LIVE
shows. Build your own series based on what you love and save 10% on the order. Or,
save big buying the Fall Jazz Series.
Series subscriptions are available now at Lobero.com, or by calling the Lobero Box
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Office at 805.963.0761. Single tickets for Lobero LIVE events go on sale Saturday,
August 23 at noon. Single tickets for the Jazz at the Lobero Fall Series go on sale on
Thursday, September 4.
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Marshall Crenshaw & The Bottle Rockets
Thursday, August 28
Power pop legend, Marshall Crenshaw teams up with roots rockers The Bottle Rockets
for a can’t-miss concert. Fans can look forward to Crenshaw's ‘80s radio classics like
“Someday, Someway,” and “Cynical Girl,” backed by seminal alt-country stalwarts The
Bottle Rockets.
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Joshua Redman Trio with Reuben Rogers and Gregory Hutchinson
Tuesday, September 30
GRAMMY® nominated saxophonist Joshua Redman is one of the most esteemed and
charismatic artists of his generation. His music can be challenging, provocative, and
forward thinking, but also hard-swinging, melodic, and soulful, linking to the jazz idioms
of the 1950’s and 60’s with ease. *Part of the 2014 Fall Jazz Series
Dave Rawlings Machine
Sunday, October 5
Featuring members of Gillian Welch, Punch Brothers, Led Zeppelin, and former
members of Old Crow Medicine Show, the current touring iteration of the Dave
Rawlings Machine will provide a night of distinctive picking, high lonesome songs, and
many other fine acoustic entertainments.
Mary Chapin Carpenter with special guest Tift Merritt
Friday, October 10
Five-time GRAMMY® winning singer-songwriter and 2012 Nashville Songwriters Hall of
Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter will embark on a unique series of intimate,
acoustic performances this fall. The tour marks Carpenter’s return to singing both
timeless hits and deep cuts from her expansive catalog. Carpenter will be joined on
stage by longtime friends Jon Carroll (piano) and John Doyle (guitars, bouzouki).
Dorado Schmitt and the Django Festival All-Stars
Tuesday, November 11
No one has done more to ignite interest in the legacy of gypsy jazz guitar pioneer
Django Reinhardt than dazzling French guitarist and violinist Dorado Schmitt. For this
engagement, Schmitt’s all-star ensemble celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Django
Reinhardt Festival in the U.S. *Part of the 2014 Fall Jazz Series
New Orleans Legends: the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Allen Toussaint
Tuesday, November 25
This meeting of New Orleans’ best-known musical treasures pairs R&B legend Allen
Toussaint with traditional jazz giants The Preservation Hall Jazz Band as the Crescent
City holds sway at the Lobero Theatre for an unforgettable evening. *Part of the 2014
Fall Jazz Series
The Robert Cray Band
Monday, December 8
Blues guitarist Robert Cray, a five-time GRAMMY® winner and Blues Hall of Famer, is
one of his generation's great musical storytellers. He has written or performed with
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everyone from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan, from Bonnie Raitt to John Lee
Hooker, and the New Yorker has called him “one of the most reliable pleasures of soul
and blues for over three decades now.“
Camper Von Beethoven and Cracker
Monday, December 29
Influential 80’s indie rock bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker share the same
DNA, in not only guitarist David Lowery, but the post-punk genre defying ethos that has
made them a college radio staple.
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David Lindley
Friday, January 16
On record and in performance, David Lindley and Jackson Browne have a musical
association reaching back almost 40 years. David's legendary stringed-instrument
virtuosity has been showcased on many of Browne's albums. Throughout this long and
distinguished career, David Lindley has been one of the world's most in-demand
session musicians, lending his skills to the recorded works of Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart,
Linda Ronstadt, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Warren Zevon, Ben Harper and many others.
Bill Frisell: Guitar in the Space Age
Monday, January 26
For this special night, guitarist Bill Frisell mines the catalog of the largely instrumental
guitar-based music from the 1950’s and 1960’s that first inspired him to pick up the
instrument. Joining Frisell for this evening of musical memories are the members of his
working trio, bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Kenny Wollesen, along with frequent
collaborator Greg Liesz, a master of lap and pedal steel guitars.
Three Women and the Truth
Featuring Mary Gauthier, Eliza Gilkyson and Gretchen Peters
Friday, February 20
Three women, three guitars and the words, music, and hard-won wisdom from three
lifetimes spent in pursuit of the song. Three Women and The Truth, a trio of
accomplished, richly talented, award-winning female songwriters whose songs cut
through the murky layers of life's complexities and bring clarity to many of the
challenges we all long to make sense of.
Taj Mahal Trio
Saturday, February 21
Taj Mahal is a two-time GRAMMY®-winner and one of the most influential American
blues and roots artists of the past half-century, forging a career by gathering and
distilling countless musical traditions from a range of geographical and cultural sources:
the Mississippi Delta, the Appalachian backwoods, the African continent, the Hawaiian
islands, Europe, the Caribbean and so much more.
Series subscriptions are available now at Lobero.com, or by calling the Lobero Box
Office at 805.963.0761. Single tickets for Lobero LIVE events will go on sale Saturday,
August 23 at noon. Single tickets for the Jazz at the Lobero Fall Series will go on sale
Thursday, September 4. VIP tickets include priority seating, pre-performance private
reception and recognition in the event program and tax-deductible gift to the Lobero
Theatre.
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Lobero LIVE is sponsored by the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, the Santa Barbara Independent and KCSB
91.9 FM. Lobero LIVE is funded in part by the Events and Festivals Program using funds provided by the City of
Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission. Sponsorship for Jazz at the Lobero is
provided by the Lobero Theatre Endowment for American Roots Music (LTEARM), CASA Magazine, Deckers
Outdoor Corporation and the Lobero Brubeck Circle of Donors.
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