Voices of Latin Rock and Latin Rock, Inc Present
8th Annual Voices of Latin Rock, Autism Awareness Benefit
featuring
THE FAMILY STONE
BLANCA
MILES OF WILL
with Miles Schon (son of Neal Schon of Journey) and Will Champlin (son of Bill Champlin of Chicago and Sons of Champlin)
The Voices of Latin Rock All-Star Band
Plus Many Special Guests!
Bimbo’s 365 Club – San Francisco
Thursday January 26, 2012, Doors at 6pm – Show at 7pm
Tickets and Info: Tickets on the floor will be sold by tables of 10, 6 and 4 only.
From $150/seat to $75/seat
General Admission tickets (back 2nd tier): $55
For single tickets at Latin Rock, Inc. B & C tables, please call Sam Totah at 415-404-5780 or email: sam.totah@gmail.com.
Limited amount and Limited seating
Must be 21 and over show
Location:
Bimbo’s 365 Club
1025 Columbus Avenue (at Chestnut Street),
San Francisco, CA 94133
http://www.bimbos365club.com
ARTIST INFO
THE FAMILY STONE
Original Founding members, Rock & Roll Hall of fame inductees, and R&B Pioneer Award Winners Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, and Greg Errico; The First inter-racial/inter-gender band in Rock & Roll history bring you the hits of Sly & The Family Stone. Featuring the Powerful Voices of Alex Davis and Trina Johnson on vocals bringing you the message of peace, love, and social consciousness through musical harmony with some of the funkiest players of all time.
Players like Nate Wingfield on the Guitar and Musical Director Blaise Sison on bass adding the proper pocket to the raw Family Stone sound. Cynthia & Jerry Gotta Message Their Sayin…Keeping the legacy true to its original sound and raw funk groove, these Everyday People will leave you Taken Higher.
The Family Stone continues giving you the musical experience that has brought them in front of over half a million people through Europe and the US; spreading the roots of funk that is The Family Stone.
“The Family Stone delivered tight grooves and endless hits that kept the audience on their feet all night. The band is powerful, fun and still funky.” ~ Pollstar
http://www.thefamilystonemusic.com/
Video at: http://www.familystonepromo.com/flash_email_2011/finalvideo.html
BLANCA
With a soulful voice and lyrics from the heart, singer songwriter Blanca Sandoval has captivated audiences. By means of an unrivaled sound that blends together her Latin musical roots with rock, funk, jazz, and up beat ballads, her style is extremely diverse. Known as “The Sweetheart of Latin Rock, Inc”, Blanca recently brought together some very talented musicians to form the band “BLANCA” which includes Robert Zamora (lead guitar), Mike Juarez (drums) and Oscar Tablada (bass). The new four/piece band has been pulling in their own audience and recruiting new fans everywhere they play.
http://www.blancasmusic.net
MILES OF WILL
This brand new band is ready to rock Bimbo’s! The band is currently composed of Miles Schon, son of Journey guitarist Neal Schon, and Will Champlin, son of Bill Champlin of Chicago and Sons of Champlin fame. Miles Schon is a lead guitarist and songwriter who comes from a family of music, and who was raised on good old rock & roll.
Possessing extra-ordinary song-writing and guitar abilities, Miles is a veteran in the music scene already. As a guitar player, Miles says “I’m a modern player with a lot of feeling, a whole lotta soul!” In other words, he gets down with the blues.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Will Champlin is an accomplished and versatile piano player who has evolved into a World-Class Artist and producer. From his time spent studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston to spending time in Nashville taking his songwriting to the next level, there’s no doubt that he is a musical Timebomb!!
http://www.myspace.com/milesschonmusic
http://www.willchamplin.com/
Voices of Latin Rock All-Star Band
If you have ever been to a Voices of Latin Rock show, then you know one of the main features is the All-star Band. The band has never been the same twice and there is always special guests that show up to perform at the last minute. This year the band will be lead by Vernon Ice Black who has worked with some of the biggest names in music such as Herbie Hancock, Booker T. Jones, Mariah Carey, and Stevie Wonder, to name a few.
The current performers for this year’s All-star Band include:
- Lead Guitar – Group leader Vernon Ice Black has previously led the All-star group and performed with Booker T. last year (give past/group history)
- Bass Guitar – Gary Brown – credits include Flora Purim & Airto Moreira, Steve Winwood, George Duke, Pharoh Sanders, and our own Gregg Rolie. If you were lucky enough to be there for the Santana Reunion, then you saw Gary Brown on bass with the rest of the original Santana group.
- Drums – Billy Johnson – credits include Santana and Maze. Also a veteran player at the Voices of Latin Rock.
- Timbales – Karl Perazzo – currently the band leader for Santana. Credits include: Sheila E, Avance and many previous VOLR shows. Previously led the All-star group at the Warfield and on the road with the VOLR Experience.
- Congas – Jesus Diaz – credits include: Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band, Santana, Steve Coleman, Andy Narrell, Rebeca Mauleon and his own QBA.
- Keyboards – Frank Martin – credits include: Sting, Richard Bona, Stevie Wonder, Trilok Gurtu, James Taylor, and Airto Moreira.
- Horns
- Tom Politzer – currently playing with the Mighty Mighty Tower of Power, performed locally with Tony Lindsay in Spangalang.
- Mike Olmos – previously played and toured with the Voices of Latin Rock Experience. Credits include: Etta James, Rosemary Clooney, members of Santana, Zap, Jazz Mafia, Marcus Shelby, Seal Lavay Smith, Taj Mahal and Rebeca Mauleon.
- Singers – Tony Lindsay – current lead singer for Santana. Will perform a Michael Jackson Tribute.
- Guest performer Carlos Reyes, back by popular demand after opening previous Voices of Latin Rock show. Credits include: currently with Steve Miller Band and performs with Roy Rogers
http://vernoniceblack.com http://www.carlosreyesmusic.com http://www.tonylindsay.com http://www.myspace.com/karlperazzo
Autism Awareness
The Alex Speaks Foundation‘s goal is to help support children struggling with an autism disorder by contributing to autistic programs at local schools. The Alex Speaks Foundation was formed to partner with the Voices of Latin Rock event to raise funds for those programs. This show benefits schools in California dealing with Autism on a daily basis. This disorder has increased recently to 1 in 150 births, up 1 in 166 just a few years ago. With the Bay Area’s support of this event, we can continue our support of both schools and research for Autism. We are pleased to announce that this year’s recipients will include the MIND Institute and the San Carlos Special Ed Program.
Learn more about the Alex Speaks Foundation at
http://www.alexspeaks.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj8iv-4W4zw
ARMANDO PERAZA AWARD
This will be the third year for the Armando Peraza Award. This award, named after the legendary and world-renowned percussionist, is for service to both the Hispanic and music communities of the San Francisco Bay Area.
This year’s awards go to:
- Luis Medina – Music Director of KPKA
- Carmen Flores represented by Twinkie Flores Bradshaw and Mio Flores
- Dr. Francis Chung of Dios Center
- Leslie Miller of Constellation Wines
They have displayed a great affection and service to these communities, as well as to the Voices of Latin Rock Autism Awareness campaign, and we applaud them with the presentation of this award.
Learn more about the Armando Peraza Award at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McslsH4mSrQ
Contact Info
Dr. Bernardo D. Gonzalez III
2720 24th St., San Francisco, CA 94110
415 285 7719 ofc
415 740 7937 cell
415 282 6265 fax
DrBGMalo@aol.com