Rick Shea

Rick Shea & The Losin' End "Swingin' Doors", my monthly residency, guest this month is Grant Langston & The Grill masters

Rick Shea & Tony Gilkyson

Their stories and songs span thousands of miles, from Santa Fe to Sonora to the San Gabriel Valley, from Arkansas to Oklahoma to East L.A. Their pasts include stints in X and Dave Alvin’s band and their songs feel right at home amidst the desert dust and starry skies.

I'll be opening the show with a short acoustic set for Sandy Rogers and then joining her for a couple of songs

Wine & Song - Rita Hosking; Tony Gilkyson/Rick Shea Wed, Nov 11 @ 7:00PM — 9:30PM The Dinosaur Farm "Speakeasy", 1510 Mission Street, South Pasadena, CA At the Dinosaur Farm "Speakeasy", 1510 Mission Street, South Pasadena. 6:00 doors, 7:00 music. Enter from the back alley with the password Pterodactyl. Bring whatever you might like to snack on or sip. After you buy a ticket, your name will be on a list at the door.

Rita Hosking's style of country-folk has been lauded for story and sense of place. She hails from Hatchet Mountain — between Montgomery Creek and Burney, California. A descendant of Cornish miners who sang in the mines of Cornwall and Grass Valley, California, Rita grew up with deep regard for folk music and the power of the voice. She earned a B.A. in Religious Studies with a minor in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Davis. With award-winning music spanning 9 albums and 20 years of touring, this country-folk troubadour is a heavy hitter in the Northern California songwriting scene. She’ll be joined by Sean Feder on banjo and Dobro.

Longtime SoCal troubadour Rick Shea got his early musical education in the bars and honky-tonks of San Bernardino where he grew up. With ten critically acclaimed albums, he’s performed all over the West Coast and Europe. He built a solid career for himself as a solo artist, singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Tony Gilkyson has played and recorded with Lone Justice, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, K.D. Lang, and X among many others. With Tom Waits, he co-produced a couple of Chuck E. Weiss albums and has played guitar on numerous film soundtracks including the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, The Big Lebowski, Don’t Come Knockin’ and All the King’s Men with producer T Bone Burnett.

$26 advance/$28 door

Rick Shea & The Losin' End "Swingin' Doors", my monthly residency, guest this month is Dan Janisch