June 2022 Live Schedule - Samm Bennett and friends

Hello friends, Samm Bennett here, inviting you to come out and hear some LIVE music.
It's about time, don'tcha think? Here's the basic info as of now, full details coming soon:

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SAT 6/4 : Samm Bennett SOLO at Ruby Room, Shibuya (part of "Up The Stairs" event)

It's been quite a long while since I've played the Ruby Room (the photo at left was snapped there) but I've always really liked the look and feel of the place. Sound system is good, and the stage is high enough so all sight lines are good. Gonna be doing a mix of cover tunes and originals, should be a fun set. My set will be one part of a 4-band evening, the event (which I've enjoyed playing in the past) is called Up The Stairs. Hope to see you there.

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SAT 6/18 : KING CAKE BABY at Soul Dama, Asagaya

Google map to Soul Dama

Soul Dama website

This will be the first time for the Baby to play Soul Dama, we're looking forward to a new venue. It's a very casual, *bar-like* bar located just a stone's throw from Asagaya station (JR Sobu line), on the 2nd floor of a building full of shops and bars and such. Very friendly place. We'll be bringing our usual stomping and rollicking bag of New Orleans second-line style music there, of course: tunes made famous by NOLA stalwarts like Professor Longhair, the Meters, Dr John and many others, plus our original numbers in the New Orleans spirit. Hoo nah NAY!

Below: at-a-glance map to Soul Dama. Check the link to the Google map if you need...

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MON 6/20 : duo with Paul Dorosevich at Flying Teapot, Ekoda

See Paul on the oud in this YouTube clip

This will be the first musical meeting between Paul Dorosevich and I, but I've heard his excellent playing of the oud on a few occasions in the past, and this promises to be a rewarding musical experience.