SEPTEMBER 2016 Live Schedule
Hello friends, Samm Bennett here, hope to see you at one or more of these upcoming shows!
SAT 9/10 : Samm Bennett SOLO, plus Dead Flower Children
at Cheshmeh, Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
18:30 Open - 19:30 - 20:30 Samm Bennett / 20:50 - 21:50 Anna Vieste & Dead Flower Children Free entrance, please order 1 drink (and/or food!) + pass the hat for the performers!
18:30 Open - 19:30 - 20:30 Samm Bennett / 20:50 - 21:50 Anna Vieste & Dead Flower Children Free entrance, please order 1 drink (and/or food!) + pass the hat for the performers!
This promises to be a really fun night. The theme is 60s and 70s-era rock and soul music, so it's an evening of strictly covers! I'll be offering up one-string versions of tunes by The Band, Otis Redding, David Bowie, Wilson Pickett, Chuck Berry, the Beatles and more. And appearing on the bill with me will be an acoustic outing by local Tokyo band the Dead Flower Children, who specialize in that kind of vintage covers thing. So, don't miss it!
18:30 Open - 19:30 - 20:30 Samm Bennett / 20:50 - 21:50 Anna Vieste & Dead Flower Children
Facebook event page
Cheshmeh Facebook page
Cheshmeh website
Below: at-a-glance Google map. Need more detail? Go to Google map to Cheshmeh
FRI 9/16 : MEDICINE BONE - last concert!
at Hikari No Uma, Okubo, Tokyo
19:00 open 20:00 start - entry: 2000 yen + 1 drink
19:00 open 20:00 start - entry: 2000 yen + 1 drink
Well, friends, some of you may recall our announcement that our show back in mid-July would be Medicine Bone's LAST (for the foreseeable future) because half the band (that would be Mr. Ken Shima) was going back to sunny California for a year or two, to catch one of those big waves that roll in from time to time. Well, that trip got postponed a bit, but... this time it's for real. Really really. This'll be your LAST chance to catch the duo of Ken Shima and Samm Bennett known and loved throughout the world as "Medicine Bone". Let me give you that all-caps word one more time:LAST.
So, come come getcha summa that good medicine, those North Mississippi Hill Country-inspired blues that we do. And, bid Ken a fond farewell. Feel free to buy him a drink.
We'll be shaking the sugar down with two full sets, at one of our favorite spots, the old converted "snack" in Okubo (16 seconds walk from JR Okubo station's South Exit) known as Hikari No Uma.
So, come come getcha summa that good medicine, those North Mississippi Hill Country-inspired blues that we do. And, bid Ken a fond farewell. Feel free to buy him a drink.
We'll be shaking the sugar down with two full sets, at one of our favorite spots, the old converted "snack" in Okubo (16 seconds walk from JR Okubo station's South Exit) known as Hikari No Uma.
At-a-glance: Google map to Hikari No Uma. Need more detail? Go to Google Map to Hikari No Uma
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DIRECTIONS to HIKARI NO UMA:
10 seconds from South Exit of Okubo Station (JR Sobu Line) Get out from South Exit (smaller exit - rear of train if coming from Shinjuku - front of train if coming from Nakano), go right out of the ticket gate and immediately turn right onto the first street there. Walk along raised railway about 10 seconds (tracks on your right). Hikari No Uma ( ひかりのうま ) will be on your left. OR... from Shin-Okubo Station (JR Yamanote Line) Go out the station exit and turn LEFT. Walk about 5 minute till you arrive at JR Okubo station. Turn left immediately after crossing under tracks. Walk along that street, tracks will be on your left. Hikari No Uma ( ひかりのうま ) will be on your right after about 2 minutes. Total walking time from JR Shin-Okubo station is about 7 to 8 minutes. Hikari No Uma website (Japanese) Facebook event page (let us know you're coming!) |
SAT 9/17 : SOLO
along with other acts as part of ROSSO 198 special event:
"Tokuyama Favorite Artist 2036 Vol.16"
at Rosso 198, Shinjuku-gyoen, Tokyo
Rosso 198 is a really cool venue, and the master there, Tokyama-san, has included me in this latest of his personal "favorites" events. Please see their Facebook Event Page for more details.
★ART展示★
栗原莞爾 アクリル画or油絵
大山侑佑 アクリル画
磯野キャビア 驚異のボールペン画
■MUSIC
18:20〜18:40 X-fino
18:50〜19:15 SATOCO (パントマイム)
19:25〜19:50 Samm Bennett
20:00〜20:30 kukatachii
20:40〜21:20 VOLOMUSIKS
21:35〜22:05 月宵
★ART展示★
栗原莞爾 アクリル画or油絵
大山侑佑 アクリル画
磯野キャビア 驚異のボールペン画
■MUSIC
18:20〜18:40 X-fino
18:50〜19:15 SATOCO (パントマイム)
19:25〜19:50 Samm Bennett
20:00〜20:30 kukatachii
20:40〜21:20 VOLOMUSIKS
21:35〜22:05 月宵
WED 9/21 : SOLO
plus Jean-paul Richard solo & Samm/Jean-paul DUO
at LOWN, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
open 18:30 / start 20:00 - charge 投げ銭 PASS THE HAT! (+ drink)
open 18:30 / start 20:00 - charge 投げ銭 PASS THE HAT! (+ drink)
I just recently discovered the wonderful LOWN, an intimate and comfortable venue very conveniently located in Shimokitazawa. This will be my first time to play there, and I'll be doing a solo set of original tunes and a few covers, on the famous one-string guitar and maybe the three-stringer as well... Joining me on the bill will be guitarist (and sometimes singer) Jean-paul Richard, who has a refreshing and original take on blues and Americana, with some fun tunes from his native France and a bit of Irish flavor thrown in for good measure. (Some of you might have seen Jean-paul on one of his shows with our mutual friend and cohort Rambling Steve Gardner).
Along with the two solo sets, Jean-paul and I are working up a bit of material to do as a duo, some come and see how that unfolds! It'll be a good night's entertainment, guaranteed.
Along with the two solo sets, Jean-paul and I are working up a bit of material to do as a duo, some come and see how that unfolds! It'll be a good night's entertainment, guaranteed.
At-a-glance map to LOWN - Need more detail? Go to the Google map.
