Friday, May 21, 2010
Open Mic To Take Summer Break
A big thank you to all the musicians, audiences and patrons who have supported Bentley's and its 12th Open Mic season and made it such a success.
The Open Mic will go on summer break starting right after this Friday, May 21st. For information on its return, please check this site or visit Bentley's and check the front door. Musically yours, and keep playing! ~~ Linda
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Feb. 4, 2010. Kicking off the February Showcase for us this Friday night Feb. 5th: Angel Perez, a total performer with great guitar-playing and a beautiful voice crossing genres in Latin and Country with ease, Angel has been featured in the Arizona Daily Star and is a teacher in the U.S. military. His passion is music so wherever and whenever possible, he's making that happen and his passion is our good fortune! Come early for best seats. And go to Angels website to catch a sample:sonicbids.com/angelperez. See ya @ Open Mic @ Bentley's! OM@B's ~~ Linda
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
January 29th, 2010- Showcase for Bentley's Open Mic: Mark Holdaway! Mark is well-known for his excellent multi-instrumental abilities, but for several years has firmly established himself as thee best thumb piano or Kalimba player in Tucson ( and probably farther than that ). I will be singing a few songs with my friend Mark but for those who have not heard Mark, you're in for a real treat. If you are not familiar with this instrument, it's a smallish, wooden box, with metal "keys" and it's played with the thumbs. I give Mark two thumbs up for this! Come early for a hot bowl of soup and a buttery croissant! See ya at OM@B's! And don't forget there's overflow parking in any Zone #1 Lot after 5 PM! ~~Linda
Monday, January 04, 2010
Happy 2010! A few very exciting announcements of events coming up at Bentley's. Bentley's Open Mic returns on Friday January 15th with a trio! These guys have not named their band but are Barry Richards, Robert Collier and our very own Joseph Boudreaux! For those of you who have lived in Tucson for a while you'll realize the fun part of all this is that they played together as a trio over THIRTY YEARS AGO! Some things never die and they remain good friends and fine musicians today!
And speaking of fine musicians, do mark your calendar to catch Mirror Image on January 22nd!!! This duo of twin sisters Andrea and Juliet Wilhelmi truly took the Tucson music scene by storm, winning the 2008 Tucson Battle of the Bands, the John Lennon Tour Bus prize in the jazz category Session One, an invitation to perform at the "Adams Avenue Street Fair, 2009" in San Diego. . . one of 70 bands out of 700
applicants and an invitation by *Our Stage* to perform at the 2009 NAMM convention in Los Angeles!!! In 2009, Mirror Image was featured in their second music
video, "Romeo", shot in the Sonoran desert by the John Lennon Educational
Tour Bus. And most recently the Mirror Image song, "Dearest Stranger" has
placed Andrea and Juliet in the finals of the "Show Me the Music" songwriting
Contest 2009."
Technicolor", their first CD, was recently released by Mirror Image,
comprising nine of their original songs. Andrea and Juliet are
seniors at St. Gregory College Preparatory School. Their musical influences
include the Beatles, Norah Jones, Simon and Garfunkel and Corinne Bailey
Rae. So, catch 'em all while they're hot! Right here at Bentley's. Free with food purchases and gratuities always very much appreciated! See ya @ Om@B's!! ~~Linda
Thursday, December 10, 2009
December 2009. Wow. Where'd this year go? Well, some final notes on this cold December night. Gregory Eagle will showcase his talents this Friday, Dec. 11th.
gregory is out of the Telluride-Ouray, Colorado area and his music has a strong Southwestern -hippie-cowboy feel--hard to pin. But a very strong voice and a real nice guy. Closing out the year for us will be the outrageous, inimitable, world-reknowned artist, Hans Mayer. Hans was one of the featured performers at the 2008 Tucson Folk Festival. He has played with folkie Bill Miller and has opened for Pearl Jam, Tori Amos and others. He comes to us from La Crosse, Wisconsin and will be wintering down here for just a couple of months. Hope you catch him. He will be performing for us Friday December 18th.
SPECIAL CONCERT. Bentley's is very pleased to announce a concert this Saturday, Dec. 12th with classical guitarist, Gabriel Ayala. Gabriel just returned from Venezuela, Paraguay and Toronto. A member of the Yaqui people of southern Arizona, Gabriel has been invited to the Obama inauguration, the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., and was picked by the Arizona Daily Star as one of " 9 to watch for in 2009"! Gabriel will be at Bentley's this coming Saturday. This will be a dinner-with-the-artist concert so arrive early for best seats. It goes from 6:30 -9:00. Cost is only $8 at the door for concert only ( starting around 8 )or $4 with a food purchase at the counter! For this concert, Gabriel will be accompanied by Chet Gardiner on bass and Troy Gray an guitar. For more information, please call (520) 747-5078.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday November 23, 2009 looking ahead to Bentley's November-December-January music lineup, here's the brief version: This coming Friday Nov. 27th, it's Marni Kennedy, Dec. 4th the x2bluegrassproject ( see write-up below ). On Dec. 11th, it's Gregory Eagle out of Telluride, Colorado, December 12th, a special Saturday dinner-concert featuring Gabriel Ayala, Troy Gray, and our own Chet Gardiner. Dec. 18th, one of the featured performers at last year's Tucson Folk festival, Hans Mayer will share his extraordinary talents, and coming up in January, the wonderful twins, Tucson Battle of the Bands winners,Juliette and Andrea Wilhelmi, most popularly known by their stage name of Mirror Image! It's a wonderful lineup. I hope you will come out and support live music, and this local establishment, a warm and friendly venue.
~~Linda
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Additional musings for November-December: Wishing a Happy Thanksgiving Season to all,and for the Friday after Thanksgiving, we will be featuring Ms. Marni Kennedy, a lovely lady with a beautiful voice, covering contemporary, blues, rock folk.
On Decmeber 4th, we are thrilled to offer the x2bluegrassproject! Catch their website at x2bluegrassproject.com. This a is a lively bunch of well-accomplished musicians featuring: Shannon Dexter, Robbie Robinson and Dave Michaud, with a few guest players sitting in. Come down for a good foot-tapping time! And stay tuned right on this site for upcoming featured players.~~Linda
