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On October 9th, 2002, LOST WEEKEND Western Swing Band shared an evening with Merle Haggard and the Strangers at the San Francisco Jazz Festival - a show dedicated to the music of Western Swing pioneer Bob Wills. For Don Burnham, and his remarkable twelve-piece LOST WEEKEND band, this triumphant Masonic Auditorium performance marked a milestone in a two-decade campaign to insure that the flame of Western Swing music continues to burn brightly in California and the West.
LOST WEEKEND's story began in 1984, in San Francisco's Cow Hollow District, at the legendary bluegrass club Paul's Saloon. Guitarist, vocalist and bandleader Don Burnham was invited to assemble and lead a Western Swing group for a regular Tuesday night gig at the popular music emporium. The original LOST WEEKEND quartet consisted of Tony Marcus, fiddle; Keith Baumann, mandolin and dobro; Bing Nathan, bass; and Burnham on guitar and vocals. Soon Don persuaded steel guitar ace Bobby Black, and reedmeister Jim Rothermel, to saddle up. The seeds of a remarkable musical collaboration that would endure for more than two decades had been sown ...
LOST WEEKEND's diverse client list includes:
San Francisco State University Arts & Lectures, Yosemite Foundation, San Francisco Symphony Association, National Park Service, Apple Computer Corp., Stevinson Ranch, Oracle Corp., Concord Police Department, Western Trailride Adventures, Martinez Police Department, Sonoma Hospital Foundation, City of Dunsmuir, Stanford University, City of San Mateo, Notre Dame High School, Market Street Merchants' Association, Wm. H. Crocker Middle School, Yosemite National Park, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, California Cowboy Gathering, International Society of Immunologists, St. Francis Yacht Club, Rancheros Visitaderos Trailride, and the Ahwahnee Hotel, among many others.
Western swing band from California, United States. Tour schedule, photographs, news, reviews, CD and contact information.
LOST WEEKEND's story began in 1984, in San Francisco's Cow Hollow District, at the legendary bluegrass club Paul's Saloon. Guitarist, vocalist and bandleader Don Burnham was invited to assemble and lead a Western Swing group for a regular Tuesday night gig at the popular music emporium. The original LOST WEEKEND quartet consisted of Tony Marcus, fiddle; Keith Baumann, mandolin and dobro; Bing Nathan, bass; and Burnham on guitar and vocals. Soon Don persuaded steel guitar ace Bobby Black, and reedmeister Jim Rothermel, to saddle up. The seeds of a remarkable musical collaboration that would endure for more than two decades had been sown ...
LOST WEEKEND's diverse client list includes:
San Francisco State University Arts & Lectures, Yosemite Foundation, San Francisco Symphony Association, National Park Service, Apple Computer Corp., Stevinson Ranch, Oracle Corp., Concord Police Department, Western Trailride Adventures, Martinez Police Department, Sonoma Hospital Foundation, City of Dunsmuir, Stanford University, City of San Mateo, Notre Dame High School, Market Street Merchants' Association, Wm. H. Crocker Middle School, Yosemite National Park, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, California Cowboy Gathering, International Society of Immunologists, St. Francis Yacht Club, Rancheros Visitaderos Trailride, and the Ahwahnee Hotel, among many others.
Western swing band from California, United States. Tour schedule, photographs, news, reviews, CD and contact information.
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On October 9th, 2002, LOST WEEKEND Western Swing Band shared an evening with Merle Haggard and the Strangers at the San Francisco Jazz Festival - a show dedicated to the music of Western Swing pioneer Bob Wills. For Don Burnham, and his remarkable twelve-piece LOST WEEKEND band, this triumphant Masonic Auditorium performance marked a milestone in a two-decade campaign to insure that the flame of Western Swing music continues to burn brightly in California and the West.
LOST WEEKEND's story began in 1984, in San Francisco's Cow Hollow District, at the legendary bluegrass club Paul's Saloon. Guitarist, vocalist and bandleader Don Burnham was invited to assemble and lead a Western Swing group for a regular Tuesday night gig at the popular music emporium. The original LOST WEEKEND quartet consisted of Tony Marcus, fiddle; Keith Baumann, mandolin and dobro; Bing Nathan, bass; and Burnham on guitar and vocals. Soon Don persuaded steel guitar ace Bobby Black, and reedmeister Jim Rothermel, to saddle up. The seeds of a remarkable musical collaboration that would endure for more than two decades had been sown ...
LOST WEEKEND's diverse client list includes:
San Francisco State University Arts & Lectures, Yosemite Foundation, San Francisco Symphony Association, National Park Service, Apple Computer Corp., Stevinson Ranch, Oracle Corp., Concord Police Department, Western Trailride Adventures, Martinez Police Department, Sonoma Hospital Foundation, City of Dunsmuir, Stanford University, City of San Mateo, Notre Dame High School, Market Street Merchants' Association, Wm. H. Crocker Middle School, Yosemite National Park, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, California Cowboy Gathering, International Society of Immunologists, St. Francis Yacht Club, Rancheros Visitaderos Trailride, and the Ahwahnee Hotel, among many others.
Western swing band from California, United States. Tour schedule, photographs, news, reviews, CD and contact information.
LOST WEEKEND's story began in 1984, in San Francisco's Cow Hollow District, at the legendary bluegrass club Paul's Saloon. Guitarist, vocalist and bandleader Don Burnham was invited to assemble and lead a Western Swing group for a regular Tuesday night gig at the popular music emporium. The original LOST WEEKEND quartet consisted of Tony Marcus, fiddle; Keith Baumann, mandolin and dobro; Bing Nathan, bass; and Burnham on guitar and vocals. Soon Don persuaded steel guitar ace Bobby Black, and reedmeister Jim Rothermel, to saddle up. The seeds of a remarkable musical collaboration that would endure for more than two decades had been sown ...
LOST WEEKEND's diverse client list includes:
San Francisco State University Arts & Lectures, Yosemite Foundation, San Francisco Symphony Association, National Park Service, Apple Computer Corp., Stevinson Ranch, Oracle Corp., Concord Police Department, Western Trailride Adventures, Martinez Police Department, Sonoma Hospital Foundation, City of Dunsmuir, Stanford University, City of San Mateo, Notre Dame High School, Market Street Merchants' Association, Wm. H. Crocker Middle School, Yosemite National Park, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, California Cowboy Gathering, International Society of Immunologists, St. Francis Yacht Club, Rancheros Visitaderos Trailride, and the Ahwahnee Hotel, among many others.
Western swing band from California, United States. Tour schedule, photographs, news, reviews, CD and contact information.
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