Our friends :

ALO (Lebowitz, Adams, and Gill will leave you boogying like liberated animals with their funky fun mixture of great jamming and creative, sometimes hilarious songwriting) www.alomusic.com

Samantha & The Ritual (Lead by one of the most soulful vocalists and songwriters on the scene today, Samantha's music can bring you both to laughter and to tears) www.samanthamusic.com

Tea Leaf Green (they will mezmerize you with their high energy jamming, including the peaking guitar solos of Josh Clark, outstanding songwriting and Rhodes work of Trevor Garrod, body-shakin' bass of Ben Chambers, and thunderous drums of Scotty Rager) www.Tealeafgreen.com

The Ritual (featuring the amazing peaking organ and funky/electronica keyboards of Jordan Feinstein, who is undoubtedly one of the most energetic and versatile musicians on the scene today, along with members of ALO and frequent special guests. Check out The Ritual Tuesday's and Wednesday's during happy hour at the BoomBoom Room, 5-7PM. coming soon: www.theritual.net)

New Monsoon (With perhaps the best rhythm section in the Bay Area, as well as outstanding guitar work that can ring of Allman Brothers or The Cheese at any given moment, the energy and edge of a Monsoon show is like their namesake, full of thunder and lightening.) www.newmonsoon.com

JamBase (What more can we say? We'd all miss so much great live music without it, and we love their low-fee ticketing service!) www.jambase.com

JamScene.org (An independent portal site to charitable, non-profit, and philanthropic organizations with roots in the improvisational live music community) www.JamScene.org

Conservation Value (Communicating ways to save money that benefit our environment. Coming in spring 2005: Databases for locating environmentally-friendly goods and services, as well as clean energy and land conservation incentive programs!).www.conservationvalue.org

Rock The Earth (Defending the Planet one Beat at a Time).www.rocktheearth.net

Living Tree Paper (Get your album covers, brochures, business cards. posters, and more printed on tree-free paper!)www.livingtreepaper.com

The Bay Recorders Organization (The Bay Recorders are nothing short of consumate professionals when it comes to recording events and mixing them down into top-quality form).www.bayrecorders.org

Jenstar Productions (Jenna is amazingly on-the-ball and if you need someone to help organize and promote a musical event, you are in good hands with her!) www.jenstarproductions.com

Dr. FX: With his video magic, Dr. FX turns a room into an electric environment. www.drfx.com

Shaugs.com: Another old college friend and all around MacGyver type great guy whose amazing array of art you should definitely check out. shaugs.com

Free Peoples (Phenomenal newgrass/bluegrass and beyond. Mike D--also of The Trichromes--holds a firm line on bass, Johnny Downer tears it up on guitar, and Tim Sawyer sings a souldful lead vocals) www.FreePeoples.com

David Gans (Unbeknownst to many, the host of radio favorites, The Grateful Dead Hour and Dead to the World, is also a wonderful singer/songwriter!) www.trufun.com

Mystery Machine Productions (Mystery Machine of The Bay Area, now part of Another Planet Entertainment (congratulations!), and owner the brand new venue, The Independent (formerly The Justice League), was recently rated among the top 3 promoters in the USA by Jambase, and their outstandingly fun and well-run shows reveal just why--a true beacon of music, booty-shakin, and general happiness in the Bay Area!)

Sunset Promotions (The founders and organizers of the San Francisco Funk Festival provide us with some of the finest groovin' nights of the year, including with their amazing "Funk Allstars" series, in which they bring together funkmasters from past and present. What a treat!) www.sunsetpromotions.net

Boom Boom Room (The level of music that is played within the walls of this intimate bar setting is truly mindblowing. From showcasing funk, jazz, and blues legends including Dr. Lonnie Smith and members of The Meters, to organizing guest appearances by the likes of Karl Denson, to supporting bay area favorites such as Will Bernard, Melvin Seals, Tea Leaf Green, and Netwerk:Electric, and to providing up-and-coming bands such as ALO, The Ritual, Samantha Stollenwerck, SFUNK, Free Peoples, and Top 4 Flights with the opportunity to showcase their talent, we are truly lucky to have the Boom Boom Room here in San Fransisco.) www.boomboomblues.com

High Sierra Music Festival (need we say more. Magic. Pure magic.)
www.hsmusic.net

12 Galaxies (This new San Francisco live music club, located at 20th and Mission, has been beautifully redone, and with outstanding bar, dancefloor, and balcony/2nd level that is essentially a second floor with yet another dancefloor and bar, is sure to hold some legendary events in the months and years to come! ) www.12galaxies.com

Magic Gravy. Jay Archibald's photography and kaleidoscope projection work will mesmerize an audience; his photography was recently accepted for an exhibit in a prestigious gallery in SOHO, NYC! Congratulations, Jay!www.magicgravy.com

Funky Beulah (Funky Dave can funk it up with his soul funk swamp boogie!) www.funkybeulah.com (website coming soon)

Nugs.net: Our old college friend was recently called a "Johnny Appleseed" and "Godfather" of online live music downloads for his work with Nugs and Live Phish (Johnny Appleseed--heh heh). Use his outstanding site to stream decades of live music right into your computer. nugs.net

Sfunk (Shake your booty to the grooves laid down by these funky acid jazz masters) Sfunk.com