Santa Rosa Scorcher

This four-disc, 64-track collection includes the great artists, the greatest songs, all uniquely themed to a genre…

Sonny Lowe has been a mainstay in the Northbay blues scene for over 25 years. With his own band, Sonny and the Blenders, he has played extensively within a 100 mi. radius of his home in Santa Rosa and now, following major events like the growth of his children, he is preparing to launch another voyage into the unknown of a working Blues band. This time under the name of simply, The Sonny Lowe Band, and the release of this highly acclaimed CD, 100 PROOF, Sonny claims to be ready, willing AND able to take on the road. Directly quoted, Sonny states "I didn't grow all this time and lose all this hair so I could sit in a rocking chair……

The most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s, the origins of the Swedish superstars ABBA dated back to 1966, when keyboardist and vocalist Benny Andersson, a onetime member of the popular beat outfit the Hep Stars, first teamed with guitarist and vocalist Bjorn Ulvaeus, the leader of the folk-rock unit the Hootenanny Singers…

This chronological, decades-spanning collection offers revelatory peeks at little-heard tunes as well as thrilling takes on beloved setlist staples. Reaching back to 1966, we get rare outings of folk/blues covers like "He Was a Friend of Mine" and Lead Belly's "In the Pines," while a 1978 recording from the legendary Egyptian performances at the foot of the pyramids produces a collaboration with oud master Hamza El Din on his own "Ollin Arageed."