Local all-star Bob Seger tribute act plays rare show at Thee Stork Club
OAKLAND -- High-powered local Bob Seger tribute band Total B.S. plays the early material of the legendary Detroit rocker when they headline Thee Stork Club in Oakland Friday.
Fronted by kinetic singer Jason Morgan -- who currently wields the mic with rock n' soul heroes Harold Ray and East Side Dynamite and previously led similarly minded punk/R&B crew Harold Ray Live in Concert -- the group features a murderer's row of seasoned scene veterans faithfully recreating the sounds of one of Detroit's most beloved musical exports.
The all-star crew features three current and onetime members of Bay Area rock juggernauts Drunk Horse and Howlin Rain -- guitarist Eli Eckert (also in Once and Future Band and Low Plateau), guitarist/keyboardist Joel Robinow (leader of Once and Future Band and the current touring line-up of Black Crowes), and bassist Cyrus Comiskey (ex-Saviours and currently in pub punk band Smokers). Total B.S. also includes Comets on Fire drummer Utrillo Kushner (who plays keys in Low Plateau and Colossal Yes), saxophonist Matt Waters, percussionist Hoyt Faye and back-up vocalists Susan Appe and Dominique Banuelos-Matz.
The group played its first show in at least 10 years last spring opening for Kelley Stoltz with a celebration Seger's entire catalog focused on his early pre-fame songs but still touching on the hits that made him a staple of classic-rock radio. With the band booked for a rare out-of-town gig after being invited to play Stumpfest in Portland with such luminaries as heavy music duo Big Business, Tool drummer Danny Carey's trio and SF favorites Terry Gross (the power trio, not the NPR on-air personality), Total B.S. will be knocking the rust off with this warm-up show at Thee Stork Club in Oakland Friday night. The crew will be joined by fellow East Bay purveyors of covers Soft Notes with DJs the Katmandudes playing records before and between bands.
Total B.S. with Soft Notes
Friday, April 14, 8 p.m. $12-$15
Thee Stork Club
