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BIG MIX: MICHAEL McCLURE, RAY MANZAREK, GEORGE BROOKS, ROB WASSERMAN, JAY LANE

Apr.16.2008

BIG MIX
Michael McClure, Ray Manzarek, George Brooks, Rob Wasserman, Jay Lane

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008
2 shows - 8pm & 10pm

YOSHI'S San Francisco
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115

Original Beat icon MICHAEL McCLURE, who penned Janis Joplin’s immortal “Mercedes Benz,” and Doors keyboardist RAY MANZAREK, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who created one of rock’s most memorable instrumental lines (think “Light My Fire”), join forces with saxophonist GEORGE BROOKS (Summit, Bombay Jazz, Etta James), bassist ROB WASSERMAN (Lou Reed, Aaron Neville, Rickey Lee Jones), and drummer JAY LANE (Charlie Hunter, Bob Weir) for a evening of sophisticated anti-politics, elegant improvisation, American haiku, and jazz-drenched dharma boogie.

sf.yoshis.com/sf/jazzclub
415.655.5600