| Bands: | |
| The Cafe Borrone All-Stars - Clint Baker has been leading a New Orleans style band at Cafe Barrone in Menlo Park (San Jose Area) for the past 16 years! This site includes their performance Schedule and Photos. | |
| The Cash Kings - *The* Johnny Cash tribute band. | |
| Hal's Angels - Southern California band led by drummer Hal Smith. Swingin' Kansas City Jazz, Boogie Woogie & Blues. | |
| The Hayriders - The Louisiana Hayride revisited! Roots & Rockabilly music. | |
| The Reynolds Brothers Rhythm Rascals - Authentic 1930's Washboard Music from brothers Ralf and John Reynolds. | |
| The Stage Hogs - Barbershop Quartette let by CJ Sams. | |
| Usonia Jazz - Central Coast Band that presents elegant swing from the 30's & 40's. Check out their performance schedule if you need a jazz fix when you're in wine country. | |
| Performing Artists: | |
| Clint Baker - San Francisco based Muli-Instrumentalist and Jazz Historian. | |
| Chris Cavera - My brother's website containing samples of his original Electronica, Techo, and Speed Metal Guitar Compositions. | |
| Joe Hopkins - Jazz Clarinet player and bandleader in the Phoenix, AZ area. Director on the board of the American Federation of Jazz Societies and the Vice-President and musical director of the AZ Classic Jazz Society. | |
| Rebecca Kilgore - Frequently touring Jazz Vocalist/Guitarist based in the Portland Oregon area. Check her performance schedule and see her the next chance you get. You can thank me later... | |
| Dawn Lambeth - An accomplished keyboardist and vocalist reminicent of Maxine Sullivan & Lee Wiley. | |
| Woody Pittman - Perhaps one of the best-loved comedy magicians working today. This site contains performance updates as well as tricks for the magically inclined. | |
| Moira Quirk - Stand up comedy with a twist of limey. | |
| Michael Raynor - Funny professional tricky person. | |
| Hal Smith - Drummer / Bandleader extrodinare and one of my frequent parteners in many rhythm sections (for good reason!). You can also visit his myspace page here: http://www.myspace.com/halsmithmusic | |
| Chris Tyle - TYLEMAN! | |
 At Vintage Guitars with Hertz playing his very beautiful and rare Stromberg Guitar (he insisted!). |
Here are links to a couple short films made by my friend
Julian. He is a young French Filmmaker who happend into 'Vintage Guitars'
as Hertz (the shop owner) and I were jamming. Please follow the links
below or go to www.youtube.com and
put my name in the search engine. |
| Music Links: | |
| A La Recherche de Josephine - "Looking For Josephine" - The promotional website for the musical. | |
| America's Finest Dixieland Jazz Socitey - A non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Traditional Jazz. They sponser many jazz events inculding an annual festival over Thanksgiving weekend, and an Adult Traditional Jazz Camp. | |
| Bay Area Hot Jazz Guide (Rae Ann's List) - An extensive list of live music events in the San Francisco Bay area featuring Dixieland, Traditional, New Orleans, and Django Jazz. | |
| Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine - A great collection of 78's online for your listening pleasure. | |
| Historic American Sheet Music - Duke University's collection of 19th and early 20th Century American Sheet Music. | |
| The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music - A well indexed site containing over 29,000 pieces of popular American sheet music. You may view and print music that has entered the public domain. | |
| Mississippi State Univeristy Library (Sheet Music Collection) - Over 5,000 pieces of music available on the Internet for scholars, musicologist and music lovers.. | |
| Quicktime - This free media player will allow you to watch video and hear music on the web. I use a Mac and this works well for me. | |
| RealPlayer - This free media player will also allow you to watch video and hear music on the web. Look for the RealPlayer-Free button. | |
| The Red Hot Jazz Archive - A History of jazz before 1930. Lots of 78's as well as films and bios of musicians and bands. | |
| Other: | |
| Amazon - My parents have written a book which is based on their award winning newspaper column, "The Second Half". It's titled, "Closing In On God" and is available through Amazon.com. The easiest way to find it is with a quick search by title or for author (Jim and Ann) Cavera under the subject "Books". | |
| The American Rag - America's Largest Traditional Jazz and Ragtime Newspaper. | |
| Caparone Winery - Musician / Bandleader (Usonia Jazz Band) Marc Caparone's other gig. Exceptional wines since 1973. | |
| Catholic Senior Spirit - My Mom & Dad's website with information on their latest book "Grounded In God". | |
| The Mississippi Rag - The Voice of Traditional Jazz and Ragtime | |
| Retro Junk - 80's nostalgia site. Read Chris Cavera's article: 80's Toys For Young Nerds. | |
