Folk at the Oak!

The Rubber Chicken Roast will be held from 4pm to 7pm on Sunday, May 27th, at the Winery in Vallecito.

This year we're changing it up and having an afternoon-to-evening event: come when you like, and have some great food and wine.

On the menu: we're serving a Mexican garlic chicken with all of the trimmings: salsa, tortillas, guacamole, rice, and beans. Yes, beans.

Advance ticket info will be posted soon!

The Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society (TAPAS) is hosting their fifth annual Grand Wine Tasting of domestically-produced Tempranillos, Albariños, Garnachas, Verdelhos, and many more, from the wine regions of the western United States.

From 2:00 to 5:00 pm consumers will have an opportunity to taste wines produced by TAPAS members from grape varieties indigenous to Spain and Portugal that are now cultivated in America, in a casual walk-around setting where they may chat with the growers and producers. Wine will be available for sale at this event.

Twisted Oak Winery will be there featuring some new and limited releases - including vineyard designated Tempranillos, Verdelho, and Albariño.

For more information (and to get your special Twisted Oak discounted ticket price!) visit eventbrite.com.

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Twisted Oak is pleased to welcome back to our hilltop the fabulous Delgado Brothers!

Driven by fierce independence, unified by family, and fortified by the brotherhood of music, the Delgado Brothers deliver the musical goods; topical anthem-worthy songs complemented by call-to-action lyrics, and East L.A. Soul. For over 30 years the Delgado Brothers have been music makers, collaborators and ordinary citizens; raising children, grieving the loss of parents, marrying & divorcing. All of this life experience may explain their flare for illuminating everyman's joys, sorrows, triumphs and losses. The Brothers' music has long been embraced both locally and globally by a wide spectrum of people undivided by culture, age or socioeconomic status.

The Delgado Brothers have longtime been referred to as Los Angeles’ best kept secret. So just who are these quintessential musicians? The Delgado Brothers are eldest brother Bob Delgado on bass, middle brother Joey D on guitar and vocals, younger brother Steve on drums and vocals, David “B” Kelley on Hammond B3 and Victor Bisetti on congas and timbales. 

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Grammy-award winner and six-time Grammy nominee, Peter Rowan is a bluegrass singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades. From his early years playing under the tutelage of bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe, and following his stint in Old & In the Way with Jerry Garcia and subsequent breakout as both a solo performer and bandleader, Rowan has built a devoted, international fan base through his continuous stream of original recordings, collaborative projects, and constant touring.

The 25th Anniversary of this Independence Day favorite! The straight ahead running events include:

• 5K Run/Walk
• 10K Run
• Half Marathon

...and new for 2012 is the Twisted run you've been waiting for:

The Rubber Chicken Relay!

The race will start at 8:15AM and follow one 5k lap of the course (that's 1.25k per runner). Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. And an additional prize will be given for the best team outfit/costume. Join the fun!

Post race BBQ open to all after the race 11am-1pm. Non-running Adults $10, Kids $7 (BBQ for runners is included in the entry fee.)

More info, application, and entry fees.
 

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Since forming a musical partnership in 1986, when Tom first joined Laurie’s acclaimed band, Grant Street, Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum have recorded 12 albums and performed around the globe. These Grammy-nominated artists (for their 1995 album The Oak and the Laurel) are widely regarded as among the leading lights of modern bluegrass.

The Bee Eaters trace their roots back to musical traditions as diverse as bluegrass, Celtic, jazz and old-time. While today’s new breed often produces an amalgamation of sounds and styles based on a distant view, the Bee Eaters were raised embedded in these traditions… raised to mold, meld, shape them and carry them forward, leaving their own indelible marks in the process. Brother-sister duo Tristan and Tashina Clarridge, long known and lauded by those steeped in the American fiddle tradition, are joined by hammer dulcimer wizard Simon Chrisman.

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Multi-instrumentalist David Lindley performs music that redefines the word "eclectic." Lindley, well known for his many years as the featured accompanist with Jackson Browne, and leader of his own band El Rayo-X, has long championed the concept of world music. The David Lindley electro-acoustic performance effortlessly combines American folk, blues, and bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy, and Turkish musical sources. Lindley incorporates an incredible array of stringed instruments including but not limited to Kona and Weissenborn Hawaiian lap steel guitar, Turkish saz and chumbus, Middle Eastern oud, and Irish bouzouki. The eye-poppingly clad "Mr. Dave's" uncanny vocal mimicry and demented sense of humor make his onstage banter a highlight of the show.

Uncle Bonsai performs original, contemporary folk/pop music. With their soaring and intricate 3-part vocal harmonies and biting humor, accompanied by only an acoustic guitar, Arni Adler, Patrice O'Neill, and Andrew Ratshin deliver poignantly unflinching portrayals of life, love, and a guy named Doug. The trio's influences range from the Beatles to Stephen Sondheim. Some say Zappa cross-bred with Peter, Paul and Mary. Loudon Wainwright III, the Roches. Three tightly tiered and adhered voices, acoustic guitar. That's it. Nearly naked folk-pop for everyone.

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Maria Muldaur is best known world wide for her '74 mega-hit "Midnight at the Oasis," which received several Grammy nominations, and enshrined her forever in the hearts of Baby Boomers everywhere; but despite her considerable Pop Music success, her 39-year career could best be described as a long and adventurous odyssey through the various forms of American Roots Music. During the folk revival of the early '60s, she began exploring and singing early Blues, Bluegrass, Appalachian "Old Timey" music, beginning her recording career in 1963 with the Even Dozen Jug Band and shortly thereafter, joining the very popular Jim Kweskin Jug Band, touring, and recording with them throughout the '60s.

In the 39 years since MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Maria has toured extensively worldwide, and has recorded 39 solo albums covering all kinds of American Roots music, including Gospel, R&B, Jazz and Big Band (not to mention several award-winning children's albums), before settling comfortably into her favorite idiom, the Blues, in recent years. Often joining forces with some of the top names in the business, Maria has recorded and produced on-average an album per year, several of which have been nominated for Grammy and other awards.  

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Twisted Few and Twisted Freaks! Save the Date!

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Creativity educator, former museum curator, visual artist, actor/storyteller, festival emcee and recipient of the 2009 Folk Alliance Far-West Performer of the Year, Joe Craven has made music with many folks ranging from multi-string instrumentalist David Lindley to Blues slide guitar master Roy Rogers to Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia and groups from Psychograss to The Persuasions to The Horseflies. He was percussionist and fiddler for mandolinist David Grisman for almost 17 years and was special guest with fusion banjo player Alison Brown and her Quartet for almost 7 years.

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Exceptional among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, the Duo and other ensembles. Today Darol can be heard on NPR's "Car Talk" theme every week, along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and Tony Rice. He has recorded and produced scores of important recordings since 1977, is a MacDowell and UCross Fellow, and has received numerous composers' residencies and grants. He is a featured soloist on dozens of recordings and motion picture soundtracks.

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Two of greatest mandolinists in the world join forces!

Mike Marshall has created some of the most adventurous music of our times since launching his career as the young boy-wonder mandolinist/guitarist of the original David Grisman Quartet Since those days he has gone on to collaborate on both recordings and tours with Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, Stephane Grappelli, Chris Thile and Mark OConnor to name but a few.

Caterina Lichtenberg holds what might be the only University professorship for mandolin at the Music Conservatory in Cologne, Germany. She directs the Baroque Ensemble there, has over 10 cds to her credit and has traveled the globe for the past 20 years with tours in the U.S., Canada, Japan, China and most of the countries of Europe.

Together these two virtuosos will take you on a journey of the mandolin. From it’s Italian roots during the Baroque period to the shores of Ireland, the hills of Appalachia, and to the beaches of Brazil and Venezuela.

Don’t miss an exciting evening of mandolin virtuosity like you have never seen before.

Enjoy a pit-roasted BBQ dinner while you taste every vintage of The Spaniard and listen to music by The Snarky Cats!

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