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Blakes on Telegraph, the East Bay's premiere destination for food, drinks and music. A Telegraph Ave. landmark for over 50 years, Blakes has seen it all, from John Lee Hooker, Cyndi Lauper, The B-52..s, String Cheese Incident, The Counting Crowes & Gregg Allman. Blakes on Telegraph is more than a restaurant, bar and nightclub - it is an East Bay entertainment mecca. The club was initially called Larry Blake's and was founded in 1940 by Larry Blake himself, who manned the helm for the better part of three decades. Having earned a reputation for providing good food in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, Larry sold the business to a group of employees who envisioned expanding the occasional music venue into a full-fledged nightclub. Blakes initially booked talented local jazz acts such as Ed Kelly, Pete and Sheila Escovedo and Kitty Margolis alongside national acts like the great Cal Tjader, Mose Allison, and Joaquin Lievano. Eventually blues was incorporated into the mix, and within a short period of time, Blakes became the premiere blues club in the entire Bay Area. The list of blues luminaries who have enjoyed a run at Blakes includes some of the most talented artists in blues history: John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Lowell Fulson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Otis Rush, Johnny Heartsman, Brownie McGee, Irma Thomas, Elvin Bishop and Johnny Adams. We've seen some impressive shoes walk through these doors. World-famous blues guitarist Robert Cray, immediately recognized by then booking agent Tim Kaihatsu as a tremendous talent, was fostered throughout the years by Blakes. When the great Charles Brown decided to step back into the music world, his first comeback performance was at Blakes. Charlie Musselwhite, Lady Bianca, Tracy Nelson, Joe Louis Walker, Roy Rogers, Buckwheat Zydeco, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, Norton Buffalo, Rory Block, John Hammond, Boz Skaggs, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Amos Garrett, Maria Muldaur, Roomful of Blues, Elvin Bishop, and Greg Allman have all graced our stage and entertained our customers. For nearly four decades, Blakes was THE blues hotspot in the East Bay. In 1993, Blakes recognized the need to become more contemporary. They gave the club a facelift, officially changed the name to "Blakes on Telegraph," and started booking modern rock, punk, ska, jazz, funk and hip-hop. More whos who as performers and regulars at Blakes are - Cyndi Lauper, The B-52s, Carson Kresley, Wanda Sykes, Andy Bell of Erasure on June 29th 2008 ( the official true colors afterparty ), String Cheese Incident, Hot Buttered Rum, Railroad Earth & Sound Tribe Sector 9 members on July 21 & 22 2007, John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, Gregg Allman, Mick Fleetwood, Bonnie Hayes, Kevin Hayes, Train, Shelia E., Pete Escavedo, Third Eye Blind, KRS-One, Akil ( jurassic five ), Bicasso ( living legends ), Kev Choice ( lauren hill ), The Counting Crowes, Set Your Goals, RX Bandits, The Matches, Alexis On Fire, Moneen, Cancer Bats, Animosity, First Blood, Elvin Bishop, Brad Gillis ( ozzy guitarist ), Fishbone, Robert Cray, Cake, John Hammond, Boz Scaggs, Maria Muldaur, Prince ( sat in with a blues artist ). Members of Stone Temple Pilots, Tsunami Bomb, Systematic, Ozzy Osbourse..s band, Death Angel, Zombie, No Doubt, Fishbone, Alice In Chains, Danzig, Tesla, Mirv, Primus, Keith Richards Expensive Winos, Bright Eyes, Testament, Exodus, Forbidden, Tsunami Bomb, Snot, Soulfly, Roger Rocha ( ex 4 non blondes ), Skinlab, Re:igniton & The Black Crowes. Frequented by members of Green Day, Rancid, Metallica, Hoobastank, Testament, Flipsyde, Exodus, No Doubt, Mike Park, Testament, Skinlab / Re:ignition, Faith No More and many many more.
BLAKES booking company is KGE ( kid glove entertainment ), who has been established in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1994. They have been booking for 9 years and have booked Independently at Blakes previously from 2000-2005. KGE has a well known street team. Each year they distribute at least 200,000 leafets of sort, ie: flyers & psosters, promoting all of Another Planet Entertainment..s shows including their KGE shows. They provide a professional production on show nights. Scary Garys stage hand credits include; Metallica 2008 Oakland Ca., AC/DC Dec. 2nd & 4th 2008, KRS-ONE - stage manager @ Blakes show, Greg Ginn - ex Black Flag, stage manager at Blakes show, Jason Mraz ( stage hand & merch ), Death Angel ( stage hand & merch ), The Treasure Island Music Festival 2008 with The Racontuers, Vampire Weekend, Justice, CSS and many more, The Dave Matthews Band, The 2008 SF Outside Lands Music Festival ( Radiohead, Tom Petty, Primus, Beck & Jack Johnson - building TITAN/5040 stages ), Sound Tribe Sector 9, Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, Buckethead, Tim Mcgraw & Faith Hill, U2, SFNYE & The California Music Awards to name a few. They have also been involved in Radio & TV production. And have booked multiple venues in the past.Gary has also worked with The X-Games, Exotic Erotic Ball, Sidewalks The TV Series, KOFX Radio, Keanu Reeves, Peter Wolf ( j. giels band ), his cousin Craig Chaquico ( jefferson starship ), Ozzy & Sharon, Nikki Sixx, Linda Perry, Ozzie Ahlers ( jerry garcia, bonnie hayes, craig chaquico keyboardist ), good friend Corey Feldman and many many more. Their affiliation with The California Music Awards, Another Planet Entertainment & other media outlets provide extra exposure for the bands they book. For booking consideration, you can send them a myspace messgae via www.Myspace.com/KGErules & e-mail them via KidGloveEntertainment@hotmail.com