SOUL/FOOD! Soul Spectacular- SF Foodbank Benefit October 2, 2009

Event: “SOUL/FOOD!: A Night of Live Music, Vintage Vinyl and Rare Films To Benefit the San Francisco Food Bank.” Featuring live soul music with Marc & the Casuals, Ron Silva & the Monarchs, and Tommy Guerrero; rare 16mm soul films presented by Oddball Films; and vintage soul sounds on original vinyl with DJ Chas Gaudi, all amidst the art at the spacious Gallery 16 in San Francisco’s Soma District.
Date: Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at 7:00PM
Venue: Gallery 16, 501 3rd St., San Francisco, CA 94107
Admission: $10.00-20.00 Sliding Scale Donation

"SOUL/FOOD!”
A Night of Live Music, Vintage Vinyl and Rare Films To Benefit the San Francisco Food Bank

On Friday, October 2nd, Marc Capelle, Griff Williams/Gallery 16 and Oddball Films present a soul spectacular to benefit the San Francisco Food Bank, to be held at the spacious Gallery 16 in San Francisco’s Soma District.

Featuring live music with Marc & The Casuals (with longtime Virgil Shaw and American Music Club pianist Marc Capelle), Ron Silva & The Monarchs (leader Silva led cult favorites The Crawdaddys and The Nashville Ramblers) and Tommy Guerrero (eclectic and soulful guitarist/songwriter).

Oddball Films will be projecting a number of rare 16mm films featuring performances by James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Lou Rawls, Isaac Hayes, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Sly and the Family Stone, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Cannonball Adderley, and more plus a few surprises. Full descriptions below.

DJ Chas Gaudi (Shellac Shack) will be spinning original 1960’s soul and R&B vinyl.

Doors at 7:00PM and admission is a suggested donation of $10.00-20.00. For further info, please email [email protected] or call 415-558-8117.

Beneficiary

The San Francisco Food Bank
The San Francisco Food Bank is the critical link between food and people. They provide food to over 22,000 households each week through 400+ non-profit partners.
http://www.sffoodbank.org/

The Bands:

Marc & The Casuals
The seldom seen, but often recorded- Marc and the Casuals are a groovy yet disciplined deep soul/pop instrumental combo. Lead by longtime Virgil Shaw and American Music Club pianist, Marc Capelle, this all-star interplanetary 21st century Wrecking Crew features some of the Bay Area's finest musical minds and dressers.
http://www.tarmacmusic.com/bio.htm

Ron Silva & The Monarchs
Ron Silva possesses one of the finest and truly soulful voices on the West Coast. He first found fame with The Crawdaddys, then with The Nashville Ramblers, and in more recent years with The Monarchs. His backing group consists of several solid experienced California musicians who have played with such groups as The Nick Rossi Set, The Royal Crown Revue, The Loved Ones, The Kinetics, Jump With Joey, and Beulah. They have an individual, stylish take on classic Rhythm and Blues which has recently experienced a worldwide resurgence thanks to people like Sharon Jones, James Hunter, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, and Amy Winehouse. Like many of these contemporaries, The Monarchs go straight to the source for inspiration: piles of dusty 45s on labels as well known as Stax and as obscure as Little Star. Put it all very simply...they are the REAL DEAL!
http://www.myspace.com/ronsilvaandthemonarchs

Tommy Guerrero & Special Guests
Soulful guitarist and songwriter Tommy Guerrero has a number of critically acclaimed albums, EPs, and singles combining various types of music from rock, rap, funk, soul, and jazz. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine named Guerrero's third studio album, Soul Food Taqueria (2003), #2 on its 2003 "Best of” list.
http://www.tommyguerrero.com/

The Films:

“James Brown- The Man” (Color, 1967)
Rarely seen documentary on the man, his career and his philosophy. From his own background as a drifter and a convict to his many successful enterprises- from his “James Brown’s Golden Platter” soul food restaurants to his Brown and Black trading stamp venture, this film paints a portrait of Brown as Black activist and community leader. Riveting performance footage is interspersed with Brown’s message to the youth: “Don’t Hate: Communicate”.

“Aretha Franklin-Soul Singer” (Color, 1968)
Directed by Stephen Fleischman “Aretha...” showcases the electrifying Franklin singing gospel in a Detroit Church, rehearsing in the recording studio with her band, performing live in concert and on the Detroit television dance party program "Swing Time". Song highlights include "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman", "Chain of Fools" and of course "Respect". This well-made documentary features some very good live segments of Aretha in performance, receiving an award from Rev. Martin Luther King and onstage with her backup singers and dancers.

“Black Music in America: From Then Till Now” (Color, 1971)
This tremendous educational documentary from the mid-1970's examines the priceless contributions of African-Americans to musical heritage, so closely tied to their unique history in the United States. Beginning with the genius Louis Armstrong's triumphant return to Ghana in the late 1950's, we trace the evolution of music from West Africa to the emerging nation. Features incredible clips of filmed performances by Mahalia Jackson, Josephine Baker, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, and Duke Ellington. Contemporary musicians such as Nina Simone, BB King, Cannonball Adderley (w/ Joe Zawinul - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy), and Sly & the Family Stone punctuate the memory of the past, the spontaneity of the moment and determination for the future.

Black Music in America: The 70s (Color, 1979)
Isaac Hayes and Dionne Warwick take the viewer on a musical excursion through the world of Black music of the 1970's. From the Detroit sound of Diana Ross to the disco beat of Donna Summer, the film follows the progression of Motown in the 70s with interviews featuring Quincy Jones and Smokey Robinson and a cavalcade of musical clips featuring Earth, Wind and Fire, Barry White, Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Kahn, Parliament, Funkadelic, The Village People, Bob Marley, Grace Jones, Miles Davis a mind-blowing effects-laden video clip of the Jacksons and a Soul Train load of clips more!

“Eddie Kendricks” (Color, 1973)
Punchy promo film produced by Motown Records featuring the funky former singer of the Temptations in action as well as interviews with Smokey Robinson and Mary Wells of the Supremes and a live performance of Keep on Truckin'.

Plus! Clips and commercials featuring Lou Rawls, Isaac Hayes, Lenny Welch and Timmie “Oh Yeah” Rogers and more!

About Oddball Films
Oddball films is the film component of Oddball Film+Video, a stock footage company providing offbeat and unusual film footage for feature films like Milk, documentaries like The Summer of Love, television programs like Mythbusters, clips for Boing Boing and web projects around the world.
Our films are almost exclusively drawn from our collection of over 50,000 16mm prints of animation, commercials, educationals, feature films, movie trailers, medical, industrial military, news out-takes and every genre in between. We’re actively working to present rarely screened genres of cinema as well as avant-garde and ethno-cultural documentaries, which expand the boundaries of cinema. Oddball Films is the largest film archive in Northern California and one of the most unusual private collections in the US. We invite you to join us in our weekly offerings of offbeat cinema.

About DJ Chas Gaudi
Pete Gowdy (aka DJ Chas Gaudi) is host of San Francisco’s Shellac Shack, a popular weekly 78 rpm and soul 45 party and a DJ specializing in vintage sounds: soul, jazz, country, punk and new wave. He is also a guest curator at Oddball Films.

About Griff Williams/Gallery 16
Griff Williams is an artist, curator, educator and owner of Gallery 16 and Urban Digital Color in San Francisco. His background as an artist and art advocate has taken many forms. He has worked in Washington D.C., lobbying Congress on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as an art educator at schools and Universities on both coasts. Their exhibition program involves artists working in a wide range of media exploring a variety of aesthetic, conceptual, and technological issues. Gallery 16 to date has presented of over 180 exhibitions involving 235 artists. Griff has organized and instructed over 40 artist workshops focusing on artists using contemporary media.

Official Website: http://www.gallery16.com