Wed, March 25 KING DREAM Ghost Coach R.O. Shapiro 7:30pm doors $12 advance / $15 doors all ages King Dream is an L.A.-based rock ‘n’ roll project helmed by Oakland native Jeremy Lyon, a lifelong songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer and producer who crafts dive bar anthems with heart, brains and soul. Hard-rocking yet poignant, his music combines a love for American rock masters like Springsteen and Petty with ‘60s West Coast psychedelia and more contemporary torch-bearers like My Morning Jacket and The War on Drugs — all brought to life by a rotating cast of California’s most in-demand players. https://www.kingdreamband.com/about With big ’80s hooks, lush five part harmonies, spacey soundscapes, and heady jams, Ghost Coach’s music lives somewhere between modern indie rock and retro art pop. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the core songwriting duo is Nate Semprebon on lead vocals and keys and Kiel Williams on lead guitar and vocals. They are joined by Nick Servidio on guitar and vocals, Tom Quell on bass and vocals, Harry Gold on synth and vocals, and Grant McLeod on drums. https://www.ghostcoachband.com/ R.O. (Raphael Odell) Shapiro is a purveyor of original Americana music, carefully crafted and soulfully sung. He was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Sag Harbor, an old whaling town at the very eastern end of Long Island. He started performing at an early age, first with dance and then musical theater, before picking up guitar at the end of high school. He attended Yale University, still focusing on theater, but spent a lot of his evenings singing with a cappella groups, a rock band, and a choral folk ensemble called Tangled Up In Blue, or TUIB. After graduating he moved to New York City to pursue acting, but also started picking up some small venue gigs. When he realized that he was more excited about playing dive bars than Broadway, he packed up and headed out west to California to team up with fellow TUIB alum, Jenner Fox, forming the band Odell Fox. They started touring almost immediately, cultivating an energetic and intimate live show experience that R.O. has continued to build upon as a solo artist. They moved to Austin, TX, where they released two records, the “Moon Shiner EP,” in 2016, and “Thank You,” in 2017. When the band parted ways at the end of 2017, R.O. stayed in Austin, gigging regularly in the hallowed venues of that world famous music scene. It was then he developed the full-band, electrified sound that you can hear on 2021’s “King Electric Sessions,” his first release since leaving Odell Fox. In recent years he has typically played solo, touring regularly in the Northeast, California, and Pacific Northwest including Alaska and Vancouver Island. https://roshapiro.com/epk