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Other People's Money (OPM) (Tribute to Classic Rewindz) one of the best straight on rock bands in the Western US. Way beyond an ordinary "Cover band", OPM specializes in delivering a "Real Rock Concert" level performance. OPM plays festivals, night clubs, and exclusive private events all over the Western US and Hawaii. These versatile musicians deliver a high energy 120+ minute show with 2 encores with all your favorites from Billy Idol, Bad Company, Jet, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, U2 and everything in between. They are not to be missed.

Please find the OPM Electronic Press Kit(EPK) Video's, Images and Logo for promotional purposes.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wEqhb5KxSN_gEswz3oOeFVGxcDm10H25/edit

Please feel free to check our references with your colleagues who manage the concert series and other local Bay Area music festivals:

Lafayette Art and Wine Festival
Brian Aiello
email: Baiello@thepinn.com
Phone: (925) 946-1657

Millbrae Art and Wine Festival
Lorianne Richardson
email: Loriainne@Millbrae.com
Phone: (650) 315-3039

Benicia WaterFront Festival
Nancy Martinez
email: beniciamainstreet@gmail.com
Tel. (707) 745-9791

As the headliner, we've delighted crowds at these premier festivals for over 5 years running.

Purple Albatross is a rocking five piece band based in the East Bay that prides itself on tight arrangements of danceable original tunes in the rock and soul genre, peppered with some deep tracks and classic rock. We have been playing for nearly a year and a half to enthused audiences in the East Bay. Guaranteed to generate happy feet!

Brandy Markham and the boys have been playing live gigs in the Bay Area since 2018 we are a fun live band that brings action to the party. Opened up for acts such as Charlie Daniels band, Aaron lewis, and Y&T

Silver City combines a lively mix of classic bluegrass with modern Americana roots music. Distinctive vocals and superb harmonies are at the forefront with a playlist of well-crafted originals, hidden gems, and new renditions of old favorites. Silver City started out in the Mid-Atlantic region, entertaining audiences there at festivals, fairs, concerts, pubs and clubs for ten years. Moving to Folsom in 2021, band originators Leta Simons & Dan Pollak picked up right where they left off, bringing their music to new audiences in the Sierra Foothills, Central Valley, and Gold Country of California, backed by some of the area's best musicians. Silver City's CD “Somewhere in These Hills” can be heard on popular streaming sites, with the title song written by Leta, who honed her songwriting skills in Nashville.

Space Goat is an electrifying funk band hailing from Berkeley, California. Known for their unique blend of virtuosic improvisation, danceable funk grooves, and infectious sing-alongs; these goats free your mind and get your booty to follow. Their mesmerizing performances have earned them a dedicated following throughout the Bay, and they could not be more excited to play their original music for the Point Richmond Summer Concert Series!

For our submission, Video 2 represents one of the original pieces of music we would like to play for Pt. Richmond.

Video 1 represents our most professionally filmed work to date, but keep in mind we would be playing original music as shown in Video 2.

Taylor Rae - Austin based - Santa Cruz CA raised, singer songwriter Taylor Rae has consistently been releasing albums and singles since she was a sophomore in high school. A decade later, Taylor has found a way to modernize her unique 60s & 70’s inspired sound while blending jazz, psychedelic folk and classic blues/rock into a melting pot of organic music she calls "Soul and Roll". In 2022, Taylor released the highly praised album MAD TWENTIES which remained on the Americana Music Chart for 31 consecutive weeks. Taylor has toured with everyone from John Craigie, Sierra Hull, Band of Heathens, Crystal Bowersox to Brother’s Comatose. She has also graced the stages at prestigious venues like Mountain Stage Radio, Rochester Jazz Festival, Merlefest and Delfest. She will be releasing a new album in late 2024 featuring Sierra Hull.

“I feel like I'm listening to the Bonnie Raitt of the next generation."
- Kathy Mattea, host of Mountain Stage

The Dream Tellers are a 60s & 70s rock n’ roll-inspired group from the SF Bay Area. First bonding over a love of the Beatles, multi-instrumentalists Xavier Guerrero, Nicholas Lyon-Wright, and Alex Scot Hall formed the band to share their favorite classic tunes and their own retro-flavored originals. One of the most fun and unique aspects of the group is that each member can play every instrument, and each contributes equally to songwriting duties. What results is a dynamic, personality-filled set that still stays true to that classic rock n' roll sound!

(Please note that while The Dream Tellers do play covers, they have an hourlong original set!)

Winners of 5 Independent Blues Awards in 2021, The Lucky Losers are San Francisco’s finest male/female duet fronted band — a throwback to the hybrid of soul, blues, rock, gospel, and country that emerged in the late 1960’s with impassioned vocal performances, electrifying musical interplay, and powerful harmonica.

Described as “the finest female blues vocalist in the U.S” [Real Blues - 2010], fiery Dallas-born entertainer Cathy Lemons has a velvet voice with a gritty edge and the rebel conviction of a woman risen from the ashes. New Jersey native Phil Berkowitz "has earned renown as one of the West Coast’s most distinctive harp players, as well as for his sharp, resonant tenor" [Living Blues - 2018]. The stark contrast between incandescent Lemons and elegant Berkowitz makes for a captivating musical union, breathing new life into American songwriting tradition and the vanishing art of duet vocals.

Since 2015, The Lucky Losers have completed numerous national tours, performing on stages in over 46 states. Their artistic achievements have garnered 25 award nominations.

The Mad Maggies
Hard to Describe, Easy to Love


The Mad Maggies is a high-energy, danceable, touring band based in Sonoma County, California. The Mad Ms’ “genre-fluid” style spans ska, folk rock, California roots, jazz, R&B, klezmer, sea-faring & much more. It’s mostly original, often surprising, always fun and very danceable.

With nine albums, hundreds of shows and a handful of awards and TV placements to their credit, the band happily continues to share its distinctive, musical joy.
 2024 is the 20th year of this mad musical adventure.

“The Mad Maggies refuse to be type cast. They seem to delight in turning musical styles on their end.” -- Lee Widener


“There was not a moment when the dance floor was not packed, even long after the beer was gone. Yes, you guys rock.” -- Rod De Witt, Andersen Valley Brewing Co.

The Quitters are a guitar duo consisting of a right-side up finger stylist (Stevie Coyle) and an upside down flat picker (Glenn “Houston” Pomianek). They were two of the three founding members of the virtuoso string band, The Waybacks, and one was the long-time lead guitarist and co-founder of the Americana powerhouse, Houston Jones. Now they play together, on their own, hence the name, "The Quitters". They deliver a mostly acoustic celebration of flatpick and fingerstyle mastery, plus vocals, spiced with humor and serendipity.

Tom Rigney is one of the premier Roots Music fiddle players on the planet. His band--Tom Rigney and Flambeau--plays a hot mix of American Roots styles--blazing Cajun two-steps, low-down Blues, funky New Orleans grooves, Boogie Woogie piano, Roots Rock and Roll. Most of the repertoire is composed by Rigney, but they mix in a few classics from the Cajun/New Orleans songbook. Along the way you may pick up a trace of Rigney’s Irish roots, or echoes of Eastern Europe--it just makes the musical gumbo that much tastier.
Flambeau showcases Rigney’s fiery, virtuoso fiddling, his charismatic stage presence, and his range and originality as a composer/songwriter. He and Flambeau have forged a unique sound that blends American Roots styles into something original and HOT--mixing irresistible grooves with deep musicality and spectacular soloing. Rigney’s high-energy showmanship pulls the audience into his performances and makes them feel they are a part of the music and the show.

Born in Quezon City on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, lose yourself in Bay Area’s Tracy Cruz’s spirit filled, rich candied vocals; she is a full-time musical artist, songwriter and vocal coach, taking home over 40 prestigious music awards such as the 2022 Intercontinental Music Awards for “Best of North America in the R&B genre”, 2022 Josie Music Award for “Vocalist of the Year” (R&B/Soul), 2022 One Earth Award GOLD for “Best Jazz Single”, 2021 InterContinental Music Awards “Best of North America” in the R&B category, 2020 Gold International Singer Songwriters Association Award for “Female Emerging Artist of the Year”, World Songwriter Award for “Best R&B Song”, 2020 National Black Music Award for “Best Recorded Song” and 2020 Bay Area Black Music Award for “Best Female Neo Soul Performer”. She has also received over 80 nominations including seven Hollywood Music in Media nominations and five Soultracks.com Readers Choice Awards.

Her illustrative sophisticated sound of sultry hurdling breaths of piercingly clear reverberating mezzo soprano melodies, will cleanse your soul in a dream-like wonder. Her soothing velvet tales of hope, love, beauty and reflection are enlightened anthems of personal discoveries and affirmations. She has an earnest sound that comes deep within her soul, enthralled by the playful melodic upbeat rhythmic Neo Soul, Jazz, R&B, Hip Hop and Filipino original music fusions. It’s a soulful orchestra of percussion, guitar, pitched chimes, grooving bass lines, horns and angelic harp-like chords of originality and comfort with her band Instrumentali-T.

“Back in the ’30s and ’40s, swing was a high-energy dance music that people would dance to ’til they passed out. These days, if a band starts up with the clarinets and the ride cymbals, you’ll probably start picturing your great grandpa doing the jitterbug. Oakland’s Van Goat breathes a healthy dose of punk rock into swing by stripping it down, raw and so energetic that you’ll want to upstage your granddaddy on the dance floor.” - Good Times Santa Cruz

Van Goat’s latest release “Nobody Cares” still sits squarely in their self prescribed genre of ‘swing punk,’ but is a more mature and thoughtful collection of songs in structure, harmony, and lyrics. Loud, heavy surf-rock contrasts with swing and jazz; country with groove-centered funk, making for a dynamic and lively listening experience. “Nobody Cares’ is out now.