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Bay Area music legends Moonalice bring their diverse musical stylings to The Red Fox Tavern December 6th

"Moonalice's music is an eclectic brew of rock, roots, and rhythm-and-blues, peppered with a healthy dose of improvisation and played with some serious chops."

Moonalice is a Bay Area band of veteran players and old friends looking to explore new territory together. The high-energy group is composed of G.E. Smith (Bob Dylan, Saturday Night Live) on guitar, Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) on bass, Barry Sless (Phil Lesh, David Nelson Band) on guitar and pedal steel, Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna) on keys, Ann McNamee (Flying Other Brothers) on vocals and percussion, Roger McNamee (Flying Other Brothers) on guitar and vocals, and Jim Sanchez (Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John) on drums.

The band has logged quite a few shows in the couple years they've been on the road. Some of which include appearances at San Francisco's colossal and high profile Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2007 and 2008. Other outings included Wavy Gravy's Summer of Love Revival, The Grateful Garcia Gathering, the Sausalito Arts Festival, Earthdance, as well as shows at a variety of clubs and theaters across the country.

With a culture based on groove, the tribal members blow minds on guitars, keyboards, and a range of other instruments to prove their worthiness to play the low end.

According to legend, the Moonalice tribe is descended from Piltdown Woman, or possibly from a couple of naked, snake charmed gardeners who liked to hang around with friendly dinosaurs. Core to the Moonalice culture is the Coming of the Seventh - Yggdrassil - a mythical player of low tones who emerges periodically from the sea, where he cavorts with a school of thermally enhanced tuna.

The myth of Moonalice portends that upon the arrival of the Seventh, the groove will grow impossibly deep. So much so that the words "Dig it" will pass the lips of those who have never before uttered, let alone entertained, such thoughts.

The tribe - or band, as it is known in Moonalice culture - plays traditional Moonalice music, an intoxicating brew of roots, blues, psychedelia, and strange but kind folk. In Moonalice tradition, the musical ceremony - the gig - is a fusion of sound, lights, and refreshing beverages that improves reality for people who get too much of the real thing during the day time.

Moonalice's new album is produced by legendary producer T. Bone Burnett and is due out in Febuary 2009 !    
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