Daniel Nickerson plays Eureka’s Redwood Curtain Tasting Room at 6 p.m. on Thursday,
May 29. Credit: Photo by Emily Rune, submitted
Some evenings around here certainly seem to rhyme. Tonight is one such example, as there are a couple of free beer garden/tasting room shows starting at 6 p.m., featuring two of our finest local talents. At Six Rivers Brewery, you will find Dale Cash & Friends. I grew up down the street from Mr. Cash and when I was a kid, I marveled at his profound bass playing skills, my first sonic weapon of choice. I took exactly one lesson from him about fundamentals during which he showed me how to play over and along with Hendrix riffs and some Chopin Etudes to study. He left me with, “I don’t want to waste your time — everything you need to learn you will get from listening and practicing,” and was absolutely right. In case you have slept on it, he remains one of the greats, spiraling outwards from a megalithic, “in the pocket” blues foundation which you simply can’t teach, only discover. Come see for yourself. Water seeks its own level so I’m certain the “& friends” part of the show will feature no slouches either. Meanwhile, at the Eureka Redwood Curtain Tasting Room, the young ace and musical jackalope Daniel Nickerson will be doing a solo showing of some of the magical oomph-a that makes the many other groups he fronts or plays in — like the Cowtown Serenaders, The Blueberry Hill Boogie Band and Makenu — so special.
