Doors 6:30 show 7 pm. Open seating, beer and wine available. $28 Advance / $32 Day of Show.
Lydia Pense & Cold Blood debuted when the Fillmore was at its
peak as one of the nation’s musical Meccas. Owner Bill Graham was so
impressed with Lydia’s voice and the sound of the band that he
immediately signed Cold Blood to his new record label. During the span
of six original late-60’s, early-70’s albums, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood
helped, along with Tower Of Power, forge their own specific brand of
funk/soul and R&B which came to be known as East Bay Grease. That
music still holds up today, proving that great music is timeless and
will continue to inspire generations to come.
Soul/R&B vocalist Fred Ross (formerly with Tower of Power) also
appears with Cold Blood – add in sax and trumpet – this will be a
killer show!
The word legend certainly applies to Lydia Pense and Cold Blood…and
not in some past tense-make-a-living-as-an-oldies-act sort of way
either. Pense can still shout like a 60’s soul diva and purr a slow
blues tune with spine-tingling subtlety. Cold Blood, as a whole,
features a stellar group of musicians who have been playing together for
nearly 20 years including Steve Dunne on guitar, Steve Salinas on
keyboards, a gritty-growling horn section comprised of John Hablieb and
Rob Zuckerman along with a stellar rhythm section featuring Evan
Palmerston on bass and T Moran on drums. The band members are all
veteran Bay Area musicians who have played with many great artists
including Elvin Bishop, Jefferson Starship, Boz Skaggs, Albert Collins
and more.
Of course there is Lydia who still has the chops with the patina of a
seasoned veteran who’s done and seen it all. Together she and the band
continue to twist together R&B, (both Old School and New School);
into something that doesn’t have a label… On any given night, Lydia
Pense and Cold Blood power through their historic essentials, like “You
Got Me Hummin’,” “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” “I’m A Good Woman,”
and “Down to the Bone.”
The award winning historic Sutter Creek Theatre is an intimate 215
seat former silent film theatre with superb sound. Voted Best Indie
Theatre multiple times (KCRA A-list).
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