LIVE MUSIC

Dynamic, Diverse Music Lineup
at Mountain View Festival

No matter your musical taste, you’ll find something to love at the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, September 11-12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Castro Street, where a diverse sampling of the best local bands will be on hand to entertain. From danceable party hits to classic rock covers, country, or Celtic harp, there’s something for everyone.

The Joe Sharino Band California Cowboys

The Joe Sharino Band is one of the true icons on the Bay Area’s vibrant music scene. They’ve won 15 Best Band Awards in Northern California. They play 70 to 80 shows a year and turn down hundreds more. Back in 1982, they played in front of 250,000 people at the Southern California US Festival, opening for 30 big-name bands that included the Police, Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, the Talking Heads, the B-52's, Ramones, The Kinks, Santana and more. The secret to the band’s success is simple. Joe Sharino delivers what people want to hear –– a high-energy, fun-filled show of favorite tunes that makes everyone from grungy teens to grandmas want to rock out in the streets. The band plays literally hundreds of classics spanning the decades, from Elvis Presley to OutKast and Lynyrd Skynyrd to La Bamba. It’s a formula that keeps the band booked year-round to sell-out crowds, with thousands of loyal fans coming back decade after decade. “The thing we do that's different than every other band is that we genuinely have a ball doing what we're doing,” says Sharino. “And it shows.”

The California Cowboys deliver a powerful sound, with the clear punch of tight three-part harmonies and foot stompin’ country flair. These guys can knock out Top 40 crowd pleasers with a technical mastery that rivals the original recordings, but the audience favorites are usually among their generous set of original tunes.

Caravanserai Zoo Station La Ventana

Caravanserai performs music to satisfy Santana fans young and old. Lead guitarist Leo Herrera originally started the tribute band as a replication of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s legendary early music, but the group has grown to include material from all eras of Santana’s more than 30 year history.

Zoo Station –– “the complete U2 experience” –– has been bringing the visual, musical and spiritual thrill of a U2 concert to West Coast venues since 2001. Casual listeners appreciate sing-along radio hits like “With or Without You,” while even the most loyal U2 fans are wowed by the surprising depth and variety of the 140 song set list.

 La Ventana creates its own Spanish-flavored mix of original pop, rock, Latin and soul. The eight member ensemble blends together flawlessly and will leave you breathless, especially if you are dancing the entire time! The group has opened for legends like Santana and was voted the Hottest Latin Rock Band in the Bay Area by “Voices of Latin Rock.”

Aryeh Frankfurter Heartstrings Music Kaweh

Enjoy the talents of street musicians as you stroll down Castro Street. Renowned harpist Aryeh Frankfurter’s arrangements of classic Celtic folk songs are deeply emotive and masterfully played and have captivated his audience at every performance. Take a musical journey to old Italy with Heartstrings Music, featuring Al Fabrizio on mandolin and Hugo Wainzinger on guitar. Kaweh brings his diverse and authentic music, which combines world, jazz, nuevo flamenco with a touch of Latin, Brazilian, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern. Ancient Winds, lead by Jose Cabezas, plays a wide range of Native American flutes, which he handcrafts individually from the finest woods. The original compositions of classical and soft jazz from Dreamroad, made up of wind player Laura Bryant and keyboardist Max Gutierrez are sure to warm your heart. Their beautiful compositions are melodic and spiritual with a rhythmic world-beat sensibility. Bob Culbertson creates his music on the Chapman stick, a guitar-like stringed instrument designed to be tapped, not strummed or plucked. Culbertson has mastered the acoustic version of this instrument, displaying ferocious technique with the command of a virtuoso and capturing the rich warm sound of the instrument.

Bob Culbertson

Ancient Winds

Dreamroad

Emerson & The Growiser Band