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Club Review--West End
It certainly won't be confused with the tony London theatre district, but Santa Monica's own West End has a huge, faithful following as well. Drinking and dancing are the double bill of choice here at this longtime venue.

Santa Monica Flashes Back to the Summer of Love
with Guitar-Gods Jorma Kaukonen, Robbie Krieger and Quicksilver

by Tomm Carroll

Friday, July 7-Thursday, July 13--Sixties’ sultans of the six-string highlight the live music in town this week as aging baby-boomers, tie-dyed-in-the-wool hippies and fans of retro-rock rejoice over these blasts from California’s past.

2003

January
1-31-03--A Musical Taste of San Francisco Right Here in Santa Monica
1-24-03--A Veritable Folk Festival This Weekend on the Westside; 14 Below Serves up Some Secret Fish
1-17--Vive la France! The Labéque Sisters Tickle the Ivories at Royce Hall
1-10--Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen are Santa Monica Bound
This Week in Clubland
1-3--The Best of 2002, The First of 2003

2002

December
12-27--From Jeff Goldblum to the Red Elvises, From Big Band Bashes to Peace Parties, The Westside Rings in the New Year
12-20--Celebrate the Holiday with Dread Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder And Others This Week on the Westside
12-13--The Atomic Punks Resurrect Van Halen and Christmas Goes for Baroque This Week on the Westside
12-6--A Not-So-Newcomer Returns To McCabe’s While14 Below and Johnny Foxx’s Send in the Clones

October
10-25--Halloween on the Westside –Be There or Be Scared!
10-18--There’s Folk on the Boulevard This Week in Clubland

August
8-23--Jefferson Starship Sets Down on the Santa Monica Pier, Signifying the End of Free Summer Concerts for 2002
8-16--The Red Elvises Salute the King at 14 Below
8-2--Reggae Rules at the Skank-a Monica Pier With Morgan Heritage and Upstream

June
6-27--Take a Dance on the Latin Side Next Wednesday on the Santa Monica Pier
6-21--Pier Pressure is Back on as Summer Arrives on the Westside
6-14--Pickers and Persians Play This Week on the Westside
6-7--A Floydian Slip and a Band of Me2s Cover the Club Scene This Week

March
3-21-02--An All-Star Show at 14 Below and The Resentments At McCabe’s and The Getty Center This Week on the Westside
3-15-02--All the Alt-Rock You Can Handle, plus St. Patrick’s Day and More this Week on the Westside
3-08-02--A Well-Rounded Musical Education at UCLA This Week
3-01-02--Aloha, McCabe’s! Cut Yourself Some Slack with Ledward Ka’apana

February
2-22-02--Think Globally And Locally with World Music on the Westside This Week
2-15-02--Swing ‘n’ Doors Music (and Words) Top the Club Recommendations
2-08-02--Laurie, Willie and Fatty Celebrate Valentine’s Week on the Westside
2-01-02--Unplugged Gigs Highlight Westside Weekend

2001

December
12-14-2001--From Folk Songs to Film Music, the Westside has the Sounds of the Season this Week
12-07-2001--New Jazz, Old Blues and Even a Christmas Guitar Jam on the Westside this Week

November
11-09-2001--Roy Zimmerman Takes a Bite Out of War and McCabe’s Goes Hawaiian
11-02-01--From Wainwright to World Beat on the Westside This Week

October
10-26-01--Be There Or Be Scared! Halloween Rocks the Westside
10-19-2001-From Brass to Glass to Guitars with Class, the Westside Has It All This Week
10-12-01-Female_Voices_Highlight_Live_Music.htm
10-05-2001--Kristin Hersh Follows Her Muse to McCabe’s; Iceland’s Sigur Rós Chills Out in Beverly Hills

9-14-2001--Let the Healing Begin! Live Music Can Soothe the Sorrowful Soul
9-7-2001--Red Elvises Redux at Rusty’s; The Getty Exhibits Unsigned Artists

July
7-20-2001--Dave Edmunds Picks and Lavay Smith Swings in This Week ‘s Live Music Line-Up
7-13-2001--Santa Monica Pier Goes Underground; B-52’s Drop In On Museum of Flying
7-11-2001--Santa Monica Pier Has Beatles Fans’ Ticket To Ride This Thursday Evening

June
6-15-2001--Folk en Español with Juana Molina at McCabe’s; The Bobs Go to Church; and an All-Girl Tribute to the Beatles at Fab-14 Below

April
4-27-2001--Santa Monica’s Ethnic History Celebrated in Music at Clover Park; Billy Vera and the Red Elvises Return to Rusty’s
4-20-2001--Santa Monica’s Ethnic History Celebrated in Music at Clover Park; Billy Vera and the Red Elvises Return to Rusty’s
4-13-2001--Friday the 13th Brings Good Luck to Westside World Music Fans
4-06-2001--A Dread-ed Saturday for 14 Below; Reggae Rules at Rusty’s Ska Ranch; Got Scots? McCabe’s Does

February
2-16-2001--Ozomatli Crew Monkeys Around at UCLA; Mr. Dave Meets the Wally Lama at McCabe's
02-09-2001--Forget Romance, Jazz is in the Air This Valentine’s Day Week in Clubland
02-02-01-Kodo Drums Up a Free Show on the Promenade; The Negro Problem Erupts Again at 14 Below

January
01-26-01-Like Guitar? Hear Some Moore at McCabe’s; Dread Zeppelin Gets the Ed Out at 14 Below
01-19-01-It’s a Guitarrific Weekend at McCabe’s; The Bonedaddys Rise Again at Temple Bar

2000

December 2000
12-15-2000--It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: From Inner Voices to Sticky Fingers, It’s Holiday Time in the Clubs
12-3--:This Week's Line-up at 14 Below is Above and Beyond; Red Elvises Make Pre-Millennial Appearance at Rusty's
11-24--Cornucopia of Club Action to be Thankful for This Week in Santa Monica
8-12----Dan Hicks Fires off Some Hot Licks at McCabe's; Eric Burdon is an R&B Animal Uncaged on the Pier
8-6--14 Below Sends in the (ROLLING) CLONES; McCabe's Ushers in Swingtime in Santa Monica with Dan Hicks
12-11-2000--Bill Frisell Quartet Goes Beyond Jazz, Folk, Gershwin and Gaye at Skirball Center

November 2000
11-03-2000--A Wide Variety of Candidates On This Week’s Musical Ballot

October 2000
10-27-2000--Tricks and Treats Abound This Halloween in Clubland
10-06-00 Music Local Clubs.htm

September 2000
09-29-00 Music Evan Dando Goes Country.htm
09-22-00--Whole Lotta Live Music: Dread Zeppelin, John Hammond, Billy Vera and David Crosby & Friends
09-15-00-Music: Live Music Runs from Brandford to Wirtz on the Westside This Week
09-08-00 Music: Good Golly Mr.Mali McCabe's.htm
09-01-00 Music: summer concert series over.htm

August 2000
08-25-00 Summer is Coming to a Close.htm
08-18-2000 Ragin' Cajun Sounds.htm
08-11-2000 Retro,Reggae,Raindogs and Neil Young.htm
08-04-2000 A Case in Point.htm

July 2000
07-28-00 Santa Monica Pier.htm
07 14 2000 Nocturna it's a Santa Monica Homecoming.htm
07 07 00 Nocturnal Santa Monica Flashes.html
7-23--A Case For Song at McCabe's; Feliciano to Light up Santa Monica's Nightlife
7-16--Dread Zeppeling Lands at 14 Below; International Music Abounds in Santa Monica This Week
7-9--Iles to Fill the Aisles of McCabe's With Folk Fans
7-9-- Blues Oozes All Over Santa Monica This Week
7-3--Doctor My Eyes! Was That Really Jackson Browne on Stage With Venice at The Santa Monica Pier?
7-2--Musical Fireworks Light Up The Nightlife in Santa Monica

June 2000
06 30 00 Nocturna Live Music Explodes.html
06 30 00 Nocturnal Bon Temps.htm
06-23-2000 Santa Monica Bay.html
06-16-2000 Summer Heats Up.html
06-09-2000 A Gaelic Storm.html
06-02-00 Todd snider.html
6-28--Pier Pressure Mounts as Summer Music Heats Up in Santa Monica
6-25--Alvin Takes A Ride On The Folk Side at McCabe's
6-30-00--Live Music Explodes All Over Town This Week; Super-Power Surf’s Up at the Santa Monica Pier
6-23--Santa Monica Bay to Become a Bayou as The Neville Brothers Open This Summer's Twilight Dance Series of Concerts
06-23-00--Santa Monica Bay to Become a Bayou as The Neville Brothers Open This Summer's Twilight Dance Series of Concerts
06-16-00--Summer Heats Up Early in Santa Monica Clubs With Jules, Shear, Billy Vera & The Beaters, Dave Wakeling, Olive and Tin Hat Trio
06-09-2000--A (GAELIC) Storm Warning in Santa Monica This Week; Jayhawks and a Flock of Seagulls Also Sighted in the Area
06-02-00--Todd Snider and John Stewart Represent New and Seasoned Folk at McCabe's; The Red Elvises Return to Rusty's to Party on the Pier

April 2000
04-28-00-billy and the boys.htm
04-21-00 Holy Modal.html
4-14--music songbirds.htm
4-4-00-classic rock reigns.html
4-3--music Harvelles.html

March 2000
03-31-00 music tom-foolery.html
03-24-00 music springs.html
03-17-00 plenty of.htm
03-10-00 nocturnal folk disco.htm

February 2000
02-25-00 nocturnal rusty's.html
02-18-00 nocturnal pseudo stones.html
02-11-00 nocturnal valentine's da blues.html
02-04-00 nocturnal disco denizens.html

January 2000
01-28-00.html
01-21-00-TEXANS.html
01-07-00--14 below.htm
1-2000-top-ten-of-1999.htm
05-26-00--Mercury Rises on Santa Monica Club Circuit; Ivan Neville, Alex Weir and Freedy Johnson Usher in the Holiday Weekend
05-12-00--Dave and Dan Highlight the Nightlife This Week in Santa Monica
05-05-00--Look, Ma, No Instrument! The Bobs Are Back In Town;The Elvises Paint the Town Red for Cinco De Mayo
04-28-00--Billy and The Boys Beat It at the Pier; The Foremen Folk Up Politics at McCabe's;Tarantula Crawls Into 14 Below
04-21-00--Holy Modal Rounders Rise From the Dead Easter Sunday at McCabe's;Spencer Davis and the Red Elvises Rock the Pier
4-14-00--Songbirds, Guitar-Gods, Blues Babes and Throat-Singers Hold Court at Santa Monica Clubs This Week
4-7-00--Classic Rock Reigns in Santa Monica as Local Bands Pay Tribute to Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and The Grateful Dead
4-3-00--Harvelle's is The Best Place to Get the Blues
03-31-00-- Tom-Foolery on April Fool's and a Pair of Songbirds at McCabe's
03-24-00--Music Springs Eternal in Santa Monica
03-17-00--Plenty of Opportunities to Paint the Town Green This St. Paddy's Day Weekend in Santa Monica
03-10-00--Folk, Disco, Reggae and Blues--Take your Pick This Week in Santa Monica Clubs

1999

November 1999
11-24-1999 cornucopia of club action.html
11-19-1999 trip hop on the pier.html
11-12-1999 nocturnal-it's a booty.html
11-10-1999-nocturnal-guitarrific-show.html
11-05-1999-nocturnal-new-club.html

October 1999 10-29-99_nocturnal.html
10-18-1999 nocturnal ska-loween.html
10-08-1999 nocturnal attack of six strings.html
10 01 199 nocturnal widespread panic.html

September 1999

August 1999
8-28-199 twilight.htm
8-20-199 swinging.htm
08-13-199 retro fest.html
8 12 99 nocturnal dan hicks.htm
8 6 99 nocturnal 14 below.html

July 1999
7 30 99 nocturnal eric burdon.html
7 23 99 nocturnal a case for song.htm
7 16 99 nocturnal dread zeppelin lands.htm
7 9 99 nocturnal miles blues.htm
7 3 99 nocturnal doctor.htm
7 2 99 nocturnal musical.htm

June 1999
6-28-99-nocturnal-pier-pressure.htm
6-25-99-nocturnal-alvin.htm