Sacramento Blues Society's Annual Holiday Gala

A true all -star lineup at the annual SBS December Membership Gala!! Mike Hammar and the Nails Zenn VuDu w/special guest, saxman Danny Sandoval! Among the powerful blues, blues-rock, and Americana bands creating important original music in the Central California heartland, Mike Hammar and the Nails register highest on the blues Richter scale. It’s why Mike and his terrific band won the local IBC here in Sacramento in 2025 and is the band the SBS proudly sent to Memphis for the International Blues Challenge in January of 2026. They became official semi-finalists, made waves, made international friends and truly have become one of the top “ambassadors of the blues” the SBS ever sent south. The band will be releasing a new album in 2027. Zenn Vudu is Deep Grooves and Soulful Roots. More than twenty years in the making, Zenn VuDu is the creative collaboration of guitarist, producer, and songwriter Steve Dunne of legendary Bay Area soul-rock pioneers Cold Blood, powerhouse vocalist, songwriter, and Sacramento Blues Society Hall of Fame member Dana Moret, and veteran Bay Area funk musician and songwriter Larry Davis. Joined this night by Bay Area keyboardist PammaJamma! .Their original music moves effortlessly from soul and funk to jazz, Americana, and indie rock, weaving diverse influences into a sound that remains unmistakably their own. The band will be releasing a new album in 2027. On this night,the bell ringer in both of their midsts will be special guest, SBS Hall of Famer Danny Sandoval. A real saxophone colossus showman, Danny blows, and the earth knows. He leads his own band, Danny Sandoval & His Amigos, and is a featured star in Mick Martin's Big Blues Band. He recently has been a special guest with the Greaseland All Stars, a dazzling West Coast community of musicians led by the award-winning producer/multi-instrumentalist Christoffer "Kid" Andersen.

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