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August 15, 2005
The Joe Sharino Band in first Tapestry Arts Twilight Concert San Jose, California - Poll after poll names the Joe Sharino Band the bay area’s best band. In fact they’ve won 15 “Best of the Best” awards to date. On Sunday, September 4th, as part of the 2005 Tapestry Arts Festival, The Joe Sharino Band kicks off the festival’s first Sunday Twilight Concert at 6 PM on the steps of the Center for the Performing Arts (CPA). Baby boomers and those who love the music will feast on two hours of pure Joe Sharino Band. And like the festival, the concert is free. As a Radio TV Broadcasting major at San Jose State College, Sharino began performing at local nightclubs as a part time job in 1974 earning $30 a night. By 1976, he was filling nightclubs like the Garrett, Mountain Charley's and bigger nightclubs such as the Parlor and Fargo's on weeknights on drums. By 1979 Joe decided to form a band to make it possible to open for major acts. Concert openings soon came and the Joe Sharino Band was the opening act for America, David Lindley, B. B. King, Emmy Lou Harris, the O'Jays, Charlie Daniels, Chuck Berry, Alan King, The Drifters, The Temptations and many more! In 1982, Apple Computer founder and Sharino fan, Steve Wozniak invited Joe and the band to perform at the Us Festival in Southern California. Dubbed the "West Coast Woodstock", it was a three day festival which drew 250,000 people to hear Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, The Police, Santana, Pat Benatar, Jackson Browne, The Cars, The Kinks, Eddie Money and yes, The Joe Sharino Band! In 1984, thanks to help from Steve Wozniak, Joe released his second record, and MTV video, "I Wanna Be President". Also in 1984, Sharino and the band began a tradition that continues each year, The New Years Eve show at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz on the day before New Years Eve, December 30th. This show sells out 1000 tickets in advance each year. The Joe Sharino Band has won fifteen Best Band Awards in Northern California from the San Jose Mercury News (4), Metro Magazine (3 awards), Good Times Magazine (6 awards), KGO radio's listener's poll and Accent Magazine. A lot has changed since 1974, but the fun, the great sound, the sing alongs and the sheer love of the music has always been a big part of every Joe Sharino show. The Joe Sharino Band will be on the special CPA stage Sunday, September 4, at 6 PM in downtown San Jose to kick off Tapestry Arts Sunday Twilight Concert series. Tapestry Arts is supported, in part, through a grant from the City of San Jose and the Adobe Foundation Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley. Tapestry Arts is a not for profit organization. The revenue from this festival supports Tapestry throughout the year as the organization brings arts education programs to local school-age children. For more information call: (408) 494-3590 or go to www.tapestryarts.org. ###
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