Lynne Maes, vocals and guitar.
Hank Maninger, vocals and lead guitar.
Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar.
Tim Wagar, bass.
Leor Beary, drums.

$25 cover charge, byob.
Reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733.

Classic country duets, honky tonk and rockabilly from two sweethearts who got hitched years ago, and assembled a fantastic band to tell their story and sing the songs they love.

Hank with the Hacienda Brothers (far left)

Hank has a long history on the twang circuit in these parts and far afield, including his key role in Chris Gaffney’s Hacienda Brothers after coming up through Bonnie Hayes’ Wild Combo, Chuck Prophet’s outfit and the Aqua Velvets, coming into his own with his trio, the Juke Box Charlies, and his long run at the heart of The Seducers, a Bird & Beckett and Riptide staple until that band’s amicable divorce not so long ago.

Along the way, Hank met, romanced and married the sharp witted and awesomely talented librarian Lynne Maes, whose guitar and songwriting skills blossomed in Hank’s loving company. A run in a two-married-couples band called the Better Haves charmed the bar crowds around here for a good stretch until the complications of keeping the peace in a dual husbands & wives situation just seemed a bit more than any of them wanted to sustain, so an amicable divorce ensued there as well…

Now, with a solid marriage and an unbeatable band that features Joe Goldmark, one of the great pedal steel masters of the California coast, along with bassist Tim Wagar (once told by Oakland blues legend Lowell Fulson, “Man, playing with you is like ridin’ in a Cadillac”) and boisterous Leor Beary driving the band from the drumkit and singing a tune or two as well, Hank and Lynne are making some of the sweetest, sauciest and most sincere country music you’ll ever hear.