Name: HowellDevine + Jill Rogers & Crying Time
Start: 2025-09-12T20:00:00
End: 2025-09-13T00:00:00
Location: Ivy Room

ivy room presentsFRIDAY SEPT 12TH----<h2>HOWELLDEVINE</h2><h2>JILL ROGERS &amp; CRYING TIME</h2>—Doors 7:30 pm / Show 8 pmAdvance Tickets Available / $20 DOOR-----IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+—<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/share/16fkrLG2rr/">(rsvp on facebook)</a> <h2>HOWELLDEVINE</h2>—Shack-Shaking MusicHill Country and Delta Blues with Hypnotic Grooves"There is no blues band performing today as different as HowellDevine—nor as delightful." ~ Lee Hildebrand, Living Blues Magazine/SF ChronicleTriple threat talent, Joshua Howell (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and percussion savant, Pete Devine (drums, washboard), plus veteran upright bassist, Joe Kyle Jr. deftly mix rural blues with wildly syncopated rhythms to create a rollicking sound that stands in stark contrast to the typical blues heard these days. The band was the first blues act signed by Chris Strachwitz to his legendary Arhoolie Records label in over 25 years, a testament to HowellDevine's ability breathe life back into the early blues with their stamp of propulsive, hypnotic rhythms.​Joshua Howell (Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica)Within three years of starting harmonica at the age of 14, Joshua was sitting in with many of the San Francisco Bay Area's blues bands. He quickly became the desired house harmonica player in clubs such as Eli's Mile High and Your Place Too, though his under-age status limited his exposure to only those clubs that could circumvent the age restrictions. During this period, he took up guitar, intently focused on learning the techniques of the Mississippi greats such as Fred McDowell, Bukka White, Robert Johnson and RL Burnside. While living in Santa Cruz, Joshua pursued a successful career in guitar making, developing the Howell &amp; Forsyth Guitar Company. Though he continued to focus on playing music and gigging locally, music as a profession took a back seat to lutherie. It wasn't until he moved to Thailand that he dedicated himself entirely to musicianship, taking on over 15 gigs a week as a solo artist. After two years playing professionally in Thailand's mountainous north, Joshua returned to the U.S. and continued to perform in the San Francisco Bay Area. When he crossed paths with drummer and percussionist Pete Devine, they recognized their similar influences and musical sensibilities. Their common approach effortlessly generated a powerhouse combo of inspired and unaffected blues.Pete Devine (Drums &amp; Washboard)Originally from Maine, Pete started playing drums when he was six years old. Prior to receiving his first actual drum set, he would sit on the floor and surround himself with pots, pans and a Quaker Oat box or two - anything that put out a fairly nice percussive sound when struck by sticks - and play along to the Louis Armstrong and the Spike Jones records that his Grandmother Helen Devine would play for him. A drummer was born! Pete moved out west (San Francisco) to try his hand at being a professional musician in 1989, and over the years has performed with many superb bands and some savory musicians in and around the Bay Area. Those bands included Bo Grumpus, Gaucho, and his own Devine's Jug Band. Pete was also a founding member of Lavay Smith &amp; Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. To this day, Pete continues to perform with Mal Sharpe's "Big Money in Jazz" band, playing drums and percussion with that same group of fantastic characters for almost 30 years! Throughout the years, Pete has recorded on over 40 different albums with styles ranging from traditional jazz to blues, jug band music to ragtime, gyspy jazz to good old rock and roll. Pete's old-time drumming styles and jug blowing talents have led him to perform and/or record with other musical notables such as Dan Hicks, Maya Angelou, Howard Armstrong (Louie Bluie), Bobby Weir, Bobby Helm &amp; Maria Muldaur. Pete says, "though I've played in many great bands over the years, HowellDevine takes the cake."Joe Kyle Jr. (Upright Bass)It was during the Great Swing Wars of early-1990s San Francisco, when gigs were plentiful, public cigar smoking was legal, and vintage clothes were still cheap, that Joe was fortunate enough to have been drafted into musical service. Since that time he has become an in-demand player known for his superb feel, musical agility, and adaptability. Joe has been touring and recording with the Waybacks since mid-2001, and in such capacity has shared the stage with a host of notable roots music heroes including Bob Weir, Sam Bush, John Cowan, Joan Osborne, Jerry Douglas, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Danny Barnes, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Grace Potter, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger, Jim Lauderdale and Bela Fleck. He might be the only bassist to have played with Martin Denny, Al Kooper AND Pinetop Perkins, although not at the same time, sadly. <h2>JILL ROGERS &amp; CRYING TIME</h2>—Oakland’s own Jill Rogers and Crying Time plays California honky-tonk – music that’s true to the roots of country, with a dash of the Golden State. Frontwoman Jill Rogers’s songs illuminate love at the edge of dissolution or look back with regret at something that might have been. She’s a singer’s singer with a 1974 voice and a story to tell. The band’s original songs sit pretty in a mix of tunes from Bob Wills to George Jones to Glen Campbell, with unexpected whistle stops in between. Myles Boisen brings an inventive and authentic take on country, rockabilly, and blues guitar, while Bay Area music scene veteran Tony Marcus's (Lost Weekend, Cheap Suit Serenaders) fiddle weaves through the songs. Drummer Tim Rowe is widely respected throughout the local scene (and not just for his non-instructional How to Play the Drums video series) and Russell Keil on bass holds down the rhythm with grace, style, and swing.&nbsp;“Jill Rogers delivers convincing, full-throated, but not faux-hillbilly, lead vocals...a great spin on the no-nonsense country of Bakersfield and pre-pop Nashville —in a tradition that includes Jimmie Rivers, Asleep at the Wheel, and others. Crying Time begs for a dance floor to accommodate your happy feet and a beer to catch your tears. - Derk Richardson (Oakland Magazine/KPFA)&nbsp; KALX radio says, “Country singing from Oakland standouts. Real musicians, not just stompers. Jill Rogers is an amazing singer. Just plain beautiful.”