Bay Area House Concerts

TICKETS: Please PayPal $30 per person in your party (using "Send to a Friend" to avoid fees) to echoesinthevalleyconcerts@gmail.com, or @eitvconcerts and include Your Name, Show Date & Your Email Address in the note. Venmo to @dan-foldes also works, but don't forget to include your email address with payment. 100% of the proceeds collected will go to the band. If PayPal doesn't work for you for some reason, send us an email. If cost is a barrier, please reach out via email and we can work out a suitable donation amount. All ticket sales are final.

Show is full: Contact me if you wish to be Waitlisted (see email below)
Come and enjoy an evening of music with the Bay Area’s own Evie Ladin Band Saturday May 3rd at the opening concert for the 4th season Saratoga Music Series. This band throws down captivating, truly entertaining shows. Grounded in Appalachian old-time repertoire, seasoned in African-diaspora roots, writing from life in modern cities, blurring the lines between music and dance, the polyrhythmic heat of Evie’s clawhammer banjo, resonant voice, real stories, and rhythmic dance have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.
SUGGESTED DONATION $20-$30 – CASH ONLY
DOORS AT 4:15 PM MUSIC AT 5 PM
Beverages and snacks/appetizers provided while supplies last
RSVP REQUIRED TO Mike at 1HiSierraMan@gmail.com Venue address and other details provided upon receipt “YES” RSVP within 2 weeks of the event (based on available space).

Listen to Maggie Here

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Doors open at 4:30pm
Show starts at 5:00pm

The concert will be performed outside, poolside if the weather permits. in case of rain, the show will be performed inside.

Suggested Donation $25 per person.
All monies collected goes directly to the artists.
Cash or Venmo to the artist only.

Please email elranchohouseconcerts @gmail.com to RSVP.

The exact address will be given out 24-48 hours prior to the show.

We all love a potluck. Bring something yummy to share.

There is an adorable, very well behaved dog in the house. Those with allergies, please take note.

For nearly 20 years, singer-songwriter Michael McDermott buried himself in drugs and alcohol, and he surveys the toll his addiction took on his personal and professional life with remarkable candor. “I burned a lot of bridges and screwed things up pretty bad,” he states. “I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that it was just short of suicide by cop. I knew I had to stop, but it took a while for me to get the message.” He credits his wife and their young daughter, Rain, for finally pulling him through. “Seeing the way they look at you when you’re messed up – after a while you go, ‘I just can’t do this anymore. Something has to change.’ I’m so grateful I turned things around. I know it sounds cheesy, but I’m grateful for every day now. I try to lead a good life, and I’m making up for lost time. I’ve re-dedicated myself to making music I can be proud of.”
In 2024 Michael made the unprecedented move in today’s music world of short attention spans and released two full length albums on the same day. Companion pieces of work, they explore the duality of music, characterized by quiet introspection and power-driven proclamation. one acoustic and one electric At twenty new songs, this is an epic undertaking. Regardless of where you begin, you’ll quickly realize that neither set is easily branded as being necessarily loud or quiet. So many of these songs fall in the middle, a blend of both extremes.
Michael McDermott’s brand of rock n’ roll brims with the kind of well-honed style and wisdom that can only come from a career on the road and a pedigree in the studio. Effortlessly blending natural folk sensibility, pop hooks,and honest rock, McDermott’s music is as much for the outcast as the congregation. It’s an exploration of the dark corners of life’s journey and it resonates middle class truths through the passionate filter of a kid that grew up on Chicago’s Irish South Side.
"Michael McDermott is one of the best songwriters in the world and possibly the greatest undiscovered rock n roll talent of the last 20 years."
-Stephen King(yes, that Stephen King)
McDermott may well become one of his generation's greatest talents”
Washington Post
Berlin at Night
https://youtu.be/ceDVMWDmBSg
Shadow In the Window
https://youtu.be/d2IPPbpDLiM
A Wall I Must Climb
https://youtu.be/0W7GJxqoFQY?t=7
Pack the Car
https://youtu.be/0NArI05QpBU
City Winery Session - Sideways
https://youtu.be/Pk_EH-MC57M
TICKET LINK: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6637431
Remember, ALL proceeds go to the artist

WHEN: Sunday, May 11, 2025
WHERE: The Fog(less)House, San Mateo
address will be provided with ticket purchase

DOORS: 2:00pm
MUSIC: 3:00pm
You are encouraged to bring a light snack or dessert to share and libation of your choice.
See you there!
-Steve & April