Santa Fe to make its way to Palms

Jerry Fink

Sunday, April 16, 2006 | 7:31 a.m.

Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns will perform on successive Monday nights at The Lounge inside the Palms.

The free shows are from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Monday and April 24.

The popular group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Lopez.

Its most recent gig was Monday nights at Boulder Station.

Before that Santa Fe was at Palace Station's Sound Trax, where they filled the room every Monday.

The 14-member band includes a six-piece horn section, seven-piece rhythm section and several vocalists.

Music includes a mix of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, salsa and fusion,

Rock 'n' roll nostalgia

There's a lot of history behind Johnny Maestro and The Brookln Bridge, an old-time rock 'n' roll group that will be performing at 8 p.m. April 29 at the Celebrity nightclub, 201 N. Third St. (west of Lady Luck).

The seven members of the group have been performing for about 50 years, although not together all of that time - they didn't merge their considerable talent until the early '70s.

Maestro, the leader, was a member of The Crests in the late '50s, a group based in New York and noted for such hits as "Sixteen Candles," "Trouble in Paradise," and "Step by Step."

The group disbanded in 1962, and Maestro joined The Del-Satins ("Teardrops Follow Me").

In the early 1970s, The Del-Satins and the group Rhythm Method united and became The Brooklyn Bridge, known for such hits as "Welcome Me Love," "Blessed Is The Rain" and "Your Husband My Wife."

For Information call 384-2582.

Spectrum

The Boardwalk is gone, but the popular R&B group "Spectrum" is still around.

They have moved to the Stage Bar lounge at the Hacienda, the hotel near Hoover Dam on U.S. 95.

For information on times and days, call 293-5000.

Peppe Merolla

Giuseppe "Peppe" Merolla - vocalist, drummer, actor - performs from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Lucio Italian restaurant, 8615 W. Sahara Ave. (the corner of Sahara and Durango Drive).

For information call 400-1348.

Cash Farrar/Brian O'Shea

Saxophonist Cash Farrar and trombonist Brian O'Shea perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesdays at Capozzoli's, 3333 S. Maryland Parkway.

On Saturdays Farrar and O'Shea head a six-piece band at the Italian restaurant.

Sundays, from 9:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m., Farrar and O'Shea host an open jam session at the Tailspin, 6295 S. Pecos Road.

Hogs & Heifer Saloon

The Hogs & Heifers Saloon (201 N. Third St.) hosts Blues, Brews and Bar-BQs this afternoon.

The event is part of the AFAN (Aid For Aids of Nevada) afterparty.

The band Blues Storm will perform at 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Jazz at Winchester

The Kevin Stout Quintet will perform at 2 p.m. April 23 at Winchester Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.

Tickets are $17 general admission, $12 students and seniors and $8 for Jazz Society and Guitar Society members.