The Hemlock Tavern is hosting a sliding scale donation concert to help benefit the San Francisco Food Bank with groovy electro skate funker Tommy Guerrero.

From Mission District punkers to Shibuya-Ka hipsters- his melodies dance lightly around your head while the rhythms build under your feet. His is Soul music, made by a street kid raised on Santana and Bill Withers.

About Tommy Guerrero: At 40, Tommy Guerrero’s resume reads like a dream- Bones Brigade skate team in the 80’s, movie appearances, co-founder of Real Skateboards and 40’s Clothing, art director for Krooked Skateboarding, and prolific recording artist- from the “Fat Jazzy Grooves” and “Another Late Night” compilations, to albums for Mo’Wax, Galaxia, Function 8 and now Quannum.

Then there’s the collaborations with Lyrics Born, Jack Johnson , and Prefuse 73. Remixes for Money Mark/Nigo, Poets of Rhythm and Sean Lee. His band Jet Black Crayon has toured with Isotope 217 and Tortoise. He’s scored tunes for Thomas Campbell’s surf film “Sprout” and had the honor of being the sole provider of music for Todd Oldham’s show “Hand Made Modern” on HGTV. He’s packed houses from the Fujirock Festival to Café DuNord in S.F. and MaxFish in N.Y.C.

Also performing, Marc & the Casuals, Ron Silva & the Monarchs

Links: Event details

Sliding Scale Donation

Cost: FREE*

Tags: Charity, Concert, Live Music, Polk Gulch, Sliding Scale Donation
Categories: Charity & Volunteering, Live Music, San Francisco, Top Pick Submitted by Johnny Funcheap