Upcoming Concerts

  • Jun 02
    The Center for the Arts
    Grass Valley, CA
  • Jun 03
    Sweetwater Music Hall
    Mill Valley, CA
  • Jul 21
    Summer Concerts on the Green
    Novato, CA
  • Jul 28
    Southeast Alaska Fair
    Haines, AK
  • Jul 29
    Southeast Alaska Fair
    Haines, AK
  • Aug 04
    Salmonfest
    Ninilchik, AK
  • Aug 05
    Salmonfest
    Ninilchik, AK
  • Aug 06
    Salmonfest
    Ninilchik, AK
  • Aug 18
    Oakland A's Jerry Garcia Night @ Oakland Coliseum
    Oakland, CA
Jun 2
The Center for the Arts - Grass Valley, CA
Jun 3
Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, CA
Jul 21
Summer Concerts on the Green - Novato, CA
Jul 28
Southeast Alaska Fair - Haines, AK
Jul 29
Southeast Alaska Fair - Haines, AK
Aug 4
Salmonfest - Ninilchik, AK
Aug 5
Salmonfest - Ninilchik, AK
Aug 6
Salmonfest - Ninilchik, AK
Aug 18
Oakland A's Jerry Garcia Night @ Oakland Coliseum - Oakland, CA

Moonalice News

  • Let's Rock The World One Tree At A Time!
  • Commemorating the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival!!!
  • Moonalice Minute: Lester & Dylan Chambers (Episode 1)
  • Acoustic Guitar reviews Full Moonalice, Volume 2!!
  • Moonalice plays a set on Jam In The Van
  • Glide Magazine interviews Pete Sears!
  • Acoustic Guitar Magazine: Barry, Roger and T’s play Nick and Woo Woo
  • PopMatters: Bottlerock Napa review … featuring Moonalice
  • Moonalice Will Not Play Indoors Until Further Notice
  • Bottlerock Napa 2022: Photos by Bob Minkin
Let's Rock The World One Tree At A Time!
Commemorating the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival!!!
Moonalice Minute: Lester & Dylan Chambers (Episode 1)
Acoustic Guitar reviews Full Moonalice, Volume 2!!
Moonalice plays a set on Jam In The Van
Glide Magazine interviews Pete Sears!
Acoustic Guitar Magazine: Barry, Roger and T’s play Nick and Woo Woo
PopMatters: Bottlerock Napa review … featuring Moonalice
Moonalice Will Not Play Indoors Until Further Notice
Bottlerock Napa 2022: Photos by Bob Minkin

What To Watch (Archive)

  • Apr 15, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
  • Apr 20, 2023 / 420 Gathering of the Tribe @ The Chapel! (San Francisco)
    According to Moonalice legend, today is the highest holy day in the tribal calendar. This is a particular...
  • Apr 23, 2023 / Skull & Roses Festival V (Ventura)
    According to Moonalice legend, we gather here in Ventura to enjoy the music of the Grateful Dead and the ...
  • May 6, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
  • Apr 1, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
  • Apr 8, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
  • May 24, 2023 / Black Tie & Tie Dye Happening @ GAMH (San Francisco)
    According to Moonalice legend, our tribe has a long relationship with HealthRIGHT 360. It started long a...
  • May 13, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
  • May 27, 2023 / Concert for KPFZ @ Cache Creek Winery (Clearlake Oaks)
  • May 26, 2023 / BottleRock Festival (Napa Valley)
    According to Moonalice legend, Bottlerock is an oasis … a refuge in challenging times. It is a reminde...
Apr 15, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
Apr 20, 2023 / 420 Gathering of the Tribe @ The Chapel! (San Francisco)
According to Moonalice legend, today is the highest holy day in the tribal calendar. This is a particular...
Apr 23, 2023 / Skull & Roses Festival V (Ventura)
According to Moonalice legend, we gather here in Ventura to enjoy the music of the Grateful Dead and the ...
May 6, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
Apr 1, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
Apr 8, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
May 24, 2023 / Black Tie & Tie Dye Happening @ GAMH (San Francisco)
According to Moonalice legend, our tribe has a long relationship with HealthRIGHT 360. It started long a...
May 13, 2023 / Saturday Stream (Howling Moon Studio)
May 27, 2023 / Concert for KPFZ @ Cache Creek Winery (Clearlake Oaks)
May 26, 2023 / BottleRock Festival (Napa Valley)
According to Moonalice legend, Bottlerock is an oasis … a refuge in challenging times. It is a reminde...

Music

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Apr 25
Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
Apr 24
High Fidelity - Rochester, NY
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Revolution Hall - Troy, NY
Apr 20
Toad's Place - New Haven, CT
Apr 19
Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
Apr 18
Mr. Small's Funhouse - Millvale, PA
Apr 17
Sellersville Theater - Sellersville, PA
Apr 16
The 8x10 - Baltimore, MD
Apr 15
The Jewish Mother - Virginia Beach, VA
Mar 1
Moe's Alley - Santa Cruz, CA
May 1
Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC
May 2
The Pour House - Charleston, SC
May 3
Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
May 6
The Baby Grand - WIlmington, DE
May 7
Rebel - New York, NY
May 8
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA
May 9
The 8 x 10 - Baltimore, MD
May 10
Mr. Small's Funhouse - Millvale, PA
May 15
142 Throckmorton Theatre - Mill Valley, CA
May 16
Mystic Theatre - Petaluma, CA
Apr 26, 2008
The Paradise IN BOSTON, MA
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Who Was There?
According to Moonalice legend, the tribe fled Boston in the early 19th century. This departure, long unexplained, is notable because Boston had long been a major center for the Moonalice tribe, which played a huge role at the Boston Tea Party (see Moonalice History for Nov 1, 2007) and Bunker Hill. Then they all hit the road, beginning in 1820. No one knew why . . . until now.

The band did some research and discovered a likely explanation for the tribal exodus: the leveling of Beacon Hill. Anyone who has spent time in Boston recently knows that Beacon Hill features a whole lot of expensive real estate, but not much elevation. This was not always the case. There used to be a real hill there, until the city decided to use the dirt of Beacon Hill to fill in the marshes in what is now Haymarket Square. What the city fathers did not realize at the time was that Beacon Hill was way more than a hill. It was a Moonalice burial mound. (For an explanation of Moonalice burial mounds, see the History for April 15, 2008). The Moonmothers of ancient Boston had mighty big bongs, which accounted for the height of the Hill. The tribe was so thoroughly dismayed by the city's wanton disregard for Moonalice custom that it abandoned the area for nearly 200 years. It turns out that the tribe didn't stay away because of unresolved emotional issues. Nope. The explanation is much simpler. The tribe sampled so much of its own crop that it just forgot to go back. We hate it when that happens.

So Moonalice (the band) returned to Boston this day for its second visit in four months. It was the last show of a ten-show run with Jack and we celebrated with an extra helping of Howling Monkey. Yowzah! We may never come down!!!

By the way, the National Weather service reports that the odds of an individual being struck by lightning over the course of an 80-year life are 1 in 3,000. The probability of being struck twice in a lifetime is 1 in 9 million. Ignoring the odds, we played two different "Lightning" songs in the same night. Who says music can't change the world?

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2008-04-26 @ The Paradise