Flying Salvias

A very fortuitous election.  New songs written. Two gigs left this year. Personnel changes in the wind.  

Hello SageHeads!

I was pretty stoked watching the election results and actually had a few days in a row of not waking up to read the news and spew my usual morning cuss out.  However, realizing that there are still 2 more years of he-who-must-not-be-named in this email, his cohorts, and still millions of people hating, fearing, or simply thinking of politics as entertainment out there, I'm back to the morning cuss outs. 

HOWEVER! We have a new song we'll reveal next year that manages to offer a bit of hope.  My new trick is writing dark lyrics to happy music. We'll see if it works!  At least one of the new songs following this method will be played at our November gigs.

Coming up:

Sunday November 22  2:30 pm  $5 cover
LUCCA
439 First Street
Benicia CA
Wow! What a line up! Henry, Kathleen, David Phillips, Mark Karan, Greg Kehret, Paul Ravelli

Sunday November 29    2 pm
SAN GREGORIO STORE
Hwy 84 & Stage Road
Wow! Another great line up! Henry, Kathleen, David Phillips, David Golia, Ken Owen PLUS: Big Lou!

Band Gossip Update

Dave Golia is missing November 22 because he'll be playing with his wife, Big Lou, and their French band, Innuendo,somewhere else (ok, they'll be at the Marquee Club in Vallejo that afternoon). But Greg Kehret, who plays upright and electric bass with us from time to time, and hopefully even more in 2027, will be filling in.

Ken Owen is missing November 22 because of a real good reason, but he hopes to be back with us November 29.  Meanwhile, we are grateful to have the great Paul Ravelli with us once again. 

Oh Boy! Mark Karan will be joining us on guitar on November 22 in addition to our dear David Phillips on steel. 

November 29 we'll be back to our regular line up (unless someone else has a real good reason,  or joins another band) with the opportunity for you to hear Dave Golia with us for the last time (at least that's what he says as of this writing!). He'll be devoting his time to playing guitar with Innuendo. What is that saying?  Happy wife happy life!

That's all for now!

Peace and Love,

The Flying Salvias

Hello SageHeads!

You are correct if you noticed we skipped August communications.  There wasn’t much going on for us EXCEPT we’ve started writing again. So far we have 2 which will stretch our (and your, and our saintly musicians’) boundaries again. There was also one ballad,  but it seemed so tame next to the 2 newbies that we thought it should maybe go take a nap for now.  

Here’s what’s up for September:

Thursday September 10  6:30 - 9:00 pm Dawn Oberg’s BarFly Cabaret
Martuni’s, 4 Valencia St, corner of Market, San Francisco
The duo convenes martini lovers everywhere to this fabulous place!

Friday September 11  5:00 - 9:00 p.m. 50-50 Art Opening Benefit & Fundraiser 
Sanchez Art Center, 1220 Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica
The duo rides again with special guest Peter Loeb on sax.  This event always sells out and tickets will not be available at the door.  Tickets are $39.19 and available through EventBrite

Sunday September 20.   2:00 - 5:00 p.m.  San Gregorio Store, Stage Rd & Hwy 84
full band back at our coastal clubhouse where we always have a great time and you will too!

There’s more coming up in October and November around the Bay. Meanwhile, we’ll look forward to seeing you sooner!

Peace, love, and vote,

Henry and Kathleen 
Your Flying Salvias

Hello SageHeads!  

You may have noticed we took some time off in June, but we're back now with a couple things coming up:

Sunday July 19  2-5 pm
San Gregorio Store
Special mystery guest on guitar!

Thursday July 23  8 pm
Henry and Kathleen join the Complete Unknowns at The Freight in Berkeley for a Bob Dylan tribute, featuring Maria Muldaur.
https://secure.thefreight.org/15989/15990-complete-unknowns-tribute-to-bob-dylan-260723

You can also see Henry, Dave Golia and Lee Vilensky at the Brisbane Inn on Friday July 24.  Should be fun. Kathleen may turn up, too. 

We'll hope to see you soon! Meanwhile, let's just try to keep calm, carry on, and not give up the fight. IYKYK!

Peace and Love,
Kathleen and Henry

Dear SageHeads: May is full of lots of different opportunities for us and for you.  June…not so much, but May is packed!  This is a long read, so just in case you don't make it through to May 30, we'll just tell you we love you now!

Kathleen and Henry

Sunday May 10   Margaret Belton's Tribute to Patsy Cline
Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley
We're in the backup band, along with Mike Anderson, Ken Owen, David Phillips, Jeanine Richardson and Maurice Tani.  Special guests, too!
Advance Tickets: $39.00 (includes all fees); Day of Show Tickets: $44.00 (includes all fees)
Doors: 6:00 PM; Show: 7:00 PM   Click here for more info!

Saturday May 16   Travispalooza! 
Celebrate the Memory & Musical Legacy of Travis Jones
Brisbane Community Park, 11 Old County Road, Brisbane
Enjoy a musical afternoon tribute to the songs sung by and/or songs written by Travis, performed by several musicians he has shared the stage with over the years, including us. Bring your outdoor festival chairs, blanket, picnic, favorite beverages, & sit back to the sound of favorable songs once sung by this soulful, beautiful vocalist & kick ass rhythm guitarist. No formal parking, but street parking is plentiful.   Map
12- 4 pm - music starts at 1 pm

Sunday May 17 Flying Salvias land at San Gregorio Store 2 - 5 pm
Our Coastside Clubhouse awaits!
No cover, tips appreciated. Great drinks, books, weird things to shop for, picnic stuff, food truck and fun people. Click here for more info

Thursday May 21 Secret Song Club Songwriter Showcase  7 -10 pm
The Big Easy, 128 American Way, Petaluma
Featuring Brindle, Jenny Kerr and Kathleen & Henry Flying Salvias. A fun night of original music by fun, original, people. Full bar, dinner available from the Speak Easy. No cover. Tips split by performers.

Saturday May 23 - A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Sebastiani Theatre on the Square, Sonoma
Kathleen and Henry join a truly stellar list of players for this show!

Click here for tickets

Saturday May 30  SF Porchfest 2026
Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street

We are stoked to be able to join this fabulous event of music on porches everywhere in the neighborhood. A worthwhile way to spend your Saturday afternoon, for sure. Here's the schedule for our location:

12-12:40 Flying Salvias
1-1:40 Maurice Tani
2-2:40 Citizen's Jazz
3-3:40 Jane Symmes
4-4:40 Mariachi CMC

Click here for more information about the entire event. Lots of porches, over 90 acts so far!

Congratulations!  You have made it through the month!  

Helloooo SageHeads! Oh, wise ones, other than tearing our hair out over a certain madman wreaking havoc and pretty much doing everything we don’t believe in on a minute-by-minute basis, we have to practice a lot this month.  Because May is going to be very busy!

For April, we will be in a new venue we really like and on Thursday April 23, we invite you to come to The Empress Marquee Club in Vallejo. It’s perfect for us and our fans, with an old school night-clubby ambience, dinner menu and full bar.  Doors open at 5:30, music from 6:30 - 9 pm.  333 Virginia Street, Vallejo - next door to the Empress Theatre.

That’s it for April! Hope to see you soon. In the meantime, please stay happy and healthy.  

Henry and Kathleen 

Hello SageHeads!

Not much was going on in February but we did get a new song started: “I Forgot to Remember What I was Gonna Say”. When we remember to finish it we’ll be sure to let everyone know.  It’s just like that these days.  

We’ve got a couple things coming up this month. Come join the tribe at either or both of these great places:

Wed Mar 18  6 pm    HopMonk Tavern, Sebastopol

CANCELLED Sun Mar 22   2 pm.    San Gregorio Store, Hwy 84 & Stage Road

And don’t forget Sat Mar 28 NO KINGS DAY at locations and times all over the Bay Area. Visit www.nokings.org to find a location near you!

With love and in hope for better days ahead,

Henry & Kathleen

Hey Sage Heads!

We are back and looking forward to seeing everyone once again at San Gregorio this Sunday, January 18 from 2 to 5 pm.  We'll have special guest Big Lou sitting in with us, too!

Where are we back from you ask?  We took a vacation to South America and Antarctica. It was awesome. Beautiful cliffs of ice! Penguins! A once in a lifetime trip, worth doing more times in this life time, for sure!

2025 was a very hard year for us personally, but we're looking towards the light.

From a political point of view of this American citizen, 2025 also pretty much sucked.  I have just erased the rant I so cleverly wrote.  Chances are if you're reading this, I'd be preaching to the choir.  For today, let's just agree to try to be good people and keep each other's heads above the muck.

With sincere hopes that this year of 2026 treats you all gently, 

Henry and Kathleen

Dear SageHeads -

October was a month full of challenges that kept us from keeping up here. November was pretty much the same story but we are happy to report we have started gigging again, and we had a great time at San Gregorio on November 16.  Here's what's coming up the rest of the year:

Sun Nov 30 - 2:30 to 5:30 pm - Lucca's, 439 First St. Benicia
Full Band

Thurs Dec 4 - 6 to 8 pm - Roxx on Main, 627 Main St. Martinez 
Dinner with the Duo

Thurs Dec 11 - 7 pm - Martuni's, 4 Valencia St., SF
Henry & Kathleen's Christmas Cocktail Show at Dawn Oberg's BarFly Cabaret

We hope to see you at one or even all of these shows.  We also wish you a fabulous holiday season and send our sincere hopes that we all see better days ahead.

Peace & Love
Henry and Kathleen
The Flying Salvias

Dear SageHeads,

Our September Song(s):

Roxx on Main in Martinez this Thursday, September 4, from 6 - 8 pm. CANCELED

Sunday September 21, 2 - 5 pm, we'll be back at our Coastside clubhouse, San Gregorio Store. CANCELED

Things have been a bit challenging lately in more ways than one, but we are definitely looking forward to seeing you at Roxx or San Gregorio, or even both.   We promise to be in a good mood!

Hey, remember The Jones Gang?  Of course you do!  We're  happy to announce their CD, "No Turning Back" will soon be available online.  We'll keep you posted.  With players like Travis Jones, Henry Salvia, Josh Zucker, Peter Tucker, Sean Allen and Mark Karan, it is not to be missed. 

We remain, in love and hope,

Your Flying Salvias