Mystery Dance is a compact SF Bay Area rock outfit performing originals and hand-curated covers by artists like Rockpile, Nick Lowe, Buddy & Julie Miller, Richard Thompson, John Hiatt, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, NRBQ…..featuring Bonnie Hayes (yes from Bonnie Hayes & the Wild Combo), Tim Eschliman (Etta James, Commander Cody, Back pOrchEstra, New Copasetics), Kevin Hayes (Robert Cray, Bonnie Hayes & the Wild Combo) and Sean Allen (Carlene Carter, Commander Cody) with special guest Vicki Randle (Dr. John, Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, the Tonight Show Band).
“OK, so we got together and wanted to start a band that just did songs we wrote and tunes we wished we’d written….”
“…a mysteriously good new quartet, playing a mixture of cathartic rockingly unusual tunes…”
“…full-tilt fast & loose rock show…”
“…power and grace, lots of positive tension, and joyously loud unpredictability…”
