
Escape – the ultimate Journey tribute experience
August 22 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$30 – $35
Doors 7:30, show 8 pm. Open seating, beer and wine available. $30 Advance / $35 Day of Show.
ESCAPE has been performing all over North America – including over 30 states in the USA – to sold-out crowds and multiple encores for many years! The band members have opened for America, Europe, Y&T, Firefall, Dokken, Warrant, Skid Row, Jackyl, Great White, Night Ranger, KLOS Events and Survivor among others, has performed backing tracks for TV shows, and even played on Entertainment Tonight (ET). You do not want to miss this band!
SHANE TASSERT has the look and the sound of classic Steve Perry with extraordinary attention to detail and takes us all back in time to those special songs from Journey that we all fell in love with from the good ole days. Shane takes his craft extremely seriously, warming up for hours before each show, but the results speak for themselves as he sings every high note every time, even in multiple-set evenings.
JEFF ELLIS, LA Music Awards and All Access Magazine Best Rock Guitarist Of The Year and singer/writer/guitarist of The Cauze. Fans are in awe of his showmanship on stage, tone, and playing Neal Schon note for note. Jeff is a fantastic singer and brings us back to the Gregg Rolie days as he belts out favorites such as “Anytime” and “Feeling That Way”. One of the highlights of every ESCAPE show is Jeff’s jaw-dropping rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner”, a guitar solo that Neal Schon has also been known to perform for decades.
ESCAPE Journey Tribute founded by STU SIMONE, who has played with the singers of Foreigner, Journey, Survivor, Love Hate, Toto, Great White, Bullet Boys, Yngwie Malmsteen, XYZ, Michael Schenker Group, Montrose, and The Sweet. Stu has also played with present or former members of Journey, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Dokken, Dio, Rainbow and more. Stu Simone played to over a half million rabid rock fans in 1999 and 2000 alone as the touring keyboardist of the re-united platinum rock headliners POISON and can also be heard on Poison’s live album “Power To The People”.
GARY PONDER on drums hails from “Detroit, Rock City” and is also a founding member of the band. He and Stu have played in many original and tribute bands together over the years. Gary is an amazingly versatile drummer and percussionist, with the ability to play drums and percussion at the same time! His credits include stints with Gary Wright, Maureen McCormick and Chris Squire of Yes.
JP MICHAELS on bass and vocals from Las Vegas Nevada is also a welL established musician and singer, having been the lead singer and bassist for Polydor Records rock artists Rubicon. He was also the lead singer of KAOS and bassist for Vinyl Tattoo and a number of top tribute bands, and a variety of studio sessions in the Las Vegas area.
The award winning historic Sutter Creek Theatre is an intimate 215 seat former silent film theatre with superb sound. Voted Best Indie Theatre multiple times (KCRA A-List).