Venue
142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley Sunday, April 19th8:00$30 Also w/ Gonzalo Bergara & Paniqui
142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley Thursday, June 4th8:00$30 Stochelo Rosenberg on Sat. Night. See Djangofest web page for other acts and clinics

Ned Ripple

Ned has been playing guitar for roughly four decades, beginning with the early 60’s folk craze and quickly progressing to jazz. Soon after moving to the Bay Area in the early 70’s, Ned heard the fantastic music that Django created, discovered "hot jazz" in general and never looked back. Throughout the 70's and 80's he performed in many local well-known clubs with various “jive” vocal, hot-club-infused jazz bands. Ned has also appeared on local radio stations and in Mel Sharpes nationally-syndicated San Francisco "Columbus Day'special . In addition to being a member of The Hot Club of Marin, he also performs with his jazz vocal group, On the Air and with Bo Django.

Kit Eakle

Kit has been fascinated by the Gypsy Jazz of Django since hearing Django's theme music for Phil Elwood on KPFA in the '50's. He has played violin since the dark ages, starting classical lessons at 8 years of age. He played for 25 years in British Columbia, CANADA including a stint with guitar-builder/guitarist legend Michael Dunn's original "Mystery Pacific" in the '80s. He played with many Gypsy Jazz western Swing groups in the Vancouver/Victoria area. Kit returned to California in 1997 and has made a mark in the Bay Area both as a violin virtuoso and a music educator. He also plays with Django Obscura, his own Classical Jazz.

Dore Coller

Dore is a guitarist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter who, after a lifetime of writing and singing songs, playing guitar, mandolin, bass, keyboard, dobro and anything else he can get his hands on, has returned to his Django roots with the Hot Club of Marin. He's played with members of such bands and artists as Big Brother, Lacy J Dalton, The David Grisman Quintet, The Hot Club of San Francisco, Maria Muldaur, Montreaux, Van Morrison, Pablo Cruise, Quicksilver Gold, The Rowan Brothers, and The Youngbloods. Over the years Dore and his groups have opened for such acts as Elvin Bishop, Los Lonely Boys, Dana Carvey, Jesse Colin Young, Foxy Collwood, R Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders, Mikey Dread, Dr Hook, David Nelson, and even made an appearance on the Gary Radnich Show on KRON TV. Dore also currently plays with his own group "Bermuda Grass" and the "Cow Bay Cruz Boys."