San Francisco's Favorite Cover Band*

Watch the National Anthem on the audio and video clips page!

photos: courtesy of Chuck Revell.

*Our moms say we are their favorite cover band.

Blind Venetians are:

Susan Frankel: lead vocals and percussion (and the occasional vibraslap)

Mark Jacobson: keyboards and vocals

Jim Kalogrides: lead guitar

Wendy Marinaccio: drums

Jay Russell: bass and vocals

Char Sachson: guitar, harmonica and vocals

Thanks so much for being part of our event. I hope you all had as much fun playing for the crowd as we did dancing to your sound. May your year be as successful as our event and we look forward to next year.

Once again Thank-You!!!

Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

Vintage High Crab Feed"

"After Mark's band, the Blind Venetians', last gig, I was, of course, inundated with inquiries seeking to have me reveal what happened. Other than to say that it was amazing (and, of course, to make the obvious flattering comparisons between the Blind Venetians, on the one hand, and lesser groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Meatloaf, the Grateful Dead, and the San Francisco Symphony, on the other), professional ethics obviously prevent me from giving any of the juicy details (Tenet I of the Canon of Ethics: 'What happens at the Cherry, stays at the Cherry')." -- Yonkel Goldstein.