Eat, Drink & Make Music!



From fresh breakfast berries to funky bass players, we love jam at Summer Jo's. We love it so much that we've invited (and he accepted!) Johnny Trujillo back to host a mostly-acoustic Sunday jam session featuring special guest artists each week.

This summer's line-up includes local jazz phenom Libby Goines, Reggae rocker Mawg of the Toyes, folk guitarist Brian Parris, jazzy duo Latino Andy and Anne Pimentel, Boogiecats bassist Dave Vestnys, bluesy light rocker Chris Graves, and guitar guru Joe Diehl.

The show starts Sundays at 5PM. Bring your appetite. Bring a bottle (Remember, it's also Corkage-free Sundays)! Bring your favorite instrument or the family band and sit in for a set or three with Johnny with some of the finest, funkiest music makers in the Rogue region.

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Starting this month, Johnny Trujillo and B. Wishes will be back in their regular Thursday night slot making music on the lawn. Then, kicking off on the July 4th weekend, Johnny will host our new Summer Jam at Summer Jo's, a mostly-acoustic weekly Sunday session starring a different featured artist each week.

This summer's line-up includes local jazz phenom Libby Goines, Reggae rocker Mawg of the Toyes, folk guitarist Brian Parris, jazzy duo Latino Andy and Anne Pimentel, Boogiecats bassist Dave Vestnys, and bluesy light rocker Chris Graves.

In the first week of September, the whole staff took off for three days at Lake of the Woods. It's our annual Summer Jo retreat where we let our hair down. We did that, and swam, hiked, biked, played music, cooked over the grill, told jokes around the campfire, and ate s'mores. Jennie, Andy, Justin, Thomas, and Amber's dad Patrick Dodd all played guitar and Ajax brought his hand-made didgeridoo, which Shelley managed to coax some sound out of. It was also Sophie's first camping trip and she took to it like an old camper.

It's a musical summer here at Summer Jo's, and it'll probably be musical all fall, too. We have more live music going on here this year than ever before. The lineup includes B Wishes and John Trujillo on Thursday nights, Michael Cruz on Sundays, Livin' Daylights playing Bluegrass on August 21st. And then Shane Skinner has assembled a stellar cast of area singers to perform songs from your favorite musicals on August 7, August 14, and August 28.

— Nancy Groth

A correction and a change: John Trujillo and B Wishes are playing music on the lawn on Thursday nights, not Wednesdays. Thanks to David Levison for pointing out this mistake. And since the days are getting longer, they'll now be starting at 6:00 rather than 5:30, and staying later.

John and B are accomplished musicians and play a wide variety of music, but my favorites are B's own compositions. She's an amazing songwriter. If you haven't heard them, you should. And now that I've told you the right night, that'll be easier.
;)

-Mike

This summer, live music is bigger than ever at Summer Jo's.

We've just signed up classical guitarist Michael Cruz to play on Sunday nights. Michael accommodates requests and can play anything from Led Zeppeilin to Johnny Cash. He'll be playing on our outdoor stage every Sunday night starting at 5:30.

This means that our live music schedule is now:
Thursdays at 6:00: B Wishes and John Trujillo, folk, classic rock, blues.
Third Friday of the month at 5:30: Bluegrass jam.
Sunday at 5:30: Michael Cruz, classical guitarist, eclectic repertoire.

-Nancy

Ah, spring! Everything’s in bloom and we’re seating out on the lawn again. And once again we will be presenting live music on our outdoor stage every Thursday night. As we did last year, we will feature Rogue Valley stars John Trujillo and B Wishes singing and playing from their repertoire of blues, rock, and folk. The music starts at 5:30PM.

Last night was our first night of Jazz and Blues on the lawn, featuring John Trujillo and B Wishes.
A bass, a guitar, two mellow voices, a gentle evening breeze, fine food and wine, good company: it was an evening savored by all. John and B performed covers of everybody from Billie Holiday to Norah Jones as well as original songs by B from her new album, The Truth That Works For Me. At one point a robin joined in on the chorus!