Local All-Star Soul Revue Returns To The Chapel

Ably setting backsides in motion for the past decade, all-star R&B revue Marc & the Casuals has earned a solid reputation as one of San Francisco's premiere party-starting outfit. Led by session veteran and keyboard/trumpet player Marc Capelle, his core wrecking crew of Bay Area luminaries features such talented musicians as guitarist Bart Davenport (a solo artist who has also fronted Honeycut, The Loved Ones) and his Persephone's Bees partner guitarist Tom Ayers, drummer Todd Roper (Chuck Prophet, Cake), and onetime Dwarves bass player Pete Straus.

Augmented by a full horn section (Andy Kuntz on trumpet, Carroll Ashby on trombone and Tom Griesser on sax) and additional auxiliary players -- among them Capelle's own son Evan on percussion -- the group backs a rotating who's who of local guest vocalists through marathon sets that range from deep soul and funk covers to revamped rock classics. Serving as a sort of living, breathing big-band jukebox, Marc & the Casuals provide hard-grooving support for a line-up of singers that will include Dwarves frontman Blag Dahlia, Persephone's Bees vocalist Angelina Moysov, solo artist Virgil Shaw (who also  performed with Dieselhed), Jason Morgan (Harold Ray Live In Concert), Meryl Press (Citay), Christie Winn (The Bluebelles) and Libby Lavella (The Amber).

For this show, Capelle and company are joined by Bay Area urban soul/funk outfit Loveseat Congregation. A creative outlet for the songwriting partnership of Latrice Barnett and Jordan Glasgow (who first worked together in SF acid jazz group Five Point Plan), the group also features guitarist David James and the renowned rhythm section of bassist Keith McArthur (The Coup, Spearhead) and drummer Jan Jackson (Will Bernard and Motherbug, Jai Uttal). Loveseat Congregation also performs as part of the larger soul collective Curtis Bumpy.

Marc & the Casuals Summer Soul Celebration
Friday, August 19, 8 p.m. $18-$20
The Chapel