Songwriter/activist Steve Taylor-Ramírez at Starry Plough

Activist singer-songwriter Steve Taylor-Ramírez brings his critically acclaimed neo-folk, blues, Latin tunes to headline Berkeley’s Starry Plough Pub on Friday, July 6.

Taylor-Ramírez (http://www.myspace.com/thestevetaylor) will be joined by the great folk-bluegrass harmonies of Misner & Smith (http://www.myspace.com/misnerandsmith) and the acoustic rock of Drew Harrison (http://www.drewharrison.com), who plays the role of John Lennon in The Sun Kings, the well-known Beatles tribute band.

Taylor-Ramírez says he hopes his music sounds like “Bill Monroe drinking tequila with Ritchie Valens at a truck stop on the Lost Highway.” In Misner & Smith you’ll hear echoes of Bill Monroe and of Simon & Garfunkel. Drew Harrison sounds nothing like Monroe, but sings of the human condition in a warm, gritty voice that embodies sincerity and truth.

The details:
7/06/2007, 9:30 pm - Starry Plough Pub
3101 Shattuck Ave. (3 blocks south of Ashby)
Berkeley, 94705
Cost: $5
http://www.myspace.com/starryplough
510.841.2082

The lineup:
9:30 - 10:15 pm - Drew Harrison
10:45 - 11:30 pm - Misner & Smith
12:00 - 1:30 pm - Steve Taylor-Ramírez

“A Friday night with draft beer, great food and terrific live music all in one place. It doesn't get any better than that!,” said Taylor-Ramírez.

About Steve Taylor-Ramírez

"Critic's Choice: Fancy finger picking, weathered vocals ... charisma ... socially conscious originals ... , " wrote j. poet, music critic for the East Bay Express, as well as No Depression, Harp, Paste and other magazines.

Taylor-Ramírez' interests include folk, blues, classic country, and Latin roots. His tunes have also received praise from personalities such as Billboard Award-winning producer Eddie Galan of Trilogy Productions; critic Joel Selvin of the San Francisco Chronicle; Alan Kalter, announcer of The Late Show with David Letterman; Corey Mason of worldOneradio (KECG, 88.1 FM); and bluegrass Grammy winner Laurie Lewis.

Audiences compare his work to that of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Lou Reed. His songs have aired on KECG 88.1 FM, KUSF 90.3 FM and KYCY 1550 AM. He's