SONS OF CHAMPLIN W/ BILL CHAMPLIN (Sun, 9/6/26) — live event on Sep 6, 2026
Sons of Champlin live at Yoshi's, Oakland on Sun, Sep 6, 7:00 PM. Tickets from $53.10. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.
The Sons of Champlin started in 1965 in Marin County, California, rising from the wreckage of the Opposite Six, a locally popular R&B band from the pre-Beatle era. “Six” members, Bill Champlin and Tim Cain, added Terry Haggerty and the first of a series of drummers and bass players. The new band was named for the “front” man, Bill Champlin. For a couple of years, the Sons played as a five-piece band, working the college and high school dance circuit and the various clubs and bars in the Bay Area. The Sons’ first record release, on Verve Records, was a single called “Sing Me A Rainbow”. It got a little local AM radio airplay. In 1967, the Sons of Champlin became a seven-piece band, adding a trumpet and, more importantly, Geoff Palmer on keyboards, alto sax, and vibraphone. By this time, the San Francisco scene included the Fillmore and Avalon ballrooms, and as the Sons joined that rock circuit, they earned a reputation as a group of R&B and jazz musicians far above the caliber of the el…
Starts: Sun, Sep 6, 7:00 PM
Ends: Sun, Sep 6, 9:00 PM
Where: 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, California 94607, United States
Price: $53.1
Lineup
Venue: Yoshi's
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