Country music artist Geoffrey Miller will be kicking off the weekend entertainment at Jan’s Lounge in Orangevale Friday night. In addition to Miller’s boogie-woogie cheating songs, love-lamenting ballads, rockabilly country bops, and chicken-pickin’ guitar solos, the evening also offers free line dancing lessons.
Sarah Stokes will be offering free line dancing lessons for anyone who wants to learn starting at 8 p.m. on Friday. Then at 9 p.m., Miller takes to the stage where he will play until 1 a.m. for the show that requires no cover fee.
Geoffrey Miller is a foremost artist of West Coast country and western music, with an original song catalogue steeped in the sounds of Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, as well as Ray Price and George Jones. According to his career bio, Miller has released two albums, “All Night Honky Tonk Man” and “Leavin’ 101,” which have reached the top of the Alternate Country chart for radio play. Coming from a musical family and a Northern California music scene where brushing elbows with the likes of Bud Duncan, Bobby Black, Biff Adam, Doug Colosio, and Jimmy Bauchman is commonplace, Miller was preordained to be a country artist.
Wielding a Parsons-White B-bender-equipped Fender Telecaster, and with a sandy baritone voice, Miller delivers a unique and regional take on an unmistakably classic sound. Family history and personal stories are channeled into danceable shuffles, fast train beats, and crooning ballads of Miller’s original songs, while select interpretations of country favorites please audiences and convey a deep connection to a musical heritage.
On Saturday, the fun and entertainment continue at Jan’s with live music by the band Genuine Partz. Genuine Partz is a high-energy, party, dance band playing classic rock with a bluesy, bayou, alt-country vibe! Their band members have headlined some amazing venues over the years and opened for several national acts. Genuine Partz performs from 9:00 p.m. until 1 a.m. Saturday.
Jan’s Lounge is located at 922 Greenback Lane in Orangevale and is home to more than live music each week, offering a full bar, cold beer, food, darts, shuffleboard, sports on nine big screen TVs, DJ trivia, country line dancing lessons, dancing, and live music. Learn more at www.jans-lounge.com.
