R-Place Livermore

I went to R Place this past Sunday to enjoy some live music.  I got there a bit before 6PM.  They have great prices on drinks.  The bartender is very efficient and friendly.
Sunday night is jam night, so local talents come to play.

The first group to play sounded great for their first song.  Loved their music.  However, after the first song, the sound wast turned down, because the rest of the songs they played could barely be heard.  They turned down the entire band, but the singer was turned down the most.   The next "group" was  the host.  He did a solo and then was joined by the drummer from the first band and a bass player.  They sounded good, but again, you could barely hear the singer.  Really did not like how the sound was turned down AT ALL!

I'm not sure why they turned down the sound so much after that first song.  It really sucked.  Eventually, another group, who was definitely NOT turned down, joined the solo singer.  In fact, their sound HAD BEEN cranked up.  They performed well and I liked their music, but I felt robbed of hearing the prior performers.

After reading the other yelps, I guess this place is not the place to "jam" unless you are one of the bars "favorites"!  They seriously need to get someone in there that knows how to promote music and pick performers and hosts.

The quintessential dive bar.  Livermore's very own lovable one, with excellent music and reasonable libation prices.  Getting clobbered over the head for the price of booze gets old.  I was in there last Thursday with a friend--had two margaritas, she had two glasses of chard (poured to the top of the glass).  Total bill before tip was $10.00.  

As of this writing there's an excellent blues band every other Thursday.  I have also heard some other excellent bands on the weekends.  Other musical adventures occur on other nights.  Low key, casual. and lively, the age range of the crowd ranges from upper 30s to lower 60s and it all seems to work.  Kudos to the new owner who swooped in and bought the place a couple of years ago.  She did a nice job of breathing life into what was once a pretty dead location.  Pool tables too, though I don't think they are used during band performance.

This place was just really not that great