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Moe's Alley Presents: Sgt. Splendor w/ Rachel Spung & The Soul Service
Fri, 15 Aug, 9:00 PM PDT
Doors open
8:00 PM PDT
Moe's Alley
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
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Moe's Alley presents a night of soul, funk and rock with Sgt. Splendor (featuring Eric McFadden of George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars) and acclaimed singer/songwriter and vocalist kate Vargas) with special guests Rachel Spung & The Soul Service!
Friday, August 15, 2025
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
$20 in advance / $25 day of the show
21+
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SGT. SPLENDOR
Before joining forces, the duo behind Sgt. Splendor were already formidable solo artists, Kate Vargas chalking up acclaim at outlets like NPR, HuffPost, American Songwriter, Rolling Stone and Vice (including praise from the “Dean of American Rock Critics” Robert Christgau); and Eric McFadden amassing an impressive resume including stints on guitar with George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, Anders Osbourne, Karl Denson, Stockholm Syndrome, and Eric Burdon & The Animals, plus a slew of solo albums, and session work with everyone from Jackson Browne to The Clash’s Joe Strummer.
"One of the most unique bands to come out of the new millennium is the contrasting duo of Sgt. Splendor. The group consists of singer/songwriter/guitarist/flautist Kate Vargas, and her partner in crime, guitarist/vocalist Eric McFadden (George Clinton & P-Funk, Eric Burdon, Les Claypool, etc)...is this an album for the masses?... yes. Yet it is even more so an album for the music aficionados who understand and appreciate in-depth, heavy songwriting, wrapped in a blanket of heavy Blues and Rock music that holds its own against anything you can throw at it. " - Tone Scott / GOLDMINE Magazine 2024
RACHEL SPUNG & THE SOUL SERVICE
Rachel Spung & The Soul Service are an up and coming R&B band based in San Jose, CA, and Monterey, CA. Their sound has been praised as “groovy yet unprocessed, resulting in a unity of sounds…” (Content Magazine). They’re influenced by a multitude of genres ranging from traditional Jazz to Rock-and-Roll. Noted for their dynamic stage presence, the band performs a medley of original compositions while spontaneously showing off their improv chops. The material is ever evolving, alive and tasteful allowing the audience to grasp who Rachel Spung, Brandon Earley, Daniel Williams and Daniel Monroe are as individual musicians, and the power they wield as a group.
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Age Limit
21+
Dirty Blues
Sgt. Splendor
Sgt. Splendor
Dirty Blues
Before joining forces, the duo behind Sgt. Splendor were already formidable solo artists, Kate Vargas chalking up acclaim at outlets like NPR, HuffPost, SPIN, No Depression Rolling Stone and Vice (including praise from the “Dean of American Rock Critics” Robert Christgau); and Eric McFadden amassing an impressive resume including stints on guitar with George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, Anders Osbourne, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, and Eric Burdon & The Animals, plus a slew of solo albums, and session work and gigs with everyone from Jackson Browne to The Clash’s Joe Strummer.
Sgt Splendor’s 2nd release, “Death of the Hoochie Koo” dropped May 19th on Buena Vista West Records. “Tom Waits’ music has always been a point of connection for me & Kate. While our musical approaches differ, they’re also kindred and share a lot of common elements. Our Southwestern upbringing comes through—that sort of mysteriouso desert thing—but also a carnivalesque Waits-ian vibe. The new record is a bit more cohesive but still eclectic. Kind of an Alt-Funk, Desert Roots, Dirty Blues, Rock thing. Our styles have always been complementary.” Vargas concurs: “Sgt. Splendor really feels like a combination of both of us—equally.”
Among the players who have accompanied Sgt Splendor in the studio and on stage are: Dave Schools (Widespread Panic), Norwood Fisher & Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Dominic Davis (Jack White), Paulo Baldi (Les Claypool), Falcon Greenwell (Tedeschi Trucks), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)
“...In the ten new songs, not only do the amazing vocals and skillful guitar playing of the two musicians complement each other very well, but alt-funk, desert rock and dirty blues also merge seamlessly. Groovy and brooding, mysterious and memorable – this is hot music with cool cover art.” - Dennis / Add To Want-list 2023
Soul
Rachel Spung & The Soul Service
Rachel Spung & The Soul Service
Soul
Rachel Spung & The Soul Service are an up and coming R&B band based in San Jose, CA, and Monterey, CA. Their sound has been praised as “groovy yet unprocessed, resulting in a unity of sounds…” (Content Magazine). They’re influenced by a multitude of genres ranging from traditional Jazz to Rock-and-Roll. Noted for their dynamic stage presence, the band performs a medley of original compositions while spontaneously showing off their improv chops. The material is ever evolving, alive and tasteful allowing the audience to grasp who Rachel Spung, Brandon Earley, Daniel Williams and Daniel Monroe are as individual musicians, and the power they wield as a group.