Funky Mojo Green rocks Red Room until it’s morning time

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Mojo Green keeps the party going after The Motet’s show at the Crystal Bay Casino Lake Tahoe.
Tahoe Onstage photos by Larry Sabo

Like a basketball team in a huddle before it goes on the court, Mojo Green’s band members circle and put their hands together before each show.

“We connect our energy and hit it,” bandleader/guitarist Tim Bain said.

The Reno band got its mojo working at two of its most familiar places last weekend, playing the Crystal Bay Casino Lake Tahoe after-party Friday for The Motet and joining slide guitarist Roosevelt Collier on Saturday at San Francisco’s Boom Boom Room. Both shows rocked until 3 a.m.

“We had three encores,” Bain said. “It always blows me away.”

Mojo Green has inspired booty-shaking, dance-floor moves for a decade and has been booked for Red Room shows perhaps more than any Reno-Tahoe area band. The Boom Boom Room is a second home for the group, as well.

Bain said the band has been locked in for a funk load of festivals this summer. Members have been working on new material and a third studio album in imminent.

It has not been announced, but Bain said Mojo Green will play a show this summer on Lake Tahoe’s south shore.

— Tim Parsons

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Mojo Green connects before Friday’s Red Room show at the Crystal Bay.
Tahoe Onstage photos by Larry Sabo

 

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Larry Sabo is a real-estate broker with a passion for rock 'n' roll photography. He makes his living during the day selling real estate but you'll see him at night enjoying shows. Stop and talk to him anytime you see him out, he will always appreciate it.

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