Boot Juice

The stars are for the band, not the establishment. Boot Juice is in demand - playing lots of establishments like Oskar Blues, but also is sought after for well known music festivals in CA, Idaho, MIssoula, Washington and Colorado (they've played and been invited back to both Aspen and Steamboat Springs in the past year as well as Denver and Boulder). While the band was GREAT, FANTASTIC we were extremely disappointed in the lack of publicity. We drove down from Fort Collins to hear this band and when we arrived there were 4 other people there. By the end of the night there were maybe 9-10 people there, including us and the sound guy. Not a surprise, since there was NOTHING on the website about them coming. I checked a month before, two weeks before, and the night before. NOTHING. In fact, there was only one event mentioned for the week before and after and that event was a month or so away. When I didn't find them listed two weeks before, I called to get more information and spoke to an employee about the lack of publicity. I asked why they weren't listed. They said they were going to put up the information. There was still nothing the night before the event so I called again and was told that they didn't know for sure whether they were coming. Well, I KNEW they were coming because I had known for a couple of months that they were coming and I had literally just spoken with them. When we got to the restaurant, there weren't any signs indicating a band was going to be playing there that night - or any nights, for that matter. Even people on the streets had no way of knowing there was an "event". And then we were charged $20 to SEE the band in a separate room even though we were eating there. Others were eating at the bar, but weren't in the room. The music was great, but it sure hurts the experience when you only have a few people there to dance and sing and enjoy it. Plus, I imagine Oskar Blues lost money that night. One positive piece - the food was GREAT!

Awesome show. Huge energy. Friendly crowd. Approachable band members.

The bring ENERGY and FUN with great RANGE!

Great Night of Music. Saw them in Santa Clara 2 weeks earlier. Son is at Oregon State So the plan was some Music for my visit. Great Venue The Ruins - Hood River. Tues night 200+ ? Fun crowd they mention they were their the year before. So a little bit of a following Great Energy Fun to see them turn it up. Backyard concert earlier was Fun but not where you can let it go. Still learning names But the women lead singer did a lot more at this show. since they have 3 good singers in the band. My new following of different bands I love Horns with Rock & Roll. Caleb the Sax guy was excellent. Be ready for there Energy

Amazing group of people & performers!! If you see that they’ll be playing in your town…GO SEE THEM!!!! You will not be disappointed. Not only are their covers entertaining but all their original songs have a story to them. They put on a full show & they have fun! I could go on & on but the music speaks for itself!! Go see them!!

Boot Juice didn’t show — missed them terribly — First Friday in Santa Cruz was a lot of fun — danced to another wonderful band