Spike Sikes and His Awesome Hotcakes

November 26, 2023

The Awesome Hotcakes were named “Best Blues Band” three years in a row (2021, 2022 and 2023) in the Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties

BLUE NOTE NAPA is located on the 1st floor of the Historic Napa Valley Opera House. We are an intimate 183 person seated live music club and restaurant where performances of world renowned and local Bay Area artists alike are hosted. We offer a food and beverage menu includng wine and cocktails in all seating sections.
Ages 8+
1030 Main St. Napa

HOUSE POLICIES*

All ticket prices per person.
Seating is first come, first seated in section purchased.
PAIRS ARE SEATED ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER UNLESS AT HIGH OR SIDE BAR SEATING.
2 Drink Minimum (can be alcohol,mocktail,coffee, soda etc)
No Babies
TICKETS EMAILED 48 HRS FROM SHOW TIME BEFORE EVENT
We recommend arriving 30 min before door time

* Policies are subject to change

BOOTHS: Price listed is per person
Booth for 4: Requires minimum of 4 seats to be purchased. Seating is first come, first seated. Not available as singles or pairs. You will be seated when you arrive. (dark green)

Booth for 5 or 6: Requires 5 or 6 seats to be purchased. Seating is first come, first seated. Not available as singles or pairs. You will be seated when you arrive. (light green)

PREMIUM SEATING

Floor Tables: The closest tables on the floor to the stage. First come, first seated. Pairs are seated across from one another. (dark blue)

High Bar: Great view! Chairs are tall with backs and padded seats. Seating is first come, first seated.(bright blue)

Side Stage: Stage level table seating w/ chairs. First come, first seated. Pairs are seated across each other. (Purple)

Center Platform: An elevated viewing section with fantastic sight lines to the stage. Table seating with tall chairs that have backs and padded seats. First come, first seated. Pairs are seated across from each other (light blue)

ADA seating is for those that require accessible seating. Companions purchase Premium Floor Table Seating. (dark blue)

SIDE SEATING: Bar stool seating at the Bar or on our side bar. Tall chairs have backs and padded seats. First come, first seated. (red)

Please contact our Box Office with any special needs or accommodation requests.

Venue is Ages 8 + (w/ children under 16 to be accompanied by an adult) unless otherwise specified.
No babies please.
No refunds / cameras/ vaping/ smoking/ outside food or drink.

1030 Main Street, Napa CA 94559
Box Office: boxoffice@bluenotenapa.com or 707.880.2300

Spike Sikes and His Awesome Hotcakes

The Awesome Hotcakes were named “Best Blues Band” three years in a row (2021, 2022 and 2023) in the Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties by readers of both the Pacific Sun and The North Bay Bohemian and have three years running won best harding artist.
Like hotcakes themselves, the music Spike’s Awesome Hotcakes plays goes by many names; Soul. Swing. Rhythm & Blues. Jazz. Jump. It’s a sound that’s classic and simple, but when it’s done right, it hits the spot, and has you grinning from ear to ear.
Just The Right Recipe…
The most frequently heard comment after a Spike’s Awesome Hotcakes gig goes something like this –
“No one is making this kind of music anymore!”
But what, exactly, is “this kind of music?”
Like hotcakes themselves, it goes by many names. Soul. Swing. Rhythm & Blues. Jazz. Jump. It’s a sound that’s classic and simple, but when it’s done right, it hits the spot, and has you grinning from ear to ear. Spike has spent years searching for this sound.
From the Texas blues joints he cut his teeth in to the funky halls of New Orleans, he was always studying the music, trying to find just the right recipe. It makes perfect sense that he found his bandmates in Sonoma County, a music scene that has fostered many eclectic artists for decades.
What he didn’t know was how hungry audiences were for “this kind of music.” You might say they’ve been eating it up like…Hotcakes!
Spike grew up in El Paso, TX, studied jazz at The University of North Texas, started The Spike Band in 2004, recorded three albums with them, joined the Coast Guard in 2008, continued playing music wherever he was stationed (Maine, NorCal, and New Orleans), and formed Awesome Hotcakes in 2014.

He is a husband, a Dad, a part-time elementary school band director, a songwriter/performer and he tries to write poetry. Some of his biggest influences include Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Van Morrison, Cleanhead Vinson, Gatemouth Brown, Lightnin Hopkins and Albert Ayler. Spike likes his coffee cold, black, and made with chicory.

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