BENEFIT for Taku Sakashta's Widow & Family

On Sunday, May 23rd, from 4pm to 10pm,
there will be a benefit concert featuring:

Robben Ford
Tuck & Patti
Boz Skaggs

and silent auction at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park,
to celebrate Taku Sakashta’s life and offer support to Kazuko, his widow and family.

Taku Sakashta, a wonderful guy, talented guitarmaker, and friend was tragically taken from us recently by a murderer. There are many fine luthiers in Sonoma County; it is something of a mecca for guitarmakers. However none are finer than Taku. He built incredibly beautiful, interesting, and innovative acoustic and electric guitars for musicians and collectors here and abroad. From Robben Ford to Tuck Andress of Tuck and Patty, from jazz musicians to blues and rock players, Taku found imaginative ways of building guitars that could excite, inspire, and facilitate their music.

Taku’s death leaves his wife Kazuko without her husband, and his many friends and fans without the lovely person who offered so much inspiration by his work and his life.

On May 23rd, from 4pm to 10pm, there will be a benefit concert and silent auction at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park, to celebrate Taku’s life and offer support to Kazuko. Items of general interest as well as of specific interest to guitar makers and musicians will be displayed and available. Already lined up are innovatively designed stools, handmade amplifiers, electric guitars and basses, instruments for kids, antique and modern bicycles, and much more.

Performing will be Robben Ford, Boz Scaggs, Tuck and Patty, Volker Strifler, the Black Market Blues Band, and other special guests, including Eric Gales. Bill Ham will be performing a Show of Light Art. Frank Hayhurst of Zone Music will be MC’ing

Tickets for this worthy and exciting event are available at the Spreckels Box Office, 707-588-3400.