I’m proud to see my kid, Stuart Silverman taking off as a performing Bay Area guitarist, singer and front-man.
He leads his own bands and is a utility player in many others.
Here’s a few selected examples:

Time Capsules
-Stuart at age 9 performing Neil Young’s
Keep On Rockin’ in the Free World
-Stuart (also at 9 years of age) tearing through Led Zeppelin’s
Houses of the Holy
-At 12 - performing The Beatles
Here Comes the Sun
-Stu in Middle School - leading his band “Space Toast!”
Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World
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Stuart Jamming "Bo Diddley," with the great steel guitar player Robert Randolph and the Family Band - May 18, 2013 at a Blue Bear School of Music Benefit at Bimbo’s in San Francisco!
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”Velvet Thunder,” at Milk Bar - Haight St, SF, CA - November 13, 2019
With Odin Berkelman Rosado and Jerry Herrerra:
Dear Prudence (Beatles)
Footprints (Wayne Shorter)
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Stuart Silverman & Julian Lopez at The Page (Bar) Parklet,
SF, CA, September 18, 2021
Crazy Fingers (Grateful Dead)
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Stu w Jone’s Carwash Playing some killin’ leads
Jones Carwash - When I Come Again
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The Slaps at Ironsprings Pub & Brewery
Fairfax, CA - June 10, 2015
The Slaps are:
Alexander Simmons - Guitar
Alex Tripp - Guitar
Julian Lopez - Keys
Stuart Silverman - Bass
Shawn Bolker - Drums
Possum (Phish)
My Old School (Steely Dan)
Europa (Santana)
St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
LA Woman --> Jessica (The Doors - The Allman Brothers)
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Truckin' (acoustic - Grateful Dead)
"Bumford & Son" at the Mill Valley Public Library, March 6, 2019 as the sound track to a lecture by the Grateful Dead’s Publicist Dennis McNally.
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Hey Pocky Way - Blue Bear Allstar Band
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Blue Bear All Star Band with Stuart Silverman on Lead Guitar
At the Chapel - SF, CA - December 15, 2013
Bodhisattva
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Blue Bear All Star Band Dec 14, 2014 at the Chapel in SF
Alexander Simmons - Guitar
Alex Tripp - Guitar
Shawn Bolker - Drums
Julian Lopez - Keys
Stuart Silverman - Bass
Europa (Santana)
Firth of Fifth (Genesis)
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The 2014 BlueBear Allstar Band plays Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas) at the 2014 Spring Blue Bear Benefit show at the Chapel (Opening for Jackie Greene) in San Francisco on May 14, 2014.
Madeline Woo: vocals
Sam Skubecz: B3 and Vocals
Stu Silverman: Bass
Alex and Alex: Guitars
Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
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Years later……….
Frictal - ALS Benefit at the Claremont Country Club
Oakland, CA October 29, 2022
Frictal is:
Stuart Silverman: Guitar and vocals
Noah Zisser: Bass and vocals
Julian Lopez - Keys
Carson Fratus - Drums and Vocals
Richard Benitez III - Trumpet
Penny Lane - Way Down in New Orleans
Mambo Infuenciado
Take the A Train
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Love & Happiness
I Can't Quit You Baby
Just Friends - Cissy Strut
Donna Lee
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Quail: The Latest Quartet from Stu Silverman and Julian Lopez
(W Noah Zisser and Jerry Herrerra)
Busking on Valencia Street in SF’s Mission District July 23, 2022
Get Back on the Train
The Wind Cries Mary
St. Thomas
Cissy Strut
Light Up or Leave Me Alone (Jam)
One After 909
You Win Again
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Stu Silverman & Friends Busking at Mission Playground in SF
(Valencia Street between 19th and 20th.)
San Francisco, CA June 11, 2022
Stu Silverman - Guitar and Vocals
Julian Lopez - Keys
Noah Zisser - Bass
Porter Bliquez - Drums
Spring Water (Ray White / KVHW)
Mah Jong (Wayne Shorter)
Oye Como Va (Santana)
On The Road Again(Trad / Memphis Jug Band)
Dear Prudence(Lennon & McCartney)
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Stu Silverman & Friends at The Lucky Horseshoe Bar
San Francisco, CA May 7, 2022
Stu Silverman - Guitar and Vocals
Julian Lopez - Keys
Noah Zisser - Bass
Jerry Herrerra - Drums
Set1:
Stu's Boogie > Out on the Weekend
Tangerine
ACDC Bag
Nobody Knows You Wben You're Down and Out
I’m your Mailman
Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodle-oo
Set 2:
On The Road Again > Cissy Strut
She’s A Women
Help
I’m So Tired
Donna Lee
I Surrender Dear
Michelle
Taxman
Sweet Lorraine
Just Friends
Baby Let Me Follow You Down
Dear Prudence
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Jones Carwash
At The Knockout - SF, CA - Nov 9, 2021
Jones Carwash is:
Robby Pedersen - Guitar and Vocals
Stuart Silverman - Lead Guitar
Noah Zisser- Bass: Logan Snyder - Drums
All Song by Robby Pederson ©2021
Mr Miss You
Yours or Mine
Waste My Life in Mystery
Margo's Song
Wet Man in a Laundromat
Baby Baby Buttercup
When I Come Again
Holding On
He Walked You Home Last Night
Mr. Miss You