Powerful UK funk band The New Mastersounds may hail from across the pond, but ever since that first Boom Boom Room show some years ago their unrivaled Stateside home is the Bay Area. The proof lies in Mastersounds guitar virtuoso Eddie Roberts. Following their inaugural SF appearance and a slot at that year's High Sierra Music Festival up in Quincy, the band developed a loyal west coast following nearly overnight, and started drawing sell out crowds with each visit at spots like The Independent. Fast forwarding to 2010, with The New Mastersounds still well intact, Roberts moved here permanently. He [...]