Todd Morgan Music

Todd Morgan & the Emblems perform at Carmichael Park, 6:30-8:30pm August 5th.

Todd Morgan & His Emblems perform at a Saturday afternoon DANCE PARTY Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the Powerhouse Pub in Folsom, CA.
Here's a clip of "My Babe" from our show at Powerhouse: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjqnJ3b13R8

"My rocker buddy Todd Morgan is a big-hearted friend to many Carmichael causes. He's performed massive park concerts, fundraiser dinners, charity fairs and veteran memorials. He's a Sacramento icon who makes any event sparkle. This Saturday (November 12), we'll see him in a different light. He'll do a solo jazz performance at Joe Gilman's Twin Lotus Thai restaurant, Sacramento.

Todd Morgan & His Emblems perform at the California State Fair on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

Todd Morgan & The Emblems perform at Naggiar Vineyards in Grass Valley on Saturday, July 2, 2022.

Todd Morgan and his Emblems perform on June 29th at the Starlet Room, 2809 J Street Sacrmanto.

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Saturday, June 13th at the Powerhouse Pub in Folsom CA

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Friday, May 27th at the House of Oliver in Roseville, CA

Location 12300 County Rd 92B (Dunnigan Hills), Azmora CA 95698

Join us for an enjoyable afternoon of fresh air, fine wines and our dance enticing Rock n' Roll!
2 event times; 2:30-5pm & 5:30-8pm Purchase Tickets at https://www.matchbookwines.com/calendar/

Mother's Day!
Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Sunday, May 8th at Swabbies on the Rive
5871 Garden Hwy, Sacramento.

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Friday, May 6th at the Eagles Hall in Sacramento.

Dinner, musinc, and dancing.

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at Painkillers Pub & Grub - 2168 Sunset Blvd., Rocklin, CA

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at the Club Car
836 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform at the Bandwagon Bar on Saturday, March 26, 2022
586 Parker Road, Fairfield, CA

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Saturday, March 12th at the House of Oliver, 3992 Douglas Blvd. in Roseville, CA

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Friday March, 2022 at Painkillers Pub & Grub - 2168 Sunset Blvd., Rocklin, CA

Todd Morgan and The Emblems perform on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the Powerhouse Pub in Folsom CA

Todd & his Emblems will be the featured performer at Old Town Elk Grove's new music venue.

from American River Messenger.  Story and photo by Susan Maxwell Skinner

June 24, 2021

SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG)

After a year of COVID-imposed silence, Fair Oaks community last week kicked off a modified public entertainment season. Carmichael-raised singer/guitarist Todd Morgan filled the arena with more than 500 fans and dancers.

Read more at the American River Messenger. . .

If article is unavailable you can download it here (PDF).

Todd is nominated for 2020 Sammies Award for best Indie Music Artist

Check out Todd's profile page for the 2020 SAMMIES.
https://go.newsreview.com/sammies/band/350/todd-morgan/  

You can vote for Todd Morgan at https://vote.newsreview.com/sammies-2020/

Voting continues until March 11th. You can cast your vote at Sammies.com after a simple registration process. The winners will be announced in in the March Music issue of SN&R magazine.

Thanks Everyone of your Support and Your Vote!
Todd Morgan

Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 07/14/2019 - 1:03pm

Event Date:
July 25, 2019 - 6:30pm
By Kim Harris

This month, Todd Morgan & the Emblems return for a third season and historian Dr. Michael Fischer will speak on the history of the Nevada Buckaroo at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park.

On Thursday, July 25, at 6:30 pm, Todd Morgan & the Emblems will be performing modern pop/rock and roll, blues, funk, disco, hot jazz, country and early rock ‘n’ roll.

Todd Morgan has been fronting his band, The Emblems, or performing solo for more than ten years in the Sacramento area, as well as throughout California and Nevada. Morgan has been nominated for a SAMMIE three times. In 2015 his album, Sweet Pretender, was rated one of Submerge Magazine’s “Top 15 Albums of the Year”. The song, “Running Wild”, from the album, won West Coast Songwriters’ “Best Song of the Year” and is currently a semi-finalist in the 2019 Nashville “Music City Songstar” competition.

Recording and producing music has become a big love and pursuit in Todd Morgan’s life along with his love of live performance.

The ticket price is $15 for adults, $10 for members and free for 16 years and younger. Space is limited and the event could sell out. Non-member tickets can be purchased at dangberg.eventbrite.com.

On Saturday, July 27, at 10:00 am, Dr. Michael Fischer’s program “The Nevada Buckaroo from the Ground Up – His Heritage, Gear and Traditions” will focus on the cowboys of the Great Basin.

Deeply rooted in the vaquero tradition, connections of vocabulary, equipment and procedure are easily noted in today’s Nevada cowboy. At its conclusion, the audience will have an in-depth knowledge of why so many things are done the same way they were 100 years ago.

Dr. Fischer will also speak on the livestock management practices and agricultural personnel of the old H.F. Dangberg Land and Live Stock Company. The question will be answered as to whether it was a sheep or cattle operation.

Dr. Michael E. Fischer was raised and educated in Reno public schools, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nevada Reno and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Southern California. After working in private practice for 31 years, Fischer retired from dentistry and was appointed Director of the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs, serving in both Governor Gibbons' and Governor Sandoval's Cabinet until the department was formally disbanded. He is now an independent scholar whose interests include the history of Nevada cowboys and ranching, politics, bootlegging, gambling and crime.

Please bring your own seating to all events and no pets allowed - service animals only. Guests are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy as no food or beverages will be sold at either of these events.

The Dangberg ranch house will be open for one hour before each event for anyone who would like an introduction to the park’s history.

The full 2019 Dangberg Summer Festival event schedule is available at Dangberg.org.

Vote for the bands! | Crocker Art Museum

Todd's been nominated for Crocker Art Museum 2019 Audio Muse list.

(From CrockerArt.org - June 26. 2019)
The Crocker is excited to unveil phase 2 for Audio Muse 2019: public voting on our list of performer finalists for our two-concert series this fall!

Audio Muse will be two exciting nights in October and December, with crowd-sourced emerging local musicians energizing galleries in the Museum with live soundtracks as guests enjoy drinks and food at the cafe, and explore, dance, admire, and find inspiration as music and art meld in every room!

The public can vote for up to 10 artists from the list of finalists. One vote per person.

Thanks everyone of your support and your vote!

Check out Todd's profile page for the 2019 SAMMIES.
https://go.newsreview.com/sammies/band/350/todd-morgan/  

You can vote for Todd Morgan at https://vote.newsreview.com/sammies-2019/

Voting continues until March 12th. You can cast your vote at Sammies.com after a simple registration process. The winners will be announced in the March 28th Music issue of SN&R magazine.

Thanks Everyone of your Support and Your Vote!
Todd Morgan

Hello to All You Awesome Fans and Friends!

I am very happy to announce that Todd Morgan has been nominated for a Sacramento SAMMIES Award in the genre of Indie Artist. This is my first time to be entered in this category. Now in its’ 27th year, the SAMMIES awards spotlights artists in several genres and music scene supporters in the greater Sacramento area and primarily sponsored by Sacramento News & Review, https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/home

Vote for Todd Morgan at https://vote.newsreview.com/sammies-2019/

Voting started January 10th and continues until March 12th. You can cast your vote at Sammies.com after a simple registration process. The winners will be announced in the March 28th Music issue of SN&R magazine.

One more exciting piece of news: Todd would like to congratulate his good friend Val Starr and the Blues Rocket on a great year! Her album "I Always Turn the Blues On", on which Todd played all Piano and Organ parts, ended up at #4 on the 2018 Year End Electric Blues Charts (behind Buddy Guy and Shemekia Copeland!). It also ended up on the top 200 Blues CD's of the year at #101. Todd is both happy and proud to have been a part of the album! You can check that album out at: https://www.valstarrandthebluesrocket.com/

If you’re looking to get out for a fun night of music with Todd soon you are in luck! Todd has a variety of shows coming up, both locally and in the South Bay, but first a nine day stop to work on more tracks at Tiny Telephone Studios.  Soon following that Todd heads back to the stage heading first to Danville, CA February 2nd and one of his favorite new stops, The Vine at Bridges, thevineatbridges.com, a great venue with many fine wine choices! February 8th he’s solo again in the city of Davis for one of their 2nd Friday ArtAbout, https://davisdowntown.com/2nd-friday-artabout/ This will be Todd’s first time there so let’s check it out together. Here’s one you’ve probably been waiting for, February 9th 'Todd Morgan & the Emblems' return to The Purple Place, thepurp.com in El Dorado Hills, yes there is room to dance! Next Todd heads north up to Auburn on the 23rd to Knee Deep Brewing Company, KneeDeepBrewing.com. Then on the 27th he wraps up February with a Straw Hat Pizza performance strawhatpizza.com in Rancho Cordova for a fun time with friends Ron Jones on drums and Shelley on standup bass. You can find these dates, times and much more by visiting ToddMorganMusic.com and https://smarturl.it/toddmorganmusic

Happy New Year to All!
Todd Morgan Music

At this time of year, I’m sure most of you are getting very busy, tis the season!  I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving, I'm truly thankful for all the blessings this year has given me, many wonderful opportunities have been presented that I am very greatful for.  I also offer my prayers for those that have been going through some seriously tough times, the CA fire season has been the worst on record and there are some hurting people out there.  I'll be helping out by taking part in a special production of American Legend on December 2nd benefiting Wildland Firefighter Foundation, https://www.facebook.com/events/292647488049513/

Exciting news! My brand new website is ready and was launched today!  You'll notice there has been a name change, https://toddmorganmusic.com/  The old sites name will take you here too and not to worry, Todd Morgan & the Emblems are still rocking in the free world. There are still new additions yet to be added to the site but I am very pleased with its new look and content, and I hope you will enjoy stopping by often to learn of new shows, see new photos, videos and opportunities with cool stuff. So much thanks must be given to our web builder, Dave Soltis, owner of An Internet Store, http://aninternetstore.com/, in Carmichael CA. Dave and Brett have great skills and were ever so patience with us in getting the site ready. Between winter and spring recording sessions and summers busy show schedule and travels it was hard to keep up and keep focused at times.

As I just alluded to, I recently I began work on a 4th album, title undetermined at this point, in Los Angeles, CA and in Sacramento, followed by a bit more work to be done in the bay area at Tiny Telephone Recording Studio. Watch for more about the new album early in 2019.  Summer came along and both I and The Emblems became very busy with performances.   I had many more solo shows this year than past years, one reason for the site change, and traveled to Canada for Penticton's Pentastic Music Festival. I also hit some venues in Oregon and Washington on my return trip to Sacramento.

One of the most important things that happened for me this Fall, and will become an important step for The Emblems as well, was signing onto The DNS Agency, http://www.thednsagency.com/. Things are coming together nicely, Dean is easy and great to work with, and I see this helping my career greatly as we move into 2019.  If you haven't seen it yet, there is a new YouTube channel as well, featuring a brand new lyric video for my song Running Wild, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT2at-uQ3Fg, off the Sweet Pretender album and you can keep a look out for more content coming soon.

Todd Morgan has recently signed on with The DNS Agency and is looking forward to a rewarding partnership as they work together to take Todd's career and his music to higher ground!

27 Sep 2018
Article by: Justyn Brodsky

The DNS Agency is excited to welcome California rocker Todd Morgan to their roster family of select artists.

Presenting his music alongside his band as an outfit called Todd Morgan & The Emblems and known for his authentic and eclectic sound with multi-genre rock elements from many eras, Todd’s single “Sweet Pretender,” a song from his album of the same name, has generated a strong buzz among the music streaming communities and has garnered him a promising fan base of avid listeners. His music from one of his previous albums was also chosen for the 2016 feature film 1959.

The California rocker puts on a captivating live show experience that really raises the bar for many rock-infused influences that range from Rockabilly, Jazz, and Big Band. His stage persona and catchy riffs blend together as a tasty mix of the old and new, topped with a musical chemistry that resonates with any Rock listener from almost any generation.

Now officially signed on with The DNS Agency, Todd looks forward to opening up many new avenues in his music career as well as making new friends and fans along the way. His music is currently available on all mainstream digital retailers and streaming platforms.

Connect with Todd Morgan and The DNS Agency:

Todd Morgan: https://smarturl.it/toddmorganmusic
The DNS Agency: https://www.thednsagency.com
“1959” film on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/1959/id1354308631

Hello,

To everyone who is who has taken a moment to see what we will be up this month, we thank you!

First off, a big thanks everyone who came out to Carmichael's Concert in the Park last Saturday the 4th to see us.  What an awesome audience you were, you packed the dance floor and filled up the lawn!  I hope we delivered everything you came for and more!

The remainder of August there are just two public shows featuring Todd and the Emblems.  This Friday 10th they'll be at the 4th Annual Blues & Brews Festival in Lodi, CA  https://www.visitlodi.com/events-calendar/annual-blues-and-brews-festival/  and on the 23rd will be performing at Oakmont of Carmichael once again to help in the awareness and fundraising for those dealing with Alzheimers. Here's a link to their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OakmontOfCarmichael/

Now for those of you saw Todd Morgan on Fox 40 last week you know what he has been up to in addition to playing with the Emblems.  For those that missed it look here>  https://fox40.com/2018/08/01/american-legend/   Todd will be taking part of this years production (was in it last year too) of American Legend and is very excited to be working with W.S. Holland the only drummer Johnny Cash ever had. Holland was also Carl Perkins drummer for a time.  This theater style production runs over four days, a dinner show (8/16), two nights on the Folsom Amphitheater (17 & 18), with a finale at the B Street Theater, Sofia, in Downtown Sacramento (8/19).

A short preview of Sept, Todd and the Emblems at the Hot Jazz Jubilee, one night only in RJ's Tavern in in the Double Tree Hotel here in Sacramento. You might want to come the rest of the weekend to catch Todd's Jazz/Swing band, Todd Morgan & the Swingsters as well. A short tour follows which will fine Todd traveling through Washington and Oregon stopping in here and there for whatever Jam or open-mic he comes across. If you live in those states and would like him to stop by a venue in your area send him a message via facebook and that just might be something he can work out. Here's that link if your not already a facebook fan of the band's, now would be good time to fix that. https://www.facebook.com/toddmorganandtheemblems/

Hello!

Thank you for taking a few minutes to view this.  Just wanted to let you know what's happening with us this month and into the summer.

We are very happy and proud to have been nominated for a 2017 Sacramento News & Review SAMMIES Award in the "POP" Band category.  If you are so inclined we would be delighted to receive your vote and support.  We would appreciate your vote so much!
https://vote.newsreview.com/accounts/login/?next=/sammies-2https://vote.newsreview.com/accounts/login/?next=/sammies-2017/017/

Along with the previous honor, we were also delighted to be asked just today to help promote the 44th Annual Sacramento Music Festival.  Along with another spokesperson for the festival, our band will be performing on these two fine Sacramento morning television programs, Fox 40 and Channel 13's, Good Day Sacramento.  You will be able to see us perform full sets at the festival as well, and the dates and times are listed below along with a few other shows on our May through June calendar.  Todd will be touring the first three weeks of July, he hopes to see his Texas to Tennessee fans at one of those. 

A glimpse of our shows coming up:
May 19th; Fox 40 9am, also the 19th Taste of Carmichael 5:30-8:30pm
       26th; Good Day Sacramento 8-10am, Sac Music Fest 8pm Holiday Inn Sierra Room
       27th; The Junction 11am, Freeway Gardens 2pm
       28th; Freeway Gardens
       29th; Mill Valley Parade (Todd Morgan solo)  10:30pm
June  7th; Strawhat Pizza (Todd & Jazz Friends)
       10th Bella Bru Cafe (Todd and friend)7-9pm
       14th Capitola Twilight Concert on the Beach 6-8pm
       17th  Fountains at Roseville 8-10pm
       30th  Ignite at St Marks, Fairfield 7pm

Hope to see you at a show this summer!

 | by SubMerge Staff

Like holiday party hangovers and overly optimistic new year’s resolutions, year-end best album lists are a dime a dozen. So what makes ours so special? Well, for one thing, we made it. And we obviously have the kind of refined musical palate you don’t just find by clicking around on the damn internet. More importantly, we split this year’s Top 30 albums list into two distinct portions: 15 albums with connections to the Sacramento area, and 15 albums from the world beyond. There are, of course, many, many, albums that came out over the last year deserving of praise, but these 30 were our favorites. Why? Our staff explains, with Twitter-esque succinctness.

#14
Todd Morgan and the Emblems
Sweet Pretender

Not to be confused with any ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll impersonator, Morgan has grown into his own style, sound and artistic identity.

To read the entire article at SubMerge click here.

By Fabian Garcia
Special to The Bee

Nearly 10 years ago, Todd Morgan & the Emblems was nothing more than a high school cover band indulging in 1950s rock ’n’ roll hits, with little to no original music to stake a claim to.

As the group heads into 2016, Morgan and the band aren’t so much echoing great songs anymore as they are creating them – a shift that he says can and has brought about more joy than anything he’s ever imitated.

Todd Morgan & The Emblems and Music Appreciation

It would be easy for Todd Morgan & The Emblems to follow the often tread cover band path, but it has raised the bar with songwriting influenced by rockabilly, jazz, Big Band, and rock. Todd Morgan discusses his influences, and the band’s third recently released CD, “Sweet Pretender.”

Listen to Podcast here.

Todd Morgan-
Running Wild

Album Release Concert
Fri, Aug 14, 7-9pm
Fair Oaks Clubhouse Auditorium
7997 California Avenue, Fair Oaks

Album Available Soon

Pick up your copy while they last!

Movie Features Todd Morgan & the Emblems songs.

"1959" movie trailer features Todd's song "I Wanna Love You Right". The movie itself contains all six(6) of his original songs on the "Todd Morgan & the Emblem, Self-titled" album. The film company is Upperline Entertainment, Upperline Film, and the producers are Murray Roth and Wayne Morgan.

Watch the trailer on our video page (click here) and play second video.

Watch this video of Todd's performance at Silo's. Todd's band has a show coming up at Silo's on Thursday, Aug. 14th with Tara Anna(contestant on 2013 American Idol) and Melina Diaz. Both women were also past Silo's Idol winners.

For a more mellow, but still exciting, rock and roll experience check out Todd Morgan & The Emblems at the Fair Oaks Chicken Festival on September 15th! Young musicians with a mature aesthetic and talent beyond their years! You will dance your booty off!

www.soundzofnorcal.com

Live Music Calendar-News-Reviews

18 Aug

This was the second time we have had the honor of doing sound for this band. We had our usual sound setup, and we love this band because there are only 4 of them. I was announcing and thanking the sponsors, when the new owner of the Sacramento Kings showed up with a few of the big investors. He took the mic for a bit to address the 800+ people in the crowd. It was a pretty cool twist to our usual Thursday night concert routine. The band went on and the crowd went crazy. The obvious non iPhone images are by Angie Cardeña.

Video: Red Dog Records, Andrew Bower, Producer

Last Thursday night at the Town Center in El Dorado Hills we were treated to another concert by Todd Morgan and the Emblems. The attendance was great and the music was simply awesome. If you haven’t heard this group then you need to keep your eyes and ears out and be sure not to miss the opportunity. They have an energetic and refreshing sound and play with such heart and soul. If you were there you witnessed a whole lot of people with smiling faces and plenty of folks on the dance floor to evidence they were having a good time. To see the schedule for Todd Morgan and the Emblems, be sure to bookmark their website http://toddmorganandtheemblems.com and perhaps they will be back next year at the Town Center in El Dorado Hills.

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29 Jul 2012

Last Saturday night (July 28, 2012) we were treated to a FREE concert at The Fountains in Roseville. The concert featured Todd Morgan and the Emblems and the best description that I can give is they were FANTASTIC! They are a rather unique group in that the band members appear to all be in the 20’s and yet sing songs from the 1950’s and they sound as if they belong in that era. Listening to this group last night was like seeing Jerry Lee Lewis live and in person but only better! This group not only can make you feel like you are transported back to the best days of American Rock and Roll, but they also have their own unique sound that could very well bring that sound back. All we need is another Dick Clark and we might just be on to something.

If you missed the concert in Roseville then you have a couple of more chances to hear them. They will be featured at the upcoming CAM Car Cruise in Sacramento on August 4^th, and at the El Dorado Hills Town Center on Thursday August 16^th. Be sure to check out their website (http://toddmorganandtheemblems.com

June 8 2013

Downtown Concerts in the Park – Meet the Bands: Mumbo Gumbo, Todd Morgan and the Emblems, Featuring DJ Mikey on the Mic

Just because the week is starting off with a few gloomy clouds doesn’t mean that Concerts in the Park is slowing down for a rainy day. We are in our 5th week of the season and are bringing in some local favorites to keep the good times rolling. This weeks line up is featuring DJ Mikey on the Mic, Todd Morgan & the Emblems, and headliner Mumbo Gumbo. This week the park will be booming with groovy original tunes so make a pit stop for an ice-cold brew and watch the FREE killer local acts.

Tag: Sacramento Talent Magazine

Date:  Sunday, May 1st, 2011

Todd Morgan And The Emblems have a lot to show for all their hard work. Getting the best possible education in music by recording, performing and enduring the ups and downs of the record business, these enthusiastic musicians are bound to reach the outer limits with their endeavors and shows of excellence.

They are one class act with their charming style and good looks but also perform with technical prowess and excitement. They have chosen the genres of the past with their fifties music interpretations and their original songs. They have recorded some great melodies through the auspices of Fred Vail and other auspicious music aficionados.

The lead singing of Todd Morgan and back up group will be showing their talents for a long time to come. The female fans will love the romantic ballads and rockin songs that bring the house down.

They will be performing post show performances after the theater events of Hairspray in Mill Valley in June. So catch their act where you can it is sure to lighten your heart and keep your toes a tappin to their individual take on the music.

Todd Morgan and the Emblems are a four-piece Rock N Roll Band. They are led by singer/songwriter/pianist Todd Morgan. The band’s sound is influenced by nearly every faction of American popular music, but with an emphasis on fifties and sixties sound mixed with modern pop/rock and twenties and thirties jazz and everything in between.

The bands material consists of half originals and half covers. They formed in 2007 as a strictly fifties cover band, but have decided to add more variety and a larger amount of original works. A large reason why this group is different from nearly every other band is definitely the performance style of lead vocalist Todd.

Don’t expect flashing lights, bell or whistles. Do, however, expect a first class front-man with a great band. Do expect top-notch singing, dancing and instrumental solos. All in all expect nothing but a great show.

The band continues to play, progressing in leaps and bounds. They are always updating their repertoire with new material, new genres and songs. The sky is the limit for this enthusiastic band and their soulful singer Todd Morgan!