The story of RAKS Building Supply is a story of family, of foresight and of fortitude. The family part starts as long ago as either of the RAKS co-owners, Richie Tabet and Kenny Trujillo, can recall.

As concert venues go, it's not exactly Carnegie Hall. A few dozen folding chairs are set up in a courtyard, in front of a modest elevated stage. A half-dozen musicians are crowded around a table, ...