OK, now what?

The look on my face says it all.

Actually, it was a great show. Three old pros showed something to a bunch of rocker kids, and they got it. The response could give lesser men swelled egos. OK, it gave us swelled egos. It was a wonderful night, and we raised some money for Ritter House, which is a Marin County charity that keeps people fed and helps those underwater with their bills. The worthiest of causes. Here's a little something to give you a taste of how good my pickup fiddle player is. This is 77 El Deora, from their Freight and Salvage gig last month.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJKNkDYs9uc&feature=related

Jenn Courtney reminds me of a young Linda Ronstadt with an extra shot of hormones, and her partner, Maurice Tani, is a superb songwriter. What the hell. Here's Maurice doing a solo at the same show. Put this on your good speakers so that you can hear the impossibly tall Mike Anderson's solid bass. Randy Craig on piano. This is not your father's country band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQuV_eM0hd8

The San Francisco alt country scene that I've been working in is loaded with talent that derserves a better outlet.

See what you've done?

I don't really do a single anymore. I play backup for others. But PR1 and PR2 got me back in the saddle. Especially having to make up Plan B onstage. So I let my colleagues at work talk me into doing a set at a show were doing Thursday with the acts being people who work here, or have in the past. Gayle and Tom are out of town this week, so I can't use the people I normally work with, so I've Roped in Steve Kallai, from 77 El Deora, on fiddle, and my old buddy Scott Underwood, from Annie Z and the Best She Could Do, on bass. I'm sure we'll come up with something.

The kicker is that they pulled a photo out of my Facebook stash for the poster. This is my mom and me in 1949, puttering in the garden of our place in North Hollywood.

early morning visitor

We have a heavy plastic storage container on our back porch that we keep dog, cat and bird food in. Early this morning we heard a big noise and that container had been drug across the porch and left open. Daisy has been sounding all morning, that sounds like a scream. Our visitor no doubt was a bear.

Get out the Polyester....

I think this is a long-standing joke about Lindley's great stage-wear, but there's a free trip in it:

http://www.showmethepolyester.com/

Tuli Kupferberg

Tuli Kupferberg, the poet, singer and professional bohemian who went from being a noted Beat to becoming, in his words, “the world’s oldest rock star” when he helped found the Fugs, the bawdy and politically pugnacious folk-rock group, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 86 and had been a longtime resident of Greenwich Village.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lives, cont.

Here's a nice one that my daughter took:

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lives

My daughter and I saw a GREAT show this p.m. at a bar outside of town.  Sorry the photos aren't great but the band was amazing.

Happy, Safe 4th of July Weekend Everyone

Have a safe & sane 4th of July & don't play with matches.