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September 2010 www.sandiegotroubadour.com Vol. 9, No. 12

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Welcome Mat ………3 Mission Contributors Claudia Vorce Full Circle.. …………4 Revisiting the 1960s in S.D. Recordially, Lou Curtiss Front Porch... ………6 Chris Carpenter Jazz88 OB Music & Art Fest Parlor Showcase …10 Lori Bell Ramblin’... …………12 Bluegrass Corner The Zen of Recording Hosing Down Radio Daze Stages Highway’s Song. …15 David Wilcox Of Note. ……………17 Rightside Band Christy Bruneau Colin Clyne Peter Sprague For Strangers & Wardens ‘Round About ...... …18 September Music Calendar The Local Seen ……19 Photo Page

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RSAN ODUIEGBO ADOUR Claudia Vorce Taps into the Alternative country, Americana, roots, folk, Tblues, gospel, jazz, and bluegrass music news Dance Career She Loves MISSION CONTRIBUTORS To promote, encourage, and provide an by Paul Hormick in 2007. I’d been living there off and on FOUNDERS since 2000, performing and teaching. And I alternative voice for the great local music that Ellen and Lyle Duplessie was back in San Diego and I wanted some - is generally overlooked by the mass media; Liz Abbott nce seen and heard in every per - namely the genres of alternative country, thing to bring jazz music together with jazz Kent Johnson formance hall in the country, the Americana, roots, folk, , gospel, jazz, and dancing. Jazz has evolved. Dance is just as bluegrass. To entertain, educate, and bring PUBLISHERS clickity clack of tap dancing was a Liz Abbott O important and has evolved just as much,” together players, writers, and lovers of these mainstay of the Ziegfeld Follies, the Keith- Kent Johnson she says. “And I wanted to show people this forms; to explore their foundations; and to Albee, and other vaudeville extravaganzas. history of dance. I wanted to educate peo - expand the audience for these types of music. EDITORIAL/GRAPHICS For decades Broadway and movie musicals ple, to show them that hip hop dancing just Liz Abbott had to have at least one tap dancing routine, SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR, the local source for Chuck Schiele didn’t spring up out of nowhere. That there alternative country, Americana, roots, folk, be it Fred and Ginger, Donald O’Connor, or is a history.” The Olio troupe includes four blues, gospel, jazz, and bluegrass music news, ADVERTISING even a cartoon frog from Disney. Tap was Kent Johnson drummers, a jazz trio, and six dancers, is published monthly and is free of charge. even common when television came along. Letters to the editor must be signed and may be including Vorce. She choose to call the BUSINESS CONSULTANT Between the juggling act and Petrushca the edited for content. It is not, however, guaranteed Joanna Schiele show Olio because the word means a that they will appear. Dancing Bear, tap dancers in full cathode hodgepodge, a mixture of different things, DISTRIBUTION ray black and white splendor tapped their All opinions expressed in SAN DIEGO Kent Johnson which she felt described the amalgamation TROUBADOUR are solely the opinion of the way across the stages of Ed Sullivan in addi - Dave Sawyer of performance styles in the show. “I was writer and do not represent the opinions of the Indian Joe Stewart tion to other variety shows. surprised to find out that Olio is actually an staff or management. All rights reserved. Dan Long Along came rock and roll, disco, Ford, old vaudeville term,” she adds. ADVERTISING INFORMATION Paul Cruz Carter, Reagan, and tap dancing became as To give audiences this history of jazz For advertising rates, call 619/298-8488 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER uncommon as 17-cent a gallon gasoline. music and dance Vorce goes all the way or e-mail [email protected]. You can also find Steve Covault Locally, however, there is a change in the information on our website: back to where is started – with African WEB MASTER air. The zip, zing, and pizazz of tap dancing www.sandiegotroubadour.com dance and drums. At one point, a member Will Edwards can be heard — and seen — in three differ - SUBSCRIPTIONS are available for $30/yr. of the Olio production performs body per - WRITERS ent San Diego showcases, all of which are Send check payable to S.D. Troubadour to: cussion, in which bumps slaps and thumps Mike Alvarez the result of the work and dedication of one San Diego Troubadour on arms, legs, and torso turns his body into Lois Bach woman, Claudia Vorce. P.O. Box 164 a drum. La Jolla, CA 92038 Peter Bolland “I want to show people that tap dancing Another part of the history lesson comes E-mail: [email protected]. Lou Curtiss is more than corny white gloved hoofers Paul Hormick from Leland “Spoonful” Collins, performing WHERE TO FIND US Can’t find a copy of the with broad smiles, making those extrava - Frank Kocher percussion on spoons. Generations ago San Diego Troubadour? Go to gant gestures,” says Vorce, as she mimes the www.sandiegotroubadour.com and click Jim McInnes household items were often converted or flashy hand waves of the minstrel show tap on FIND AN ISSUE for a complete list of Bart Mendoza adapted to make music. Washtubs became dancing stereotype. She is sitting in a cafe locations we deliver to. 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Her eyes are dark brown, but today musical cohorts in the show include drum - and time to [email protected] by ensemble, producing a light yet rapid rat-a- Cover photo: Michael Oletta she wears large sunglasses that make her a mer Fernando Gomez and bassist Jeremy the 22rd of the month prior to publication. tat-tat. Cover design: Chuck Schiele spot-on double for Audrey Hepburn in the Eikam. ©2010 San Diego Troubadour. Olio comes into the twentieth century movie Breakfast At Tiffany’s . Like most of the arts and culture of the with a show of sequins and short flapper With performances of almost every dance United States, the history of tap dancing is skirts. We now have Prohibition, bathtub The San Diego Troubadour is dedicated to the memory of style — from African dance to hip-hop — apocryphal, with legend and conjecture Ellen and Lyle Duplessie , whose vision inspired the creation of this newspaper. gin, and the Roaring Twenties, as the that has been influential or came to promi - mixing with facts. Some dance historians dancers of Olio perform the dance that nence at some time in the United States, the say that tap dancing has its dual roots in the sums up all the excess of the Jazz Age: the Olio dance show is the most ambitious of continents of Africa and Europe. They trace Charleston. They then move on to the Vorce’s three undertakings. “I came up with its beginning to the heavy stepped rhythmic Charleston’s more exaggerated and exuber - Olio, the concept of the show, after I’d got - ant successor, the Lindy Hop. Vorce brings ten back from a two-year stint in New York continued on page 8

www.sandiegotroubadour.com 3 SEPTEMBER 2010 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR full circle revisiting the 1960s: hippiedom in a navy town (part 1 of 2) by Raul Sandelin Schumann-Heink’s artist colony in Grossmont. There is the early, pre- an Diego is a city largely built by the Hollywood presence of the movie industry military, most specifically the Navy and its stars. There is the strong West Coast Sand the Marines. There’s no doubt influx of African-American culture via about that. Large swaths of the economy, downtown’s Creole Palace, aka Harlem of the population, the very feel of the city the West, in the 1920s. Later, we would see exude a culture that is heavily dependent on one of the forefathers of the Freaks, Frank battleships and jets and VFW beer busts. Zappa, spend his formative teenage years Hollywood has only helped the matter by within our county line. All the while, the Poster for show at Balboa Park Bowl filming over 100 movies here, with military innately anarchistic beach culture keeps themes and settings beginning with Mary both the Right and the Left ideologically Pickford’s A Girl From Yesterday in 1915 honest. The list goes on: the Stingaree dis - Glory atop flatbed truck at free in front of Belmont Park, Mike Milsap with maracas through 1986’s Top Gun with Tom Cruise. trict downtown, the racetracks at Del Mar, (l), Jack Butler on bass (c), and Bruce Morse on drums (r), c. 1969 Now, this is not to disparage the military and Agua Caliente in Tijuana. All of these or the men and women in uniform. But, in racier facets of our city’s past create a rich certs” popping up all over town – in the outdoor show and stayed while the bands the rubrics of pop culture, especially the pallet that easily counteracts any military parks, on the sidewalks, or wherever a group kept playing into the night.” In the end, culture of the 1960s, anything “military” is rigidity. of musicians and a crowd could assemble. only 400 people showed up for Fleetwood an anathema to cultural creativity and, more Let’s face another fact. From the 1940s Mike Millsap, the original singer for San Mac, according to the article. So, the show important, cultural cool. If San Francisco is onward, San Diego was easily reaping the Diego’s legendary band Glory, remembers was cancelled. California’s metro-center for serious Art and windfall of the whole communications revo - the free starting as early as 1967. POWER TO THE PEOPLE’S PEN Los Angeles is the reigning mecca of Media, lution that transformed the entire U.S. after Millsap remembers, “Several bands would During the years 1967 through 1975, there San Diego is still just a bunch of redneck jar World War II, putting even the farthest get together weekly at the corner of 6th and were an easy dozen so-called underground Mark Ferguson (Leroy Zeke) in the heads stuck inside a submarine, at least reaches of our county in touch with the rest Laurel in Balboa Park. We’d play for five or crowd at Balboa Park Bowl newspapers that arose in San Diego, not to according to the culture barons from those of the world via TV, radio, and con - six hours and pass around big jugs of cheap mention countless mimeographed student two fair cities to our North. If our two sumerism. We should never forget, for wine. Sooner or later, we’d have to move. So, Though nearly all traces of the 1960s rags and forerunners of today’s zine. Good California neighbors give us, and the world, instance, that future music journalist Lester we went to the Presidio, sometimes Aztec have disappeared, their Morning Teaspoon. San Diego Street Journal. everything that matters, we can only give Bangs bought his first bebop jazz records in Bowl. Glory even played a free concert on vestiges do remain in the archives. And, the The Carpetbag Express. The San Diego Press. back an over abundance of screaming Phys. the supposedly reactionary, isolationist city top of a flatbed truck in front of Belmont San Diego Historical Society has put togeth - State College Railroad. The San Diego Ed. coaches with flattops…or so the story of El Cajon as early as 1960. Park. Finally, they wouldn’t allow us to play er a collection that preserves this rich chap - Wildcat . All of these papers provided critical goes. By the mid-60s, San Diego had almost just anywhere without a permit.” ter in our city’s past. commentary on what was unfolding during However, the world is more complicated everything that our neighbors to the North In the beginning, though, no one tried to In addition, the OB Rag actually still lives the generation. Most grew out of a than the stereotypes that SF and LA have had, and certainly more than many parts of stop these spontaneous gatherings of young with us [albeit online]. Ocean Beach, of need to express a certain viewpoint. So, painted about us. Whereas not many urban America. There were three large universities people. “San Diego wasn’t Kent State. We course, has been described as the Haight- some newspapers dealt with the national areas – not Portland not Houston not in the county and a slew of junior colleges, just wanted to play music,” Millsap adds. Asbury of San Diego. This was true 40 years debates going on at the time. Some dealt Milwaukee not Miami – experienced the all acting as lightening rods for the coming Yet, later, “the cops saw us as anti-social.” ago and it’s still true today. And, it shows with specific issues, such as student rights, hippie-era intensity of the Haight or Laurel “Revolution.” Around them sprang coffee One free concert in 1969 that, according to the resilience of Ocean Beach that the com - Chicano rights, feminism, land development Canyon, San Diego did experience its own shops, all-age clubs, and bars. San Diego’s Millsap, “was a political benefit of some munity’s original underground newspapers in San Diego, local labor issues, and the cultural metamorphosis in the late ’60s and notoriously laid-back lifestyle and then the kind,” turned into a mini-riot as police and would still be going strong. During the ’60s building of local alternative communities early ’70s. And, despite the Navy, or because abundance of open spaces allowed concert goers clashed on the grassy knoll several terms and slogans developed, giving and co-ops. of it, San Diego did just fine during the impromptu , free concerts, and above La Jolla Cove. Thankfully, the tumult OB its distinctly nationalistic character such blooming of . The truth is that love-ins to flourish unfettered, at least in was short-lived. Ultimately, the cops backed “People’s Republic of Ocean Beach” and “US San Diego was very active in creating the the beginning, by police interference. away and Glory was even able to finish its out of OB.” Spearheading this, the OB Rag originally set out to stop the city from ’60s universe. If we were sitting in the mid - EVERY PARK’S A STAGE set. Later, the free concerts became officially building the jetties that created the San dle of, say, Oklahoma we would have been San Diego was teeming with coffee shops organized events. In fact, Glory became the Diego River channels. And, soon the paper seen as a counter-cultural powerhouse. It’s and small venues as early as 1966, giving first local band to play at San Diego was calling to arms all those who opposed simply because we share a state with those the new generation a literal platform to dif - (Qualcomm) Stadium. “It was 1969, maybe Ocean Beach being used as a tool of San two aforementioned culture hogs that San fuse the new message and the new vibe. The 1970,” Millsap says. “We put on a free con - Diego tourism and big business. The OB Diego never gets a break. Hi-Ho Club in El Cajon, the Heritage in cert after a Padres game. There were about Rag not only opposed the development that From early on, San Diego had a very live - Mission Beach, the Bathhouse in Pacific 4,000 people, bad attendance for the Padres threatened to swallow up Ocean Beach, it ly and dynamic history that easily counter - Beach, Lou Curtis’ Folk Arts Records, the but a great crowd for us.” also consolidated a sense of community acts the supposed cultural repression Candy Company and Bifrost Bridge in La Thom Landt, who played guitar for local among the “OBecians” who were trying to imposed by the military. Sure, the cowboy- Mesa, Circe’s Cup and the Backdoor at boogie band Leroy Zeke from 1969 to 1973, create their own community free of right- cum-sailor mascot makes for a tempting SDSU, and Drowsy Maggie’s in North Park remembers the free concerts also. “We wing city politics surrounding it. Today, this caricature. But, other characterizations are all provided performance space for folk- played with Glory and some other bands – strong sense of community is still alive in just as valid. There is the constant dynamic inspired hoots, open mics, local showcases, the DC Blues Band, Whitehorse, and Sparky Ocean Beach, as is the OB Rag . And, out - of the bi-national border region. There are and national travelling acts. Hustle and the Pie. We also played a num - growths of ’60s radicalism, such as the early artistic movements such as Ernestine In addition, there were regular “free con - ber of outdoor festivals that weren’t exactly free – they cost maybe a dollar – but were People’s Food Co-op still remain strong pil - huge productions.” As Landt explains, local lars of that community. promoter Bill Wright put on several of these While most of the ’60s underground press all-day concerts at Starlight Bowl and some - could be described as special interest, the times SDSU’s Greek Bowl. “There would be Door encompassed a variety of topics from five or six bands. But, unlike the free con - politics to music to cultural activities. As a certs, which were all local bands, there Counter-culture newspaper the Carpetbag result, the Door emerged as the most widely would be national acts at the top of the bill. Express announces the GOP’s decision to circulated and most mainstream of all of the move its convention from San Diego to Paul Butterfield, Tower of Power, Sons of papers. In fact, both of San Diego’s great Miami, 1972 Champlin, Elvin Bishop all headlined at one rock journalists – Lester Bangs and time or another.” Through it all, Leroy Zeke Cameron Crowe – wrote music reviews for was often picked as the local, opening act. the Door in the early days of their careers. The history of these papers is a model for “They liked us because we encouraged lots Eventually, all of these newspapers suf - the times themselves as the newspapers of crowd participation. Our set was always fered from the changing times. Whereas the would often gain a following and then allowed to go long. We’d be called back for ’60s started out with the purest of motives, merge with another paper or disappear two or three encores and we were only the the ’70s began to re-interject profit motives overnight as the political winds shifted and warm-up band.” and commercialism into the counter cul - the paper’s founders moved on. So, these These all-day festivals fell somewhere in ture. By 1975 the San Diego Reader , first papers would unite and splinter from between and the stadium rock founded in 1972, consolidated its domi - month to month to keep up with the latest concerts of the later 1970s. Though the pro - nance of the alternative press in San Diego. contortions of this very volatile period. moter was out to make a profit, the nominal The tone, like the new era, was less about Also, these many newspapers provided tickets prices ensured that the events were radical politics and more about where to the first wave of “coffeehouse literature” to open to all. And, with a half dozen bands all find the best sunset and where to buy the hit San Diego. Much like the San Diego playing long sets (“We’d all just let it flow,” best stereo equipment. Troubadour and other coffeehouse freebies says Thom Landt), the festivals would go do today, these papers gave to the ’60s gen - (For more on San Diego’s underground long into the night. There is even a San eration points of discussion and a compass press, see Doug Porter’s “The Origins of the Diego Tribune article, dated Monday May 15, regarding activities going on around town. Alternative Press in San Diego: The Days of 1972, discussing how a more mainstream Supplying a distinctly anti-Establishment ‘the Door ’” at the OB Rag website.) Fleetwood Mac concert was cancelled due take on local and world issues, they also cut Stay tuned for Part 2: Next month, we will to poor attendance. As Landt explains, “The through San Diego’s right-leaning, often look at FM radio, the day the ’60s died and Fleetwood Mac show was scheduled for apathetic media, which served to fire up the ’70s were born, and a word or two from Mother’s Day, Sunday, the same day as one young people against the government right the San Diego (aka KGB) Chicken. of Bill Wright’s outdoor shows at Balboa here in the heart of Nixon country. [Starlight] Bowl. Everybody went to the 4 www.facebook.com/sandiegotroubadour SEPTEMBER 2010 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR full circle t l u a v o C

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WE HAD SOME GREAT making contacts and co sponsoring. The of the folks demanded their money back and Albert King and Freddie King CONCERTS BACK THEN first show we did there in 1969 was in spite of Brownie’s fine picking. The (together) at a place in Pacific Beach that Lightnin’ Hopkins. For an opening act I show was a flop, and the Bifrost Bridge had once been a movie theater. I forget opened the store (Folk Arts Rare went to Ed Douglas who then, along with lost a lot of money and went out of busi - the name of that place too, but I remem - Records) on July 31, 1967 shortly after being an owner of the Blue Guitar, was ness. That, I , was one of those times ber that for some reason I could never fig - Ithe first Folk Festival at our first loca - also trying to get somewhat into the artist when I was really disappointed in a San ure out why hardly anyone came). I guess tion down at 3753 India Street on the cor - management showbiz in L.A. He told me Diego audience. A little more support and we blues fans who trekked up to L.A.’s ner of . The next five years about a young singer-guitarist named they might have put Bifrost in a place to Ash Grove two or three times a month to were busy ones at that location and Mary McCaslin (I think she was just out continue doing blues in concert. A couple see folks like Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, around the city. My original partners Stan of high school) who was making quite a years later when I was bringing the likes J.B. Hutto and his Hawks, Johnny Shines Smith, Carol McComb, and Gerrie Blake name for herself at the Troubadour scene of Juke Boy Bonner, Robert Pete Williams, (oh, yes, I also co-sponsored Johnny moved on after about a year, leaving me as in Hollywood. She was about to do a Sam Chatmon, Model T Slim, John Shines at Escondido’s In the Alley coffee - sole owner. I got married to Virginia right record session for Capitol and was singing Jackson, and others to the folk festival, house), Son House, Fred MacDowell, Earl Lou Curtiss after the second festival so it wasn’t as sole some with Linda Ronstadt. Little did we there would have been another place to Hooker, Freddie King, and others just as it might have been. Stan, Carol. Gerrie, know that Mary would go on to record for play. for those guys. Oh, well. couldn’t understand why folks wouldn’t and I started doing concerts at the Puppet Barnaby, Philo, Flying Fish, Mercury, I continued to be involved with the turn out to a blues show in San Diego we can get something together. Theater in Balboa Park. Texas bluesman Rounder, and a couple of her own labels local blues scene. Folk Arts co-sponsored during those years. Those were the years I I mentioned Mary McCaslin awhile Mance Lipscomb, Memphis bluesman (plus become a near regular at the 35 or Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King at the Palace started to do a blues radio show to edu - back up the page. Mary quickly became Bukka White, Peter Feldmann and the so festivals I would do, both as a solo and on Pacific Highway, T Bone Walker and cate people about this great music, first on after that Lightnin’ Hopkins gig a regular Scragg Family, the Blue String Grass Boys, with long-time partner, the late Jim Sonny and Brownie (this time both of KPRI (later on KGB, KDEO, and since on the San Diego folk scene. Although she Kathy and Carol, and others all played Ringer). We just knew that Ed said she’d them) at a place called Funky Quarters, 1986 on KSDS (88.3 FM/Jazz88.org on was living in the L.A .suburbs at that there. That first concert-sponsoring organ - be a good opener for Lightnin’ and she Albert Collins at another place on Sundays from 8-10pm). This fall will cele - time, she played regularly at the Heritage ization called itself the San Diego Folk was that. More about Mary later. The University Ave. that I forget the name of, brate my 40th year in radio in San Diego. in Mission Beach and other places and we Music Foundation (fancy name and some Lightnin’ show was a success and we went Maybe some of you who have listened and got to be pretty good friends. She went pretty good music too). on to book Oakland Jesse Fuller, writer of taken to heart my plea to “go see some with Virginia and me to the Sweets Mill Just about the time I took over owner - “San Francisco Bay Blues” and one-man kind of music that you’ve never seen live Folk Festival and met up with Jim Ringer; ship of Folk Arts, a couple of old friends band. That was a good show too, and well before. You might find you like it,” can she played with Jim or solo at nearly of mine (Bob Cline and Monroe Jeffery) attended. Next up was Sonny Terry come out to some kind of celebration if every festival I put together for the next took over ownership of a La Mesa coffee Brownie McGhee. The show was a near 45 years. In fact, it was probably a fight house called the Bifrost Bridge (formerly sell out, but then Sonny got sick and with the Adams Ave. Business Association known as the Land of Oden) and they in Brownie volunteered to do the show about having Mary at the Adams Ave. turn called in another friend of ours, alone, which he was more than capable of Roots Festival (they didn’t like Mary’s Conrad Von Metzke, to put on a series of doing. However, more than three quarters music) that made me tell those Adams blues concerts. Conrad asked me to help Avenue folks to “go fry their hat.” Mary still writes great songs, plays great guitar (still an expert on guitar tunings), and is an all around exceptional performer who is still doing it. I hope she plays another festival that I’m involved with; I’d like to sit down with her and learn all the good stuff about the folkie scene as Mary sees it. Someone ought to do a concert with Mary down this way soon. Take a look at her website. For that matter, hell, take a look at mine (either the Folk Arts Rare Records website or my Facebook page (Louis F Curtiss) for some 3,500 record - ings of stuff I like and care about. Hope you will too. Recordially Lou Curtiss

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t was another Monday evening Open Mic at Lestat’s West and after some tal - Iented and perhaps not so talented (but Chris Carpenter: very enthusiastic) performers sang their two songs, it was Chris Carpenter’s turn. The first notes on his piano were strong and def - inite and when he began to sing, the audi - Stories from the Road ence was riveted to his performance. “Must have performed as a child,” I thought. “Piano lessons at the age of three?” Several

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In 1972, when Chris was four, his parents could get his hands on, most of which was o h divorced. Never seeing eye-to-eye with her adult literature that he didn’t really under - p parents, his mom, Sandra, left home with stand. her young son. They carried all of their “Like Siddhartha ,” he said with a smile. belongings on their backs, including her Chris and his mom continued traveling guitar. Sandra was a leather crafter, so through Mexico with plans to go to Tahiti before heading out on their long journey, and Guatemala on a long bizarre route. she helped her son make his own leather They rode the C-class train cars together Extended family in Washington, c. 1977 backpack and Underdog mask. They first with the chickens. William, a new boyfriend traveled to Vermont where Sandra met her of his mother’s, was Chris’ new stepfather new boyfriend, Larry. He was a wild-eyed, and a wandering gypsy. When they got to wild-haired hippie who, carrying a large the Guatemalan border, they were turned accordion that he referred to as “the beast,” away because William looked too much like joined mother and son on their trek west. a hippie. Instead, they headed for Mexico Within the next few years they had traveled City where they boarded a plane to Hawaii. through many states. Along the way, they They lived on the beach for the next four hooked up with others who played guitars months in fishing shacks. Chris enjoyed and sang original and folk music covers. hanging out with a Filipino man who liked Chris fondly remembers a guitarist named to play cards and eat rice cakes. “Bird” who once joined them by an evening “I was looking for connections with other Chris with his sister Surya, wearing wolf-fur fire underneath the giant sandstone forma - people, but I couldn’t build relationships coat in front of a wigwam the family made from bark and tarps, Medford Oregon, 1978. tions in Utah’s Zion Park while they sang because we were always on the move,” songs like “The Weight” or “Rocky Chris laments. Mountain High.” After Hawaii, the trio moved to northern “I didn’t have any toys as a kid,” Chris Washington near the Canadian border. explained. “My toy was the world and my When they needed money, Sandra and experience was with nature and my sur - William worked for the forest service. When roundings. We climbed up cliffs to explore Sandra was six months pregnant with Chris’ ruins. We lived with the Indians in Havasu. sister, she was jumping out of helicopters to In those days my diet consisted of rock fight fires. Chris Carpenter at a recent Open Mic at Lestat’s bread that we cooked in the coals, pinto “A guy named Tom and his wife invited beans or brown rice, and maybe we’d get us to build a house on their land. We cut some vegetables if we were in a city. It was a down everything by hand, no power tools. treat to have fresh greens. On my sixth We were under a time pressure because my and his family set off on another adventure to all of the doors. At one point he sec - birthday we hiked to the bottom of the mom was due at the end of December and over the next three years, exploring com - tioned off part of the home economics Chris and his mom, 2006 Grand Canyon and the ranger came and there we were that month in the thick snow, munities throughout Utah and Oregon and building and opened a café where he sold brought his guitar. It was a big deal that he my mom in our army tent while my stepdad looking for other individuals who sought breakfast food to make money. At night he I’ve probably sunk a good grand into came down the two miles and hung out and I were peeling poles and making things self-sufficiency and were one with the earth. slept in the library or the music depart - recordings with Louie [Brazier] at Lestat’s with us. We all sat around a campfire and I happen. We had the walls and roof up when When Chris was 11 and living in Oregon, ment’s recording studio where there were over the past 10 years. Now I’m shopping enjoyed eating canned tangerines. They we delivered my sister right there. I watched his family joined forces with another family lots of pillows. But he was terribly lonely, for musicians for my next recording.” tasted delicious. It was wonderful!” her birth. Once I got through the trauma of to begin their own community on 80 acres especially over the holidays when he was by Lestat’s is one of his favorite places for The trio walked across Arizona and New my mother scream like nothing I’d of land in northern California. himself. Few of his fellow students knew music. “I’m hard pressed to find a place Mexico, following the train tracks along the ever heard before in my life, I realized what “It was a big swatch of uncut beauty,” that he was living in the school because it where people listen at an open mic; the way. The goal was to reach the top of was , so in a sense it was okay Chris remembers. “We did everything our - was embarrassing to him. Finally, when he Lestat’s audience is incredibly supportive of Sunspot National Solar Observatory where but in another sense my insides were crawl - selves: hand fenced, hand dug; I was a was 16, the principal came up with an idea. other musicians. People buy more of my Larry, who was an MIT mathematician, ing!” His sister, Surya, was the first bicen - working kid and was forming good work He had a friend who was a child psycholo - CDs than anyone else at open mic.” He also worked a deal with the government folks to tennial baby born in the small town. The ethics. And we were all into natural healing. gist and jazz pianist who wanted to start a sells his recordings on CDBaby. Chris likes do filing in exchange for using their tele - community presented his family with prizes Once I got blood poisoning and I spent an foster program. the exposure to a lot of musicians. He’s been scope to look for whatever it was that he of disposable diapers and formula, which hour chewing up comfrey to pack as a giant “Ira Rosenburg became my foster parent playing at Humphreys and entering song - wanted to find. the baby’s parents refused to use. poultice on my arm. By the next day it was for the next two years,” Chris said. “We’re writing competitions. “I’ve been in the “Did he ever find it?” I asked Chris. Shortly after the birth of his sister, Chris sucked out.” still in contact.” grand finals a couple of times and got spots The area was remote and winter was espe - While Chris was in high school, he began in the top five.” cially hard for them with a 50-mile drive to to play drums. He continued for the next It’s not surprising that his inspirations are go shopping as there was no passage seven years. “I played all sorts of drums – in drawn from the same musicians to which between the river and mountains. So when rock bands and for the school football band. his musical style is compared. Chris was 14 he took one of those trips For four years I played in rock and blues “I get David Gray, Billy Joel, Elton John. with Sandra and William, except while his bands in Mendocino.” I’m also inspired by Bruce Hornsby and Ben parents were running errands in town, Ira had been a big influence on him for Folds. I love the melodic depth of a Chris met a mom and her daughter. The piano and songwriting although Chris never Taupin/John song but I also love the open daughter was a bit older than he and he took piano lessons. The singing began when frankness of a Ben Folds song. I’d like to thought that she was really cute. Chris was about 20, playing in a group think that I’m a mix of the two.” “I ended up jumping in their car and I called the Fungis (pronounced fun guys ). A His future aspiration is to turn his music broke away!” Chris confessed. band member said that his voice was much career into a full-time profession but not to They headed for their home in Sunburst, better than their female singer’s. While play cover songs. just outside of Santa Barbara. He helped out working at a recording booth on the Santa “The business side of me, as the guy in the mother’s store. Then a couple offered Cruz boardwalk, a man who was signing up who’s been in retail most of my life, and the to send him to school. performers for a new TV talent show broke kid, I get a bit concerned about the “They were millionaires and they put me approached Chris, encouraging him to send money end of the music business. But I just in polo shirts,” he said. “It was strange in a VHS of his performance, but he never love writing music. I have a passion for my because I’d never really had possessions and did. That moment has always stuck with stories,” Chris stated enthusiastically. suddenly I was getting them. I always knew him. “[These days] my mom does a Patsy Cline how to capture a rabbit or survive in the With his early entrepreneurial experience, act in big shows all over the East Coast – wild, but I didn’t know what “gay” meant or his next move to Washington D.C. began large convention centers with 6,000 people how to pay an electric bill.” his career in retail sales management. He in the audience. She’s a fascinating woman. There was also all new music that he was helped open the first Nordstrom’s on the She goes by the name CJ Harding and you unfamiliar with. Up until then his only East Coast. While there, he performed Elton can check her out on her website: musical influence was his mother’s songs John tunes before 500 people at a benefit CJHarding.com”. and tribal drums. Exposure to other kids his concert. That experience inspired him. After I asked Chris if his mom is still a hippie. age was crucial at that point. Another three years in D.C. he was transferred to That made him laugh. neighborhood family wanted to take him in, Nordstrom in San Diego. When the Gulf “She’s still into health and herbs and still one with older kids. The husband managed War broke out, the economy took a dive. stays away from man-made medications. But sewage plants in Mendocino. Chris would Chris was let go from his job along with six her lifestyle is definitely more modern. ride into town with him. One day Chris other people. That’s when he got serious Today she carries a cellphone and has a approached the principal at the high school, about his music and songwriting. condo in Florida with a great big TV.” who allowed him to attend classes and live “I played at Lestat’s when there was a lit - in the school. 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ers and concert-goers in southern CR: As we were looking at possible dates California. This also fosters more of a rela - for the festival, making sure we didn’t con - Jazz88 Ocean Beach tionship with the great businesses in Ocean flict with other community festivals, we Beach. The new Ocean Beach Restaurant realized our best date would fall on and Entertainment Group (OBREG) has September 11th. After a few glances around Music & Art Festival stepped forward to ensure our musicians, the table, we tackled it head on and decided VIPs, and guests have a variety of delicious this gave us an opportunity to note the sig - food to enjoy, we’re including some major nificance. It just seemed right that the best music venues in OB. Plus, we’ve got a craft way was to acknowledge the men and A GREAT IDEA GETS BETTER beer garden. It’s a real celebration of the women who serve in our Armed Forces. San good vibe OB has to offer. I’m also very Diego is an important military town and we Bonerama happy that we’ve been able to add all-ages feel it’s important to note that. These people venues this year and offer free admission to are still fighting a war triggered by the Marcia Ball kids under 12. Kids dig music and a lot of events of 9/11 and we respect what they do. times, they miss out on great artists because It has nothing to do with anyone’s politics, those people are playing 21 and up clubs or it’s simply about honoring the human more expensive festivals or theaters. beings currently doing the job as well as the The fine art is a real plus, I think because ones who have done the job in the past. our guests can not only check out a great SDT: Who’s participating in the music art show just by walking through Art Row, tribute? but can also take home some unique pieces. CR: We’re still settling the details, but I can It’s a nice break between music sets, or to tell you, I’m aiming for a military big band. have a show in the parking lot at Hodad’s, Nothing like seeing all those dress uniforms for example, as the backdrop to a nice shop - on the bandstand! ping experience. by Chuck Schiele lifeguard Tower 2, and a private Patron’s Ernie Watts SDT: Will there be any “officials” speaking SDT: You seem to like Ocean Beach for this Stage in the courtyard of the Ocean Beach on the topic? Hotel. Also along Newport Avenue, between event. I’m very happy about that. Please, azz88.3 and the Ocean Beach CR: At this time, we’re determining who Bacon and Cable streets, 60 fine artists will why Ocean Beach? Mainstreet Association will make will be speaking. display and sell their work. CR: First of all, OB is a very cool place. It waves with its newly expanded Jazz88 SDT: Please explain in general how the mis - J In commemoration of 9/11, there will has a certain reputation for being almost too Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival, sion statement of this event embraces its also be a musical tribute to the U.S. military. funky, but it’s that and a lot more. There are Saturday, September 11, beginning at 10am own future. Are there plans to grow further Tickets are $30 general admission (plus amazing antique shops, great clothing and on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach featur - from here? $2 service charge) and $200 for VIP Patron jewelry shops, really good locally owned ing 28 bands on seven stages. tickets/seats, which include hosted food and restaurants, and one of the best views of the CR: The mission statement of this event is “We’re excited to bring back the festival beverage, complimentary valet parking, and sunset you could ask for. Also, the OB three-fold: to make more people aware of in full force, expanding it to include more a commemorative festival gift bag. Children Mainstreet Association and the OB Hotel the public radio music source that is jazz and blues acts than ever before,” said age 12 and under are free. Tickets are avail - Holly Hofmann/Mike Wofford have been big supporters of this idea from Jazz88.3 and that we’re a non-profit organi - Jazz88.3 station manager Mark DeBoskey. able online: www.obmusicfest.org. the start and have worked very hard along - zation sustained primarily through individ - Jazz88.3, San Diego’s original jazz station Being a huge fan of the event, and side Jazz88.3 to make this happen for the ual and local business contributions; to give broadcasting from San Diego City College, extremely happy about it being in Ocean community of San Diego as a whole. our community an affordable opportunity to will bring an impressive lineup of 26 jazz Beach, I was sad to see the event sit out last hear a variety of music in a welcoming envi - artists and bands to perform on seven stages SDT: I didn’t see anything on the subject in year. I kept thinking, “How did THAT hap - ronment; and to act as outreach for San throughout the day, including saxophonist your press materials regarding broadcast - pen?” Alas, it looks like the folks at Diego City College, which offers courses Maceo Parker, New Orleans brass band ing.... will there be any sort of broadcast of Jazz88.3 performed a serious review of their that relate directly to the presentation of Bonerama, Charlie Hunter Trio, saxophonist the event? Internet? prior few years while exploiting the poten - live jazz, as well as radio and video produc - Justo Almario, Trio, Ernie CR: At this point, we have no plans for tial of the integrated Ocean Beach music tion. So, by offering something for almost Watts Quintet, Holly Hofmann/Mike broadcasting. That’s a goal I absolutely have scene hardware. Attendees will be able to Charlie Hunter everyone, making it a reasonable ticket Wofford Trio, and the Four Queens of my eye on for the future. Part of it is fund - cover all the stages in a short walk and price, and working with the local communi - Boogie Woogie featuring Sue Palmer. In ing, and part of it is that we want to make wrist-band, while taking in the very best of ty, we’re inviting people to come participate addition to nationally acclaimed acts, local sure we get this festival as right as we can. the surf-ish Ocean Beach atmosphere. in the success of a musical, visual, and sen - student bands, including San Diego State This is a re-birth of a festival in a way, so we The San Diego Troubadour had the oppor - sory experience that is very unique in San University All Star Big Band, Mission Bay want all our musicians, artists, and music tunity to ask Jazz88.3 program director and Diego. High School Dixieland Band, and San Diego fans to have the best experience possible. jazz host, Claudia Russell, about their view SDT: Dig that! I notice the roster becoming School for the Creative and Performing Arts SDT: I feel the same. Please call me anytime of the festival in general as well as the significantly more robust. Can you offer any Jazz Ensemble will strut their musical talent. regarding the advancement of this mission specifics about how they’ve updated the insight and/or comment on how the artists “Expanding the festival allowed us to statement, if you think I can help. For now, event. feel about the event? present more music styles, including Latin can you embellish on the 9/11 aspect of the jazz, , blues, swing...many different ele - San Diego Troubadour: The Big Change. In event? ments,” said Claudia Russell, Jazz88.3 pro - years past, the event utilized only one stage. continued on page 8 gram director and festival advisor. “The You went bigger this year, to include more newly designed festival will offer three all- venues and stages as well as other elements ages stages, as well as student musicians. such as fine art. Please tell me about the After all, part of the jazz tradition is sharing changes. and passing down the .” Claudia Russell: There are several big Music stages will be located at various changes. The first is the expansion of the Ocean Beach bars and venues, including festival in size. We wanted to add more Winstons, Gallaghers, the Harp, and stages and open up the festival area so more Hodad’s parking lot, plus the Main Stage at people could come out and enjoy the day. the foot of the Ocean Beach Pier, a Also, it gives us an opportunity to show the Community Stage in the grassy area near wide range of styles Jazz88.3 offers to listen -

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and love the individuality of Jazz88.3 in the gradually coalesced. Jazz88 Music & Art Fest, continued from page 7 San Diego radio market. SDT: What is your favorite aspect of the CR: We’ve had nothing but enthusiasm event? from everyone we’ve invited. Some artists are even excited to see others perform! I CR: When I’ll look out at the audience and love that. They appreciate a festival that see everyone on their feet having a fantastic focuses on jazz and blues, with the various time! But, I’m also really jazzed about kids flavors of those being well-represented. being able to see some of these artists. Many of these artists are friends of Jazz88.3; they’ve played our previous festivals, or appeared at Jazz Live , or just live up the Tap dancer, continued from page 7 road in some cases. We all know we’re in There are some notable tap dancers that dancing developed in both England and this together: the business of presenting you’ve probably seen in old movies or Ireland. The Irish danced the step dance jazz to appreciative audiences. youtube videos. Famous tap dancers that and Englanders entertained themselves with SDT: What does jazz mean to you, have inspired Vorce are Mable Lee and the clog dance. As these two groups emi - personally? Bunny Briggs. Lee was known as “ Queen of grated to the United States, they brought the Soundies,” Soundies being short films CR: Wow. Tough question. It means so these steps to these shores. By the late that featured music and dancing. You can many things because it’s brought me so 1800s they developed what is called buck think of them as the very first music videos. many things. I grew up in a household with and wing dancing and American clogging Lee performed in several of these soundies all styles of music imaginable: rock and that was popular in the South. with such jazz musicians as Louis Jordan, pop, country, show tunes, blues, jazz, classi - Others believe that tap started in the Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. A consum - cal…everything from Sesame Street to South and developed from the Africans mate improvisor, Briggs toured with all the America’s top 40 to the jazz musicians we brought here as slaves. It is thought that great bands of the swing era, such as saw on TV sometimes. Jazz has brought me southern slaveholders, fearing that their Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basie, wonderful things. I’ve made friends through slaves could communicate over long dis - and Duke Ellington. Keeping up with the this music who are more precious than gold tances with the tattoos of their drums, con - times, he adapted tap dancing to the to me, real friendships that go beyond the fiscated all percussive instruments from of Charlie Parker and other beboppers. stage introductions and on-air interviews. their slaves. Deprived of their drums, the Since the time she was three years old, I’ll never forget moments with people who slaves then transferred their complex Vorce has been dancing. Her mother was a were real musical heroes to me: sitting in a rhythms into percussive dance, the precur - dancer in the Ballet Forklorica, the lively sound check next to Joe Williams and chat - sor of tap dance. and colorful dance troupe that celebrates ting backstage later before the gig is one One version of the beginnings and devel - the regional dances and music of Mexico. that I treasure. But, also realizing the level opment of tap claims that tap dancing start - Vorce’s mother wanted her children to carry of musicianship that’s out there. I never ed on the high seas. As this story goes, as on, figuratively and literally, in her footsteps really appreciated music the way I do now part of their routine to keep up morale and and enrolled her children in dance classes until I heard jazz. It’s made me a better lis - ensure that their men got some good exer - soon after they had learned to walk. “I was tener. Emotionally, jazz has given the world cise, pirate captains set aside time during five years old and taking ballet at the City some of the most poignant music moments the day for their men to dance. It is sur - of San Diego Civic dance arts,” Vorce in history. Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” mised that one of the dances that became remembers. “And one night on television I Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” Ellington’s popular with Irish pirates, known as the saw the PBS special ‘No Maps on My Taps.’ sacred music, and many others. It helps us jigs and clogs, was the beginning of tap The special was a documentary about tap define our history. dancing. These dance historians make the dancing. I didn’t know English all that well SDT: How are you involved with this event? connection between the term “buck” from at the time, but the documentary still capti - buck and wing dancing and the word buc - CR: I’m the talent advisor and have helped vated me. I could see how emotional the caneer. select all the bands for the festival, as well people in the interviews were, how devoted By the time that history gets us to the as worked out the stage and performance they were, and what tap dancing meant to mid to late nineteenth century, there is schedule. I also coordinate the stage hosts them. I told my mom right then I want to some agreement as to the development of (on-air personalities from Jazz88.3) and will do this, that I wanted to tap dance! When I tap. By that time, in minstrel shows and be hosting stages the day of the festival. was back at school I found a flier, a Park showboat routines, there were two types of That’s what it says on paper. Aside from and Recreation flier for tap dancing, and tap, the buck-and-wing dancing that was that, I’m one of the ones who wakes up in that’s when I started in on tap.” popularized by the duo of Jimmy Doyle and the middle of the night worrying about the In action, on the dance floor or stage, Harland Dixon, and the style made famous whole event. Vorce gives the impression of a very well by George Primrose. Primrose danced in SDT: With the station? controlled ball of energy. Her feet zip about, leather soled shoes, while the buck-and- CR: I’m the program director and also host evoking the equivalent of a drum roll from wing was a fast style dance performed with the “Jazz Ride Home” from 4-6pm Monday wooden shoes. Over time these two styles through Friday. I’ve been here since 2001 continued on page 16

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The Granada Building sharp11th / sharp5 / sharp9. This opens up Angeles Times . A soft-spoken Englishman, another can of theory worms. Third, once he only gave praise when it was deserved. is one of the glowing examples of North the theory becomes second nature, your He was effusive in his accolades for Bell. Park’s success of becoming a revitalized improvising has to be developed in order for “Of course I was blown away with the review community by utilizing it’s strongest asset: spontaneity to happen coming from a com - from Leonard Feather! He gave my first its splendid architectural past. In an enter - pletely creative and honest place – with of recording, Love Will Win , 4 1/ stars in the taining web page called “The North Park 2 course a signature style and sound. It’s an L.A. Times ; truly unbelievable,” said Bell. Magical History Tour,” Scott A. Shepard of all consuming, life-dedicating art form. The great merit of a positive Feather the North Park Main Street Association “As far as classical music goes, when I review wasn’t lost on the National Academy described the edifice, located at the corner first started studying flute, classical tech - of Recorded Arts and Sciences, which has of 30th Street and Granada Avenue, as a nique and repertoire came up very quickly. gone on to acknowledge Bell and her musi - “mixed commercial building, constructed Norman Bell (far right) in the 1940s My first teacher, Fredrick Baker [at the time cal collaborators over the years. The first during the heart of the craftsman period.” he played principal with the San Diego CD in the initial Grammy ballot nominations Handsome marble stairs lead to several Symphony] was a very hard teacher, who was Love Will Win with pianist Dave MacKay offices. Behind one of the doors, the gentle insisted I practice orchestral excerpts, and bassist Andy Simpkins, with the nomina - sounds of a piano is heard. The door opens, etudes, and repertoire. I did that for a while tion coming in the category Best New Artist. and instead of a seeing a piano student, the but always wanted to play jazz and study The CD would be the first of many projects visitor is warmly greeted by the musician improvising. So I continued to play chamber featuring Bell and MacKay. Comfortable in who is the interviewee for this story: flutist music alongside my jazz studies until about both bebop and bossa nova, MacKay is the Lori Bell. That Bell is clearly so versatile seven years ago when I started taking a link to storied bebop greats , Bud behind the keys is not a surprise when her closer look at the flute and piano reper - The Prophet vegetarian restaurant in the 1970s Powell, and as well as the seduc - family background and musical training are toire. Wanting more of a technical chal - tive Latin rhythms of Jolio Gilberto, Antonio taken into account. Whether she is in formal lenge, I went back to New York to study with Carlos Jobim, and Luis Eca. MacKay’s blind - attire in a classical music setting or dressed my hero, Judith Mendenhall, and decided I ness did not deter him academically, as he in more casual clothes for an outdoor jazz wanted to start giving classical recitals and attended Trinity College in Connecticut, gig, Lori Bell remains steadfastly devoted to tackling pieces by composers such as Aaron University, and several prestigious her music. Copland, Robert Muczynski, Hindemith, music programs. MacKay might one day Originally from the Brighton Beach sec - Schulhoff, Burton, and on and on. wish to complete an autobiography, as his tion of Brooklyn, Bell can comfortably be Bell said she “only started to give classi - performance resume reads like a who’s who classified as a San Diegan, as she moved cal recitals five years ago. I’ve been a jazz of jazz: Joe Pass, , , out to Southern California with her family musician my whole career.” and Bobby Hackett are among the famous when she was 10. She didn’t need to go far And what happens when the lights are names who have shared a concert stage to find her first mentors: they were her par - dimmed and it’s time to kick the perform - Lori Bell with her Prophet family (2nd row down, 3rd with the 78-year-old MacKay. Bell and ents, Norman and May Bell. from left) ance mode into high gear? “The challenges MacKay have collaborated on several “My father was an extraordinary trumpet are technical perfection and the ability to drummer Scott Elam, and vocalist Kevyn albums. Take Me to Brazil was an 1988 player,” said Bell. “He worked professional - sound spontaneous, relaxed and musical on Lettau.” Leftwich has played on sessions release that featured on ly his whole career as a big band lead trum - stage – and to connect with the audience,” with Chet Baker, Hubert Laws, and Carmen bass, Duncan Moore behind the drums, pet player in . He actually left said Bell. McRae; Scott Elam, described in the March John Pisano on guitar, and Melissa MacKay home around age 17 and moved to New After her finding her career path with the 2007 Troubadour issue as a “San Carlos as the vocalist. An original member of the York to start working. He played in many flute at 16, she got her first residency at 18, ‘funkster,’” has kept the in a variety of Three Sounds, Simpkins was a consummate known bands at the time – Al Donahue, “a gig that I held for nine years until the genres; and the Berlin-born Lettau has professional who played with Sarah Vaughn Tommy Ryan, Mel Lewis, and Thad Jones, venue closed. It was called the Prophet and emerged as an internationally renowned and George Shearing. and worked for a while with Carmen McRae. it was an international vegetarian restau - Brazilian singer. The second CD to receive initial Grammy My mother played the accordion and had an rant. I played in the most exquisite lobby Bell described Shepard as “a wonderful ballot nominations was the CD Interplay . It excellent ear.” with a stage and piano.” The Prophet was a jazz pianist and an experienced composer was also the name of a group that featured Lori recalled playing as as early as four landmark in City Heights, located in the and arranger who had just moved to San Bell, MacKay, and guitarist/vocalist Ron “on the four-string guitar, which my father 4400 block of University Avenue. A restau - Diego from New York where he previously Satterfield, who later performed with the taught me – my first songs were “Girl From rant and entertainment center, the Prophet worked with Larry Rosen and Dave Grus in renowned band Checkfield. The categories Ipanema” and “Corcovado.” I switched to drew health food advocates Gloria Swanson GRP...Grusin Rosen Productions, which back were in Best Jazz Instrumental Performance the six-string at around age 12 – at that and George Harrison. It was a labor of love in the ’80s was a major record company in of a Group ( Interplay ); Best Jazz time I was a very serious string player – but for owner Makeda Dread Cheatom, who New York. Shep did a lot of scoring and Instrumental Solo – Lori Bell (“It’s Just switched to flute at age 16....which rocked remains a vital force on the San Diego music arranging for GRP and many other writing Talk”); Best Instrumental Composition – my entire world. It was sort of like seeing scene for her support of world music. projects for radio and TV. He was a mentor Dave McKay (“Joyful”); Best Instrumental stars and hearing bells – knowing that you Along with saxophonist Joe Marillo (pro - and an inspiration to me as an up-and-com - Solo – Dave MacKay (“Joyful”). just found your calling in life. I also started filed in the San Diego Troubadour , June ing composer and arranger. His writing style Bell’s third CD to receive Grammy nomi - piano around age 20 and work professional - 2010), the late pianist Shep Meyers brought inspired two original compositions of mine – nations was her first solo album, Lori Bell . ly on that instrument as well.” an East Coast charisma and energy to the “Zara” and “Children’s Samba” – two chil - This CD appeared on the initial Grammy Since Lori performs in both jazz and clas - San Diego jazz scene. Meyer’s portfolio – dren’s songs I recorded in 1989 for the Ballot under the following categories: Best sical music settings, how does preparation collaborations with Woody Herman, Anita Discovery label. Shep was a very dear friend New Artist (Lori Bell); Best Instrumental and execution differ between the two? O’Day, Julie London, Billy Daniels, Terry and is deeply missed by the whole San Composition (“A Heart Is But a Flower”), “The challenges in jazz are many,” Bell Gibbs and many others – spoke volumes Diego community; it was a big loss.” Best Instrumental Arrangement (“Equinox”), revealed. “First, you have to be technically about jazz in America during the last 50 After Meyers’ death in 2009, the Shep Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (“Cartagena”); proficient on your instrument – that’s where years. He was an important mentor to Bell Meyers Music for Literacy Fund was estab - classical music comes in handy. Second, in the early phase of her career. lished. Over $5,000 has been raised there is an enormous amount of theory. “I had the good fortune of meeting Shep toward the Oak Park Elementary School in Every chord in jazz has the potential to Meyers when I was 19,” Bell recalled. “We San Diego. For many years, educators have extend up to the 13th, which throws you were introduced by the Musicians Union to seen a connection between a musically into another key in the upper extensions of play a gig sponsored by CETA, a govern - active child and an increase in math, writ - the chord. Also, there is a plethora of differ - ment organization that funded us to play 28 ing, and reading scores. Hence, the title of ent scales and patterns that you need to be gigs a month in schools, elementary through the fund. fluent in all 12 keys. Then there is the domi - high, to demonstrate and talk about jazz. 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tune],” Bell explained. “I usually do a little flutist for an mixture of standards and origi - talking with the audience as well describing nals will be Joe Azarello on piano. A former the different musical styles.” radio host for the “Piano Masters” program Bell’s concert itinerary for the fall season at City College’s Jazz 88 FM, Azarello has will allow music lovers the opportunity to performed with artists as diverse as Rich see her at a variety of venues in Riverside and Chuck Mangione. and San Diego Counties. The Labor Day hol - On Sunday, November 7, 4 p.m., Bell and iday weekend will commence with an early – Snodgrass collaborate on another Bach to and memorable – start when Bell teams up bebop presentation, this time at Greene with MacKay at the Merc nightclub in Old Music on Miramar Road. A long established Town Temecula on Thursday, Sept. 2, 7:30 piano retailer for over 35 years, Greene p.m. Affectionately called ‘the Merc” by Music is also wonderful concert locale for locals, the concert venue is part of the his - hearing live music. toric mercantile building, one of the oldest Bell will close out 2010 with an exotic structures in the vicinity and a splendid engagement, and music fans will definitely architectural example of what life was like need to bring along passports. She will be in Temecula prior to the housing boom. one of the artists participating in an eight- The third story auditorium of Central day music gathering in Costa Rica. Titled Library in San Diego will be the site for a “Music in Costa Rica: The Rising Stars of free matinee show featuring Bell and pianist Jazz Tour,” the festival will be both informa - Diane Snodgrass at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, tive and intimate; attendance is limited to September 12. As part of the continuing the first 200. The artists are part of the concert series at the Central Library, Resonance Records family. Snodgrass and Bell will be presenting a Joining Bell will be pianist Marian flute-piano recital with an emphasis on 20th Petrescu from Finland, Swedish guitarist century music. A member of the Palomar Andreas Oberg, and American vocalist College music department faculty, Angela Hagenbach. On its mission state - Snodgrass’ emphasis is on Baroque. She ment, Resonance Records “is a division of has performed locally with the San Diego the Rising Jazz Stars Foundation, a Master Chorale and the First United California 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation Methodist Church of San Diego Masterwork created to discover the next jazz stars – Chorale. passionate, brilliant musicians from around Saturday, September 18, 8pm, will mark the world. We assist and support them the 30th anniversary of Bill Evans’ death. through recording, performance opportuni - Bell will be part of a special concert at ties and distribution of their art. Every Dizzy’s nightclub, which will honor the pio - Resonance CD and DVD is produced without neering work of Evans, a pianist who compromise, to create and preserve our cemented his reputation through his 1959 artists’ jazz legacy. “ sessions with Miles Davis on the latter’s For the complete discography and itiner - seminal album, Kind of Blue , regarded by ary of Bell, visit www.loribellflute.com many critics as the greatest jazz album of all time. Bell will be part of a trio featuring Magnusson on bass and Tommy Gannon on piano. Profiled extensively in the San Diego Troubadour back in August 2006, Magnusson has remained close to the Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Perhaps one way to reverse the trend is nucleus of the local jazz scene yet enjoys an The San Diego Music Awards, scheduled to introduce the younger generation to international following through the time for September 10, finds Bell’s current music. Bell is doing her part. “Last year I when he was performing with legendary Resonance Records CD, The Music of coached at Skyline Elementary in Solana artists Sarah Vaughn and Buddy Rich. Djavan , nominated for Best Jazz Album of Beach and really enjoyed working with the Gannon performed behind the antics of Bob the Year. The album is a tribute to the gift - kids there. I think I might do it again this Hope and Jerry Lewis, and entertained ed Brazilian artist and composer, Djavan fall.” along side Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Caetano Vina. Another educational outlet is a presenta - and Steve Allen. He also played with bassist When asked to comment on the current tion called “From Bach to Bebop. It could Joco Pastorius. of Weather Report fame state of San Diego’s jazz scene, Bell’s opin - also be called “From Johann Sebastian to prior to his death at age 35. Gannon is in ions seem to sentiments made by vet - ‘Diz.’” The music begins on a refined note his seventh year performing with the Evans eran musicans on the local circuit. [“It’s] until the tempo, as you can imagine, starts tribute trio. Sort of dim,” said Bell. “There aren’t nearly to pick up. “My Bach to Bebop program fea - Magnusson and Bell will be teaming up as many venues as there were 20 years ago. tures classical music for the first half [usual - for another free concert on Wednesday, However, I believe it’s the same all over the ly beginning with a piece by Bach], followed October 13, 7:30 p.m., at the Pacific Beach U.S....not enough jazz venues.” by a jazz set [usually ending with a bebop branch library. Joining the bassist and In the Studio

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Bluegrass CORNER

by Dwight Worden COOL TOOLS THAT RULE , P ART 2: all your drum tracks or vocal takes for THE ACID T EST example, making them collapsible into one track instead of say, 40. The user All right…last month, we had some interface is also highly customizable, so September Bluegrass about Tony, written by his friends and musi - fun discussing inner-tubes and sub - you can set up all of your “go-to” ele - Sven-Erik Seaholm cal colleagues over the years, and you will There has been some great stuff for blue - merged spectacles and pretty much skirt - ments and create an extra efficient work - learn a lot about the sometimes enigmatic flow, without any of the fat from unused with or without the faders, leaving only grass guitar players of late. Last month saw ing around the issue of actually educat - and private Tony Rice as well. There are lots features getting in your way. the track’s meter visible. a concert by solo guitar phenom David Grier ing and/or informing ourselves about, of great pictures and an entire chapter on Covered in Part 1’s review of Sound I pulled up a piece of video and began held at Old Time Music store. David, ranked well… recording . “the antique,” which is what Tony calls his Forge was Zplane’s élastique audio time to score it. Toying with the excellent as one of the 10 top guitar players of the Suffice it to say that I’ve spent some 1935 Martin D-28 guitar, which originally stretching and pitch shifting, allowing ACID FX plugin (also known as the ACID decade by Acoustic Guitar magazine, pres - extra time delving deep into the feature belonged to Clarence White. The book can set offered by SONY Creative Software ’s dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts Pro Effects Rack powered by iZotope,) ents a truly remarkable solo show. It takes be ordered at: http://www.tonyricestory.com. (sonycreativesoftware.com) of Beatmapped tracks while retaining was cool, because it’s kind of a one-stop some courage to put on a solo show of flat If you’re not totally exhausted from blue - ACID Pro 7 ($399.95 retail, shop of the features you pick guitar with no singing. But, David can grass, having enjoyed the Summergrass $299.95 street), which com - use most often, like EQ, pull it off and remains one of the most Festival last month, September has a couple bines full multitrack record - Delay, Reverb and respected and admired guitar players of our of nice bluegrass events coming up as well. ing and mixing, MIDI Distortion. I really appreci - generation. Held over the weekend of September 18 and sequencing, and of course, ated being able to hang out in one window and Coming up 19 is the 40th annual Julian Bluegrass Music its highly regarded “pick check out all of the possi - this month Festival and Banjo and Fiddle contest. The and paint” looping abilities. ble FX combinations with - on Saturday, performers include the Gates Hailes I’ve always been a fan of out all of the flitting from September Collaboration, Trails and Rails, and the tradi - this software’s ease of use window to window. Now 11 from tional banjo and fiddle competitions. and quickness in putting if they can just make a 10:30am to Coming up the following weekend on together demos and remixes. Saturday, September 25 will be the first With this latest version, customizable “Rack” that 12 noon, would allow access to all also at Old annual Santee Gourmet Food Wine and ACID moves itself into the Bluegrass Festival. Held at the beautiful new role of a full-blown DAW of my third-party plugins Time Music in one window… that store, will Santee Community Park, this event will fea - (Digital Audio Workstation). ture gourmet food and wine from local and Instead of bumping shoul - would be on my personal be a blue - regional merchants and will present two out - ders with the likes of Apple’s maximum sound quality. Again, I can - wish list. grass Chris Stuart standing bluegrass bands: Gone Tomorrow GarageBand, it’s banging elbows with not emphasize enough just how much Otherwise, all was just as advertised rhythm gui - and Shirthouse Band . The action takes big boys, the likes of Cubase, Logic, and this has improved the sound of one’s or better. Veteran users of ACID will feel tar workshop taught by Chris Stuart. Chris is place from 5-9:30 pm. For information visit: ProTools. audio in ACID. right at home, with the added features the leader of Chris Stuart and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santee- Among the application’s many new Another great feature (which I hope being very welcome and the program’s Backcountry and is a sought after teacher Wine-and-Bluegrass-Festival/303940761520. functions and features are a dedicated more products adopt) are interactive rock-steady performance remaining just of rhythm guitar. Every serious bluegrass gui - mixing console with input busses, online tutorials that can be accessed as ironclad. Summergrass ,what a great bluegrass tar player should spend time studying rhythm enabling complex routing of tracks and from within the application. With con - If all of that isn’t enough (and really, festival! Michael Cleveland and techniques, and a workshop with Chris is a effects and facilitating the use of exter - cise titles like “How to Record Audio,” don’t you think it should be?), ACID Pro Flamekeeper, Chris Stuart, Special good opportunity. The art of rhythm guitar in nal effects processors for those yearning “How to Use an Audio Envelope,” and 7 software includes over 3,000 loops and Consensus, Bluegrass Etc ., and all the a bluegrass band is greatly underrated but is to work outside of the “box”. “How to Use Input Busses,” it’s quite 1,000 MIDI files for music creation, as perhaps the single most important aspect of other bands were outstanding; the weather ACID has also heavily bolstered its conceivable that you may never need to well as the Garritan ARIA for ACID Pro a successful band. Working with the bass was perfect, the crowds mellow, and the MIDI features like real time processing crack open the included manual or even player, the Native Instruments Guitar player, the rhythm guitar player’s job is to get experience memorable. If you missed it, mark and even more precise control over use the “Help” file! Combos, and Submersible Music the band into “the pocket” and drive the your calendar for next year. Here are few events. Additionally, users can now Eager to put these things to the KitCore. The ARIA player alone is worth band with that classic bluegrass rhythm. shots from acclaimed photographer Dennis “freeze” MIDI tracks that are routed to proverbial test, I installed the program the price of admission with excellent If one listens to the truly great bluegrass Andersen taken at this year’s Summergrass. multiple soft synths and render them as (via SONY Creative’s ubiquitous chal - orchestral sounds place right at one’s vir - bands, one will invariably find a great, .wav files to lighten the load on their lenge/response method) and opened up a tual fingertips. anchoring rhythm guitar player. Give a listen CPUs. recent file I had created using version 5 With ACID Pro 7, SONY has taken an to the early Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Cadence gets its makeover too, with of ACID. The wide array of windows already solid performer and made it Boys recordings anchored by Lester Flatt on the ability to not only combine multiple seemed ALL come up at once (which more capable, more professional, and rhythm guitar, and to the great work pro - tempos and time signatures within a wasn’t the case, but it was more than I’m just more better. No, it’s not as simple to duced by Flatt and Scruggs , again project, but utilizing tempo curves used to seeing anyway), making things use as GarageBand, but that’s because it anchored by Lester Flatt on rhythm guitar. In allows you to perform a gradual transi - seem more than a bit daunting. With has so very much more to offer. the more modern era, give a listen to the Del tion from one tempo to another. Also monitor real estate already at a premium, Download a free trial version and see if McCoury Band anchored by Del’s outstand - notable is the ability to import multi- I was able to quickly tidy things up and you don’t agree. ing rhythm guitar, to the Seldom Scene tempo remix files via the Beatmapper could concentrate on how to best utilize Sven-Erik Seaholm is an award-winning inde - anchored by Dudley Connell’s flawless tool. A count-in feature has been added things like the Mixing Console. Again, pendent (kaspro.com), per - former, and recording artist (svensongs.com). rhythm guitar, or to any of the other great (finally!) so there’s no need for inserting there are a lot of things that come up Fiddle Boot Camp w/ Megan Lynch Catch his live performances at Zel’s Del Mar contemporary bluegrass bands. And, give a an extra measure or two at the start of here, but there are some cool ways to September 4, with Allied Gardens on listen to Chris Stuart’s excellent rhythm work your song. toggle them on or off. I especially liked September 11, and at the La Jolla Open Air on any of the Chris Stuart and Backcountry With all of this functionality, the that you could view all of the tracks here Market September 26. recordings. But be prepared: playing good workspace can quickly become cluttered, bluegrass rhythm guitar is not easy. It takes so things like nested Folder Tracks are knowledge, technique, and lots of practice, also a welcome element. These can hold but is worth the effort. The fee for the work - shop is $20. To sign up, contact Old Time Music at (619)-280-9035. You won’t regret it! By the way, look for Old Time Music to move to a new and better location sometime his fall. Serious blue - grass guitar players will also want to check out the new book on Tony Rice Trish Gagnon w/ the Jaybirds just released by Word of Mouth press and written by Tim Stafford of Blue Highway and Carolyn Wright. Titled Still Inside, the Tony Rice Story . this fine book addresses every aspect of the most influential bluegrass guitar player of all time. Yes, there are other great guitar players who have had great influence, ranging from Clarence White and Doc Watson to Bryan Sutton and David Grier, but none has had the influence and longevity of Tony Rice. You will find this very readable book full of tidbits John Reischman w/ the Jaybirds 12 www.facebook.com/sandiegotroubadour SEPTEMBER 2010 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR ramblin’

Hosing Down Radio Philosophy, Art, Culture, & Music by José Sinatra Daze StAgeS CHIPPING AWAY, CONSTRUCTING THE TRUTH by Peter Bolland feels so good. It is a glimpse of freedom. Is it just me, or has this been one heck The second thing to do is decide to set of a weird summer? RUNAWAY TRAIN into motion some different patterns. Now that the shackles of the busy mind are no When it gets to the point that 10-12% ow do you stop a runaway train? longer hidden, it’s time to search for the of adults in San Diego actually believe How do you break that racing right key to unlock them for good. that Superman truly existed and lived in chain of thoughts and worries and H Techniques like meditation, centering New York City in the thirties, maybe it’s plans and schemes? How do you stop the prayer, physical exercise, music, dance, time I stopped making up false survey spinning kaleidoscope of all-possible-sce - immersion in the beauty of nature, practic - results like this. narios that flood the mind’s eye with a ing loving kindness toward others – these dizzying array of fragmented colors and Come to think of it, I don’t think I’d be are all proven and effective methods for lines that lead nowhere? If the mind is such too surprised if that spurious assertion breaking the tyranny of the thought-stream. a powerful part of life, why do we over- were true – I might even knock up the per - The Hose himself: open, honest, nauseating There are also a whole host of other reme - think everything to death? centages – but I’ve always considered sur - dies that are far less effective: television, From the perspective of evolutionary veys as suspect and worthless as the Bay shopping, drugs, alcohol, or any other form by Jim McInnes biology, it makes sense that the early human City Rollers. Or Sade. ably just the calibre of college student San of sensual escapism. The problem with beings who worried a lot and excelled at Truth has always seemed easy to dis - Diego is turning out these days. Either way these “solutions” is that they tend to create imagining elaborate worst-case scenarios tort, and the distortion can be empower - I feel a sweet nostalgia for those days. Notes from a Talking as many or more problems than they solve. would have a better chance of survival. The ing, even profitable. I’d like to see the very when these feces vivants were allowed to Appliance Some people realize this after the first bong hyper-vigilant hominid, perpetually anxious word “percent” eliminated from political drink on the beach; sand offers the victim hit. For others, it takes 30 years of addiction hen you work as “talent” in about whether or not there was a saber- debates, with so much manipulation and a relatively cushioned embrace. Concrete for the bloom to fade from the rose. TV or radio, you tend to toothed tiger in the bushes, was far more decontextualization and intimations of My friend, the spiritual teacher Will has always been brutal and tough, so W think everybody within eye- likely to survive and pass on his genes than Newsom, uses the analogy of a compass. scholarship. It just tends to hammer home proud of its bad boy reputation; only a fool or earshot knows who you are and his more lackadaisical brother, you know, When we are trapped in the thought-stream, a basic fact that the public is still unable would ask it to soften up a bit. where you work. Maybe not. the one they call “Tiger Food.” Traits like drowning in currents of worry and fear, it’s as to grasp: that all politicians are at heart It becomes obvious that far too many Recently, my wife, Sandi Banister, was the capacity to worry were naturally select - if our compass needle is jitterbugging all over greedy, lying miscreants. modern-day Americans (like those ill-man - standing beside her car while watering ed by the process of evolution. The result? the place. How do we get the needle to settle Truth is, I got up on the correct side of nered students) survey Life’s abundant some plants in front of our house. The Modern humans have an inordinate capacity back to truth north? How do we restore our the bed this morning and am feeling as menu and order their own destinies from car has personalized license plates that to vividly imagine every conceivable nega - original inner peace, our naturally joyful chipper as I might hope, having revisited in the various section, without even a glance include the letter-number combination tive outcome and spend a lot of time worry - equilibrium? We cannot force the needle to my dreams many of the whoppers I’ve at the offerings listed within sundry . As Dr. “B1.” ing about the worst possible future, a place go where we want it. In other words, you A woman strolled past while walking where everything goes wrong, everything is heard repeatedly during these sullen sum - Stu (Stewart) Pendiss pointed out in 1947’s can’t solve the problem of over-thinking with her dogs, saw Sandi’s plates, and com - lost, and everyone hates you. Early humans mer months. monumental A Final Flush , the difference more thinking. “A problem cannot be mented, “Did you know Jeff are Jer are who worried about scarcity of resources The strange music stories keep going between a card game and a toilet is solved,” said Einstein, “with the same con - back at B-100?” Sandi replied, “There’s would work harder to store up food. They around: John Lennon had originally want - defined by one’s attitude toward his God, sciousness that created it.” Like trying to see no B-100 anymore.” “But I just heard Jeff would envision future problems and work ed to call the Beatles the Rolling Stones . the Romantic Ideal, and/or Pee Wee your own eyes or bite your own teeth, we and Jer on there this morning,” said the hard to prevent them by creating elaborate Dennis Wilson was the real creative Herman. cannot cure the mind with the mind. woman. Sandi said, “No, that was the plans. As a result, they would be far more genius of the Beach Boys. Paul Simon’s This summer also offered me more Wayne Dyer writes that a sign he saw on DSC, who are now the morning show on likely to survive than their live-for-today musical Capeman was originally called welcome proof as to the ignorance of the the wall of a church basement where he Jack-FM; they used to be on KGB!” “No, neighbors who never worried about a thing Cartman . The greatest conductor of the phrase “you can’t go home again.” It’s attended his first Alcoholics Anonymous it was Jeff and Jer!” the stranger empha - and died from easily preventable missteps. twentieth century was Mantovani. Mama intended, figurative meaning was blown meeting burned into his psyche like a sized. Then my wife proceeded to explain We are the children of worriers. Cass Elliot choked to death on Jimi away, thanks to my Los Angeles friends brand: “Our best thinking got us here.” that she had worked at B-100 and KFMB- So, here’s the problem. We modern Hendrix’s vomit. Relying on the mind to cure the problems of Craig Ingraham and Deborah Masterson. AM from 1984 until 1991. She was there humans have plenty of food and adequate the mind is a fool’s errand. Of course, those are the famous old Craig (a superb musician/singer/song - when Jeff and Jer were hired. The duo’s shelter and extremely long odds on the pos - Does it help to replace bad thinking with chessnuts, and they’re all true. But the writer) had formed a band in L.A., in 1973, show has been off the air for over a year. sibility of a saber-toothed tiger attack, yet good thinking? Certainly. Does it help to set whoppers that seem to have sprung from to record some of his original songs. And KFMB-FM (JACK) used to be Star we still carry around with us this vestigial positive intentions and craft a plan of the likes of these call into question not Deborah, his girlfriend, was one of his 100.7 and before that, about 17 or more and irrelevant conditioning. Our capacity action? Naturally. Right thinking is a neces - only the sanity but the humanity of their background singers, as was I. (The 19- years ago, it was B-100! for worry and fear far outstrips our actual sary preliminary step in the process of believers. No doubt you’ve been hearing year-old pianist was named , After the woman’s dogs finished fertil - risk factors. The mind, once our greatest restoring sanity. But it is only a preliminary that stuff about Wyclyff Jean, Steve Tyler, and I think he still plays somewhere izing our neighbor’s lawn, she turned to asset, is now our greatest liability. step. Right thinking alone is insufficient. Lady (“I’m gagga for”) Gaga, Whitney today.) So, we rehearsed and recorded in Sandi and, unswayed, and said, “I DID Have you ever woken up at three in the Instead, Newsom and many others sug - listen to Jeff and Jer this morning!” morning, mind racing, thoughts crowding, Houston, and on and on…okay, and about L.A., but curiously did our only live shows gest a far simpler approach. Okay. worries bearing down on you like angry yours truly being an incredibly worthless down here in San Diego, the last one Quiet down, rest in the silence and wait. KGB morning show co-host (or Coe- bees? It’s dark. Everyone’s asleep. You’re jerk who goes around telling everybody being at the Starlight Bowl in October of You don’t have to fix anything or solve host!) Coe Lewis told me recently about lying there, perfectly safe in your bed. You’re about the time in 1978 he went to dinner 1973, after which everyone went different any problems. That’s just more mental some in-house research done a few years not thirsty and you don’t have to pee. and a concert with Paul and Linda ways and many of us lost touch for three manipulation. Instead, sink beneath the ago (when I was the afternoon jock on There’s nowhere to go and nothing to do. McCartney. Don’t believe any of it. decades or so . . . mind. For most people, meditation and cen - the now-defunct 103.7 The Planet). She And yet there you are, adrenalin-sopped, When I’m (oh, by the way, it was On this summer 38 years later , joined by tering prayer are the best paths to this goal said that the majority of people who rec - heart racing, blood pounding, desperately March 1979) confronted with so much our original percussionist, the magical Sody and are profoundly effective if given a ognized my name believed that I was envisioning endless possible negative out - degeneration of discourse, it wreaks havoc Arzea, we did a show once again, at Café chance. When we meditate or practice cen - still on KGB, even though I’d been fired comes, inventing problems and emotionally on my frown lines, but sometime during Libertalia (thanks, Jesse!). Even our original tering prayer, we practice presence in this there three years earlier! The Planet’s inhabiting them for absolutely no reason this summer’s chill I decided to stay away roadie, Stan Stafford, was back (bless his now moment and drop down beneath the program director, Todd Little, strongly whatsoever. It’s all just conditioning playing from idiotic arguments and remain, as I level of thought. Deepak Chopra calls it heart!) and there were moments up on believed KGB was scoring ratings points itself out, echoes of once-useful impulses. entering the gaps between thoughts. Don’t said, chipper. stage with Craig and Deb that I thought I during my show on 103.7 because I was There are no saber-toothed tigers. try to stop your thoughts. Resisting them But then, inevitably, has come the bel - could swear that my soul… oh, how do I so associated with them. Maybe it’s time to turn these giant brains only makes them stronger. Instead, simply ligerent, drunken fratboy whom I’d never say this?… my soul got a woodie. (38 Now I get emails from people saying of ours back on themselves. Maybe we notice them, laugh, and settle down like a met who suddenly wants to kick my ass to years later and he calls it a woodie? Surf they’re glad I finally found a job at should do a little thinking about thinking. rock sinking to the bottom of a pool and impress his drunken buddies and vacuous city, here we came.) I thank you one and KFMB. I tell them thanks and that I’ve The first thing you have to do is laugh. watch your thoughts slide by above you on laydeh . This has far too often brought me all, especially the lovely folks who decided already worked there for almost four It’s all sort of silly how the thought-stream the surface as if you were watching clouds to tears. to check us out. I’m certainly hoping for years! That’s why I try to keep my ego sucks us into a vortex of anxiety despite the drift by in the sky. You are not the clouds; “‘Sup, dude?!” (their dialect fascinates more shows in the fall, as my recent metic - from getting too big. I realize that I am absence of any legitimate cause. And when you are not your thoughts. In the content- just a voice from an appliance. you laugh, the death-grip of the mind is me) ulous inquiry reveals I am up to 90% more free, thoughtless silence your compass nee - loosened. I always worry a little when I visit “What do you mean?” chipper when preforming with these dear The Greatest Thing That Ever dle will naturally return to true north all by churches or synagogues or mosques or “You deaf, faggot? I’m here! I’m here! friends, home again, than when I’m not. Happened itself, through no effort of your own. In the classrooms or satsangs where no one’s ‘Sup?!” (priceless) The value of love and memories can always …or will happen, depending on when same way that we do not consciously digest laughing, where a desperately serious and “I’m not gonna fight you…” grow in hungry hearts, and that’s an you read this, is the Jazz 88.3 Ocean our own food, grow our own hair or heal self-important air hangs over the entire “Ah mo kick yo’ f---.” absolute truth. Beach Music and Art Festival, along our own cuts, inner peace is not an achieve - room and every soul in it. Without laughter, “But you’re a miracle!” (I’ve read Newport Avenue on Saturday, ment of the mind. It happens only when you people too easily fall prey to the ever-perva - Carnegie) September 11. This event’s a must for break free from the tyranny of the mind. sive thought-stream. When we laugh, the “Let’s get it own, dude! I’m – I’m lovers of adventurous music, whether it’s Great spiritual teachers from Jesus to whole charade is exposed and we, for a what?” jazz, funk, boogie, blues, or soul. Yoda all make the same promise: peace is moment anyway, return to our original “A miracle. A real live, talking stool The lineup is fantastic! 26 bands will possible – as individuals, as families, as com - play across seven stages! Performing selves, free and easy, as we were before these sample.” munities, and as a planet – if we somehow artists include saxophonist Maceo Parker, giant brains took over. That’s why laughing And within a matter of seconds I’m on learn to get off of this crazy, runaway train. who made his name alongside James the pavement, bruised and/or bloody, cry - Peter Bolland is a professor at Southwestern Brown; the cheeky , trombone-heavy ing because I got hurt. Because it usually singer Marcia Ball, and jazz piano star College where he teaches eastern and western New Orleans funk band, Bonerama; Geoffrey Keezer. philosophy, ethics, world religions, and mythol - hurts a lot. trumpet star Gilbert Castellanos and his ogy. After work he is a poet, singer-, Tickets are only $30, or about $1.15 Ah, but I suppose it’s just because it’s New Latin Jazz Quartet; the Four Queens and author. He also leads an occasional satsang per band! Get more info online at at the Unity Center and knows his way around such a very strange summer. And it’s prob - of Boogie Woogie, featuring one of my www.obmusicfest.org. a kitchen. 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by Terry Roland

here’s something energizing about David Wilcox Sings the originality. Talking with David TWilcox for an hour is a reminder of how the first discovery of truth feels, as Language of the Heart though it’s been mined and the gold is just lifted out of the earth. There’s a noticeable absence of cliché, ideology, and parroted it just happened. in the song’s meaning, something that really language. While David is coming from a SDT: How does the writer’s ego work for or moves me, something with wonderfully place of spirit, he is not a shaman or priest. against this? complex and the writer doesn’t He is a songwriter who considers music a know and didn’t intend what it inspired in DW: I think in the big picture the original force of healing, a natural medicine best me. motivation doesn’t matter. It’s like people experienced first hand, soul to soul, and who go surfing. It may not be for the right SDT: Do any artists you admire in this way heart to heart, being to being. An example reason. But, the ocean is so big, the currents come to mind? of this is his 2009 release, Open Hands , so deep, it doesn’t matter why they’re there. DW: I was doing the song school a few days which he recorded solo on an analog 12- The ocean will work on them, inform them ago and there was this guy there who start - track tape. His upcoming release, Reverie , of its depth. It’s the same with songwriting. ed writing songs at 60 years old. He wrote brings a new diversity in narrative and style. You start writing because you want to be this spectacular song. I asked him if I could In our recent conversation, David spoke at this or that, but then, it’s like emotional learn it. I shaped it a little bit and sent it length about the relationship of music to alchemy. You may come at it for selfish rea - back him. I felt like, “okay, I could say it his life and his own discovery of a faith that sons. For me, it was James Taylor’s fault like this...” It’s a song that breaks the rules transcends religion found in personal cre - when I first heard the song, “Golden but holds this story that’s too hard to touch, ativity. Moments.” [sings] Now I gathered up my yet is holds up lightly, like this beautiful San Diego Troubadour: What’s been happen - sorrows/and I sold them all for gold/and I vision. Great songs really do this magic ing lately? gathered up the gold/and I threw it all away. trick like what would happen when the DW: I’m getting ready for a tour. I just fin - You know, you can take the most painful, magician looks in the hat and is surprised ished doing the Rocky Mountain Folk debilitating experience and something beau - that the rabbit really is there. Festival. It was a good experience. It tiful can come of it. It becomes healing. Life SDT: When you say story what do you opened me up to new song ideas. I was becomes not something to get over, but you mean? there teaching and performing and suddenly work on it, and it works you. It’s like when DW: Well, I was talking with Carrie I have songs to dream about. I can hear you first play guitar. You think you have Newcomer a while ago. We laughed about them coming in the distance. two things going on. There’s your left hand, the perception that songs need to be “about then there’s your right hand, but it’s really SDT: You were teaching as well? something.” Sometimes songs aren’t about one thing. When you get inside the song, DW: Yes. This happens when I teach. My anything at all. music is new to me right now. At the work - the experience that brought it about and the song itself are really one thing. Writing SDT: Are you talking about experience as shop I can’t cover everything, but I like to opposed to reporting? get into the quirkiness of the music. The keeps a balance. It’s about balance. You say, DW: I have friends who are into things songs are a kind of musical navigation. “wait a minute. Why is music in my life in completely different from me. I have friends There’s this place where the heart cracks the first place?” The reason for writing David Wilcox who golf. They get into it on a deep mysti - open to the subtle variables that help steer becomes clearer and clearer until it’s so cal level. When I talk with them, they’re my life. This way I don’t miss my story. The much more fun. There’s no gatekeeper, no surprised that I know what they’re talking song can come in and give a window to institution or reason for the music. The about. But, really, all I have to do is cross how my heart can feel. You know, life is a beauty of the music can be so humbling. out the word music and replace it with golf. chance for a bold adventure. Songs wake SDT: You’ve thought a lot about the reason I have a wonderful neighbor, Danny Dreyer, me up to that. Suddenly, I feel I want to we make music and write songs. who’s written a book called Chi Running . It’s make music out of my day and out of my DW: Yeah. It really does destroy your ego. a back door to spiritual practice for people time here. It still does that for me, more It’s important to do something impossible. who run, starting with Tai Chi and looking than ever. The songs I write direct me deep There’s nothing more impossible than at the body’s own expression of energy into the heart. They tell me what I want, music. You know, it destroys your ego. The before the body was actually there. He that thing in my life that keeps my dreams only thing that keeps the music from really teaches how to be in alignment with that going. I find that I can be the go between happening is your “self.” energy – how not to fight yourself but to for the subtle yearnings of my heart and my SDT: When it comes to ego, it seems to keep apply everything you experience. What we conscious mind. It becomes an oasis of joy. us from doing so many of the right things, be Americans need are back doors into a beau - SDT: How has your songwriting changed it from a Buddhist or a Christian perspec - tiful experience of connectedness without over the years? tive….You know, like the idea of love your the tired old language that tries to turn it DW: You know, for a while, when I was neighbor as yourself. into marketing. younger, my life was about the songs. Now, DW: It’s also hard because with something SDT: Tell me about your latest recordings. the songs are about my life. I came to a like that, it’s a directive. But it’s more a mat - DW: My latest was released last year called place where my relationship with my wife ter of being than loving. This influences Open Hands . feels like a song; my time with my son feels behavior and the love takes care of itself. like a song; my relationship with my neigh - No need for the dogma. Don’t love your SDT: It was done in analog. Can you tell me bor feels like a song. The song used to be a neighbor, be your neighbor. why? place I’d go to escape. Now, the song comes SDT: Do the spiritual teachings all come DW: Yes. We used old-school 16-track to me. They help me face my life and bring down to something universal for you? Like recording. It kept us honest. No tricks, no me into my own skin. Now, the songs bring the oft used cliché, “all paths lead to the easy edits. It made the performance real. me to my life. They become something to same destination.” The first track is called, “Dream Again.” live up to. Once you’ve heard it a few times, you’ll DW: In the world religions, there’s great notice there’s a hail storm in the middle of SDT: Is your songwriting influenced by spir - beauty. It’s amazing – the similarity, the con - the song as we were recording. It sounds itual views such as Buddhism or nection. Yet to say that to someone just like really big brushes on a really big snare. Christianity? starting out is another thing. We all have a Just before the song drops down to a quiet DW: I’m aware of the religions. But, for me, river to cross. There are many boats. There’s verse, the hail storm stops. If it hadn’t it’s just something fun to know about. It’s the Jesus boat, there’s the Buddha boat. But, stopped at just that moment, we would’ve like using different language. I’d like to we don’t want to get stuck deciding which had to re-do the recording. It captured a scratch out the word, “god” and replace it boat is the best. Or, it’s like climbing a beautifully realized momentum on tape, a with music. What you give a song it is kind mountain. If someone tells, you can take all sense of urgency. of like a gift, like wrapping a present. You paths and you’re just starting out, it’s con - wrap it in a story so when it’s opened up, fusing. It’s important to take one and stick SDT: What about the latest? you find what the song is really about. to it. Inside the different faiths there is great DW: No one’s heard it yet. It’s just been That’s the gift. For the listener then, there’s commonality, but outside there all of these mastered. It’s much more cynical than I’ve a sense of discovery and it becomes their differences. And we’re left with this wonder - been in the past. Like a song that states how own. Like a song on the new album, a sim - ful conundrum and sometimes the messen - institutional religion ruins everything. It’s ple story of three brothers who are confused ger gets confused with the message. Bruce the first time I’ve written in characters. You by what their father is doing. The father Cockburn said about those who know can’t know, Randy Newman and Richard smiles at them and soon the song unfolds to really say it and those who say it, don’t real - Thompson write through characters. They be one about Jerusalem. ly know [laughs]. may write about something they disagree SDT: You’ve described a lot about the inspi - SDT: Tell me about writers out there who with but it tells a story. There’s a song called rational side of songwriting. What about the are taking a similar approach to yours. Who “They Call It Torture, We Call It Freedom.” craft? would you say are your influences and kin - I’m singing about protecting America and just by the way we protect it, it’s no longer STOLEN INSTRUMENTS DW: I find the time spent working at it is a dred spirits? what it once was. I didn’t used to write this way of making the song true. It’s that DW: Most of them are not musicians! There If found, please contact Peter Mehrhof way, through characters. I was always a little intense focus. There’s a sympathetic vibra - are a lot of musicians I love to hear. I may too fearful of being misunderstood. 858.405.5025 • [email protected] tion with the audience. It leads to a higher disagree with some, but if I hear someone level of craft. It shows respect for the listen - get vulnerable; if they speak in song from SDT: Well, David, thank for your time. I • Guitar: Taylor 310;hard shell case; serial number: 20041119007 look forward to seeing your shows in San er. It intensifies the transformation at the that place where they are cracked open; if • Mandolin: Eastman 515-CS; hard rectangular case; serial #: 0049 spirit level that informs the song. If you they can write about what they’re afraid of, Diego and L.A. could graft it, the song would start going up where they find joy and how it surprises DW: Thank you. It’s been fun. • Banjo: Ome Jubilee; hard shell case; serial #: 5416 a steep slope. It gets more complex and as them, then I check off the box and think David Wilcox will be performing at AMSD • Tenor Banjo: Good Times; soft case serial number more time passes, the song becomes simpler that this is a good person who will always Concerts on Saturday, September 11, 7:30pm. • Dobro: Gold Tone Paul Beard Squareneck; hard shell case; serial #: 2405250 and beautiful until some other whisper be my friend. Then, I never see them in the 4650 Mansfield St., Normal Heights. starts speaking through. The song becomes same way. It’s like that song chose them. A • Accordion – Black and white Italian made; old, belonged to grandma truer. With good craft, the song sounds like lot of times I’ll discover something unique www.sandiegotroubadour.com 15 SEPTEMBER 2010 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR parlor showcase

of the Harlem Renaissance. She designed taps and taps some more. She developed the Tap dancer, continued from page 8 Cherries Jubilee to recreate the shows at the showcase with drummer Toby Ahrens. Since Cotton Club, Harlem’s premier nightclub their premier show at Hot Money Love in her tap shoes, as she glides across the floor. during the middle decades of the twentieth 2007, the two have added to and developed Tapping on the balls of her feet, she grace - century. In these Cotton Club routines the Groove on Tap. She performs what might be fully sways her arms at her sides, raising Cherries Jubilee chorus girls swirl large considered traditional tap dancing as well as them high overhead as she leans back on boas or use large ostrich feather fans to incorporating different rhythms not normal - her heels to tap out a more forceful line. cover, reveal, and cover up again their ly associated with tap, such as Brazilian and She brings her right foot forward for a rat-a- sequined outfits and fishnet stockings. The world rhythms. tat-tat that seems to put an exclamation Cherries Jubilee revives burlesque when it Vorce is planning a number of upcoming point on a statement she just made. was a little bit naughty, when things were shows for all three of her projects. “I’m so While Olio might be something of a his - performed with a bit of a wink and a nod. pleased that I have a three of these proj - tory lesson, Vorce’s other show, the Cherries Vorce’s third show, Groove on Tap, is ects,” she says. “And I’m so lucky that this Jubilee, is her homage to the halcyon days more paired down and features Vorce as she is what I do, that dancing is my career.”

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Rightside Christy Colin Clyne Peter Sprague For Strangers Band Bruneau Doricana Calling Me Home & Wardens Living in the Right Somewhere in the by Frank Kocher by Bart Mendoza Retrograde Folk-rocker Colin Clyne is originally There is no doubt that guitarist Peter Side Middle from Scotland and though he has relo - Sprague is one of the most important by Mike Alvarez cated to Southern California, the roots of musicians to emerge from San Diego’s For Strangers and Wardens is a collabo - by Frank Kocher by Frank Kocher his music remain in the green highlands. music scene over the past 30 or so years. His new CD is Doricana , a title that says Amazingly prolific, in addition to his solo ration between English-born singer/song - San Diego’s Rightside Band has been San Diego country-rock singer Christy a lot – the style of the music and the career, he’s a popular sideman and an writer Tim Mudd and Wisconsin trans - around for over a decade, but under the Bruneau has been on hiatus for a while, sound of the singer blend elements from accomplished producer, resulting in one plant Cody Williams. The group’s unusual name of the Gospel Review Vocal Band. getting married and having a child. both sides of the pond. seriously impressive discography that’s name is taken from a placard in Boston’s The contemporary Christian/gospel-rock During a break of over four years, she The 13 songs on the disc were seen him work with everyone from Sean Old North Church. The church’s interior band changed their name, but not their has continued to write music, and her recorded local producer/engineer Alan Watkins of Nickel Creek to trumpeter layout features box pews that were approach, a couple of years ago. The new full length disc, Somewhere in the Sanderson, a veteran whose board tal - Gilbert Castellanos, pianist Mike Wofford reserved for the local families who came group was put together in the late ‘90s Middle , offers songs written over a ents help Clyne achieve the most from to busking popsters the Wrong Trousers. to worship, but there was one that was by Jim Burnett, their manager and pro - decade. his material. The overall sound is primari - Known for his instrumental prowess, designated for the use of visitors and ducer, and his wife Linda Lee, who is the The new CD was recorded locally by ly acoustic, with steady guitar support by Sprague’s new album, Calling Me Home , wanderers. The sign on that particular featured singer in a vocal quartet. A band Tom Andrews, who co-wrote several of James Hood throughout and judicious is also a collaborative effort, a theme box simply reads “For Wardens and of supporting musicians, including long- the songs with Bruneau and plays multi - use of percussion, keys, and Dennis album of sorts, centering around vocal- Strangers”. The impression it made on time drummer John Watts provide the ple instruments. Bruneau’s vocal style is Caplinger’s banjo and fiddle touches. led songs rather than guitar. A true all- Mudd was profound and it stayed with musical backing for the spirited sounds like Shawn Colvin with a bit of country Clyne wrote all of the tunes, with help star project, the disc features ten him when he came back to San Diego. that have been featured in numerous twang; she has also been compared to on one from Hood, and they are a mix Sprague originals, given voice by some When he and Williams started performing county churches, festivals and coffee - Natalie Merchant, with an easy, melodic of stories, observations, and love mes - of his favorite singers: Kevyn Lettau, and writing a couple of years ago, he felt houses. The old band and Linda Lee have clarity that isn’t full of drama. The band sages – sung to country/folk ballads in Allison Adams Tucker, Leonard Patton, that it was an apt name for the group released discs previously, and the new here (mostly Andrews, guitarist Andy his strong Celtish accent. Lisa Hightower, and Kate Fuller. That the because, as he explains, “This is who our one, under the new name, is Living on Lohr, and drummer Nathan Moon Swift) “Pockets and Envelopes” has inter - backing musicians include Sprague, music is for. Whether you’re a fan of the Right Side . rocks the house with mixed results. esting lyrics, about how the “tramps on drummer Duncan Moore, bassist Gunnar music or simply looking for a little com - The ten songs are covers of Christian Power guitar chords usher in “Time,” the streets well known as lords,” but Biggs, pianist Josh Nelson, and conga fort in song, we write and perform these folk-rock and gospel songs by a number while Bruneau tells a slice of life about there are stretches where it is difficult to player Tom Aros (Fattburger), gives an songs for you. Our only hope is that you of established genre . “past and old friends” and “all the girls decipher the words – printed lyrics indication of the caliber of musicianship take from the experience whatever brings Recorded in “the upper room” on several getting married and having babies.” Not would have helped. On “Traditional on display here. you the most peace and understanding. of the tracks there is a live in-the-studio a country song, and the blues-rock edge Song,” Clyne sings about his homeland, Stylistically, Calling Me Home is an Nothing more, nothing less.” And true to sound, joyful and inspired (and with the serves notice that this isn’t a soft, folk-ori - following strong acoustic guitar figures eclectic album. Ballads rub shoulders his word, the vibe is contemplative and instruments echoing together, buried by ented affair. “Lay Me Down” is a pleasant by Hood to chant the chorus. with Brazilian samba, rock with jazz, and soothing, the words reflective. Their first the keyboards). No big problem, though, country shuffle that would be a high - The structure on these tunes is simi - it’s all tied together by Sprague’s stellar release is an EP-length recording com - when one remembers that this is a big light, but suffers greatly from an arrange - lar to many of the others on the disc; playing. While the main focus here is the prised of five songs in the Americana band that plays in churches; it often ment that features poorly tuned, disso - after he sings a couple of verses over vocals/lyrics, fans of Sprague’s fretwork genre. The sound is predominantly sounds like it was recorded in one. nant steel guitar by Andrews, whose subdued guitar licks, the simple, repeat - won’t be disappointed. Indeed, the acoustic and the arrangements are spare, Gospel starts off with “Living for the playing is good elsewhere. Sometimes ed chorus line comes, sometimes with a album is a wonderful display of his tal - more than ably fulfilling their function of Moment,” as snare drum shots set up a letting a National steel wander a little off “na na na” or a “la la la” melody scat. ent. He offers up nylon string, understat - showcasing the vocals and lyrics. Mudd’s vigorous foot-stomp; Linda Lee sings will make for rustic authenticity on an Repeat, and after repeating the third ed counter melody, in one of the album’s guitar and Williams’ mandolin are the about living the righteous life. The three old blues tune, but this one sounds all chorus, end. One problem with songs best tracks, the samba flavored “Cantar.” main instruments, backed by the rhythm male harmony backups give her plenty of wrong. Everybody’s rocking again for with a similar beat, structure, and vocal Topped by a wonderfully rhythmic guitar section of David R. Nordgren on bass support throughout, and on “Rightside “Get You Out of My Mind,” as Bruneau sound is that it can become like a visit to solo, the songs ends on a terrific bit of and Clayton B. Payne on drums. Vocalist of the Dirt” there are vocal tradeoffs. gives a drinking lover the heave-ho, near - the ice cream store, getting many differ - scat singing from Lettau. Jessica Hull rounds out the studio lineup. “When you wake up in the morning, no ly swamped by the layered sound of ent minor variations on the same flavor. The title track is also of particular The country-inflected “Stay With Me” matter if you hurt/Be glad you’re still wah-wahs, background singers, and key - Thanks to Clyne and the musicians, that note. Spargue is the rare guitarist that kicks off the CD, setting the tone with its alive and on the right side of the dirt.” boards. The vibe for “2 a.m.” is much flavor isn’t vanilla. truly understands the magic of arrange - mid-tempo beat and natural, unforced This one has some old-South, country- quieter, as she is mixed hot over a nice, The single on this disc is “Into My ments and that sometimes, less is more, vocal performance. As it progresses, the style gospel going for it, reminding the mysterious sounding acoustic guitar and Garden,” and it is a catchy treat. This the tune focusing on Patton’s soulful arrangement swells into a full band listener that “Jesus still saves.” “Eagle drums. The atmosphere for her tale of tune is about how Clyne has opened up vocals and Nelson’s piano, including the sound with some electric guitar licks Song” is a harmony vocal, different than dark thoughts in the dark of night is per - his life to a new love, with good solo. But it’s Sprague who shades the sprinkled in for flavoring. Williams’ man - the other music on the disc, a folk hymn fect. imagery. The sound is fuller and more mood with just the right chords and dolin takes the lead in “Blame and that seems to float, with a nice arrange - The disc is unevenly mastered, and robust than other tracks on the disc, some nice picking. As nostaligic a tune as Alternatives,” a song propelled by a train- ment that overcomes the harmonies the recording mix is muddy on several thanks to organ and full band, and the its title implies, Patton’s vocals bring out like rhythm. As the words tell of the vari - being off just a bit. A couple of church- tracks. On others, it is sharp and clear hammered-home chorus sticks with the every bit of sentiment in the lyrics by ous paths life can take and their conse - rocking country-style tunes follow: “Get with good separation. listener. While Clyne generally avoids Randy Phillips (who contributes to six quences, subtle organ chords behind the Up in Jesus’ Name” and “Have You A good example of the crossover style using any Doric dialect on the disc, he songs on the disc). This sounds like a lost band provide mood and texture. A slow Traveled with the Lord Lately?” On the of the music overall is “She Says,” a comes closest on “Crying at the Sky,” classic, a ballad with a timeless feel that and dramatic intro sets the tone for latter, Linda Lee is in best voice on the good country ballad given a bit of rock- which has a Celtish folk vibe. “Dance would play well in a jazz bar circa 1961 “Wish I Knew,” a song that relies heavily disc, clear and commanding while she up. The storyline, about female friends with Her” is slower, a folk lament that or 2010. upon the bass for its anchor. It progresses talks up a sermon worth of lyrics as the who sing “Hey, I’m not a mess/I just delivers a simple, haunting melody, and A bit more left field is “The Power of through a number of rhythmic changes guitar plays a Creedence riff. want one kiss/Is there anything wrong amounts to a sleeper highlight. “Hey I Rock,” an uptempo number featuring and has a subtle backing vocal arrange - God, of course, loves rock and roll, with this?” The song works. “Angels of Miss You Too” comes after some slower shared lead vocals from Patton and ment that perfectly complements the and “How Long” is a boogie blues that Mercy” is mastered for some reason at a filler tracks with cello and keys, turning Hightower, with Sprague on electric gui - mandolin melodies that run throughout. serves as a reminder of just how much volume level so far down that listeners things around with banjo and cajon- tar. Apparently inspired by a Jack Black The leisurely pace continues on “Missed both rock and blues owe to the church will be grabbing their stereo dials. After pounding percussion, as a studio crowd quote, the album features lyrics along You,” a plaintive waltz-time ballad whose house, as the gospel lyrics mix with that, the song has a catchy hook. On claps along. the line of “I ain’t no rocket scientist, I main theme is nicely summed up in the blues. “How long must I wander/before I “Hey Now,” Bruneau’s vocal, buried in Doricana has its feet in two worlds. got the power to rock,” making for a title. It’s all too apparent that the singer finally get home?” The Rightsiders pull the previous tune, is almost too hot as It is Americana roots music, pleasant folk nice sonic, as well as lyrical, shift on the is speaking from personal experience. out all of the stops on the rocker “I’m she is singing a song probably best real - with country underpinnings. Add Colin album and a track that’s a lot of fun. “Carry On” is a very apt note to end on. Loving Life,” a highlight that uses key - ized as a soft folk ballad. An acoustic ver - Clyne’s distinct taste of Scotland to the Whether you’re a longtime fan of The sound is uplifting even though the boards and drums to pound out a beat sion of “Time” closes matters, a good music and the combination is unusual Sprague’s work, or of guitar in its various lyrics still retain a certain poignancy. After as Linda Lee leads the vocal charge. idea as the words hit home more without and distinctive. forms, Calling Me Home is a solid album, a leisurely beginning, the tempo picks up Fans of contemporary Christian music a band to compete with. a worthy addition to his recorded canon to reflect the hope and acceptance that and gospel rock, and of bands like the Fans of country-rock and female and your music collection. is being expressed. Gauthier Vocal Band should find much to vocalists should find much of interest on This is honest and straightforward enjoy on Living on the Rightside . The Somewhere in the Middle . This aptly music, stated directly. While relaxed in Rightside Band does a good job of get - named crossover-style disc shows that sound, it is meticulously arranged. Every ting their message out on some enter - Christy Bruneau has written some good part counts. Fans of folk, country, taining material. www.rightsideband.com music and promises to do more of the Americana, and acoustic music in general same. will find much to appreciate. This online- only CD and a couple of bonus tracks can be heard for free at: http://www. myspace.com/forstrangersandwardens . www.sandiegotroubadour.com 17 SEPTEMBER 2010 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR ‘round about

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Thursday), Old Time Music, 2852 University Joe Rathburn & Larry Robinson , Milano Coffee Sue Palmer Trio , Kensington Library, 4121 Jazz Roots w/ Lou Curtiss , 8-10pm, KSDS Ave., 7pm. Adams Ave., 5pm. Co., 8685 Rio San Diego Dr., 7pm. Candye Kane , Belly Up, 143 S. Cedros, Solana (88.3 FM). Joe Rathburn’s Folkey Monkey , Milano Old Tyme Fiddlers Jam , Old Time Music, 2852 Crystal Ridge Bluegrass Band , Wynola Pizza Beach, 5:30pm. José Sinatra’s OB-oke , Winston’s, 1921 Coffee Co., 8685 Rio San Diego Dr., 7pm. Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. University Ave., 7pm. The Taildraggers , Wynola Pizza Express, 4355 Bacon St., 9:30pm. Open Mic , Turquoise Coffee, 841 Turquoise Peter Sprague , Roxy Restaurant, 517 S. Coast San Diego Music Awards , Humphrey’s, 2241 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. The Bluegrass Special w/ Wayne Rice , St., P.B., 7pm. Shelter Island Dr., 7pm. Hwy 101, Encinitas, 7pm. Wild Blue Yonder , The Blend, Newbreak 10pm-midnight, KSON (97.3 FM). Moonlight Serenade Orchestra , Lucky Star The Long Run , Anthology, 1337 India St., Chico Pinheiro , Museum of Making Music, Church, 10791 Terrasanta Blvd., 7pm. Restaurant, 3893 54th St., 7pm. 5790 Armada Dr., Carlsbad, 7pm. 7:30pm. Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie , Museum of every Missy Andersen , Marble Room, 535 5th Ave., Lori Bell & Dave Mackay , The Merc, 42051 Tom Smerk , Friendly Grounds, 9225 Carlton Making Music, 5790 Armada Dr., Carlsbad, 7pm. monday 7:30pm. Hills Blvd., Santee, 7pm. Main St., Temecula, 7:30pm. Jennifer Knapp , Anthology, 1337 India St., Ukulele Jam , Old Time Music, 2852 University Traditional Irish Session , Thornton’s Irish Steve Poltz , Oasis House Concert, Sorrento Steven Ybarra/Josh Damigo/Jordan 7:30pm. Ave., 6:30pm. Pub, 1221 Broadway, El Cajon, 8pm. Valley, 8pm. www.OasisHouseConcerts.com Reimer/Kenny Eng/Erika Davies/Toni Roze , Zapf Dingbats , Turquoise Cafe-Bar Europa, Voodoo Stage, House of Blues, 1055 5th Ave., Acoustic Open Mic w/ Bill Everett , Biley’s Open Mic/Family Jam , Rebecca’s, 3015 Jazz88 All Stars , Dizzy’s @ SD Wine & Culinary Barbecue, 2307 Main St., Julian, 8pm. 873 Turquoise St., 7pm. Juniper St., 8pm. Center, 200 Harbor Dr., 8pm. 7pm. El Cajon Music Masters , Central Charles Johnson , Hobo Campfire, Old Poway Gilbert Castellanos Quartet , Dizzy’s @ SD Wine Open Jazz Jam , South Park Bar & Grill, 1946 Scott West Band/Rudy Jones Band , Lestat’s, & Culinary Center, 200 Harbor Dr., 8pm. Congregational Church, 8360 Lemon Ave., La Fern St., 9:30pm. 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Park, 14134 Midland Rd., 7pm. Mesa, 7pm. Jesse Winchester, AMSD Concerts, 4650 Chase Morrin , Book Works/Pannikin, Flower Len Rainey & the Midnight Players , Patrick’s II, Hill Mall, Del Mar, 8pm. International Ethnic Folk Dancing (intermedi - 428 F St., 9pm. Mansfield St., 7:30pm. ate & advanced) , Balboa Park Club & War every friday The Beach Boys , Humphrey’s, 2241 Shelter Beatles Tribute , Humphrey’s, 2241 Shelter Memorial Bldg., 7:30pm. Island Dr., 8pm. Sam Johnson Jazz Duo , Cosmos, 8278 La Island Dr., 7:30pm. Open Mic , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 7:30pm. Mesa Blvd., 3pm. Joey Ryan/Kenneth Pattengale/Ari Herstand , friday • 3 Lalah Hathaway , Anthology, 1337 India St., Pro-Invitational Blues Jam , O’Connell’s Pub, Open Mic , Lion Coffee, 101 Market St., 6pm. 7:30&9:30pm. Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. 1310 Morena Blvd., 8pm. Folding Mr. Lincoln , Wynola Pizza Express, Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings , David Patrone , Blue Fire Grill, La Costa Spa, Art Blakey Tribute w/ Willie JonesIII/Gilbert 2100 Costa Del Mar Rd., Carlsbad, 6pm. 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. Castellanos , Dizzy’s @ SD Wine & Culinary Anthology, 1337 India St., 9:30pm. Steven Ybarra , Del mar Plaza, 1555 Camino Del Center, 200 Harbor Dr., 8pm. every tuesday Tomcat Courtney , Turquoise Cafe-Bar Europa, 873 Turquoise St., 6:30pm. Mar, 6pm. George Svoboda , Book Works/Pannikin, Flower Lou Fanucchi , Paesano, 3647 30th St., 5:30pm. Septeto Nacional , Anthology, 1337 India St., Hill Mall, Del Mar, 8pm. saturday • 18 Joe Marillo Trio , Rebecca’s, 3015 Juniper St., Traditional Irish Session , The Ould Sod, 3373 7pm. (1st three Fridays of the month) 7:30&9:30pm. Thrift Store Cowboys , Tin Can Alehouse, 1863 Banjo & Fiddle Contest/Mountain Music Adams Ave., 7pm. Justin James , Gordon Biersch Brewery, 5010 5th Ave., 8pm. John Kopecky Trio South Park Bar & Grill, Festival , Frank Lane Park, Julian, 9am-6pm. Open Mic , Beach Club Grille, 710 Seacoast 1946 Fern St., 7pm. Mission Center Rd., 8pm. Three Chord Justice , Kaminski’s BBQ, 12735 ArtWalk on the Bay w/ Steph Johnson/Josh Dr., Imperial Beach, 7pm. Steve Poltz , Oasis House Concert, Sorrento Poway Rd., 8:30pm. Elliott Larence , Shooters, Sheraton Hotel La Damigo/Justin James/Wendy Bailey/The Chet & the Committee All Pro Blues Jam , Jolla, Holiday Court Dr., 7pm. Valley, 8pm. www.OasisHouseConcerts.com Gregory Page CD Release , Lestat’s, 3343 Heavy Guilt , 849 W. Harbor Dr., 3pm. The Harp, 4935 Newport Ave., 7:30pm. Tony Taravella , Book Works/Pannikin, Flower Adams Ave., 9pm. John Foltz , The Marble Room, 535 5th Ave., Allison Lonsdale , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., Open Mic , Second Wind, 8515 Navajo Rd., 8pm. 8pm. (no show Aug. 6) Hill Mall, Del Mar, 8pm. 6pm. Open Mic , The Royal Dive, 2949 San Luis Rey Open Mic , Bella Roma Restaurant, 6830 La John Lee Hooker Jr. , Humphrey’s Backstage Susie Glaze & the Hilonsome Band , Wynola Rd., Oceanside, 8pm. Lounge, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., 8pm. saturday • 11 Jolla Blvd. #103, 8pm. Pizza Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. Patrick Berrogain’s Hot Club Combo , Prado Shawn Rohlf & the Buskers CD Release , Open Mic , L’Amour de Yogurt, 9975 Carmel Jazz 88.3 Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival , Rightside Band , Friendly Grounds, 9225 Carlton Restaurant, Balboa Park, 8pm. Mountain Rd., 8pm. Whistle Stop Bar, 2236 Fern St., 9pm. Hills Blvd., Santee, 6pm. Newport Ave., Ocean Beach, 10am. Open Mic , O’Connells, 1310 Morena Blvd., Open Mic , Egyptian Tea Room & Smoking Three Chord Justice , Rosie O’Grady’s, 3402 Steve Willard’s Cyborg Orchestra & Telephone 8:30pm. Adams Ave., 9pm. Chris Stuart Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar Parlour, 4644 College Ave., 9pm. Workshop , Old Time Music, 2852 University Chains , Museum of Making Music, 5790 Open Mic , Portugalia, 4839 Newport Ave., 9pm. Loomis & the Lust/Lovers Drugs , Lestat’s, 3343 Armada Dr., Carlsbad, 7pm. Jazilla , Turquoise Cafe-Bar Europa, 873 Ave., 10:30am-noon. Turquoise St., 9pm. Adams Ave., 9pm. Chris Stuart Bluegrass Songwriting Workshop , Sue Palmer Trio , Bing Crosby’s, 7007 Friar’s Rd., Old Time Music, 2852 University Ave., 1:30-3pm. Fashion Valley Mall, 7pm. every wednesday saturday • 4 Patric Petrie & the Bad Blokes , O’Sullivans, Ricky Ruis , Cosmos, 8278 La Mesa Blvd., 7pm. Chuck Schiele & Friends , Farmers Market, every saturday 640 Grand Ave., Carlsbad, 2:30pm. The Browne Sisters & George Cavanaugh , San Newport Ave., Ocean Beach, 4-7pm. Joe Marillo , The Brickyard, 675 W. G St., Mark Jackson Band , Wynola Pizza Express, Howling Coyotes Reunion , Wynola Pizza Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Lou Fanucchi , Romesco Restaurant, 4346 9:30am. 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. Magdalena, Encinitas, 7:30pm. Bonita Rd., 6pm. Open Mic (last Saturday of the month), Valley Charlie Imes & the Hodads , Mission Bay Yacht Allied Gardens , John & Patty’s House Concert, Tom Baird w/ David Silva & Friends , Tomcat Courtney , Turquoise Cafe-Bar Europa, Music, 1611 N. Magnolia Ave., El Cajon, 6pm. Club, 1215 El Carmel Place, 6pm. Encinitas, 7pm. [email protected] Rebecca’s, 3015 Juniper St., 7:30pm. 873 Turquoise St., 6:30pm. Gregory Page , Westgate Hotel, 1055 2nd Ave., Labor Day Blues Fest w/ Stoney B. Blues/Chet 760/479-0255 Jack Tempchin , Zen House Concert, Mira David Patrone , Jimmy Love’s, 672 5th Ave., 8pm. & the Committee/Laurie Movan/Dennis Jones Jim Earp , Cosmos, 8278 La Mesa Blvd., 7pm. Mesa, 8pm. 858/586-1672 6:30pm. John Foltz , The Marble Room, 535 5th Ave., Band/Red Lotus Revue/Mercedes Moore , Harry & Nancy Mestyanek , E Street Cafe, 128 Dan Navarro , Canyonfolk House Concert, Jerry Gontang , Desi & Friends, 2734 Lytton 8:30pm. Humphrey’s Backstage Lounge, 2241 Shelter W. E St., Encinitas, 7pm. Harbison Canyon, 8pm. [email protected] St., 7pm. Blues Jam , South Park Bar & Grill, 1946 Fern Island Dr., 6pm. David Wilcox , AMSD Concerts, 4650 Mansfield Joel Rafael , Rock Valley House Concert, Open Mic , Bad Ass Coffee, 9878 Carmel St., 9pm. Scott West , Voodoo Stage, House of Blues, St., 7:30pm. University City, 8pm. [email protected] Mountain Rd., 7pm. David Patrone , Tommy V’s, 3790 Via de la 1055 5th Ave., 7pm. Stanley Jordan , Anthology, 1337 India St., Nikki Lang/Nicole Vaughn/Haley Plotnick , Scandinavian Dance Class , Folk Dance Center, Valle, Del Mar, 9:30pm. Heloise Love , Templar’s Hall, Old Poway Park, 7:30&9:30pm. Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Dancing Unlimited, 4569 30th St., 7:30pm. 14134 Midland Rd., 7pm. Air Supply , Humphrey’s, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., Sue Palmer Trio , Bing Crosby’s, 7007 Friar’s Rd., 8pm. Mountain Dulcimer Jam , Old Time Music, 2852 Kina Grannis/Ry Cuming , Anthology, 1337 India Fashion Valley Mall, 7pm. sunday • 19 Berkley Hart/Joel Rafael , Swedenborg Hall, University Ave., 7pm. St., 7:30pm. Shay La Vie , Cosmos, 8278 La Mesa Blvd., 7pm. 1531 Tyler Ave., 8pm. Banjo & Fiddle Contest/Mountain Music Dave Liebman , Anthology, 1337 India St., Randi Driscoll/Larry Mitchell/Noah Heldman , Josh Damigo/Broni , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., Festival , Frank Lane Park, Julian, 9am-4pm. 7:30pm. monday • 27 Swedenborg Hall, 1531 Tyler Ave., 7:30pm. 9pm. Robin Henkel Band w/ Billy Watson , Mission Helen Sun Quartet CD Release , Dizzy’s @ SD Wine & Culinary Center, 200 Harbor Dr., 8pm. Septeto Nacional , Anthology, 1337 India St., Bay Deli, 1548 Quivera Way, 2pm. Slaid Cleaves , AMSD Concerts, 4650 Mansfield 7:30&9:30pm. Honky Tonk Jam , Old Time Music, 2852 Salli Martin & Dean Aronoff , South Park Bar & St., 7:30pm. sunday • 12 Grill, 1946 Fern St., 9pm. Music from Kyrgyzstan: Ordo Sakhna , Dizzy’s University Ave., 7pm. Emmylou Harris , Humphrey’s, 2241 Shelter @ SD Wine & Culinary Center, 200 Harbor Dr., Allen Stone/Joe Gil , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., San Diego Folk Song Society , Old Time Music, Way Back Then , Wynola Pizza Express, 4355 Island Dr., 7:30pm. 8pm. Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. 9pm. Cash’d Out/Pushin’ Rope/Off the Wagon , Belly 2852 University Ave., 2pm. Up, 143 S. Cedros, Solana Beach, 9pm. Lori Bell & Diane Snodgrass , San Diego Public Charlie Imes/Lisa Sanders/Podunk Nowhere/ Library, 820 E St., 2:30pm. Sven-Erik Seaholm , Swedenborg Hall, 1531 tuesday • 28 Skelpin , Gallagher’s, 5046 Newport Ave., 9pm. Tyler Ave., 7pm. friday • 24 Allegretto Ensemble CD Release , Harding Lou Curtiss Song Circle , 1725 Granite Hills Dr., Joey Harris & the Mentals , Chico Club, 7366 El Comm. Ctr., 3096 Harding St., Carlsbad, 2:30pm. Peter Sprague CD Release , Tango Del Rey, Mountain Tribal Gypsies , Wynola Pizza Cajon Blvd., 9pm. 3567 Del Rey St., 7:30pm. El Cajon, 6pm. Cowboy Jack , Hennessey’s, 224 Main St., Vista, Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. Aaron Bowen/Mimes of Wine , Lestat’s, 3343 Eliza Gilkyson , AMSD Concerts, 4650 Robin Henkel , Wine Steals, 1953 San Elijo, 4pm. Christine Lavin , AMSD Concerts, 4650 CArdiff, 7pm. Adams Ave., 9pm. Mansfield St., 7:30pm. Mansfield St., 7:30pm. De De Hill , Wynola Pizza Express, 4355 Hwy. Jukebox the Ghost/Hooray for Earth/AB & the 78, Julian, 6pm. Eben Brooks/Heroes Against Hunger , Lestat’s, Billy Watson , Book Works/Pannikin, Flower 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Sea , The Loft, Price Center East, 2nd floor, sunday • 5 San Diego Music Awards , Humphrey’s by the Hill Mall, Del Mar, 8pm. UCSD Campus, La Jolla, 7:30pm. Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., 7pm. Citizen Band , Cheers, 2475 Main St., Ramona, Chet & the Committee , Patrick’s II, 428 F St., Harry & Nancy Mestyanek/Brooks Vandergraf , Robin Henkel Band w/ Horns! , Lestat’s, 3343 monday • 20 9pm. 9pm. Rebecca’s, 3015 Juniper St., 10am. Adams Ave., 8pm. Joey Harris w/ Paul & Caren Kamanski , McP’s Poway Folk Circle Bluegrass Jam , Templar’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave., Coronado, 3pm. Hall, Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd., saturday • 25 wednesday • 29 monday • 13 6:30pm. Grand Canyon Sundown , Wynola Pizza Adams Ave. Street Fair – music all day , Adams Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. Zapf Dingbats , Marble Room, 535 5th Ave., Sue Palmer Quintet , Croce’s, 802 5th AVe., Ave. & Felton St., Normal Heights, 10am-9pm. 7:30pm. Peter Sprague & Leonard Patton , House Toy Piano Music w/ Sue Palmer & Scott 7:30pm. Paulson , Geisel Library, UCSD Campus, La Volcan Mountain Folk w/ MTG, Po’ Girl , AMSD Concerts, 4650 Mansfield St., Concert, Del Mar, 6pm. 858/720-1255 Jolla, 2pm. Calexico/Sergio Mendoza/La Orkesta , Belly Jakes Mountain/Way Back When/High Wire/ Up, 143 S. Cedros, Solana Beach, 8pm. 7:30pm. Jason Reeves/Todd Carey , Lestat’s, 3343 Chet & the Committee , Patrick’s II, 428 F St., Manda Mosher/Prairie Sky , Menghini Winery, Adams Ave., 9pm. 1150 Julian Orchards Dr., Julian, 10am-5pm. Lee Konitz New Quartet , Neurosciences 9pm. Institute, 10640 Hopkins Dr., La Jolla, 8pm. Joey Harris & the Mentals , Tiki House, 1152 Patric Petrie & the Bad Blokes , Penny Lane Garnet Ave., 10pm. tuesday • 21 Pub, 1001 W. San Marcos Blvd., 5pm. Citizen Band , Stage Saloon, 762 5th Ave., 9pm. tuesday • 14 Faultline , Wynola Pizza Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Jordan Reimer/Jessical Lerner , Lestat’s, 3343 Curtis Fuller , Saville Theatre, SD City College Adams Ave., 9pm. Campus, 14th & C St., 8pm. Julian, 6pm. monday • 6 Lou Curtiss Song Circle , 1725 Granite Hills Dr., Jim Earp & Charlie Imes , Rebecca’s, 3015 El Cajon, 6pm. Juniper St., 8pm. Bill Dempsey , Festival of Sail, San Diego Poway Folk Circle w/ Cliff Keller , Templar’s wednesday • 22 thursday • 30 Embarcadero, 1pm. Hall, Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd., Blue Monday Pro Jam , Humphrey’s Backstage 6:30pm. Charles Johnson , Escondido Public Library, 239 Tab Benoit , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. sunday • 26 S. Kalmia St., 10:30am. Lounge, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., 5pm. Charlie Imes , Voodoo Stage, House of Blues, Rebecca Kleinmann , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Jackson Browne/David Lindley , Humphrey’s, 1055 5th Ave., 8pm. Ave., 9pm. Adams Ave. Street Fair – music all day , Adams Ave. & Felton St., Normal Heights,, 10am-6pm. 2241 Shelter Island Dr., 7:30pm. tuesday • 7 Volcan Mountain Folk Music Festival w/ Rise Led Kaapana/Fran Guidry , AMSD Concerts, 4650 Mansfield St., 7:30pm. Justin Nozuka/Alex Cuba/Ry Cuming , Belly Up, wednesday • 15 thursday • 23 & Shine/Grand Canyon Sundown/Three Faces 143 S. Cedros, Solana Beach, 8pm. West/Acoustic Coalition/The Girlz/MTG , Jazz Crusaders , Anthology, 1337 India St., Joe Rathburn , Imperial Beach Library, 810 Charles Johnson Songs & Stories , Rancho Menghini Winery, 1150 Julian Orchards Dr., 7:30&9:30pm. Imperial Beach Blvd., 6pm. Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Dr., Julian, 10am-5pm. Rhythms of the World in Jazz , Dizzy’s @ SD wednesday • 8 Damon Castillo Band , Anthology, 1337 India St., 10:30am. Slo Jam , Templar’s Hall, Old Poway Park, 14134 Wine & Culinary Center, 200 Harbor Dr., 8pm. 7:30pm. Joe Rathburn w/ Patty Hall & Allen Singer , Midland Rd., 1pm. OK at Best/Rob Deez/Kelsea Rae Little , Issac Delgado/Freddy Cole , Anthology, 1337 Sue Palmer Quintet , Croce’s, 802 5th AVe., Milano Coffee Co., 8685 Rio San Diego Dr., 7pm. The Girlz w/ Harry Joe Reynolds , Wynola Pizza Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. India St., 7:30pm. 7:30pm. 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