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what’s inside Welcome Mat ………3 Mission Contributors Sea Chantey Festival Full Circle.. …………4 David Grisman Recordially, Lou Curtiss Frank Sinatra Front Porch... ………8 Larry Grano Paul Abbott Parlor Showcase …10 Eve Selis Ramblin’... …………12 Bluegrass Corner Zen of Recording Hosing Down Radio Daze Stages Highway’s Song. …14 Telemagica Festival Carl Evans Jr. Jamie Laval Of Note. ……………16 Patty Hall Derrick Oshana Steven Ybarra Bill Dempsey Rhythm & the Method Tomcat Courtney Zzymzzy Quartet The Turtle Project ‘Round About ...... …18 May Music Calendar The Local Seen ……19 Photo Page

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MISSION CONTRIBUTORS To promote, encourage, and provide an FOUNDERS lternative voice for the great local music that a Ellen and Lyle Duplessie is generally overlooked by the mass media; Liz Abbott namely the genres of alternative country, Kent Johnson Americana, roots, folk, blues, gospel, jazz, and bluegrass. To entertain, educate, and bring PUBLISHERS together players, writers, and lovers of these Liz Abbott forms; to explore their foundations; and to Kent Johnson expand the audience for these types of music. EDITORIAL/GRAPHICS Liz Abbott SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR, the local source for Chuck Schiele alternative country, Americana, roots, folk, blues, gospel, jazz, and bluegrass music news, ADVERTISING is published monthly and is free of charge. Kent Johnson Letters to the editor must be signed and may be BUSINESS CONSULTANT edited for content. It is not, however, guaranteed Joanna Schiele that they will appear. by Ken Graydon If the Star of India could sing, her con - ings of a ship that relied on the winds of DISTRIBUTION All opinions expressed in SAN DIEGO cert would include Hawaiian and Maori nature to propel her on her way. While it is Kent Johnson TROUBADOUR are solely the opinion of the Dave Sawyer So ho, boys ho for Cali-for-nay-o chants and drinking songs from pubs from true that the wind is the force that moves writer and do not represent the opinions of the Mark Jackson Melbourne to Liverpool, Glasgow to the ship, it is also true that the muscle of staff or management. All rights reserved. There’s plenty of gold so I’ve been told Indian Joe Stewart On the banks of the Sacramento Iquique, and all in between. In her crew - the crew was the force that raised the ADVERTISING INFORMATION Dan Long men’s voices she would carry the songs of anchor, set the sails, and accomplished all For advertising rates, call 619/298-8488 Peter Bolland alifornia has a rich and colorful sea - Mexico, Norway, Australia, Germany, the other work she required. The roaring or e-mail [email protected]. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER faring history dating from well Holland, and others as well as those from call-and-answer of the chanteyman and SUBSCRIPTIONS are available for $30/yr. Steve Covault before its entry into the United the British Isles and North America. crew set the rhythm for the mighty pulls Send check payable to S.D. Troubadour to: WEB MASTER C States. Most people are familiar with Dana’s However, other than the hum of wind these jobs needed so that they all heaved San Diego Troubadour Will Edwards memoir in Two Years Before the Mast and through the rigging and the percussion of together. The responsibility of the chantey - P.O. Box 164 WRITERS La Jolla, CA 92038 most know of Sir Francis Drake’s claiming waves pounding her iron hull, she is mute, man (or leader) was to set a pace and alter Michael Alvarez E-mail: [email protected]. so we must sing for her. On May 18, the it if need be, suitable to the effort and Peter Bolland Northern California for England. There are WHERE TO FIND US Can’t find a copy of the Lou Curtiss also records from Spanish, Russian, and San Diego Folk Heritage’s Annual Sea length of time required for completion. A San Diego Troubadour? Go to Will Edwards Portuguese landings on her shores. The area Chantey Festival, now in its 16th year, takes chantey for raising anchor might require as www.sandiegotroubadour.com and click Ken Graydon place on her decks. Again, her sails will be little as five minutes if the chain ran verti - on FIND AN ISSUE for a complete list of we know as San Diego has seen most of Paul Hormick set by a crew of hard-working volunteers cally but if many lengths had paid out away locations we deliver to. Jim McInnes these explorers and, indeed, has developed who have devoted themselves to learning- from the bow, it could require up to an hour SUBMITTING YOUR CD FOR REVIEW Bart Mendoza its own history involving hides and tallow, If you have a CD you’d like to be considered for Tim Mudd tuna fishing, ship building, timber booming, by-doing the duties required by a ship. And to work her up to the anchor’s position and review, send two copies to: San Diego Chuck Schiele and the whole gamut down to today’s com - under those sails on her decks, another then to hoist away. In contrast, a walkaway Troubadour, P.O. Box 164, La Jolla, CA 92038. Sven-Erik Seaholm crew will musically relate life at sea from chantey like “Blow the Man Down” seldom José Sinatra mercial shipping and cruise terminals. SUBMITTING A CALENDAR LISTING Allen Singer The mission of the Maritime Museum of the decks of hundreds of ships that she rep - ran more than a minute. Pumping chanteys Email your gig date, including location, address, Steve Thorn San Diego is “…to engage members and the resents: songs of pubs and waterfront dives could cover a wide span of time depending and time to [email protected] by D. Dwight Worden from around the world, songs of pirates, on how wet the bilge had become. Many the 23rd of the month prior to publication. public in the study of maritime history Cover photo: Sarah Nee while promoting scholarly research.” In the merchantmen, naval battles, and songs of chanteys could be used for different tasks – ©2008 San Diego Troubadour. Cover design: Chuck Schiele pursuit of this mission the museum has just plain adoration for what the Star of hoisting sail, raising anchor, setting and re- gathered an impressive fleet of vessels of India represents. setting sail – while some had specific appli - different types, each with a fascinating his - This year the line-up includes the ever- cations and were used for nothing else. Add The San Diego Troubadour is dedicated to the memory of Ellen and Lyle Duplessie , tory of its own. The reigning queen of the popular Jackstraws, with their high energy to these the work songs of the dockside whose vision inspired the creation of this newspaper. fleet is the Star of India, nee Euterpe. Her and flamboyant dress; Bill Dempsey, instru - stevedores, the cotton stowers, and the life as Euterpe began in 1863 as an East mental in Dana Point’s maritime celebra - grain and coal loaders, and the rich tapestry Indiaman carrying cargo from Liverpool to tions; the Westlin Weavers, an all-female of sea music emerges. The one common Calcutta and other exotic places, a career group with stunning harmonies; and thread of all sea music, whether chanteys, she would pursue until 1871 when she was Gilman Carver, a mainstay of these festivals. docksiders, forebitters, or drinking songs is CORRECTION sold and refitted as an emigrant ship carry - It will also feature Holdstock and McCloud that they had a leader with a strong voice from the San Francisco Bay area with an and a roaring, rousing chorus to respond In last month’s cover story ing settlers to New Zealand. This was her about Joey Harris, Skid life until the early 1890s at which time she emphasis on seafaring and landside songs of with their parts, such as: Roper’s name was inadver - became a freighter again. In 1898 her the Pacific coast, reaching as far back as the Leader: When I was a little lad ’twas tently omitted in the caption British flag was replaced briefly with gold rush. In addition, this the crew will then my mother told me… accompanying the adjacent Hawaiian registry and then with the Stars join in the chanteying while demonstrating Chorus: Way, haul away, we’ll haul photo. It should read: and Stripes as she hauled sugar from Hawaii the mastery of ship’s lines, capstans, and away Joe… to San Francisco. canvas. They join a distinguished list of fea - Leader: That if I did not kiss the girls their Country Dick and the Snuggle In 1901 she was again sold to Alaska tured performers from years past, including lips would all get moldy… Bunnies (left to right: Dan Packers Association and refitted for the Tom Lewis, a Canadian who has sung on Chorus: Way, haul away, we’ll haul McLain, Robin Jackson, Nino salmon fishing that was to be her final the Star numerous times; Skip Henderson, a away Joe. Del Pesco, Skid Roper, Paul working life. In 1923 she dropped anchor in seafarer from Alameda; Lou Killen, now So, come along. Fulfill a childhood Kamanski, Joey Harris) Alameda and her working days were over. returned to England and a master of a cap - dream. Run away from home and go to sea She would languish there until 1927 when a pella sea music; Pint ‘n’ Dale, a duo from for a day, never leaving the Embarcadero few San Diegans with a huge dream and a Seattle; and most recently, Oceans Apart, side. Feel the sea breeze as it fills the sails of $9,000 benefactor purchased her and blending Scottish and Welsh influences. a living ship. Join the rousing chantey cho - arranged for a tow to San Diego. The foundation of all this must rest rus as you heave on a line and maybe, just Now in 2008, at 145 years of age, she is securely on the shoulders of San Diego’s maybe, go into the waterfront pub afterward again a living ship, thanks to extreme devo - own Sam Hinton and Johnny Walker, who for a friendly libation upon your return to tion by both a museum with a vision, and for so many years were the bulwarks of this dry land. years of faithful dedicated “sweat equity” event. The Star of India is docked at the San from hands-on volunteers. She is a living Of all music of and about the sea, the Diego Maritime Museum at the foot of Ash link with our past human contests and with chanteys are unique. They were, and, Street on the Embarcadero. This event conquests of the oceans that separate our thanks to events and participants in events opens at 10am on Sunday, May 18, and is continents. of this kind, are a window into the work - free with a ticket to the museum.

www.sandiegotroubadour.com 3 MAY 2008 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR full circle David Grisman and his Bluegrass Experience Come to the Roots Festival by Dwight Worden characterized by the lengthy and intricate solos that would become a Grisman trade - ew have had a greater influence on mark. modern acoustic music than David In 1976 Grisman assembled a new group FGrisman. “The Dawg,” as he is affec - comprised of Tony Rice on guitar, Todd Philips tionately called, has played with everyone on mandolin/bass, Joe Carrol on bass, and from Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass, to Darol Anger on fiddle. The David Grisman Jerry Garcia. Since the Dawg is coming to Quintet released its self-titled Quintet album town as part of the Adams Avenue Roots and on Kaleidoscope Records in 1977, soon Folk Festival, let’s take a closer look at the becoming one of the seminal influences in the man and his music. Grisman with Jerry Garcia “newgrass” movement of the times, in large While perhaps best known for his brilliant part due to its jazz influenced and intricate David “Dawg” Grisman mandolin work and his playing in Old and in Word has it that Jerry Garcia was a great solos and harmonies. The Quintet’s follow up the Way with Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, and admirer of Florida-based fiddle player Vassar album in 1978, Hot Dawg , was in many ways moved on to play with banjo player Béla which is a solidly traditional bluegrass band. Vassar Clements in the 1970s, Grisman’s musi - Clements, and the chance to play with Vassar Grisman’s break-through recording. It was Fleck, who to this day credits Grisman as one Featuring the Dawg on mandolin and vocals; cal background actually began with jazz. As a was a driving force in Garcia’s pulling Old and released on A&M’s jazz imprint, Horizon, and of his major influences. In 1985 Grisman the Dawg’s son, Samson Grisman on bass; Jim teenager in New York, Grisman was already in the Way together. As Grisman told it in one featured jazz violin legend Stéphane Grappelli formed yet another new group called Svinging Nunnally on guitar (of John Reischman and playing the piano, saxophone, and mandolin. of his workshops called “An Hour with the (of Hot Club de France fame). with Svend, featuring seasoned jazz musicians the Jaybirds), Keith Little on five-string banjo While at New York University in 1963 he Dawg,” as they were driving Vassar in to town Svend Asmussen on violin, Jim Kerwin on (of Dolly Parton and the Country Gentleman); began playing with the Even Dozen Jug Band, from the airport, Vassar noticed a billboard bass, Dimitrie Vandellos on guitar, and George and Chad Manning on fiddle, this new group which included, among others, Maria Muldaur with Jerry Garcia’s picture on it advertising a Marsh on drums. This group produced music plays rockin’ good traditional bluegrass, fea - and John Sebastian. Then in 1966 bluegrass Grateful Dead concert, to which Vassar com - that was solidly jazz oriented, and was fol - turing the music of Bill Monroe and other standout Red Allen invited Grisman to join his mented in genuine surprise, “Hey, Jerry, that lowed by the more traditional bluegrass bluegrass stalwarts. Started in the Dawg’s Kentuckians. In this standout group the still guy looks a lot like you.” recording Home Is Where the Heart Is, released home territory of San Francisco, performances young Grisman honed his already considerable in 1988. of this new Grisman group regularly generate mandolin chops and bluegrass style. He a line around the block. reports what a thrill it was to play with some Through it all David Grisman has of his bluegrass heroes and reminisces about remained a down-to-earth “regular guy.” The the hours he spent listening to old LPs of the following story tells a lot about the man and bluegrass pioneers and the effort he put in his attitude toward musicians and music. In learning their licks. To this day, at the drop of 2001 the Wintergrass Festival in Tacoma, a hat, he can rip out, note for note, any of the Washington booked as its head liner a 25-year reunion performance by the David Grisman Bill Monroe mandolin licks one might like to Violin legend Stéphane Grappelli and Grisman hear. Quintet featuring its original members. The In 1967 Grisman joined Peter Rowan in Inevitable turnover occurred in the make - huge auditorium was a quick sellout, with the progressive bluegrass band called Earth up of the Quintet, and by the time Mondo many people begging, pleading, and bargain - Opera. With Rowan, Grisman created an avant Mando was recorded in 1981, the group ing trying to get tickets. As I returned to my garde sound that was a blend of jazz, country, included Rob Wasserman on bass, Mark hotel room for the night, at about one in the folk, rock, and pop music. Grisman then met O’Connor on fiddle, Tony Rice on guitar, Darol Original David Grisman Quintet (l to r): morning the night before the concert, feeling Old and in the Way album cover Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead and played Anger on fiddle, and Grisman on mandolin. In Todd Phillips, Grisman, Tony Rice, Joe sorry for the folks who couldn’t get tickets to on the Dead’s classic American Beauty album. all, Grisman recorded four albums for Warner Carrol, Darol Anger see the Dawg, I noticed a cluster of folks jam - It was through this connection with Jerry Ever moving forward, after Old and in the from 1980-83, with 1982’s Dawg Jazz/Dawg ming in the hotel lobby. I looked closer and Garcia, an avid banjo player and bluegrass fan Way, Grisman went on to form the Great Grass notable as the second release featuring Grisman then went on to found his own saw David “the Dawg” Grisman himself at the himself, that Grisman and Garcia, along with American String Band with Muleskinner fiddle Grappelli and presenting a creative blend of label, Acoustic Disc, producing a steady stream center of the circle, jamming away with Peter Rowan, put together the now legendary player Richard Greene. This group produced half swing and half bluegrass music. of recordings, including his highly acclaimed whomever wanted to join in. To me that said it Old and in the Way band. innovative music that, for the first time, was As the Quintet years ended, Grisman releases in 1991 with Jerry Garcia of Tone all: you couldn’t get a ticket for love or money Poems. A series of duets and tours were to see this famous man on stage, but hey, if wedged into this time period as well, including you wanted to jam until the wee hours bump - Grisman’s duets with Tony Rice and with Doc ing shoulders with him in the lobby, come on Watson – the Doc and Dawg Tour and release. down! The Doc and Dawg Tour played San Diego at The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience the El Cajon Performing Arts Center. Ever will be appearing in a special concert on eclectic and ever on the move, Grisman then Saturday May 3, 2pm, as part of the Adams released his Latin influenced Dawganova in Avenue Roots Festival. Visit 1995, presenting yet another creative side to www.AdamsAveOnline.com or call (619) 282- his multi-faceted musical persona. 7329 for tickets and information. Now, Grisman is coming full circle. He brings to San Diego his Bluegrass Experience,

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a whole series of festivals and concert book - P ings that lasted throughout the spring, sum - the first three festivals, help with the founding CDs (for the Dancing Cat people). The new like to talk about the real old time country mer, and fall with a layoff through the winter of Folk Arts Rare Records, and then move on one is a duet with old buddy Bob Webb and songs. (Ray will be 82 this year and I know months and then it all started again. For many to other things, getting back together three Curt ought to have some to sell at the festival. they’d love to hear from San Diego fans who of the regulars in the 1970s through the early years ago and now back with us again this Expect Curt and Kathy and Carol to team up remember their 11 visits to San Diego.) You Oughts, our festival here in San Diego was a year. Ray Bierl was also part of the festival that for a duet or two as they did in the early days. could probably get an address from Fred and chance for many musicians to get together first year and he is back with us this year both Tom “Tomcat” Courtney will be with us as Cathay Zipp (good friends of the Pattersons) again, swap stories (good and bad), rebond, solo and with the all-star aggravation High, he often is. Tom first played at the fifth at this year’s Festival. I also heard from Sue and along the way make some good music Wide and Handsome. That group will also Festival in 1971 (the first year he was in San Draheim and then Mac Benford about a together for a much appreciative audience. It include Clark Powell and his dobro guitar Diego) and has played a pile of them since. reunion of Dr. Humbead’s New Tranquility Lou Curtiss was also a chance to meet new people and (Clark played with Ray at the third San Diego He’s another one with a new CD out finally String Band (who, along with opening for the carry the word about the San Diego music Folk Festival in 1969). Another returnee who after 35 years playing around San Diego (he Grateful Dead at the Fillmore and Avalon Considering that no radio station in San Diego scene across the country. If someone found a first played at that 1969 festival is Mary did record four sides on the old San Diego Ballrooms, played at the third San Diego Folk is willing to play any kind of folk or tradition - new fiddle tune, or guitar tuning (ask Mary McCaslin, who has been at many Folk and Blues Jam LP in 1974). This is the best he’s Festival). That would certainly be special. al music (Shame! Shame! Shame!) and hasn’t McCaslin about that), or a really exciting new Roots Festivals over the years. She has expand - done and he’s booked for national touring and Right now in the digitization process Russ for a long, long time, playing it on line might or old set of lyrics to a song, or the telling of a ed the western songwriting genre to new limits European Festivals in the fall. See the CD Hamm and I are up to the 7th Folk Festival, be the only way. I’ve sure got the material. I story, it was going to come out here, and for and pioneered a unique and much-copied review in this issue on page 18. Martin Henry which featured Wade and Julia Mainer, U Utah just need a few people to speak up and tell the next year people would be singing it or singing style not to mention those ever present also first played at the fourth Folk Festival in Phillips, Norman Kennedy, Michael Cooney, folks what kind of music you want to hear. playing it or telling it and each one in the unusual guitar tunings into a unique career. 1970 and he’ll be back this year. Walt Richards Hank and Sandy Bradley, Fiddlin’ Red Simpson doing adding their bit to the Folk Process. San Diego folksinger-songwriter Bob LeBeau (of Trails and Rails who’ll be here this year) and the Old Scratch Band, Dr. Avery P. A FINAL THOUGHT That homecoming has sort of dropped off was writing and singing his own hand-crafted played at the first festival in 1967 as part of Snootful’s Medicine Show, the Sweets Mill I’ve put 20 San Diego Folk Festivals during the past few years, but it’s making a songs before most anyone talked about singer- another group. Patty Hall joined us in the mid- Mountain Boys, the Old Hat Band, Jim Ringer, together (mostly at San Diego State), 17 kind of comeback this year at the new songwriters and was an established part of the ’70s for a festival or two and she’s with us Otis Pierce, Mary McCaslin, Sandy and Adams Avenue Roots Festivals (whether I got processed Adams Avenue Roots and Folk San Diego folk scene when he first played at again this year with her songs and stories. Caroline Paton, and a whole lot more. That credit for them or not), four Blues Festivals Festival. Some of the people who played some the fourth San Diego Folk Festival in 1970. Those are most of the folks who are coming was the 1973 Festival and along with that, we (with varying degrees of success), and 13 of those early festivals are coming back and He’s been back too few times over the years, home to the annual Homecoming, which has were doing concerts at Folk Arts Rare Records, Adams Avenue Street Fairs (from 1994-2003). hopefully bringing some of that homecoming but he’ll be with us this year. Curt Bouterse taken place on Adams Avenue for the last 17 so all of them will be digitized too and added So that makes 54 music festivals I’ve organ - spirit with them. Kathy Larisch and Carol has been with the festival since the very begin - years. to the collection (some of those concerts ized. I’d like to see THE 55th LOU CURTISS McComb will be back with us again. In the ning and it wouldn’t be a festival without his If you are reading this after May 3-4, you include Sam Hinton, Tom Waits, Wayne OLD TIME SONG FESTIVAL. Anybody want very beginning the festival was sort of born in banjar, hammered dulcimer, and Southeast missed it, but you can inquire about next Stromberg, Johnny Walker, Sam Chatmon, to help me with that one? Blues, jazz, folk Carol McComb’s living room behind the old Asian pipes (on which he plays Southern year’s dates by getting a hold of the Adams Ringer and McCaslin, Martin Henry, Holly songs, doo wop, rockabilly, honkytonk coun - Blue Guitar on Midway Drive. That was back Appalachian fiddle tunes naturally). Curt has Avenue Business Association and telling them Tannen, and even the Oak Farts Ramblers). try, old timey, bluegrass, vaudeville, i.e., all the in 1967, and Kathy and Carol would play at finally gotten around to recording a couple of you want more of the same and want to bring Some of the stuff is being posted at Folk Arts old time songs that Lou Curtiss likes to listen your uncle down from Enumclaw, Rare Records.com for your listening and to and none that he doesn’t. Is that only a Washington, so you need those dates now. downloading pleasure. dream? Probably. Have a good musical month. Now there are lots of good people who There’s so much of this material that we’ve Recordially, have come to these homecomings more recent - even talked about an online radio station that Lou Curtiss ly (some of them for the first time this year would play nothing but material from these even), and I’ve been talking them up in previ - festivals and other live stuff from the Sound ous columns so you’ll know who to check out. Library, recorded and collected by yours truly. So do it, and enjoy it.

DIGITAL UPDATE Now this process I’m currently working on, thanks to the Grammy grant to digitize the reel-to-reel tapes from all those early concerts and festivals for inclusion in a Lou Curtiss Collection at the Library of Congress and the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology Archives, has been very gratifying for me. For one thing, it’s put me back in touch with a lot of musicians who played at some of those early festivals like Ray and Ina Patterson who aren’t playing professional anymore but still

www.sandiegotroubadour.com 5 MAY 2008 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR full circle 10 YEARS AFTER, LOCAL SINATRA FANS ASSESS FRANK’S CAREER by Steve Thorn performed one of his “Frank Sinatra, a Man a short version review when his sharp blue and His Music” television shows at NBC eyes lost focus, and he went into an alpha state n May 14, 1998, millions of televi - Burbank. that all good entertainers enter just before a sion viewers watched the final Carol and I arrived amid the controlled performance. I recognized what was happen - Oepisode of “Seinfeld.” At 10:50pm back stage bedlam as the minutes ticked down ing and cut it short, when his handler jumped Pacific Standard Time, Frank Sinatra died at to Don Costa’s downbeat and Ed McMahon’s in to clear the path for his entry on stage. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles brisk opening show announcement, all aimed Frank smiled at us through a mental fog following a lengthy illness. at heralding Frank Sinatra’s take-over of their this time and turned toward the stairs that led The following day, media pundits turned in lives for the next hour. Frank’s had a gravita - up a flight to the stage and his mark where he mixed reviews for the grand finale of Jerry tional pull stronger than anyone else I ever would stand when the theme hit the air. He Seinfeld’s critically acclaimed sit-com “about knew. reached the foot of the stairs when he stopped nothing.” However, Sinatra’s lengthy career A deafening silence fell over the back stage to greet Florence LaRue, the darling cupcake had certainly been about something, and jour - area. I looked to McMahon and mouthed, of the Fifth Dimension, who just happened to nalists and popular culture historians were “What’s happening?” He subtly motioned to be standing where he would have to pass her faced with the daunting task of summarizing me to look behind us. It was Frank, sweeping on his way to the stage. Florence was grinning the contributions of arguably the greatest pop - out of his dressing room, smiling broadly, expectantly at Frank, and we saw why. Frank, ular singer of the 20th century. those blue eyes twinkling, and he was headed his fog momentarily lifted, reached out, swept A decade later, Sinatra’s legacy remains straight for Carol and me. her up in his arms and almost shouted, “Hey assured. The Frank Sinatra Estate, created and We turned and ran toward him, closing the baby! Do you want to go with me later?” operated by his family, are creating entertain - distance between us. Carol had known him in Florence exuberantly shouted, “Yeah!” Frank ment product for the market place with the Miami when he came to star in Tony Rome at had accomplished this transaction, barely same efficiency as Elvis Presley’s TCB (Taking her dad’s “Flipper” Studio. During the Tony breaking stride on his way to the stage. Care of Business) Enterprises. Most notable Rome shoot, acting as her producer father’s I recall that he sang “I’ve Got You Under among the giant array of reissues set for administrative aide, she often dealt with Frank My Skin” and “One for the Road.” I learned with Frank when his handler asked him to covered that Sinatra was always there for every release this month will be Nothing but the Best , and the “Rome” company, which had leased that most of the songs he sang were from his walk to a microphone into which he would occasion in my life with his songs. Sinatra was a 22-song CD featuring selections from the studio. classic Songs For Swingin’ Lovers LP. Time record a promo for radio and television. there when I was sad, glad, or bad; there is a Sinatra’s tenure at Reprise, the record label he Apparently she had done a good job; she compressed for us, and soon Frank finished The production man, handling the mic, song for every mood and a song for every created in 1960. The album will come with a got the first hug. the show and left the stage, obviously enrap - told Frank, “It will take just a minute, Mr. occasion in your life. previously unreleased version of “Body and I had seen him alone several times in the tured by his performance. Carol and I walked Sinatra. We have to rewind the tape.” Frank, It is extremely difficult to pick a favorite Soul,” and a commemorative United States past years, the most gripping being in Miami toward him, but his attention was focused on with an icy stare, said, “You mean the tape Sinatra album as that again goes with mood Postal Service Sinatra stamp. (Post offices will on the Tony Rome set. I had come to pick up his manager who had arrived at his side, smil - isn’t ready?” He walked away from the man and occasion and every stage of life. I am very also be selling the stamp on May 13.) Carol, marry her, and whisk her back to ing. The manager’s smile vanished by the time like he wasn’t there. We waited for him to fond of Trilogy because instead of dealing with The San Diego Troubadour recently contact - Detroit where Specs Howard and I were to we arrived. We heard Frank say, “I can’t do come out of his funk, before thanking him and a concept or theme, it deals with songs from ed a distinguished group of local Sinatra afi - begin our new radio show. I happened on him better than this. We’re going with the dress saying goodbye, but the ice melted as he different periods of time: the past, the present, cionados for their memories of Frank, ten in a corner on the set when he was on the rehearsal show,” apparently meaning that he walked over to Florence and took her arm. and the future. “The Future” is a score of what years later. phone, speaking heatedly with his wife, Mia would not do the actual show, intended for the With Florence in tow, he walked to the huge Sinatra thought he should do before his time Farrow, apparently dusting her off with finality, NBC brass, Budweiser distributors, and their doors, paused, turned, and waved goodbye to ran out; it was considered controversial by Harry “Happy Hare” Martin is a San Diego because she wouldn’t come join him in Miami bejeweled wives, waiting in the sweltering line us. We waved back, but he had already faded most of his fans, but I thought it was in great radio legend, whose intuitive knowledge of during her production break on A Dandy in outside. away as if the doors were a star gate: one taste and Sinatra was very courageous in put - what was hip allowed him to make a smooth Aspic , a film she was shooting in London. His manager was aghast. “Frank, these are minute there, the next gone. Where? To ting his ultimate ending in song. I have also transition between the end of the big bands Realizing what was going on, I started to leave important people who have been standing out Frank’s galaxy, no doubt. grown to appreciate Come Dance with Me . Billy and the arrival of rock and roll. His philan - him to his call, but he had grabbed me by the in the boiling sun for an hour. You can’t do You may ask if this was the end of Frank’s May teamed with Sinatra to do an album, now thropic projects outside of the radio studio arm, making me a reluctant witness to one of this.” relationship with NBC and Budweiser.The rat - almost 50 years old, and yet it sounds as fresh were also admirable. This hare has a tale to the seminal events in his life. Frank’s tone hardened.,“Who says?”’ ings for his dress rehearsal show came out and as if it were pressed today share. But, that sad event happened a couple of His manager, subdued by Frank’s ominous scored big. Budweiser quickly re-upped for My favorite song is not a Sinatra signature Harry Martin: I doubt that any episode cap - years ago. Frank was aglow at our Burbank tone, walked off to make the announcement another show in the series.The principal rea - song. In fact, not many people even know that tured his spirit more graphically than the reunion. Mainly, he asked playfully about our out front, that Mr. Sinatra’s performance had son he got away with it was he was right. The there are words to the very beautiful adventure when I, along with [my wife] Carol, marriage and how it was going. Realizing that been cancelled. I have often wondered how he dress rehearsal was a dazzling show that could “Moonlight Serenade.” Glenn Miller’s song was were his sole invitees backstage when Frank we were on a short tether, I started to give him framed that one. Carol and I fell in silently not have been improved upon, the greater given words by Mitch Parrish (“Stardust,” truth. Everyone falls silent before the truth. “Volare”) and I think it has a very special place I’m sensitive to the number of young peo - in my heart. Incidentally, behind it is “Just the ple in the media now who, reading this, may Way You Look Tonight” and “Old Devil not relate to this allegory about Frank. This is Moon.” I do believe that the best recording of not really about him, but about the spirit that a tune that Sinatra ever made, considering the he symbolized, a warrior who gave no ground Nelson Riddle arrangement, the precision of and won when he knew he was right. the orchestra, the beautiful creation of Rogers There is a disclaimer here. Do not try this and Hart and especially Sinatra’s voice, which at work unless you are damned good at what was at an absolute peak, was when he record - you do. ed “Spring Is Here.” I find that to be the best Pacific Beach businessman Joe Randazzo is of his best. the best-known Sinatra archivist in San Diego. Local writer Dirk Sutro is the author of the He co-hosted the long-running radio show best selling Jazz For Dummies , a popular text “Sinatra on Sunday” with the late Rod Page on in the continuing “Dummies” series. From KFMB-AM and, later, KPOP. Page, Randazzo, 1999 to 2004, Sutro hosted KPBS-FM’s “The and this writer collaborated on a seminar titled Lounge,” a community arts talk show. He is “A Frank Discussion: Sinatra’s Music” for currently the publicist for UCSD’s music Coronado Adult Education in 1999. By his department. own account, Randazzo estimates he saw Dirk Sutro: Frank Sinatra, to me, was a jazz Sinatra perform over 100 times. singer – he did not have the usual prerequisite Joe Randazzo: When did I first notice that improvisational skill, but his interpretations of there was a man named Sinatra? I cannot dozens of the finest American popular songs recall my first recollection of Frank Sinatra as swung like crazy. Over the years he performed he was there when I was born and now, ten with countless jazz greats ranging from years after his passing and in another century, Tommy Dorsey to Ella Fitzgerald and Count he is still very much a part of my life and a Basie, who always had hot improvisers in his positive influence on how to conduct myself. band, and his strong presence regardless of My “baby song” as I recall was “Polka Dots context is a testament to his subtle talent. My and Moonbeams,” a very successful tune that favorite Sinatra LP {I have it on vinyl; it he did with Tommy Dorsey. I remember asking sounds great] is Come Fly with Me , for songs my parents about this man and why he stood including the title track as well as “Autumn in out way above the other singers of his day. New York” and “Isle of Capri.” Titles on this They always told me that he was the best and album run a global gamut as Sinatra captures was very serious about his craft. I thought the optimism and wanderlust of the late ’50s, were they saying that just because we were when the idea of jetting away for an exotic also Italian, but then again they didn’t say that vacation was being discovered by middle class about Perry Como or Johnny Desmond, America. Frankie Laine or Tony Bennett, and so many Don Freeman wrote about entertainment other Italian-Americans in the music business for the San Diego Union-Tribune for more than – only Frank Sinatra. 50 years. He was a guest on “The Lounge” in As the years went by I grew to appreciate 2001 and recalled an interview he had with Sinatra’s talent more and more. In the ’50s and Sinatra backstage at Caesar’s Palace in Las ’60s my appreciation grew even more with his Vegas during the ’70s. work in films. How could such a mortal man become such a giant? And as time passed I dis - continued on next page. 6 www.myspace.com/sandiegotroubadour MAY 2008 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR full circle

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Don Freeman: I met the publicist at Caesar’s Palace, and he said, “Look, I’ve got bad news. Frank’s got a tough schedule, and he can only give you 15 minutes.” Well, I didn’t like that. But we went in and he introduced me and we sat down at a table. I said, “Mr. Sinatra, Frank, you take these harsh consonant sounds and you make them come out so musical. How do you do that?” Well, 45 minutes later, he was still talking about singing. Of course, I asked other ques - tions in the interim, but mostly we talked blues wasn’t enough. The music was repetitive is whatever is coming up next. actual life was a piece of art, simultaneously everyone, in every walk of life in and out of about singing. For one thing, he told me that and I found that the only thing I was really lis - A couple of years ago, I picked up a record - beautiful and ignoble in the making, sublime America. his hero was Bing Crosby, and that when he tening to was the soul of the singer. I can ing from somewhere called Only the Lonely and terrible in the examination. I’ve never Often I hear people say they remember was growing up in Hoboken, he had a picture remember saying to myself, “I wish some of and it kills me, slays me dead, right there heard anyone discount Sinatra as an artist; where they were on September 11th or when of Bing Crosby in his room. He said, “All of us these guys would sing classical music, it when I hear it. It’s too slow to sing at a show, they may say something like, “I like so and so JFK was shot. I remember where I was when I would-be singers were Crosby-struck.” would be amazing.” [Someone should have people just gloss over and die; but that song better” or, “that guy was a real @$$@!” but first heard Frank Sinatra had died. I was mar - He talked about how he learned to sing slapped me and given me an old gospel catapults me into the nethersphere where I I’ve never heard anyone say, “I don’t like Frank ried at the time and we were lying in bed as from watching Tommy Dorsey. When he was album.] About the time that Garth Brooks flop around and writhe on the floor of my Sinatra.” He was bonafide. He was 100 percent my wife was flipping the channels on the TV. the boy singer for Dorsey, he would sit there began to wail about low places and whiskey mind from relating to that pain he’s laying real. When I saw a glimpse of his face and heard with Jo Stafford, and Frank would look at rounds, I found Ray Charles. down. I wonder if it’s Ava he’s thinking about, Musically, his phrasing is pure natural and the word “was,” I yelled out, “Wait! Go back!” Tommy Dorsey playing the trombone. He Without knowing it, I was beginning to or Nancy Sr., or his own failures [or victories]. yet tremendously difficult to duplicate without to the news that was briefly reviewing his life couldn’t figure out what he [Dorsey] did to yearn for jazz. I didn’t understand what I He sure wasn’t immune to negative introspec - sounding contrived. He worked with the best at 2am. I wanted to correct the reporter when sustain the long notes. What did he do? And thought was jazz at the time – way out rumi - tion. He called himself a “24-karat manic musicians in history, and he sang songs writ - she said, “Frank Sinatra was…” She should Dorsey knew he was being watched, so after a nations by cats who were trying to be Dizzy or depressive” and it was true. You can hear it on ten by the greatest songwriters and lyricists of have said, “Frank Sinatra will forever be…” couple of nights he said, “Well, kid, did you Coltrane. None of that made any sense to me. the whole album but that song rips me to all time. His was a voice that still touches see what I did?” Frank said, “Well, I think so . I was yearning for something though and shreds, especially the last line and the last . . what is it?” Dorsey said, “Well, I use what is yearning hard. I learned every Ray Charles three notes: “the heartbreak only the lone-ly- called a pinhole. I open my mouth just a little song from the Atlantic recordings, every one. I know.” Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely bit on my side and I let a lot of air in, so that couldn’t afford the CDs, so I shoplifted them was another of his many stunning collabora - means I can play the note much longer than out of a Marine Corps seven-day store on tions with Nelson Riddle. it’s written.” Cherry Point, North Carolina. That was the I also love “Just One of Those Things” from Ida Garcia is the charismatic hostess of only time I had ever reverted back to my pre- Songs for Young Lovers/Swing Easy! , arranged “Rugcutters Swing,” heard Saturday mornings Marine Corps street ethos and having just by George Siravo and conducted by Nelson on Jazz 88.3 KSDS-FM. Her broadcasts always remembered that, I’ll have to find a way to Riddle. It’s a perfect arrangement and it swings contain a segment devoted to Sinatra. make amends. That’s how strong my need was while staying poignant. It’s also the first album Ida Garcia: I feel he had style and class in for the music. I risked the Marine Corps brig after Sinatra’s “Great Slump” and the begin - the way he sang. He wanted things just right. to get my hands on a three-CD compilation of ning of his work with Nelson Riddle. I believe He was one of the artists of his time to take Ray Charles’ Atlantic recordings, not even it’s considered one of the first “concept pride in his work. And he worked with some knowing what it would sound like. I read the albums.” solid band leaders like Count Basie and Billy liner notes on the back and whatever that cat You hear this phrase a lot: “The thing about May. [My favorite Sinatra song is] “The Lady said was what I thought I needed, and we were Frank Sinatra is…” Well, that’s just it. Sinatra Is a Tramp,” because it’s me. [My favorite right. I couldn’t wait for my roommate to leave did it all – his life, his music, an Oscar, 11 Sinatra album is] Come Dance with Me for the so I could use his CD player. When no one Grammies, two Golden Globes, uncountable album cover alone. And the songs are wonder - was around, I tried to play along on a trumpet other awards, his philanthropy, his failures, his fully fun. I had picked up in a pawn shop for $75 in ups, his downs, his pain, his love, his luck Few local entertainers have done more to Havelock, North Carolina. [both good and bad], and his success tell an keep the Sinatra songs in circulation than A couple of years later I was 21 and I found amazing story. His was a full life and if you David Patrone. The vocalist’s current CD is myself standing in front of a CD display look - haven’t had a chance to read about it, you real - titled Uptown . ing for a classical piece, “Romance For Strings ly should. You could learn a lot about livin’ No. 1 in G” by Beethoven; that never fails to from Frank Sinatra. He climbed to the top and David Patrone: I never really knew much bring tears to my eyes [except when it’s played landed at the bottom and pulled it back up to about Frank Sinatra as a kid. When you grow too fast]. They didn’t have the conductor I was the top again several times in global propor - up in a place like Philly, you certainly hear looking for. I glanced to my left [the jazz sec - tions. He was loved and hated and revered and him everywhere, but it just becomes a part of tion was next to the classical] and there was despised, sometimes by the same person. His the landscape – like something you never Frank Sinatra tipping his hat to me from the notice until it’s gone. Sometimes you feel it cover of the Best of Reprise CD. I thought, “I when you move to another part of the country should check this guy out. He’s got the right or the world. I joined the Marines at 17 and in kind of hat, I’ve heard his name all my life, the next ten years, I found myself in some and I have ten bucks burning a hole in my strange places. Maybe it escaped me at first pocket. “ what was different about these new places, $8.99 had never changed so much in a because the soundtrack still played on in the man’s life. Here it was: a man singing the background; familiar music always drifted “complicated blues” tunes I was looking for in from some café or lobby nearby and I felt at a way I immediately connected with. It was home, without even knowing the words. the stepping stone for a young man who some - I hated pop music as an adolescent, prefer - how missed the beginnings of jazz while grow - ring to listen to classical music and ing up in the town that produced the likes of Americana, but when I saw the movie The Dizzy, Coltrane, and Philly Joe Jones. Without Blues Brothers , something in the music tugged Sinatra I would have languished in a musically at my core. Both Johnny Lee Hooker and Cab unsatisfied existence, not sure where I fit in Calloway planted seeds in my soul and I between modern pop, hip hop, and soul/blues/ couldn’t get over the dichotomy of holiness R&B, drinking my nights and working my and criminal that the Blues Brothers embod - days without a musical compass and without a ied. A sympathetic chord vibrated throughout spiritual leader. my being. There was something true under - Since that day, Frank has traveled with me neath. I had an emotionally troubled child - all over the globe. It started with the song hood and although the blues too had always “Nancy” because I had just broken up with a been playing in the Philly background, I never girl named Nancy and I didn’t know anything heard it until that movie. about Nancy Sinatra or Jimmy Van Heusen, or When I got into the Marines, I started to Sammy Cahn, or Cole Porter or Frank’s hear different music. I started to hear the blues Conductor/arrangers at the time, Nelson in the places I was stationed. Dirty blues from Riddle and Billy May. His recordings and that down south, Mississippi, Memphis, South music, American Standards, CHANGED Carolina, and North Carolina, not to mention EVERYTHING. Maybe it was the sum of all being around people who were very different my circumstance and emotion. At 21 I’d than a white Philly boy, wannabe blues man already seen quite a few harrowing things and who was knockin’ on their daughters’ doors, here was a guy whose voice said what I was courtesy of the USMC. I played harmonica feeling, perfectly, without remorse, in perfect back then, although I was horrible and knew pitch and effortless phrasing in a tonal quality virtually nothing about how to play the instru - that said “I love you” and “come and get me ment. I searched for the blues [not knowing it you bastards!” all at the same time. This was was already inside me] and the social aspect the “me I wanted to be” singing to the “me I that came with it. I tried to make it happen. I was,” only better, because I couldn’t sing like drank myself poor and stayed out all night. I that [that didn’t stop me from trying though]. heard the blues in my voice when I called run - His library of recordings is so extensive that ning cadence for the company and I felt an even 15 years later I haven’t heard them all. amazing wellspring of power that I tapped into My favorites change from season to season, when I sang it out. moment to moment. Sometimes as soon as I Despite the comfort I felt in the blues, I hear my favorite, it’s done and my new favorite soon began to yearn again for something. The www.sandiegotroubadour.com 7 MAY 2008 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR front porch n e s r e d n A

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The Ballad of o h Larry Grano P by Bart Mendoza Holguin, Manny Cepeda, and Cliff Almond. this community is very lucky to have him.” He first began performing in Jr. High, Grano’s work can be heard in the Reelin’ in an Diego has many top-notch musicians alongside guitarist Craig Goldy and bassist the Years production of Soul to Soul on in its geographic boundaries, but few Greg McKinney. “Both much more advanced Atlantic records as well as albums by Dove Scould match the schedule of drummer players. A failed attempt at the talent show Linkhorn’s What’s in a Name? and Four Eyes’ Larry Grano. A multiple threat, Grano is a broke that up,” he said. “I think the band that release Sweet on the Vine . This year will see mainstay of the San Diego music scene, a larg - won played Chicago’s ‘Color My World.’ They Grano appear on numerous releases, including er-than-life musician known for his percussive had a ringer on flute,” Grano laughed. Since new discs from DeCerbo, Eve Selis, Mark skills, soulful voice, and razor-sharp wit. then he has been a perennial on local stages. Jackson, Carol Ames, Anthony Molinaro, and Currently drumming for the Eve Selis Band, In the ’70s it was with Wizard. During the ’80s Paulo de la Rosa. The bulk of his time away Grano is one of the town’s musical unsung he performed with Artisan, 3-D, and Pranx. from the studio is spent with the Eve Selis hero’s, rarely in the spotlight but responsible From 1990 to 1995 he had a stint with Private Band, with whom he’s now toured England for laying down the rhythm at countless great Domain. Meanwhile 1996-2005, he was a twice, and the side project Cactus, Twang, and nights of music in San Diego over the decades. member of Rockola. Currently he can be Whyte. “They’re great to work with, easy- He was born at Mercy Hospital in October found drumming with Selis as well as Mark going,” he opined. “The music is the focus.” 1961, growing up in the Allied Gardens area DeCerbo and Four Eyes. Unusually for a drummer, he can also be and attending Patrick Henry High, class of More recently, he has become one of the found fronting a band in the funk and soul 1979. As it is with most children, music wasn’t area’s top session drummers. “I’ve been in group the Soul Persuaders. Grano actually Grano’s first choice for an afternoon’s activity. groups all my career, playing both covers and came to the group late in their career. The “In our neighborhood we had about 20 to 30 originals,” he pointed out. “When I left combo was formed by well-known local musi - kids,” he recalled. “Baseball, football, basket - Rockola, I made a decision not to join a band cians Mark and Steve Siers. “They had a great ball, hockey – we played everything.” Grano for a while and test the waters of independ - group in town, along with their brother Ken,” Drummer Larry Grano did own a snare drum, but sports took prece - ence. For me, it’s made a great difference.” he explained. “[But] the clientele for parties or dence over music. “After realizing I wouldn’t Initially the session world was not easy to dance clubs demands a certain play list. When Aside from those four groups, he considers Being a fan, I told him, ‘Anytime you want to be pitching in the World Series, I went back to break into. “Early on, as I grew in confidence the Siers put together the Soul Persuaders, it himself a free agent. “I have mostly clients. But sit in.’” To Grano’s surprise, Bowen took him the drums,” he joked. Tom Boyd of the leg - with my playing, I went to some studios to was a chance to play stuff they wanted to aside from these [groups] that I’ve mentioned, up on the offer and for the next year would endary local band Listen was giving lessons at look for work,” he recalled. Grano found that play.” I’m in a band called Larry Grano,” he quipped. drive down each week to perform with the a local music store and Grano’s father signed it was a very small pool of talent that did the Grano joined up with the band at local It’s hard for him to pick a favorite show in band at Dick’s Last Resort. “I learned so much him up. lion’s share of the work. “Every place I went, I watering hole Jose Murphy’s. “Like other his career as performer, but concerts with just from watching him on stage,” he He considers the “melting pot” of his fami - got the same answer, ‘To get studio work in musicians, I would go and sit in. I was always Rockola, backing music notables such as enthused. ly’s listening habits to have been an influence. town, you’ll have to get rid of two guys – Jim looking to drum, but Steve Siers, aka Sonny Denny Laine (Moody Blues/Wings), Joey In addition to his drumming duties, Grano His personal musical influences, however, are Plank and Duncan Moore.’” Grano did eventu - Drysdale, would give me a pep talk and have Molland (Badfinger), and (Peter) and Gordon is a music teacher, giving private lessons and harder to pin down. He includes the Beatles, ally pick up the odd production work, but it me sing.” Initially, he wasn’t very confident in Waller are high among them. Meanwhile, near teaching at the Paul Green School of Rock. Elvis Costello, and Charlie Parker as favorites, was a Selis session with acclaimed producer his performances. “Once I was so nervous, I the top of the list during his tenure with the “Passing on what was given to me is a great but adds, “that’s a big question. Do you men - Alan Sanderson (Rolling Stones, Burt put my jacket over my head and the mic just Soul Persuaders is a show with sax legend Tom way to say thank you to everyone who took tion Mozart and leave out Beethoven? Buddy Bacharach, Elton John) that got the ball so I could get through the song,” Grano Scott sitting in. “That was a great six-minute the time to help me,” he said. Rich but not Max Roach? If there’s a perform - rolling. laughed at the memory. “I was later told that it music lesson,” Grano laughed. Close to his After more than 30 years as a major part of ance on a track that gets me, that’s an influ - “Unlike most drummers that just lay down helped their food sales when I covered up.” heart, however, is the time Was Not Was key - San Diego’s music scene, Grano still considers ence. Local or international, I don’t care who it a groove, Larry’s performance usually comes Always up for a challenge, Grano also boardist Sir Harry Bowen spent as a member of himself lucky. “Is it still fun? I’m blessed,” he is. It could be the Beach Boys’ backgrounds on from what the vocalist is doing. He has a great keeps the beat for the Coronado Big Band. “I the Soul Persuaders. “That came about mused with a smile. “After all, music is all I’ve [Elton John’s] “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on understanding of playing to the artist’s feel, joined a year ago last August. With encourage - through Dr. Feelgood and the Interns of done for a living since Patrick Henry High said Me,” or one note by Thelonious Monk while lyrics, and vocal melody, probably due to the ment from SDSU drum instructor Mike Love,” he recalled. “He was friends with one of ‘get out!’” his foot is scraping the floor . . . or someone at fact that he is an accomplished singer him - Holguin, I’ve been playing a style that I’ve their singers and came in and saw our band. Lestat’s.” He does consider his instructors/ self,” said Sanderson. “I don’t think there are enjoyed, but never tackled,” he explained. teachers key to his success, citing Boyd, any styles he can’t play. I would compare him Occasional gigs with Four Eyes, alongside for - Malcolm Rosenberger, Enola Williamson, Mike with the great studio drummer Jim Keltner; mer roommate Mark DeCerbo, continue.

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by Chuck Schiele than 15 countries around the world, from folk and classical to country to punk…and every - I met Paul Abbott in the late ’90s when he thing in between. Clients run the gamut from was playing guitar in a group called Rekless indie garage bands to world-famous names. Abandon. I remember being quite impressed CS: This studio is probably the cleanest studio with their concern for quality and integrity as a I’ve seen in a while. What is it that makes your band – and also in terms of the individual tal - facility unique? What’s under the hood? ents within. Namely, Paul Abbott. He struck me PA: Well, to begin with, ZenMastering is San as being “one” with his guitar, “one” with the Diego’s only dedicated mastering facility. There band, and “one” with the room. I was are recording studios that offer mastering on impressed because I don’t know many musi - the side, but ZenMastering is the only local stu - cians who concentrate as such and therefore dio built from the ground up for mastering. This produce a result as such. Not knocking anyone, includes four main components: the room, the but just noting that his zen is obvious – espe - playback system, the mastering equipment, and cially in his music. Uniquely so. the engineer. Things change. Paul is good at riding Mastering is a completely different ball changes. I see him from time to time and the game from mixing, and it takes a different mind thing that always strikes me about Paul Abbott set as well as specialized equipment and is the fact that he is always collected, stable, knowledge. It begins with the room. The room I confident, and firm about things – incredibly master in has been designed by George clear when both listening and speaking. He has Augspurger, one of the world’s best-known the friendliest way of being very matter of fact acousticians. I hired him to consult on setting it about things. up as a critical listening environment in which Nowadays he doesn’t play in that band any - objective decisions could be made that guaran - more, having chosen a path that led him to the tee that the mastered work translates success - art, science, and passion of mastering. About fully to the outside world. Then there’s the six months ago, I ran into him at some music equipment. All the world’s top mastering facili - event. We got on the subject of recording, mix - ties use audiophile-grade equipment, which is ing, and mastering when he told me that his much different from the equipment you find in a business, ZenMastering, is the only dedicated recording studio, and ZenMastering is no excep - mastering facility in San Diego. Others offer it tion. This includes speakers, amplifiers, convert - on the side, but his facility is built and designed ers, cables, equalizers, compressors, and lim - solely for this purpose. iters all chosen for accuracy and transparency. music transcription. It was my experience as a tering and/or production that you’d like to tation, previous work, the mastering engineer’s Only? I couldn’t believe it, and there before Finally, there’s the engineer: me. Mastering is recording musician, though, that led me to mas - acknowledge or discuss? personality, and price are all things to consider. me was the premise of an article worth writing. all I do. And after years of specializing in a tering. After years of recording in the studio – PA: One thing I think people need to understand No one mastering studio is right for everyone, Ohm! field, one develops a discerning sense for mak - both solo and with bands – I was always curi - is that recordings are done in three distinct sec - just like no one guitar is right for every guitarist. Paul became increasingly interested in mas - ing informed decisions as well as specific ous why the finished product never had the tions: recording, mixing, and mastering. Each CS: Name a few examples of what you consider tering and sound quality, which was reflected in knowledge and skills. All of the above-men - “polish” that my favorite recordings had. The one has its own purpose, which the other steps to be superior executions in recording produc - the column he wrote for the San Diego tioned are things that no standard recording missing ingredient, I discovered, was profes - can’t replace. This is the way professional tion mastering, etc. Your favorites that come to Troubadour (2001-2004). He eventually became studio can offer, and I would imagine only a sional mastering. This was what really led me recordings have always been made. And just mind. Works,producers, etc. so expert on the subject that he moved on to to where I am today. handful of mastering facilities anywhere can because music is being recorded and stored on PA: Well, this brings up an interesting point: no writing for national publications that are leading surpass ZenMastering for the combination of CS: We know that much of mastering has a lot a computer – as opposed to a tape recorder – mastering engineer is an island. If I do great authorities on the topic of recording and mas - quality and consistency. to do with gear. But it’s still about music. What doesn’t change that fact. In the era of the com - mastering, it’s because the recording and mixing tering. Meanwhile, he’s been busy with hun - CS: You’ve written on the subject of profession - is your philosophy on mastering? puter-based home studio, people are starting to were done correctly and it really allows me to dreds of projects from all over the globe. al sound in some pretty heavyweight publica - PA: Do what’s necessary to make a recording do everything themselves: write, record, mix, fine tune the work to a high level of sonic quali - We got together a few times for the pur - tions. sound its best – no more, no less. Sounds sim - and master. This is a good way to learn, but ty. The irony is that really good recordings need pose of this interview, appropriately in each of ple – and obvious – but it’s like a chess game. isn’t a realistic way to make a world-class less work than so-so recordings. Marginal our studios. While visiting my studio, Paul PA: I’ve been fortunate to have my audio arti - You first need to understand what a specific recording. Let me put it another way: find one recordings are where you need to really pull a pointed out a few things with regard to natural cles published in some of the music industry’s recording should sound like, and that’s based on recording on the Billboard charts that was rabbit out of the hat to bring it up to par with a acoustics, making suggestions and music chat most prestigious magazines. EQ , TapeOp , and years of listening to music and understanding recorded, mixed, and mastered by the same per - great recording. That said, I think that what while nursing a hot cup of tea. We decided to Sound on Sound have all run articles of mine different genres. Then you need to understand son in the same studio. When you do, I’ll buy impresses me most when listening to other peo - record Paul on acoustic guitar, letting him call about recording and mastering. I’ve also been the recording and mixing process, their purpos - you lunch. Bottom line: professional quality ple’s work is when I hear four distinct elements: the day’s recording technique in order to illus - featured in Music Connection ’s annual Masters es and limitations. Finally, you have to under - results require specialists, not generalists. clarity, impact, power, and detail. That’s what I trate how our mix will result following his mas - of Mastering issue as one of the “hottest mas - stand the most effective way to process record - CS: It’s kinda the same reason why they only let try to bring out of the recordings I work on, and tering process. While visiting his studio we lis - tering engineers working today.” That was a ed sound to improve it. In the end, mastering the kicker on a football team kick. There’s a lot I think it’s just the aspect of focusing the record - tened to examples of music while discussing very nice compliment. should really be transparent – sonically and of wisdom in that. ing so it really shines. the objectivity that goes into the process. I think about sound a lot, and I enjoy writing conceptually. It’s the job of the mastering engi - Let’s change the subject a bit. You are a Regardless of the array of little meters, dials, articles about my ideas and experiences in mas - CS: What is the most satisfying aspect - enjoy - neer to make sure the music sounds its best in member of the San Diego scene. Any thoughts knobs, and computer gear, it’s a remarkably sim - tering. So, getting the articles published is a able part - of “mastering” for you? all listening environments, not to prove that on it artistically speaking? The city-wide record - ple, yet efficient space. real bonus for me. I have also launched a web PA: Hearing a mix and figuring out in my head they have mad skills or insanely expensive ing environment itself? I have collected our conversations from site dedicated to promoting articles about music how I can make it sound its best. That chess equipment. And that requires all the things list - these visits into this interview. production: PA: San Diego has some of the most talented game mentality…it’s always a challenge. http://www.audiorecordingadvice.com . ed above: a balanced listening environment, musicians I’ve ever met – and I’ve lived in vari - CS: How long have you been mastering profes - CS: Here is the most common question I hear audiophile playback system, objectivity, and ous cities across the country as well as collabo - sionally? CS: Tell us about your music endeavors as an as a producer - from a new recording artist - years of experience. It also requires profession - rated with musicians from all over the world. artist in years past. when it comes to mastering their recorded proj - PA: 10 years. I began mastering in 1998, and al maturity and confidence. A good mastering So, from that perspective, it’s a great place to PA: I’ve been a musician most of my life. I ect. Ready? “What does mastering do actual - officially launched ZenMastering in 2000. engineer knows when to leave something make music and be involved in the music com - began playing guitar when I was eight and have ly?” CS: How many projects have you mastered? alone. munity. However, I think it sometimes suffers spent a lot of my musical life refining my skill CS: What’s the best thing an artist or engineer from a small-town mentality. Because there are PA: This question can be difficult to answer if PA: Between 400 and 500. I’ve mastered music as an instrumentalist as well as a composer. or producer can do to ensure the best possible seemingly fewer opportunities here to be dis - you don’t understand the recording/mixing/ for artists in over 30 states in the U.S. and more Along the way I dabbled in related areas like outcome when handing off mixes to the master - covered compared to a place like New York or mastering sequence. It’s sort of like asking, ing facility? Los Angeles, artists have a tendency to be pro - “What does an editor do for a book?” It can be a lot, or sometimes it’s just a little; sometimes PA: First, make the recording sound the way tective and guarded. What I’ve learned in my you’re adding, other times subtracting; regard - you hear it in your head. The artist is the cre - 20-plus years of working in different facets of less, the process in invaluable. Whatever is ator. Follow your gut. professional music is that the most successful done in mastering, it’s always in the interest of Second, if you’re not sure why you’re artists are not the most talented; they’re the creating a balanced sound and making the adding something – whether it’s reverb, com - ones that network the best and collaborate recording sound as good as possible. pression, limiting, or equalization – then don’t within the community the most. And the same In the simplest terms, mastering is a add it. Think of recording like cooking; don’t add thing goes for local studios. We’re all part of a process of sonic analysis. An objective, experi - a spice unless you know what it tastes like and network…so let’s work together. The more peo - enced mastering engineer utilizes a high-quality, what you want it to add to your recipe. ple that succeed, the better. audiophile playback system in a professionally Third, don’t be obsessed with making your CS: That’s what I say! What are the things that designed listening environment to analyze a mixes loud. That’s the final step in master - an artist or engineer should look for when con - recording and decide if it needs adjustment. it’s ing…after everything else has been done. If sidering mastering services? a huge plus that the mastering engineer has not you try to make your unmastered mixes sound PA: The most important thing is to understand been involved in the recording and mixing like your favorite album [that has been mas - the value that mastering brings to a recording. If process, because he or she will hear things that tered], you’re going to ruin it. someone understands the importance of mas - people who have been involved in the produc - Finally, read the articles on the Audio tering, they’ll do their homework and choose a tion of a recording have lost their objectivity Recording Advice web site mastering facility carefully. If they think it’s a about long ago. The end goal is to guarantee (http://www.audiorecordingadvice.com ). There’s bunch of smoke and mirrors, they’ll have the the recording sounds balanced and consistent in good, easy-to-understand information there recording studio they recorded the album in all listening environments: car stereos, iPods, about making your recordings sound better. master it. And, in the end, you’ll be able to tell CS: Are there any trends in music and/or mas - who chose what. But as a rule of thumb: repu - continued on page 16

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: o t o Cactus Jim, Sharon Whyte, and Larry thing to make the world a better h P Grano are the perfect final touch. place.” True to her word, she partici - These guys could write a textbook on pates in several charity events every ensemble playing, so flawless is their year, raising funds and awareness for execution. When it’s time for a solo, causes like breast cancer research, everybody makes room to let the fea - cerebral palsy, and relief for San Diego tured performer shine, and it’s not just wildfire victims. One of her best The Eve Selis Band (l. to r.): Selis, Marc Intravaia, Rick the guitarists who create the fireworks. friends and biggest fans is Jessica Nash, Larry Grano, Jim Soldi, Sharon Whyte Bassist Nash and accordionist Whyte Smith, who has cerebral palsy. Though each had moments in which they were wheelchair bound, she enthusiastically drum throne long occupied by Bob able to demonstrate their considerable attends concerts and even convinced Sales. Grano is a multiple San Diego abilities. Perhaps the greatest surprise Selis to get a “Heart-Shaped Tattoo” Music Award winner who is also an was the comic relief provided by with her to honor the song with the instructor in the San Diego branch of Grano. In addition to drumming, he is same title. Both displayed them the School of Rock. He has opened for a master of light - proudly at the house and backed up an impressive lineup of ning-fast quips and concert, though Eve musical legends like Denny Laine, the improvised song par - “We still have a life. reported with a gri - Everly Brothers, Tom Scott, and Alan odies. His leering re- mace that hers was Parsons. (See page 8 in this issue for If you’re signed to a interpretation of still fresh enough to an article about Larry Grano.) As the “The Girl From major label, you’re at smart! In keeping Eve Selis Band, this group has shared Ipanema” (retitled with the theme of stages with such big name acts as the their beck and call.... “The Girl With angels and hearts, Doobie Brothers; Crosby, Stills and Emphysema”) had To me, family is more Selis and her band Nash; Counting Crows; Joan Osborne; Selis, the band, and are committed to and Jewel. Needless to say, Selis holds important than selling the audience rolling giving back in any her musical partners in very high with laughter. Yet a million CDs” way they can. Their regard and is never more pleased than through it all, Selis song “65 Roses” is when they all receive praise as a band. holds it together available exclusively “I’m the one standing out front hold - with a tremendous presence of mind as a download from iTunes, with all ing the microphone, so when people and a seasoned sense of showmanship proceeds going toward cystic fibrosis go out of their way to say how great that keeps things entertaining, even in research. they are, I’m very proud.” the face of distractions or technical Interestingly enough, she had a Live, they put on a highly-charged difficulties. Expressively punctuating brush with a different kind of winged the songs with an impeccable theatri - spirit while singing the national e e N

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and lyric, making sure that the audi - Arena. As part of the show, an : o t o h ence does too. As good as their record - American bald eagle was released, but P ed work is, it’s their live show that before landing on its handler’s glove, it properly showcases the incandescent briefly lighted on Eve‘s head. Later, a chemistry among this group of musi - Native American said that she was cians. anointed and blessed by her contact While the Eve Selis Band has with the sacred bird. One would be accomplished a great deal in the world hard-pressed to argue with that. Eve of music, she maintains that “we still Selis is indeed blessed with a powerful have a life. If you’re signed to a major voice and anointed with a gift for Eve with husband Tom and baby Henry label, you’re at their beck and call. making music that touches people. Someone like Jewel toured continu - She has a true entertainer’s spirit and ously for years. To me, family is more an artist’s soul that informs her work show in which Selis is clearly the important than selling a million CDs.” onstage and off. Through hard work, focus. She flashes her megawatt smile She and her husband Tom (who sup - ingenuity, and perseverance, she and and immediately establishes a warm ports the cause with his skills in her band have taken concert stages, rapport with the audience. At a recent graphic art and computers) recently airwaves, and Internet servers by house concert, she and the band added a son to their family, which also storm. With a gleam in her eye, she demonstrated a loose confidence, con - includes their 13-year-old daughter. So asserts that, “I want to sing until I’m necting with people they knew and it’s yet another benefit of doing busi - 80!” Rest assured, people will be lis - making newcomers feel welcome. As ness independently that they are able tening. experienced performers, they appeared to book tours of reasonable length in The Eve Selis Band’s new album to be as comfortable in front of a order to maintain a normal and bal - Angels and Eagles debuts at the San crowd as they were with each other. anced home life. The rest of the band Diego Museum of Contemporary Art Immediately shifting into high gear sidelines with other artists and proj - in La Jolla on Saturday, May 31, 8 without any warmup, it was as though ects, and they even have their own act pm. Go to www.eveselis.com for more there was a telepathic connection called Cactus Twang and Whyte, details. between them. Their highly polished which frequently takes the stage at playing contrasted favorably with their The many faces of Eve. Photos by Dennis Andersen. many San Diego venues. casual stage presence. They work Selis professes to a strong belief in together superbly, creating a unified angels. “I want to see one, and I sound that perfectly frames Selis’ high believe we have it in us to become like

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by Sven-Erik Seaholm Leadbelly, chances are you’ll be able to by Dwight Worden find it easily via the T5’s unique and versa - TINKER , T AYLOR tile pickup system. A humbucker pickup is There are quite a few bluegrass shows com - info contact: www.acousticmusicsandiego.com. THE T5 E LECTRIC /A COUSTIC hidden under the neck, and there’s also a 12-S TRING visible gold bridge humbucker that actual - ing up in May that San Diego bluegrass fans Tuesday, May 13: San Diego Bluegrass won’t want to miss. Here is a quick run ly looks like a vintage “lipstick” type. Sven-Erik Seaholm Society meeting with open mic, jam ses - hen I received word from Additionally, a body sensor mounted to down. the fifth uses the bridge humbucker with sions, pick-up bands, bluegrass karaoke, and Taylor Guitars’ Andy Robinson the inside surface of the top adds in the the body sensor. By this time, you really entertainment at Fuddrucker’s in Grossmont that the new Solidbody ® warmth of the guitar’s previously men - Center, La Mesa 6:30-9pm. W begin to realize that just about any sound Standard and the T5 12-String models I tioned acoustic tone. you’ve previously heard associated with Wednesday, May 14: Lighthouse will per - had expressed interest in reviewing were the 12-string electric is easily attainable, as form at Borders Books and Music, 156 ready for pickup, he said simply, “I have Friday thru Sunday, May 2-4: The are a veritable cornucopia of unique tones Fletcher Parkway in El Cajon, 7-9pm. guitars for you, and they are beauties!” Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California. yet to be discovered. You may want to play Admission is free. True that. I hustled down to their El While this festival is primarily a big-time it through a few different amps to find Cajon-based complex at the next available country music event, there is also a blue - Sunday, May 18: The 48th Annual Topanga your personal faves. opportunity and made sure to take the grass stage with some outstanding bluegrass Banjo and Fiddle Contest on the UCLA cam - Of course, 12-string guitars in general tour of the factory (presented each music and, I’m told, smaller crowds. pus. Lots of bluegrass performers, contests, and electric models specifically have long Monday through Friday at 1pm) while I Bluegrass entertainment includes Earl and events. Visit www.topangabanjofiddle.org given fits of dubious intonation to those was there. Scruggs and Friends, the Nitty Gritty Dirt for more information. brave enough to undertake the task of get - The factory tour offers an incredible The T5’s ergonomic center-detented tre - Band, the Dan Tyminski Band, Doyle Lawson ting them in tune, not to mention keeping Tuesday, May 20: San Diego Bluegrass amount of information and an insightful ble, bass, and volume knobs were obvious - and Quicksilver, J.D. Crowe, Cherryholmes, them there. In addition to the compensat - Society meeting with jam sessions, open peek behind the scenes of its manufactur - ly inspired by the company’s Expression Sam Bush, the Greencards, Ralph Stanley, ed saddle, the Grover tuners and Taylor’s mic, pick up bands, bluegrass karaoke and ing facility. Apart from the marvel of effi - System ®. These are conveniently located in Jerry Douglas, the Isaacs, the Carolina T-Lock neck design go a long way toward entertainment at Fuddrucker’s on 3rd in ciency that comprises the bustling goings the soundboard’s upper shoulder, at the Chocolate Drops, and others. Visit keeping you in “performance” rather than downtown Chula Vista. 6:30- 9 pm. on within, what most impressed me were top of which lies the five-position switch, www.stagecoachfestival.com for info and “tuning” mode. Those of you with any Tuesday, May 27: The San Diego Bluegrass the amount of ingenious solutions not which is housed nearly flush with the gui - tickets. experience in this area can fully appreciate only in evidence, but also in actual daily tar’s surface. For a basher like myself, the Society Featured Band Night at the Boll the significance of this, yes? Saturday & Sunday, practice. Unique tooling, woodworking “up and out of the way” location of these Weevil restaurant at 7080 Miramar Road in Overall, I found this to be a beautifully May 3-4: The Adams methods, and even complex robotics that controls not only prevents accidentally north San Diego with open mic, jam ses - crafted and manufactured instrument. The Avenue Roots and Folk were all invented and utilized by Taylor’s hitting them while performing, but they’re sions, bluegrass karaoke and a Featured frets were even and beautifully dressed, Festival. This great builders to fulfill a need or meet one of the also just plain easier to get to when you do Band band performance by the Bluegrass and the white binding along the neck, free festival features a myriad challenges that presented them - want to change tones. Ramblers. 6:30-9 pm. body, and f-holes was as smooth as it is variety of acoustic and selves somewhere along the line, during Changing tones is where a lot of the How’s that line up for one month’s line up visually striking. I found the extra endpin old time music and is a Troubadour favorite. this successful company’s sure and steady fun really begins with this guitar. The first of bluegrass right here in little ol’ San at the bottom a bit disconcerting at first, This year the Roots Festival also presents the growth into the juggernaut acoustic guitar position engages the hidden neck pickup Diego? Be sure to get out and see some of but I guess it’s there for more stable “foot - David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, a top- maker it is today. It is this very emphasis and body sensor, yielding the most this great entertainment. Last month wasn’t ing.” The narrowness of the neck, while notch bluegrass show, in a special ticket-only on intelligent innovation that led to the acoustic-like tones. This is great for going too shabby either in terms of bluegrass helping the guitar’s playability for single- concert. See the article on page 4 about development these two excellent electric directly to the PA, or for recording. In fact, music in San Diego. Bluegrass Day at the note runs felt a little cramped for compli - David Grisman, and visit www.adamsav - guitars. I had great success recording multiple lay - Flower Fields in Carlsbad was a big hit with cated chord shapes, but these were the enueonline.com for further information. The T5 is an obvious child of Taylor’s ers of this guitar in that manner, which lots of great bluegrass music. The annual only things I could find to nitpick about commitment toward applying its under - resulted in a heavenly 48-string orchestra Tuesday, May 6: Sara Petite appears as the spring bluegrass camp out in Chula Vista All in all, the Taylor T5 String standing of acoustic tone with an ampli - that would give any mid-’70s era featured performer at the North San Diego was also successful, with lots of jamming, Electric/Acoustic guitar is a well-crafted fied version that not only does it justice Fleetwood Mac fan a nostalgic twinge or County Bluegrass and Folk Club monthly camaraderie, and great food. Roland White, winner, with enough versatility to inspire but also expands upon the instrument’s two. Position 2 utilizes the neck pickup meeting at the Round Table Pizza on who has played with Bill Monroe and his even the most wary of us in search of the functionality. The guitar’s natural finished only, for a richer darker solo tone. The Washington Ave. in Escondido. Bluegrass Boys, Country Gazette and the perfect chime. Sitka Spruce top was an eye catcher that middle position engages the bridge hum - Nashville Bluegrass Band appeared at Old Wednesday, May 7: seems to beg you to pick it up and play it. bucker, where you’ll find more of the Sven-Erik Seaholm is an award-winning Time Music on April 23, and the Yonder Hall of Famer Eddie Upon doing so, you can instantly hear the “classic,” sharper electric guitar sounds. independent producer and performer. He Mountain String Band performed at the Belly Adcock of the original guitar’s beautifully balanced tone and an Adjusting the tone and volume controls can teach and/or consult with you on any Up Tavern in Solana Beach. And, of course of your recording endeavors. Country Gentlemen will amazing array of upper harmonic over - here gave the most varied results, from the SDBS and North County Bluegrass clubs Websites: www.kaspro.com, www.sven - be appearing with his tones via it’s chambered mahogany body. subtle edginess to grinding overdrive. The had their usual Tuesday get-togethers with a songs.com, myspace.com/svenseaholm wife, Martha, at Old Time The neck actually feels quite a bit narrower fourth position uses both humbuckers and great performance by the Virtual Strangers Music, 2852 University than many other 12-string electrics that as the SDBS featured band of the month. Avenue, in North Park at 7:30pm. For tickets I’ve played, and I’d say it plays a bit We are truly blessed to have so much and info visit www.sdoldtimemusic.com. “faster” for it as well. The T5 12-string great bluegrass in San Diego, and we can Saturday, May 10: John McEuen of the employs the company’s Dual show our appreciation by getting out and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will appear at Acoustic Compensated TM saddle, which improves enjoying some of these great concerts. I Music San Diego, 4650 Mansfield Street in intonation and actually levels all the promise, you won’t regret it! Normal Heights at 7:30 p.m. For tickets and strings along the top surfaces, so that the fundamental and octave strings are struck more evenly. This makes playing riffs and leads easier, with less mis-striking and more of what 12-string electric players want: that unmistakable chime . Whether you’re looking for the tones exemplified by the Byrds, the Smiths, Tom Petty, Leo Kottke, R.E.M., or even

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Radio Phiillosophy,, Art,, Cullture,, & Musiic Hosing Down STAGES by José Sinatra REDEMPTION: TEARS FOR BEERS Daze “...and my belief is: if it looks like a by Peter Bolland communion. Like scattered stars we gravitate duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably together into galaxies that inform and define us. Posh Spice….” It was the voice of my DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE We need each other. Even the Quakers meditate mentally challenged niece Danielle “Duh” together in groups. We grab our guitars and gath - “Writing about music is like dancing about architec - Sinatra, and the words were spoken er in rooms, around dinner tables, in cafes, or on ture.” — Elvis Costello stages, and we speak the blurry language of our against a background of some heavenly hearts. We weave our songs from the threads of choir doing an a cappella rendition of usic is essentially mysterious. Talking the One Song ( uni : one; verse : song), and mixed “Somewhere” from West Side Story . about it makes you sound like an through the weave are threads of our dreams and Reality punched its time card and idiot. Yet here we are, day after day, M nightmares. We exorcise our demons. We tread began its work once again. The music was night after night, arguing about our favorite with angels. We sanctify the beauties. We eulo - coming from my television, a concert pres - bands and our favorite songs, analyzing why this gize the passings. We praise in song the courage entation on KPBS. Danielle’s voice was song sucks and why that guy’s a genius. In chat of those who love without fear. We break the rooms, on telephones, in bar rooms, on talk coming through the earpiece of my tele - unbroken silence with our shimmering strings, phone, which had slipped down toward shows, and in esteemed publications like this one José Sinatra the golden peals of our horns, and the reverie of we never tire of grasping for the right words to my shoulder when I’d fallen asleep some our radiant voices and with language and rhythm capture the ungraspable experience of music. time before. Let’s see…I’d picked up the that are able to rip your heart out, kiss it, we carve the uncarved whole of the universe into Jim McInnes Songs are catapults and there we are, feet off the phone when she’d decided to call me at clean it, and give it back to you until you songs that carry us over the endless sea of our ground, flying through the air, awash in waves of 2:30am; she thought it was the middle of beg them to do it again.” lives like ships pressed on by a sacred wind, lifted by Jim McInnes sound and sense, tears welling up, fists clenched the afternoon. She wanted to complain to “Oh, you mean like the Spice Girls?” on the shoulders of innumerable waves, in righteous assertion with the truth of this song, me about her most recent boyfriend. I think she got the shock of her young unmoored forever over an infinite depth. Without this moment, this emotional ecstasy, this transcen - Pretty much the same story as usual, life when I didn’t hang up. Jack Is my Pal our songs we would surely drown and never dent eternity – and then we have to muck it up which had put me back to sleep within a The reason I had loathed Trevor so reach safe harbor. hen Star 100.7 turned into JACK by trying to talk about it. We just can’t help our - couple minutes. She loves to talk and was intently was that he had been among the Music is like a crow bar – it pries us open. It three years ago, I was doing the selves. on another of her marathons, obviously, as drunken fools whose stupidity last year in slips past the security guard, crawls under the afternoon drive show on 103.7 The Quakers don’t talk much. They haven’t my clock now read 3:25. W gate, navigates the twists and turns of the Pacific Beach guaranteed the end of any The Planet (now known as Sophie@1037). I wasted a lot of time developing a theology or a “Hey, Duh,” I interrupted, the TV adult’s right to drink alcohol on our city’s labyrinth of our pain-drunk consciousness, grabs remember hearing almost everyone at the creed. They don’t have a professional clergy or demanding my senses and soul, “I’ve beaches. us by the collar, and drags us squinting and Planet saying, “JACK? What a stupid con - any real hierarchy. They don’t tell each other gotta go. I’ll call you back tomorrow.” These are the jerks who cost us anoth - blinking out into the sun. Here in the open we what to think. They’re much too smart for that. “But what about Trevor? I mean, like, cept! What a stupid name!” ( This from cur - unfurl like a flag and finally feel the depths of er of our precious liberties. I remember a The emphasis is on the individual experience of his parents are gonna ground him forever rent and former employees of a station call - our own belonging, our own value, our own lengthy debate with the young turd shortly God, or Spirit. When Quakers gather together in if they find out. How are we supposed to ing itself Sophie ?) beauty. A good song burns away all the lies the after we had first been introduced. How I church each Sunday, they sit in silence. There is have our relationship get to the next level Yes, I am employed by JACK as their way sunlight burns away shadows – all the lies was able to keep my composure while no sermon. If someone wants to stand and speak if we can’t even party anymore? And don’t weekday afternoon traffic reporter, but I’d our pain tricks us into believing – that we’re for - merely looking at this civil assassin was they can, with this caveat in mind: speak only if say he’s a jerk and I should dump him like have been a fan anyway, because I really lorn and alone, that it’s hopeless, that we don’t due either to my maturity (that old genera - you can improve upon the silence. Many times, love what they play! I’ve always been a matter, that nothing matters. Music takes us back you always do. Trevor’s different. He’s tion gap again) or my keen awareness of an entire service passes without a word. sucker for great pop music. to our original state – oneness with the nameless, intelligent. I let him get to second base the prodigious diameter of his tattooed But everything has its counterpoint. After the ALL the songs JACK plays are upbeat and sacred source from which we and all things come. before he even was able to ask, ‘cause I biceps. inhalation of silence comes the exhalation of catchy as hell! Our boundaries dissolve and we rejoin boundless always know what he’s thinking. I mean So many sweet memories, I told him, expression. After all, we can’t stay silent forever. So I find myself playing air guitar or Reality. it’s scary, but it’s so cool. He says he’s could never be relived or revised in the singing “air vocals” to great one-hit won - “After silence, that which comes nearest to express - Then the song ends and the show is over and never felt like this about anyone…” new reality that you and your irresponsi - ders by Gavin DeGraw, Sister Hazel, and ing the inexpressible is Music.” we pack our instruments and head home. We got “Dump him. He’s a total squid.” ble, idiotic friends have forced on us. I’ve Diesel, with their immortal “Sausalito — Aldous Huxley some of it right. We got some of it wrong. We try “You don’t know him!” not forgotten his last statement that ugly Summer Night!” to talk about the music – what worked, what did - “Put him out of his misery. Kill him day: “Hey, man, everyone parties!” Music rises out of the silence like dawn rises The musical mainstays of JACK’s pro - n’t work, and why. Like dogs chasing our tails, we before his parents do. Bye.” Time has moved on with its own self - out of the darkness. And the best music is never gramming include the Cure, AC/DC, Red never really get close to the truth, no matter how And now I was hearing the angelic ish cackle, which I’ve continued to block fancy or busy or clogged with pointless ornamen - Hot Chili Peppers, Cheryl Crow, Depeche clever our words, no matter how immediate our voices from the television undisturbed. I from my ears. I’d much rather hear the tation. The best music is simple and direct and Mode, Foo Fighters, Rolling Stones, the Go- insights. I mean, we were standing right there . But was gazing at the gorgeous faces of five sweetness of Celtic Woman, which some - honest because it trusts the silence. Maybe the Go’s, KC and the Sunshine Band, and U2 . it’s gone. The truth was in the song. It passed goddesses, and I began to cry. Perhaps how calms me even as it hurts. I took the Quakers can help us scour the banality and The format truly is, as they hype it, “like an between us like a ghost, ungraspable and fleeting, because of the natural awe at witnessing DVD over to Duh and suggested that she insignificance from our songwriting and perform - iPod on shuffle.” a shimmer of eternity in the river of time. There’s perfection of art, perhaps partially that watch it with Trevor if she ever gets the ance: do not sing unless you can improve upon JACK plays a good percentage of classic the silence. Drawing from the depths of silence, nothing we can do to bring it back or frame it or these untouchable divas from heaven’s chance. And I told her that I recently rock hits as well, but not many of the we dare now to speak and to sing, not of the fan - explain it. Music is its own language, its own citadel would likely never be given the began to understand that the blame for burnt-to-a-crisp numbers you hear on KGB, cies and follies of our own darkness, but of the reality, its own realm. Music rubs up against our opportunity to absorb my seed. the beach booze ban simply can’t be like “Stairway to Heaven” or “Bad Moon timeless universal truths that surge up in us like reality and leaves its scent on us. There’s nothing I learned during the pledge break that I directed at the rowdy group on that fate - Rising.” They dig deeper, spinning lesser- fountain-streams. to say. Because talking about music is like danc - was giving my heart to a group called ful day in P.B. Everyone who has ever had known semi-hits like “Black Betty” by Ram ing about architecture. Celtic Woman. a run-in with the law that involved alcohol “Now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its Jam and “Cult of Personality” by Living Peter Bolland is a professor of philosophy and Superb music by awesomely beautiful at our beaches is equally responsible. choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns Colour, both of which I heard on a recent humanities at Southwestern College and singer- chicks is a rarity. Early Kate Bush, Mary Those of us who never have, and who are of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.” songwriter-guitarist of the Coyote Problem. You Thursday afternoon. JACK plays tunes by Hopkin, and Michael Jackson are hard to angry or likely to become angry once sum - — Khalil Gibran can complain to him about what you read here at Joe Jackson, Jack Johnson, Joe Walsh, [email protected]. www.thecoyoteproblem.com eclipse. mer rolls around, could do a lot worse Jackson Browne, Johnny Hates Jazz, and When we emerge from these solitary depth is the ethereal home of the Coyote Problem. Before calling Duh back the next after - than finding enough heart to forgive every experiences we feel the countervailing pull of Jimmy Eat World, too. noon, I went down to Borders and bought one of the thousands of culprits. As a guy who was on KGB during its the DVD of the Celtic Woman show that And then relax with some Celtic heyday from 1976 to 1990, I think that, in had so enraptured me on television hours Woman. before. And again I was shaken and again modern terms, JACK best personifies that Celtic Woman perform at the Coors the fountains flowed from my eyes. station’s credo at the time: If it’s popular, Amphitheatre on May 9. Jose Sinatra is “Are you crying Uncle Hose?” It was we’ll play it! During my tenure, that includ - becoming more and more of a wuss. Duh Duh’s voice on the phone again, a bit ed John Denver, Black Sabbath, Donna Sinatra is forming her own all-female later. Summer, Led Zeppelin, Frank Sinatra, Joni group Amazon Chick. Trevor has entered “I won’t lie to you, darling. Yes, your Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck, the the priesthood. Uncle Hose is not ashamed to weep on Beatles, the Stones, Can, Velvet occasion.” Underground, B.W. Stevenson, and George “What a pussy.” Benson. (KGB’s mid-1970’s playlist totalled “Nothing wrong with that. Hey, have almost 10,000 songs!) you ever heard of a group called Celtic I’m sure that JACK plays far fewer tracks Woman?” than that, but they’re still San Diego’s most “Uh-uh.” adventurous commercial radio station. “Five women and a band and chorus Try it at 100.7 on your FM radio. Tell ‘em J.M. sent ya.

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n the bible Jesus wandered the desert for 40 days and nights, and Carlos Castaneda Iexperienced his great exploration of wis - dom and power with his spiritual mentor, Don Juan, in the deserts of the Southwest and northern Mexico. There is something magical and otherworldly that deserts do to our souls. It’s as though the strangeness of the landscape pulls us out of our everyday notions of who we are and what reality is. If you feel that your ideas of reality need a little tweaking, or you just need to experience something outside of your workaday world, in take a fancy to Suishou No Fune. They are the arid lands of Jacumba on Memorial Day spacey and ethereal, a little like Brian Eno or weekend, the Telemagica Art and Music some of the earliest Pink Floyd. These are only Festival promises to expand your conscious - two of the bands of the dozens scheduled to ness, knock on the doors of perception, and play. maybe allow for some fun as well. Under the If you have the notion that art fits in a banner “Breaking Through” it says that this frame and is hung on a wall, or that music is festival is “dedicated to the evolution of the something you can tap your foot to for the human spirit through the arts.” If it were 40 three-and-a-half minute duration of a song, years ago the festival might be called a “hap - you’ve got another think coming once you’ve pening,” but let’s just say that there’s going to experienced this festival. Toss away the old be plenty of art and music to experience there. idea that there are artists who create and then The event is sponsored by the Institute of there are the rest of us. Telemagica encourages Perception, an association of artists founded the full participation of each participant as an by Kirk Roberts established to “enhance, acti - artist. Whatever your inclination, be it spoken vate, and broaden perception for the individ - word, dance, poetry, or even something artistic ual and the greater community.” And the that hasn’t yet been classified as an art form, karma from this extravaganza is meant to last you are welcome to share at the festival. This longer and go further than the five days includes diversions at the cafeteria as well as planned for this event. It is aimed at instigat - workshops held in what is called the Infinity ing a big, long-lasting change for the entire Room. world. The Manifesto for the festival states: Besides the Infinity Room there will be “With our creative vision and steadfast pas - other places to explore and experience creativ - sion, we intend to use our spirit-given talents ity. Sounding as though it was christened by as tools to shape a new world. These times Douglas Addams, the Inner Galactic Research demand intense separated and clarified from Vessel for Improv and Cool will be performing any lukewarm virus. Our passionate cause is research on improv and cool. There will also the complete rearranging of the current fash - be an innerspace perceptual gallery. At night, ion of the times.” under clear skies, telescopes will be fixed on Indie doesn’t come close to describing the the celestial wonders for hours of stargazing. band line-up. It’s more like Indie – Outie – Tired bones and sore muscles can be Roundaboutie, and just about anything else soothed at the large jacuzzi or hot tubs. You that strays way out of the way of the main - can also splash around in the hot spring-fed stream. I don’t believe that any of the musi - swimming pools or check out the sauna. If cians playing for the festival will list Kenny you brought your tent and sleeping bag, there Rogers as an influence. There’s Mystery are camping accommodations. There is also Hangup, an all female experimental, indie lodging for those who don’t like to sleep on (with a little punk thrown in) band from L.A. the ground. who look like they are NOT trying to be the The Telemagica Music Festival Takes place girls next door. And have you ever gotten into in Jacumba from May 22-26. For information, your parents record collection? You know, go to www.telemagica.com those vinyl things that they play on a turntable. And have you ever played one of their old hippie records? Well, if you’ve enjoyed some of those old records, you might 4444

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Carl Evans Jr. Jamie Laval Finds a A Remembrance Home in Celtic Music

by Paul Hormick ing of the classical sensibilities and folk materials is quite refreshing. “I try to use lthough he could have continued to the training that I received in conservatory make movies, Arnold – the tone, tuning, and advanced tech - ASchwarzenegger ran for governor of niques. In classical music it’s as though you California and won the election. Instead of have to examine each and every note. But I reciting lines in front of a camera, he now have to shed some of that. This kind of signs bills, makes speeches, and does the music that I play now is much more rhyth - governator thing. mic. Rather than examining each and every Sometimes a career change is just what note, it’s more important to keep the groove you need. going.” Like the governator, Jamie Laval also Most of the pipers in the world only play changed careers. A life of Mozart and Scottish music, and there are a legion of fid - Mendelssohn lay ahead for the classical vio - dlers who only play the reels and jigs of linist, but he left it all behind for reels and Ireland. But for Laval specializing in just by Bart Mendoza and a royal concert for the Queen of the music of the highlands. Laval specializes one Celtic music is a bit too constraining. Jamie Laval England. In 2002 he won the National in the music of the Celts, the people of He plays music from all of the Celtic lands. an Diego’s music community suf - Scottish Fiddle championship. Besides his Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany. For “All the different Celtic music have beauti - fered a major loss on April 10 with own recordings, Laval has recorded with good measure he performs Cape Breton, ful styles all their own,” he says. “If I were lin at Moorpark College. She met Laval at a the passing of keyboardist Carl Dave Matthews, appearing on his CD Some S Appalachian, and other New World folk to only play Scottish music I wouldn’t have jam session. Among the picking and stomp - Evans Jr., from complications of diabetes. Devils. He can also be heard on the sound - music that comes from the Celtic lands. the beauty of an Irish tune. Or if I played ing, Laval could detect the classical training Though it was well known that Evan had track to the movies Wild America and On a trip from his home in Asheville, only Irish fiddle tunes, I wouldn’t have what underlying Broder’s playing. He says, “We been ill for some time, his passing was still Finding Home . North Carolina to record his latest CD in Brittany has to offer. And there is so much met about three years ago and started play - a huge shock to friends, family, and jazz Noted for the strength of his perform - Knoxville, the interference of the Smokey to enjoy in the music of Appalachia. I think ing together about two and a half years ago. fans world wide. ance, his first CD, Shades of Green, won Mountains interrupting his cell phone line it gives me an exciting mix of music to play. It took a little while before we found our Best known as co-founder of the praise throughout the folk and roots com - from time to time, Laval told me about his And for the audience it gives them a vari - own style. We work as a duo, and that’s a group Fattburger, Evans was a mainstay of munity. On his next CD, Zephyr in a life and his music. He was hoping to finish ety.” slightly unusual instrumentation for this the San Diego jazz scene for three decades. Confetti Factory, Laval teamed up with then as much work as possible on the recording The variety, obviously, is appealing to kind of music. There is usually much more Of course, he was also much more than college student and California mandolin in the next few weeks, as his upcoming audiences, and it keeps folks coming back going on in the background. I think it gives that. prize winner Ashley Broder for a collections touring schedule will be keeping him quite to his performances and buying his disks. us a distinctive sound, and people have Born February 19, 1955, in of duos. Just as the higgledy-piggledy and busy for a few months. But Laval also feels that the music of the been responding to it.” Portsmouth, Virginia, he moved to San colorful image of the disk’s title suggests, Laval is interested in performing and Celts has a particular appeal for everyone. Diego with his family at the age of five. He the results are an inventive and spark-filled Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder will perform recording the original, untrammeled Celtic He says, “I believe that this music is univer - first came to local attention circa 1969 in a collaboration. Broder also plays cello – an for the San Diego Folk Heritage on May 10, music that a woman in Brittany or a Scot sal despite whatever heritage or background high school funk group called Power unusual instrument for the Appalachian and 7:30pm, at the San Dieguito United Methodist may have heard long ago in the western end someone might have. There is a pleading (which also included legendary bassist bluegrass tunes that received her cello treat - Church in Encinitas. of Europe and has worked at researching and yearning that this music has that I Nathan East) and he never looked back. ment on this recoding. The arrangements n He was still a teen when he backed Barry the music and its history. For example, the think everyone can relate to.” a are nonetheless convincing, with the two m k White, later going on to tour with Stevie material planned for the new CD will be In preparing for his recordings and per - c musicians using their instruments to imitate u B adaptations of Scottish bagpipe melodies. formances Laval picks through his material, Wonder, Ricky Lawson, Cannonball the twang and thump of washboard, d a

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Laval and Broder continue to record and o 1700s, the British went on a campaign to signatures, and feel, to find the succession h 1980s (first gig at the Triton) that pushed perform together. Broder, classically trained, P wipe out the Scottish bagpipe and Scottish that will create the desired effect. He has him into the full glare of the spotlight. has a resume that mirrors her musical part - music in general,” Laval explained. The performed throughout the United States. Although Fattburger is often under - ner’s. Having won the Western Open Master British were successful in wiping out the Overseas performances have included the rated by locals, their accomplishments are Picker Championship in 2003 and 2004, musical heritage of the Scots throughout Scots Fiddler Festival held in Edinburgh Jamie Laval & Ashley Broder legion. The group released its first album, she went on to study classical cello and vio - One of a Kind in 1986 (re-released by Sin- Scotland except in the Hebrides, the very Drome Records in 1994,) soon landing a remote archipelago that skirts the northwest deal with Capitol Records affiliated Intima coast of Scotland and where the Scots con - Records and scoring a major hit on con - tinued to play the pipes and preserve their temporary jazz radio with 1987’s disc, music. “So if you’re interested in getting to “Good News.” The band went on to the roots of this music, the way to find it is release 14 albums, with a shift to through the music of the bagpipes.” acclaimed indie label, Shanchie, in 1994 Laval grew up in Washington state, lis - and a Best of disc released by Manhattan tening to the classical recordings that his Records the following year. parents had in their collection. Determined From 1991 to 1994 Evans and com - to play a musical instrument, he delivered pany took home four SDMAs for Best Pop newspapers and mowed lawns until he had Jazz, scoring another one in 2005 for Best enough money to buy a clarinet. He pur - Jazz Album with their most recent album, sued guitar and even the French horn until Work to Do . But more impressive is their finally settling on the violin. As a teen Laval run on the Billboard Charts with 11 started a regimen of practicing for to six straight top 20 placings on the Top hours a day. Burning the midnight oil and Contemporary Jazz Chart, including four working, the elbow grease paid off. Before top tens. “One of a Kind” also charted at graduating from high school he was off to a #39 on the R&B chart in 1986. Evans musical conservatory. recorded one solo album, My Romance , but He studied at the Victoria Conservatory Fattburger remained his focus. of Music and later became a member of the Though he was in poor health, Evans Victoria Symphony and the Northwest continued to collaborate with other musi - Chamber Orchestra. “That seemed to be the cians whenever possible, including Jaime way to go, if you wanted a career in music, I Valle, Patrick Yandall, and singer-song - thought at the time,” he says. One night, writer Lauren Silva, who worked with him however, he wound up at a barn dance in 2006. “I got to spend 10 or 11 hours somewhere on the plains of western Canada [recording] with Carl when we were work - and heard his first bit of barn dance music. ing on my song “Perfect Love,” Silva The spark took hold. “As soon as I heard it, recalled. “At the time I was just starting to this music resonated with me,” he says. He record the songs for my album and still learned more and more about Celtic music learning how to get comfortable in the stu - and began playing some of the ancient dio. [And this] was the first time I felt tunes. A meeting with the then reigning comfortable in the studio because of Carl’s Scottish fiddle champion really sealed the presence and uplifting words.” deal. Laval quit the symphony, said good- I first met Carl Evans in 1986 and bye to the orchestra, and made the commit - found him to be kind, witty, charming as ment to a career as a Celtic violinist. well as an extremely gifted musician, sen - His classical training is apparent in his timents echoed by all those he came into music. He plays assuredly, with a confidence contact with. Though he may no longer be that usually comes from decades upon with us, his influence on jazz in general, decades of performance and practice. In and San Diego musicians in particular, is addition, his tone is fully developed, what incalculable and will continue to yield div - you might expect to hear from the concert - idends for decades to come. master in a classical concert hall. The pair - www.sandiegotroubadour.com 15 MAY 2008 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR of note

Patty Hall Derrick Oshana Steven Ybarra Paul Abbott, continued from p. 9. Jump on Up! Carousel Love Love Love boom boxes, home theater systems…wherever. tioned equipment. It used to be that playback That the message of the music comes across formats (cassette tapes and vinyl records, for by Allen Singer by Tim Mudd by Tim Mudd everywhere it’s listened to. As the engineer example) had physical limitations. Too much analyzes the recording, specialized processing bass in a master would make a record needle In some distant corner of one of those Maybe it’s just me, but I feel as iTunes has led me to become an über- tools (equalizers, compressors, limiters, and skip, and analog tape would distort if it was soon-to-be-gone music stores, in though being a successful songwriter geeky musical pragmatist. If it hasn’t got other “sonic enhancers”) are utilized to make pushed too hard with limiting. So the format set between show tunes and spoken word these days is not so much about setting my interest within 30 seconds, I move the necessary adjustments to get what the the limitations of what was done in mastering. CD albums, you might still find a chil - your stories and experiences to music as on. Sometimes I wonder what I may be engineer feels is the desired result. These tools Now, with CDs, DVDs and MP3s, those same dren’s section with discounted, overly it is creating music through stories that missing and wished that I refrained from are specialized in that they are designed for “format limitations” don’t exist. So, mastering dusty, but still in alphabetical order chil - others can relate to and make their own. executing my fickle musical nature, to very accurate, fine adjustment; much more so engineers are asked to push the limits of a dren’s CDs. There might be some won - Like a church for those who practice reli - which Steven Ybarra’s debut CD Love than general tracking and mixing equipment. recording beyond what can be accomplished in derful children’s song collections there gion, songs can help people without cre - Love Love would almost certainly have So, in essence, it’s a person with specific skills recording or mixing. This is a newer aspect and Patty Hall’s new CD would be a per - ative outlets give voice to their feelings fallen prey had it not been left on my and specialized equipment listening to a record - that’s been around for about the past 10-15 fect addition to any child’s home library and emotions. Another key element to desk for review. ing and saying, “this sounds good…now I’m years and, in some form or another, is part of of songs. this is not simply writing a pretty melody, Before I continue, it’s worth mention - going to add a few elements to make the good the whole process for mastering in general. The Jump on Up! is a joy for both children but creating a vibe, in fact, this element ing that Ybarra is a self-professed aspects sound better and minimize the ele - degree to which it’s done depends on the style and adults. It’s a 12-track musical sur - should almost come first as it sets the Christian artist. Think about that for a ments that are problematic.” Emphasizing the of music being mastered and the desire of the prise consisting of five of Patty’s original tone and energy from which interested second. Keep the picture in your mind; strong points and minimizing the less-than-stel - artist to create a “produced” sound. children’s songs, six American traditional parties can explore, relate and grow from now read on… lar aspects of a recording is what makes it But make no mistake about it: every record - tunes, and an excellent original tune the lyrical content. That said, allow me to Having listened to Love Love Love a translate successfully to the myriad of listening ing you hear today gets part of its sound from called “Little Dancer” by Jason Weiss. The introduce you to Derek Oshana’s debut number of times, now it appears I may environments. And to do that you need objectiv - what the mastering engineer did. You can learn folk songs all lend a sense of continuity EP Carousel, which receives not-so-shabby have discovered a new twist to this heavi - ity, skill, experience, and the right tools. Chief more about Paul Abbott and the mastering and provide a historical grounding for her marks from this reviewer on both of these ly trodden genre; although you may among these tools is the accurate playback sys - process at the following related links: CD. Knowing Patty, this is not an acci - points. expect its tracks to be an open statement tem. If you can’t really hear what’s been record - ZenMastering web page: http://www.zen - dent of musical roulette with the tracks or Immediately, Oshana’s voice jumps out of Ybarra’s faith, he has produced a beau - ed then you’re just guessing and that’s not pro - mastering.com style, but a way of enriching what chil - as incredibly steady and soulful for all of tiful collection of songs that could be fessional mastering. ZenMastering MySpace: dren and even adults hear. The CD wel - his 24 years. Although his words are obvi - applied to anyone’s faith, even if it’s a In a more subjective way, mastering has http://myspace.com/zenmastering comes children in and invites adults to ously directed toward lost and found love simple faith in love or faith in a loved evolved into a specialized “secret sauce” step join them in a quality music experience. of his age group and the search for expe - one. Each song is written so simply and Audio Recording Advice web page: that takes a recording and pushes it to the next Jump on Up! provides kids with a wake-up rience that accompanies his peers at this with so much universal meaning that http://www.audiorecordingadvice.com level of production, utilizing the above-men - call to be yourself and appreciate who juncture in their journey, he executes Ybarra’s words can be adapted to fit any you are. It’s a CD with a beat and a dis - them sincerely and without a hint of particular race, color, or creed, which is tinct rhythm, providing a musical place short-sightedness, which I’ll admit made not only brilliant but damn hard to where kids’ differences and similarities me feel a little nostalgic for a time where achieve on any level. From this I would can be universally appreciated. everything seemed a little purer and propose Ybarra to be mislabeled as a The CD starts out with “Wrinkly Knee heartfelt than what we can discover Christian artist and instead retitled as a Blues,” a song played as a Chicago-style beyond our twenties. talented pop songwriter. Ignoring the Phil Harmoniz Sez blues tune that lyrically points out the With regard to the vibe, the produc - extremes of these tendencies, the pro - uniqueness of each of us while giving tion of this record is fantastic and duction of this record is clean and taste - voice to our own little quirks. Patty has deserves as much recognition as the ful under the direction of Brian Darnell, definitely moved on with this CD by body of songs it dresses. As steady as with just enough edge and interest to I would personally like to adding blues to her trunk full of musical Oshana’s voice, the instrumentation keep Ybarra off the road that leads to styles. Whether doing old traditional swells around the vocal focal point and syrupy pop heaven. thank all the musicians who tunes or her own wonderfully written surprises every now and then whether it The true beauty inside this CD is its songs, Patty performs heartfelt music. be in the form of a snare loop burst or ability to follow a central theme while participated in the Her award-winning song, “Raggedy some tastefully layered harmonies to keeping the music interesting enough to Troubadour open mic. We had Candy Heart,” is a complex but heart - break the rhythm of your concentration satisfy every cross-genre listener. Each warming song that feels very real. Patty and keep things a little more exciting track offers something a little different, fun. Hopefully we’ll do it again Hall really is Raggedy Ann! In fact, she than usual. whether it’s the SoCal swing of the title has written many books about the doll, Despite what I’ve already said about and opening track to the boy-band soul in the near future. her adventures, and her stories. Oshana’s voice, my only grumble is the of “All I Am” to the Seal-Hendrix of “The The old traditional tunes on the CD distinct parallels my mind draws to the Beauty of Your Love” or the camp fire showcase Patty’s core as a musician who tone and intonation of John Mayer. crooning of “Lifetime Valentine,” Ybarra is dedicated to the very roots of Although Oshana’s personal appearance is always moving and always skirting the American string music and her special and the packaging of this record helps to stylistic boundaries without ever commit - talent as a banjo player, vocalist and gui - steer my mind away from this point dur - ting to one particular groove. tarist. Patty plays “The Keeper,” an old ing listening, moments occur when this Despite each song being incredibly camp that brought me back to when I similarity is a little close for comfort; at palatable, in my mind Love Love Love her - was a kid away from home at summer least it appears natural and not forced. alds two completely stand-out prime- camp, enjoying the comfort of a great All in all, Carousel is a breath of fresh time songs. The stable longing of “Please group sing around the campfire. air in the smog of songwriter records, hit - Please” drills to the core of anyone who’s Jump on Up! is comforting, education - ting the mark in structure, flow, attention ever wanted to change for the better al, and musically diverse. Unlike many to detail, and mood. Whether you enjoy with bluegrass-ballad charm and a chorus children’s musical CDs, it’s not conde - it during a summer sunset or a rainy that won’t leave you once you’ve felt it. scending or overly commercialized. afternoon, Oshana and his cohorts have “No More Lonely Days” rolls to looped Adults can learn a thing or two by giving produced a truly easy record for all sea - desert-blues that lifts you as much as it this children’s CD a listen. You’ll definite - sons. grounds you. Although Ybarra’s voice is ly shake your tail feathers to this wonder - The CD release will be held on incredibly strong throughout the disc’s ful collection of timeless music. Saturday, May 17 at Grace Chapel of the 11 songs, it’s the takes on “No More Patty will be performing her Jumpin’ Coast, 102 N. Freeman, Oceanside, 7pm. Lonely Days” that will persuade you that Up songs at the Adams Avenue Roots he’s truly singing from his soul. and Folk Festival on Sunday, May 4, Whether you practice faith or not, this 11am on the Park Stage. is an uplifting record for everybody.

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Bill Dempsey Rhythm & the Tomcat Zzymzzy The Turtle Shanty Man Method Courtney Quartet Project by Paul Hormick by Tim Mudd Downsville Blues Zzwing! Intopaz In our cubicles, in front of our com - I think I’m getting old, because it’s the puters, it’s hard to imagine that long ago by Lou Curtiss only reason I can explain why I’m by Lou Curtiss by Will Edwards the distinction between work and play becoming so intolerant of artists who a) was not as sharp as we draw it today. To It’s hard to be objective about an old Those Gypsy swingers sure get around Intopaz is an unusual and interesting use fake names, b) use an initial instead pass the time while performing chores, friend who first played music in my store and the Zzymzzy Quartet is no excep - debut CD by the Turtle Project. It is a of their full name and c) use nicknames. and quite often to help set the pace and in 1971 and appeared at his first San tion. From Django Hot Club licks by record that is broad in scope and incor - Fake names are for practical jokes, initials accompany the rhythm of nailing, shov - Diego Folk Festival in 1972, but I really Caravan to South America and New York porates advanced musical arrangements are for letters to the Troubadour about ing, and lifting, people sang work songs. believe this is some of the best work he City, the group covers songs by major with pop, jazz, and rock compositions their mean English writer, and nicknames Today we have our iPods, but long ago has ever done. Tomcat’s lyrics on the songwriters and personalities (Hoagy that should appeal to both the lay listen - are for your friends. ANYWAY, I also seem folks had their voices and often passed original material (particularly the title Carmichael, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, er and the academic musician. The sonic to be getting overly antagonized by the time in shared songs. song and the one about hurricane and others) and do some of their own experience is varied and fun. Tracks like artists who passionately spout off political Shanties were work songs that sailors Katrina) are exciting and memorable, stuff too, which happily doesn’t suffer by “Day Five” do exceptionally well to or sociopolitical dogma as though they sang while they mended sails, loaded and the production by Bob Corritore comparison. The songs range in a time blend digestible pop production with should be taken any more seriously than keels, or otherwise kept the ship under (who also plays some tasteful French capsule that covers the late 19th century, thoughtful and focused songwriting. The the next amateur pundit. I understand sail while they made their way across the harp that doesn’t get in the way of the and mostly the 1930s (even the 1893 record, overall, exposes some limitations each generation’s need to test and ocean or while Ahab searched for the singer) is top rate. This is the first time in Gnossienne No. 1, Lent has a 1930’s in the production and performances that protest the “system,” but there comes a white whale. Bill Dempsey, with his new 40 some years that Tomcat has had any klezmer touch). Even the Dukish the band’s future releases will hopefully point when you realize that singing songs disk Shanty Man , offers up an appealing first-class studio time. Most of his home “Caravan” sounds a bit like these guys resolve. Nonetheless, Intopaz dares to as black and white as the powers they collection of shanties that go back to the recorded efforts were done with portable are hauling bagels from the East Side to explore territory that most independent deride to coffeehouse ghosts who prefer times when the great tall sailing ships equipment and without the care of any - Tel Aviv with a stop at the Hot Club to bands are either afraid to explore or lack to not vote for “ideological reasons” is crossed the open seas. Included are some one who knew about record production. give Django a bite. the necessary skills to do so. For that I pointless, candlelit vigils are a highly inef - of the familiar ones – “Blow the Man Tomcat has spent all this time paying We are living in a time when Django believe much credit is due. fective use of energy, and even Ani Down,” “Shenandoah,” and “(What Do dues. So many young guitar players Reinhardt is being revered as a minor (at More complex timbres and strong DiFranco bought a ranch in Texas to raise You Do with a) Drunken Sailor?” – that came into this blues business learning least) deity and every city has a Hot Club jazz-based progressions throughout the her heterosexual family… But I guess you might remember from nights around under Tomcat and playing with him at a or Gypsy swing group of its own. I only album’s 11 tracks make it hard to call that’s just a personal opinion. the campfire, along with others that myriad clubs from the old Texas Tea have to play Django on my “Jazz Roots” Intopaz a pop record, however some Rhythm & the Method’s debut EP isn’t delight with their quirky lyrics and mem - House in Ocean Beach to his currant radio show (KSDS 88.3 – a shameless songs are just too catchy for any other bad, but it’s not great either. Their sound orable tunes. assignments in more classy joints in the plug) to have the phone light up. There genre (“Taking It On” and “Miles In- takes me back, very specifically, to 4 These songs, repeated over and over, Gaslamp and elsewhere. It was one of his are quite a few people out there playing Between”). Remnants of Toad the Wet Non-Blondes’ 1993 debut (and only) CD usually lasted as long as the chores. But students, Chris Jones, who started play - this music, but very few people playing it Sprocket, one of Jason Yamaoka’s big – which was actually an incredibly under - Dempsey knows that we’re not squaring ing clubs with Tom before he was old as well as these guys. They do all of it influences, can be heard throughout rated recording as long as you disregard a rig on the poop deck, so he keeps the enough to do that legally, which brought well, from the latin “Tico Tico,” the slow Intopaz as well as Jason’s solo work. For their worldwide smash-hit “What’s Up?” selections short at two or three minutes. him to the attention of the Blue Witch standard “What’ll I Do,” and even a example, “Maya and Adam” is a bouncy- – just nowhere near as tight, nor as well The instrumentals, “Shenandoah,” people. Chris also does some guitar work touch of Les Paul and Mary Ford on “The feeling song written about a serious structured. Front-woman Rhythm Turner’s “Soldier’s Joy,” “The Sailor’s Hornpipe,” on the CD as does another of Toms old World Is Waiting for the Sunrise” topic – alcoholism – in which the light- voice also bears a striking resemblance to are especially short, clocking in at about students, bass player Patrick Rynn. Drum although that Gypsy swing guitar creeps rock style mingles with the reflective sub - the Blondes’ own Linda Perry, which is a minute apiece, but their brevity keeps duties are split between Brian Fahey and in here too. ject matter in a manner that’s highly probably the band’s (and the record’s) them sweet and the listener wanting ex-Muddy Waters sideman Willie “Big The group consists of lead guitarist reminiscent of Glen Phillips (Toad’s for - strongest asset. It’s not that the band is more. Eyes” Smith. (and harmony vocalist where needed) mer front man). not comprised of relatively good musi - The men who sang these shanties The notes are informative and even Beston Barnett who is mighty fine on old There is heavy usage of horns, which cians (and there are moments when each were not choir boys, but men who lived give credit to an interview John Payne time tunes and his own compositions as I’d like to hear tighten up considerably member shines), it’s just that there are hard lives and sang hard as well, their and I did with Tomcat back in the early well. The clarinet player is Matt Gill who on several songs in which I felt that they places where the timing is lost, which is a voices tempered by waves, winds, and ’70s for Living Blues magazine (March- lets good taste keep his solos in bounds conflicted with the vocals. But, that major infraction on a studio recording hard whiskey. Dempsey sings in a full April, 1975). Tomcat has been one of (he doesn’t try to be Benny Goodman or being said, I think the horns are an and sloppy attention to detail on the part baritone, and his rough-hewn delivery of San Diego’s best kept secrets for a long Dave Taras, he plays what’s needed). important reason why this record stands of the producer. Another production these shanties, no vibrato and sung with time and it looks like with the release of Pete Miesner is sort of in the same cate - in its own musical category – for the bet - issue, which screams from this CD, is the the gusto of every beer commercial ever this CD we are going to have to share gory with his vocals. He doesn’t try to ter. They are used to great effect on spe - tsunami of reverb that appears to spring made, keeps the music true to the way it him with the rest of the world. sound black or British; he doesn’t mum - cific tracks such as “Magic Eight Ball.” I’d forth and engulf the room from each must have been heard on the great tall Tomcat grew up in the tiny town of ble – just the words that you can under - also level criticism regarding the vocal tracked instrument, including Turner’s ships more than a century ago. For the Downsville just outside of Waco, Texas. stand presented in a pleasing format (his levels – I’d like to see Jason’s voice take a voice; it’s as though the recording itself one or two polkas and reels, Dempsey His daddy ran a juke joint and Tomcat solid rhythm is okay too). Patrick more prominent place in a few of the took place in a large hall rather than a sings with more restraint, and the effect got exposed to the blues at an early age. Marion’s bass is just what’s needed to mixes where they blend into the back - professional studio. Were it not for this, is quite beautiful and touching. As men - He joined a tent show as a tap dancer round out the sound. Guestings by Ray ground too much to really command the whole affair would sound a lot tioned earlier, these shanties were sung but moved on to singing and the guitar Suen (always a good choice in whatever attention (“Growing Up Slowly”). The warmer and possibly even a little tighter. to set the pace of work, and Dempsey in the ’40s and ’50s. He spent time in group he plays that hot violin with) and songwriting often offers up an interest - As I’ve already said, this isn’t a bad does an excellent job of bringing out the Lubbock, Texas, Denver, and Flagstaff, Rob Duncan’s accordion really adds that ing variety of topics, but their message is record overall. As long as the band con - rhythm. Even though there is no strum - Arizona, before moving on to L.A. in French cabaret sound. I hadn’t heard occasionally muted by overpowering and tinues to grow together and pare down ming guitar, bass or drums, I found 1966 and San Diego in 1971. I don’t Chloe Feoranzo’s tenor sax before, but complex arrangements. Whether due to its excessively repeated verse-chorus myself tapping my foot throughout the think he was in San Diego too long she really gives that Johnny Hodges- artistic direction or common oversight, I combinations in favor of a succinct disk. when someone brought him down to a Harry Carney-Otto Hardwick sound to feel that the limitations on Intopaz often attack, their next effort should be a lot Besides an occasional banjo, har - blues concert I was doing at Folk Arts “Caravan.” Chad Farran’s doumbek is a break even with the record’s many stronger. You never know, people who monica, or accordion, Dempsey sings a and he sat in for a number or two. And nice touch that even Ellington didn’t strengths – this is the hallmark of a good are younger than 18 and older than 25 cappella, as these songs would have that’s where it started. I’ve forgotten think of. musical exploration. Sometimes the may even appreciate it too. been sung while setting sail or battening how many Folk Festivals, Roots Festivals, I only have one criticism of this group. music falls victim to an excessive array of down a hatch or two. One only wishes Street Fairs, and other events I’ve had The recording should have been issued instruments. Other times, the record that, to really be true to form, accompa - Tom play at, but it has certainly been a on 78s so I could play it on “Jazz Roots.” feels clear, concise, and innovative (listen nying Dempsey on a few of these were a lot. It’s great to see a good friend have This is one I would hope is in the KSDS to “Miles In-Between”). chorus of scalawags, ne’er-do-wells, and the kind of success Tomcat will have with record library so that folks around there In support of Intopaz, the Turtle other men who would have spent their this CD. He’s come a long way to get and other jazz radio stations will play it. Project will be filming a live music video lives on the seas. here and he’s certainly deserving of every The only problem is that with a name on May 24 at Channel Twelve25, a siz - Bill Dempsey will be performing his accolade that comes to him. You’ll want like Zzymzzy, they’re not exactly going able, all-ages venue at 172 E. Main Street shanties at the San Diego Folk Heritage’s to own this CD mostly for the music but to be first up in alphabetical listings. in El Cajon. You can also learn more Sea Chantey Festival on the Star of India, also for the fine notes by Bill Dahl and Maybe that just means an extra special about the band online at Saturday, May 18, at 11am. some excellent photography by Nena surprise when you get to the end. http://www.theturtleproject.com or on Anderson. You can see Tomcat perform The CD release will be held on MySpace at at the Roots Festival on Saturday, May 3, Thursday, May 1 at the La Jolla Firehouse http://www.myspace.com/jturtle. at 2 and 3pm in the Mansfield Beer YMCA on Herschel Street in La Jolla at Garden. For more information, go to 9pm. www.bluewitchrecords.com. www.sandiegotroubadour.com 17 MAY 2008 SAN DIEGO TROUBADOUR ’round about

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Gator by the Bay Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish Acoustic Alliance w/ Sweet Joyce Ann/Katie Leigh Reynolds/Folding Mr. Lincoln/Tuneman/ Christopher Dale & Friends , Handlery Hotel, Festival , Spanish Landing Park, N. Harbor Dr., 950 Hotel Circle N., 8pm. every saturday 10:30am. Bobo Czarnowski/3 Grandpas/Nathan Welden/ sunday • 4 Big Time Mega Show/Sharif/Adam Gimbel/ Folk Arts Rare Records Singers’ Circle , Daniele Spadavecchia , Zia’s Bistro, 1845 S.D. Folk Song Society , Old Time Music, 2852 Mary Dolan/Chris Leyva , Brick by Brick, 1130 Kadan, 4696 30th St., 6pm. India St., 7pm. University Ave., 1pm. Adams Avenue Roots & Folk Festival , Normal Buenos Ave., 7pm. Tomcat Courtney , Turquoise Cafe Bar Europa, Tomcat Courtney/Jazzilla , Turquoise Cafe Bar Heights, 10am-6pm. Podunk Nowhere/Cathryn Beeks Ordeal/Wild Brian Lynch , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. 873 Turquoise St., 7pm. Europa, 873 Turquoise St., 7pm. Truth/Citizen Band/Christopher Dale/ Bradley Leighton CD Release , Anthology, 1337 Skelpin , Hensley’s Flying Elephant Bar & Grill, India St., 7:30pm. SweetTooth/Deadline Friday , Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave., 4pm. 850 Tamarack, Carlsbad, 8pm. Shelby Lynne/David McMillin , Belly Up, 143 S. Terami Hirsch , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Cedros, Solana Beach, 8pm. Joe Jackson/Mutlu , Humphrey’s, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., 7:30pm. Chet & the Committee , Patrick’s II, 428 F St., 9pm. Chet & the Committee , Patrick’s II, 428 F St., 9pm. Kevin Eubanks , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. saturday • 24 thursday • 29 Ian McFeron Band/Simon Lynge/Derek Evans , monday • 19 monday • 5 Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Telemagica Art & Music Fest , Jacumba. Michael Tiernan , Beach Grass Cafe, 159 S. The Bad Blokes , Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub, www.telemagica.com Coast Hwy. 101, Solana Beach, 6pm. Dinner/Dance w/ Rey Vinole Swing Orchestra , 850 Tamarack Ave., Carlsbad, 7pm. Sharon Hazel Township , Turquoise Coffee, 841 Joe Rathburn/Jeffrey Joe Morin , Milano Coffee Garman Hall, Christ Lutheran Church, 4761 monday • 12 Turquoise St., 11am. Co., 8685 Rio San Diego Dr., 7pm. Cass St., Pacific Beach, 6pm. Mark Jackson Band , Wynola Pizza Express, Peter Sprague , Roxy Restaurant, 517 First Ave., We Love Candye Kane Benefit , Humphrey’s The Bad Blokes , Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub, 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. Encinitas, 7pm. 850 Tamarack Ave., Carlsbad, 7pm. tuesday • 20 Backstage Lounge, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., Cris Williamson , Acoustic Music San Diego, Poncho Sanchez/Orquesta Primo , Belly Up, 143 6:30pm. All Pro Blues Jam , The Harp, 4935 Newport, 7pm. 4650 Mansfield St., 7:30pm. S. Cedros, Solana Beach, 8pm. The Bad Blokes , Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub, tuesday • 13 Midnight Ramblers , Anthology, 1337 India St., Karla Bonoff , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30 & 850 Tamarack Ave., Carlsbad, 7pm. 7:30pm. 9:30pm. Viva Santana , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. Les Nubians , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. The Proclaimers/Jeremy Fisher , Belly Up, 143 Michael Tiernan Trio , Beachside Bar & Grill, friday • 30 S. Cedros, Solana Beach, 8pm. 806 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, 8pm. Sue Palmer & the Blue Four , Patrick’s II, 428 F Sue Palmer Trio , Casa del Prado, Balboa Park, St., 9pm. Jeff Lee , Mission Bay Boat & Ski Club, 2606 N. 4pm. tuesday • 6 Mission Bay Dr., 8pm. wednesday • 21 Mountain Tribal Gypsies , Wynola Pizza All Pro Blues Jam , The Harp, 4935 Newport Fred Benedetti & George Svoboda , Dizzy’s @ Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. wednesday • 14 SD Culinary Ctr., 200 Harbor Dr., 8pm. Ave., 7pm. Christopher Dale/Astra Kelly , Handlery Hotel, Zzymzzy Quartet , O.B. People’s Food, 4765 Jordan Reimer/Don Ross/Brooke Miller , Christopher Dale/Michael Tiernan , Handlery 950 Hotel Circle N., 6pm. Longsleeves/Brothers Clement , Across the Street Voltaire Ave., 6pm. @ Mueller College, 4603 Park Blvd., 8:30pm. Dizzy’s @ SD Culinary Ctr., 200 Harbor Dr., 7pm. Hotel, 950 Hotel Circle N., 6pm. Sight & Sound Performance/Exhibition Skelpin , Humphrey’s Backstage Lounge, 2241 Jason Reeves w/ Molly Jenson & Trevor Sue Palmer Trio , Rooftop, Park Manor Suites, Showcase , Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Skelpin , Blarney Stone, 5617 Balboa Ave., 9pm. Shelter Island Dr., 6pm. Ave., 6:30pm. Davis , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. 525 Spruce St., 7pm. Ari Hest/Jake Newton/Ryanhood , Lestat’s, Johnson, Bosley & Morin , Borders, 159 Chris Tarry Quintet , Dizzy’s @ SD Culinary Ctr., Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys , Anthology, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Fletcher Pkwy., El Cajon, 7pm. 1337 India St., 7:30pm. wednesday • 7 200 Harbor Dr., 7:30pm. Sonny Landreth , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30 Les Nubians , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. Sue Palmer Quintet , Croce’s, 802 5th Ave., 8pm. sunday • 25 & 9:30pm. The Screamin’ Primas , California Ctr. for the Candy Kane Benefit w/ Steve Poltz/Taylor Lil’ T Man , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Bob Dylan Tribute w/ Steve White/Dave Arts, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., 4pm. Harvey Band/Sara Petite/Tornado Magnets/ Telemagica Art & Music Fest , Jacumba. Howard/Deborah Liv Johnson/Louis Mundell Lowe/Mimi Fox Quartet , Museum of Joey Harris & the Mentals , Casbah, 2501 www.telemagica.com MacKenzie , Dizzy’s @ SD Culinary Ctr., 200 thursday • 22 Harbor Dr., 8pm. Art, Balboa Park, 5:30pm. Kettner Blvd., 9pm. San Diego Youth Symphony Stage Band , Christopher Dale/Simeon Flick , Handlery Hotel, Kathleen Edwards/Last Town Chorus , Belly Up, Dizzy’s @ SD Culinary Ctr., 200 Harbor Dr., 6pm. Primasi , BookWorks, Flower Hill Mall, Del Mar, 143 S. Cedros, Solana Beach, 9pm. Telemagica Art & Music Fest , Jacumba. 8pm. 950 Hotel Circle N., 6pm. www.telemagica.com Riki Lee Jones , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30 Fielding/Steen-Larson/Katy Wong/Wrong Eddie & Martha Adcock , Old Time Music, 2852 John Foltz/Jerry Gontang , Milano Coffee Co., & 9:30pm. University Ave., 7:30pm. Trousers/Bryan Bangerter , Across the Street @ thursday • 15 8685 Rio San Diego Dr., 7pm. Skelpin , Hensley’s Flying Elephant Bar & Grill, Mueller College, 4603 Park Blvd., 8:30pm. Marcus Miller , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. 850 Tamarack Ave., Carlsbad, 8pm. Hal Ketchum/Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash , Cotton Fever/Joshua O’Brian/The Unloaded , San Diego Legacy Big Band w/ Janet Hammer , Peter Sprague , Roxy Restaurant, 517 First Ave., Belly Up, 143 S. Cedros, Solana Beach, 8pm. Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Dizzy’s @ SD Culinary Ctr., 200 Harbor Dr., 7:30pm. Encinitas, 7pm. Mayfield/The Howls , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Sara Petite , NCBFC Mtg., 1161 E. Washington Joe Rathburn/Tom Boyer , Milano Coffee Co., Ave., 9pm. monday • 26 Ave., Escondido, 8pm. 8685 Rio San Diego Dr., 7pm. Mile Davis B-Day Tribute Jazz BBQ , Dizzy’s @ saturday • 31 Oregon , Neurosciences Institute, 10460 Dayna Carroll CD Release w/ Sue Palmer/ SD Culinary Ctr., 200 Harbor Dr., 2pm. Free. Hopkins Dr., 8pm. Sharon Shufelt/Peter Harrison/Scott Paulson , friday • 23 Peter Sprague & Tripp Sprague , Encinitas Robin Henkel Trio , Humphrey’s Backstage Wine Festival, Quail Gardens, Encinitas, 5pm. Sue Palmer Quintet , Croce’s, 802 5th Ave., 8pm. Dizzy’s @ SD Culinary Ctr., 200 Harbor Dr., 8pm. Lounge, 2241 Shelter Island Dr., 7pm. Jesse Cook , Humphrey’s, 2241 Shelter Island Telemagica Art & Music Fest , Jacumba. Robin Henkel Band w/ Billy Watson , Jenni Alpert/Kori Withers , Lestat’s, 3343 www.telemagica.com The Police , Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, Miramonte Winery, 33410 Rancho California Adams Ave., 9pm. Dr., 8pm. Chula Vista, 7:30pm. The Flimz/Podunk Nowhere , Handlery Hotel, Holler , Wynola Pizza Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Rd., Temecula, 5:30pm. 950 Hotel Circle N., 8pm. Julian, 6pm. Jack Costanzo , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30pm. Grand Canyon Sundown , Wynola Pizza thursday • 8 Shawn Ponder , Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., 9pm. Bill Staines , San Dieguito United Methodist Express, 4355 Hwy. 78, Julian, 6pm. Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas, 7:30pm. Band in Black , Hennessey’s, 2777 Roosevelt tuesday • 27 Sonny Landreth , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30 Jason Reeves/Jordan Reimer , Aztec Center, St., Carlsbad, 9:30pm. Poco , Anthology, 1337 India St., 7:30 & 9:30pm. & 9:30pm. SDSU Campus, noon. Johnson, Bosley & Morin , Borders, 11160 All Pro Blues Jam , The Harp, 4935 Newport Eve Selis CD Release , Sherwood Auditorium, Sue Palmer Trio , Sunset Market, Pier View Rancho Carmel Dr., 8pm. Ave., 7pm. Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla, 8pm. 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