Hello Troubadourians! This month I’m writing about something non-technical for a change. I spent the weekend of October 19-21 at the FAR-West Conference, performing with my...
I’ve tried to keep politics out of these columns but if you knew something about my background, you’d know that isn’t always possible. At any rate,...
San Diego is blessed with many talented acoustic and roots musicians. Some are fairly high profile, are bandleaders, or otherwise manage to find the limelight they...
It should be no surprise that the Black Market III has exploded onto the local blues scene. “Mad Dog” Scottie Blinn has fronted the Mississippi Mudsharks,...
My daughter Lindsay (you know her as one half of local duo the Lovebirds) recently posted a CD review on her blog in which she described...
Alan Land is a very lucky man. He is gifted with a wonderful voice, a rich baritone that is ideally suited to country songs and ballads,...
Riviera Supper Club The Riviera Supper Club is an all-American chop house that is somewhat easy on the wallet and surely worthy the consideration of starving...
Andrew “Cactus” Soldi, Eugene “Smokey” Rogers, and Larry “Pedro” DePaul all got together as members of the Texas Jim Lewis Band (the Lone Star Cowboys) who...
It was the first day of summer on June 22, 1961 when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best found themselves at Fredrich-Ebert-Halle in...
