I'll be returning to Heather Combs' monthly Songwriters in the Round series at The Hotel Utah in San Francisco, California on Thursday, June 6th with Ash Thursday and my dear friend, Tom Rhodes. Show is at 8pm, and please note: this is a 21+ event.
Tickets: ticketfly.com/purchase/event/260671
RSVP: facebook.com/events/381593305290997/
On Saturday, May 11th I'll be supporting songwriter Jay Brannan and the Bay Area's beloved boys of rock, Rin Tin Tiger at the world famous Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.
Tickets: http://www.stubmatic.com/bottomofthehill/event/7672
RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/490539111003798/
Doors: 8:30pm
Price: $14
Ages: All ages!
I'll be hitting the road in April for two stints of shows across California. The dates and details are below. Bring yourself. Bring your friends. Bring me something to eat.
RSVP to the event page via Facebook and let me know you're coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/601881443174347/
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Thursday, April 4th • SLO Down Pub • Arroyo Grande, CA
6:30pm, FREE, w/ Dulcie Taylor, etc.
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/161196757372173/
Online: http://www.facebook.com/songwritersatplay
Friday, April 5th • Cambridge Drive Concert Series • Goleta, CA
7:30pm, $10 adv. or $12 door, w/ Adam Phillips
RSVP: (805) 964-0436, Roy Donkin
Online: http://www.facebook.com/events/136013996580051/
Saturday, April 6th • East Village Coffee Lounge • Monterey, CA
7:00pm, FREE
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/552454354779233
Online: http://www.facebook.com/eastvillagemonterey
Tuesday, April 23rd • Bazaar Cafe • San Francisco, CA
7:00pm, FREE, w/ Roem Baur and Ash Thursday
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/360214254097724/
Online: http://www.bazaarcafe.com/
Wednesday, April 24th • Naked Lounge • Sacramento, CA
8:00pm, $5, w/ Patrick Nehoda and Erik James
Online: http://www.nakedcoffee.net/musicvenue.html
Thursday, April 25th • SLO Down Pub • Arroyo Grande, CA
6:30pm, FREE, w/ Gary Garrett, Wesley Woo, etc.
Online: http://www.facebook.com/songwritersatplay
Friday, April 26th • Bru Coffeelounge • Atascadero, CA
7:00pm, FREE, w/ John Miller
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/356289227813297/
Online: http://www.facebook.com/brucoffeehouse
Saturday, April 27th • Witzend • Los Angeles, CA
7:00pm, $10, w/ Dona Oxford, Mike Mentz, and Doran Holley
Tickets: http://witzend.tunestub.com/show.cfm?id=89172&cart
Online: http://www.witzendlive.com/
Sunday, April 28th • Adams Avenue Unplugged 2013 • San Diego, CA
2pm @ Lestat's (3343 Adams Ave.), FREE
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/146066228887990/
Online: http://www.adamsavenueunplugged.com/
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See more dates on the Upcoming Shows page of this website.
On Thursday, March 28th The Plastic Arts will co-headline a very special night of music at The Starry Plough in Berkeley, California with Graham Patzner of the beloved Bay Area band Whiskerman, with very special guests Andrew St. James and Chelsea Coleman.
This event is being produced and presented by Shut Up Songwriters., a weekly audio/video podcast and video blog founded and curated by yours truly.
RSVP and more details available via the Facebook event page, here: http://www.facebook.com/events/512231842161357/
Check out this enthralling performance by Graham Patzner of "Bad News" from Whiskerman's forthcoming EP.
"I Hear the Truth" is a new recording which features San Francisco songwriter, and the most recent winner (out of 13,000 entries) of Guitar Center's national singer/songwriter competition, Jeff Campbell on second guitar and harmony. It was recorded live, in a single take, without any performance correcting edits at Sonic Zen Records in Berkeley, California on December 30th, 2012.
The live video of that performance is available for you to view, via our YouTube channel, below.
Additionally, the audio single is available as a free digital download, here:
I'll be hitting the road for a handful of shows along the coast of California and in southern Arizona in February. Venue and date information, below.
2/15 – Pacifica, CA – The Surf Spot
2/16 – Mountain View, CA – Red Rock Coffe
2/17 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Abbey Lounge – RSVP on Facebook
2/18 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Upper Crust
2/21 – Los Angeles, CA – Witzend – RSVP on Facebook
2/23 – San Diego, CA – Lestat's – RSVP on Facebook
2/28 – Tucson, AZ – Plush – RSVP on Facebook
3/01 – Tempe, AZ – The Sail Inn – RSVP on Facebook
3/04 – San Francisco, CA – Osteria – RSVP on Facebook
Ticketing and other details are available on the Upcoming Shows page. More dates to be announced soon!
I'm more likely to discount my accomplishments than delight in them because I am self-defeating. Every supposed success is spoiled by my own solemnity and self-seriousness. That said, in a more private and self-congratulatory moment, I'd readily concede that 2012 was the most productive year of my life.
By far.
Therefore, as both a healthy exercise in self-commendation, and for the sake of posterity, since time is certain to strike out any sense of self-satisfcation soon, I made a list of what were, for me, some of the personal and professional highlights of the year as I experienced it.
Read MoreFrom Our Mouths is a holiday compilation record from You're Going to Die, a not-for-profit movement intent on bringing people creatively and cathartically into the conversation of death and dying while helping to inspire and empower them out of the context of confronting loss and mortality with abashment.
I've attended nearly every one of YG2D's monthly "poetry, prose, and everything goes" events in San Francisco since being invited as a featured performer to one back in February 2012. So, when YG2D founder Ned Buskirk asked me to make a contribution to the record, I wanted to do something special.
"I'm Not Coming Home (For Christmas)" is a new song I wrote and recorded exclusively for this album. I hope you'll take a moment to listen, and consider purchasing this compilation, as YG2D is one of the most phenomenally worthwhile things I've discovered since re-locating to the Bay Area.
#Christmas is a pay-what-you-please holiday compilation presented by Ivy Hill Entertainment and Telefunken Elektroakustik to benefit Swords to Plowshares, a non-profit working to help veterans transition back into civilian life.
I recorded and arranged a new version of "O, Holy Night" specifically for this album which you are welcome to stream here, but if you enjoy it, please consider clicking through and purchasing the record as your contribution will benefit a very worthwhile cause.
Performer Magazine. December 2012.
I’m phenomenally self-satisfied to discover I’m featured in this month’s issue of Performer Magazine talking about my favorite guitar, The Loar LO-16. Great magazine. Great guitar. Seems fitting the twain should meet. Read the full issue online, here.
