Wednesday, August 24, 2011

O'Brien's and Pappy & Harriet's This Weekend

Friday August 26th at our old stomping grounds
O'Brien's Pub, 2941 Main St. SM, CA 90405
Our friends BoomNoodle are opening and we have some surprise guests sitting in.
9pm-close. Free!

Saturday August 27th
Come drink copious amounts out of mason jars at a mega-multiple birthday party bash.
Pappy & Harriet's, 53688 Pioneertown Rd. 92284
8pm-close. Free!
It's only 2 hours out of LA in one of my favorite magical places on this here Earth.


We were on KROQ last week

PCB - Wounded Bird
Yeehaw!
Rodney on the Roq playlist from 8/15/11

Thanks Rodney Bingenheimer!


Friday, August 19, 2011

Saturday Cafe Boogaloo In Hermosa : Sunday Primitivo : 8/27 At Pappy's


8/20/11: Hermosa Beach, CA: Cafe Boogaloo
1238 Hermosa Ave. 90254. 9pm-11 Free

8/21/11: Venice, CA: Acoustic brunch at Primitivo Wine Bistro
1025 Abbot Kinney Blvd. 90291. 1pm-3pm. Free.

8/26/11: O'Brien's On Main
2941 Main St. 90405. 9pm-close. Free.

8/27/11: Joshua Tree, CA: Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
53688 Pioneertown Rd. 92268. 7pm-close. Free

We gonna have our 5 man wolfpack back in effect for the 1st time in a month as Rich is back from Jersey and Stevie Tegel is back from Belize!

Thanks to Bryan Brown of the Holloys, Travis Popichak of Leslie & The Badgers and Jason Chesney of Old Californio for so capably rockin' out in their stead.

We had a Curly Tops reunion last week at Brennan's. Here's a pic from the heyday. January 29, 2006...





summertime rolls...

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Obispo Thursday, Paso Robles Friday, Brennan's Pub Saturday

Busy weekend coming up!

8/11/11: San Luis Obispo, CA: Frog & Peach
9-close. Free

8/12/11: Paso Robles, CA: Pour House
8-close. Free

8/13/11: Brennan's Pub
9pm-close. Free
with our friends EOA (9pm) and The Dahls (10pm)

8/14/11: Venice, CA: Acoustic brunch at Primitivo Wine Bistro
1pm-3pm. Free


Monday, August 8, 2011

Pink Champagne on Breakthru Radio Today

Lots of other great acts on the show including Shane Alexander, Keaton Simons and Ernie Halter.
SoCal Sounds
http://www.breakthruradio.com/#/post/?dj=djlaura&post=895&blog=27&autoplay=1 
Thanks DJ Laura!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Big River Cover by Malcolm Ford, Dutch & Chez

Check out this recording of Malcolm Ford of the Dough Rollers with Dutch Suoninen and Paul Chesne of the Paul Chesne Band jamming out acoustic style on Johnny Cash's Big River in Chez's living room late night on June 11, 2011.

http://www.archive.org/details/BigRiver_399&reCache=1

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Former PC Band Member Done Good

Just got off the phone with our bass player from way back in 2004, Chris D'Rozario.
I hadn't talked to him in a few years. I remember when he first came to LA from Australia. He was barely 23 and a brash fucker. All full of piss and vinegar. A great player already, and determined to be the bass player for the Stray Cats. Oh the innocence.

He played on our first album Wet Dog Man.

Chris Nomad & I recording Wet Dog Man at Radio Recorders studios on April 25, 2004. Photo by Melinda Dahl
And played with us in the PCB for about a year...
L-R: Mitch Marine, me, and Chris D'Rozario at Kibitz Room. 8/18/2004. Photo by Lanning Gold

After only about 10 months in Los Angeles, he did miraculously get that audition with Brian Setzer. And he was offered a position in the Brian Setzer Orchestra! But it was behind the bandstand. And this little bastard Chris, he turned it down. Shortly thereafter he quit the PCB and moved back to Australia.

Fast forward to today. He's in between tours to Europe and Japan and then the US playing with the Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot!
L-R: Slim Jim Phantom, Brian Setzer, John Hatton, Chris D'Rozario in Vigevano, Italy

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