A huge, enthusiastic turnout for our final show at the Trop. And, the band responded with total stompin' thunder, capped off by the return of our elegant guest artist Freddie Ravel, along with his Santana Supernatural compadre Karl Perazzo.
My good friend Cirque Ka star Joerg was sure diggin' it. Full blog report after the day gig. Stay tuned... ___
TUESDAY EVENING UPDATE
Scenes from a slammin' hang.
I was way busy last night. Would have liked to just sit and listen, really.
More thoughts to come, including some reflections on the stupidass musicians' union dustup (which, its idiotic acrimony aside, had nothing to do directly with the end of this Santa Fe gig).
When The Curtain Goes Up, the stunning 3rd CD release!
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Inside MusiCast interviews our fearless leader Jerry Lopez.
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I recommend Safari (the quickest loading) or the Firefox browser for the best blog viewing experience. They work under both Windows and Mac OS. Internet Explorer just doesn't cut it for viewing photo and graphics-heavy websites and blogs. UPDATE: Google now offers their free beta "Chrome" browser. It's also quite good (I installed it for comparison testing), and runs on Macs, PCs, and Linux machines. ________
Bill Champlin's awesome new Solo CD now available!
"No Place Left to Fall" - Click the pic to order. It is a crushingly fine piece of work, and our own Fat City Horns are on it!
My friend Javier...
Now four great Las Vegas locations!
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Our friends at Inside MusiCast
Great interviews! Click the image to visit them.
Around Town: Live, friends of Santa Fe. Click the links to check their gig schedules.
Kurt Kolstad is my dear friend, a crazy fine performer and writer with whom I had the honor of gigging 35 years ago in Seattle (cat could most certainly play with Santa Fe). He is a wonderful person who has been battling lymphoma for a number of years now. If you can contribute any amount (via US Bank) to help defray his huge and mounting medical expenses, it would be appreciated beyond words (click his pic for details). -BobbyG