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I think it was my best funk gig yet. You know, like, I played great and I felt good. There were only 10 people in the bar all night, but very friendly. There was a crazy dancing jumping guy who entertained us while we played.

It’s been a while. This place has a strange vibe.

Good vibes at Tobin James tonight. More to come…

Classic waiting. Headliner hasn’t showed and we’re just chillin. This means we won’t have a soundcheck. Yay.

The problem with playing at a wedding is the time wasted, or getting wasted between the hour when we can load in our gear and the time they want us to start playing. Another inconvenience is food. Smart couples account for the band in their catering numbers, props to them, but most do not, which [...]

Killin’ too much time during set-break, but its an itsy-bitsy crowd so I don’t feel so bad.

Somehow managed to load in at the Frog on a busy farmers market Thursday. Downbeat in about 20.

Gig with Inna Vision. The place looks like it never burned down, except for the nice fresh paint and a little less of the Willie Nelson vibe. We played well, good monitor mixes, crowd could have been double but the spring break crowd was more interested in the DJ-dance vibe provided by the venue next [...]

Tropics Bar and Cafe was a welcome first stop for the tour. This place reminds me of Frog and Peach: stage as you walk in, tables, messy walls, pieced together sound system. Definitely a reggae vibe here. Clean upstairs bar area and capacity is an intimate 150 persons. The people at this half bar, half [...]

Our trusty mixer. It has a configurable speaker amp built-in. I have nothing but good things to say about Yamaha gear. My only complaint is that it only has 2 aux sends for monitors, but the model with 4 sends has no built-in amp. Direct outs would also be nice.

Thank you captain obvious.

I’ve probably killed a few days worth of hours in the alley behind downtown brew in SLO. I’m diggin this stage-side entrance and wondering why I didn’t notice the mural until now.

Inlaws in Thailand for a few years and told me give their truck a spin once in a while, so it has become a carpool vehicle for long-ish band trips. Tonight we head to Stateside in Santa Barbara for a show and we’ll be reclining in leather for the trip down and back.

There’s no phone service out at Pozo saloon, but there’s wifi.

Got a little over 2 hours to kill on the pier. Nice night and a lot of friends coming out so I’m thinking it will be a great night.

Gig: Tobin James night 1, Paso Robles, CA
Um. Just killin excessive time at a wine club members gig in Paso. Super nice night. Expected about 500 people tonight and 1600 tomorrow for round 2, wine industry party.
Free bottles of syrah trump the miller in the cooler.

Gig: Resination, Klockwyze @ Maverick Saloon, Santa Maria, CA
Tonights second wind, that which is needed at 11pm before a set begins, is brought to you by the bourbon Makers and the cola Coke.

Gig: Resination, Zongo, The Twinkle Brothers at Pozo Saloon, Pozo, CA
 
All things considered, Pozo is probably the best venue in the area except for when Avila beach resort sets up their stage facing the bowl. Pozo Saloon is about 45 minutes northa-east of San Luis Obispo, and is usually hotter than a second story rehearsal [...]

Gig: Resination, Day two at Grover Beach some-kind-of Festival, CA
The second day at this venue calls for a different medicine. That’s Mike (rhythm guitar) drinking the Korbel, and Tim (drums) with the coffee. The wind and bbq smoke is relentless here.
The red canopy in the background did a triple back-flip mid-set after a gust of [...]

Gig: Resination and Luciano at The Graduate, San Luis Obispo, CA
Our local big guns in sound reinforcement always come with these Sennheiser MD 441 U shotgun-patterned consenser mics that sound awesome on horns. Super clean sound with a nice boost on the high end for that “sheen.”
A few years ago after listening to some [...]

…always include an ice cold corona upon arrival of the gig/hotel. 3 hours to kill until downbeat. Looking forward to tomorrows most-of-the-day-off in the city. Dreading parking.

Erm, Avalon. Or maybe it really is Babylon. Eh, who cares, place still kinda sucks. It’s a good place to play pool, but it’s a pretty mediocre venue to play music. Highlight of the show was finding the set-list for the previous nights’ main act. They called themselves “The Dirty Sanchez.” I wish I remembered [...]