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Monday, May 31, 2004 10:25:53 AM
Our setlist on Saturday night at Towles Cafe was: "Cello Song" (by Nick Drake, solo marimba performance, our first public performance of the tune), "Viva Tirado", "Delicate Creature", "Morning/Midday", "Place To Be", "Freddie Freeloader", "Wave", "Merengue", "Fall", "Bright Size Life" (our first public performance), "Girl From Ipanema", "Killer Joe", "Afro Blue", "Blue Bossa", "Key West Intermezzo", "Footprints", "Cal's Pals", "So What", "St. Thomas". Packed house, thanks for the warm response.
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:56:00 AM
What a great response we got last night at Echo Sushi Lounge in Walnut Creek! We loved it! John Ulloa joined us on congas for the gig. Our setlist was: "Merengue", "Key West Intermezzo", "Wave", "Delicate Creature", "So What", "Killer Joe", "Afro Blue" and "Cal's Pals".
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 6:50:16 AM
Setlist for Echo Beach two days ago at Towles Cafe included: jazz standards from the Real Book (Brian, John and Justin played as a trio until I arrived from a drive back from Yosemite), "Morning / Midday", "Cal's Pals", "Delicate Creature", "Wave", "Footprints", "Afro Blue", "Key West Intermezzo", "So What" and "Killer Joe".
Monday, May 10, 2004 9:38:43 AM
Setlist for Echo Beach yesterday at Borders Oakridge was: "Afro Blue", "Morning / Midday", "Killer Joe", "One Note Samba", "Footprints", "Girl From Ipanema", "Fall", "Cal's Pals", "Place To Be", "Wave", "So What", "Freddie Freeloader", "St. Thomas", "Blue Bossa". Guest drummer (making his debut appearance with us): Patrick Korte.
Monday, May 03, 2004 10:04:55 AM
Setlist for Echo Beach yesterday at Borders Stonestown was: "Jamaican Sun", "Morning/Midday", "Merengue", "Girl From Ipanema", "Afro Blue", "Cal's Pals", "Delicate Creature", "Place To Be", "Wave", "Killer Joe", "Footprints", "Key West Intermezzo", "Blue Bossa", "Fall", "So What", "Freddie Freeloader".
Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:34:37 PM
Today I'm working on the triangle part in "Girl From Ipanema" and the melody and chords (on marimba) for "Bright Size Life".
Monday, May 03, 2004 10:07:20 AM
In rehearsal after yesterday's gig, Echo Beach worked on Pat Metheny's "Slip Away" and "Bright Size Life".
Monday, May 31, 2004 10:30:44 AM
I was thoroughly entertained at the play "Love, Egos, Alternative Rock (L.E.A.R.)" on Friday night. Is the music business rampant with stereotypical bad behavior and personality types? At a certain level of success and recognition, fair to say, the answer is "yes". "L.E.A.R." plays on our knowledge of these behaviors and personalities (plus clothing and musical fashions since 1976) in a most clever way. Having Echo Beach's "Cal's Pals" playing during the party scene of the play, is a bonus.
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 6:54:39 AM
Well, I didn't throw up (as I recall that's what Dennis Wilson did, the first time he heard the Beach Boys played on the radio) but last Friday at 2:45 p.m. was an exciting moment when Echo Beach was played on KGO-AM. Pete Wilson and Brad Kava played about 30 seconds of our recording of "Wave", then commented on the tune, this website, and a couple of our upcoming gigs. As a Bay Area musician for 27 years and a KGO listener even longer, hearing my band play on the radio was a satisfying moment.
Friday, May 28, 2004 9:54:07 AM
from my Launch radio station: Fleetwood Mac - "Sandy Mary", CSNY - "Helpless", Enya - "Book Of Days", The Bangles - "Let It Go", Pat Metheny - "One Quiet Night", Charles Mingus - "Better Git It In Your Soul" (what a burner!; I love that album Mingus Ah Um), Gary Burton - Hamp's "Flying Home", Babatunde Lea - "Isabella"
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:36:16 PM
iTunes: The Who - "Join Together", "Let's See Action" (more on The Who here *; Sting - "All This Time"; Thin Lizzy - "Brought Down"
Thursday, May 20, 2004 11:03:33 AM
Dave Holland - Selected Recordings on CD
Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:57:58 AM
iTunes: Peter Gabriel - "Slow Marimbas"; Rockpile - "Teacher Teacher"; Fairground Attraction - "Perfect"; Fairport Convention - "Tale In Hard Time"
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:06:00 PM
iTunes: Burning Spear - "Slavery Days"; Cal Tjader - "Mambo Mindoro"; The Cranberries - "Dreams"; Peter Gabriel - "Big Time"; Roger McGuinn and Tom Petty - "King Of The Hill"; Roxy Music - "Do The Strand"; Steve Winwood - "Valerie"; The Strawbs - "Lay Down"; U2 - "In God's Country"
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:57:10 PM
from my Launch radio station: Cheap Trick - "I Can't Take It" 1991 version; Jim Croce - "Operator"; Bruce Springsteen - "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)".
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:51:28 PM
Dave Holland - Selected Recordings on CD
Thursday, May 06, 2004 10:34:00 AM
from my Launch radio station: Pat Metheny Group - "Follow Me"; Emmylou Harris - Tom Rush's "No Regrets"; John Coltrane - "Polka Dots And Moonbeams"
Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:17:53 AM
from my Launch radio station: INXS - "Hear That Sound"; Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance (Live) - "Last Orders Please"; Coldplay - "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face"; Frank Zappa - "Love Story"; Elvis Costello - "Beyond Belief" alternate take; Dire Straits (Live at the BBC) - "Six Blade Knife"; Nick Lowe - "Shake That Rat"; Bruce Springsteen - "Streets Of Philadelphia"; Yaz - "Situation" U.S. 12" Mix; Enya - "Watermark"; R.E.M. - "Bang And Blame".
Monday, May 03, 2004 5:09:12 PM
from my Launch radio station: Aerosmith - "Stop Messin' Around" (refreshing -- they started as a raunchy blues band and they're making that sound again); Dianne Reeves - "You Go To My Head"; Art Blakey - "I Mean You"; Chuck Loeb - "Sarao" (a snoozer); Tori Amos - "A Sorta Fairytale"; Madonna - "Live To Tell"; Nick Lowe - "I Don't Want The Night To End"; Fleetwood Mac - "Storms"; Milton Nascimento - "Ao Que Vai Nascer" (George Duke has covered this song); Pat Metheny - "Outcasts" (from the soundtrack of A Map Of The World); Elvis Costello - "The Other End Of The Telescope" (written with Aimee Mann); The J. Geils Band (Live) - "Hard Drivin' Man" -- starting and ending this radio time with Boston blues bands -- all right with me!.
Monday, May 03, 2004 10:03:38 AM
iTunes this morning: Jack DeJohnette/Herbie Hancock/Pat Metheny - "Jack In", Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Blue Collar", Traffic - "Something New".
Friday, May 28, 2004 12:00:18 PM
Frank Zappa - "Montana" and "St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast" on CD.
Monday, May 24, 2004 10:56:30 AM
Plainsong (Iain Matthews, Andy Roberts, Bob Ronga, Dave Richards) - In Search Of Amelia Earhart on vinyl
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:57:44 PM
Yesterday - Anton Fig's Figments on CD
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:52:10 PM
Cheap Trick - At Budokan, (the less-overexposed) Side One on vinyl.
Thursday, May 06, 2004 10:22:48 AM
Yesterday on CD: Asian Groove compilation on Putamayo Records; Gary Burton/Makoto Ozone/Julian Lage/James Genus/Clarence Penn - Generations (Gary's latest CD, 4/13/04 is the official release date); Kate Bush - The Sensual World - the more I hear this album the better I like it.
Monday, May 03, 2004 5:09:55 PM
Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness, Side 2 on vinyl
Tomorrow is the 2nd Annual Oakland Day of Percussion which I've executive-produced (you know, that title goes to the person who controls the budget!). We have a great lineup of musicians and I've been getting a lot of phone calls from the public and reporters, so interest seems very high. And the weather is going to cooperate it appears. More here, after the event.
Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:31:48 PM
Trey Anastasio on the Charlie Rose show, speaking of Phish's breakup, made comments about the inertia of success, the perspective of 39 years of life, and the need to follow a personal and artistic path that makes sense -- some of the best remarks I've ever heard by a musician on those subjects.
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:36:53 PM
on IFC, The Who - The Kids Are Alright: How differently I see this film today from the way I saw it in February 1979 at the movies. More on that, and on Randy Newman here *.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:53:15 PM
On DVD, Los Altos Country Club Grand Opening Gala which features Echo Beach's recordings of "Wave" and "Cal's Pals". I don't play golf anymore. But I enjoyed experiencing our band's music put to some great images from this event last month.
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* On The Who and Randy Newman: The Kids Are Alright looks different to me now mostly due to knowing how it turned out for John (the movie was a posthumous tribute to Keith upon its release). The humor and the best music in the film are great as ever. Check out Keith during the recording session for "Who Are You?". The man was constantly irrepressible in front of a camera. Ah, the talents, the triumphs and the tragedies of The Who -- they'd make an opera. Oh, wait, Pete's already written some. Their music remains a brilliant reflection of energy and a desire to push the mind and the spirit, to see life both realistically and with hope. As for the body, a lot of sacrifice of their bodies went into making Who music and a show business career. Not unlike The Ramones, whose Rock 'N' Roll High School hit theaters the same month as this film. The Who hinted at a possible utopian future in their music; Randy Newman -- whose Live At The Odeon I also watched today -- has a point of view that acknowledges that love is present today (he paints it in dozens of shades), and that evil and neglect have existed forever. The future? Randy's outlook is as dark as Johnny Rotten's, because in Randy's music the future is absent. (Not counting his cartoon movie themes, where he's paid to be sunny).
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