Grant Fisher Interview. Grant knocked my silver coated plastic fork on the ground. Luckily, I didn’t want anymore of the chocolate mousse cake. I could feel my teeth screaming from the sugar. We sat outside on a warm night in San Diego during set break and Grant rolled a homemade ciggarette. It was a
Bryce Giuliani Interview. Over a stack of deep dish pizza the other night I got to sit down with uber busy drummer Bryce Giuliani. A son of San Diego, Bryce migrated to Los Angeles for short while but now resides here again. We went over his ridiculus drum collection, time spent at MI (Musician’s Institute)
The International Hustlers at Atomic. The Gaslamp District was buzzing on early on the warm Saturday night. This hotspot in downtown San Diego, Ca is visited by tourists and locals alike. Sidewalks are filled with singles, dous, intoxicated bachloerette parties, sailors on leave from the base, bouncers, and cab drivers. Of course, the usual pan
Eric Dolphy Tribute Concert Bassist Antar Martin has a thing for music. All kinds of music, but specifically for the music Eric Dolphy. On a rather normal night in San Diego, CA, The Antar Martin Aggregation took the stage at The UCSD Loft. In the band that was Antar Martin – Bass, Matt Smith
Friday the Thirteenth. A night customarily reserved for monsters and slasher flicks of every grade. There was no shortage of killin’ music at The Rook Bar this night. Charlie Arbelaez leads his jazz trio there every Friday night. This particular night included Matt Smith on drums and Jeff Blanco on upright bass. “Always free.
Greasin’ Easy melody performed on guitar. Hank Mobley. Damn, what else can you say? I first got hip to Hank Mobley from the BlueNote Record, Soul Station. When I was just taking my first steps into American jazz music, I lived with a houseful of horn players. They would literally take my guitar driven
During my Christmas of 2014 break, I drove up into the elevations of the Rocky mountains. While this location is undisclosed, I am told it has the highest percentage of ex-US Special Forces operators living in the town’s population. I don’t know if that is true or not, but it makes this story sound better,
Frank Lazzaro has very intimidating hair. This is true. And I have none, but that was the first thing I noticed about him when we gigged together. On a Monday night you may be looking for something to do in the post San Diego sun soaked weekend. Wander over to Balboa Park and you will
Insert a very metal greeting here. Dude. Earlier in my career I broke the neck off my Ibanez ArtStar 350 guitar. It was a totally avoidable mistake. There was at least three preventable actions that lined up to cause this. First, I used a soft shell case to carry my guitar to gigs. Second, I
10 questions, with Ashley Tickell… 1. So when did you get to San Diego? One year ago this past December. My husband and I had spent a weekend here and just knew it was the perfect place…7 months later we moved from LA to our lovely home in Ocean Beach. 2. Do you have a