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Home sweet home
In case you haven’t guessed by the inactivity around here, I’m home. Have been for a week now. Alaska was nice, but cold. Everyone I talked to said we should come back in the summer, when the days last forever and the town is crawling with people. Okay. If you book it, I will play. The new bass performed admirably, and I wrote a quick review on a Bass Player Message Board here, if you’re interested.
One of the drawbacks to being a touring musician is that when you come home, there are no gigs. All the thirty-seven bands I was playing with before I went on the road have found other part time bassists, and/or just kind of forgot to check my schedule for availability (the nerve!). So the last week was spent getting out and being seen. Tuesday night I hit the jam at the Mojo Lounge in Fremont, where I got a chance to play quite a bit, seeing as how there weren’t any other bassists there. Saturday night I went to the Baltic in Point Richmond to see Tia Carrol and Hard Work. Tia’s a great, great singer, and her band features the fabulous Artie Chavez on drums. Tom Bowers was kind enough to let me sit in (I just happen to have a bass in the van) and overplay all his parts into the ground. The band, rounded out by Pierre LeCour and background vocalist Marla (I’m sorry for any last name messups) was outstanding, with a hell of a fun set list. On the way home, Club Tac in Crockett had a band, so I stopped in to see if there were any familiar faces. Turns out the Salinas Brothers were making some noise, so I stayed and played. Pep was the drummer in Double Dose when we were both kids, and his brother Steve is a fellow Crockett…ian? Crocketteer? Well, whatever, he currently plays keys for Cold Blood. Great players and legendary smart-asses. The bass player Paul Olguin was a very gracious host and a damn good player. A lot of Emails and a couple of phone calls just to say “Hi, I’m back and available”. I’ll be at Red House more now also, and will be hosting the Saturday afternoon jams while I’m around, which looks like until March for the most part. Got gig? 
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