Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Psychedelic!

It hasn't rained for weeks. The one night we play our fundraiser at Tio Leo's for the San Diego Children's Coalition it POURS. It breaks all records. Sections of San Diego flood out. This photo was taken right beside the In N' Out Burger in Pacific Beach -


It all reminds me of another time we played for the same group with Jocelyn, but this time we have twice the people playing and about ten times more equipment to drag through the rain!

Remember THIS?

Jake and I show up first, so we do an acoustic set up on stage for a crowd of about 50. Alfonso is setting up his drums as fast as he can...


Jake the Great.


Max on guitar. Yes, that's a 70's black velvet jacket, I bought it the day before at a second hand shop for $20. Feels GOOD!


Wrapping up the first set.


Valentine gets ready to sing....


Ready, steady, LETS GO!


Time to ROCK!


Clando does a raffle, assisted by the beautiful Curly Max. (Or is Curly Max stealing tickets while Clando isn't watching?????) The funny thing is, some of the raffle items were Varsity Strings CDs. I've never been raffled before.


Curly Max!


Alfonso!



So here are the songs from our Psychedelic Set. Enjoy. Also, watch as Curly Max does the little things that make him the music director, like kicking Jake off stage first (he doesn't sing in this one) and then telling Alfonso when to crank up the drums, about half way through the song.

Then watch at 3:34 as Curly Max notices the smoke machine and wonders if something's on fire!...



This was the most fun we've ever had at a gig.



This next one is an original song by Jake, "The Wild". I love playing Jake's songs.

They're EXCITING!



Drums, a fun audience, more guitar...



Here's another Jake original song, in the classic psychedelic style. (Totally unlike the one he wrote for Fresh Start Surgicel Gifts!) Jake is having a LOT of fun. Things like this don't usually happen to us.



Guitar solos, wah pedals, echo amps, smoke machines, projection effects. And finally ...



Thanks again to Clando Brownlee Jr.
and Jeff Perwin of the
San Diego Children's Coalition,
and Frankie, the owner and sound expert 
of Tio Leo's!

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