The fellow that’s in charge of organizing the concerts at the Athenaeum, and who also puts on the UCSD Jazz Camp is Dan Atkinson. He’s a true beacon of light for bringing unique and creative music programs to San Diego and also happens to be a kind and gentle soul. He turned 50 last week and had a cool party in PB to celebrate. He invited guitarist Larry Koonse and myself to play music for it. That alone was a treat! What a great time we had mixing it up in a beautiful wooden room, filled with wonderful creative people, looking out the window to the San Diego Bay and eating killer food. Thanks Dan and I know the good life continues on!

Music in a surf shop? Yeah man, that’s what I’m talking about! The gig at the PB Surf Shop last week was a hoot! We had a great turnout and the music travelled to some whacked out places. Hearing Leonard and Kevyn sing together was fantastic and we can’t wait to do it again. We’ll be back, so keep those boards waxed and ready!

To end out last week Leonard and I hightailed it to Bonsall and played a duo house concert hit. From all of the week’s playing our chops were up and we transcended easily to that space where the beginner’s mind takes hold. We ended up playing only nursery rhymes and the theme to Barney looped over and over again. Hah! Beginner's mind or not, it still was a cool concert!

Last night we rehearsed the string group and checked out my new piece. It’s all working and it’s thrilling to hear it live in 3D. We tweaked a few notes but man, its all there, ready to take the stage. On Sunday at 4PM we’re bringing the group to Encinitas for a special house concert at Lauren Golden’s place and there are still some tickets left if you want to go. The admission price includes a wonderful food and drink hang plus sitting in her beautiful garden and checking out the band. Hope you can make it and look below for details.