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Hi Friends, it’s early Monday morning and I’m listening to a fantastic piece called “The Kiss” by Judee Sill. I first heard about her from Anthony Wilson who played an instrumental version of the song on his recent Athenaeum concert in La Jolla. Judee was a 1970’s era folk artist that never really hit it to superstardom but did record a couple of records for Asylum Records. She lived a tragic arc as an artist but left some beautiful music to this world. “The Kiss” is a brilliant piece of music and the feeling that it emits is timeless. Check it out!
I had a wonderful solo concert at The Paper Moon last night in Point Loma. What a cool little music studio and the vibe and reception was just right. I met a young guitarist from Japan named Yosuke who came to San Diego for the week to surf and it luckily coincided with my concert. He says I must come to Japan to surf and play music. I’m in, where do I sign up?
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The setting at The Paper Moon. I dig the orange floor and I think it made me play better...Hah!
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That's Yosuke on the left and me on the right. Cool fellow and he's into the same things as me —jazz and surfing.
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Yosuke had me sign his Martin travel guitar. Crazy!
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I’ve been getting a lot of requests for the solo guitar arrangement on my song called “Secret Code” that I recorded on my Peter Sprague Plays Solo CD. I finally took an hour and wrote the piece out and now it’s up on my website. Go here for the download. It’s written in both traditional notation and TAB.
For this week I’m thrilled to be playing Wednesday evening at the Grant Grill in downtown San Diego with Duncan Moore on drums and Bob Magnusson on bass. I’ve been doing mostly solo and small group gigs lately, all without drums, so it’ll be good to connect with Duncan and Bob and stir up the grooves again. Hope to see you there.
Also this week I’m into some summertime Roxy activities. First, Thursday night it’ll be me playing solo and then, on Saturday evening, Kevyn Lettau and I will play in the duo format. Both are good opportunities for a night of music and basking in the flow of California operating at it’s best. Check it out.
adios, Peter
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Wednesday June 9, 2010 |
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Duncan Moore Trio
featuring
Peter Sprague |
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The U.S. Grant Hotel
326 Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
800-237-5029
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Duncan Moore — drums
Peter Sprague — guitar
Bob Magnusson — bass |
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8 PM |
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Great to be playing a hit with master drummer Duncan. |
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Thursday June 10, 2010 |
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Peter Sprague
Plays Solo |
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The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
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Peter Sprague — guitar
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7 PM |
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We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief. |
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Saturday June 12, 2010 |
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Peter Sprague
and Kevyn Lettau |
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The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
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Peter Sprague — guitar
Kevyn Lettau — vocals |
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7 PM |
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Connecting up with jazz vocalist Kevyn Lettau for a magic evening at the world famous Roxy. |
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Thursday June 17, 2010 |
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Peter Sprague
Plays Solo |
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The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
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Peter Sprague — guitar
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7 PM |
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We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief. |
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Friday June 18, 2010 |
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Peter Sprague Trio
House Concert!
Opening Act: Nina Francis |
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House Concert in Cardiff
Home of John and Kim St. Claire
1839 Freda Lane
Cardiff by the Sea, 92007
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Peter Sprague — guitar
Leonard Patton — vocals
Tripp Sprague — sax and flute
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7:30 PM |
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Tripp, Leonard and I are heading to Kauai to play the jazz festival there and we thought it'd be cool to play a show in San Diego to share in the aloha, California style. Opening the show will be singer-songwriter Nina Francis. This is a really cool setup for a concert in the lovely home of John and Kim and it'll be a magical evening with some intermission desserts. |
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Saturday June 26, 2010 |
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Peter Sprague Trio
in Hawaii |
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KCA Red Clay Jazz Festival
The St. Regis Princeville Resort, Princeville, Kauai
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Peter Sprague — guitar
Leonard Patton — vocals
Tripp Sprague — sax and flute |
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4 PM |
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I'm so happy to be returning to the Garden Isle of Bliss to play some music and swim the magic waters of Hanalei Bay. My whole family is going along on the adventure. Hope to see you there ! |
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This is my most recent recording.
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