Hey Friends, coming to you after a marathon recording day with the kids from the Bishops School. We piled a bunch of them into the various rooms at SpragueLand and documented their sonic moves. They played some classic jazz and some funk and my favorite moment was their version of Tower of Power’s “Diggin’ on James Brown.” Killin’!

For this week I’m heading to the Birch North Park Theatre on Wednesday night to hear guitarist Graham Dechter and his Quartet. Graham hails from L.A. and is a fantastic musician and has great band with him consisting of Tamir Hendelman on piano, John Clayton on bass and Jeff Hamilton on bass. Follow this link for more info on the concert and I can’t wait to hear them live.

Guitarist Graham Dechter.

On Thursday eve I’ll be holding court at the Roxy in Encinitas playing solo guitar. It’s one of my favorite moments of the week. Hope to see you there.

On Saturday evening pianist Geoffrey Keezer and I are playing a duo hit at Zagrodnik & Thomas Green Scene Gallery in San Diego. Geoffrey lives here in San Diego but mostly tours around the world. It’s always a cool moment when he surfaces locally and lays it out on the line. Can’t wait and look below for the details.

Geoffrey Keezer warping time by pushing down the keys at just the right time.

I’ve done a little tweekage on my website lately and if you go to my VIDEO page you’ll see I’ve added some vintage clips from an old Club Date concert I did back in the ‘90’s with Tripp, Bob Magnusson and Duncan. Also I’ve added a couple of clips from a concert I played with Dianne Reeves in Germany. We were on a month long tour, did the soundcheck, ate Indian food and then played the show. Luckily they had a film crew at this concert and then put it out into the digital planet.

I’ve also made it easier for folks to get an idea of what the songs sound like from each of my CD’s by adding an mp3 player at the top of each album page. Check out the Wild Blue, PS Plays Solo, Taking it All In, Free Floating SpragueSongs and Pass The Drum. The other ones are coming just as soon as I can teach my daughter Kylie how to tweek the code. I’m stoked she’s into earning some money these days. She’s looking to buy a car. How’s that for growing up!

That’s the word for this week folks. Thanks for reading and I hope to see you out there.
Namaste, Peter   

 

Thursday May 3, 2010   Peter Sprague
Plays Solo
 
The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
Peter Sprague — guitar
  7 PM   We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief.

Saturday May 8, 2010   Geoffrey Keezer and
Peter Sprague
 
Zagrodnik & Thomas Gallery
3956 30th St.

San Diego, CA 92104
info
Geoffrey Keezer — piano
Peter Sprague — guitar
  7 PM   Teaming up with keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer for a concert at an art gallery in San Diego.

Thursday May 13, 2010   Peter Sprague
Plays Solo
 
The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
Peter Sprague — guitar
  7 PM   We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief.

Friday May 14, 2010 James Williams and
Peter Sprague
Honor Wes Montgomery
Museum of Making Music
5790 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
760-438-5996
James Williams — piano
Peter Sprague — guitar
Rob Thorsen — bass
Brett Saunders — drums
7 PM James plays beautiful piano and he's into Wes' music as am I. Looking forward to shedding some of Wes' tunes and playing this concert.

Thursday May 20, 2010   Peter Sprague
Plays Solo
 
The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
Peter Sprague — guitar
  7 PM   We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief.

Sunday May 23, 2010   Peter Sprague Trio  
The Bernardo Winery
13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte
San Diego, CA 92128
(858) 487-1866
details
Peter Sprague — guitar
Leonard Patton — vocals
Gunnar Biggs — bass
  2 PM   Cool little gig during the day out in the country next to Rancho Bernardo.

Thursday May 27, 2010   Peter Sprague
Plays Solo
 
The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
Peter Sprague — guitar
  7 PM   We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief.

Thursday June 3, 2010   Peter Sprague
Plays Solo
 
The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
Peter Sprague — guitar
  7 PM   We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief.

Friday June 4, 2010   Peter Sprague and
Emily Elbert
 
Tango del Rey
3567 Del Rey Street
San Diego, CA
858 581-1114
details
Peter Sprague — guitar
Emily Elbert — vocals
Tripp Sprague — sax and flute
Gunnar Biggs — bass
  7PM   Emily played a show with us back in December and it blew my mind. What a vocalist and guitarist and I'm so happy she's passing through town again. You've got to hear her!

Sunday June 6, 2010   Peter Sprague
Plays Solo
 
Paper Moon Music
4051 Voltaire St. Ste. D
San Diego, CA 92107
details
Peter Sprague — guitar
  6 PM   Fred did this gig a while back and said it's a really cool place for a solo concert. Sure looking forward to it.

Thursday June 10, 2010   Peter Sprague
Plays Solo
 
The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
Peter Sprague — guitar
  7 PM   We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief.

Thursday June 17, 2010   Peter Sprague
Plays Solo
 
The Roxy Restaurant
517 S. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA
760-436-5001
Peter Sprague — guitar
  7 PM   We're living the new year and it's great to be back at the Roxy to create some sonic mischief.

Saturday June 19, 2010   Dianne Reeves West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival
Philadelphia, PA
details
Dianne Reeves — vocals
Peter Martin — piano
Peter Sprague — guitar
Reginal Vei — bassl
Terryon Gulley — drums
  7:30 PM   Great to connect up with Dianne for a night of music in Philly.

Saturday June 26, 2010   Peter Sprague Trio
in Hawaii
 
KCA Red Clay Jazz Festival
The St. Regis Princeville Resort, Princeville, Kauai
details
Peter Sprague — guitar
Leonard Patton — vocals
Tripp Sprague — sax and flute
  4 PM   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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