There has been some recent seismic activity on YouTube from a few concerts that just passed by. I remember feeling especially good about the Germany shows back in March and more recently, the Mundell Lowe concert in O’side on Duke's “In a Sentimental Mood.” Check ‘em out!

For this week I’m readying the electronic magic boxes plus pulling out the nylon 6 string bandit for a night of solo guitar music at the one and only Roxy in Encinitas. The saga continues!

I’ll be at Ki’s this weekend and for Friday night it’ll be me along with ‘bro Tripp and the wonderful young Nina Francis on vocals. Nina sings up a storm, plays guitar and writes cool songs from a young persons perspective. She’s studying music at USC and is making leaps and bounds with her art. Come on out and you’ll be able to say you heard her when!

Saturday night at Ki’s will be Leonard Patton and me playing some of the new music that we’ve been working on. We’ve got some personalized versions of James Taylor and Jimi Hendrix added into the mix and for good measure we’re playing this cool samba about an enlightened banana tree called “Bananeira.” You’ve heard of Buddha underneath the Bodhi tree but this how they roll in Brazil!

Last up for the week is a Sunday afternoon hit at 98 Bottles with Mundell Lowe on guitar, Bob Magnusson on bass, and me on the 12 neck guitar. Mundell has been playing guitar most of his 90 years and he’s a gem on every level. It’ll be a hoot!

That’s the word for now. Hang ten and see you out in the water! Peter