Peter Albin & I
Big Brother & the Holding Company, Yes! Big Brother has always been one of my favorite of the great San Francisco bands. One upon a time as a teenager I attended the "Santa Clara Folk Rock…
Sep 13 2018
Jul 22 2018
How to prevent Your Favorite Bands from Playing at Your Favorite Venues
Two easy steps:
1. Go to the show
2. Don't buy any food or drink from the venue
Jun 7 2018
Blue is the Color
Most thugz shows occur in what could be called humble or funky environments but once in while we get to do our thing in a more deluxe environment. Such was the case when we ventured east to Napa and the…
Apr 12 2018
Jazzin' it Up a Bit
Spring! April started out with a mess of showers but as the song says, "they bring the flowers that bloom on May".
Lots of Thugz stuff coming up and also a few side trips. One thing I have been working…
Apr 2 2018
Time to Get it Up Again
It's been a while since my last rant but I have been trying. I wrote a huge one that suddenly disappeared before I could publish it. Maybe it was for the best but it kind of discouraged me from writing…
Dec 21 2017
Winter Beans & Stuff
Well, not much about beans. I just wanted to show this picture of pickled green beans from our garden.
We had a really fun holiday show at Rio Nido Roadhouse this past weekend, one of our best ever maybe. The…
Dec 9 2017
Truckin' with Blackie
We had a very cool evening of music with another Sonoma county band "Solid Air" last night in Cotati. What a great band they are with beautiful originals and some rockin' Beatles arrangements. We are hoping to do more events…
Nov 11 2017
winter looks good after all
October off to a bad start, only got worse with the horrible fire storm. We feel blessed to have been in a much less affected area. Some band members did come close to evacuating and many, many friends lost everything…
Oct 4 2017
Oh!
Sitting on the deck here in Cazadero I just heard a banjo off in the woods somewhere playing the theme from Deliverance. Guess I'll raise the drawbridge.
Oct 1 2017
October not off to a good start
A bad day all around for Vegas and music with the horrible shooting and also the loss of Tom Petty. How fleeting everything is . I can't wait to play with the band this Saturday.
Sep 27 2017
Grateful part 2
Hello again, Here we go with part 2 of last blog rant. Thank you to those who follow this random series of words (all 2 or 3 of you).
I am continuing with a few of what I consider our…
Sep 13 2017
Grateful part 1
Hello everyone. We've come to the end of summer once again so thought I might throw out a few thoughts regarding our recent series of shows, gigs or whatever you want to call them. For me the first time I…