The 30th Bday Bash

I've been doing a birthday party/show since I turned 21 and played Stash's Cafe in New London, CT with my two bands at the time, G Qua: a band playing original-yet-standard fair liberal arts college jam/funk, and The Fuzz: a trio where I got to play all my fave Hendrix and Stevie tunes. It was a great night, the first time I ever performed with Carolyn (we did two Lou Ann Barton songs) The fella playing drums in G Qua, Matt Kane, picked a fight with a biker gang with predictable results.

Fast forward nine years and I'm still at it. For my 30th, we took over Ellis Bar in Park Slope, a cool little neighborhood spot serving tasty south western tapas literally 100 feet from our front door. Boss Tweed rocked for about an hour and after a quick set and costume change, Los Beardos Raviolis made its debut. Los Beardos Raviolis is an instrumental surf rock combo comprised of devilishly talented musicians possessing epic scope and ambition... plus they wear sombreros and 14" false beards. There even had electrified dancing maraca girls! Momma...! My good buddy, DJ Grand Pah!, was on hand to spin vinyl all night and the bar handed out free tacos at midnight... how can you beat that?! Thanks to Rylan and Amanda for the pics:

My buddy Warren Malone sat in for a few tunes:

Hector even made it out!

Behold...
~Los Beardos Raviolis~

A rockin' good time! Thanks everyone for making it such a hoot!

Your Daily Dose: Whit Smith

Whit Smith is an incredible guitarist and singer whose work can be heard on high display with Texas trio "Hotclub of Cowtown." Blending Django style gypsy jazz and great chordal rhythm work a la Freddie Green with more than just a touch of Jimmy Bryant Western Swing jazz finesse, Whit shows you how it's done. Here's is version of "Polka Dots & Moonbeams."