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Welcome to the web site! For inquires regarding live music for your venue or event, there are live videos, photos and an online promo kit. Please email or call with any questions or feedback.
Performance Videos Click the picture below or the videos button to your left to see footage in venues such as the Hard Rock Cafe, Jackson's, Hops, the Rock Bottom Brewery, country clubs and private and corporate events.
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Oct 29
Misc news... I returned from work at Hurricane Ike just in time for a great Halloween gig at the Next Door Bar in Castlerock. If you haven't received the email invitation, email me and I'll send you the map and info.
Gig News... After being gone over a month, I've returned to find the music scene ravaged even more by the economy and the poor judgement of the talent buyers. Vines wine bar in Parker, CO shrugged off all advice and continued to hire acts that were too loud for the venue until her customers finally threatened to boycott her place on band nights. It's a perfect venue for strong solo acts, so email them and let them know you want great live music that isn't boring and isn't loud. Similar circumstances have happened with Bistro Magia (now closed) in Ken Caryl and a few other venues.
The Holiday Bar in Morrison continues to be very happy with their lineup of solo acts on Thursdays, and Trappers Chophouse is also very happy with a lineup of solo acts in their upscale restaurant.
It has become more important than ever for venues to make intelligent, common-sense decisions about live music. Some of that depends on YOU, so don't hesitate to email and call your favorite hangouts where you'd like to have some live music. And then email/call me and I can help to make it a reality.
Sept 13
Misc news... I'm leaving today to Hurricane Ike and will be arriving for staging tonight near the Texas boarder. Mostly likely we'll deploying into the area by midweek. As usual, performances will be handled in my absence by Denver's top solo acts. Return date is unknown at this time, but I'll update the news section when I return.
"Big Project" news... Phase three began in August, and unfortunately will drag on for several months as I've learned stage three can take several months to move through as a team is pulled together. Reveal of the project will be moved into the future due to this, but all is good news and will lead to greater success for the project.
Music/Gig news... A couple new rooms have been sold, two other rooms booked me through the end of the year. If I return from Ike soon enough, join me Halloween Night for a fantastic night of costumes and partying at the Next Door Bar in Castlerock. It's a huge night, I've done their Halloween several years and the crowd is a blast!
Jul 30
"Big Project" news... Phase two completed on July 24th. Now moving into phase three. I hope to be completed and have an announcement by September if not sooner.
Gig news... With phase two complete, I've been picking up a few gigs to keep my chops up. The gig in Vail was outstanding; the client wants to bring me back for a fifth year (view slideshow). This appears to be a trend with the corporate and private clients I've had. Year number four is coming up for the Golden Police "annual night out" party Tuesday next week in Golden Parfet Park. The public gigs will be sporadic, but I'll try to remember to send out weekly email invitations. Send an email if you want to be on the email list.
Misc news... I'm doing a variety of post-project catchup activities. The mini-gig-rig is up and running and will be seen at the majority of my public gigs now. Since fewer people dance nowadays, I've started leaving the subwoofer at home, and most of the gigs are lower volume gigs.
Jun 27
Sorry for the lack of updates. A number of things have been happening simultaneously. First thing first, I was called to a catastrophe in Minnesota. I cut myself off of work there to return and complete phase 2 & 3 of the "big project". In May, my mom & step-dad arrived in their motor home, parked in my huge driveway and been here since. We've been having some great visits.
Gig news... Thanks to the significant income infusion, I can put phase 2 of the project as TOP priority which is excellent news, but it comes at a price:
In favor of finishing the project, I've handed all my summer performances to solo act friends except for a few high $ private/corporate performances.
Frankly folks, you won't be missing much. A lot of venues have panicked in this economy. The two big corporate accounts, Hops and Joes Crabshack cancelled all gigs at the last moment without any notice. You can thank the short-sighted, clueless, spreadsheet bean-counters for those decisions. If you want live music at the places you enjoy, SPEAK UP! and tell them what you want. It's either that or roll over and have a boring summer...your choice. In the meantime, you can enjoy excellent live music by visiting these websites. Don Lewis, and Steve Thomas.
"Big Project" news... Phase 1 of the project was completed April 10 and it was an amazing feeling. Phase 2 was going at full steam until I was called away to Minneapolis May 26. Now that I'm back home I can complete phases 2 and 3.
If all goes well, you can expect to hear an annoucement about the big project in August. Until then, have a great summer!
Mar 30
Whoaa! Been so busy I almost forgot to put some news in for March.
Gig news... Performances were plentiful and successful this month; lots of happy, happy people at gigs. I've been slacking off on sales recently in favor of finishing a critical piece of another creative project (see below), so a pig push for spring/summer sales will be happening in April.
Music news... I finally picked up some speakers for quieter/smaller gigs. They're fancy stuff from italy - almost a grand each when they came out. My stuff is overkill at these quiet gigs - it's barely idling. Customers and owners love the volume level and sound quality, but they gawk at it everytime it's loaded in. Obviously no one's bringing similar quality stuff.
Long story short, for the quiet/small gigs I can now leave all the PA gear at home and bring just one of these italian jobbies - or two. Everything I need is built into the speaker.
And the best part is that even with one speaker, it'll still sound much, much better than what the competition brings to a gig.
Misc news... The creative project will be finished this week!! It's taken two years to get it here. I need a week to recover, then the project moves into "refining phase". More details to come!
Feb 27
The end to another long, cold winter is in sight! The snow is finally melting (didn't it used to melt regularly in the winter?). I kept the flu away in December, but caught it last week. Haven't been sick like that in 15 years - nasty flu bug this year.
Gig news... Four rooms have already booked Keith, Don, Steve & I for their spring/summer season. At least three more are ready to book out through the end of the summer. I found a great new gig south of Castle Pines, Don sold us into the Old Chicago in Lodo, Steve is working on a couple new rooms. The solo act co-op is stronger than ever.
Misc news... I've been working hard every day on the project I'll be unveiling in late spring/summer. It's now 90% complete!!
Jan 4
Quick update:
Out goes the old, in comes the new. Head to the news archives link for 2007 news and links to the entire news archives back to 2002.
Site news...New videos! With the browser friendly convenience of YouTube, you can enjoy some new videos. There's fun stuff from parties a few weeks ago, a regular bar gig in Parker and some vintage stuff from Vail a few years ago.
Gig news...Thanks to Steve, I've landed a gig at a new venue in Parker. Email for full details.
Storm news...I went on standby today for the storms slamming into California. I'll update if I end up leaving.
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