Local Strat-slinger Paul Pfau was featured in American Blues News mag for his tasty blues playing recently. And I have to agree, it is quite tasty. I shared the stage with Paul this month when our bands played IOTA (with his new band Dimestore), and they rocked it! But man this guy can play the blues! Check him out:
Some Updates on the Blog
I haven’t been posting much here because I started playing with a new band, the Chris Collat Band right before Thanksgiving and things have been going incredibly well (you can read the crazy story about how I got into this band here). I’ll admit, it’s a big life adjustment for me, married with 3 kids and a full time job. But this opportunity came up and is going so well that I’m having the time of my life playing music again with some incredible musicians.
But rest assured, I haven’t abandoned this here blog, no sir! I’ll be blogging about the band, plus I stilll plan to share my DIY successes and failures, talk about guitars, bands, and stuff. As a matter of fact, I’m meeting more local musicians and will be writing about some of them in the coming days and weeks. There’s some really exciting things happening in the DC music scene right now and I’m thrilled to be part of it.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to my readers who celebrate it, and best wishes for a healthy & happy 2011! Here’s the Christmas gift my daughter gave me, a scale drawing…I think she figured out the Santa thing, heh heh…
The Chris Collat Band
My neighbor Teo is a phenomenal bass player and a great friend. Sometimes he brings me in on projects he’s involved with, and I’m eager to do it because we’re musically compatible and he has an amazing ear for arrangement & production. Plus, his enthusiasm is incredibly contagious. So I jumped at it when Teo called me up the week before Thanksgiving & asked me to come to a rehearsal for the Chris Collat Band.
A little background: Even though Chris has been writing & playing solo & duet music in the area for years, he only started forming this band in the past couple of months.. starting with a trio with himself, Teo (bass), and Derrick (drums), then adding Aaro (keys). They entered the Original Music Battle of the Bands competition put on by Last Call Entertainment, SeeJoeRock.com, & Guinness at Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA. They won the first round. Mind you, this was up against some of the best bands in the DC area.
Randy Rhoads Documentary Update (It Ain’t Much, but Something’s Better than Nothing)
After posting that last entry on the RR wine, I did a little snooping around for any info I could find on the Randy Rhoads documentary. The only thing I found was on a recent Facebook post on Randy Rhoads page that said Director Peter Margolis handed the film over to Dakota pictures “a while back.”
Sooo, after searching in vain on the Dakota Pictures website, I decided to send them an email asking if there was any information and those kind folks got back to me right away with this:
Yes – the RR doco is deep into the post production process. We don’t have any schedule information at this time.
All the best,
Dakota Pictures
I know it’s not much, but coming from the horse’s mouth (so to speak), it is good to know that the project is moving forward. I know a lot of folks who are excited to see this film, myself included.