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OJAI, HOW ARE YOU?
Long time no see. Happy 2020! I’ve got some cool shows coming up in the next few months, and I’d love to see more of all of you this year.
Last October I went once again to FAR-West, the Left Coast branch of the Folk Alliance. The last night I hung out and jammed with some wonderful musicians, including one Bernie Larsen. He had this cool understated style. I guess that comes from playing with greats such as David Lindley and El Rayo-X, Melissa Etheridge, Lucinda Williams, etc. He started the Ojai Underground Exchange. He is also a record producer and is a big part of the burgeoning music scene in beautiful Ojai, CA. We started talking about my playing his great venue, but since this would be my first time there, we were thinking of a good match of another artist for a double-bill, and he thought of Brad Colerick (who pretty much owns the music scene in South Pasadena, by the way). So that’s the marquee, ladies and gentlemen:
at OJAI UNDERGROUND EXCHANGE
SAT. FEB. 29, 7:30pm
Sounds like fun, doesn’t it?
My great musician friends Carl Sealove and Scotty Breadman will be playing with me, as well as Tim Fleming, who’s playing with Brad, and will come up and play some steel guitar for me. I plan to bring Bernie himself up to play as well.
Thoughts:
We are heading into a big political season. I think we all know the stakes in this election. Let’s make sure to keep the lines of communication open, people. There will be some who will shout you down, or throw insults at you (people often seem to be ruder in social media than they would be in a real-life conversation, while some are just as angry in person), but whenever we can, I think we should let them get all that out, and then simply keep trying to bring things back to a civilized conversation. It’s unlikely you’ll change minds, but each of us should at least try to ask pertinent questions of each other, and do our best to answer.
Hold on. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
Love,
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