Hootenanny...

Saturday Meggy and I loaded up the Fit and hit the road north for Hootenanny. Twas a warm one...Fortunately for us there were enough shade trees, ice water soaked bandanas and ice cold Tecate to help keep us cool. The venue was pretty sweet...Nice big grassy area with a decent amount of old shade trees...and some high wire misters strategically placed...For just a hint of cooling off. The car show was a little lacking...but still cool. The line-up was a fun one...Big Sandy, MoJo Nixon, Bad Jacks, Swinging Utters, Royal Crown Revue, Supersuckers, Reverend Horton Heat and Dropkick Murphys...Can't go wrong with that! My ears are still ringing from Dropkick...

Wayne "The Train" Hancock @ The Shakedown Bar...

Last night we cruised down to The Shakedown Bar to see Wayne "The Train" Hancock and The Cactus Jacks. Great little show...Always awesome to see Wayne. Glad to see he made it over the Arizona border this time with out any issues.

Every Rose Has It's Thorn...

Poison...That's right Poison! We took our time heading into the concert...I assumed it was Poison featuring Def Leppard. Nope. Other way around. I don't mind some Def Lep...but their songs just drag on and on. We bailed a little early and had a few beers in the parking lot. Then we jammed out of there before the show wrapped up. Good times!

La Mesa Middle School...

Advanced & Symphonic Band Concert. Grace was playing the Saxophone...and for one song Grace and two other girls got up to perform some Sax soloing...Great job Grace!
Not only did the band director keep it musical, he also gave a history lesson or twelve. Afterwards Sarah had us all over for dinner. Thanks for dinner Sarah!

North Carolina Trip: Part Six...

After dinner we cruised to Beaufort to check out a little bit of the Beaufort Music Fest. Awesome historic town...tons of beautifully restored old homes. The moon was amazing that night.

William Elliot Whitmore @ The Casbah...

Check him out...it's worth it. William Elliot Whitmore.
He got freaking sauced on stage and still belted out the banjo flawlessly. Great little show. Even better post show rolled tacos.

Valien Thorr & Tweakbird @ The Casbah...

Fucking awesome. Wish I was still there...