The Art of the Splifftones Parts 1 & 2 |
Its the Art:Episodes 2 and 3; The Art of The SplifftonesIn my previous blog regarding Art, I revealed my influences and how it contributed to the cut and paste style of poster design. This time Id l...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:31:00 GMT |
The Buddy Holly Jr. Show |
Before the advent of "the tribute band" there was a gentleman from Michigan who arrived in the bay area in the late 70's and found some opportunity.
P.F. Lazor either realized his heir apparent...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:37:00 GMT |
Its Tony Sinsinatty Time |
1977 was a very busy year: I transcended from glam to punk, and had participated in two projects (The Dix and the Street Punks) within the punk idiom to get some fast recognition in San Francisco. At ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:28:00 GMT |
Ginger |
The demise of Moth Liquor consisted of Tony going from bass back to guitar playing for Hayward rockers Cornerstone (later aka The Street Punks), Jimmy Cortez started playing with Charlie...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:36:00 GMT |
Its the Art. |
Sometimes I'm a little sad for not getting this site up under MySpace Music. I'm too lazy to start all this again for the sake of my selfish material.
In the meantime, I finally realized I can expose ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:46:00 GMT |
Red Di |
My life in reggae music, part 2: In 1996 I was asked to sit in on guitar with some of the players from the Splifftones; Diane Ledbetter on vocals, Danny Molina on keys, Rich Webster on Drums alon...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:17:00 GMT |
The Splifftones |
My friend Gary White played in a rock band with my brother-in-law Doug Birdwell called the Fender Benders. The band did a lot of rock covers, actually played a lot of double bills with the band ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:34:00 GMT |
Pickin and Grinnin: Episode 1 |
The last couple of weeks have been a great experience in acoustic guitar playing. Two weeks ago on a visit with family in Alabama I met a gentleman, Dave Jarrett from Talladega. Dave is a commensurate...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:07:00 GMT |
The Moth Liquor Experience |
After the break-up of T. C. LED, Mike had begun a collaboration with Kevin Carlson. Kevin was attending Mission San Jose High school and had already developed a sterling reputation as a musician...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:50:00 GMT |
1973-1975 / T.C. LED: Fremonts Homegrown Band |
In June 1973 Primer Grae had come under the local management of Pat McGregor. Pat was intrigued with the band's sound, but wanted to do something new. She played a game with the first letters o...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:22:00 GMT |
