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The Vista IV

Solid playing and lots of energy. - Phil Dirt KFJC

About Me

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Member Since: 3/30/2006
Band Website: digital-music.org/thevistafour/epk/v4.htm
Band Members: Skater j, Liz N, Little Donny, & Gary
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THE VISTA IV IS:
Skater j -"king of the skate guitar": Jaguar Guitar
Liz N: Organ & Fender Rhodes Piano
"Little Donny" Trimmer: Electric Bass Guitar
Gary Levin: Drum Kit

THE VISTA IV PERFORMANCES:
The opening & dedication of the Mike Morgan Baseball Park in Vegas,
Favorites nightclub in Las Vegas,
The Clark County Community College,
The S2art Gallery,
in front of the Archinofsky Gallery,
The Funk House,
The Gypsy Caravan Antique Shop,
Hooters Restaurant,
The Fremont Street Experience,
Bigelow Aerospace,
Spanish Oaks,
Performing for 5 years at Las Vegas' First Friday Festival helping to bring overall attendance to the event from up from 200 in the early days to currently around 10,000 people every month,
And as always, livening up private parties in the best tradition of early garage surf bands.
In 2000 The Vista IV hit the road to play in Williams, AZ for their annual "Route 66" celebration.
The music of The Vista IV has also been played San Francisco Bay area radio and Little Donny has also been interviewed on Arizona radio about the band.

Click this link and surfilize your iPod! Be sure to download a couple of our tunes at i-Tunes. "Killer Waves " is an instro surf cd inspired by Surf and Asian crime movies. Engineered & mixed by Matt "Spy" Szpyrka (who has worked with Britney Spears, Mobb Deep, Nelly Furtado, and Ludacris). How can ya go wrong with that?

Secret Agents


Record Label: Beach Blanket Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dec. 7, 2007 Las Vegas First Friday - Non Performance

As most of you know, we did not perform at the Las Vegas First Friday this past Dec.7th. We want you to know that we were there, set up, and ready to play for you. However, due to the first 2 bands (C...
Posted by The Vista IV on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:22:00 PST

Skater j signs to use Knuckleheads..

Skater j  has just signed with Knucklehead strings and now only uses Knucklehead Short Bus geetar strings on his American made Jaguar guitar for the ultimate Jaguar tones.Click this lin...
Posted by The Vista IV on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:40:00 PST

Pipeline (UK) & 20th Century Guitar (USA) Review CD

Be sure to check out Robert Silversteins review in the June 2007 issue of "20th Century Guitar", and Alan Taylors review in the July 2007 issue (74) of the United Kingdoms magazine...
Posted by The Vista IV on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:05:00 PST

Killer Waves CD Info

Released late in December 2006 on the Beach Blanket Productions label, the Vista IV's Killer Waves (catalog # BBP-111) is an instrumental surf "concept album". In a nod to tradition, the band r...
Posted by The Vista IV on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:57:00 PST

Local rag catches up to the band.

Scroll down to the end & click the link to read it. A couple of things about the article: The Lively Ones did the music for the end fade out in Tarentino's movie Pulp Fiction. A few years back whe...
Posted by The Vista IV on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:56:00 PST