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Live Five: Mercedes Moore, Creepy Creeps, Blues at the Brooks, SD Music Hall Of Fame, Toy Piano Festival
Blues, jazz, surf-punk, tributes and toys in Bay Park, Oceanside, Grantville, Little Italy, La Jolla
September 25
Winner of the 2024 San Diego Music Award for Best Jazz Artist and nine time SDMA nominee for Best Blues Artist, Mercedes Moore brings a blend of '50s/60's swingin' soul, jazz, and blues to the Bay Park stage. The longtime staple of the local music scene wears many musical hats, among them that of a swing dance instructor who holds classes at area venues such as Queen Bee’s. Her Mercedes Moore Trio appears regularly at Gaslamp clubs and restaurants, and she’s been seen at high profile events like the Gator by the Bay outdoor festival, the recent Blues Summit supporting young aspiring musicians from BLUSD's Blues Camp for Teenagers, and she’ll be appearing in November on the Lindy, Shag, and Soul Cruise.
Blues at the Brooks at Sunshine Brooks Theatre
September 26
Enjoy an evening of blues at the Brooks with concert sets from award-winning North County guitarists Johnny Vernazza Band and Shane Hall. Vernazza has toured and recorded with blues players like Commander Cody, Luther Tucker, Sunnyland Slim, Gregg Allman, Chuck Berry, Steve Miller, Charlie Daniels, George Thorogood, and blues-harp player Norton Buffalo and his band the Knockouts. He played guitar with the Elvin Bishop band for six albums, being heard on tunes like the 1976 hit “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” (which rose to number three on the charts) and “Struttin’ My Stuff.” Shane Hall (the Klay) spent several years fronting Shane Hall & the Diabolicals before going solo in 2014 with his album Thickteeth. He took home a trophy for Best Americana, Jazz or Blues Song at the 2021 San Diego Music Awards for his track “Under My Voodoo.”
San Diego Music Hall Of Fame at Vision A Center For Spiritual Living
September 27
Less of an awards show and more about recognizing and paying tribute to longstanding contributors to the local music scene, the annual San Diego Music Hall Of Fame returns to Grantville for a packed bill of notable local talent. This year’s inductees include journalist and musician Bart Mendoza (Manual Scan, the Shambles), mostly-female staffed innovators the Dinettes, rockabilly alt-country star Rosie Flores, Rocket From the Crypt mainman John Reis, Latin soul man Eulogio Fos, and jazz cats Kamau Kenyatta and Bob Magnusson. The night will include live performances from inductees Rosie Flores, Bart Mendoza, and Bob Magnusson, as well as folk heroine Cindy Lee Berryhill, the Israel Maldonado House Band, and Rob Deez.
September 26 and 27
Opening for headliner Reverend Horton Heat, the costumed madmen who founded the Creepy Creeps in 1999 came out of bands such as the Locust, Struggle, and Tarantula Hawk. The group usually dresses in mariachi clothes, with skulls painted on their faces and sometimes accompanied by go-go dancers (or, as the band calls them, solid ghoul dancers) and characters like Sir Gravus wandering through the crowd to cause isolated bits of mayhem. Drawing visual inspiration from costumed '60s and '70s bands ranging from Paul Revere & the Raiders and KISS to Saturday morning TV’s Kaptain Kool & the Kongs and the Groovy Ghoulies cartoon, members go by pseudonyms like Dr. Creepenstein and The Creepture. Mixing punk and garage rock with surf music, their first album came out in 2006 on U.K.’s Inka label, and their most recent release was issued by the oldest surviving surf label in the world, Dionysus Records. They’ve played notable music festivals such as the South by Southwest music fest in Austin, TX, and they won Best Live Performer at the 2013 San Diego Music Awards.
25th Annual Toy Piano Festival at UC San Diego Geisel Library
September 30
The Toy Piano Collection at Geisel Library consists of actual instruments, commissioned scores, and existing literature and recordings. Most of the commissioned scores in the collection have been composed by UC San Diego alumni. In 2001, the Library of Congress issued a subject heading and call number for toy piano scores because of the commissioning activities at Geisel Library. The first composer to write a “serious” work for toy piano was John Cage, who visited the UC San Diego campus several times, including a two-week stay as a Regents lecturer in the 1980s. Alumnus Scott Paulson, who was on campus for Cage’s lectures, cites Cage’s influence as a major impetus for the annual Toy Piano Festival, of which Paulson is the director. Performers will include Paulson, Kenneth Herman, Christian Hertzog, Barbara Scheidker, and Sue Palmer, known as “The Queen of Boogie-Woogie.”
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Live Five: Mercedes Moore, Creepy Creeps, Blues at the Brooks, SD Music Hall Of Fame, Toy Piano Festival
Blues, jazz, surf-punk, tributes and toys in Bay Park, Oceanside, Grantville, Little Italy, La Jolla
Live Five: Mercedes Moore, Creepy Creeps, Blues at the Brooks, SD Music Hall Of Fame, Toy Piano Festival
Blues, jazz, surf-punk, tributes and toys in Bay Park, Oceanside, Grantville, Little Italy, La Jolla
September 25
Winner of the 2024 San Diego Music Award for Best Jazz Artist and nine time SDMA nominee for Best Blues Artist, Mercedes Moore brings a blend of '50s/60's swingin' soul, jazz, and blues to the Bay Park stage. The longtime staple of the local music scene wears many musical hats, among them that of a swing dance instructor who holds classes at area venues such as Queen Bee’s. Her Mercedes Moore Trio appears regularly at Gaslamp clubs and restaurants, and she’s been seen at high profile events like the Gator by the Bay outdoor festival, the recent Blues Summit supporting young aspiring musicians from BLUSD's Blues Camp for Teenagers, and she’ll be appearing in November on the Lindy, Shag, and Soul Cruise.
Blues at the Brooks at Sunshine Brooks Theatre
September 26
Enjoy an evening of blues at the Brooks with concert sets from award-winning North County guitarists Johnny Vernazza Band and Shane Hall. Vernazza has toured and recorded with blues players like Commander Cody, Luther Tucker, Sunnyland Slim, Gregg Allman, Chuck Berry, Steve Miller, Charlie Daniels, George Thorogood, and blues-harp player Norton Buffalo and his band the Knockouts. He played guitar with the Elvin Bishop band for six albums, being heard on tunes like the 1976 hit “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” (which rose to number three on the charts) and “Struttin’ My Stuff.” Shane Hall (the Klay) spent several years fronting Shane Hall & the Diabolicals before going solo in 2014 with his album Thickteeth. He took home a trophy for Best Americana, Jazz or Blues Song at the 2021 San Diego Music Awards for his track “Under My Voodoo.”
San Diego Music Hall Of Fame at Vision A Center For Spiritual Living
September 27
Less of an awards show and more about recognizing and paying tribute to longstanding contributors to the local music scene, the annual San Diego Music Hall Of Fame returns to Grantville for a packed bill of notable local talent. This year’s inductees include journalist and musician Bart Mendoza (Manual Scan, the Shambles), mostly-female staffed innovators the Dinettes, rockabilly alt-country star Rosie Flores, Rocket From the Crypt mainman John Reis, Latin soul man Eulogio Fos, and jazz cats Kamau Kenyatta and Bob Magnusson. The night will include live performances from inductees Rosie Flores, Bart Mendoza, and Bob Magnusson, as well as folk heroine Cindy Lee Berryhill, the Israel Maldonado House Band, and Rob Deez.
September 26 and 27
Opening for headliner Reverend Horton Heat, the costumed madmen who founded the Creepy Creeps in 1999 came out of bands such as the Locust, Struggle, and Tarantula Hawk. The group usually dresses in mariachi clothes, with skulls painted on their faces and sometimes accompanied by go-go dancers (or, as the band calls them, solid ghoul dancers) and characters like Sir Gravus wandering through the crowd to cause isolated bits of mayhem. Drawing visual inspiration from costumed '60s and '70s bands ranging from Paul Revere & the Raiders and KISS to Saturday morning TV’s Kaptain Kool & the Kongs and the Groovy Ghoulies cartoon, members go by pseudonyms like Dr. Creepenstein and The Creepture. Mixing punk and garage rock with surf music, their first album came out in 2006 on U.K.’s Inka label, and their most recent release was issued by the oldest surviving surf label in the world, Dionysus Records. They’ve played notable music festivals such as the South by Southwest music fest in Austin, TX, and they won Best Live Performer at the 2013 San Diego Music Awards.
25th Annual Toy Piano Festival at UC San Diego Geisel Library
September 30
The Toy Piano Collection at Geisel Library consists of actual instruments, commissioned scores, and existing literature and recordings. Most of the commissioned scores in the collection have been composed by UC San Diego alumni. In 2001, the Library of Congress issued a subject heading and call number for toy piano scores because of the commissioning activities at Geisel Library. The first composer to write a “serious” work for toy piano was John Cage, who visited the UC San Diego campus several times, including a two-week stay as a Regents lecturer in the 1980s. Alumnus Scott Paulson, who was on campus for Cage’s lectures, cites Cage’s influence as a major impetus for the annual Toy Piano Festival, of which Paulson is the director. Performers will include Paulson, Kenneth Herman, Christian Hertzog, Barbara Scheidker, and Sue Palmer, known as “The Queen of Boogie-Woogie.”