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Live Five: Gary Wilson, Back to the Garden, The Widows, Casey Hensley, Remembering Steve White
DIY rock, surf-punk, soulful blues, beloved remembrance, and a 1965 Story Concert in City Heights, Poway, Little Italy, Carlsbad
Still from Painting the World with Music
March 12
Highly influenced by avant-garde performer John Cage, DIY lounge-rock icon Gary Wilson and his band the Blind Dates performed all over San Diego in the 70s and early 80s. Wilson was known for donning white makeup and wild wigs, leading séances from the stage, wearing beekeeper's hats or sheets of plastic held together by duct tape, and covering himself with and tossing around pails of white flour. Club operators at long-gone area venues like the Skeleton Club and Straita Head Sound often booted him over the messes. A 2005 documentary film, You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story, details the story of the eccentric indie-punk pioneer best known for his highly sought 1977 LP You Think You Really Know Me. The album was recorded in the basement of his parents' house, and only 600 copies were pressed, many of them smashed over Wilson's head at shows. After vanishing from the music scene for a number of years, he resurfaced and began releasing new material, and even appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing alongside the Roots and Questlove. He released a new album last year called Come On, Mary, preceded by a single and video for the title track. The City Heights bill includes Period Bomb and Familiar Face.
1965 - A Music Revolution Story Concert with Back to the Garden at Poway Center For the Performing Arts
March 13 and 14
In the late sixties and early seventies, a collection of musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills to meld folk, rock and American pop into a sound that conquered the world. Back to the Garden recreates the music of the era, featuring the music of the Byrds, the Doors, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Mamas and the Papas, Carole King, the Eagles, and more, including music from Woodstock and The Last Waltz. Members include Cactus Jim Soldi (Picus Maximus, Montezuma’s Revenge), Marc "Twang" Intravaia (Berkley Hart Selis Twang), Larry Grano (Soul Persuaders, Four Eyes), Rick Nash (Soul Persuaders, Forecast), and Sharon Whyte. The two-night debut of 1965 - A Music Revolution Story Concert in Poway focuses on a revolutionary year in music – featuring music from and stories about Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, James Brown, John Coltrane, etc – with electric guitars, pounding drums, and voices that refused to be silenced. “1965 was the year the guitar changed everything,” says Intravaia. “Folk met electricity, rock found its edge.” Special guests scheduled to perform include Lauren Leigh, Berkley Hart, and Big Time Operator vocalist Draeh Jirnae.
March 14
Formed in Lemon Grove in 2005, the Widows are a four-piece rock/punk band founded by musicians whose day jobs involved either work in construction or cutting and styling hair. According to the band, one of their inspirations is “negative feedback from dimwits in ‘real’ bands. They will never know how fun it is to make a mess of music. Rock ‘n’ roll is far too important to be left to professionals.” Their debut album from 2011, Critical Massacre, is now available digitally online, as well as releases such as Point Despair and singles like “No Reason.” The Little Italy bill includes surf-punk rockers the Creepy Creeps, who usually dress 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). 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, 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. Slated to open the show is a reunion of The Executives, who were staples of the local punk club scene in the late 1970s before splitting in the early ‘80s.
Remembering Steve White at Pilgrim United Church of Christ
March 15
Leucadia resident Steve White was a beloved singer, songwriter, and blues guitarist. White developed his own style as a one-man band, playing baritone guitar in non-standard tuning with a percussive hand technique and pinky slide, along with an amplified footboard and killer blues harp. He played across the United States and toured Europe as often as twice a year, performing for thousands of people. In 2009, due to cancer, White lost his vocal chords and was no longer able to sing or play harmonica. His influence and support stretched so much farther than San Diego County that medical fundraising benefits were held in Italy, Germany, and in Prague, Czechoslovakia. White passed away on April 22, 2011, at the age of 61. Friends and fellow performers Joe Rathburn, David Beldock, Shawn Rolhf and Steve Denyes, Luisa Corredor and Ignacio Arango, and Larry and Jo Ann Sinclair will be singing some of his songs, as well as their own tunes that were inspired by White. Alda Lael, White’s life partner, will host a post-concert reception with vegetarian food, followed by a showing of Clint Burkett and Tom Zizzi’s documentary film about White, Painting the World with Music.
March 16
Bluesy soul singer Casey Hensley fronted Chasing Norman before embarking on a solo career and fronting her own Casey Hensley Band. She has headlined the Ojai Blues Festival, appeared at Gator By the Bay, and played the Doheny Blues Fest, as well as performing in Las Vegas for the Big Blues Bender and touring the Pacific northwest to Seattle and back. Vizztone Records released her album Casey Hensley Live Featuring Laura Chavez, mixed and mastered by Black Market III guitarist-singer Scottie Blinn. 2020 saw the release of Good as Gone, her first all original studio album, featuring tracks drawing from rock, blues, soul, and swing. The bill includes blues guitarist Anthony Cullins, aka the Fallbrook Kid, who was still attending Mission Vista High School in Oceanside when he started playing professional gigs. The third annual Temecula Valley Music Awards honored Cullins with a Best Youth Original trophy, and he won the 10 Under 20 contest at the 2018 Dallas International Guitar Festival, as well as being the subject of a Backstage 360 documentary. Citing influences like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mike Bloomfield, Joe Satriani, Allan Holdsworth, and Eric Johnson, he’s become a regular musical presence around town fronting blues-rock bands such as the Fallbrook Vigilantes.
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Live Five: Gary Wilson, Back to the Garden, The Widows, Casey Hensley, Remembering Steve White
DIY rock, surf-punk, soulful blues, beloved remembrance, and a 1965 Story Concert in City Heights, Poway, Little Italy, Carlsbad
Live Five: Gary Wilson, Back to the Garden, The Widows, Casey Hensley, Remembering Steve White
DIY rock, surf-punk, soulful blues, beloved remembrance, and a 1965 Story Concert in City Heights, Poway, Little Italy, Carlsbad
Still from Painting the World with Music
March 12
Highly influenced by avant-garde performer John Cage, DIY lounge-rock icon Gary Wilson and his band the Blind Dates performed all over San Diego in the 70s and early 80s. Wilson was known for donning white makeup and wild wigs, leading séances from the stage, wearing beekeeper's hats or sheets of plastic held together by duct tape, and covering himself with and tossing around pails of white flour. Club operators at long-gone area venues like the Skeleton Club and Straita Head Sound often booted him over the messes. A 2005 documentary film, You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story, details the story of the eccentric indie-punk pioneer best known for his highly sought 1977 LP You Think You Really Know Me. The album was recorded in the basement of his parents' house, and only 600 copies were pressed, many of them smashed over Wilson's head at shows. After vanishing from the music scene for a number of years, he resurfaced and began releasing new material, and even appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing alongside the Roots and Questlove. He released a new album last year called Come On, Mary, preceded by a single and video for the title track. The City Heights bill includes Period Bomb and Familiar Face.
1965 - A Music Revolution Story Concert with Back to the Garden at Poway Center For the Performing Arts
March 13 and 14
In the late sixties and early seventies, a collection of musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills to meld folk, rock and American pop into a sound that conquered the world. Back to the Garden recreates the music of the era, featuring the music of the Byrds, the Doors, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Mamas and the Papas, Carole King, the Eagles, and more, including music from Woodstock and The Last Waltz. Members include Cactus Jim Soldi (Picus Maximus, Montezuma’s Revenge), Marc "Twang" Intravaia (Berkley Hart Selis Twang), Larry Grano (Soul Persuaders, Four Eyes), Rick Nash (Soul Persuaders, Forecast), and Sharon Whyte. The two-night debut of 1965 - A Music Revolution Story Concert in Poway focuses on a revolutionary year in music – featuring music from and stories about Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, James Brown, John Coltrane, etc – with electric guitars, pounding drums, and voices that refused to be silenced. “1965 was the year the guitar changed everything,” says Intravaia. “Folk met electricity, rock found its edge.” Special guests scheduled to perform include Lauren Leigh, Berkley Hart, and Big Time Operator vocalist Draeh Jirnae.
March 14
Formed in Lemon Grove in 2005, the Widows are a four-piece rock/punk band founded by musicians whose day jobs involved either work in construction or cutting and styling hair. According to the band, one of their inspirations is “negative feedback from dimwits in ‘real’ bands. They will never know how fun it is to make a mess of music. Rock ‘n’ roll is far too important to be left to professionals.” Their debut album from 2011, Critical Massacre, is now available digitally online, as well as releases such as Point Despair and singles like “No Reason.” The Little Italy bill includes surf-punk rockers the Creepy Creeps, who usually dress 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). 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, 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. Slated to open the show is a reunion of The Executives, who were staples of the local punk club scene in the late 1970s before splitting in the early ‘80s.
Remembering Steve White at Pilgrim United Church of Christ
March 15
Leucadia resident Steve White was a beloved singer, songwriter, and blues guitarist. White developed his own style as a one-man band, playing baritone guitar in non-standard tuning with a percussive hand technique and pinky slide, along with an amplified footboard and killer blues harp. He played across the United States and toured Europe as often as twice a year, performing for thousands of people. In 2009, due to cancer, White lost his vocal chords and was no longer able to sing or play harmonica. His influence and support stretched so much farther than San Diego County that medical fundraising benefits were held in Italy, Germany, and in Prague, Czechoslovakia. White passed away on April 22, 2011, at the age of 61. Friends and fellow performers Joe Rathburn, David Beldock, Shawn Rolhf and Steve Denyes, Luisa Corredor and Ignacio Arango, and Larry and Jo Ann Sinclair will be singing some of his songs, as well as their own tunes that were inspired by White. Alda Lael, White’s life partner, will host a post-concert reception with vegetarian food, followed by a showing of Clint Burkett and Tom Zizzi’s documentary film about White, Painting the World with Music.
March 16
Bluesy soul singer Casey Hensley fronted Chasing Norman before embarking on a solo career and fronting her own Casey Hensley Band. She has headlined the Ojai Blues Festival, appeared at Gator By the Bay, and played the Doheny Blues Fest, as well as performing in Las Vegas for the Big Blues Bender and touring the Pacific northwest to Seattle and back. Vizztone Records released her album Casey Hensley Live Featuring Laura Chavez, mixed and mastered by Black Market III guitarist-singer Scottie Blinn. 2020 saw the release of Good as Gone, her first all original studio album, featuring tracks drawing from rock, blues, soul, and swing. The bill includes blues guitarist Anthony Cullins, aka the Fallbrook Kid, who was still attending Mission Vista High School in Oceanside when he started playing professional gigs. The third annual Temecula Valley Music Awards honored Cullins with a Best Youth Original trophy, and he won the 10 Under 20 contest at the 2018 Dallas International Guitar Festival, as well as being the subject of a Backstage 360 documentary. Citing influences like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mike Bloomfield, Joe Satriani, Allan Holdsworth, and Eric Johnson, he’s become a regular musical presence around town fronting blues-rock bands such as the Fallbrook Vigilantes.