Archive | November, 2025

Make Black Friday brighter…

29 Nov

To close out November, I’ll be with the Jelly Rollers (Darren Loucas, Sean Divine, Will Sage, Ron Weinstein and special Guest Brittany Davis) TONIGHT playing some swinging Chicago style Blues at the venerable Owl ‘n Thistle Pub from 9-midnight.

TONIGHT Friday November 28
Jelly Rollers @ Owl ‘n Thistle Pub, Pioneer Square
9-Midnight
Darren Loucas, Sean Divine, Will Sage, Ron Weinstein, Brittany Davis and me. 
https://owl-n-thistle-pub.restaurants-world.com/#google_vignette

And…next month:

Saturday, December 6
Linda; The Story and Music of Linda Ronstadt, featuring Brenna Bruce, V. Contreras, Mireya Ramos and Mariachi La Tierra with house band Reb Young, Aaron O’Neil, David Salonen, Jason Staczek, Alex Guy and her string quartet.  This year with Narrator/Host Nancy Guppy.
Triple Door, downtown Seattle.
Two Shows:  6pm is SOLD OUT.  9pm still has a few tickets left.  Get ’em here:
https://thetripledoor.net/mainstage-calendar

Wednesday, December 10
Where’s Beth with Brenna Bruce & Nina Natasia – I’m thrilled to be playing bass both with Brenna and Where’s Beth.  If you haven’t heard either of these bands, you’ll want to rectify that now. 
Royal Room, Columbia City
Tickets/Info:
https://theroyalroomseattle.com/event/wheres-beth-overtime-waltz-release-show-w-brenna-bruce-and-nina-nastasia/

Thursday, December 11
Mike Frazier/Rebecca Porter/Country Dave Harmonson & Charles Wicklander – I’ll be joining both Mike Frazier and Rebecca Porter for this beautiful night of music.  
Conor Byrne Pub, Ballard
Tickets/Info:
https://www.conorbyrnepub.com/#/events/149195

Saturday, December 13
Long Dark Moon, Blackstock, Golden West – I’ll be opening the night with Golden West and staying to see all of my friends in LDM and Blackstock.  
Sunset Tavern, Ballard 
Tickets/Info:
https://dice.fm/event/dk8ea6-kbcs-presents-long-dark-moon-cassette-release-show-blackstock-golden-west-13th-dec-the-sunset-tavern-seattle-tickets?pid=f8b95fbd&_branch_match_id=989404647576355286&utm_medium=partners_api&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz8nMy9ZLyUxO1UvL1a9ITE0xMTZMszA1SrMvyEyxTbNIsjRNS0pRqytKTUstKsrMS49PKsovL04tsnXOKMrPTQUAz1PmfEgAAAA%3D

Friday December 19
10th Annual Shit Show! @ The Rabbit Box Theatre, Pike Place Market 
SO many musical delicacies…
Tickets/Info:
https://www.therabbitboxseattle.com/events/9gqcwm5agh61fhhvrqi20r7eeskuxl-ykhab

Thanks for the Welcome Home/And…TONIGHT

23 Nov

Hello friends of live music!

What an epic homecoming for Dean Johnson and band at the Showbox last night. 
Thanks to the droves of you who showed up to support.  What a way to end a beautiful tour…
There is NO GOOD SHOW without a good audience.  We had a great show because we had a great audience.  Thank you again.

I’m tired, yes, but not too tired to play with an incredible band tonight backing up the shining Julia Francis.  If you can make it out tonight, you won’t be sorry:
Saturday, November 22 – Julia Francis (with Seola Station)
Royal Room.  Doors: 6:30pm and Show at 7:30pm
Tickets & Info here:
https://theroyalroomseattle.com/event/julia-francis-seola-station
Julia’s band features Darren Loucas, Aaron O’Neil, Charles Wicklander and yours truly supporting Julia and her beautiful and wild songs.  It’s a rare live full band show for us so please come and see us if you can!

To close out November, I’ll be back with the Jelly Rollers (Darren Loucas, Sean Divine, Eric Eagle, Ron Weinstein) playing some swinging Chicago style Blues at this venerable Irish Pub: 
Friday November 28, so you can work off your turkey/tofurkey. 

November Shows

1 Nov

Hello Friends and Lovers of Live Music!

November is upon us.  And this November is mostly about my hitting the road with Dean Johnson for his first ever headlining tour (see below for dates and venues).  
We’re a tight little 4-some for most of the tour so I’ll be spending a lot of time with DeanSera (Cahoone) and Sam Peterson (aka Don Piano).  
And, in late August, the aforementioned along with Aaron Khawaja (who will be joining us for the last 2 nights of our tour in Portland and Seattle!) nestled into the cozy and glamorous space at  KEXP to record an in-studio performance.  It is now available to watch here. The inimitable DJ Cheryl Waters hosted us and we really enjoyed every minute of our time there with the entire staff and film and audio crew.  

To start November off quickly and properly  – at the righteous dive bar, Bad Bar, I’ll be playing a DUO show with one of my favorite people and musicians, Rick De Church.  
Rick and I have performed as a duo, a trio, a 4 and maybe even a 5-piece over the last few…decades!  
We’ve played as EOC, OCD, Higgsfield, Rick DeChurch, Rebrick, RZR (I may be forgetting some), and now, finally and forever more (?) as Beautiful Existential Love.
Rick is the most prolific songwriter I have ever worked with (I didn’t say all the songs are good – lol).  He spits out songs faster than Donald Trump spits out ridiculous statements. And he’s a guitar wizard. 
You can check him out here:
https://bel.hearnow.com/
And you can see us live this very Saturday:
Saturday November 1 – Beautiful Existential Love (Duo) – opening for Wood ‘n’ Villians, Feral Moon, Margo Adrift
Bad Bar – 819 5th Ave N., Queen Anne
We start the night off and play  at 8pm SHARP.  Our good friend Margo Adrift will close out the night and will not disappoint! 15 bucks at the door.

Dean Tour Schedule 11/5-11/21.  We finish with a bang in Seattle so get tickets now before they sell out:
Friday November 21 – Dean Johnson @Showbox Market –https://www.showboxpresents.com/events/detail/1116455

And, no rest for the wicked.  I’m gonna hit the ground running when I get home playing with another of my favorite humans and musicians:
Saturday, November 22 – Julia Francis (with Seola Station)
Royal Room.  Doors: 6:30pm and Show at 7:30pm
Tickets & Info here:
https://theroyalroomseattle.com/event/julia-francis-seola-station
Julia’s band features Darren Loucas, Aaron O’Neil, Charles Wicklander and yours truly supporting Julia and her beautiful and wild songs.  It’s a rare live full band show for us so please come and see us if you can!

To close out November, I’ll be back with the Jelly Rollers (Darren Loucas, Sean Divine, Eric Eagle, Ron Weinstein) playing some swinging Chicago style Blues at this venerable Irish Pub: 
Friday November 28 – The Jelly Rollers
Owl ‘n Thistle Pub – Pioneer Square
9pm-11pm (and sometimes until Midnight). 
FREE of charge.

Coming up and selling quickly:
December 6 – LINDA: The Story & Music of Linda Ronstadt – YES, 2nd year in a row.  @ Triple Door – 2 shows, 6 & pm.
Tickets:
https://tickets.thetripledoor.net/eventperformances.asp?evt=2083