Stop by Java Joes THIS Sunday afternoon for some soul-inspiring blues. You’ll hear some of my original tunes as well as some of the band’s favorites from legendary artists like B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robben Ford, Eric Clapton, and some lesser known favorites as well.

But – MOST importantly – come celebrate the birth of Chris’ beautiful little girl – Ella Joy Atchley!  Born on March 2nd.  Believe it or not, Chris delivered the baby himself in the driveway of his own home!  They never made it to the hospital, and paramedics arrived after she did!   Stop by and hear all the details from the proud new daddy!  (Ella joins big brother Ethan).  Wife Andrea and baby Ella are home and doing well.

Hope to see you for this very special performance!  Fun begins at 1pm.  Java Joes will be offering brunch, beer, wine, and yummy pastry items.

Java Joe’s is in Yorba Linda at 4975 Yorba Ranch Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92887 (714) 970-7988.

Check out the flier if you want to send it to your friends!

Stop by Java Joes THIS Sunday afternoon for the BEST blues music around.  Griff Hamlin has put together a one-of-a-kind blues band called Alpaca Love Society!  They’re as unique as their name and you won’t want to miss it.  Open up the attached flier for pics and more information.  You’ll hear some of Griff’s original compositions, as well as some of the band’s favorites from legendary artists like B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robben Ford, Eric Clapton, and more!

But – MOST importantly – come celebrate the birth of Chris’ beautiful little girl – Ella Joy Atchley!  Born on March 2nd.  Believe it or not, Chris delivered the baby himself in the driveway of his own home!  They never made it to the hospital, and paramedics arrived after she did!   Stop by and hear all the details from the proud new daddy!  (Ella joins big brother Ethan).  Wife Andrea and baby Ella are home and doing well.

Hope to see you for this very special performance!  Fun begins at 1pm.  Java Joes will be offering brunch, beer, wine, and yummy pastry items.

Don’t forget to open the flier!

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I’m playing with Mark Smith (bass) and Chris Atchley (drums) on Friday night, February 19th, at Java Joe’s in Yorba Linda from 8:00 to 11:00PM.

Sorry it’s such late notice, but we’ll be playing blues under the name Alpaca Love Society. Should be good trio fun!

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I’m playing some cool blues at Java Joe’s with Mark Smith (bass), Quinton Hufferd (keys), and Chris Atchley (drums.) We start at 8:00 and go until probably about 11:00.

Band name is Alpaca Love Society for the night, hope to see you there.

Java Joe’s is at 4975 Yorba Ranch Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92887. Phone is (714) 970-7988. Reservations might not be a bad idea.

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I’m getting together with my good friend Bob Murnahan for an afternoon of tunes and Q & A with any of you aspiring guitar players out there.

Bob and his family are coming out from Sedona, Arizona, and on bass we’ll have Mark Smith with Chris Atchley on drums.

This is not a jam session, we’re going to take questions and talk about guitar “stuff” but we really don’t have the facility to actually have a jam session and let everyone come up and play… maybe next time.

It’s going to be Saturday, October 17th, from 1:00PM-4:00PM at Java Joe’s in Yorba Linda. Java Joe’s is at 4975 Yorba Ranch Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92887 (714) 970-7988.

We are recording the whole thing both audio and video. Don’t know what will come of it, but we’re at least going to try and get it for posterity.

Hope you can make it out, I think we’re gonna have a great time :)

4975 Yorba Ranch Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92887 (714) 970-7988

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This Saturday, the 10th of October, happens to be my 38th birthday. And we’re playing at Java Joe’s as Yard Sale.

Come on out and have some birthday pie (I’m not a big cake guy) and watch me play as many notes as I want because it’s my birthday!

Java Joe’s is in Yorba Linda at 4975 Yorba Ranch Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92887 (714) 970-7988

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Friday, September 25th from 7pm – 10:30pm

AND

Saturday, September 26th from 6:30pm – 10:30pm

St. Martin’s is located at:  19791 Yorba Linda Blvd. in Yorba Linda

This one is fun… bring the kids and get ready for beer and brats!

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Sorry for the late notice, but we’ll be at Java Joe’s with Yard Sale (http://www.yardsaletheband.com) tonight from 8:00 to 11:00PM.

Java Joe’s is at 4975 Yorba Ranch Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92887. The number is  (714) 970-7988.

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I’m here…

by Griff

Sorry I haven’t posted anything in pretty much forever. I’ve been busy with my instructional sites at http://bluesguitarunleashed.com and http://startplayingbluesguitar.com.

I’ll make it a point to do more stuff here too.

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We had such a blast last friday. Hopefully we’ll do it again.

I did take a video camera and today I created a YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/ghbgriff3. I uploaded 14 videos (all that I got) from friday. The sound is just okay, my laptop couldn’t keep up with the multichannel recording so I had to settle for the camera audio. Maybe next time….

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or something like that.

Friday, like tomorrow, I get to play a bunch of self-indulgent blues (meaning I get to play as many notes as I want to) with Mark Smith on bass and Dave Goode on drums.

If you don’t already know, this is the original trio that recorded my first CD. We’re going to start about 7:00 ish and play until we’re done or you get tired of us. Probably around 9:30-10:00PM.

Java Joe’s (where we’re at) is at 4973 Yorba Ranch Rd. In Yorba Linda. For the Google Map, click here

Hope to see you all there.

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