Pala Gig, NYE 2011 – Circle City Soul

Had some fun last night playing for Pala Casino in their Events Center for New Year’s Eve.

It’s a BIG room – easily 600-800 people in there. The dance floor was full most of the night and the countdown with the big balloon drop was cool.

I took some video from the cel phone – not the greatest quality but hopefully you get the idea :)

Here’s the “before” when we just walked in:

And once the room is setup and dark, ready for guests. Sorry the quality is kind of bad on this because the room is so big and mostly dark. But you can really see the color at the stage… it’s cool

And finally… the party’s over…

Happy New Year Everyone!

San Manuel Casino Yard Sale Gig 12-23-2011

Okay, so obviously I’ve not been very good about posting my exploits around Southern California.

Well, last night I was at San Manuel Casino with Yard Sale doing a holiday show. What was cool about this for me was that earlier this year Laura and I were in the audience watching BB King and Buddy Guy on this exact same stage.

Now, granted, I’ve played on a lot of big stage but for some reason walking in those footsteps was especially cool for me.

I took a little video of the setup and everything.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Gig: March 5th At Fender Center Rhythm Lounge

Griff Hamlin Band Rhythm Lounge FlyerThe Griff Hamlin Band will be performing on Saturday, March 5th at the famous Fender Center and Museum as part of their Rhythm Lounge concert series.

What makes this show especially cool is it is also the first time we’ll be joined by the Circle City Horns (with my lovely bride on sax!) as one big 7 piece swinging and kicking blues band!

Show starts at 7:00, tickets are $15 and are available through the Fender Center box office or at the door. Hope to see you all there! Proceeds benefit the Fender Center’s Kids Rock Free program which provides music lessons for kids in the Corona area. It’s a great cause and we’re proud to be a part of it.

New photos

Our good friend and photographer extraordinaire Crissy Watkins was kind enough to squeeze a band photo shoot into her schedule a couple of weeks ago.

She just sent over the images and I had to post some up. They are on the Photos page at the top. Hope you like them…

I can assure you most of us don’t look that good in person :)

Sunday Jam With Darrell Mansfield Band

Had a great time yesterday over at Main Street Cafe in Yorba Linda playing at the open blues jam. My guys and I showed up and did 3 tunes. My friend Pat Hennessey was also there and he played a couple of songs with us, while Darrell jumped in on Pride & Joy for the last tune.

Special thanks to Brian, Tina, and Darrell for inviting us… we had a blast.

Here’s some video clips from the day:

1st- I’m Tore Down:

2nd- Red House (you gotta do this one :)

Finally some Pride & Joy with some help…