My Armando's gig started with me standing outside the door at the venue stressing about whether people would show up. The 49er's play-off was running exactly at the same time as my show. So there I was viscerally re-experiencing all the other times big sports events have kicked my cultural butt, when Annie Sampson pulled up on the curb smiling through the windshield and instantaneously erased all my worries. She has that effect!

We hunkered down on the porch stoop and rehearsed "Super Earth", a tune about…Read more

I had a remarkable time last Month performing at the 'Devil Mountain Coffeehouse'. This series is in the new event hall at the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Church in Walnut Creek. Our whole concert scene began at MDUUC as an open mic over 30 years ago. In those days we brought everything in from the sound system to the coffee so it took the whole day and night, and we typically didn't get to bed until 4 in the morning. The beautiful new hall has everything built in. What a breeze!

Laura Zucker performed the first…Read more