May 1 saw the new issue of San Diego Troubadour hit the proverbial newstands.  And with it came the first review of Songs from Ray's Garage.  Read it here now.  We have seen the future of rock criticism and its name is Jon Kanis.  Thanks, Jon.  And thanks SD Troubadour!

Thanks to everyone who came out to 98 Bottles Friday night.  We had a lot of fun performing as the unplugged version of ourselves.  The band will take this week off and then we will be back next week with two shows on Tuesday April 30 at the House of Blues and on Friday May 3 at the Sapphire Sports Bar and Grill.  We hope see you there!

As we mentioned in our last email, tonight we are meeting up with the Bandzoogle folks who are promising to give our website the once-over twice, looking for ways we could be communicating with you better.  I'm sure they will have some good suggestions and it will be cool to welcome the guys to sunny SoCal.  If we survive tonight, we will be making our debut at 98 Bottles in Little Italy tomorrow night, playing 1 very special acoustic set starting at 9:45.  We hear this place fills up early, so don't lag coming out, you wouldn't want to miss our first song!

We had a great time at the House of Blues on Feb 24.  We had a good turn-out (thanks to all!), we made some great new friends, and most importantly we heard first-hand how many great Americana-ish bands there are around town.  Once again we were joined by Robert Fedeli on keys as we ripped through five songs in twenty minutes.  Two tracks from Songs from Ray's Garage, two newer ones, and an old Usual Suspects song made up the set.  Check out our new web site banner.  The photo was taken at the show by John Hancock Photos.  Special thanks to the House of Blues staff who treated us like rock stars, and props to Cathryn Beeks who loves local music enough to put up with 14 bands in one night.  Can't wait for the next one.

Come join us early Sunday evening at the House of Blues downtown.  Wookie Garcia will be among 14 bands performing on alternate stages in the main music hall downstairs.  The cover is only $5, but for you, it will be free if you can find a band member between now and the showtime.  We have tickets to give you that will let you in for free, giving you some extra pocket change for a root beer or maybe a stop at our merch table.  We play the big stage promptly at 6:20, and lots of great bands will follow.  But get there early, because rumor has it that someone from Wookie past will be sitting in with the first band at 6.  Oh, the mystery!!!