So I got back from a little No-Cal tour last week. I really had a great time and I got to play with some pretty awesome musicians. Randy Marshall, a solo bassist from San Francisco invited me out to play with his solo bass consortium, including (left to right up there) Andy Cervantes, John Addy, Jeff Schmidt, me and Randy himself. Not pictured is a wicked little war guitarist from the night before named 'Jimbo' (never caught his last name). I played in San Fran and Modesto with those guys and had a couple of things on my own in Oakland and Roseville (Sacramento).
Between shows Phil Majorins, a close friend of mine and a very cool guy, took me to Berkeley (or as I call it, 'Not Wisconsin') for their world music festival. Bizerkeley is just a very different place. I loved it. Bought Phil an Arvo Part CD.
After the shows were done I had a day to burn so I drove down to Monterey and went scuba diving. My first time diving in the ocean. Pretty cool (literally - 49 degrees cool). Lots of fish, tons of starfish, and a few really messed up looking crabs.
Went whale watching for the first time after that. We must have seen 30 or so humpbacks. Stopped at the Monterey Bay Aquarium for a bit after that. Amazing jellyfish exhibit.
I think God is cool. Got a new tune called 'Monterey'.
