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Whiter Shade Of Pale
One of my favorite songs and even more so when I found such a great Hammond sound that I can trigger via midi from the NS/Stick. Enjoy along with me, the adventure of "What is the song about?" Lol... You're not alone. The best I came up with is: "The mystery of the...
Blue Note performance
I had a really nice show at the Blue Note in Napa last night. Here are a few pictures. Great place to perform. Playing with Tony Saunders. His tune Highway 5 is number #14 on billboard. Here we are playing it live. He is playing melody bass (way up high) and I'm on...
How Funtastic! My own swag store!
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2 Degrees of Jed Clampett
My “2 degrees of Jed Clampett”. I played a lovely roof top concert. “Jessel Gallery” in Napa with Kiki Ebsen. She is the daughter of Buddy Ebsen (who played Jed Clampett in the Beverly Hillbillies Tv Show). She sung beautifully, writes lovely tunes. I played a few of...
Officiatingly Don
Today I had the honor to officiate the wedding of the now “Mr. And Mrs. Kilpatrick. Lovely ceremony, I said the “magic words” and now the two are one. In short hitched. Excelleeeent. I trust a long and happy marriage for them. As for my officiating record… all couples...
“If It Don’t Work Out”
I always enjoyed this song so I thought I'd produce a cover of it featuring my brother Dave on tenor sax, Neil Bettencourt on drums and yours truly NS/Stick, vocals and arranging.
Napa Pro Club Jam
We had a blast that night. I love it when I get to tap, pluck and pick in the same song. Enjoy!
“La Foule”
Angel Amato / Enrique Dizeo Just when you thought ya heard it all. Accordion and NS/Stick. I exploded just thinking about it. However I heard Jacky Mouvillat play and thought, heck, let's green-screen me to the French Alps and join him. "La Foule" is the toon AND......
“The King Of Babble-On”
This is my fun song and video about a guy you'd see in the bar babbling on about his life and how it could've been better. My nephews Allen and Tao have starring roles acting out the parts. A little too good. LOL. This tune features Neil Bettencourt on drums and...
Canadian Seminar 2022
Stairway to .... a great time. Man we had a great time. This is the 20th year Jim has put this seminar together. I think I taught at about 4 over the years. Some are familiar faces I've known over those past 20 years. They have since become professional Stick players...