Dangers of asking a stranger to take your photograph

Steuart Liebig, Jeff Kaiser, Kris Tiner at Influx Cafe Coffee Pre-Kris Tiner Quintet gig…I asked a guy to take our pic, every one had his finger in it and was blurry. Every one. That IS a …

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Douglas Detrick: Interview with Jeff Kaiser

From Douglas Detrick I had a gig in the summer of 2010 with Jeff Kaiser at the Jazz Station, a gem of a venue in Eugene, Oregon’s music scene. I played the first set, Jeff played …

Garth Brooks In the Court of the Crimson King

After a gig in Bakersfield the other day, Kris Tiner, James Sproul, Chris Schlarb and Adriana Lucero-Schlarb went to Buck Owen’s AWESOME Crystal Palace to unwind and listen to some smoking country music (great stuff by …

Great Weekend…!

What a great weekend. Besides getting a lot of work done in the studio mixing Jeff Denson’s album, I had friends visiting to play gigs. Steuart Liebig, Bill Barret, Tony Atherton and Joe Berardi (The Mentones) …

Friday, Feb 13…

Unfortunately I will be bowing out of the gig Friday night due to a horrid case of the flu…BUT you all should go and see it, what a great band….I’m really bummed to miss it, 13 …

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Tour-ette Syndrome: “Triumphantly weird, of course!”

Steuart and I at the Metro Gallery in BakersfieldPhoto by Kris Tiner “Triumphantly weird” is how the VC Reporter heralded my first return show in Ventura since leaving for school in San Diego. I like it: …

Choir Boys: Eight Days in Chicago-4.8-4.10.2006

I love Chicago! So when my friend Don Malone invited me to come and play his final recital (retiring after THIRTY-One years) and teach some Master Classes, I said, “of course!” Even better, he had me …

Chapter 10: Choir Boys with Strings

Now there is something you don’t see to often: creative music advertised in neon. I am extremely grateful to Dr. Ollie Powers and Robert Lawson for inviting me to be a guest artist at their faculty …