Andy Walo Group Updates for September 19, 2007

Ok OK, I know I spend a fair amount of time writing about how fantastic, wonderful, and talented I think the Andy Walo Group is. Beyond the fact that they supply me with most of my live music fixes when they are playing around where I happen to be on a given day, they have some really cool things happening in their near future so I thought I might take a minute to share. I will of course be updating these as some of these items get closer.

The first two are the monthly shows at the House of Blues Las Vegas. Yes, It’s that time again. Appearing live Wednesday and Thursday at the Mandalay Bay. If you are in Las Vegas be sure to check these shows out at the House of Blues Cross roads room. There is no cover charge.

Wednesday Night, September 19 - House Of Blues/Las Vegas @ Crossroads Room (Mandalay Bay Hotel) 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 "Nuthin But The Blues Series" 9 PM.

Thursday Night, September 20 - House Of Blues/Las Vegas @ Crossroads Room (Mandalay Bay Hotel) 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 "Unplugged Showcase Series" 10 PM.

The next one is a little bit further out but may require some planning if you wish to attend. You may or may not know that Andy Walo used to play at Harvelle’s Santa Monica “back in the day”. The Andy Walo Group has recently started playing there again and they are going to be recording LIVE during their show on the 27^th of this month. At this time I am not certain if they will be recording sound only or sound and video but if you want to be involved consider yourself invited (note: this was a joke, the show/venue is open to the public). Please be aware that tickets are required for this show and can be purchased for $5 from Harvelle’s website.

Thursday Night, September 27 - Harvelle's in Santa Monica; 1432 4 TH Street 9:30 PM. 310-395-1676

Also there are heavy rumors of a show coming up at the LA CO Fair. It seems that the Andy Walo Group may be performing between events at the FreeStyle MotorX event. If they DO perform there, these sets (nine songs total) will be TELEVISED on CBS!! Not sure what the details are and all that but will keep you all posted on this one. Again, if you want to go, be aware that tickets are required (for both the fair AND the event). Let me know and I will guide you for discounts etc.

Saturday, September 29 - FreeStyle Motorcross Event at The Pomona Fairplex

Lastly but not leastly Andy Walo has three of his original songs in the upcoming film, Two Tickets to Paradise. Directed by D.B. Sweeney, which stars Ed Harris and John C. McGinley. The songs are all off the Crunchtime CD and are “Told You So,” “Flamenco Blues,” and “What Happened To My Power.” The soundtrack from this movie looks to be fantastic! It will have songs from Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Dire Straits, U2, Del Amitri, and Emmy Lou Harris as well as Al Kapone, American Minor, Andy Walo, Bowling for Soup, and Kim Kline. This movie has been shown at a few festivals to rave reviews so watch for it to come to a theater near you.

Note that all pictures are from www.andywalo.com except for the one from Harvelle's Website which is http://www.harvelles.com/Harvelles.html and are subject to copyright.

Defunkified for July 10, 2007

Yesterday while I was still deep in my funk, Haley pointed out the number of words in her tag cloud that she used MOST often and how some of them had serendipitous and entertaining connections. I had it in my head that I should take a look at my own tag cloud. I got as far as copying them down before the mood left.


I didn’t blog my original blog yesterday, I wrote some nastiness that hopefully will NEVER leave my e-mail, and failed yet again to follow through on a promise. Then today, Haley (dang her and her like-mindedness) blogs about the effects of procrastination…..


Meh, trapped, hoist on me own petard, and forced to walk me own dern plank…. Fine, finkle finger of fate….. Here, happy now?




These are the 40 items in MY Tag Cloud that get used the most often and are therefore in large type…. I am going to expand a bit on them in much the manner that I do with my friends list… because, well, it is my blog and I can do what I want to in it.


alien: How can I not spend a fair amount of time on these guys, they are my two closest friends and a huge part of my life.


andy_walo: What can I say, give credit where credit is due, this guy is a fabulous musician.


bands: Yeah well, I love live music. I try to encourage it where I can.


california: It is my home, I can’t imagine ever living elsewhere again…but am sure I will.


challenge: I have a lot of this in my life. I blog it for “posterity” in case my family ever wants to know and to hopefully inspire others….also used for those “writing challenges”.


cheese: Some days, you just need to have cheese. You can’t always be all serious and stuff.


date: I find a number of things are date related…some are even interesting.


death: Yeah well it IS the final outcome of life. It will happen to us all eventually.


Dog: I love my dog, she loves me back.


family: You can’t choose them, you have to go with what you got, or make your own…I do both.



friends: These you can chose…and some of mine make the jump to the previous tag.


happiness: Some days it is more elusive than others but it is the second strongest emotion in my arsenal.


hermosabeach: My spiritual home.


history: I have NO clue how this got to be such a big category…. I am TERRIBLE with history.


humor: yeah well, it keeps me going. You HAVE TO have a sense of humor in this life… in order to keep your happiness alive…


illness: See Aliens.


injury: It happens, it took a large chunk of my life….it gets written about.


jimmy_buffett: Oh man, this guy has the BEST lyric base. I can always find something to suit my mood. He has been one of my favorite musicians at every stage of my life.


life: Life is what happens while you are busy making plans…don’t let it get away from you… it is all well and good to plan for tomorrow as long as you still LIVE today you only get one shot at today.


love: It is a huge part of life. It is also a huge part of MY life.


me: It is MY blog, generally things here tend to reflect that…sorry if it is selfish.


music: There it is again…you would think it was important to me or something.


opinions: I have them and I am NOT afraid to use them.


perception: I have a very weird point of view. I am aware of it. Sometimes it gets away from me. I point it out sometimes.


pictures: I LOVE PICTURES! They are like little chunks of time saved forever!


quotes: I use a few I guess. Many people inspire me with their words.


sad: It happens, I try to keep it to a minimum but you need some to balance out your life.


self-belief: I have a hard time believing in myself sometimes. It comes out here…


self-image: Goes right along with the previous one. I simply can NOT see myself the same way you guys claim to.


series: I have written a few…they get upgraded automatically because well by definition…there is more than one...der.


sister: I have a few. I talk about one more than the others.


soul: I believe firmly in the power of it…


tag: I get tagged from time to time. I don’t like to do them because they get out of hand fast….but once in a while there is a good one…


theman: Yeah well…what can I say, I love the guy.


unfiltered: a recent addition that seems to be getting a lot of use….it means I tried to be brutally honest and not filter.


weather: It is a hot topic I tell ya.


weatherwithyou: It was a series….it is also a fantastic Jimmy Buffett CD.


weird: By my very nature, I find a lot of things weird, including most often, myself.


work: It takes up a large chunk of my every single day, it ends up getting written about.


writing: It is WHAT I do after all…first and foremost it is ME.



As for that promise mentioned up there, since it coincidentally matches the tags I will include it here: A while back I was given a gift from a buddy. My buddy, who goes by the name of Dick Deluxe gave me a copy of his CD ,Don't Borax the Borax Man. I told him I would give it a listen and tell him honestly what I thought of it.

I listened almost immediately and have not had a chance to talk to him since to tell him what I think of it. I like it. It is not my “normal style” of music (as if I have one) but it fits my “if it has a beat and you can sing to it” criteria so it passes. I could not POSSIBLY even begin to describe the type of music. Even HE can’t really describe it and says: “I'm describing as alt country, Americana, alt blues and country soul. What do I know?” As for ME I am going to simply describe it as “good” and tell you to go listen for yourself. Dick, buddy, if you are reading this….thanks for the CD, it gets a fair amount of airtime and a thumbs up from me.