Back in the day…

Tom Lackner, Barry Burnell, David Bazemore and Roger Goodspeed - 1966

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June 1966. Battle of the bands in the parking lot at Bennett Music Co. on E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara. Noted drummer Tom Lackner (currently in Jeff Bridges’ band) out front with L to R Barry Burnell, David Bazemore and Roger Goodspeed. Plus an unknown master of the uke going all…

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Jordi Savall & Frank McGuire

Jordi Savall and his 7 string bass viol.

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CAMA Santa Barbara presented an evening of Irish music. First time I’ve seen a viol and bodhrán together. Jordi Savall gave a quiet but intensely masterful performance, ably assisted by Frank McGuire.

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He’s so happy!

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A few swigs of the Elixer of Love and he gets the girl. Well, it’s a little more complicated than that, but you get to hear a lot of great music and laugh a lot along the way at Opera Santa Barbara’s production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore. Last performance 3/6/16…

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