Yes Her CD release party is this Saturday at the State Theater.

Yes, the Beauvilles, Have Gun Will Travel and Will Quinlan and the excellent Diviners are playing that show.

Yes, they are expecting it to be packed.

And I have a few words to say about that. You may want to skip it, but I am feeling nostalgic, whimsical and cheerful about this.

This represents an interesting lineup of bands from the Bay area that have all individually paid their dues over the course of time, helping anchor down a music scene here over the better part of the last 10 years, and none of us have given up. we refuse to give up.

Be it Matt Burke of HGWT’s original band Chase Theory making marks and pushing out nationally in the 1990’s, to the Beauvilles brawling over wrong notes and too much liquor in front of audiences, to Will Quinlans’ original group the Pagan Saints drunken legendary shows with shout outs from Jeff Tweedy, to Geri X’s true story of working up the ranks through the coffeeshops to a record deal, all these artists have evolved and done most of their evolving here in the Bay area, instead of moving to NYC and LA the second that they learned how to write a song that stays stuck in your head. All of these groups have changed from playing on small stages with no one there to playing packed clubs, and the occasional festival (although we still play small stages occasionally for fun!).

Artists like this, of this caliber in your back yard gives an anchor to this music scene that as of late has had its share of locals becoming touring acts, playing festivals, and making it debatable whether “Bay Area” means San Fransisco or not. And without your support, that scene withers and dies, but more likely just moves away to greener pastures. Whether someone is listening or not, all the artists playing this show will continue to write and record brilliant music, but we need you still. We need you to listen. We need you to sing along. To make the music louder and more melodic. And you need the music to make you move and shed the years off of your skin. A soundtrack to your life.

So let’s celebrate the current renaissance that is going on with music in Central Florida and attend this show. It will be one hell of a party. And buy Geri X’s cd.

It’s really really good.

Love your artists and keep them here with you people.

Love,
s.
bville

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C’mon

I just taught that song to my 3 year old