Music – Moving Through Time

It’s been a pretty good week for San Diego radio. During the day I usually listen to talk radio, like most things, too much can dull the senses, so I change the station to FM, and work my way around the dial. In this region, we have very few choices for quality stations. But over [...]

3 lessons

The Setting: Saturday was the Qualcomm QSCO Division party. It was held at the House of Blues here in San Diego. It was a Marti Gras theme, and probably 400 people showed up to participate. There was a main room, and a smaller room where a band called the Bayou Brothers played. They are a [...]

Some change needed

After going through the pics from the wild west fair, this is the first set of comprehensive shots of me playing guitar anywhere. I went through them a pic at a time, and I realized 2 things about my playing live caught on film.
First, I don’t look very happy: This is really not the [...]

Rick O’shea and the Bouncing Bullet Band

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From (L-R)Jonni on keys, Gary on Acoustic, Kim on Dobro, Bruce on Drums, Natalie on Vocals, Jason on Bass, and a guy named Eric on Electric.
Before all this San Diego on fire business, we played a gig at the girls school as a fund raiser. The country [...]

Soundhole cut-o-matic

Up until a few years ago, if you were a guitar maker, and you needed a tool to do a specific job, usually you had to make it. That is not the case much any more. With the latest in technology, and the popularity of building instruments, the trail blazers of yesteryear are cashing in [...]