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VISIT SPENCERS'

WEBSITE

Genre: Surf Rock
Similar Artists: Cake, Jane's Addiction, B-52's, They Might Be Giants.
Group Members: Spencer Barnitz_John Schnackenberg_Nate Birkey_Brett Larsen_Gary Sangenitto_Cougar Estrada
Instruments: vocals, guitar, saxophone, accordion, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards
Musical Style: Pop/Rock
Influences: Violent Femmes, Cake, Latin Playboy's
NOTES: If you caught Spencer and his Gang during fiesta 2006, You'll know how much these guys can keep an audience entertained!

"Thanks everyone who came out for fiesta..."Fiesta" the cd is out and available
at Borders (downtown sb),The RestarauntRoy,and.......Spencer on cdbaby"
"Lulu" is also available on iTunes and the others are moments away.
The new cd "Fiesta" is mostly in Spanish and alot like taking a Tropical,
Surf,Mariachi vacation....Again thanks.
Spencers' MYSpace Page

DID YOU KNOW: You can listen to 2 minute clips of Spencer on iTunes through CDBaby.com

Sunday 11-5-06 afternoon 4:30....Mountain cabaret at Cold Springs
with The Wedding Band,,,well 4 of us.

VISIT VINCENTS'
WEBSITE

Genre: New Flamenco, Rumba Flamenco, Jazz, Middle Eastern and Bossa Nova
Group Members: Vincent Zorn
Instruments: Flamenco Guitar
Musical Style: Blending Rumba Flamenco with Jazz, Bossa Nova, and Middle Eastern influences
Influences:Combination Nouveau Flamenco Artist's Ottmar Liebert, Jesse Cook, Willie & Lobo, The Gipsy Kings, and Manitas De Plata.
Performing: Thursday Nights at CAVA & Friday Nights at ZAYTOONS

NEW RELEASE: 'Reflections - by Vincent Zorn' New Selections are included on the Music Play on this Site. Also check out the PodCast featuring Vincent in the BLOG Section.

DID YOU KNOW: You can listen to Vincents NEWLY Released Album 'Reflections' in its entirety HERE!

DID YOU KNOW: You can listen to 17 minutes of Vincent on our latest Podcast, even download to your iPod - Vincent from the SBLocal.com Blog?

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Kaleo Na'ea

VISIT
Kaleo on

MySpace.com

Genre: HAWAIIAN, Acoustic, Tropical
Group Members: Kaleo Naea
Instruments: Acoustic guitar
Influences: George Helm, Dennis Kamakahi
Performing: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights JUNE-AUGUST 2007 6:00-9:00pm No cover charge!!!
WHERE: Beachside Bar Cafe at Goleta Beach 5905 Sandspit Rd (1/2 mile from the entrance to the Santa Barbara Airport) 805-964-7881

For info about upcoming shows please go to myspace.com/kaleonaea

OTHER: Aloha! From Kaua'i, Kaleo Naea is Santa Barbara's own Hawaiian guitar solist/singer. Enjoy sweet and lovely music from the islands for your events, both traditional and slack-key guitar with Hawaiian vocals. Reliable, prompt and full of the ALOHA spirit, performances include history and background on songs and legends 'talk some story eh?', or can be strictly musical with the option of adding a bass player and/or hula dancer(s). Kaleo Na'ea is Kama'aina (island born) and raised on Kaua'i. Kaleo's great-grandfather's great-grandfather was Kaumuali'i, Kauai's last King.
Kaleo learned about island history and the ways and spirit of aloha from his tutu (grandmother in Hawaiian), Kamanao Na'ea Mahikoa Kaluahine Apaka born in Kalihiwai, Kaua'i, she is a decedent of George Na'ea, father of Hawaii's Queen Emma!

His tutu, who was a guitarist/singer at the Kodak Hulu Show in Wiakiki for two decades, taught Kaleo to play and sing Hawaiian music from the day he was born until he moved to Santa Barbara in 1987 where he studied with many guitar masters over the next 20 years.

Kaleo began performing in 1997, delighting listeners with beautiful island music, traditional and slack-key on both a six-string and twelve string guitars with songs sung in Hawaiian from falsetto, crooning to bass and Hawaiian chants.

VISIT
BRUCES'
WEBSITE

Genre: Fingerstyle Guitar, Acoustic Rock, Folk
Similar Artists: Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, David Wilcox, Greg Brown, Tom Waits
Group Members: Bruce Goldish
Instruments: Nylon and Steel Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Musical Style: Fingerstyle guitarist and singer/songwriter Bruce Goldish fuses sweet harmonic to caffeinated percussive fingerstyle guitar and Tom Waits meets Greg Brown vocals with poignant stories and humor.
QUOTES: The New England Entertainment Digest: "Rarely-if ever-do we come across this sort of alchemy, this sense of love and admiration for an instrument while listening to a record these days. Catch Bruce Goldish now while you can still afford it. Soon he'll be playing the likes of Carnegie Hall."

"Oh my God... I've never seen fingers strum and pick and pluck so fast in my life... Song after beautiful song after incredible song, I was truly impressed... "
-ROCK99, Salt Lake City

Also check out the PodCast featuring Bruce in the BLOG Section.

VISIT MATTHEWs'

WEBSITE

Genre: Alternative, Folk
Similar Artists: Beck, Jack Johnson
Group Members: Matthew McAvene (rotating band, but currently it is Tim Beutler, Andrew Fedders, Anders Bergstrom)
Instruments: Guitar, Vocals
Musical Style: dubbed the "Acoustic exSTREAM of Consciousness"
Influences: Martin Luther King, Jr., Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Crosby Still & Nash
NOTES: Matthew McAvene recently won the FM107.7 SB Battle of the Bands, was featured at the MDA Black & Blue Ball, plays twice a month at Rocks

DID YOU KNOW: You can listen to more of Matthew McAvene and his Newest Album 777 in it's ENTIRETY! HERE:

VISIT ROBERTS'
WEBSITE

Genre: Flamenco
Group Members: Robert Boyd
Instruments: Flamenco Guitar
Musical Style: Authenic Flamenco
Influences:...
Performing: Bacara Resort & Spa
-Sept. 1, 2 & 22, 23 - solo guitar 7 - 11pm
New Website Coming:...Link Here

VISIT THE FLY TO BLUE

WEBSITE

Genre: Acoustic
Group Members: Valarie Mulberry, David Gunn, and Jon Harris.
(guitar, voice, songwriting), Jon Harris (fretless bass,percussion)
Instruments: Acoustic guitars, hand drum, bass
Musical Style: Contemporary Folk
Influences: Bob Dylan, Natalie Merchant.
Performing: Friday, December 1st 9pm.
No cover charge!!! Where: Abbot's Habit - 1401 Abbot Kinney Blvd (at California Ave) Venice, CA. 90291. - Tel: (310) 399-1171

For info about upcoming shows please go to http://www.myspace.com/flytoblue
NOTES: Fly To Blue has been astounding audiences with their captivating
live show up and down the West Coast for the last 2 years. Valarie and
David both have remarkable voices with different yet complimentary musical
styles. Their intelligent and passionate songs are cast in the tradition
of such artists as Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. Both singer-songwriters have
been recognized with various songwriting awards including "Best Song of
the Year" through the West Coast Songwriters Association. They are
currently finishing their first album.

VISIT
Roman Glowlights'

WEBSITE

Genre: Classic Jazz Standards and Original Music
Similar Artists:Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Jack De Johnette, Gary Peacock
Group Members: Jessica McAllister, Ed Baum, Grant Friedrich, Armand Renga
Instruments: Jessica McAllister - Vocals, Ed Baum - Piano, Grant Friedrich - Drums, Armand Renga - Upright Bass
Musical Style: From atmospheric, cool ballads to balmy Bossa Nova and sizzling, up-tempo swing
Notes: Featuring the music from Jazz-Age composers like George Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter, Bacharach & David, and George Shearing, as well as original compositions, The Roman Glowlights Jazz Quartet creates an intoxicating mood.
Website www.romanglowlights.com features full-length FREE downloadable tracks from The Roman Glowlights new CD.

VISIT
THATVs'

WEBSITE

Genre: Indy Rock alternative
Similar Artists:At the Drive-In , Fugazi, Modest Mouse, Explosion in the Sky
Group Members:David Mendoza, Gabe Clark, Joe Truelove, Tyler Hegner
Instruments: 2 X Guitar, Bass, Drums
Musical Style: Honest, Expressiv emo, no-rules-rock!

VISIT
JUEDS'

WEBSITE

Genre: Mixologist, Loop-Connector
Group Members:Just My Computer & some collaborators.
Instruments: Guitar, Keyboards,
Musical Style: Ambient, Eclectic
Influences: 80's Popular, Flamenco, R&B, viarious
NOTES: I'm not actually a Local Musician Per Se, but I did make the soundtrack for the SBLocal Sights DVD.

Posted on May 19, 2007 in Music | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

April 19, 2007

Available here: The S B Local Sights DVD

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April 16, 2007

Santa Barbara Nights Video

We Posted an almost 9 minute video of some of the Local Santa Barbara sights on YouTube. This is the result of that posting:

Original Guitar work was performed by Vincent Zorn, a local Santa Barbara Musician - His web address is listed below in the Lost Caravan & Lesa Belly Dancing Post.

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Last Caravan & Lesa March 2007

Lesa Belly Dancing to Last Caravan in Santa Barbara on St. Patricks Day 2007
Prior to Vacation of April 1-15 of this year I was Privy to be invited to Videotape Lost Caravan perform while LESA of Santa Barbara Danced.....here is a brief clip of that performance at Zaytoons Cafe & Hooka Bar on St. Patricks Day 2007.

You can learn more about Last Caravan by Visiting: Mosaic Event Services

For more about LESA visit Lesa Belly Dancing

For lead Guitarist Vincent Zorn info, Visit Vincent Zorn

P.S. The Video has a TYPO in the main title it says LOST Caravan, Sorry Guys, I'll try to fix that sometime!

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Local Musician Showcase

Our Local Musicians Area contains Bios of some of Santa Barbaras' Best known Players and Bands....

Local Musicians

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Owners and are Used with permission, Contact Legal Owner Regarding Usage

Listen to Local Musicians Right Here!- Featuring some of Santa Barbaras' Favorite Sounds....Listen Online or Order thru Our Onkline Secure Ordering Section.

Check out Our Local Musicians Page along with the opportuinty to
buy Local Music and much more right HERE!

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