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bands

7th Day Buskers (original folk/bluegrass/acoustic roots)

Carol Ames (original pop/rock/country)

Brain Buckit (a.k.a. Chris Kelly Band, jam rock)

Brother (“Australian mongrel rock” with didgeridoos)

Gilbert Castellanos Quartet (jazz)

The Cat Mary Glee Club (bluegrass/jazz/orchestral/singer-songwriter, a “hillbilly Steely Dan”)

Di’Zsa (original industrial pop/rock)

Hank Easton Band (jazz/smooth jazz/fusion jazz)

Kay Etheridge Band (singer-songwriter, featuring Holly Hoffman and Peter Sprague)

Fish and the Seaweeds (rock/pop)

Kristin Flores Quartet (jazz)

The Gay Men’s Chorus of San Diego (choral/classical)

Giant People (original funk/jazz)

Tyler Grant Band (original & Southern rock)

Hall (ambient pop)

Paul Hayward Band (original folk/country/singer-songwriter)

Robin Henkel (original blues/rock/funk)

Hip Pockit (smooth jazz)

Inside Straight (original funk/jazz)

Iota (“ultra jam band” featuring Cliff Almond)

Jackie Jae and Spoon Thieves (top 40)

The Jazz Pigs (Latin-influenced fusion jazz)

The Joey Bowen Band (soul/rock)

Wendy Lee Quartet (jazz)

La Tonya Lockett Band (funk/R&B; two-time San Diego Music Awards nominee)

Lowen & Navarro (singer/songwriter team, wrote Pat Benatar’s worldwide Top 5 hit “We Belong”)

Muggles Meshugana Lounge (original Latin/Cajun/rock hybrid)

Kim Miracle (songer-songwriter)

Oliver’s Army (Elvis Costello tribute with Ken on lead vocals)

Pacific Brass & Electric (top 40) Sue Palmer (boogie-woogie/swing)

Phazz (hip-hop/funk, Top-five finalist from Disk Makers’ 1996 California Unsigned Band/Artist World Series)

Queen (legendary rock band featuring original members Brian May & Roger Taylor with special guests Carmine Appice, Nuno Bettencourt and Steve Vai)

The R.A. Brotherhood (original singer-songwriter; three-time San Diego Music Awards nominee; song “Angel Have Mercy” took third place in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest)

Red Dirt Band (original/classic rock, featuring multi-Tony Award winner Des McAnuff)

SAS Band (Spike Edney’s All-Stars featuring Jamie Moses, Patti Russo, Jeff Scott Soto and Chris Thompson)

Sidetrax (classic rock)

Spinside (original jam band/funk featuring members of Wise Monkey Orchestra and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe)

Peter Sprague (jazz)

The Steely Damned (Steely Dan tribute band, San Diego Music Awards winner featuring Nick D’Virgilio and Mike Keneally)

Chris Stewart and Backcountry (original and traditional bluegrass)

The Strummers (bluegrass, newgrass & jazz featuring Peter Sprague and Sara & Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek)

Mike Tatar (bluegrass)

Terra Nova (world music)

Archie Thompson Group (rock/pop/soul)

Chris Thompson Band (rock, former member of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, lead vocals on “Blinded By the Light”)

Uptown Boys (jump swing/jazz)

Carlos Washington Jazz Ensemble (funk/jazz)

Patti Zlaket (singer/songwriter)

AT EVENTS AND VENUES SUCH AS
4th & B (San Diego, CA)

101 Artists’ Colony & Art Café (Encinitas, CA)

Aaron Spelling’s Annual Christmas Party (Hollywood, CA)

Adams Avenue Street Fair (San Diego, CA)

Annual Street Corner Jazz Christmas Concert, featuring Peter Sprague and Sara and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek (Del Mar, CA)

The Barefoot Bar (San Diego, CA)

The Belly Up Tavern (Solana Beach, CA)

The Billboard Club (Hollywood, CA)

Birmingham International Jazz Festival (Birmingham, UK)

The Blarney Stone (San Diego, CA)

Blind Melons (San Diego, CA)

The Boulevard Café (Chicago, IL)

The Cannery Courtyard Main Stage (San Francisco, CA)

Cannibal Bar (San Diego, CA)

The Casbah (San Diego, CA)

Club 1650 for Queen: Written in the Stars Walk of Fame celebration (Hollywood, CA)

The Coach House (San Juan Capistrano, CA)

Conor Byrne Pub (Seattle, WA)

Croce’s Jazz Bar (San Diego, CA)

Croce’s Top Hat (San Diego, CA)

The Derby (Hollywood, CA)

Dick’s Last Resort (San Diego, CA)

Dizzy’s (San Diego, CA)

Fiddler’s Green (San Francisco, CA)

Gaiety Theatre (Dublin, Ireland)

Galway Arts Festival (Galway, Ireland)

The Gig (Los Angeles, CA)

HairWorld 2002 at Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, NV)

The House of Blues, opening for Montel Jordan (Hollywood, CA)

Humphrey’s by the Bay (San Diego, CA)

Hyatt Islandia (San Diego, CA)

Hyatt Regency (La Jolla, CA)

Jack’s Cannery Bar (San Francisco, CA)

The Jam House, co-owned by former Squeeze keyboardist Jools Holland (Birmingham, UK)

Jimmy Love’s (San Diego, CA)

The Joint (Los Angeles, CA)

KPIG "Please Stand By" 200th Show featuring Iris DeMent (Santa Cruz, CA)

La Costa Resort (La Costa, CA)

La Jolla Playhouse (La Jolla, CA)

The Last Day Saloon (San Francisco, CA)

Loews Resort (Coronado, CA)

Luna Park (Hollywood, CA)

McMenamin’s St. Johns Pub (Portland, OR)

Moondoggies (San Diego, CA)

Ocean Beach Street Fair (San Diego, CA)

The Onyx Room (San Diego, CA)

The Ould Sod (San Diego, CA)

Pacific Beach Street Fair (San Diego, CA)

Paris, at the after-party for Queen’s musical We Will Rock You (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Park City International Jazz Festival Official Jam Session at Mother Urban’s Ratskellar featuring Roy Hargrove (Park City, UT)

The Playhouse (San Diego, CA)

The Plough and Stars (San Francisco, CA)

Ritz Carlton (Marina del Rey, CA)

The Roxy (Hollywood, CA)

St. Regis Hotel (Marina del Rey, CA)

Sam Bond’s Garage (Eugene, OR)

San Diego Bluegrass Club’s monthly jam session (San Diego, CA)

Sea World (San Diego, CA)

Six Rivers Brewing Company (McKinnley, CA)

Spreckels Theatre (San Diego, CA)

Starlight Bowl (San Diego, CA)

Steelhead Brewing Company (San Francisco, CA)

Street Scene (San Diego, CA)

Subterranean (Chicago, IL)

Susie Q’s (Los Angeles, CA)

The Temple Bar (Santa Monica, CA)

Triskel Arts Centre (Cork City, Ireland)

The Troubadour (Hollywood, CA)

Various Tennis Classic tournaments (La Costa, CA)

Winston’s Beach Club (San Diego, CA)

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theatre

Incidental music for Billy Crystal’s hit Broadway show 700 Sundays, currently running

Jersey Boys: World Premiere, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff (The Who’s Tommy, Big River), La Jolla Playhouse, October 2004 – January 2005

HONK!: San Diego Premiere, winner of London’s prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Musical, San Diego State University (SDSU), Don Powell Theatre, October 2003

Cotton Patch Gospel: featuring The 7th Day Buskers, Lamb’s Players Theatre and San Diego Repertory Theatre, June – August 2003

Jekyll & Hyde: Regional Premiere, San Diego Civic Light Opera Association, Starlight Theatre, September 2002

The Boyfriend: San Diego Comic Opera, Casa del Prado Theatre, November 2001

110 in the Shade: San Diego State University (SDSU), Don Powell Theatre, October – November 2001

Cinderella: National touring company starring Eartha Kitt and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Broadway/San Diego, San Diego Civic Theatre, May 2001

The Mad Dancers: World Premiere, Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays grant recipient, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, April 2001

Fiddler on the Roof: National touring company starring Theodore Bikel, Broadway/San Diego, San Diego Civic Theatre, March 2001

Children of Eden: San Diego State University (SDSU), Don Powell Theatre, February 2001

Annie Get Your Gun: National touring company of Tony Award-winning Broadway show starring Marilu Henner and Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat, Broadway/San Diego, San Diego Civic Theatre, December 2000

Forever Plaid: San Diego Company, Backstage at Aubergine, December 2000 – July 2001

Dames at Sea: San Diego Comic Opera, Casa del Prado Theatre, November 2000

Celebration of the Lizard: World Premiere featuring appearances by Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger of The Doors, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, May 2000

Hair: University of San Diego (USD), Shiley Theatre, March – April 2000

Celebration of the Lizard (staged reading): World Premiere starring Billy Zane and Grace Jones, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, June 1999

Forever Plaid: San Diego Company, The Theatre in Old Town, September 1998 – November 2000

OTHER SHOWS INCLUDE

42nd Street
Annie
Anything Goes
Beehive
Bugsy Malone
Bye Bye Birdie
Closer Than Ever
Gilligan’s Island: The Musical (World Premiere)
Hans Christian Anderson
High Spirits
The King and I
My One and Only
Night of 1,000 Plaids
Once Upon a Mattress
The Phantom Tollbooth (World Premiere)
Pippin
Rags (Regional Premiere)
Sing a Song of Hollywood (World Premiere)
Triumph of Love (San Diego Premiere)
The Wizard of Oz

AT VENUES/WITH COMPANIES SUCH AS

Casa del Prado Theatre (San Diego, CA)
Coronado School of the Arts (Coronado, CA)
The Coronet Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Don Powell Theatre (San Diego State University)
Lyceum Theatre (San Diego, CA)
Mandeville Center (University of California, San Diego)
San Diego Junior Theatre
The Theatre in Old Town (San Diego, CA)

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recordings

2004
Incidental music for Billy Crystal’s hit Broadway show 700 Sundays
Jazzooo, Two Days in November, Act As If Music LP

2003
Brain Buckit, Brain Buckit, Brampton Records LP
Annie Dru, Undone Day, self-produced EP, tracks 1, 6, 7 & 8
Cici Porter, Emergence, le woof! Music/BMI LP
Peter Sprague, Pass the Drum, SBE Records LP (San Diego Music Awards nominee for Best Jazz Album as well as Best Jazz Artist)
The Cat Mary Glee Club, …no unwanted (or unfamiliar) passages!, Wayward Music LP
The Red Dirt Band (featuring multi-Tony Award winner Des McAnuff), Songs from The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, self-produced EP

2002
7th Day Buskers, Born to Pick, Subzu LP (San Diego Music Awards nominee for Best Americana)
Paul Hayward, Many Colors, Paul Hayward Songs/Haywords ASCAP LP (bass and vocals)
Chris Kelly, Chris Kelly, Brampton Records U.S.A LP (tracks 1, 3, 5)
LaTanya Lockett, In the City, self-produced LP (two-time San Diego Music Awards nominee for Best Blues, even though it’s an R&B band) (tracks 1-2, 4-7, 11)
Dave Romero, "Funny Little Plaything," single
Dave Romero, "Undefeated," single
Spinside, Spinside, self-produced EP
We Are One, Sea World Fireworks Suite 2002, composer Karl Soukup

2001
Kay Etheridge, Real Life: Songs of Peggy Watson, Equipoise Records (featuring Holly Hoffman and Peter Sprague)
Giant People, Epic Soul Music: Live, New Century Soul Records LP (PauseRecord.com CD of the Week, February 20-26, 2001)
Jackie Jae and Spoon Thieves, Been Stealing the Covers, Viogee Records
Matthew Sagen, Birdsongs, Running with Deer and other musical tails!, a.k.a. Sunshine in the Shade, self-produced LP

2000
Inside Straight, Inside Straight, Left Hook Productions EP
The Jazz Pigs, The Full Moon Concerts, self-produced LP
Muggles Meshugana Lounge, Muggles Meshugana Lounge, self-produced LP

1999
Celebration of the Lizard, staged reading, original cast recording staring Billy Zane and Grace Jones
Paul Hayward, Shine, Haywords/ASCAP LP (tracks 1-3, 6-8, 10-12; vocals on 4, 5)

1998
Wayne Duncan, Mood Swing, self-produced LP
The Jazz Pigs, Dublin to Belfast, self-produced LP (tracks 1, 3, 5-8)
The R.A. Brotherhood, Porch Songs for los angeles, Vera Cruz Records LP (three-time San Diego Music Awards nominee; third place in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for track 8, “Angel Have Mercy”)
Various artists, I’ve Seen You Naked: A Tiki Acoustic Compilation, Tiki Recordings LP (tracks 6-8)

1997
The Cat Mary, Rubbing on the Belly of the Buddha, Wayharpin LP
Regrowth, short film, director Jane Selle-Morgan, composer Joe Rollinson (winner of Regional Emmy Award for Best Student Film)

1996
Hall, A Different Kind of Living, LobeCandy Records LP (tracks 1, 3-4, 10)
Various, Disk Makers Presents California’s Heavy Hitters, Disk Makers LP (with Phazz, Top-five finalist from Disk Makers’ 1996 California Unsigned Band/Artist World Series, track 8)

1994
Black Spring, Black Spring, self-produced EP (track 3)

1993
Paul Hayward, Pyramid, Haywords/ASCAP LP (tracks 1, 3-6, 11)

1991
State of Mind, State of Mind, Cerebral Records LP (track 9, bass vocal part)

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classical/orchestral

WORKS BY

Beethoven
Bernstein
Brahms
Bruch
Cage
Creston
Handl
Mahler
Mendelssohn
Mozart, W. A.
Prokofiev
Rachmaninov
Respighi
Reynolds
Shostakovich
Sibelius
J. Strauss
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Weber

WITH

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
San Diego Youth Symphony
San Diego State University Symphony Orchestra
University of California, San Diego Contrabass Ensemble
University of California, San Diego John Cage MusiCircus

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