Soulajar spotted on the streets of San Luis Obispo (SLO) - By N.L. Belardes
Always good to see Bakersfield bands not just on the streets of Bakersfield...
Check out Soulajar sharing some youtube.com...
And a note from Mike C.:
Soulajar just recently played the San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market/Street Fair again, this time parked outside of Higuera and Broad. As you may or may not know, Jon recently stepped down from the vocals w/ the group, and his brother Jim was kind enough to sit in w/ the band for this already booked gig. Stacey Ericsson, formerly of Warwick Place, picked up the duties on keys.
Jim recently recorded a CD in Nashville w/ some top-of-their-game musicians, and it can be heard on his myspace page (link provided below). The guys performed a tune from this album, as well as one of his other solo pieces from a previous demo.
They performed a few Soulajar staples, as well as instrumental and vocal improvised versions of previously lyricized numbers.
By the way, I played poker with Stacey once. He's a cool cat. I don't remember if he took all my money or not...
Check out Soulajar sharing some youtube.com...
And a note from Mike C.:
Soulajar just recently played the San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market/Street Fair again, this time parked outside of Higuera and Broad. As you may or may not know, Jon recently stepped down from the vocals w/ the group, and his brother Jim was kind enough to sit in w/ the band for this already booked gig. Stacey Ericsson, formerly of Warwick Place, picked up the duties on keys.
Jim recently recorded a CD in Nashville w/ some top-of-their-game musicians, and it can be heard on his myspace page (link provided below). The guys performed a tune from this album, as well as one of his other solo pieces from a previous demo.
They performed a few Soulajar staples, as well as instrumental and vocal improvised versions of previously lyricized numbers.
By the way, I played poker with Stacey once. He's a cool cat. I don't remember if he took all my money or not...
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Friday, August 18, 2006.
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I was unable to make it to the gig, but I've watched the uncut video, and it looked like it was a blast. This lineup had only practiced a couple times the week of the gig, so I think it was mighty impressive.
I'm working on cutting a video montage of the rest of the footage which will hopefully be up this weekend.
This band is too cool!Great talent! And Jimbo, YOU DA MAN!
Soulajar is a cool funky tripped out mellow souladelic kind of a band. And they deserve to be the house band for some funky high-end jazz bar--the counterculture version of bakersfield's crystal palace... not just plodding the streets of hiptown SLO...
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