{"id":5738,"date":"2017-02-13T09:48:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T17:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2017-02-13T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T17:48:53","slug":"ventura-rocks-in-the-ventura-breeze-215-228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/ventura-rocks-in-the-ventura-breeze-215-228\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Rocks in the Ventura Breeze 2\/15 – 2\/28"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ventura Mus\"Venturaic Scene<\/strong>
\nOne Degree of Separation
\nby Pam Baumgardner
\nVenturaRocks.com
\n<\/span>Pam@VenturaRocks.com
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If you follow Ventura\u2019s music scene, then you most likely know Brent Harding who can be heard playing bass in bands like the Whiskey Chimps, the Gypsy Blues Band, Hot Roux and others, but did you know he\u2019s been Mike Ness\u2019s bass man for Social Distortion since 2004?\u00a0 Brent will be back on the road with Social D the next few months and you can see him when they play at the Ventura Theater on March 7.\u00a0 That\u2019s all awesome, but I just found out that during one of the many private parties during this year\u2019s NAMM (National Association Music Merchants) event, Brent got a call to play at a Gretsch Guitars event with Jeff Beck.\u00a0 Yeah, THE Jeff Beck.\u00a0 I had to talk to Brent about it, because you know, that\u2019s HUGE! Plus, that\u2019s only one degree of separation for me!\u00a0 Anyways, Brent was so funny when he told me there were moments where he couldn\u2019t look at him because he\u2019d freak out and he had to concentrate; but he said Jeff Beck was a wonderful guy, really sweet and kind.\u00a0 Now that\u2019s what you want to hear about guitar gods, no?<\/p>\n

Grapes and Hops will once again host a special evening with Shawn Jones, Jeff Silbar and Suzie Candell. Of course, we all know and love Shawn who recently competed and made it to the semi-finals of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis this month, but Suzie is returning to Ventura from Switzerland; Shawn produced her first CD the last time she was out here called, California Streets. The two will reunite with the one and only Jeff Silbar (Grammy award winning songwriter, \u201cWind Beneath My Wings\u201d) for an evening of swapping stories and tunes on Thursday, February 16.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a couple of one-liner notes of interest:\u00a0 Ruben Estrada returns to the Copa Cubana Monday evenings 6-9 pm through April 10; The Ventura Breeze is sponsoring the Equinox jazz band at Squashed Grapes February 24; The Johnny Cash, Cash Bash will be held on Sunday, February 19, 4-7:30 pm at Bombay\u2019s featuring the Mighty Cash Cats and Jade Hendrix; another Cash Bash will be held on Sunday February 26 at Discovery with Hard Six, Jackass and Inazuma; Rey Fresco will be at Now Ventura on Saturday, February 25; and along with their normal Friday concerts, Hi Hat Entertainment has a special show on Sunday, February 26 at the Hong Kong Inn featuring the 2016 Muddy Award Winners, \u201cPerformance of the Year,\u201d Karen Lovely with Lisa Mann and Ben Rice (downbeat at 7).<\/p>\n

And finally, the all new CAPS Media radio station, KPPQ-LP has officially launched and is live on air 24 hours a day at 104.1 FM. It\u2019s a low-powered signal so it only reaches most of Ventura, but they\u2019ll soon be available on the internet as well; the staff is working out the programming as you read this.\u00a0 Keep in mind, this is local area access and along with covering our City Council meetings and other events (parades and such), the programming is open up to CAPS members like myself.\u00a0 I hope you\u2019ll tune in when I\u2019ll be hosting a one-hour mostly local music show, tentatively on Tuesdays 5-6 pm.<\/p>\n

Do you have any music-related news or upcoming shows you want help publicizing? Please send all information short or long to Pam@VenturaRocks.com, and for updated music listings daily, go to www.VenturaRocks.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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