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Good times at Red Rock

Thanks to all the musicians, fans, and laptop jockies who were at the Red Rock last Saturday night. Things started off with a revamped 6 man lineup for The Other Jacksons, who summoned early Styx, some Queen inspired panache, and a fun groove. The Jacksons are a band to keep an eye on. Fresh from a car trip down from Portland was Cameron DePalma…

Three upcoming shows

Tin Cat is planning a 3 show run: Feb 18, Wednesday at the Wine Affairs in San Jose; Feb 27, Friday at the Caffe Trieste with local gal Amy Sarver, and Feb 28, Saturday at Red Rock Coffee with The Other Jacksons and Cameron DePalma, who’s coming down from Portland Oregon. We’ll be playing a new song at Wine Affairs and taking a short break between sets. Caffe Trieste is great for something to do in downtown SJ other than club hopping, and the Red Rock has been putting on some great shows, especially since opening up the 2nd floor and providing professional sound. Please support local music.

Erik adds: Flyer below…

2 new songs

Here are two songs that aren’t performed by Tin Cat.  One of them, “Flyin’ Home“, I entered in a contest to perform at the Kerrville Folk Festival. It was co-written with a classmate, Sia Mozaffari, who contributes some nice guitar and vocals. The other, “Man and a Woman“, is my fourth attempt in the digital [...]

looking back and forward

We played a two hour set at the Palo Alto Art League this past Thursday.  They’ve had Tin Cat at their annual meeting the past 3 years, and we get to play in their historic (1921) building.  Great place to take art classes!  I had a small setback: during a run through “I Want You [...]

We’re playing this Saturday!

We’ll be at the Blue Rock Shoot in Saratoga Saturday night with our friends The Toes, come by if you can!