San Diego Shows–Wednesday, July 28
PLAN A: Rachelle Ferrell @ Anthology. A jazz singer with a range spanning six octaves, Rachelle Ferrell belts, murmurs, even sings super-high whistle notes—sometimes in single phrases. Let’s hope the big screen onstage gives us a better look at her mouth’s amazing expressions during what I’m expecting will be a breathtaking performance. (She’s also playing Thursday, July 29.) PLAN B: Nathaniel Rateliff, Pearly Gate Music @ Bar Pink. Rateliff ’s rich pipes grasped me within moments of hearing “Whimper & Wail” from the folkie’s well-received debut, In Memory of Loss. BACKUP PLAN: Black Mamba, Aunt Dracula, D/Wolves @ Tin Can Ale House.
OTHER COOL STUFF:
Gyptian, Judah Eskender Tafari, Tribe of Kings @ 4th & B.
Level 42, Earful @ Belly Up.
Swingin’ Utters, Cute Lepers, Hard Fall Hearts @ The Casbah.
Steel Panther, “Vinyl & Vino” w/ DJ Artistic @ House of Blues.
Comadre, Glasses, Maladie, Rogue State, Sleepwalk @ Che Cafe.
Normandie Wilson, The Preteens, The Endless Bummer, DJ Mawkus @ Soda Bar.
The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Your Demise @ SOMA.
Stealing Gadsby, SDMC Idol, live MC battle @ Dream Street.
The Sun Doctors, Sandollar, Inhale, Todo Mundo @ Ruby Room.
Throwback Suburbia, Hypnotic Odyssey, Adam Bones, The Last Years @ Beauty Bar.
Jazz Jam w/ Gilbert Castellanos @ El Camino.
“Whiplash” w/ DJs C Wizard, Red October @ Bluefoot Bar & Lounge.
“Knight Vision” @ Kadan Club.
“Commune Wednesday” @ Whistle Stop Bar.
Open mic w/ The Armory @ Kava Lounge.
Kelsea, The Smart Brothers @ Lestat’s.
El Monte Slim @ Riviera Supper Club.
Cue vs. Seismic Leveler, ZUHG, The Squirming Coils @ Winston’s.
Tomcat Courtney @ Turquoise.
FeverCrotch @ Waterfront Bar & Grill.
Rachelle Ferrell @ Anthology was awesome… I Got dinner with my wife and we had a great time!
Thanks to the team of Anthology and Rachelle for this crazy night