I just got back from playing at the spectacular Coyote Hills Regional Park
Butterfly & Bird Festival. The weather was superb and there were a lot of people, as well as many beautiful butterflies. I love this event, the people, and the location. What wonderful day!
I just got back from the Children's Museum at La Habra, where I played at their annual festival. What a great event! The weather was absolutely perfect too. I'll be back there for two shows on August 21st, this time for their new exhibit on space.
I'm not sure when my next day off is, as things are so busy right now. Well, I never really get a whole day off, but when you're doing what you love, that doesn't matter. I never cease to be amazed by how much music draws us together, all ages and all walks of life. It's an absolutely amazing feeling to see people come together at a concert.
I'm not posting all of my gigs on this calendar, as most are private and I'm doing between 40 and 50 events a month. I'll post the public ones.
Well, I have a hundred things I need to do today, so off to get started...
March is a very busy month and a lot of fun! We finally have lots of sun back in the Bay Area and I’m outside as much as possible, enjoying the weather very much. I’m very excited about my Paris trip, which is coming up in about 10 days.
Sometimes at gigs people ask me about my family and our background. It’s a wonderful mix of cultures (Native, Latino, African-American, Filipino, and European), languages, and food! We’re a big family, with five generations living in California, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. I have three siblings, and there are 11 grandkids, 18 great grandkids, and two great great grandkids (with a third on the way). The main languages (not everyone speaks all of them) are English, Gwich'in, Spanish, and French. My siblings and I are half Hungarian and half Russian, but we don’t speak either (our cousins speak Hungarian). So, depending on who is cooking where, dinner can include anything from caribou stew to lumpia to crêpes to alcapurrias to the traditional [...]
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I'm posting some new recordings on my music page. I just added "Shortnin' Bread" and hope to add more very soon. Pierre Bastide, of "Betsy and the Frenchmen" is joining me in a duo format as well as with the band. He'll be my special guest at the family concert at The American Library in Paris. I'm really looking forward to the event!
I've just booked my trip back to Paris, and will be there for much of April. I can't wait to play and record again with my band, Betsy & the Frenchmen!