http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html Chuck Crowe: Blog Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:06:21 -0800 http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/unurban_with_ileana These days I do mostly solos and duos, which I like, but there's something about getting up there with the drums and bass that makes everything better... when it's ON...
I need to get a band of my own one of these days. I talk about it alot. When I lived on the East Coast for a while there was never a time that I didn't have my own band. A band that either I created from scratch, inherited, or overhauled myself to become my own. Maybe I'm trying to regain past glories, maybe I just want what I don't have, or maybe my memory is faulty. Whatever the case, I think I'll start sniffing around for a good solid drummer who can also play as a duo with me. Start at the drums and build...
Anyhow, after the short Ileana set there was a long pause... I asked Steve Narahara if someone was playing and he said he'd had a cancellation for slot #2. So I took it. I pulled out “Question” for one of Ileana's fans, “Missing You Blue”, “Message In A Bottle”, Patrick requested “Melancholy Moon” and “Wisteria”, and I capped it with Ileana on “Should I Walk By Again”. It all went just about perfectly. I was hot but I was happy!
Thanks Steve N!]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/unurban_with_ileana Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:37:55 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/filling_in
I hope they call me to fill in again soon...

Speaking of fillings... I may be doing a little gap maintenance at Unurban on Saturday night. Fingers crossed...]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/filling_in Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:56:27 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/tiki_country http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/tiki_country Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:44:14 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/bad_night_at_suzys Back to the woodshed....]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/bad_night_at_suzys Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:22:52 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/kokusbms_fundraiser_for_leukemia__lymphoma I hope they raised a lot of money and I thank everyone who came out and supported. Thanks too to Joel (& Susan) Kokus for allowing us to come down and play!]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/kokusbms_fundraiser_for_leukemia__lymphoma Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:39:09 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/video_from_the_jay_silvas_show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX7Bm69VWe4

and don't forget to check out Jay's myspace page here: www.myspace.com/jaywsilvas<http://www.myspace.com/jaywsilvas>]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/video_from_the_jay_silvas_show Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:06:21 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/suzys_open_mic Linda Bruce & Ron were back from South Carolina. Kaye Reznik was there, Russell Sommers, Chuck Matthieu, Paige Brown (and mom Sherry), and Jay Silvas.
Mike Holmes (the emcee) & I decided we’d split my timeslot (2nd) and Jay asked me to play on his 3 songs (3rd) so I stayed up for a while.
Mike & I along with Brian Creamer (drums) and Mike Creamer (bass) did Mike's song “Down By The Seashore” for Sherry, “Walking In Memphis”, and “Horse With No Name”. It went pretty well.
Jay & I kicked ASS with his songs “All I Want” and “History Repeats”, we capped it with Paige Brown on “Breakeven” which went over huge and really sounded great. So Jay heads back to school in Virginia this week and he goes out with a bang. I was really proud.
Paige & Dave went next. Dave is such a monster player. A show-boater too. He kicked butt and I felt like a house painter.
Then the REAL fun. The reunification of Miss Linda’s Entourage. 4 & 5 part harmonies. Unbelieveable. Since many members of the Entourage had timeslots we saw them several times throughout the night. It was FANTASTIC”¦]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/suzys_open_mic Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:28:59 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/surprise_show_at_suzys_hermosa_beach We had no rehearsals... we had no setlists... we had no idea what we were playing until we got there.
There were a few crashes but for the most part it went off well.
Personally, I'd like to dial in some songs. I think Mike feels the same so we may have to get togehter in the future and rehearse some stuff. Still, we had a great time and the night was over waaaay too soon.
Even managed to sell a couple CDs!]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/surprise_show_at_suzys_hermosa_beach Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:33:08 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/the_mint_with_jay_silvas Our good friend Paige Brown played with her band too and they kicked butt! Kudos!]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/the_mint_with_jay_silvas Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:19:46 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/speed_reading The songs are EXCELLENT and deceptively complex. Lots of parts and some chords that I've never used before. I love every one of them and that makes even more inspiration to get it down tight. Fingers crossed...]]> http://chuckcrowe.com/blog.html/speed_reading Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:43:11 -0700 Culver City Singer/Songwriter - Chuck Crowe - Blog