Paid In Chocolate/Thank You Sultan!

Thank you Sultan for a very chocolatey weekend!

Benjamin, BJ, Phil, and I ventured to Sultan, Washington for a couple of fun shows at Galaxy Chocolates (deservedly famous for having some amazing treats) on Friday and Saturday nights. And it’s the only chocolate shop that I’ve ever seen with a stage.

Here’s a pic of Phil in meditation right after we set up:

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After this moment of moody quiet contemplation, we played some fun tunes and had some laughs, we just like to look serious sometimes.

Sultan, we had a great time, we’re looking forward to seeing you again!

Love,

SJ

Every Thursday at The Augustus in Fremont, Seattle

Dear Seattle friends,

Join us at the bar at the Augustus in Fremont for lovely cocktails, fun live acoustic rock-and-roll music, and super tasty food!

I’ll start the show every Thursday at around 7PM:

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And it’s FREE

I can’t wait! Phil Hirschi (from John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra) will join me on cello for some of the shows, BJ on bass, and I’ll also have a few surprise guests!

Thursdays
7-9PM
The Augustus
3601 Fremont Ave N, Ste 207
Seattle WA

See you there!

SJ

Nectar For My Ears

I recorded a couple demos this morning and almost finished another new song, so I’m taking a couple of hours off this afternoon and studying the masters, The Beatles ‘Rubber Soul’ on vinyl, and then ‘Wings Over America’. I got them last week and haven’t been able to listen to them since.

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In a couple of hours, the whole band is meeting at Phil’s for dinner, he’s a very good cook as well as being a tremendous cellist. And then we’re out to see a show. It’ll be a fun night, and then when I get back super late I’m going to try to finish a song that’s been nagging me…

I hope your Tuesday is good too.

SJ

Photos from our Hard Rock Cafe Seattle Show

Seattle photographer Cody Benally took some photos of our show at the Hard Rock Cafe from Feb 23, super fun times!:

The band and I had a great night playing tunes for some very lovely folks, see you next time!

https://www.sjatr.com/shows

Best,

SJ

My Band

We had a really good rehearsal yesterday, my band is pretty fekkin awesome, even though this picture doesn’t do them justice I figure you should have a sneak peak before our next shows:

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L-R: Phil Hirschi (cello), BJ Skoff (bass), Hobbs (guitar), Benjamin Rud (drums).

Come see us soon, we found a new stash of rock-and-roll.

All the best,

SJ