Get Up, Get Out, and JAM, Part 3: Ponderosa Bar and Grill
04/09/12 04:28, by Dan Grigor, Categories: Monday Morning Blues, BFMN Exclusive, Review, Dan Grigor, Video, Jam , Tags: dan grigor, jam, jam club, menifee, ponderosa bar and grill 
It wouldn’t be honest to just tell you success stories. Sometimes Jam nights don’t work. It doesn’t mean that it was a bad Jam or a bad bar or a bad night. Sometimes there just aren’t enough listeners to go around. Local bar and grill owners are hit hard in this economy, just like everyone else. They count on an ever-shrinking entertainment budget of working stiffs who can afford a few beers and maybe a dinner night every so often. If their food is great they will be able to pay expenses; if the sale of booze can pay the rent and provide profit, that is a successful bar. That is also hard work. Once such local eatery, Ponderosa Bar and Grille on Shadel Rd. in Menifee,CA. has been a measured success over 17 years of service in the shape of great down-home food, reasonable drink deals, plenty of pool tables and great entertainment. With live bands and dancing Friday and Saturday, and karaoke Sundays and Thursdays, Ezra at the Ponderosa has been providing a great stage and dance floor to top local bands and tours, helping to hone a generation of young bands’ talent and professionalism.
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A Sweet Little Sound Check Teaser From Bedell Guitars at NAMM
05/10/12 07:04, by Dan Grigor, Categories: Guitar, Acoustic, BFMN Exclusive, BFMN Exclusive, Guitar Players, Dan Grigor, Dan Grigor, Demonstration, Review, Performance Video, Dan Grigor, Dan Grigor, Video, NAMM 2012 Music, video , Tags: barefoot music, bedell guitars, cutaway, dan grigor, fingerpicking, namm, six string A little teaser for the upcoming piece on Bedell Guitars.
We’ll have an interview with Tom Bedell and show off his cool guitars.
Stay Tuned!
Get Up, Get Out, and JAM, Part 2: BaBa's Jam
03/26/12 14:39, by Dan Grigor, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Review, Dan Grigor, Sound Advice, video, Jam , Tags: baba's jam, bud hamberg, dan grigor, lady pearl, stony b Welcome to the next segment in our ongoing effort to promote playing some music with people you don’t know while making new friends and great memories.
Another fun thing about Jams is how they can make any special occasion extra special. On this occasion we celebrate our friends’ anniversary. Fifteen years they’ve been together and BaBa, who hosts a regular blues jam, was delighted to lend her famous jam to celebrate.
Get Up, Get Out, and JAM, Part 1: Swami's/Beach Grass Cafe
03/06/12 12:25, by Dan Grigor, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Review, Dan Grigor, Sound Advice, video , Tags: beach grass cafe, bud hamberg, call for info, dan grigor, if you don’t mind, jam This is the first in what will be an ongoing effort to promote getting off the Internet, turning off your TV, putting your phone on vibrate and going out and playing some music with people you don’t know. It can be wildly entertaining and, as you make music, you will make new friends and great memories.
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The Iceman Shreddith
10/05/11 14:09, by Dan Grigor, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Guitar Players, Dan Grigor , Tags: 12-string, 8-string, dan grigor, guitar, ibanez, iceman, paul stanley, review 
A cool thing about being me is that people bring over really cool guitars for me to play. The other day, my friend Jerry stopped by with a “vintage” Ibanez ICEMAN with an 8-string neck. First of all, can something from the seventies be considered “vintage?” Second, OMG WTF how have I missed this guitar? I played a “Paul Stanley” Iceman years ago and it was very nice but this guitar has double-course first and second strings with two extra tuners sticking out the back. How cool is that?
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