Saturday, April 3 7:00 to 10:00 PM: San Francisco Bay Area singer/songwriter Steve Meckfessel offers intimate songs of family secrets, of long forgotten poets, of separateness, connection, of second chances and acceptance. He is a guitar player’s songwriter with arrangements distinguished by their varied voicings and unexpected chord progressions. Checkout Steve’s website here.

Steve will be joined by songwriters Perry Devine and Larry Diehl for a songwriters-in-the-round set that is sure to be fun and deeply moving at the same time. Checkout Larry’s website here.

This show will be a fundraiser for the Stagelights Musical Arts Community. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Tickets are available at Centre Stage and Earl E. Books. Both are located at 703 Chetco Ave (Hwy 101) in Brookings.

I’m excited that I will be joining Steve Meckfessel and James May at First Street Cafe in Benicia on Saturday, April 24. Steve, who is an amazing songwriter and guitar player, will be backing me up during my set. This is going to be a fun gig. What a great way to kickoff my Bay Area “homecoming” tour!

Now that “All Hands On Deck” has been officially released, I want to get it out into the world as soon as possible. The title song and the entire EP is a call to action for all of us to put aside our differences and come together to help solve the many problems that confront us these days. It’s time for all hands on deck.
Please share this podcast of the title song with as many people as possible.

Our fundraiser for the non-profit Stagelights Musical Arts Community was a great success. It was an official Playing For Change, Peace Through Music Party, where we screened the Playing For Change DVD on the big screen at the Redwood Theater. The Stagelights house band, which I am a member of, played before the screening. It was a wonderful evening of fun, music and a very moving documentary. A good time was had by all and we raised a lot of  money for our fledgling community music organization.

Concert and CD release party for Perry’s new EP, All Hands On Deck. $5 suggested donation. All proceeds to benefit Stagelights Musical Arts Community.

Centre Stage, 703 Chetco Ave (Hwy 101), Brookings, Oregon.

Exciting news! My new EP, All Hands On Deck, has arrived from DiscMakers. It will be available for purchase online, directly from this website, soon. The official CD release party will be on Jan 30 at 7pm at Centre Stage in Brookings. The title song is a metaphorical call to action for all of us to come together to help solve the many problems that confront us these days. You can listen to it on my MySpace page. Keith Greeninger, Dayan Kai, Jim Norris and Steve Uccello backed me up in the studio and the result is fantastic.

My most recent ASCAP royality statement includes payments for radio airplay in Ireland for my song Just Devine. How exciting! I guess some Irish Devine’s have adopted it as their family anthem.