The Ubaldini Effect

Celebrating Michael Ubaldini’s NEW re-Release of Acoustic Rumble originally released in 1999. While I’d been a closet Folkie since picking up the guitar in my late teens, my label Persuasion Records was working with a Dark Rock Band, Doom Kounty Electric Chair.  Michael’s band Mystery Train(Rockabilly/Rock) and DKEC shared drummer Rob Klonel and guitarist Steve […]

Tom Petty – My Gateway Drug to Rock and Roll

There I was working at Montgomery Ward manning the Ticketron machine, a college freshman Trumpet/Music major and member of the Big Brown Music Machine-Long Beach State’s large and powerful marching band as well as the prestigious 16 piece Chamber Choir. More than a few young people were purchasing tickets for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers […]

It’s Here!

  THANK YOU….for the peeps I thanked on my new release CHRIS CRUZ I WANT YOU, you’ve got a FREE CD coming. Thanks for the support, gigs, love, rock…couldn’t do this without you. I’ll have CD’s for $10 at all my appearances including tonight at Doheny’s. Thanks for all the love…this one was a long […]