Here are a couple of videos from the July 15th open mic at the Bazaar.

Brad Meador @ the Bazaar Cafe from Slim Critchlow on Vimeo.

Erston and I will be playing at the Bazaar again next month:

Saturday, August 28th from 7 – 9:30 PM
Bazaar Café
http://www.bazaarcafe.com/
5927 California Street, between 21st & 22nd Avenues
San Francisco, CA 94121

Stop by if you can!

Erin and I recorded Mary Elizabeth Beckman’s song Lovely Night as a duet:

Lovely Night

We took some liberties with one of the verses; I think M.E. would be ok with that.  Click M.E.s picture to the right to hear the original.

This the first time Erin and I have sung together.  I think we may have to work up some other songs soon!

I’ll be playing all original, all acoustic music with Toni Sicola at the Bazaar in a couple of weeks.  Details:

Sunday, June 20th from 6 – 8:30 PM
Bazaar Café
http://www.bazaarcafe.com/
5927 California Street, between 21st & 22nd Avenues
San Francisco, CA 94121

We had a great time playing the Bazaar last March and I’m really looking forward to this one.  I may even have a special guest along for a song or two…  See you there!

One night at the Bazaar, Mary Elizabeth blurted out “Brad and I are going to be friends forever!”.  Who knew forever could be so fleeting?  Here’s some beautiful music from a CD she gave me last year.

Forever
Here I Am Again
Synchronicity
Moon Inside of Me
Lovely Night
Can You Feel
Little Gemini
They Rode

Listen to her live recordings from the Utah here.

Rest in peace, M.E..

I’ll be playing all original, all acoustic music with Toni Sicola at the Bazaar at the end of the month.  Details:

Sunday, March 28th from 6 – 8:30 PM
Bazaar Café
http://www.bazaarcafe.com/
5927 California Street, between 21st & 22nd Avenues
San Francisco, CA 94121

I believe this gig will be Toni’s Bay Area debut.  Come out and help me welcome Toni to the SF songwriting community!

First, come to the show at the Velo Rouge on Saturday!

Second, a couple of streaming albums to listen to:

• Joe Pug, Messenger – I love his Nation of Heat EP and so far I’m digging the new one.
• Clem Snide, The Meat of Life – I listened to last year’s Hungry Bird over and over and over again.  High hopes for this one…

Third, February is Write an Album Month.  I am less ambitious, shooting for 2010 to be write a song year.  At the pace I’ve been going, it feels like my deadline is a little tight.

The first gig of the year is at the Velo Rouge on February the 20th:

Velo Rouge Cafe
798 Arguello Blvd. (@ McAllister)
San Francisco, CA
7pm
http://www.velorougecafe.com/

I’ll be playing with friends Mary Elizabeth and Brendan Getzell.

I love this cafe.  Stop by for some good food, good music and good times.  It will be great to see you.

I was the luckiest guy in the room on Monday Night – my name was drawn last (out of 70+?), so I got to play second.  Here’s the performance.

Here’s last Monday’s performance of Gwendolyn.