Yoshi's December 1, 2015 - Dave Tweedie

My Grateful CD Release Concert is December 1!!  I hope you have your tickets!

I've got an incredible band!  Today I feature:

Dave Tweedie, drummer

David Tweedie is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and film composer based in Los Angeles. 

Dave has written music for multiple television shows including So You Think You Can Dance (composer Seasons 3-6), American Idol, Nashville,  MTV’s Celebrity Rap Superstar, Bad Girls Club, Paris Hilton's New BFF, Wake Bros and The Devils Ride.  Dave's music has also been featured in dozens of commercials, including JC Penny's and 

Dave has played or recorded with Stevie Wonder, Angelo Moore & Norwood Fisher (FishBone), David Immergluck (Counting Crows), Earl Slick (David Bowie), Les Claypool, Michael Manring (Book of Flames), Eric Martin, Alex Skolnick, Karl Perazzo, and DJ Jay-J Hernandez.  Dave has produced tracks for NoDoubt, Flipsyde and Akon.

Dave's film credits include The Brass Tea Pot (2013), Velocity (2004) and the award winning and critically acclaimed documentary BatKid Begins (2015).

Dave playing with Greg Howe (Live, 2011)

Dave playing with Evan Rachel Wood (Live, 2012)

I Wanna Know You (Composed by Dave Tweedie & Oona Garthwaite)

See you at Yoshi's on December 1, 2015 at 8pm!

Buy your tickets here

Yoshi's December 1, 2015 - Tommie Bradford

Hello friends!

My CD Release concert is coming up soon! I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate my debut album at Yoshi's in Oakland.  Please buy your tickets and come celebrate with me!

I've got several amazing musicians performing with me.  Over the next couple of weeks, I'll feature each of them in my blog.

Tommie Bradford, drummer

Tommie Bradford, Jr. was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. His earliest experience playing drums was in the church. Many years of performing as a full time professional musician has contributed to Tommy’s distinctive soulful and funky groove (his nickname is "Skunky"), stylistic versatility and artistic soloing ability.

Tommie has toured, recorded and/or performed with Santana, Whitney Houston, guitarist Neal Schon, songwriter Jonathan Cain, keyboardist Rodney Franklin,Toni Tony Tone, Braxton Brothers, and vocalist Ledisi, to name a few. He has also performed with the American Idol Christmas Tour and has appeared on BET On Jazz as well as recording for many movie sound tracks.

Tommie playing at church

Tommie playing at drum clinic

Tommie in his group Fu Man Chu

See you at Yoshi's on December 1, 2015 at 8pm!

Buy your tickets here

Remember to share my show with your friends using the hashtag

‪#‎VTGR8YO‬

for a chance to win 2 free VIP tickets and a ‪#‎GratefulBundle‬ (CD, T-Shirt, Calendar, etc). One winner is chosen at random and announced the morning of December 1.