New Release: Music for Poochy Patrol

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“Music for Poochy Patrol”, the 3rd installment in my trilogy of instrumental guitar albums, is out today! I play or program every instrument myself, and this time I even had to sing a few tunes.

I started writing, arranging, and tracking an album titled “Music for Poochy Patrol” in early 2019. I planned for it to be a set of original instrumentals featuring some of my favorite musicians. And I was going to use my favorite photo of my dogs Rockett and Charlie (aka Poochy Patrol) on the cover. COVID changed those plans a bit. I instead played or programmed every instrument myself. Then, when Rockett died that November, I decided to instead dedicate the album to him and it became 2021’s “Music to Squeak By”. I still had unrecorded charts, and Charlie needed a cover spot, so 2022 saw “Music for Chasing Squirrels”. This album collects the last of the tunes so it’s finally time to use the original title and cover photo.

Since the start, I’ve watched Poochy Patrol and myself change. Rockett and Charlie made a host of new friends, some of whom are pictured on the back cover. I’ve made new friends as well, playing with a host of new musicians in new venues. So this project, instead of collecting the past, is about the future. There will always be new tunes to play, new places to see, and a host of friends to meet along the way.

Hope to see you along that path soon, and, as always, thanks for listening.

-Vic Dillahay

“After Disobedience”: Remastered and Available Everywhere

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The formerly Bandcamp exclusive single “After Disobedience” is exclusive no more! It’s now streaming and available for purchase on almost all digital music services (sorry qobuz listeners). I’ve also added the much prettier new master to the original album on Bandcamp, just to not leave out the hip folks.

Check it out, maybe follow along with the score, and thanks for listening.

Set List: BOLDERBoulder with Eric Ottem Jazz Unit, 5/27/2024

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Set 1

  • Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Work Song
  • Sandu
  • My Shining Hour
  • Killer Joe
  • Cute
  • The More I See You
  • Mr. PC
  • Four
  • The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
  • The Preacher

Set 2

  • Samba de Orfeu
  • Do Nothing ’til You Hear from Me (Bill Legg on vocals)
  • Cantaloupe Island
  • Another Place I’ll Never See Again
  • Riki Loves Lulu
  • On A Clear Day
  • Fly Me to the Moon (Bill Legg on vocals)

Set 3

  • Nutville
  • Autumn Leaves (Guest on Vocals)
  • If I Were A Bell
  • Sunny
  • Recordame
  • Autumn Leaves
  • Secret Love
  • Nica’s Dream
  • Gibraltar

Set List for Dry Land Distillers, May 1st 2024

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a.k.a. “Vic plays all the ballads no one ever calls”

Set 1

  • Questioning (Vic Dillahay) / Blue Room (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart)
  • You Belong with Me (Taylor Swift & Liz Rose) /
    I’ve Got a Crush On You (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin)
  • Bad Guy (Billie Eilish)
  • Waltz for Zizi (Yoko Kanno) / The Way (Tony Scalzo)
  • On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh but likely Fats Waller, Dorothy Fields)
  • My Yoke is Heavy (Daniel Johnston) / Who Does She Hope to Be? (Sonny Sharrock)
  • Oleo (Sonny Rollins) / Seven Come Eleven (Charlie Christian)
  • Ain’t Misbehavin (Fats Waller, Harry Brook, & Andy Razaf)
  • If It Be Your Will (Leonard Cohen)

Set 2

  • Work Song (Nat Adderley)
  • Laetitia’s Lost Chords (Vic Dillahay)
  • Check Up (Ornette Coleman) / Somewhere Else Entirely (Vic Dillahay)
  • My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart)
  • Ricky Loves LuLu (Vic Dillahay)
  • Thanatos at Eventide (Vic Dillahay)
  • My One and Only Love (Guy Wood & Robert Mellin)