On September 26th, 2014 I climbed this staircase for my first day of teaching above Boomer Music Company.
After 10 years of lessons, I have to say: those are a lot of stairs.
On September 26th, 2014 I climbed this staircase for my first day of teaching above Boomer Music Company.
After 10 years of lessons, I have to say: those are a lot of stairs.
“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
Here’s another tune from June’s First Wednesday jazz at Dry Land Distillers with guest saxophonist Doug Carmichael. This time, it’s the Rodgers and Hart standard “My Romance”:
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.
Doug and my take on Nat Adderley’s “Work Song”
Here’s Doug Carmichael and me playing Charlie Parker’s “My Little Suede Shoes” for Dry Land Distillers‘ First Wednesday Jazz:
a.k.a. “Vic plays all the ballads no one ever calls”