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Dinner at Scoma's, en route to Samoa
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BarkellWH
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 Dinner at Scoma's, en route to Samoa
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I have the good fortune to have overnighted in San Francisco last night, en route to Samoa, via Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. As always, I went to Scoma's Seafood Restaurant on Pier 47 for a delicious seafood dinner. Scoma's is a San Francisco institution, as Richard knows. Walked up the four steps to the bar on the right of the entrance for a couple of California lagers before dinner. The huge window at the bar looks out on the waterway where the boats come in and unload and process the fish for scoma's. With the sun setting in the West, it is beautiful scene. The last time I was in San Francisco was in 2012 on my return from a gig in Micronesia. At that time Stephen was kind enough to meet me at the Edinburgh Pub, where we quaffed a few cold ones. Missed that this time Stephen.
I don't know if anyone on the Foro has any interest in Samoa, but if any interesting experiences or events occur that might spark interest, I will pass them on. The State Department asked me to go out as Charge' d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy, as the permanently-assigned Charge' will be on leave. I was in Samoa in 2011 on a three-month gig. I had the good fortune just before that trip to be working a command staff military exercise at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, where Richard kindly drove from Austin to join me for dinner. Dinner with Richard, followed by a gig in Samoa, made it an interesting summer indeed.
My only current regret is the San Francisco Giants did not clinch the World Series with a win last night. It now goes to game seven in Kansas City. I admire Kansas City's spunk, but I have been a life-long Giants fan, even when they were in New York, before they moved to SF, so I have to stay with the Giants.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Oct. 29 2014 13:36:24
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Mark2
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Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco
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RE: Dinner at Scoma's, en route to Samoa (in reply to BarkellWH)
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Leo Rosales and Tony Menjivar. They both played in the group Malo and have played on many recordings. They are featured in a book on history of latin rock, as is Gabe Manzo, the other guitar player.
http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Latin-Rock-People-Created/dp/B0025VL9WK
All three guys are really latin rock icons. Leo was already well known in the 60's(he had done Carnegie hall and American bandstand) and Tony, who was a little kid, saw him in a supermarket and started following him around till Leo started teaching him. The two of them playing together just by themselves is unreal. I was also part of the local latin rock scene back before getting involved in flamenco and knew these guys from doing gigs together. We got this group together back in 1992 and have done way over a thousand dates together. Now days, it's only a few corporates here and there, but always a joy to be with these guys. We finished a cd back in 2000, I had been working on it for years little by little. My idea was to put together a flamenco type group but at the time I couldn't find any flamenco guitarists who were into it, so I did it with latin rockers. Probably ended up being way more successful because instead of trying to make it what I wanted it to be, I just let it be what it was. So, we are kind of semi acoustic latin rock, kinda rumba fakeamenco. We both play electric as well, but at gigs I stick to the nylon string. I mostly play rhythm and let these guys go. Of course, sometimes I'll play tangos or bulerias, sig, etc. The cd doesn't have a note of flamenco on it-that was by design. We sold a few thousand back when you could still sell cd's , and it gave us the ability to charge good money for privates. I still get a check now and then for downloads, but it wouldn't buy dinner at Scoma's.
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Date Oct. 29 2014 14:48:38
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