Bob Villwock

Tangled and Dark: A Tribute to Bonnie Raitt

OK, who’s coming to the big show on Feb. 21?  I’m very excited about it.  The seven-piece band is smokin’, the singers are fabulous, and the material is just fun to hear and dance to.

Here’s some homework for you to get you even more psyched up for the show.  First of all, check out Bonnie [...]

Bonnie Raitt show in the works

On the heels of a really successful Cole Porter revue back in September, Lorraine and Brielle from Sierra Sirens Productions have cooked up the next big show.  Mark your calendars for February 21 in Grass Valley for a tribute to Bonnie Raitt with a great band and some fantastic singers.  Details to follow in a [...]

The Burning Sensations – Wanna be in our video?

We’re making a video this Saturday night at Cooper’s, so come on out and party!

Steelin’ Dan

We had some big fun this week getting some photos and video for the band. The audio demo is pretty cool. I’ve fooled a couple of friends with it already–they thought it was the original Steely Dan recordings–but nope, this is my band playing. Give these a listen and let me know what [...]

Spring Break 2008

I took the family and went backpacking this week at the Channel Islands. It was beautiful and remote, and a great adventure for a few days. So, you get the catamaran out of Ventura, blast across the channel breaking through swells at 25 knots and looking for dolphin and whales, and then they drop you [...]

Sign of the times

The B-52s have a new album coming out next week, but they have already released the whole thing for free on the internet. Someday I’ll understand all this new music business. It used to be that a concert tour was just an ad campaign for the record and the songs. Now it [...]

Recording sessions with Perry Mills

I spent last weekend working with the Perry Mills Project on our new recording. We finished tracking drums for the album and got reference tracks for everything else. So far so good — we got great sounds and had a lot of fun. If you click the image below, you’ll see the [...]

Once. Make art.

Well, I finally saw Once tonight. I wish I’d seen it earlier, but it actually comes at just the right time because it was very inspiring as I head into the studio this weekend, and to Ireland next month.
What a beautiful, wonderful movie. It’s like a movie version of one of those trompe l’oeil [...]

New gig calendar is up

Take a look at the new gig calendar here. It’s shaping up to be a great year!