Bob Villwock

Roxy Roca at the Saxon Pub

I’m having a blast playing with Roxy Roca. Super fun band with a great positive vibe and funky songs about cornbread. We played the Saxon Pub last Saturday, and it turns out everyone in there was super fun too. We had a big dancin’ love fest of soul music right through last call. Thanks to [...]

New Recordings with Roxy Roca

What a fun time we had this weekend making some music with Roxy Roca. We recorded our new tune Ain’t Nothing Fancy (It’s Love) and a B-side cover of Grits Ain’t Groceries at Clockright Studio here in Austin. They have a pretty sweet collection of vintage analog and digital audio equipment there. We tracked the [...]

Mavis Staples in Grass Valley

I couldn’t me more excited for this show tomorrow…

Experiences make us happier than possessions

New research from SFSU suggests that to maximize happiness for your money, you should definitely opt for the vacation, or the concert, or some other non-tangible experience rather than a new car or some other thing. Seems obvious if you think about it all, I suppose.
On the other hand, I’ve also been carrying around in [...]

Mavis Staples and Joss Stone

Mavis Staples and Joss Stone absolutely slaying “I’ll Take You There” at a Sound Stage performance. I love the bit at about 3:38 where it fails to end. They cannot be stopped!

Mavis Staples will take you there.

Motown Soul Show

What a blast we had last weekend at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley. Fourteen soulful musicians performing a bunch of groovy tunes, and a sold-out crowd of the finest funky party people you could ask for. Another Sierra Sirens production–is there anything those ladies can’t do? I don’t think so.

They’ve always got [...]