Manual Scan Set List December 28 2017

Here's the set list for Manual Scan's show at the Casbah on December 28, 2017:

I Can’t Don’t Want To Faster

Nothing Can Be Everything

Fire

American Way

Shape of Things To Come

New Difference

For Those

And We Still Feel The Same

Jungle Beat

Nothing You Can Do

Like Wow Wipeout

She Said It’s Late

She May Call You Up Tonight

Anymore

She’s So Fine

Innocence Becomes You

_____ Ain’t Got You / I Can Only Give You Everything / Come See Me

R.I.P. 2017 San Diego / The San Diego Reader

Bart Mendoza has a feature in the Blurt Music News section of the San Diego Reader for December 27, 2017. The article R.I.P. 2017 details all the San Diego musicians who passed away over the past year.

"The grim reaper took its toll on the music world in a major way this year and San Diego was no exception. Here’s a look back at those we lost in 2017..."
 blurt-rip-san-diego-2017

Win Tickets to The Dinettes / Manual Scan show at the Casbah 12/28

Website DoSD.com is offering the chance to win a pair of tickets to this Thursdays' Dinettes / Manual Scan / Alvino & The Dwells concert at the Casbah. Enter here: 

Win Tickets!: the-dinettes-manual-scan

Exile set list 12/24

The annual Exile on Kettner Christmas Eve show featured 38 songs in an all night singalong. A house band, which included T-Bone Larson, Joey Guevara, George Vidurri and Andrew McKeag, backed numerous singers, including Bart Mendoza, who sang:

It's All Over Now
The Last Time

with other vocalists including TJ Joseph (Buckfast Superbee), Pat Beers (Schizophonics), Ariel Levine, Patrick Dennis (Truckee Brothers) and Carissa Schroeder. The original lineup of Manual Scan was well represented, though they weren't onstage at the same time. In addition to Bart, drummer Paul Brewin was one of two percussionist / drummers in the house band, Kevin Ring sang back ups and played percussion with the house band, as well as singing lead on: Live With Me and Monkey Man, while David Fleminger played keyboards backing Ron Silva (The Gargoyles, The Crawdaddys) on the songs: Heart of Stone, Ride on Baby and Round & Round.

The Dinettes / Manual Scan / Alvino & The Dwells

The San Diego Union Tribune has a nice write up by George Varga on The Dinettes Appearance at the Casbah on December 28 -  with Manual Scan plus Alvino & The Dwells (in the Atari Lounge)

www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/dinettes

Exile on Kettner 12/24/17

Bart Mendoza will be a guest vocalist at the annual Exile on Kettner Christmas Eve show at The Casbah in San Diego, alongside Ariel Levine, Ron Silva, Kevin Ring and many more. It's a free show. 21 and up.

www.casbahmusic.com/event

True Stories Set List - 12/15/17 at the Manhattan

True Stories performed at the Manhattan in Chula Vista on December 15, 2017, on a bill that included Mittens and The Gargoyles, the latter featuring Ron Silva (The Crawdaddys), Erich Bacher (The Tell Tale Hearts) and Chris Davies (The Penetrators) - Here's what True Stories played:

1)      Can’t Don’t Want To Faster

2)      Hearts On Sleeve

3)      Clouds All Day

4)      Bleeding

5)      Who Will Play Us In The Movie?

6)      You Still Take My Breath Away

7)      In Your Arms

8)      I Woke Up In Love This Morning (Partridge Family cover)

9)      Can’t Seem To Make You Mine

10)   You’re Going To Miss Me

11)   Ever Fallen In Love (Buzzcocks cover)

12)   Better Days

13)   Comet’s Tomorrow

Dinettes, Manual Scan, Alvino & The Dwells - December 28 at the Casbah

Tickets are on sale now for 

The Dinettes, Manual Scan & Alvino and The Dwells 

at the Casbah on December 28:

 Dinettes / Manual Scan / Alvino Tickets

OB Farmers Market - Alicia Previn, Bart Mendoza, Lee Smith

The Ocean Beach Farmers Market held it's annual Holiday Food & Toy Drive on December 13 - amongst the talent on hand were Michael Head and Kris Wott of the Country Rockin' Rebels, Dave Gilbert, blues band Chicken Bone Slim and the trio of Alicia Previn, Bart Mendoza and Lee Smith who performed a four song set:

Blood & Roses
In Your Arms
I've Just Seen A Face
With A Little Help From My Friends

True Stories Unplugged 12/04/17 The Casbah

On December 4, True Stories opened for Jake Clemons of the E Street Band at the Casbah- Bart and David played an acoustic set - Here's what was performed:

In Your Arms

Clouds All Day

Better Days

Bleeding

All Sorts

You Still Take My Breath Away 

Eleanor Rigby

Fire

The Shape of Things To Come

Blindspot

Innocence Becomes You

Where Have All The Good Times Gone