New Manual Scan Release !

OB Farmers Market Set

Bart Mendoza took part in an a jam session at the OB Farmer's Holiday Drive on December 11. Other participants included Greg Vaughan (guitar), Annie Rettic (violin), Sppike Mike Muellenberg (bass), Sandra Herrera (vocals), Jeffrey Bloom (drums). Here's what they played.

1) In Your Arms (Mendoza / Morris)
2) Warm This Winter (Hunter / Barkan)
3) Wonderful Christmas Time (McCartney)

True Stories Recording Session

True Stories entered Pacific Beat Studio on December 11 and recorded three songs with producer Alan Sanderson:

After Awhile (Mendoza)
Hope Springs Internal (Fleminger)
Cast No Shadows (Mendoza / Castillo)

The line up consisted of Bart Mendoza (vocals/guitar), David Fleminger (vocals /keyboards), Greg Smith (drums/ vocals) and Scott Mathiasen (bass), with numerous friends in attendance including Sandra Castillo, Lori Aguilar Wilson, Billy Tisch, Sppike Mike Muellenberg etc. No word on when the tracks will be released, but a new album is expected in 2020.

Beatles Fair Set List

True Stories played thier annual Beatles Fair set on December 7 at Queen Bee. The band featured Ron Silva on bass and a set of rarely covered Beatles / Solo tunes + a few related songs. David Fleminger also sat in with event headliner Blac Rabbit on "Don't Let Me Down" and "Come Together," while Bart also played "Bad To Me" and "In Your Arms" on the acoustic stage.


1) Venus & Mars / Rock Show
2) Every Night
3) I've Just Seen A Face
4) Come and Get It
5) Too Many People
6) Only A Northern Song
7) Glass Onion
8) Jealous Guy
9) I'm Only Sleeping
10) That Means A Lot
11) Urban Spaceman
12) I Must Be In Love
13) No Matter What

Manual Scan Demos Collection Due Soon From Bickerton Records!

New Compilation! Power Chords Harmonies and Mistletoe II

A new compilation, Power Chords Harmonies and Mistletoe II, is out now from Spain's SNAP! Records - Available from thier Bandcamp page or on CD, the album features a wonderfully eclectic playlist, with 21 tracks. The album features a True Stories ballad, "Winter Star" and The Shambles live in studio acoustic duo (Bart Mendoza & Kevin Ring) version of "Warm This Winter," recorded for DJ Tim Pyles 91X-FM radio program, The Pyles Sessions. Other artists include The Tourmaliners, The Eddies, The Cherry Bluestorms, Yeh Yeh, Jeremy, Skid Roper, Lolas and many more!

 Snap!! Records Spain / Power Chords Harmonies & Mistletoe

Neil Innes Interview

San Diego Troubadour December 2019

A Conversation with Neil Innes: Oh Hello!

Read Here:

https://sandiegotroubadour.com/neil-innes-oh-hello/

Beatles Fair Interview w/ San Diego Union Tribune 12/03/19

The December 3 edition of the San Diego Union Tribune includes a feature on Beatles Fair 2019 by George Varga. This includes an interview with Bart Mendoza.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/Beatles Fair 2019