Girlz Talk Rawk March 15

Bart Mendoza will be on the Girlz Talk Rawk internet radio show on March 15

GurlzTalkRawk.com

San Diego Music Spotlights

Bart Mendoza's latest for the San Diego based newspaper, the Beach & Bay Press, includes "spotlights on Fred Benedetti and his trio at Dizzy's, Eric Sardinas, Taz Taylor and the Blitz Brothers at Brick By Brick, Blaise  Guld at Beaumont's Eatery, Keiko Matsui at Humphrey's Backstage Live, Fernando Perdomo, Lady Rogo and David Batteau at Holy Trinity Anglican Church of OB, Gabriela Aparicio at Firefly Restaurant and Bar

www.sdnews.com

Java Joe's 2/3

Java Joes held it's first show at it's new location in Old Town and from all measures it was a major success - great sound, an all star line up and a capacity house. The night included

Bart Mendoza / Patric Petrie - "In Your Arms"

as well as Lisa Sanders, Berkley Hart, Israel Maldonado, Rob Deez, Alan Land, Sven Erik Seahilm, Tim Foley, Peggy Watson & David Beldock, Joel Rafael, Nina Francis and more

Upcoming Dates:

Here are upcoming confirmed dates for Bart Mendoza:


02/03/17 Java Joe's (with Patric Petrie)
02/04/17 Bart Mendoza DJ Set / The Casbah - Vinyl Junkies Record Show
03/17/17 SDMA Acoustic Showcase / Grassroots Oasis (7:40 pm)
03/15/17 SDMA Girlz Rawk Radio
03/21/17 San Diego Music Awards / House of Blues
03/25/17 True Stories + Hosting @ San Diego Beatles Fair / Queen Bee
03/26/17 Staring at the Sun XII / The Casbah
03/31/17 Elements @ Riviera Supper Club
04/20/17 City College + host Spring Concert
04/30/17 Artwalk (3:30 pm)
05/26/17 Elements @ Riviera Supper Club
06/03/17 Art Around Adams Music & Arts Festival
06/18/17 San Diego County Fair
07/08/17 Museum of Making Music

New Poster for San Diego Beatles Fair March 25 2017

San Diego Beatles Fair, hosted by Alma Rodriguez and Bart Mendoza, takes place on March 25 at Queen Bee's in north Park San Diego. In addition to hosting Bart will also be performing with True Stories. This will be a full day of fun, with appearances from sixties hitmaker Billy J Kramer - joined by legendary drummer Liberty DeVitto, Plastic Soul performing the Sgt. Peppers era - in full costume, True Stories performing a tribute to Ringo Starr, an acoustic set from original La's guitarist Barry Sutton, Falling Doves, The Dave Humphries Band, The Baja Bugs and much more! 4 stages, music vendors, author talks and much more!

www.sandiegobeatlesfair.com/tickets

NAMM Set List 01/20/17

On January 20, Elements played a four song acoustic set at the Blackwing Amplifiers Booth at NAMM in Anaheim California. The band was Bart Mendoza, David Fleminger and Greg Smith with bassist Sppike Mike Muellenberg in attendance:

1) In Your Arms
2) Eleanor Rigby
3) You Still Take My Breath Away
4) Blindspot

Bart Mendoza Vinyl Junkies DJ Set Feb. 4

Bart Mendoza will be a guest DJ at the next Vinyl Junkies Record Swap on February 4

Bart Mendoza & David Fleminger of Manual Scan / NAMM 2017

Bart Mendoza & David Fleminger of Manual Scan will perform a short set at NAMM 2017, at the Blackwing Amplifiers booth

Bart Mendoza "Paris Yesterday / Demos 1996 - 2007"

Spain's SNAP! Records will soon issue a very limited edition 14 track collection, Paris Yesterday / Demos 1996 - 2007. Made for publishing/inter band use, a few copies will be available for sale to the public. Recorded as templates for full band recordings, these are raw, unpolished acoustic guitar and voice recordings capturing Mendoza's songs in intimate newly minted form. All tracks are studio recordings, though sound varies from track to track as these recordings were made at various studios over an eleven year period. The album reportedly includes demos of four songs later recorded by True Stories and one covered by The Andersons, as well as co-writes with Cindy Lee Berryhill, Mark Decerbo and Anna Troy.

The Joyelles at The Lafayette Hotel

The Joyelles, featuring Normandie Wilson, David Fleminger, Simea Solomon and Danny Cress, will be performing at the Lafayette Hotel on January 12, from 6-9 p.m. Their set is part of a combo art/music show. Bart Mendoza will sit in for a few songs. 

www.normandiewilson.com 

Writing: Latest for Beach & Bay Press

Bart Mendoza's latest for the Beach and Bay Press includes spotlights on music events taking place in Mission Beach / Pacific Beach and surrounding areas: Sue Palmer's January residency at Tio Leo's Lounge, Joe Cardillo at the Kona Kai Resort & Spa, pianist Chase Morrin at Dizzy's - where the music matters most - plus New Years Eve with The Detroit Underground with Stellita Marie at Humphreys Backstage Live, Slower at Beaumont's Eatery and Whitney Shay & Mike Officer at Firefly Restaurant and Bar.

www.sdnews.com/MusicSpotlights 

Pre New Years Beatles Party December 30

This Friday night December 30, Bart Mendoza will host a Beatles themed Pre New Years Eve party at Queen Bee with The Rollers, The Baja Bugs (featuring Hector Penalosa of the Zeros and Ron Silva of the Crawdaddys) and the The Dave Humphries Band!

Los Fantasmas set list at the Casbah December 21 2016

Here is what Los Fantasmas (Diana Death, Vino Martinez, Carlos Mendez, Bart Mendoza) played at the Casbah on December 21, 2016

1) No, No, No (Los Ovnis)
2) Te Quiero (Los Reno)
3) Attencion (varios)
4) Bad Time (The Roulettes)
5) Ana No Duerme (Almendra)
6) Tu En Mi (Los Brincos)
7) Serafin (Sex Pistols)
8) Homicidia
9) Bang Bang (varios)

Manual Scan set list December 21 at the Casbah

Here is Manual Scan's set list for December 21 2016 at the Casbah

1)      Leaving Here

2)      I Can’t Don’t Want to Faster

3)      Nothing Can Be Everything

4)      American Way

5)      Ain’t Got You

6)      I Can Only Give You Everything

7)      And We Still Feel The Same

8)      Fire

9)      New Difference

10)  Jungle Beat

11)  Nothing You Can Do

12)  All Night Stand

13)  For Those

14)  She Said It’s Late

15)  She May Call You Up Tonight

16)  Innocence Becomes You / House of the Rising Sun

17)  She So Fine

18)  Sunny Afternoon 

19)  Like Wow Wipeout

20)  No Matter What

21)  Fox On The Run

22)  Come See Me

Shifty Eyed Dogs added to Manual Scan show December 21 at the Casbah!

The Shifty Eyed Dogs have been added to the bill this Wednesday night at the Casbah, with Manual Scan and Los Fantasmas! Tickets are only $10 and available now!

www.casbahmusic.com/event/1392076-manual-scan-san-diego/

Manual Scan - Wednesday December 21 at the Casbah - with Los Fantasmas!

Manual Scan will be making a return appearance at the Casbah on December 21! The band has been rehearsing new songs for this event with the night having the added bonus of an opening set from Los Fantasmas, a new band featuring Diana Death, Vino Martinez, Carl Mendez and Bart Mendoza. This will be a very fun night!

Press/Media:
Sound Diego - spotlight
San Diego Citybeat - "Plan A" in the "If I Were You" column
San Diego Reader - "Club Crawler" spotlight for Los Fantasmas debut
91X - "Loudspeaker" airplay

Manual Scan tickets

Writing: Beach & Bay Press with Rosie Flores, Joshua White, A Hero Within and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for the Beach & Bay Press newspaper includes spotlights on rockabilly legend Rosie Flores, Grateful Dead Tribute Band Easy Wind, cover combo The Rosy Dawn Band, jazz pianist Joshua White, heavy metal combo A Hero Within and reggae group I -Way. His spotlights column in this paper is bi-weekly.

Beach & Bay Press Spotlights Rosie Flores etc

Los Fantasmas in the San Diego Reader

Los Fantasmas debut gig is a pick of the week in the San Diego Reader. The show is December 21 at the Casbah

www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/dec/14/club-crawler-sundays-giant-surprise-anti-monday/#

Elements set list: December 13, 2016 at Grassroots Oasis

On December 13, Elements played a short set as part of a fundraising concert at and for, Grassroots Oasis in San Diego. The night also included performances from Gregory Page, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Nena Anderson, Kimm Rogers, Lisa Sanders & Brown Sugar, Jeff Berkley and Calamity, featuring Cathryn Beeks, Sierra West, Nisha Catron and Marcia Claire. Here's what Elements played:

1) In Your Arms
2) You Still Take My Breath Away
3) Bleeding
4) Cant's Seem To Make You Mine
5) Clouds All Day

Bart also joined Cindy Lee Berryhill during her set, singing harmony on "She Had Everything"

Elements set list: December 11, 2016 at the Holding Company

Elements (David Fleminger, Greg Smith, Sppike Mike Muellenberg, Bart Mendoza) opened up Boogie Magazine's "Concert For Charity" at 2 p.m. on December 11 at the Holding Company in Ocean Beach, San Diego. They played a 45 minute set and then due to the following act being delayed in traffic, played a just for fun covers mini-set.

1) In Your Arms
2) You Still Take My Breath Away
3) Bleeding
4) Who Will Play Us In The Movie?
5) Can't Seem To Make You Mine
6) Hearts On Sleeve
7) Eleanor Rigby**
8) Marie's The Name (Of His Latest Flame) **
9) Clouds All Day
10) Problems Of Her Own
11)  I Woke Up In Love This Morning **
12) Can't Don't Want To Faster
13) Better Days
14) Comets Tomorrow

Bonus set:

1) High Heeled Sneakers **
2) Kissin' Cousin's **
3) Runaway **
4) Ticket To Ride **

Elements performs December 11 at the Holding Company in Ocean Beach

Elements will be performing at Boogie Magazine's "Rock Concert For Charity" at the Holding Company in Ocean Beach / San Diego on December 11. Elements are Bart Mendoza, David Fleminger, Greg Smith and Sppike Mike Muellenberg

Ten San Diego-centric Music Gifts For Christmas

The San Diego Troubadour has a list of ten gift ideas recommended by Bart Mendoza, all from San Diego based authors, artists and musicians.

wwwsandiegotroubadour.com/2016/12/san-diego-christmas-2016/

Bart Mendoza & David Fleminger December 13 at Grassroots Oasis

On December 13 Bart Mendoza & David Fleminger will play a few songs at a fundraiser for beloved San Diego venue Grassroots Oasis in San Diego. Its a top notch bill wth Cindy Lee Berryhill, 

Kimm Rogers, Nena Anderson, Jeff Berkley, Lisa Sanders with Brown Sugar and Calamity.

www.grassrootsoasis.com/2016/11/19/dec-13-celebrate-grassroots-oasis

Interview with the Steely Damned

Bart Mendoza interviews guitarist Hank Easton and singer Larry Grano of The Steely Damned in the December 2016 issue of The San Diego Troubadour.

www.sandiegotroubadour.com/2016/12/Steely Damned Interview

Tickets on sale now for Manual Scan / Los Fantasmas at the Casbah December 21

Manual Scan will be playing at San Diego's famed venue, the Casbah on December 21 - it's a great bill that includes the debut of Los Fantasmas 

http://www.casbahmusic.com/Manual Scan Tickets

New Band! Los Fantasmas debuts December 21

Los Fantasmas is a new four piece band featuring singer / guitarist Diana Death (Chinese Rocks, Little Richards), drummer Carlos Mendez & bassist Vino Marttinez (both of The Bassics) and Bart Mendoza (Manual Scan) that performs rock 'n roll classics -  in Spanish! The band performs songs by the likes of Los Ovnis and Los Brincos, with some like minded originals thrown in the mix. The debut gig will take place on Dec 21 at the Casbah on a bill with Manual Scan.

www.casbahmusic.com/Los Fantasmas Tickets

Bart Mendoza upcoming dates

From Facebook:

"Here are some upcoming events you will find me at:"

12/07 OB Farmers Market Holiday Drive (acoustic)
12/11 Elements @ The Irenic / Boogie Magazine Concert for Charity
12/13 Elements @ Grassroots Oasis Fundraiser
12/16 The BLVD Market - 3rd Fridays
12/21 Manual Scan @ The Casbah
12/27 Morning Show (TBC)
12/30 Fab Four New Years Party @ Queen Bee
03/21 San Diego Music Awards
03/25 Beatles Fair (host)
03/26 TBA @ The Casbah 
04/20 City College
06/03 Art Around Adams
June    San Diego County Fair

Tonight In San Diego - Bart Mendoza to guest with the Mondaze November 21

Bart Mendoza will be sitting in with the Tonight in San Diego house band, The Mondaze on November 21 - the night will include guests Joe Cardillo, Cirque du Soleil and Amy Burkman. The show will be "taped" at 8 p.m. for broadcast later in the month

www.tonightinsandiego.com

Chuck Perrin interview

Bart Mendoza interviewed Chuck Perrin about the move of his San Diego music venue, Dizzy's to a new location, Arias Hall as well as details about a new collection of unreleased demos, from the mid 1960's and early 1970's, recorded as part of a brother /sister duo, Chuck and Mary Perrin

Interview with Chuck Perrin

Greg Douglass interview

Bart Mendoza interviewed guitarist Greg Douglass in the Peninsula Beacon. Douglass is the former guitarist for The Steve Miller Band, Greg Kihn, Eddie Money, Van Morrison and more!

Greg Douglass Interview

San Diego Music Thing Press

Bart Mendoza was interviewed twice for the annual San Diego Music Thing Event

November 10 / CW6-TV - an on air interview alongside singer-songwriter Jimmy Ruelas
November 10/  San Diego Union Tribune - an interview by George Varga
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-et-music-thing-20161102-story.html

Beatles Fair Pre party December 30 at Queen Bee

A fundraising event for the 2017 Beatles Fair will be held December 30th at Queen Bee. it will be a  great way to start the NYE weekend - featuring The Rollers, The Baja Bugs and the Dave Humphries Band, the night will be hosted by Bart Mendoza. More details soon:

www.sandiegobeatlesfair2017

San Diego Music Thing November 11-12

Bart Mendoza is hosting the Music Conference side of San Diego Music Thing 2016

www.sandiegomusicthing.com

The Shambles - "It's Getting Better"

The Shambles version of the Jeremy Morris powerpop classic, "It's Getting Better" will be included in the fourth installment of the Sweet Relief compilation album series. Funds raised by the disc this time out are earmarked for cancer research. More details soon.

www.jamrecordings.com 
Here's a "needle drop" video (aka playing the actual vinyl) for the band's most recent song
 "More Than This" on Bickerton Records

Bart Mendoza's latest San Diego music spotlights for the Beach & Bay Press 10/07/16

Bart Mendoza's latest for the San Diego based newspaper, the Beach & Bay Press includes spotlights on "the Carly's Cause Fundraiser at Brick By Brick with Get Groovin', Points North and Lords of Sabbath, Sue Palmer at the PB Library (free!), The Fred Benedetti Trio's tribute to John Lennon at Dizzy's, Dirty Taxi & Copy Cat Killers at the 710 Beach Club, David Shyde at Firefly Restaurant and Bar, and the Chargers own Joe Barsdale's blues jam at Humphreys Backstage Live with proceeds from the show going to the Fender Music Foundation," 

Beach & Bay Press Oct 7 2016