Kinks Undercover songs

Bart Mendoza sang two songs at the Kinks Undercover night held at the Office in North Park / San Diego on March 29.

1) I Need You
2) When Work Is Over

Also singing at the show were Birdy Bardot, Ariel Levine, Gary Shuffler, Adam Gimbel, Richard Larson, Sam Martinez of the Bassics and more.

True Stories - Beatles Fair Ringo Tribute Set List

True Stories played a special set at Beatles Fair 2017, celebrating the music of Ringo Starr. it was a fun filled day with sets from headliner Billy J Kramer (with drummer Liberty DeVitto), The Baja Bugs, Plastic Soul, The Phoenix Band, Barry Sutton and many more:

True Stories: Nico Peters, Bart Mendoza, David Fleminger, Danny Cress, Martin Martinarena, Normandie Wilson, Symea Solomon

1) Step Inside Love (vocals Symea Solomon)
2) Back Off Boogaloo
3) Honey Don't
4) Don't Pass Me By
5) Yellow Submarine
6) What Goes On
7) Octopuses Garden
8) Snookeroo
9) You're 16
10) I Call Your Name
11) Golden Blunders
12) Photograph
13) Act Naturally 
14) With A Little Help From My Friends

Staring at the Sun XII is here! 44 artists including True Stories

"It's here! Staring at the Sun XII - Get your FREE copy at the FREE CD Release show at the Casbah on Sunday March 26 - The album features 44 artists, including Tolan Shaw, The Bassics, Wayne Riker, Manual Scan, Alvino & The Dwells, Greg Douglass, Brogue Wave, The Cardiac Kidz, Briahnna, Kimm Rogers, Skyler Lutes, Michael Inzunza, Pony Death Ride, Surly Bonds, Diana Death, Peter Hall, Sometimes Julie, Gabriela & La Buena Onda, Dark Globe, Josie Day, Skid Roper, Gemini Junction and many more!"

In San Diego copies will be available while supplies last from March 29 at Rock 'n Roll San Diego (Music Rehearsal Rooms & Studio), Vespa Motorsport and The Queen Bee Cultural Center

Kinks Tribute March 29 at The Office!

The Office in North Park / San Diego is hosting a LIVE tribute to the Kinks as part of their monthly Under Cover series. Bart Mendoza will sing two songs including a song from 1965 and one for the "Soap Opera" album.

"With Daniel Crawford, Jeffrey Lee Hawthorne, Timothy Joseph, Richard Larson, Mike Turi

Gary Shuffler, Justin Rodriguez, Dani Bell, Greg Vaughan, Emily Reilly, Heather Nation,

Bart Mendoza & more..."

Kinks Tribute Night at the Office 

The Eddies cover Manual Scan's "Jungle Beat"

Los Angeles trio, The Eddies covered Manual Scan's song "Jungle Beat" on their 2007 album, Twice Around the World - they later release an updated version on a CD single. Thats legendary producer Earle Mankey on drums!

Bart Mendoza 91X Radio - Loudspeaker March 19

Listen to 91X-FM Radio's "Loudspeaker" program on March 19 - sometime between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm, Bart Mendoza will be interviewed by Louis Niles about Beatles Fair and 

Staring at the Sun XII 

Listen Live to 91X-FM

SDMA Acoustic Showcase March 17

Bart Mendoza will perform a short acoustic set as part of the annual San Diego Music Awards Acoustic Showcase, taking place at Grassroots Oasis on March 17. It's an incredible bill with Jeff berkley, steph johnson, Kimm Rogers, Lady Rogo, Eve Selis and many more! Bart will be joined by Mark DeCerbo of powerpop legends Four Eyes, and Spike Mike Mullenberg. Show starts at 6:45 p.m. and is all ages - funds raised go to the San Diego Music Foundation, helping bring music back to city schools.

sdma-singer-songwriter-acoustic-showcase

Staring at the Sun XII track listing! With a new True Stories song!

The track listing for the latest edition of San Diego music compilation Staring at the Sun is out on March 26 - the San Diego Reader has the full listing of 44 bands, including Manual Scan, True Stories (with a new song, "Who Will Play Us In The Movie?") and the David Fleminger led surf trio, Alvino & The Dwells, as well as punk legends The Cardiac Kidz, mod combo The Bassics, troubadour Tolan Shaw, guitar icon Wayne Riker, classic rocker Greg Douglass (ex- Steve Miller / Greg Kihn Band), power poppers super Buffet, Celtic/World music favorites Brogue Wave (with Patric Petrie), inspired guitarist / tunesmith Skid Roper, singer songwriter Michael Inzunza and many more! The album is free from the artists or at a free CD release show at the Casbah on March 2

www.sandiegoreader.com/staring-sun-12 Track Listing

Upcoming Dates

Here's some of the places you will find Bart Mendoza in the coming months:

03/17/17 SDMA Acoustic Showcase / Grassroots Oasis (7:20 pm)
03/17/17 Beatles Movie Night / Queen Bee
03/15/17 SDMA Girlz Rawk Radio 
03/19/17 91X Loudspeaker
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
03/29/17 Kinks Tribute / The Office
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
06/24/17 Ocean Beach Street Fair
07/08/17 Museum of Making Music

Beatles Movie Night March 17 with Concert!

As a preview of Beatles Fair, Queen Bee will be hosting a special Beatles Movie Night on March 17. Your admission gets you: 

An exclusive t-shirt!

The movie screening 

After party / concert with an all star group of musicians including Bart Mendoza, Hector Penalosa and many more

Free pizza from Papa Johns

Bart Mendoza on KUSI-TV's morning show, "Good Morning San Diego" February 25

Saturday February 25, Bart Mendoza will be a guest on KUSI-TV's morning show, Good Morning San Diego, talking about the San Diego Music Awards alongside musical guest,

 jazz pianist Danny Green 

www.kusi.com/good-morning-san-diego 

Bart Mendoza and Wayne Riker on CW6-TV's "San Diego Living Show" February 22

Guitarist (and SDMA nominee), Wayne Riker and Bart Mendoza will be on the CW-6 TV morning show, San Diego Living - on Wednesday February 22. The show is on from 9 - 10 am, they will likely be on in the last half hour. Mendoza apeared on the show earlier this month on February 6, with singer-songwriter Nina Francis

www.cw6sandiego.com/watch-now

Updated Beatles Fair 2017 Banner!

The Beatles Fair 2017 Banner has been updated!

www.sandiegobeatlesfair.com/tickets

Promo Videos for Others.... Part 1

Bart Mendoza has made several short (between 30 -47 seconds each) promo videos for albums released on the Blindspot Records label. Here are three, including clips for punk legends The Cardiac Kidz, power pop rocker Wendy Bailey and Scottish troubadour Colin Clyne

The Cardiac Kidz - Rarities 1979 - 1981

Wendy Bailey & True Stories - String Theory

Colin Clyne - Doricana

Manual Scan - New Song March 19 on 91X Loudpeaker

In honor of San Diego's Beatles Fair 2017  - Manual Scan is opening the vaults and playing an unreleased Beatles cover! Listeners tuning in to 91X on Sunday March 19 between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. will hear a previously unreleased track recorded in 2008, featuring Bart Mendoza, Kevin Ring, David Fleminger and Danny Cress. The song is a recasting of a Beatles classic from the Revolver album.

Scooter Girl "Soundtrack" on Youtube - includes Manual Scan, Oasis, The Jam and more!

From Facebook: "Music to read "Scooter Girl" by - This is a great graphic novel by Chynna Clugston Flores from Image Comics with Oasis, The Jam, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Suede, Let's Active, and even Manual Scan's "Plan of Action" for your listening pleasure. The book is in comic shops tomorrow, February 15th, or in bookstores February 21st."

 Scooter Girl Soundtrack

Order Scooter Girl From Image Comics 

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"