Sounds Like San Diego: March 26

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 | Updated 12:15 AM PDT

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Rosemary Bystrak

John Waite still has it nearly three decades after his his "Missing You" topped the charts.

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When I spent the weekend at Sunset Session in February, we were told that we scored an interview with John Waite. And then I asked, "Who is John Waite?" While the name didn't ring a bell, his studio session instantly brought back memories as he sang "Missing You" to a small group of us fortunate to be in the room. Waite collaborated with Matchbox Twenty's Kyle Cook on a new album and is touring on the record. Acoustically, the performance was incredible, but later, with the full band, Waite proved he can still make hearts beat and bodies shake. Tonight the band returns to San Diego; they're playing at Ramona Mainstage, so it's a bit of a drive, but I promise it will be worth the drive to catch the return of a legend.

Saturday, March 26:

John Waite, Scott West @ Ramona Mainstage
Hyena, Music for Animals, the Foreign Resort, DJ Qenoe @ Casbah
Milagres, the New Assembly, D/Wolves, the Wet Years @ Tin Can
Endoxi, Stripes and Lines, Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up
Rainbow Arabia, Spoek Mathambo, Jahdan Blakkamoore, DJ Meth Combz @ Soda Bar
Dear Speak, Ash Reiter @ Bar Pink
Which One's Pink? with the Pettybreakers @ House of Blues
Unruly Bangs, Horror Squad, Atom Age @ Eleven
Black Spit, Geriatrics From Mars, Chinese Rocks @ The Shakedown
Booty Basement, with Dimitri & Rob @ Whistle Stop
Pyrate Punx and Graverot present To Violently Vomit @ Ruby Room
Embalmers, Chango Rey, Mother's Worry, Thee Strychnine DJs @ Tower Bar
Chris Sprague and His 18 Wheelers, Amber Foxx, the Lucky Stars @ O'Connell's
Catherine Feeny, Lila Nelson, Nicole Vaughn @ Lestat's
Western Medicine @ Riviera Supper Club
Agua Dulce @ Croce's
Sixth Day, Unset, Revelance @ Brick By Brick
The Burnsville Band @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
Hot Buttered Rum, Head for the Hills @ Winston's
Antagonist, Picture It in Ruins, Draind, In Faith Unfocused, DepraV @ Soma
Our Last Night, Attila, A Bullet for Pretty Boy, Armor for the Broken, Eyes Like the Sea, Captain! Captain!, Anchors Above @ Epicentre
Gregory Page @ Westgate Hotel
John Foltz @ Marble Room
Stranger @ Sound Wave
Blues Doctors @ Claire de Lune
Cole Collective @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine and Culinary Center)
Patti Zlakett @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (5 p.m.)
Quino @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9 p.m.)
Mighty Regis @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
Epic Fighting MMA @ 4th & B
Ashford & Simpson @ Anthology (7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.)
Diego's Umbrella, DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's
Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd tribute) @ Portugalia
Young Guns presents: Special Guests, Groundfloor @ El Dorado
The Nards @ Tiki House
DJ Tony Moran, Luis Perez @ Spin
Dave Aude @ Voyeur
Sid Vicious Saturdays with Rico Delargo, DJ Kevin Brown @ Fluxx
Zydeco Blues Patrol, DJ Paul D @ Coyote Bar & Grill
Soul Diego @ Patrick's ll
Evolve with Nik Aragon, Preston Grover, featuring Sarah Cranberry, Osal8, Mike Mannino @ Kava Lounge
Serious Guise, American Honey @ Dirk's Niteclub
The Mighty Untouchables @ Dreamcatcher Viejas
Sandbox @ V Lounge Viejas
The Heroes, the Fabulous Pelicans @ Valley View Casino
Offbeats @ McP's Irish Pub
Loked, Dive Bomber, Dantes Boneyard @ 710 Beach Club

Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and general musings about life in San Diego onSan Diego: Dialed In. She does social media for the Casbah, books at West Coast Tavern West Coast Tavern, and is trying her hand at band management. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.