The best singer/songwriters have a great story. Joe Pug's story is an interesting one: Quitting school before his senior year of college, he packed up and left the day before the new semester and headed to Chicago, where he was a carpenter by day and tooling around with an old guitar at night. His music was noticed quite quickly, and his popularity has grown from the word-of-mouth and free CD samplers that he send out for free. Pug appears tonight at the Loft at UCSD. Get there early, because Josh Damigo is making an appearance, too. Damigo was recently flown out to the Pentagon for a screening of a new HBO documentary featuring his brother. Make sure you ask him about it.
Monday, Nov. 1:
- Joe Pug and the Hundred Mile Band, Nik Freitas, Josh Damigo @ The Loft
- Donavon Frankenreiter, Ximena Sarinana @ Belly Up (sold out)
- Elsinore, the Whole Shebang, guest @ Soda Bar
- Alti Veri, Broken Water, Morgan and the Organ Doners, Rolled #’s @ Tin Can
- The Styletones @ Bar Pink
- Melly Frances and the Distilled Spirits @ Riviera Supper Club
- Common Ground Theatre Fundraiser @ Humphreys Backstage Live
- DNB, featuring DJs Delano and R.A.W. @ Ruby Room
- Blues Jam Hosted by Mystery Train @ O'Connell's
- Open Mic @ Lestat's
- Club MAW @ Henry's Pub
- Doug Allen, Suzy Bongo @ The Kraken
- Chet Cannon @ Patrick's II
- Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
- The Get Down @ Club Kadan
- Dave Scott @ Croce's
Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and sometimes whatever creeps into her head on her music blog San Diego: Dialed In. Check it for even more listings. She also provides social media content for the Casbah. Follow her updates at twitter.com/sddialedin or submit your music listings.
