I just read an interesting book about the rise and fall of "classic rock", Twilight Of The Gods by Steven Hyden. The author has an amusing writing style and makes a good case for leaving the dinosaurs of rock to…
Read moreNov 8 2021
Nov 8 2021
I just read an interesting book about the rise and fall of "classic rock", Twilight Of The Gods by Steven Hyden. The author has an amusing writing style and makes a good case for leaving the dinosaurs of rock to…
Read moreSep 21 2021
Two El Borko Shows this week. The first is at Covered Bridge brewing in Cottage Grove TONIGHT! Tue, Sep. 21 7:00PM. Covered Bridge is on the corner of 9th and Main in Cottage Grove. This will be just a trio…
Read moreSep 5 2021
Sensible people recognize that we as individuals are insignificant. We hope that we matter to those we care about, but in the big picture we are nothing.
Nonetheless, this is our life, and it means a lot to us. Not…
Read moreAug 24 2021
I have two shows this weekend, one with Miller Brothers at Friendly gardens Friday night and one with El Borko Surf! at Viking Braggot Brewery Saturday afternoon at 4:00. I say "I hope" because things are shaky here as in…
Read moreAug 2 2021
After I released Surf Monster five months ago, I felt like I had more to say. So I said it by making another El Borko album, Surficana. This new record has seven surfy songs and no singing. These songs explore…
Read moreJul 19 2021
I played two very different shows this past weekend. One was a full electric band at a brew pub and the the other was Sunday brunch solo acoustic music. At both events I saw friends who have been coming to…
Read moreJul 12 2021
I have two shows coming up this weekend:
This Saturday July 17, 6:00pm — 8:00pm
El Borko Surf!
Viking Braggot Brewing Brewery & Taproom,
520 Commercial St, Unit F, Eugene, OR
Classic and modern surf including music from their album…
Jun 28 2021
Making and promoting Surf Monster has been a really good experience. I got back into the patterns of practice, promotion, and performance that characterizes the life of a musician. I couldn't stop, I made another surf record which is coming…
Read moreJun 20 2021
Tom Hilton has a small label in the UK. He puts out a regular series of music samplers by indy artists like me. He sent me links to some of these and they are super fun. Lots of great music…
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