New Year’s Eve Jazz at the Mirage

I’m a little late with this post but I’ve been traveling.

On New Year’s Eve the Las Vegas Jazz Trio featuring Kai Brant played the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip. We were in the High Limit Lounge, where customers tip you in poker chips.

The ride there was an adventure, as we had a rare high-desert snowstorm.

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Now Streaming: Best of 2014, Part 2

We’ve been revisiting some favorite moments from the last year of Focus on Your Health. This is the best of, part 2, with the following highlights:

  • C-Section
  • Hustling candy
  • Back to you, Rick
  • Immunization rates in northern Arizona
  • Ethics and prescription medication
  • Thanks

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Now Streaming: Dweebalicious, by Jaelyn Denise

You can stream four songs from Jaelyn Denise‘s Dweebalicious here. You can buy the CD or a lossless download here.

Jaelyn Denise: vocals and acoustic guitar

John Wedemeyer: lead and rhythm guitars

Darrell Craig Harris: bass

Michael Cremean: guitar on “Code Red Lipstick,” percussion on “Sweep Me off the Stage”

Chris Webb: percussion on “Sweep Me off the Stage”

Martin Kaye and Briana Brown: backing vocals

T. G. LaFredo: drums and percussion

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Dweebalicious CD-Release Party, with Jaelyn Denise

On Sunday, December 14, we held a CD-release party to celebrate Jaelyn Denise‘s Dweebalicious. We performed the record in its entirety at the E-String in Henderson, Nevada. Jaelyn is a seriously talented singer-songwriter. She’s an amazing vocalist, and I always enjoy playing her songs. Michael Cremean produced Dweebalicious for Sevensmokes Music. We recorded with engineer Josh Connolly at Audio Mix House—formerly Odds On Recording—also in Henderson. photo-5 Dweebalicious Cover

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Now Streaming: Best of 2014, Part 1

This week on Focus on Your Health we are revisiting some favorite moments from the last year on the air. Regular listeners will recognize the highlights:

  • Frontier medicine
  • Dogface banana patch
  • Doctors prefer Camels
  • 53′ rattlesnake
  • Majoring in football
  • Swimming at the Green Hole

All of that and a Francophone voice-over from my favorite pianist, Sonny Lamson. A lot happens in twenty-five minutes.

This show is part 1 of 2.

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