The Buster Brown Band Performs at Ashkenaz

About two months ago, I joined a music program called Bandworks. You sign up and tell them what instruments you play. They place you in a band with 4-5 other people, give you some songs to learn, and someone to instruct and guide you.

I originally wanted to play the drums, but they assigned me to the bass. So I also became the lead singer. My group - the Buster Brown Band (myself, Patty, Jim, Oren, Bernie and our instructor, Bhakti) - met once a week for 8-9 weeks and then had our first and only performance at Ashkenaz in Berkeley on 11/14/07. Seemed to get a good reception, and I had a great time having my big rock and roll moment.

Check it out...(special thanks to Sean and Ingrid for taking the videos and photos).

Photos from the performance and later that evening:

Band Performance at Ashkenaz - 11/14/07

Videos from the performance:

The warmup and soundcheck:


Song #1: Island in the Sun, by Weezer:


Song #2: Friend of the Devil, by the Grateful Dead (video is sideways, sorry):


Song #3: Samba Pa Ti, by Santana:


Song #4: Learn to Fly, by the Foo Fighters:


Song #5: Suzie Q, by Creedence Clearwater Revival: