Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Welcome to the Big Time
Josh Steely played guitar for 13 years in Sandjacket, a Carlsbad trio. His last show with the band was in September at the 49-capacity Mas Fina Cantina. Now with a new band, Steely jokes that he's been rocking as long as his new front man has been alive.
"I got my first guitar at age 10," says Steely, 37. "That was the year Chris was born."
Steely refers to Chris Daughtry, the shaved-head country-rock singer whose success as an American Idol finalist landed him a contract with Sony/BMG. His debut CD, Daughtry, was released last week.
Last month Steely was selected as lead guitarist for Daughtry's band.
"I guarantee they weren't looking for a 37-year-old electrician," says Steely, referring to his youthful appearance and day job. He got the audition through his longtime friend, North County--bred guitarist Stevie Salas.
Steely didn't play on Daughtry's album.
"It was almost done when they got me." He says he and his other three new bandmates were hired as salaried musicians. Slash was one of the guitarists used in the studio. Steely rejects the idea that his new band has a prefab, N*Sync feel.
"It is so not that. Even bands like My Chemical Romance are put together. Their label tells you who makes the cut. It was the same thing with me before with Sandjacket. We had an investor who set us up with a production deal."
Chris Daughtry's tour will kick off in February.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Welcome to the Big Time
Welcome to the Big Time
Josh Steely played guitar for 13 years in Sandjacket, a Carlsbad trio. His last show with the band was in September at the 49-capacity Mas Fina Cantina. Now with a new band, Steely jokes that he's been rocking as long as his new front man has been alive.
"I got my first guitar at age 10," says Steely, 37. "That was the year Chris was born."
Steely refers to Chris Daughtry, the shaved-head country-rock singer whose success as an American Idol finalist landed him a contract with Sony/BMG. His debut CD, Daughtry, was released last week.
Last month Steely was selected as lead guitarist for Daughtry's band.
"I guarantee they weren't looking for a 37-year-old electrician," says Steely, referring to his youthful appearance and day job. He got the audition through his longtime friend, North County--bred guitarist Stevie Salas.
Steely didn't play on Daughtry's album.
"It was almost done when they got me." He says he and his other three new bandmates were hired as salaried musicians. Slash was one of the guitarists used in the studio. Steely rejects the idea that his new band has a prefab, N*Sync feel.
"It is so not that. Even bands like My Chemical Romance are put together. Their label tells you who makes the cut. It was the same thing with me before with Sandjacket. We had an investor who set us up with a production deal."
Chris Daughtry's tour will kick off in February.
Comments