Your band is really good! A good friend was in a band called Babik. Gypsy jazz stuff. Well done.
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
Welcome to TalkBass! Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
SLO Surfer w/The Tipsy Gypsies at CIP, 7/20/18
- Thread starter SLO Surfer
- Start date
Nope. We were surprised to get voted best band in SLO County by our local entertainment magazine’s readers poll two years ago without any campaigning, so apparently it ain’t no thing. Also, we get a LOT of good paying winery gigs around here. Most events around here involve local wine/beer, so I think our name actually helps us.
yup. Foggy here every day of the year. 70 degrees here when the rest of the world is 100. It’s a nightmare. You don’t want no part of this!
Don't get me wrong, I love it up there (have considered Cambria as possible retirement location).
I lived in Carpinteria for many years. Same fog thing. It gets old.
Of course, Cayucos misses the fog line....
Pluses and minuses wherever you are.
The one thing about SLO that is crazy is the temperature change when driving Cuesta grade North.
Summer +15° minimum from SLO weather
Winter -18° minimum from SLO weather
Paso/Templeton have bizarre swings from one extreme to the other.
My old home town, love the Plaza gigs, enjoyed the pics - thanks
Cambria gets even more fog than Morro Bay.
Sometimes, but on average it's pretty much the same as Morro Bay. Cayucos misses more wind than it misses fog. I prefer to surf in Cayucos because of the wind situation, so I drive between Morro Bay and Cayucos looking at the ocean most days of the week. Summer is by far the foggiest time of year at the coast. I love watching all the Summer tourists from the valley freezing while they play at the beach in their bikinis when it's cold and foggy out, (I'm wearing a wetsuit with hood and booties) because it's their vacation and they came to play at the beach so that's what they're gunna do dang it! Once summer is over and they all go home as Autumn starts, the fog leaves, winds switch off shore, temps get up to high 70's/low 80's at the beach, and we get our Indian Summer. October through the end of January is the best weather, in my honest surfer's opinion. That's when all the locals start having our beach days.
Absolutely! I spent last year working in Templeton. I'd often leave Morro Bay where it was 60 degrees at 7:30am and get to Templeton where it was 34 at 8:00am. Then I'd leave Templeton where it was 75 degrees at 3:30pm and get home in Morro Bay where it was still 60 degrees at 4:00pm.
youre officially a talkbass nerd. congratulations?
thanks for bearing witness to my rise towards the bottom. Or fall to the top? Dylan's been bugging me to come over and compare my Moollon with his vintage Fenders, but we need you to bring yours over as well. When you gunna be up near the fog next?
Outrageously Excellent gig report!!! Thank you for posting, sir!! Looking forward to more, by the way. 
Don't forget LR Baggs in Nipomo! Home of California's best steakhouse.
Been to San Louis a few times with my wife and surfed there once a Loooong time ago, killer place to ride, unaware of the shark action at the time but I was 20ish and it was a long time ago so no harm no foul! 
Such a great gig report and you guys sounded great. Just killin' vibe and she has crazy sweet pipes.
Such a great gig report and you guys sounded great. Just killin' vibe and she has crazy sweet pipes.
Wait!
What?
You know John Carpenter's "The Fog" was filmed just up the coast, at Reyes Point.
I knew I was forgetting something when trying to remember all the local music manufacturers! Thanks for the reminder. I'm way overdue for a trip to Jocko's.
That looks like a fun gig!!! Great band - vocalist is excellent and I love the thump of your upright!
Looks like a great gig. Thanks for the report. A long time ago I lived in Paso Robles. Reminders like your picture of highway 1 between MB and SLO make me miss living there. I really need to drive up from San Diego for a visit.
Yeah I remember days when it would be 105 in Paso Robles and Templeton and 68 in SLO.
Not sure which steakhouse you mean. Maybe it wasn't there when I lived in Paso Robles. I remember a couple places a little North of there AJ Spurs and F. McLintocks. Then there's always dessert at the Madonna Inn.
If you haven't been to Jocko's Steakhouse in Nipomo, then you need to stop what you are doing right now and go to there. The history of Jocko's dates back to 1838, and the current restaurant building was built in 1962, so unless you're REALLLLLLLY old, it was there, or across the street from there. There's some free live music next Friday if you're looking for something else to do on your trip up to visit Jocko's.
Our History | Jocko's Steakhouse
Edit: McLintock's and AJ Spur's are great, but Jocko's blows them away, if you're in to steak and saloons.
Lompoc boy here, although don’t get there often anymore. 1. Hitching Post in Casmalia 2. Jacko’s (too crowded in summer though) 3. Far Western (much preferred the old Guadalupe location). Fog and good eats. Nothing like the central coast.
Congrats on the great gig.
This same band played the very next night (Saturday, 7/21) at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center for their fundraiser, basically right next door to the old Far Western Tavern. Funny enough, Far Western Tavern was catering!!! They shouldn't even use the same name after leaving their awesome old location, the ambiance and vibe of that building was half the appeal.
Years ago we went to watch them excavate the 10 Commandments movie set for a bit. Dinner at Far Westen that night was their fabulous fresh raw veggie tray followed by a pound and a half of ribeye heaven. I loved that place.