BB’s Progressive Concept 2LP “Scenes From The Flood” now available In limited BLUE SWIRL VINYL
New EP “Calm Before The Storm” now available digitally at Bandcamp.
BB will soon debut with PFFT, a 70s fusion tribute, in July in Los Angeles. Then he’ll hit the road with Mike Keneally in September. He is currently home recording his fourth solo album. For bookings and remote recording sessions, you can reach Bryan using the CONTACT page.
BB’s new EP “Calm Before The Storm” takes a new sonic look at three songs from the “Thanks In Advance” album –
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BB’s double progressive concept album “Scenes From The Flood” featuring Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Guthrie Govan. Mike Keneally, Ray Hearne (Haken), Gene Hoglan (Dethklok) and more – now available in BLUE VINYL in the Shop!
IT BEGINS...AGAIN: Drum tracking for my next solo album begins today. Something something long journey starts with a single step, etc.
LOVE FOR MIKE LULL: Just a quick PSA thanking Mike Lull Custom Guitars & Guitarworks for making the basses I love to play. Also many thanks to Guitar Workshop Plus for hosting an amazing event in San Diego!
NOT A FEVER DREAM: The Aristocrats' London show was filled with special guests. Always a pleasure to catch up with HAKEN's amazing drummer Ray Hearne. They're dropped another single now, this time with Adam "Nolly" Getgood on bass, another great player who I've never met! (I was on bass on the first single "in a fever dream" ICYMI.) It was a proper backstage hang afterwards, and we had a blast. ![]()
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Also, for those joining the party somewhat recently, Ray played drums on three songs on my last solo album "Scenes From The Flood" - "Always Worth It", "Bunkistan" and the epic "World Class". He killed it!
PFFFFFTTTT: Announcing a brand new musical alignment featuring myself, Jonathan Mover, Mike Keneally, and Andrew Synowiec called "PffT". It's going to be a reimagination of some of the foundations of early fusion. You can see in the graphic what we're up to. This is going to be super exciting and I'm looking forward to the debut gigs in July, all with special guest Travis Larson!![]()
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Wed July 15 The Baked Potato, Studio City CA![]()
Thur July 16 The Baked Potato, Studio City CA![]()
Fri July 17 Bornemann Theatre, San Marco CA![]()
Sun July 19 Alvas Showroom San Pedro CA
IN MEMORY OF ELLIE: I hope you will indulge me in the rare personal post to mark the occasion of Ellie crossing over the Rainbow Bridge at the dear old age of 14 1/2. She was beautiful, she gave all the kisses and snugs, she had all the snax, she chased the B A L L at the P A R K with the biggest smile, she snored peacefully like a distant rolling wave, she wagged like there was no tomorrow. And Ellie’s Mom, Liz Teisan (whose memorial post you should read), gave her the best life, every day, from her earliest puppy moments to her tender elder age. Together, they taught me why dog love is the simplest and best love of all.![]()
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If you’ve been following me since at least 2020, surely you saw this low-riding pretty pitty mix (pitpourri? pitty plus?) grace your screen a few times, so I suppose I made a personal thing public. I couldn’t help it - Ellie was my first dog love and that only happens once. She was a Pacific NW girl who loved running in grass and water, and next thing she knew she was spending covid lockdown in the high desert of Southern California. It wasn’t always an easy adjustment but she never complained because, as Ellie’s mom would say, she’s hardcore. We would go to isolated mountaintops and rural areas during the heart of lockdown and throw the B A L L with her. She would get all dusty and love every second of it. She even survived a rattlesnake bite directly to her face in mid 2020, after which she pushed herself for ten minutes down a trail until we could get her into the car and drive at ungodly speeds to the closest emergency vet. The venom swelled her face like a balloon but she made it through, because she’s hardcore. ![]()
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Though we lived in a remote area at the time, we eventually found a beautiful grassy park with a forever mountaintop view in a nearby suburb, and Ellie fell in love with it. She would howl with glee in the backseat as we made the turn onto the road to the P A R K, even though it was still a mile away. So much wagging. ![]()
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And Ellie also made sure to be very closeby whenever I was recording a session during lockdown, or practicing for the tours that came up as lockdown drew to a close. It wasn’t complicated for her. She just loved her humans. As has been often noted, humans can only aspire. ![]()
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Ellie returned to her native home for her senior years, and got lots more time in the wet grass and rainy P A R K S of the Seattle area. Her sight and hearing diminished in the past 18 months, and some other health challenges arose. I asked Ellie’s Mom if I could come see her before I left for this year’s long travels. She graciously agreed. The reunion was filled with licks and kisses and snax and wagging. Even if Ellie was moving more slowly than the last time I’d seen her, her smile was still the same.![]()
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It’s hard for me to imagine what I never would have known were it not for the love of this beautiful spirit. ![]()
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Ellie, I hope you have the sweetest, longest nap, and your little snores fill the world beyond the Rainbow Bridge with the most serene distant rolling wave.
