Rocky Votolato

Rocky Votolato is doing a west coast house show tour at the moment & I went to the show in Studio City, a block away from my work conveniently enough as I had go to work after. He has a beautiful voice & writes lovely songs & more people should check him out. He's doing the tour out of his car with his wife April, who is simply gorgeous. We all gathered in the living room & Rocky was pretty entertaining with his stories, although I suspect he probably knows that even though he says things to the contrary. He's releasing a new album in January & played a handful of new songs for us. I'm not sure at this point how many b/c I think he played a decent balance of new & old songs. I've never heard him play "Where We Left Off" which is one of my favorites & I really hope he plays it sometime live. He played "Sparklers" which I think I possibly heard before & of course I love the title. I recently had an obsession with obtaining some sparklers for 4th of July. I couldn't find any, but luckily someone at work gave me some a few weeks later. Can't wait for the opportunity to go light them up some place that isn't illegal & take some pictures. Rocky also played an incredibly beautiful song called "Sun Devil" (I think) which I'm sure is about his wife. He's mentioned on twitter that she's blogging about the tour - sundevil11.tumblr.com. I can put two & two together.

I first saw him in 2003 when he played with The Casket Lottery, whom I love to pieces but broke up as bands do. I've been a big fan of Rocky's since then & I'm really glad he's still out there doing his thing. I was fortunate enough to catch him play in London when I was there last year & the place was packed. When my friend Erica was in town a few years ago I brought her to see him play at Hotel Cafe. She's a fan now & has since gotten her now husband into him. See? You'll love him. Trust me.

I filmed a few songs from the show. Check my YouTube for some more snippets. Here's a new song of his called Sparklers:




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