Friday, February 22, 2008

YALE BROTHERS SHOW EPISODE 2













Listen to/download this episode here.

Some of the audio is sketchy. Sorry about that.

Show notes:

Hollywood High School

Hollywood Professional School

L.A. City College


Peggy Lee

Tony Bennett

Peyton Hall

McLean Stevenson

Magic Castle

Wallich's Music City


Drum City/Guitar Villa

Magic Castle Hotel
Our dad ran this place. We came of age there.

Hollywood Magic

Hollywood Toys

Rog said The Who by Tommy. Oops! Hey Rog, it's Tommy by the Who, dummy!

Robert Morse

Rock Hudson

Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel

The Grand Strand

Sick Stooges

Chris Yale - Well Enough Alone

Podsafe Music:
Technicolor Town by Chris Yale
Available on the PMN

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Chris Yale Interviewed on For The Sake Of The Song


Check out my interview with Sean McGaughey from the For the Sake Of The Song Podcast.

I met Sean through the medium of podcasting, and we have become good friends. Sean is an excellent songwriter and performer in his own right, and his podcast is excellent.

Check his show out. Start with my interview and work backwards!

Monday, February 18, 2008

Yale brothers in 1992 Sass Jordan Video



I found this on YouTube on a whim. Rog and I are in the band in this video from 1992. I am the guy with the cream colored Telecaster wearing the black leather hat usually standing on the far right. Rog and the keyboards are on the left. Not a whole lot of on-camera time, but it was a lot of fun. John Corabi is on the other guitar and hogs most of the video (lol). That was right at the time that he was replacing Vince Neil in Motley Crue. The bass player is Kelly Nickels of L.A. Guns. I forgot the drummer's name, but he was cool. He was actually the only one on stage other than Sass that was on the record.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Friday, February 15, 2008

Victoria Vox


Rog and I were one of the acts opening for Victoria Vox at Croissants this evening. She is awesome. It was wonderful seeing her again. I met her last year when she was in the area. Kayton Roberts and his wife were also playing this evening. He is the most amazing pedal steel player I have ever been in the same room with. I am mesmerized by his sound. He played with all the greats, including playing in Hank Snow's band for years. It was a wonderful evening, and I was glad to be a part of it. The place was jammed. Sorry Paul, Tracy, Andre, and Heidi about the lack of seating. I truly appreciate you guys dropping by. I had no Idea it was going to be so jammed.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Good Rehearsal

I just wrapped up a great rehearsal with my keyboard playing, ivory tickling maniac brother. We cruised through about eight of my tunes, and went over some spots that needed work. We are also working out some vocal harmonies. We are going to head out on Friday and play a few numbers over at Croissants. They have a great open mic over there. It's a nice place to try some stuff out in front of a very receptive crowd. This will be the first time Rog and I have played together in a while. I think it's high time we get out and about, and coming from a recluse like me that's saying something. I am perfectly content to shut myself up in my room and read or play the guitar or record or what have you, but that's not exactly healthy, now is it?