Yesterday (Monday) at 5:24 PM ET, the Sun’s rays shined directly onto the Equator – no more to the north than to the south – as it announced the first day of Spring. As I walked around my yard, I noticed my Lavender plants are blooming, small wildflowers are making their presence known, and my plum tree is already dropping petals all over the place. Spring has certainly sprung! I love this time of year. Last night, when I got home from my gig at the Blue Wing Saloon, I began watching a series called Friday Night Lights on Netflix. But I barely got past the intro, where I was captivated by the instrumental theme music. It was a simple 50 seconds of pure and innocent wonderment. I kept listening to it over and over. I looked it up, and it was written and performed by a musician named W.G. Snuffy Walden, doing his take on a soundtrack from the original movie by a band called Explosions in the Sky. I only wished it would play longer. Here’s the live music schedule for the week of 3/21 through 3/27…

It’s got to be some sort of phenomenon! Walmart, all the LC Boutiques and thrift stores are reporting that all their green clothing items have completely sold out. One would think something like St. Patrick’s Day is somewhere on the horizon!… Shiver me timbers! Okay, Friday really is St. Patrick’s Day, and there’ll be more St. Patrick’s Day music-related events in both the LC and MC than you can find petals on a dozen Shamrocks. Ar fheabhas!!! Just so nobody misses out I’m gonna list them all, (well, at least all I’m aware of…). Here’s the live music guide for the week of 3/14 through 3/20.

I’m about to pop the top off a bottle of Kelsey Creek Brewing’s “Lemmy” and I gonna savor the flavor while putting together this week’s live music schedule. Ahh, yeah! Just so you know, this is 22 ounces of mind-blowing, ass kickin’ brew from one of our favorite LC breweries. And being as it’s a stout, it pretty much covers all the important food groups. But enough on that, (or is there ever enough?). Hey live music peeps, got some good news for ya. I dropped in last week at the new Hot Cow Bar and Grill, (formerly The Spot in Clearlake), for a meal, a brew and an introduction to the manager. They’re gonna have live music here again, WOOHOO! But because of the weather it’s gonna be done in baby steps – starting this weekend indoors with Karaoke, but the following weekend a band is scheduled to be rocking the joint! More on that later. The menu is the usual burger and sandwich fare with occasional specials, (sorry Mojo, no deep-fried soup…) and, of course, a full bar. As a Clearlakian I’m stoked! Much more to come… Here’s the live music schedule for the week of 3/9 through 3/13.

Do we have to worry? No folks, there were no floods, famine, plagues, locusts, pestilence, boils, or even dogs and cats living together. It was just snow, and for most of us, it’s pretty much melted. I know the power outages are an inconvenience – mine was out for 30 hours and I did what Leslie Ann Warren did in the Mel Brooks’ movie, “Life Stinks” – I wore many layers of clothes to keep warm, (a brilliant scene, BTW. I’ll never look at homeless women the same way…). Some others don’t expect their power to be back on until March 3 or 4, but it’s still not the end of times, especially when it comes to live music here in The LC. Just got some good news about the future of The Spot in Clearlake – it’s now called The Hot Cow Bar and Grill, it’s now open and rumors have it that they plan on keeping it a live music venue. Woohoo! But more on that next week. Here’s the live music schedule for the week of 2/28 through 3/6…