Tag Archives: 2007 in San Diego

Formerly referred to as the Honor Roll, San Diego’s We Shot the Moon was formed simply by Jonathan Jones when his previous band, Waking Ashland, split up. After recruiting Dan Koch and Joe Greenetz for the brand new task, the trio published four tracks on MySpace as the Honor Move …

A trombonist and arranger best remembered for stints to get Chico Hamilton and Duke Ellington, Jimmy Cheatham was also a jazz educator and bandleader, with wife Jeannie helming the Special Baby Blues Music group for near half a hundred years. Blessed in Birmingham, AL, on June 18, 1924, Cheatham is …

Though his influence demonstrated less durable than his record sales, Frankie Laine was probably one of the most well-known vocalists from the 1950s, swinging jazz standards in addition to six Western movie themes of that time period along with his manly baritone. Laine’s relatively artificial Western character proved more lucrative …

Although he achieved a lot of his fame in little groups through the swing period, Specs Powell was versatile more than enough to match into bop and hard bop configurations when asked. He began doubling on piano in his very own combo, but with the past due ’30s he was …

The emo pop quartet Allstar Weekend was formed in 2007 by Zachary Porter (vocals), Nathan Darmody (electric guitar), Cameron Quiseng (bass), and Michael Martinez (drums) in NORTH PARK, California, while all people were still in senior high school. Motivated by hometown heroes like blink-182 and traditional rock symbols like Queen …