More than a decade ago, siblings Ron and Carole Ann Colone decided to start a concert series in Santa Ynez Valley, a place where they say live music was sorely lacking at the time. The music-going community of the valley and the greater Central Coast was waiting for it, they said. The very first […]
JOE PAYNE
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Local Notes: Local remembers Tom Petty’s legacy and last show
A Santa Maria native remembers Tom Petty’s legacy, and his last show in LA
Josh Kitchen grew up in Santa Maria to parents who always cranked the great American songbook of the 1960s and ’70s. They also took him along to concerts, often, and he’s seen just about everyone, from Paul McCartney to Emmylou Harris, from Randy Newman to Kanye West. Kitchen (full disclosure: Kitchen and the author are […]
