Jam in the Van: #savethevan

Last night, Priyah invited me to a backyard music fundraiser in Venice for Jam in the Van.

From Jam in the Van's website: 

"In short, Jam in the Van was created by a group of friends, each from a different walk of life and background, each with one common bond, the love of music. We built a Jam Van by turning an old Winnebago into a professional sound studio.  We invite musicians inside of the van to record intimate HD sessions to showcase the artists' live performances. "

Jam in the Van has had performers as Meiko, The Peach Kings, Vanaprasta, and Honey Island Swamp Band (which are coincidentally, some of my faves.)

Jam in the Van recently went to SXSW and the van went through a lot so they were raising money to make a new van, hence the #savethevan event last night. So for $10 each, we got to hear amazing music from The Dustbowl Revival (my folk love at its best) and got to meet the members as well as meet the bassist from John Wayne Bro (a little Black Keys-ish) and tons of other local musicians. (And there was beer.) 

This is a pretty amazing thing and I think everyone should donate to/follow Jam in the Van 

:-)

Overall, after a day of studying, it was an amazing end to the week - Thank you, Priyah for the invite!

Some music from last night: