Day 120 - Axxel G. Reese - 09.18.11

Had a great evening of music. Went to see my son's band play at Viva Cantina here in Burbank. The show was presented by Jonny Whiteside and is a frequent occurrence at Viva Cantina and is called Jonny Whiteside's Messaround . There were a lot of really fun bands playing. The headliners were The Gears, which I was really excited to see. The evening had all sorts of great surprises. The first was the opening band which was the Messaround Band, who were the house band. The surprise was the great blues set. The next fun surprise for me and for my son was to see Keith Morris of Black Flag and The Circle Jerks fame in the audience watching the show. The next was the closing number by the band The Peeks. This band has the son of Chip Kinman (of The Dils) in the band. That wasn't the surprise. The surprise was when Chip joined the band on stage for a rip roaring number "White Lightning." They totally rocked the place out. Then The Gears were just fantastic. Tons of Punk Rock energy. This shot is a nice up close and personal shot of front man Axxel G. Reese. More photos are here. It was something I saw today.