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The Paladins LIVE at Belly Up Solana Beach, CA Sunday November 30, 2025
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Last show of 2025 for San Diego's Legendary Band, The Paladins~! Get your tix now~!
The Tighten Ups kick things off w their special guest Laura Chavez~!
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The Paladins Sunday Sept 8 w The Tighten Ups + special guest Sue Palmer
Last show of 2024 - DO NOT MISS!
Mondo Cortez & The Chicago Blues Angels featuring Laura Jane and Thomas Yearsley
August 23 & 24 at Union Street Station
TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN! Only $5
"Call On Me" is here~! Get ready for a powerful 13 song album of musical satisfaction from guitar player/singer/songwriter Mondo Cortez and The Chicago Blues Angels~! Since he formed his band in 1999, Mondo has always surrounded himself with great players - just listen to Chicago phenom Bri Backman on drums on this record & at all the live shows~! Bri is the real deal. "Call On Me" also features musical icons such as Kim Wilson, Kid Ramos, & Dave Gonzalez, who also Produced, recorded and engineered this record at his RattleShack Analog Studio in Driftwood, Texas. The vibe of the songs is infectious - Rock, Soul, Blues, Swing, and Mondo covers these American Roots in Salsa and Jalapenos~! Available NOW as a CD here and at all shows~!
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Grits 'n Gravy Vol. 1
Album Release Jan 10, 2023 - TODAY!!!
"Dave Gonzalez & Susanna Van Tassel have written you a love letter. Go buy a bottle of fine wine and light a few candles. Tonight, you and your sweetheart are stayin' in!"
- Joey Harris (Beat Farmers, Joey Harris & The Mentals, The Tighten Ups)
Dave Gonzalez of the Paladins and Hacienda Brothers, is embarking on a new phase of his career as owner and operator of his very own recording studio, RattleShack Analog in Driftwood,Texas. This follows the lead of his music partner in the Paladins, Thomas Yearsley, who has operated Thunderbird Analog in Oceanside California for 25 years. His new release, Grits ‘N Gravy Vol. 1, it marks the first album that was recorded by Gonzalez at his new studio. It is also the second collaboration with his wife, the fabulous singer, Susanna Van Tassel. The first album was a great country record, this album has taken a different direction. It is a collection of 60’s styled Soul Duets, Jazz and Funk instrumentals, plus a little Blues and Swamp Pop thrown in for good measure. Eight out of the eleven songs are originals by Gonzalez. Two of the cover songs are pure Memphis Soul: William Bell and Judy Clay’s “Private Number” and Ann Peebles’ “Until You Came Into My Life.” But what may be the highlight of the album is an obscure Dan Penn/Spooner Oldham original titled “Do Something” which is reminiscent of a band that Dan Penn produced called the Box Tops. Penn has been a huge mentor for Gonazlez ever since they worked together on the three studio albums of the Hacienda Brothers. Gonazlez absorbed everything that Dann Penn was doing in the studio as a producer and engineer. Their friendship and working relationship was the main inspiration for creating RattleShack Analog Studios. Vintage gear and an approach to recording that harkens back to the days of Muscle Shoals, it’s the sound of his new studio and it is a sound clearly represented here on Grits ‘N Gravy Vol 1.
CDs (CD drop down page from main Store Menu) and full album downloads (Main Store Tab) will be available for sale starting January 10 on this website in the store~! Vinyl will be available in 2023, and we'll keep you informed of that release date. Happy New Year and congratulations to Dave and Susanna on a fantastic album~!
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