My Debut TV Performance (Austin City Limits w/ Adrian Quesada’s Boleros Psicodelicos) Streaming Now!

I’ve always assumed my TV debut would be an interview on the 5 o’clock news for witnessing something wild, but…it was playing drums in Adrian Quesada’s Boleros Psicodelicos ensemble for Austin City Limits. I’ll take it! 

The concert was filmed in October of last year and aired over the weekend on PBS. The concert is now streaming on the PBS website for the next month. Catch it before it expires! To say I’m honored to share this moment with so many insanely talented folks is an understatement. 

Enough talking – watch it here! (I’ll link it twice, why not.)

Sung entirely in Spanish by established vocalists hailing from Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala and more, the music is a nod to psychedelic ballads of Latin America from the 1960s and ’70s. The guitar and keyboards capture the psych of that era. The strings, vibraphone and horns take care of the ballad part and the funky drums are covered by yours truly and the rhythm section. I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in my decades as a working musician, but this was no doubt the pinnacle. I wish my grandmother was still here to watch, but I’m sure she’s somewhere eating a bowl of Gumbo watching saying “you knock em dead, boy!” and asking another elderly woman nearby why nothing is in English. I hope you will enjoy.