2015 was full of awesome and beautiful things! Here are the highlights:

• We opened for our swing heroes Big Bad Voodoo Daddy! It was AMAZING!!
• We headlined our first college show. WOO HOO!!
• We played a ton of corporate events…

Hey lovers,

I haven't written in a while not because I don't think of you, but because life's been so darn busy. Between getting married, getting a new puppy, and gigging like a mad man, well, life is full -…

When the email came in I was on a break between sets at a private club gig. An email address I didn’t recognize, from a Napa venue manager, asking if we wanted to open for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on…

Dear dancers,

We have some super exciting swing news to share with you.

First, “Second Sunday Swing” at Neck of the Woods is going so well that, if we get good numbers in May, the venue wants us upstairs in…

A few years ago my sister and I made a pilgrimage to the Polish villages where our Mom’s ancestors came from. I asked my sister – who lives in Europe – if we could also go to Auschwitz while we…

2014 was a year of big changes and growth for the Klipptones.

On a grand scale, we finished a nearly yearlong residency at the Palace, and started a new one at a swanky private joint in downtown San Francisco. It’s…

I recently wrote a blog about why I have the best band in the world. At a recent rehearsal/recording session, my sax player Jesse returned the favor. Here's the story:

We needed to do a holiday tune demo, so I…

Because no matter where I drag them (bars all the way out in Livermore, parking lots next to Chevron stations in Millbrae, rickety boat houses in Point Reyes); no matter what I ask them to wear (kilts, piano key ties,…

The life of a musician is as sexy as it sounds. Here’s a little peek into the morning after a night of making beautiful music.

Even though last night was the third of three consecutive nights playing, I didn’t sleep…

Sometimes you're in a corner and you just gotta write your way out. So I did, and here's where I ended up. (A little rough around the edges but it won't make your ears bleed.)

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