Hi All,
Recently I have been working with a Blues magazine, Blues-e-News, which
is available free to all readers. I wrote a story about my old friend, Allen Vega.
He is an accomplished musician that is known in the Bay Area of northern CA, for
his 'tasty' style of playing. I would like to share his story with you, read on...
"Allen "Ace" Vega by Dave Wiita-Hamlett
Allen was born, 1967, and raised in Oakland, California or as it is
affectionately called, "Oak-town". Also a part of the East Bay of the
San Francisco Bay Area, Oakland contributed its share of great
musicians from the wealth of music that still comes from the SF Bay.
One of the bands that left its mark in the 1970's was Graham Central
Station founded by Larry Graham, the bass player for Sly and the
Family Stone and the creator of the funk-slap bass. The great guitar
player from Graham Central Station was David "Dynamite" Vega, whom we
lost sadly in 2007. David is Allen's uncle and proves that this
family is blessed with the gift of music. I met David at a party
where we jammed together. He was so incredible back then, my A game
wouldn't have worked...I had to bring my A+ game to play with David
Vega and I definitely grew some in my playing that night.
Recently David Vega was inducted into the West Coast Blues Hall of
Fame and Allen was asked and went to accept the award for his uncle, a
well-deserved honor for a truly great player...."
(to read the rest of this story, click here and turn to page 20. I believe you'll
enjoy the end of the story and the magazine. Please leave me a comment of
your thoughts...)
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