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Smack Dab at the World-Famous Rib Joint in Dana Point, Saturday 04-25-2026!

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  From Left to Right:   Smack Dab is Lloyd Brown, lead vocals and guitar; Allison Friedman, lead vocals and guitar; Marc Repaire, lead guitar and vocals; Kent Richards, bass and vocals and myself on the drums.   You can reach us at SmackDabGroup@gmail.com . Well, on Saturday the 25th of April, 2026, our band Smack Dab again had great pleasure to play at the World-Famous Rib Joint in the great little beach town of Dana Point, CA.   As I’ve mentioned before, over the last couple of years we’ve done quite a few gigs at the Rib Joint, and it is a great little place to get out and actually play in front of people.   As us musicians know, practicing only gets you so far; in order to see if all that repetition has paid off is to play in front of people!   Also, the hours (6:30 to 9:30 PM) are great, and with a bit of luck, I’m in bed by 11:00 PM!      We had originally planned on playing outdoors; however, even though it hadn’t rained for a mont...
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A Day In The Life With The Huskies!

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  On my way to take our two Huskies for their late afternoon walk on Wednesday, April 15, 2026!  Lars the male in the foreground, Misha the female is right behind.  As usual when walking the two sled dogs, I'm hanging on for dear life!        So, this is a little recap of what it is like to live with two Huskies in the beautiful little beach town of San Clemente, CA.   Consequently , this little blog post is all about Lars and Misha, our two Huskies (and by the way, my background music for writing this post is Time Out, by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.  What a stellar album!).   We have had Misha since 2017 and Lars since 2018, and they are both rescue dogs, meaning that they were either strays (like Misha) or given up for adoption (like Lars).   But the story really starts with the loss of our previous two dogs, Sydney and McKenzie, who we lost within six weeks of each other back in early 2017.   Sydney, who was a Border Collie ...
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