Bat Shows 2016 (So far)        

Blast on the Bay/ Song Writer Festival

October 22, Dockside Cafe, Port St. Joe FL

October 22, Provisions Inc., Port St. Joe FL

October 23, Raw Bar, Indian Pass FL

October 27, Flora-Bama, Perdido Key FL

October 28, Flora- Bama Yacht Club, Perdido Key FL

November 4, St. James Hotel, Cimarron NM

November 5, Private Party, Santa Fe NM

November 11, American Legion Post 90, Los Alamos NM

November 17, High Desert Brewing Co., Las Cruces NM

November 19, American Legion Post 4, Deming NM

November 22, Desert Trails RV Resort, Tucson AZ

November 29, Irish Wolfhound Pub, Surprise AZ

November 30, Bistro at The Lakes, Peoria AZ

December 2, Salt Creek Grille, Santa Clarita CA

December 3, Private Party, Indio CA

December 8, McP's Irish Pub, Coronado CA

December 9, Hooley's Irish Pub, La Mesa CA

December 10, Hooley's Irish Pub, Rancho San Diego CA

December 13, Irish Wolfhound Pub, Surprise AZ

December 14, Bistro at The Lakes, Peoria AZ

December 15, Studio 55 (The Resort), Mesa AZ (Private Event)

December 17, Private Party, Surprise AZ

December 20, Irish Wolfhound Pub, Surprise AZ

December 21, Bistro at The Lakes, Peoria AZ

December 23, Hooley's  Irish Pub, La Mesa CA

December 24, Hooley's Irish Pub, Rancho San Diego CA

December 28th, McP's Irish Pub, Coronado CA

December 29th, McP's Irish Pub, Coronado CA

December 30, Salt Creek Grille, Santa Clarita CA

2017

Jan 6, Elks Lodge BPOE 1717, Artesia NM

January 14, Broken Arrow Golf Club, Tulsa OK

Jan 26, Centennial Club, McAllen TX

Jan 27, Laguna BOB, South Padre Island TX

Jan 28, Centennial Club, McAllen TX

Feb 2 &3, Lulu's, Gulf Shores AL

Feb 4, Lulu's Destin, Destin FL

Feb 8,9 & 10, Florabama Yacht Club, Perdido Key FL

Feb 14, Apalachicola Ice Co, Apalachicola FL

Feb 15, Paddy's Raw Bar, St George Island FL

Feb 16, Bowery Station, Apalachicola FL

Feb 18, Sea Hags, ST Petersburg FL

Feb 22, Riverbend, Stuart FL

Feb 23, Sunset Beach Tropical Grill, Ft Myers Beach FL

Feb 24, Snook Inn, Marco Island FL

Feb 26, Vine & Barley, Palm City FL

Mar 1, MotorCoach Resort St Lucie West, Port St Lucie FL

Mar 3, Snook Inn, Marco Island FL

Mar 4, Pelican Point Country Club, Venice FL

Mar 8 & 9, Stan's Idle Hour Restaurant, Goodland FL

Mar 10, Snook Inn, Marco Island FL

Mar 11, Everglades Isle, Everglades City FL

Mar 17, Royal Garden Estates, Cortez FL

Mar 18, Sea Hags, St Petersburg FL

Mar 19, JD's Restaurant, Indian Rocks Beach FL

Mar 23, Sunset Beach Tropical Grill, Ft Myers Beach

Mar 24, Florida Grand Motor Coach Resort, Webster FL

Mar 25, Sea Hags, St Petersburg FL

Mar 29, Stan's Idle Hour Restaurant, Goodland FL

Mar 31, Venice Golf & Country Club, Venice FL

Apr 1, Stan's Idle Hour Restaurant, Goodland FL

Apr 2, JD's Restaurant, Indian Rocks Beach FL

Apr 6, Sunset Beach Tropical Grill, Ft Myers Beach FL

Apr 8, Sea Hags, St Petersburg FL

Apr 12 & 13, Stan's Idle Hour Restaurant, Goodland FL

Apr 15, Tiki 52, Jupiter FL

Apr 17, Surf Club, Ft Myers Beach FL

Apr 22, Sea Hags, St Petersburg FL

Apr 26, LuLu's, Gulf Shores AL

Apr 27 & 28, Florabama, Perdido Key FL

Apr 29, Bone Island Grill, Eatonton GA

May 5, Fishy Fishy Cafe, Southport NC

May 6, BPOE #532, Wilmington NC

May 7, Fishy Fishy Cafe, Southport NC

May 10, Private Party, Southport NC

May 11, Fishy Fishy Cafe, Southport NC

May 14 & 16, JD's Restaurant, Indian Rocks Beach FL

May 26, Private Party, Anderson IN

May 27, Private Party, Lebanon IN

June 2 & 3, Northshore Lounge, Houghton Lake MI

June 11, The Bitter End, New York NY

June 16 & 17, Fred's Tavern, Stone Harbor NJ

July 1 & 2, Casino Wharf FX, Cape Cod MA

July 3 & 4, Delta Blue, Lake Placid NY

July 7 & 8, Fred's Tavern, Stone Harbor NJ

July 13, Ivy Restaurant, Wheaton IL

July 14 & 15, Reefpoint Brewhouse, Racine WI

July 19, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria MN

July 21, Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria MN

July 22, Private Party, Alexandria MN

July 30 & 31, Delta Blue, Lake Placid NY

Aug 10, Finback Ale House, Bar Harbor ME

Aug 12, The Sandbar, Vinyl Haven ME

Aug 18 , Blaze, Bangor ME

Aug 19, Finback Ale House, Bar Harbor ME

Aug 22, 23, Robins AFB GA

Sept 2, Hearthside Grove Motorcoach Resort, Petoskey MI

Sept 8 & 9, Reefpoint Brew House, Racine WI

Sept 16 & 17, Carlos Creek Winery - GRAPE STOMP, Alexandria MN

Sept 29, Garden Bar on 6th, Alexandria MN

Sept 30, Private Party, Atwater MN

Oct 1, VFW fundraiser, Alexandria MN

Oct 3, Candle Club, Wichita KS

Oct 4, Mort's Cigar Bar, Wichita KS

Oct 5, Heart Labyrinth, Tonkawa OK 

Oct 13, Alamo Country Club, Alamo TX

Oct 14, The Centennial Club, McAllen TX

Oct 16 & 17, Laguna Bob, South Padre Island TX

Oct 19, Private Party, Arlington TX

Oct 21 & 22, Blast on the Bay Songwriters Festival, Mexico Beach -Port St. Joe - Indian Pass FL

Oct 27, Venice Golf & Country Club, Venice FL

Oct 28, Sea Hags Bar and Grill, St Petersburg FL

Nov 3, St James Hotel, Cimarron NM

Nov 4,House Concert, Los Alamos NM

Nov 10, House Concert, Los Lunas NM

Nov 11, American Legion, Los Alamos NM

Nov 14, Irish Wolfhound, Surprise AZ

Nov 15, Sunset Bistro at The Lakes, Peoria AZ

Nov 16, Private Event, Sun City AZ

Nov 22, McP's Irish Pub & Grill, Coronado CA

Nov 24, McP's Irish Pub & Grill, Coronado CA

Nov 28, Motorcoach Country Club, Indio CA

Nov 30, McP's Irish Pub & Grill, Coronado CA

Dec 6 & 7, McP's Irish Pub & Grill, Coronado CA

Dec 12, Irish Wolfhound, Surprise AZ

Dec 14, Private Party - The Resort, Mesa AZ

Dec 19, Irish Wolfhound, Surprise AZ

Dec 20, Sunset Bistro at The Lakes, Peoria AZ

2018

Jan 13, American Legion, Port Arthur TX

Jan 20, Pelican Point, Venice FL

Jan 23, LazyDays, Seffner FL

Feb 7, Riverland, Stuart FL

Feb 17, Royal Garden Estates, Cortez FL

Feb 23, Florida Grand Motor Coach Resort, Webster FL

Apr 28, Venice Golf & Country Club, Venice FL

July 7, Private Party, WI

July 14, Private Party, Wheaton IL

July 28, Private Party, Lake Placid NY

July 29 & 30, Delta Blue, Lake Placid NY

August 26, 27 & 28, Delta Blue, Lake Placid NY

Amazing. Phenomenal. Unbelievable. These are the adjectives most commonly used to describe the Singer/Guitarist from New Mexico, whether they are talking about his voice, or his guitar playing. Now in his fourth year as a Solo Performer on the National stage, Bat leaves quite an impression wherever he plays.

   Bat grew up in Zion, IL, a little North of Chicago on Lake Michigan’s shore where Illinois becomes Wisconsin. His brother Steve and he started playing bluegrass tunes on banjo & guitar when Bat was eight years old. Singing around the campfire & entertaining at family parties was a typical occurrence for the boys.

   The family moved to New Mexico around the time Bat was in High School, and meeting other musicians with largely different styles gave him a whole new world of influences to practice on and draw from. A musical sponge, Bat soaked up every note of these new sounds and began applying them to his music. Bat wrote his first compositions as a teenager, one of which, ‘Playground’ has been recognized Internationally and is currently used in rotation on Jazz radio stations in the USA.

    In addition to guitar & banjo, Bat learned to play drums, piano, and bass. After high school he easily found enough work as a Bass player to keep him employed (as well as simultaneously doubling on the Keyboards) for the next 20 years.

    He spent a period of time hitchhiking across the US and ultimately landed in San Francisco, where he began polishing his amazing ability to cover almost anything from the Rock, Folk, Country, Soul, Metal and Oldies catalogues, playing on the wharf there for tourist tips.

   1986 Bat met Brenda while in New Mexico, and they were married. They raised three children in the Rio Rancho and Albuquerque area.

   Looking for a way to serve his country, Bat began a series of letters to the United States Department Of Defense, and after a year of being directed to this office and that, found himself in a traveling position as an entertainer for US Troops overseas for all branches of US Armed Forces, performing what most people know as USO shows for active duty forces in bases all over the world. Bat has performed for Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Ambassadors and Statesmen not only for the US but also the Emissaries of many lands in over 50 countries. One year became nearly ten, and the touring went on without letup until 2002. Once the Second Gulf War had started, the USO schedule became too choked with Celebrities wanting to go to Iraq to be with the Troops, that Bat decided to leave that Arena to the big shots, and go home for a while.

  During all this time of travel and performing with bands, Bat had become the Lead Singer in the ensembles he was performing with and, gifted with an incredible voice range, learned to use it in every style, learning to copy with uncanny accuracy the vocal tone & style of the greatest of singers from Journey to Johnny Cash. Touring non-stop, audiences are still awed nightly by his unbelievably versatile voice.

  Returning home and performing much less, Bat found other work for a time in a number of ways, but mostly helping Brenda to run her advertising Business in Albuquerque. After a couple of decades of National and International performing, Bat felt he was done with the music business and told Brenda that he was ready to get out. Brenda, however, had other ideas.

   The children having grown up and moved away, Brenda was eager to get out on the road and see the country. She convinced Bat to pick up his old 12-string guitar again, and take a run at the music business as a solo guitarist, and she, his manager.

“What can I say?’ admits Bat. “She was right.”

    Bat returned to his guitar playing with an intensity that was unstoppable. In all the years of bass playing, Bat had always been practicing on the guitar and doing solo gigs here & there, but now turned his attention to the instrument with a vengeance.  Practicing day & night, Bat wrote & recorded the first solo CD “Waiting For Zavala” on only two instruments- 12 String Guitar and voice. The result is what he refers to as “Heavy Folk.” Most others call it acoustic music on steroids. The guitar playing is flashy and impressive, and the melodies are beautiful. Catchy tunes that stick in one’s mind immediately, while studiously avoiding the sound of typical pop radio formula songs.

  The second CD “Digital Sculpture” takes folk music to a whole new level. While still recorded strictly with acoustic guitar & voice, the production is more lavish with vocal arrangements and percussion sounds- all of which are produced from drumming on the guitar body in various ways. Digital sculpture features Bat’s Magnum Opus for acoustic guitar called “Last Stand In Texas’; a three-movement masterpiece of 12 String guitar virtuosity that leaves the audiences standing in the aisles at the shows. This is the current CD that Bat is touring in support of.

  Bat has been touring North America solo now for 3 years from Coast to coast in the USA & Canada. The CDs have been acclaimed worldwide, and have been featured on television shows in Europe. He has been awarded back-to-back songwriting grants from ASCAP for his compositions, and the performances of them.

  The next CD “Guitar Pieces” will be released in early 2015, and will be an entire volume of instrumental compositions for Solo Guitar, which will include, in addition to his world renowned 12-String playing, pieces for standard 6-string, and compositions on nylon string classical guitar.

  The songs themselves range in style from one to another. Bat uses his knack for versatility generously, covering ground from Big Band Jazz to Country, Doo Wop to Rock. He does not like to have two songs of a similar style on the same CD, and is always searching for a melody better than the one before it. The lyrics are intelligent and sometimes silly, but always poetic & thoughtful. The guitar arrangements while obviously very difficult to compose and perform flow beautifully from his fingers and paint a rich atmosphere of sound and impression.

 Amazing Guitar, Incredible Voice, Absolutely Delightful Music.

WARNING: THERE ARE NO EXPLICIT LYRICS IN THIS MUSIC.