Sunday, August 2, 2026

Stills and shots from a couple of shows over the last weekend.

 


Real good times were had playing with Zenzizenzo and Benson Highway Band on 7/31 and 8/1 respectively. It's always cool to play to some kind of audience and it was the case that there were people at both of these shows, to enough of an extent. It seemed as though both groups played well. No bummers on my end anyway. The stills are screenshots from Instagram feeds. Things come and go so quickly on that platform and really the only way to achieve long term capture of so much of the information presented therein is by screenshot. Kinda sucky but work with what you've got. I'm including a few shots of the green room of The Dirty Drummer, a fantastic and welcoming place as regards musicians. What an honor to play there! I'm no less stoked on playing the Music Box Lounge, that spot is rad and cozy and hassle free. Benson Highway Band will play Tucson later this month, Zenzizenzo in September. Much gratitude to all of mis compadres actual. 









Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Playing some shows this weekend!

 


Fri. 7/31

Music Box Lounge

6951 E 22nd St.

Tucson 85710

9PM

Zenzizenzo

Room Tree (Phoenix)

Language Of Thieves

Free!



Sat. 8/1

The Dirty Drummer

2303 N 44th St.

Phoenix 85008

8PM

Sean Whalen & the Benson Highway Band

Jayden Secor

$

I look forward to playing out in public again! 

Thursday, July 9, 2026

More Cloud Shepherd music up at Archive.org!

 


A recording of Cloud Shepherd playing at the main library in Alameda, CA 2012. This show was part of a series called "Shh...Music", curated buy Das, the leader of Big City Orchestra. I recall having a great time and getting pretty tranced out. There were large curtains all over the building that shivered in the darkened space. Good times! 

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Monday, June 29, 2026

Some shots of Benson Highway Band at Che's Lounge Tucson, 6/27/26!

 




A great time was had. We were stoked to play with some great touring groups! 

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Benson Highway Band plays this Saturday at Che's Lounge!

 


This flyer says 7PM but the show actually starts at 9PM. 

6/27/26

Che's Lounge

350 N 4th Ave.

Tucson 85705

Family Worship Center 

Smoker Dad

Sean Whalen & the Benson Highway Band

Free! 

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

A couple of shots of Zenzizenzo at Splinter Collective Tucson!

 



Many thanks to Steev Hise for taking and sharing these shots! 

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Zenzizenzo-Splinter Collective Tucson, 6/17/26

 


After plowing through a Sonoran monsoon deluge to get to Splinter Collective Zenzizenzo managed to lump our gear into the building and set up to play. It was hoped that this show would take place at Splinter's outside stage, but the rain made it necessary to play indoors. We hit for a bit over forty minutes and things felt good and loose. Maybe a few gaffs here and there but that's to be expected. Many thanks to Steev and the Splinter Collective staff for hosting a really fun evening of music and sound! Zenzizenzo hopes to record soon and will play out in late July. 

I'm not sure any photos were taken so this shot of our gear will have to suffice.