Hear ye! Hear ye!
For those about to rock...we salute you! Your quarterly coastal update is a little different this time, and to our new members, allow me to welcome you and assure you that henceforth your regular coastal update will be chock-full of news about our seasonal fisheries, coastal foraging tour dates and fun fishy events (when the time is right), and other coastal happenings. But this coastal update is different. Special. Quite possibly life-altering. Not content to limit myself to the wonders of the sea, I have embraced the animal kingdom in its entirety and created a strange and magical creature in the depths on my garage. Which is to say, I HAVE A NEW BAND, ALBUM, AND TICKET TO MUSICAL DELIVERANCE!  And if that's not your cup of tea, no harm done, I promise, and my next email will be about fish.
Named for the smallest antelope on earth, Kirk's Dik Dik consists of two guys: me and my neighbor and Fishwives guitarist Cary Kirk (who some of you might remember from San Francisco acoustic-punk outfit, Kemo Sabe). Turns out Cary and I share an affinity for old blues records and the song The Wizard by Black Sabbath. For the past 15 months we've been rocking out in Cary's garage (yep, right up to the beginning of the quarantine) and now have an album to show for it! Under normal circumstances we'd be out performing the album to share it, but since we're all sheltering in place...here's an email. With any luck you have time to give it a listen!
Kirk's Dik Dik: Bestiary, is a collection of songs examining the fraught relationship between man and beast, brought to life with Ethel Merman-meets-Paul Robeson vocals, tuba, harmonica, stylophone, one-string electric slide guitar (fashioned out of an old Louisville Slugger), face melting electric guitar, drums and the occasional mandolin and banjo.
 Dig the colorful cover art by Leighton Kelly (“the Leonardo of Oakland” who did all the illustrations in The Sea Forager's Guide to the Northern California Coast from Heyday Books). Download the album for a nominal $7.00 download fee and enjoy the whole Bestiary, plus free Harry Smith-style liner  notes (which, honestly, are worth the price of admission!) But this isn't a pitch for cash in the ol' tip jar. I really just want people to hear the healing madness that Cary Kirk and I invented in the garage. And tell your friends! In these dark times the power of rock and roll might just save us.
Until next time, fish on!
Kirk-out
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