Stoll Vaughan

My buddy Stoll has been revamping with a new band and recording a new record. He’s been playing Live at Ventura Blvd (free booze YAY!) on Friday evenings. Last week Duane Betts and Waylon Rector sat in on a few songs. This performance just wails…WAILS.

Duane Betts with Stoll’s band on a song they co-wrote. 8)

Let it be known I was calculating and wishing I could make a Lu/Stoll tour itinerary a reality. Unfortunately, it’s not meant to be, lwj. West coast trips are difficult for me, especially during the school year. I’m going to have to rely on YouTube and FF posts to pull me through.

I did! Thanks, lwj!

I just wrote a little report I posted to my FB page for all my JM friends who saw him open for Mellencamp in 2005.

A Stoll Vaughan update (for all those who saw him open for JM in 2005): I went to see him play this past Saturday at the Master Musician’s Festival in Somerset, KY, where he has family roots. It was a hot, muggy day (my kinda weather, actually). I was very happy to see him step out on stage, especially with his harmonica in tow. I’m a sucker for a harmonica player. He played a glorious 60 minute solo acoustic set, including many favorites of mine – “The Weatherman,” “Fade Away,” “Troubles,” and by audience request with a sing along, he covered John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery.” He knew I was going to be there with a comment I left on his facebook page. He acknowledged me by name early in his set, and much to my surprise, toward the end, began telling the history of his ‘girlfriend’ – how I had supported him from the very beginning, sent ‘boyfriend’ signs to shows with friends, bought him a cake for his birthday one year, and on and on. So nice. I was so flattered. He ended his set with a rousing “Alright.” I know many who absolutely love that song. I know I do!

I had the opportunity to talk to him afterwards. He is living in L.A. with his very sweet girlfriend (that would be his ‘real’ girlfriend), has a recording studio where he plays shows every now and then as well as artist development (worked/working with Jessica Childress from “The Voice” and Duane Betts, to name a few). He wrote a song for Sam Riddle, a country artist playing shows in Vegas. Check him out – 1) He’s a dyanmic performer 2) In his highlight reel I found on YouTube, he covers “Jack and Diane.” 😀 He has had several of his songs featured in “True Blood” and “The Office” AND he hopes to be recording a record very soon with a certain Mellencamp band member, his former manager and mentor, Mike Wanchic. I hope that happens sooner than later! Boyfriend is doing great. I just wish he would make it back home a little more often AND my Stoll Sistah Melissa Evans could have made the trip with me.