Cesar, Armand and José at Ozio. April 30, 2007 11:53pm

Yeah, I know it's already been a week since I last blogged. Oh well...it's the "price" I pay for being so busy with gigs lately. Anywayz, it's 2:00pm on Monday and I'm going to try to squeeze in a couple of quick blog entries so I can get out of the house and enjoy what's left of this sunny afternoon.

Last Monday at Citron, this one guy came up to after the show and congratulated me on the performance and asked, "Do you remember me?"

After a couple of wrong guesses, he reminded that his name is Valentino and that I met him at Ozio the previous week. So he tells me that a Gipsy Kings-style group is now playing at Ozio. "Cool, I'll just pack up my sound system and I'll stop by later."

Of course, I was a little puzzled. I'm supposed to everything (well OK, almost everything) that goes on in the DC flamenco scene including the rumba gigs (which there seem to be more of these days). So I when I walked over to Ozio close to midnight, I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that the rumba group was Duende Camarón.

So now I'm glad that my fellow working musician friends have a Monday night gig (these are hard to come by) but it kinda sucks that for now, José won't be dropping by Citron to sing a letra or two of bulerías or tangos during my show. On the other hand, now I have another place to chill out in case I get tired of the beautiful girls and cool music and Citron after my show.

In any case, I hope that I can convince a good number of you to come out and support Duende Camarón at their Monday night gig at Ozio. It's located at 1813 M St (a 5-minute walk from Citron). In fact, I suggest you make a complete evening of it and enjoy my flamenco show at 8pm or 9pm, hangout for awhile and make your way to Ozio around 10pm or 11pm to catch the performance by Cesar, José and Armand. TIP: you can still smoke at Ozio's! Then just before catching a cab home, stop by Julia's Empanadas for a healthy late-night snack (They close at 2:00am on Mondays).

Here are few more pics...