Description
Sunday, October 26, 2025
DEAD ROCK WEST
with special guest JOHN KATCHUR
Doors: 5:30 PM
Show: 6:00:PM
DEAD ROCK WEST--the proudly Californian alt-country rock group fronted by Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen—have been releasing critically acclaimed records for 20 years now, working with Americana legends like Peter Case and John Doe of X and with guests such as Dave Alvin , Exene Cervenka , Rob Wasserman and Mark Olson . From their debut Richard Dodd mixed HONEY & SALT, to their Omnivore release MORE LOVE produced by John Doe, and the Mark Linett produced ITS EVERLY TIME!, Dead Rock West have defied categorization. Within their winding harmonies and complex arrangements you hear the deep influence of folk-gospel group The Louvin Brothers, the rock and roll power of The Plimsouls and a deep understanding of the immense influence that California’s own The Sons of The Pioneers hold over all that is Country Music. Dead Rock West have made it all their own.
Wasserman and Drennen’s achingly beautiful signature vocals and harmonies sit within a finely etched rock, alt-country and pop setting. Randy Lewis of Los Angeles Times’ Pop & Hiss noted their song ‘Boundless Fearless Love,’ is “set to a propellant track that’s part R.E.M., part Tom Petty and part Neil Young…”
The sound is both contemporary and timeless. Says John Doe about them: “Somehow Cindy & Frank connect the dots between '70 country & '60 soul music. They are a modern day Gram & Emmylou singing songs that Otis & Carla would sing.”
Winner of the San Diego Music Award for Best Acoustic Performer, John Katchur has performed as opening act for such legendary artists as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Steven Stills, Don McLean, Arlo Guthrie, and many others.
As a songwriter and performer, John has a strong reputation for poignant lyrics and a captivating delivery. The San Diego Troubadour magazine says,
“John Katchur plays guitar with equal measures of grace, complexity, and fearless confidence with an unbelievably effortless,
sonorous, aching voice.”
His recorded music blends singer/songwriter sensibilities with powerful rock textures and haunting atmospheres. Acoustic guitars delicate and fierce, smooth airy vocals, crunching electric guitars, organic keys and organs form “lush soundscapes like magic flying carpets” ~San Diego Troubadour
Date & Time
Sun, Oct 26, 2025 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue Details
Palo Verde House Concerts
Private HomeSan Diego, California 92115
