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TECC IS 10 YEARS OLD

PARTY AND CONCERT OCT 13 

by Nancy Reed

Most San Diegan's will tell you Tim Flannery has been a Padre for 21 years, both as a player and a coach, some know him as a local Leucadia surfer. But what you may not know is Tim is an accomplished folk musician and has released 4 CD's. 

TECC is proud to invite you and yours to a house concert featuring Tim Flannery and Friends celebrating TECC's 10th anniversary, Saturday, October 13th at 3 pm at Jack and Hillary Olmstead's house. Dinner, beer, wine and of course, cake will be served. Tickets are $30, and can be purchased online or at Lou's Records in Encinitas.

Tim Flannery has recorded both live and studio CDs featuring artists such as Bruce Hornsby, Jackson Brown, Steve Poltz and Ireland's own Matt Manning. His last studio CD, Pieces of the Past is dedicated to his father, Ragon "Rev" Flannery who died of Alzheimer's two years ago. The Rev was a very popular preacher in Anaheim were Tim grew up. As the disease progressed, Tim spent time with his father learning of his father's childhood in rural Kentucky. In the last week's of his father's life, Tim with his wife and children traveled to his father's childhood home in the bluegrass hills of Kentucky. He found the old wooden house were his father grew up and brought back a piece of coal which he gave to his father. Tim said that coal brought back his father for one last moment together before the Rev was called safe to home.

From this experience Tim's music shifted from a rock/folk genre to folk/bluegrass/rock. He met new musicians and formed a new band of "friends" that included his brother Tom, bluegrass picker virtuoso Dennis Caplinger, Berkley Harts' Jeff Berkley on the African drum and vocalist Randi Driscoll. The latest CD is live recordings from various San Diego venues entitled "Tim Flannery and Friends Live" which has sold out.

This writer has had the pleasure of knowing Tim's music for 5 years. I've been lucky to hear his transition from rock to folk to bluegrass. With a a new CD recorded and "in the can," I'm sure Tim Flannery and Friends will give us some musical treasure. Come and join us to celebrate TECC's first 10 years with Tim Flannery, it will be a musical gold mine.