Damon Castillo Band at Concerts in the Plaza
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Aug 6, 2021 5pm - 8pm
Location
Mission Plaza
989 Chorro Street
Details
Downtown SLO and Sunset Honda proudly present the 25th Anniversary Concerts in the Plaza Series, featuring Damon Castillo Band, sponsored by Pacific Western Bank.
Concerts in the Plaza is a 8-week free summer concert series in Mission Plaza in beautiful Downtown San Luis Obispo.
Drinks available for purchase from Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | Chamisal Vineyards | Jean Marie Cidery | and food available for purchase from Libertine Brewing Company and Woodstock's Pizza.
Concerts attendees are encouraged to bring their own reusable cups to the event (no glass please!), as Downtown SLO honors the City of San Luis Obispo Government ordinance that prohibits single use cups, straws and plastic bottles on City property, including Mission Plaza.
Commemorative 25th Anniversary Concerts in the Plaza 16 oz pints and 10 oz wine cups will be available for purchase at the bar.
Family friendly | Please, no outside alcoholic beverages | No pets | No smoking | No glass containers | Bar opens at 5:00 PM | Music 5:30-7:30 PM | Please refrain from placing chairs and/or other material on the grassy knoll before 11:30 AM | #ConcertsinthePlaza
August 6 | Damon Castillo Band | Rock N Soul
Sponsored by Pacific Western Bank
The words “singer/songwriter” usually conjure up images of a lone voice and an acoustic guitar. Don’t get me wrong, Damon can do that. On his latest album, Mess Of Me, just listen to the sweet, nostalgic “I'm So Happy I Could Die” or even "Saint Cecilia" which adds a Nico-inspired string quartet. But he can also deliver unabashed pop songs like “I Hope You Figure It Out” and "California Minute" as well as sexy R&B jams like “Rocket Of Love” and “Mess Of Me”. And just as his writing chops let him cross genres at will, his production chops let him tailor each song to its greatest effect, whether that is warm and sweet like "Sometime Guy", to grandiose and cinematic like "I Will Remain".
Damon is from San Luis Obispo, a town on the central coast of California that National Geographic and Oprah deemed “the happiest place in the country”. Nestled in on the south side, not far from rolling hills of pinot noir and chardonnay, he operates out of his studio, Laurel Lane.
Damon wrote and produced Mess Of Me. The album’s personnel includes longtime bandmates Kristian Ducharme (keys), Larry Kim (saxophone), as well as new collaborators Aaron Sterling (drums - John Mayer, Sara Bareilles, Gavin Degraw), Pete Whitfield (strings - Kanye, Eliza Doolittle, Olly Murs), and nine-time Grammy-Award winning mixer F. Reid Shippen.
