CASA DEL SOL

Casa Del Sol is a new Bay Area super-group of sorts, founded by singer/songwriter/guitarist John 'Mad Johnny" Modell, who is joined by Wally Ingram on drums (Sheryl Crow, Crowded House, Eric Burdon, Stockholm Syndrome, Weir/Lesh, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt), Mike DiPirro on Bass (Free Peoples, Marshall House Project, Bill Kreutzmann), and Mighty Dave Pellicciaro on keyboards (Jackmormons, Materialized). The band's original music comprises modern psychedelic soul rock, which is laced with ample amounts of blues, jazz and world music.

Casa Del Sol is fresh from their triumphant debut concert in Oaxaca, Mexico where they performed "The Family Album", a cycle of spiritual songs focusing on ancestry and human connectedness. Their songs, while lyrically very moving, also feature exciting and intense interplay and improvisation between the musicians.