My partner in crime and all things wonderful, Christian Nesmith,  has taught himself Final Cut and here is his biggest achievement so far…we hope you enjoy, share and comment like mad.

And as our little gift to you, a free download of my Christmas song

All I Want For Christmas Is Candy by Circe Link (right click to save)

All I want from you is to please leave a comment HERE and or share it with a friend!

And tune in for our next house concert LIVE around 7pm on Thursday December 29th by clicking on this link

WWW.LIVESTREAM.COM/CIRCELINK

We did a new song, made new friends, and have a few new videos to share with you thanks to our fan club President Mr. Michael Bond!
Next time I tell ya it’s gonna be good, you better listen!

Photos by Nanette Gonzales at The LA WEEKLY

It’s time to eat snails again….
At TAIX Country French Cuisine while we treat you to some old and new delights of our own. Enjoy our all acoustic line up featuring :
Christopher Allis, Brant Biles, Jason Chesney, Laura Drew, Debra Tala and welcoming home Christian Nesmith!

FRIDAY October 14th at 11:30pm
At TAIX 321 Lounge 1911 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 484-1265

If you have any favorite songs you’d like to see a video for let us know won’t you?
Or why not make us one? Here is a little info….

Enjoy!

Ok time to put your money where you mouth is!
If you like live music, and you like the indie theatre scene in Los Angeles then you best come down and support at
THE KING’S HORSES: IMPROVISATIONAL CABARET The Artworks Theatre 6569 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 10pm! $10

Me and the band will be doing a few sets and hope to see you there!

Another intimate night at TAIX 321 Lounge in Echo Park. Join us for some spring frolicking.
Featuring Christopher Allis, Brant Biles, Jason Chesney, Laura Drew, John McDuffie, and Debra Tala.

I don’t listen to my own music.
Once it’s done, I don’t fondly go over old songs like worn pictures in a vintage scrapbook. Honestly, I’m more interested in creating something new than reliving the past. That coupled with my overly active creativity makes me a rather prolific songwriter. Hence my sixth full length studio release titled “California Kid”.

On this record I tried, for the love of baby jesus, to stick with one style, call it Roots Rock or Americana if you will. I used to call my style “Cowboy Jazz” and that worked when I had an upright bass player and a Bettie Page pencil skirt, but now it’s anyone’s guess.
I’m not sure if any of you out there agree, but my genre hopping may have limited my “marketability” so I have been told by some industry wigs. Alas, I have yet to come up with a catchy sound bite moniker for the new sound, but rest assured it keeps me up at night…..

The tones, style and approach for this record were along the lines of The Band, Tom Petty, and Derek Trucks and a little Sheryl Crow. Throw my vocal into the mix with some lovely harmonies and hear the results for yourself. Additionally, this record introduces my reformatted band now called ‘Circe Link and The Discount Candy Family Band‘ and includes the stellar bass playing of Jason Chesney from the Los Angeles local buzz band Old Californio, backing vocals by session singer Laura Drew and singer songwriter Debra Tala.

The band name came from conversational scraps that stuck in my flypaper mind, my love of 1970′s cheesy family bands, and the lack of pretension a name like that suggests. We “play” music after all right?
And the name fits pretty darn well if I do say so myself as folks feel a family atmosphere at both our rehearsals and shows.

Fun facts on this record include:
Christian Nesmith on the left speaker and Bart Ryan on the right in all mixes except California Kid so one can hear the wonderful character of each player. Just like on a Judas Priest record. (Yes, I love them still)
Laura Drew’s riotous squeak going into the bridge of Gettin’ High.
Deb Tala’s lilting Texan accent peeking through on Tiger Swami.
Michael Sherwood pondering about 1970′s Legend Barry Gibb.
Christopher “Peanut-butter” Allis and “Chocolate” Jason Chesney’s killing rhythm on every bleeding track.
Oh, and I’m naked on the inside artwork.
The official street release date is September 14th 2010.

The record release will be at The Grand Ole Echo at The Echo on July 25th.
The show will be all ages and FREE!
Please come down and join us for some down home family style fun in a wild west of a town we like to call Los Angeles.

1822 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 in downtown Echo Park. Enter through the alley at 1154 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90026

Tonight will be the last night of the residency I have held at Genghis Cohen for over a year now on the first Saturday of every month.

It’s hard to explain to those of you who are not in Los Angeles, or are not musicians, the incredible challenges there are to gigging in this dark and beautiful city.
The traffic, the parking, the weather, the parades, the protests, and the all around torpor of “I could do that” upon the faces of a crossed armed audience so many bands face. Given all that hullabaloo, we’re pretty to lucky to have had such a good run at Genghis and had pretty much none of that, thanks to the baby cheesus.
But we have outgrown our old digs and like Roy said, “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

Our wonderful First Saturday’s with me at 8:30pm, Danny Peck at the 9:30 slot and Fren Askin & Frens holding down the 10:30 has allowed us to build up our following and finely hone the band.
Unfortunately, the stage was never big enough to house all our players and often we had to choose between having Bart Ryan, or Michael Sherwood join us. Leaving me with that “Mom, can’t we keep them all?” feeling.

So, we are on to larger rooms and new venues to share this gift, hokey I know, with as many folks as possible.
And while making money with this music doesn’t suck it was never what this project was about.
So we will be trying to do as many free shows as possible and hope that you will all continue to join us for the love and for some love.

So far our next show is the record release party for California Kid at the Grand Ole Echo on July 25th 2010 at 5:30pm Free and all ages!
We hope to see you there!