Music previews: The return of Electric Blue, and a blues apostate
Electric Blue perfroms its annual reunion show Saturday at Saint Rocke Electric Blue was almost famous. They were a locally-based band whose humble roots were playing gigs in the back of flatbed trucks at Grateful Dead shows in the 1980s but who later toured with the likes of Jane’s Addiction, the Blue Oyster Cult, and Greg Allman. Electric Blue founder and lead guitarist Dave Rizzo recalls sharing a stage with Allman and realizing the band had reached a pivotal point in its trajectory. “It’s either up or down,” Rizzo said. “This the height of our career, but it’s swinging point, a crux – it’s either bigtime now, or else we are done. It can’t get any better than this. Unfortunately, it was the latter.” The band ended its 15-year run in 2002. But like many endings, this was also a beginning. Rizzo has gone on to a successful career as a network engineer. Lead singer Mitch Graves is a successful local Realtor. Both are attentive family men in a way that probably would not have been possible if they joined the decadent firmament of rock stardom. And once a year, Electric Blue reconvenes, bringing together the extended family that was their devoted South Bay fan base. The band plays…
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