Sandy Diamond and the Rhinestones #1
Channel: RainDagger Productions
Date: 2012-04-20

"Multi-faceted poet/playwright Sandy Diamond debuted her new seven-piece
 band at The Upstage April 14th and 21st with benefits for The Upstage and radio station KPTZ.
 Diamond--formerly of Quasimodo & The Bellringers--spins new tales of loss
 and longing, hilarity and woe: an Olympic swimmer at a country river, 9/11,
 Wall Street, a boy with a gun, a naughty blues, and an ode to Joel Levy who
called Sandy "the Tom Waits of Port Townsend." 
The music swings from rock and soul to jazz and Americana, with a bit of
classical thrown in for good measure. "The Rhinestones" are Paul Rogers—
elegant and rollicking on piano and accordion, George Rezendes tasty on
 guitar—(he makes you hungry for more), heartbeat-of-the-band bassist Dirk
Anderson, Tom Svornich eloquent on drums, on mandolin plucky Dixie
Llewellyn and wizard Dave Meis purring and howling on dobro and steel
 guitar. The classical violin of Victoria Poling soars; our special guest is the
 luminous vocalist Carla Main."
                                                                             Dirk Anderson