From the department of “it was twenty years ago today”…

My old friend and bandmate Shawn Amos (left) and I will be fronting our band “the Americani” Friday and Saturday April 5 and 6 at the Villa Marcello Marinelli in the heart of Proseccoland.

Both shows will take place at the Villa and showtime is 10 p.m. both nights.

We’ve got a wonderful set of americana lined up (think Howlin’ Wolf and Neil Young).

If you’re attending Vinitaly this year, come up and rock out with us before the fair (a ton of my winemaker friends are planning to come as are wine folks from the U.S.).

Tomorrow night (March 14) I’ll be working the floor at Sotto in Los Angeles, where we’re launching our new spring wine list (Tintilia del Molise, anyone?).

And Friday night (March 15), I’ll be pouring wine all evening and then, on the later side, appearing with my San Diego-based band, the Grapes (think Doug Sahm and Gram Parsons), at Jaynes Gastropub in San Diego.