Casey Mink BRINGS IT TO THE HOUSE OF BLUES
Story and photos by Stephanie Pillar
SAN DIEGO, CA, January 9- A couple of times a year, the San
Diego House of Blues hands the reins to the main stage over to
Casey Mink. Casey is the leader and founder of the infamous
local cover band, 6ONE9. Casey lines up two to three additional
cover or tribute bands to play with 6ONE9 for the evening. This
gives some of our local bands an opportunity to play for the very
first time under the star studded lights of the House of Blues
main stage! The lights and the amazing sound system at House of
Blues seem to inspire the bands to play at a whole new level. The
performances on Friday, January 9, were no exception!
First timer, Relax Max kicked off the night in spectacular fashion
with “We All Die Young”! With the hard rockin‘ vocals of Laurie
Vreeland, Leah Macks Cerantes Stephenson on Vocals and Guitar,
Sergio Estrada on Guitar, John Osmon on Bass and Rogelio
Estrada on Drums, Relax Max covered songs such as “White
Rabbit”, “Purple Rain” and ended their set with a spectacular
acoustic version of “The Trooper”.
Arena, “the Total Rock Experience”, hit the stage after Relax Max.
Arena, covered songs by the legendary 70s and 80s Hard Rock
bands such as Journey, Van Halen, Styx and Foreigner. The band
is led by Mark Gregory on Lead Vocals, Mike Walter on Guitar,
Eric DeLand on Bass, Dave Hart on Keyboards and Joe Zalak on
Drums.
6ONE9, no strangers to the main stage, took over from Arena
blowing us all away with such crowd favorites as No More Tears,
Metal Health, and Hot For Teacher. If you are at all familiar with
Hot For Teacher, you know this song is highlighted by an amazing
drum solo. Seeing the jaw-dropping, eye-popping, Jorge Palacios
perform this drum solo is not to be missed! 6ONE9, is fronted
by Casey Mink on Lead Vocals and Guitar, with Greg Rupp on
Lead Vocals and Bass, Jef Poremba on Vocals and Guitar and Rick
Springfield’s drummer, Jorge Palacios on Drums.
Madmen, an Ozzy Osborne Tribute Band, finished up the evening
in true hard rock style with their spot-on renditions of such Ozzy
classics as “Flying High Again” and “Steal Away” as well as the
Black Sabbath classics “Children of the Grave” and “The Wizard”.
Madmen is Scott Billion on Lead Vocals, Steve Cox on Guitar, Pete
Stone on Bass and Javier Vega on Drums.
Be on the lookout for the Casey Mink’s next edition showcasing
San Diego’s best local cover and tribute bands on the House of
Blues main stage!
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