From the "steak and ale" chain restaurant gigs five and six nights a week in a duo, then as Solo, to the fingertip-numbing 6- hour/ 6-nights a week in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe hotels as a Solo, to the super-sized Country Music stages in northern California working with some cream -of- the- crop musicians, to the full circle return back to her roots playing Solo and Trio in intimate cafes, and local Music Festivals, Suzanne has paid her dues and then some! Whether singing in her San Diego venues, or at Senior Communities, it's all a privilege and a treat to her. When all the stars align, Suzanne also heads to the UK and Europe with a small guitar on her back, sharing her music.
Here she goes! Suzie and her first guitar 1963, 13th bday Little did she know HOW LONG her road in music will be!
1970's sang for Reuben's Restaurant approx 1970-74. 5- 6 nights a week , Afer that to Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe for a year! (NO PHOTOS?? couldnt have cameras in any casinos back then!!!)
photo by Cathryn Beeks 2018
To sing is to breathe..
2020 shot from a gig the guys and I had in Coronado
First duo, met Peter Varhola at Grossmont College 1968, we started gigging round town.. worked 1968-1972 '73 ish. We still stay in touch, I've met and had the priv to work with some of the best musicians out there!
1980s! CW band days in Norther Calif (San Jose) ! here with SaddleRack Riders, also sang wtih the DonCox band)
"YourMom" duo 2015?
YourMom duo in Paris
Suzie&The Playboys gigs 2015-2020, wtih Mike and bass man John Pritchard
Most fun TRIO ever! Suzie & the Playboys!
Pandemic 2020. All m gigs ended in March..but I was determined to find some REAL LIVE gigs and do them safely. After 54 yrs of playing to audiences i was STARVING. Finally did a gigat Hooley's RSD on Sept 18th! (solo) and then got this date as well on Oct 30, 2020 at Hooley's Grossmont, Asked my friend Jinnah Williams to join me.. WE had so much fun! We both needed that so much. Who Knows if i find more gigs? but those two gigs will have to be my drink of water and last me for ahwile. Photo by Dennis Andersen
2023.... Here we go!
To sing and enjoy each minute!
Gigtime again!
PHOTOS! .. I'm so grateful to have a visual "journey" of my continuing life in music (and my side trips in comedy and fashion). I am so lucky to know some top photographers. They are skilled artists, many of them masters at the crafts. They are the ones who "make the photo happen" knowing how to find the most flattering light and angles.. and I bow to them!!! Check out their work online! If I have missed any names, let me know!
Victor Avila, Dennis Andersen, Courtney Welden, Tina Irey, Tim Whitehouse, Dan Chusid, Steve Covault, Kimberly Paul, John Hancock. Richard Pollard, Tim Vechik, Rocky Forguson--you are all amazing. Thank you!