Zach Fest '24 Community Benefit Concert

04/25/2024

Join us SUNDAY for a sweet MUSIC and a MESSAGE https://gdworldblues.com/event/5299195/657217410/the-zach-fest-community-benefit-concert benefit in
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Redwood City musician Garrick Davis is organizing and performing at Zach Fest '24, an April 28 concert in memory of his son, Zach Davis-Price, that will also raise funds for local nonprofits.

04/20/2024

04/19/2024

Some of you already know about the current state of affairs coming up for me, which include the new music I'm producing called “The Dignity Project” that will eventually be released as a full album but will be incrementally released as singles over the next few months, and then there is the big ...

04/18/2024

https://kzsu.stanford.edu/live/ 6-8pm Pacific!

04/10/2024

03/20/2024

I was told in 2005, when I was doing well and on the rise here as a music artist in the beautiful Bay Area that I need to go elsewhere in the world to make it happen better. I started making plans but among other things didn’t want to leave my son like that.

A few years later I was told by a well known and highly regarded that I need to go elsewhere in the world to make a good go at my career. He said a lot of well known artists live in the Bay Area but rarely work here.
I still wasn’t ready.

There are finally 2-1/2 months before I put that advice into action. Thanks to my wife’s dream of going back to her home country, I’m finally getting the opportunity to build my career and life elsewhere. Will I be missed? I doubt it, artistically speaking.

I’ve able to do some really amazing things here in the Bay Area. Consistent growth as an artist, hire and work with some world class musicians, play many, many great shows over the years, watch my son Zach become a really great artist and monster keyboardist before his passing at the end of 2020.

The most important thing is that I have been able to stay healthy, and not necessarily “road worn” physically. That will serve me well as I move forward. Life has hit me hard in other ways as it does to all of us. I’m going to Europe as a more “complete” package than I would have earlier in life, plus I actually officially have a home to grow from!

But I have some good thing’s to do first before I go:

1) Zach Fest '24 Community Benefit Concert to raise money for two nonprofit charities and play music in the beautiful old Fox Theatre RWC. April 27, 2024

2) Finish a new body of music work I am calling - “The Dignity Project”. I hope you all will stay tuned on this process and the story behind it of which I will attempt to publish a brief book about the songs, sort of a “World Blues” philosophy. Why not? I’m starting to love writing anyway!



Watch the Reel below:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/799489121743706?fs=e&mibextid=0NULKw&fs=e&s=TIeQ9V

03/04/2024

https://fb.watch/qBGU7z3U91/?mibextid=tZ3DYY&startTimeMs=2000

“Sometimes darkness can show us the light”, he says.
I wish to do is carry Zach’s light of love onward in music and service!

Zach Fest ‘24 is coming up Saturday, April 27! https://gdworldblues.com/zach-fest-24-community-benefit-concert

You can bring your light to what will be a great and purposeful concert event!

03/01/2024

Story #2 Share in Zach Fest ‘24 all info here! https://www.eventticketscenter.com/zach-fest-24-community-benefit-concert-redwood-city-tickets/885334/e?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA84CvBhCaARIsAMkAvkIo9fsmKfmA2F01tnG_IWoMvg4hb0MUidGLPJZpJIxrESLdLqHfvmYaAhFGEALw_wcB

Zach Fest '24 founder and creative director, and "Zach's dad" talks about taking Zach to band practice as a pre-schooler. This was another experience that ma...

03/01/2024

https://youtu.be/Eh2fTFLepKM
ZZach Fest '24 Community Benefit Concert Interview #2 - Taking pre-schooler Zach to band rehearsal. Did it spark music being a regular and natural activity for him?

Event Information and Tickets:
https://gdworldblues.com/zach-fest-24-community-benefit-concert

Support this concert and the local nonprofit community organizations proceeds (beyond expenses) will benefit. Let's "DO GOOD THINGS" together!

Zach Fest '24 founder and creative director, and "Zach's dad" talks about taking Zach to band practice as a pre-schooler. This was another experience that ma...

02/20/2024

This is the first in a series of my personal experience watching Zach nurture his musical talent and why the Zach Fest as a concept is so spot on to remember him by….

This video was made in reference to Zach Fest "24 Community Benefit Concert at The Fox Theatre in Redwood City, CA Saturday April 27, 2024. Reserved seating ...

02/18/2024

https://youtu.be/K80Ux4vi1VI?si=DgXu3yUeez3ydwEO

This video was made in reference to Zach Fest "24 Community Benefit Concert at The Fox Theatre in Redwood City, CA Saturday April 27, 2024. Reserved seating ...

04/25/2022

What a night! Many challenges, lessons learned but I feel Zach's musical passion was represented so well! Thank you to the attendees, musicians, volunteers and the Fox staff!

There's more to come: video, more photos soon!
Sorry it took so long to post these photos. Just want to get things started....

Next Zach Fest: Saturday, April 27, 2024! Put it on your calendar!

03/31/2022

Members of Zach's last band "Rebels" will
perform the 2nd of 4 music sets:https://youtu.be/EYfpe-zw8v4

Rebels Winter 2019/2020 Promo Video

03/16/2022

A World Blues moment: 10/20/2022
The Maker, our traditional opening song. The video begins after the lyrical verses and instrumental bridge. It is a welcoming moment filled with gratitude.

Musicians: Zach Davis-Price, Grant Walthall, Vincent DeJesus, Kevin Goldberg, Garrick Davis

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Zach Fest Memorial Concert

Garrick Davis World Blues
Skip The Needle
Rebels

April 2, 2022
Fox Theatre - Redwood City, CA
Tickets: $25
Online Only at GDWorldBlues.com

https://youtu.be/OstSKicGRr0

This is from a performance October 20, 2019. We've been playing this song for quite some time and it has developed into a song to open a show with. It is fro...

02/20/2022

Friends, there are few things I have experienced that touched my heart more deeply than the years of taking part in watching and helping to nurture my son, Zach play and create music.
I learned a lot and was inspired by his love for music. Sometimes I fear the current and next steps in this lifelong journey I have been on well before Zach was born. But Zach was an old soul and I have always been an open book to get better as a musician and artist.
In fact, when Zach began discovering other bands in the world I always asked him what he thought about the guitar players. I hoped that when my own time was up that he might have finally considered me his favorite guitarist! Haha! Truly a running joke but it added fuel to my fire!
I hope you watch this video and really take it in. It’s from the very last time we played at The Lost Church in San Francisco May 16, 2014. It really was a gorgeous musical moment.
The owner didn’t like the fact that I set up my electric rig, which was actually only for this song, since we were “opening” the show for another artist and it took a little extra time to set up.
“Unbelieved”(in denial)to me at the time, Zach was struggling with his addiction. He was also working three jobs. He was exhausted the whole time. I wanted to believe he just needed sleep.
I only mention this fact because of how proud I am for the fight Zach waged against his addiction. A fight not everyone wins. But to know he established a positive presence in the Recovery Community using music as a tool for connection and comfort and his personal healing.
This is a cornerstone reason I hope to honor Zach with this upcoming inaugural Zach Fest Memorial Concert and 30th Birthday Celebration April 2 at the Big Fox in Redwood City.
Please attend and support this event, which will honor Zach's spirit, commitment to family and friends, and his passion for life and love for live music. Please join us!! Tickets are available in nline only.
https://youtu.be/FTysKVrZFUc
Tickets for Zach Fest: GDWorldBlues.com

This performance of "Expose Your Self" took place at The Lost Church, a small intimate acoustic volume level venue in the Mission District of San Francisco o...