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Sun, Mar 29 2026 7:30 PM


Doctor Bob & The Outpatients - Return Visit
Doctor Bob (Bob Marsh/David Michalak) present music as medicine, performing a series of "cracked light" improvisations in these darkest of times with sonic comrades - Cindy Webster, Kersti Abrams, Jeff Hobbs, Andre Custodio, Ron Heglin, and Bryan Day.

Doctor Bob (Bob Marsh/David Michalak) have performed and recorded together for some 20 years. 2 CDs have been released, Dark Times & It's About Time on Edgetone Records. They have also recorded soundtracks for 2 of David's films, The Secret Opera (featuring Bob as opera singer Grum) and Still Movin'. They are currently finishing a new CD entitled, Ancient Wisdom.

Bob Marsh - voice, cello
David Michalak - lap steel, phantom harp, skatchbox
Cindy Webster - singing saw, hurdy gurdy
Kersti Abrams - alto sax
Ron Heglin - trombone
Jeff Hobbs - violin, tenor sax, cornet
André Custodio - darbuka, wave drum
Bryan Day - inventions



Cost: $10-25 sliding
Audio samples in which musicians at this event play:
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Nihil Communication (Andre Custodio). Videotaped by M. Trucco at the Musician's Union Local 6 in San Francisco.