If you’ve ever played an instrument in an amateur band that rehearsed at a friend’s house, where creativity and fun were emphasized over technical perfection, then you might want to join us as we reboot the never-famous and hardly-heard-of band, “The Disappointments”.

The Disappointments met regularly at the home of Jane Brackman, where they enjoyed jamming, playing mostly Americana and folk music such as the songs of Bob Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris, Neil Young and others. Covid and the Eaton Fire displaced most of the band members, and sadly, The Disappointments eventually disappeared.

When Jane shared this story with village member Gary Smith, who fondly remembers playing guitar in a college band, they decided to reboot The Disappointments, this time as a Pasadena Village small group gathering.

If you know how to play an acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass, dobro, accordion, harmonica, squeeze box, banjo, or ukulele, you’re invited to our first meeting.  Knowing how to keep your instrument in tune, keep time, transpose, and start and stop together would be helpful. We’ll play simple chord progressions so reading music isn’t necessary. Practice will be late Sunday afternoons, frequency to be determined after our first gathering.

During our initial organizing phase, we’re asking those who love to sing but don’t play an instrument to wait until such a time as the band is ready to have occasional sing-alongs which will depend on space.

If you have any questions please contact the event organizer, Jane Brackman.