Zerimar and Fritz Blog

Jesusito En Chijuajua - The Zerimar Version (in Triple Time)

2011-12-26T16:00:00.000-08:00

Sharing a clip from one of our performances - Jose plays that guitar so fast we can barely keep up with him....maybe on a good day. Happy Holidays everyone!

Jose Plays Pipeline

2011-12-15T16:34:00.000-08:00

It's hard to get through an evening without performing one of Jose's signature power guitar pieces....."Pipeline". Though Paul and I do our best to back him up - this is really more of a solo....see if you agree.

Wine and Roses Silent Auction 2010

2011-12-03T16:29:00.000-08:00

Better late than never - below are some great pictures of an eventful evening which culminated in the raising of over $6,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Many thanks to our wonderful sponsors, volunteers, friends and family who made this great event possible with a special hats off to the International Garden Center for giving us the perfect venue and Chef Cyndy Klein for helping us offer up a gourmet feast to our attendees......

Playing Polkas to Raise Money!

2011-12-02T17:17:00.000-08:00

Over the past few years, our Relay For Life Team of Volunteers (The ZF Dancing Fleas) has raised over 20,000 for the American Cancer Society. One of our biggest fund raisers was a benefit concert and silent auction. Below is a clip from our first benefit concert at the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, CA. If you're a local you have to check out this theater, it's an amazing vintage music hall that still shows silent movies and features performances on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ....

Truly amazing and memorable!

Here's a clip of a couple of polkas - Marche De Zacatecas and the Beer Barrel Polka and some good close ups of Jose's flying fingers....

Tico Tico

2011-12-01T18:47:00.000-08:00

A quick clip of Tico Tico from a Live at the Lounge performance

California Vollyball Assoc. Hall Of Fame Inductees

2011-11-30T18:46:00.000-08:00

The California Beach Volleyball Association, the body that organizes and markets amateur and professional beach volleyball competitions selected Hermosa Beach to be the permanent home of the sport's hall of fame. The hall will be in the Hermosa Beach Historical Society Museum and likely open by summer 2012, organizers say.

We were honored to be asked to provide some of the background music to the inductee video.

Check it out! CVBA Hall of Fame Inductee Video

Congrats to all of the people for putting together a successful and meaningful event - and of course to all the Hall of Famers!

Christmas Guitars - Available Now!

2011-11-30T17:05:00.000-08:00

We just released our newest CD, Christmas Guitars, just in time for the holidays.

Songs include, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, What Child Is This, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Silver Bells, Silent Night, Ave Maria, Feliz Navidad, Rudolph the Red, Jingle Bells, My Favorite Things, White Christmas, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, The Christmas Song and Coventry Carol!

To get your own copy, send an email to roadmanager@mac.com. They are $15, with $5 of every sale going to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life Charity.

A huge thanks to DB Lovett and Slackwater Records for helping to bring this project to fruition!

2nd Annual Charity Garage Sale

2009-11-03T16:05:00.000-08:00

ZF Dancing Fleas - Silent Auction and Benefit Concert

2009-08-05T20:16:00.000-07:00

Almost one year ago the ZF Dancing Fleas, Relay for Life Team, was formed and we raised almost 20,000 for the American Cancer Society. Below are some pics from our big Silent Auction and Benefit Concert, held at the Vintage Old Town Music Hall.

Actor Comedian Owen Smith got everyone rollin to a great start. And we were joined by several friends on stage to create some musical magic. The night ended with Dancing in the Aisles!

Please join us for our 2nd annual Charity Concert on August 9, 7pm-9pm at the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo. Reception and Silent Auction precede at The Old Town Patio.

Farewell to OLG

2008-03-07T20:35:00.001-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 3RD ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S DAY PARTY....

2008-01-28T18:41:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!

THANKS FOR WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND A GREAT 2007!

Good Times at Prince Of Whales

2007-12-26T18:23:00.001-08:00

Summer has come and gone....but good times were had at the Prince of Whales during their Summer Happy Hour Concert Series! Thanks to our friends at the POW for making it happen and Kudos to our pals for making it lots of fun.

A BIG THANKS to our guest performers - Paul Alford, bass guitar and Kristen Messineo, vocals.

South Bay Music Awards

2007-12-10T14:38:00.000-08:00

We got to walk the red carpet and perform at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center! It was a great night!

Thanks to Chris Barnes (http://www.emarketingwerx.com/ ) for taking some great pictures that we can share!

And a real special THANK YOU to our stellar friends and family that showed up to cheer us on!

CANON USA HIGHLIGHTS ZERIMAR

2007-10-10T18:49:00.001-07:00

PROUDLY ANNOUNCING LUZ DE LUNA!

2007-08-17T20:06:00.000-07:00

With friends and family we had an incredible evening of fun, music and laughter at our 2nd CD Launch event at Live at the Lounge/Comedy Magic Club.

Owen Smith one of our favorite comedians from Comedy Magic Club, kicked off the night and had us rollin with laughter - such a fun, funny charming guy - He's definately our Last Comic Standing and thanks to Paul Alford, our guest bass player for helping us to keep the joint jumpin.

A huge thank you to Ed Martinez for all of his wonderful work in helping us produce, record and package this CD and of course to Eva Aleman for the incredible photography and artwork she created for this package.
We're very proud of this CD featuring - all original materials and all new recordings including Luz de Luna and Huapango Loco. Also included are new recordings of old favorites, Yellow Gate and 7th Side of the Triangle. This CD is a limited edition meant for digital distribution - so don't hesitate to order your copy today via CD Baby or Outstanding Music - or at one of our live performances.

Thank you to Michael Wilson (Michael Wilson Ideas) for his tremendous work on the ZF website and of course to our friends, fans and family for your wonderful friendship and support.

- Jean Fritz for Zerimar & Fritz

Larger Than Life - Relay For Life - ZF&A

2007-05-21T20:28:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, Jose, Paul and myself were part of something bigger and as important as anything we've ever done! We wanted to share this tremendous event with you.

El Segundo rallied around its first ever "Relay 4 Life" a special fundraising event for the American Cancer Society honoring the victims and survivors of Cancer. For 24 hours, camps of fundraisers walked, ran, trotted, wheeled or pushed wagons around the high school track as the finale of a joint fundraising effort. Participating camps were represented by the likes of Raytheon, American Airlines, Curves and Chevron - not to mention individual groups of cancer survivors, their families and friends.

The community pitched in to provide refreshments for this 24-hour rally. People coming and going to relay their 'shift', many with kids and sleeping bags in tow. Every age, every size -it didn't matter. We were all there for 1 reason. It's not every day that you can feel like you're a part of something bigger and more important than your own problems - this was one of them. We performed to entertain the relay participants traveling the track - and anyone else we could convince to hang around the stage and listen. We provided CDs for donations and were happy to do our part for this great cause.

As you can see in the picture above, El Segundo raised a whopping $180,537 for the American Cancer Society.

Have we perked your interest? You too can help! You can still make online donations on their website http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=216911

Next Year?
We're thinking of hosting our own camp for next year (I've already spoken for the afternoon shift) -and yes, the band is booked for 2008! Contact Chris Knoll at 310-607-9130 to see how you can join the fun and contribute - We hope you can join us! - Jean Fritz

Adios La Marina!

2007-04-22T22:54:00.000-07:00

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!

Though gone, La Marina is not forgotten. We celebrated over seven years of music and friendship with many of you during our last performance in December of 2006-A farewell to 2006 and farewell to La Marina and its wonderful staff!

Since La Marina, we continue to perform more than ever before. To those of you who have supported us over the years - we thank you. We've kept in touch with many of you and hope to see many of you soon. Our music is a reflection of our friends.

We continue to play in the South Bay, at Live at the Lounge/Comedy Magic Club in Hemosa Beach and the Prince of Whales in Playa Del Rey about once a month - it's a great chance for us to keep in touch with our PDR friends. For your enjoyment, we've posted some of the pictures from that wonderful and memorable evening.

Launch of CD3 - IMAGINARY MAGIC

2007-04-12T11:48:00.000-07:00

A huge THANK YOU to all of our friends and family that made it out to join us Sunday, March 18th at the Comedy Magic Club/Live at the Lounge for the launch of our 3rd CD, Imaginary Magic! Magic was the theme of the evening - at least for us. Full of surprises, including a surprise visit from cousin Joe and Mary - from the State of Washington! Our first ever concert was sold out 3 days before the show date - a great gift.

We thank all of you who have supported and continue to support our music - you are the heart and soul of our music and we love to perform for you.

Special thanks to those whose personal efforts were so critical in the production of this and our other 2 CDs. There were so many of you who inspired and helped us - but a few that were critical to bringing the
actual CDs to fruition.

Paul Alford - Our #1 Bass Player - A great friend - we thank you for all the backup on our recordings and help with special events.

Michael Wilson - Art Director for Zerimar & Fritz's official Website and "Especial By Request"

Tony Mazzeia - The driving force for the recording side of Z&F. Tony made this all possible, got us us started on our recordings and opened a world of music to us and our friends.

Dicken Berglund - Recording Engineer Extraordinaire for 7th Side of the Triangle and Especial By Request.

Eddie Martinez - Sound and Mixing Engineer for Imaginary Magic.

Alfonso Lopez - Recording Engineer for Imaginary Magic

Steve Collins - Production Manager for Imaginary Magic

Chris Barnes - Art Director for Imaginary Magic

Earl Beecher, Publisher of Outstanding Records Label, carrying Zerimar and Fritz CDs. Thanks to Earl we're known in Texas and a few other areas - as well as Italy!

Frank Blaha, Production Manager for 7th Side of the Triangle and Especial By Request.

THANK YOU ALL! TIL NEXT TIME!