About

WALDO BLISS

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Waldo Bliss plays acoustic based music with organic vocal harmonies.
The current lineup of the band for live playing includes Dan Carlson, Randy Ray Mitchell, Gia Ciambotti, and Brett Simons

Dan Carlson: vocals, acoustic guitar
Randy Ray Mitchell: acoustic & electric guitar, slide
Gia Ciambotti: vocals
Brett Simons: vocals, bass

This LA-based band features shimmering three part vocal harmonies that live on top of acoustic and electric guitars, as well as bass, with some light and tasty percussion topping it off. They do original songs written by the band along with classic covers by great writers such as Brian Wilson, Laura Nyro and Dan Hicks.

Waldo Bliss has opened for a lot of great bands including The Bangles, America, Ian Hunter and Petula Clarke.

The band would like their ID line, “Music for the Inside of Your Body”, to be true for you, when you listen, as much as it is for them, when they are playing.

They want their sound to seep and percolate in, and all around, you…

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Waldo Bliss plays concert venues, small clubs and coffee houses mostly located in Southern California. Some of these are…

The Coach House  in San Juan Capistrano, CA
The Galaxy  (currently: The Observatory) in Santa Ana, CA
St. Rocke  in Hermosa Beach, CA
McCabe’s Music  in Santa Monica, CA
Ojai Underground Exchange  in Ojai, CA
Bar Lubitsch  in West Hollywood, CA
Kulak’s Woodshed  in North Hollywood, CA
Genghis Cohen Cantina  in Los Angeles, CA
The Deer Lodge  in Ojai, CA

Some of the coffee shops Waldo Bliss has played are Republic of Pie (North Hollywood), The Gypsy Den (Santa Ana), Jones Coffee Roasters (Pasadena), Sacred Grounds (San Pedro) and The Coffee Cartel (Redondo Beach – no longer has live music), Twiggs (San Diego – no longer has live music).

Other favorite places played that no longer exist are, The Equator Cafe (Pasadena) and Talking Stick (Santa Monica).

  • How did you get the name “Waldo Bliss”?

Wait For A Miracle // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  1. Wait For A Miracle // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  2. You’ll Never Know // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  3. The Whirl // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  4. The Coast // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  5. Too Soon // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  6. Spinnin’ // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  7. Good Girl // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  8. In My Room // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  9. Freedom Now // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  10. Wait For A Miracle // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body
  11. Possible // Waldo Bliss - Music for the Inside of Your Body