Jim Connolly

Piano tuning, a strange obsession with the word "gove," as in to stare stupidly, and a creative music orientation that touches on both the the New England Conservatory of Music and Captain Beefheart are all important factors in the life of Jim Connolly. He has to be considered one of the major original musical forces in the coastal mecca of Santa Barbara, CA, a statement that some cynical residents might greet with a sneer. Truly the supply of such types -- original musical forces, not cynics -- would not exactly be considered legion in Santa Barbara. Connolly's geographical b...