On November 22, it was rock night at The Merrow , featuring San Diego locals The Dexter Riley Xperiment, Sensory Station, and Dead Sara from Los Angeles; they’re the only band I was familiar with before entering the venue. The Merrow features a fairly large stage and dance floor, along with pool tables and a small seating area for people to enjoy the shows. The main bar area is a smaller room at the main entrance, which can be cordoned off from the stage room by large black curtains. It’s a nice venue, decorated in a nautical theme (“Merrow” is the Gaelic term for merman/mermaid according to their website), though its parking lot is absolutely tiny; patrons have more luck in the mini mall across the street. The opening band for the evening was The Dexter Riley Xperiment , a blues rock quartet. The music was pretty laid back, sitting mostly in the lower tempo range, with riffs and hooks vaguely reminiscent of Ted Nugent or Stevie Ray Vaughn. Unfortunately, the band’s sound a...
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