Early in the blog’s history, I recall joking about the prospect of San Diego’s city fathers erecting a statue to us in the Gaslamp Quarter.
It’s more than a little exciting, then, to learn that our own David Fleminger now graces a banner on El Cajon Blvd. — one of this year’s crop of musical figures so honored by the El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association.
The association’s Beryl Forman explained to me that the organization (formed 25 years ago to raise a gateway sign over the boulevard) is hanging banners to recognize outstanding contributions to the area’s retail, dining and music experiences. Among other familiar names gracing banners on El Cajon Boulevard are Tim Mays; El Vez; Mojo Nixon; Joey Harris; Candye Kane; and Bart Mendoza, who initiated the effort to include David in the program.
Bart said that David’s triumphant return to San Diego after 25 years in San Francisco made the choice especially apt. The banner project is for “musicians who have made an impact beyond their own works and beyond San Diego,” he said.
“As for Dave, it’s because he’s a musical pioneer in our town — but even more than that, since his return to San Diego he has immersed himself in the local music scene and helped out or performed with everyone from the Cardiac Kidz to the Crawdaddys to the High Rolling Loners.
“It’s an epic list of bands just in the last four years.”
Here’s Bart!