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# Blowin’ Smoke hosting 20th birthday bash
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/blowin-smoke-hosting-20th-birthday-bash/
- Published: 2015-03-26T13:01:13.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:37:33.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Community, Events, Lifestyle, 4th street, birthday, blowin' smoke, briefs, don preston, doug deutsch, Entertainment, fourth street, frank zappa, harvelle's, larry knight, mothers of invention, music, news in brief, Santa Monica, smokettes, things to do, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

On Saturday, March 28, from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., there's going to be a huge 20th birthday bash presented by, and featuring, Larry "Fuzzy" Knight's Blowin' Smoke Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring The Fabulous Smokettes, at Harvelle's, 1432 4th St., in Santa Monica. Admission is $10\. Info: (310) 395-1676 or [santamonica.harvelles.com](http://santamonica.harvelles.com/?ref=smdp.com).

Two decades ago — 1995, to be exact — a gallon of gasoline was $1.09, a dozen eggs were 87 cents, postage stamps were 32 cents each, and the average cost of a new car was $15,500\. Also that year, longtime Southern California musician Larry "Fuzzy" Knight formed the Blowin' Smoke Rhythm & Blues Revue, a unique, multi-instrumental band with a big lineup and an even larger sound, augmented by three superb female vocalists collectively known as The Smokettes.

Two decades later, much has changed but one thing has remained constant — Knight and Blowin' Smoke are still going strong, entertaining audiences at festivals and better nightclubs throughout the Southland, often accompanied onstage by renowned guest musicians.

Knight — whose musical resume' includes a decade-plus stint as bassist for one of the great SoCal bands to emerge from the psychedelic era of the '60s, Spirit — recently announced the addition of a new member to the Blowin' Smoke lineup, Don Preston. Preston is a former original member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and co-founder of the GrandMothers.