My morning started at the Pok-A-Dot. Just as I sat down, so did another couple and the lady happened to mention she was visiting from California. Well, that caught my ear for sure. "Where are you from?" I asked.
"Temecula."
"Oh, one of my best friends is a math teacher in Temecula. I grew up in San Diego."
"What brought you out here?"
"The weather."
After she picked her jaw up off the countertop, we started chatting. It turns out she's a singer. You might have known her as Debbie Chamberlain. Now she performs as Debbie Voltura.
Debbie is in town for her daughter's wedding today.
After a while, Bill McDonald, on the right, above, walked in and the two musicians with deep roots in Batavia greeted each other warmly. Debbie asked her manager Marc Gabriel, left, to go out to the car and get a copy of her latest CD, "Live on Broadway."
Bill said, "This lady can sing." And can she. Check out some of the song samples here. If you like swinging jazz, as Billie and I do, you'll love Debbie's music.
