The Breedloves interview on ZIP TRIPS - KTVU CHANNEL 2 Fox - Andre Senior, Barbara Gorin & Jay Kirkland discuss Guitars not Guns non profit children’s music charity.  

see interview here: https://youtu.be/6m4X2uSFgGI?feature=shared

The Breedloves perform the Danville Summerfest in Downtown Danville, CA and was filmed performing live on TV!

The Breedloves performed at the West End Celebration and was captured performing live on TV, Sand City - Monterey, CA 

The Breedloves performed at the West End Celebration and was captured performing live on TV, Sand City - Monterey, CA 

https://walnutcreekdowntown.com/marquee-events/downtown-stages/

Pictured: Jay Kirkland, and Barbara Gorin - Barbara Gorin honored with the People's Choice Award by Digital Literary Arts - Non Profit - Volunteer work with Guitars not Guns, 501(c)3 Non non-profit organization

Barbara Gorin 2009 Honoree - Diablo Magazine Threads of Hope 

https://youtu.be/PgIyvvWsJGE?si=qlRXNJPixSYx8lRS

Barbara Gorin gushes about Guitars Not Guns with the kind of enthusiasm most rock fans reserve for front-row concert tickets. The Diablo resident volunteers for the Contra Costa chapter of a national program that offers free guitars and lessons to kids in poor neighborhoods.

"On the first day of class, the students sign a contract that says they will take care of the guitar, that they will practice and come to all the classes, and that they’ll return the guitar," she says. Eight weeks later, they’re playing a three-chord song, "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door," at graduation. "To see them play together is a joy, but it’s not the best part. The best part is when they find out they get to keep the guitar."

Sitting in Walnut Creek’s Red House Live music studios, Gorin, 47, strums an Ovation acoustic. She is one of two women in a room filled with guys armed with electric axes. Gorin has recruited many of the rockers to volunteer as instructors for Guitars Not Guns’ classes in Martinez and Richmond.

"See Andrew, the guy in the Zoso T playing the Strat?" Gorin says, pointing at a 17-year-old De La Salle student who’s wailing away on "Black Dog." "He just saw his first class graduate."

Gorin grew up in Maryland and has practiced guitar on her own for most of her life, but never thought about playing in a band or teaching. That all changed when she ran into Frank Darling, the president of Guitars Not Guns’ California chapter, selling a CD of music by the program’s graduates at a booth at the Walnut Festival.

"Barbara asked if she could help—literally—right away," says Darling. "She took a stack of CDs out into the crowd and came back a few minutes later with a stack of cash."

Gorin started teaching and spending countless hours raising money and collecting donated instruments. She even tracked down the managers of rock legends Heart and Blondie—both of whom donated guitars signed by the bands to sell on eBay. 

Clearly, Gorin’s enthusiasm has an effect on everyone around her—the Guitars Not Guns staff, the Red House Live jammers, and, most important, the kids picking up a guitar for the first time.

"I see how much fun she’s having, and it makes me want to have fun playing music, too," says Rochelle, a 13-year-old Guitars Not Guns graduate from Pleasant Hill.  —Peter Crooks

To volunteer for or donate to Guitars Not Guns, go to guitarsnotguns.org. 

https://www.napasonomamagazine.com/threads-of-hope/article_027bd9d5-5622-511b-a8ad-5467d40c0fc5.html