The San Francisco Bay Area is notorious for producing musicians of not only incredible talent and popularity, but also with a notable level of fan identification and friendly sense of community. Musician Tim Bluhm, most notably of The Mother Hips fame, has become somewhat of a household name among the independent rock scene since a strong beginning in the early 1990s. Their unique sound begged the invention of the “California soul” label, truly representing all the Golden State has to offer — good or bad. Unfortunately, the bad often comes out of nowhere, hard and fast. For Bluhm, it was [...]