Maxx Cabello performing on the Lower Yard. Maxx Cabello Jr.’s guitar wizardry entertained San Quentin’s Lower Yard June 23, as the visiting blues musician and singer debuted his new “Tattoos and Blues” album. The performer has traveled the world and opened for musical legends like B.B. King and Earth, Wind and Fire. Cabello’s magnetic notes cut through San Quentin’s hyperactive weekend activities ― the usual outdoor workouts and basketball games. The energetic music drew small groups of prisoners to Cabello on the stage, as though he were the Pied Piper.
“I hope I have inspired people to change,” Cabello said. “I wanted to share my story and hear other people’s stories. Ultimately, I hope I’ve put smiles on people’s faces.”
Cabello started his one-hour set with the song “House of the Rising Sun,” accompanied by his brother Alex Cabello on bass and drummer Steward Burr. San Quentin’s own Lee Jaspar and Wilbur “Rico” Rogers joined the band and showcased why they are some of the prison’s premier musicians.
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