A Gift Of Dinner For 2 - THANK YOU!

We don't know who or why...but yesterday we had an anonymous from a secret friend dinner delivered to us and not just any dinner. It was a special anniversary dinner for us, with 2 bacon-wrapped filet mignons with fresh mushrooms, two potatoes with sour cream and chives, salad with dressing, and croutons, a delicious cake for dessert, a bottle of red wine and even a candle. We have no idea who would do this for us, or why....there was no card....but whoever you are....THANK YOU / MUCHAS GRACIAS! BIG "virtual" hugs and kisses from us. It was a wonderful wonderful meal and it meant a lot.

Peanut Butter and Blues

It is a good thing we are used to living on very little. We've been in COVID training since 2008 and didn't know it. Try living on $100 or less a month - No problem, we know this one. Peanut butter and blues will get us through.

Covid-19 Shut Down Of The World :(

This is a time in history that has not happened in our lifetime - March 16th, 2020.

From Sixx's post to the BAHS Family...

"All of the Blues Against Hunger Society Chapter Jamborees and tours will be postponed for at least the next 30 days, including Mexico City, Yuma, Vista, El Cajon, San Felipe, and Rosarito. We have a responsibility to our supporters, and members. Additionally, we also have a responsibility to those we support.  For this reason, we will not be sad or scared, we will use this as an opportunity to prepare for the amazing things BAHS will do in the near future when this has passed."

I have to say that this is weird, but yes we will not be sad or scared, we will get through this together but apart. <3.

One Gold Coin at A Time!

All it takes is time. We have been saving Mexican 10 peso coins for a long time and last October we did a fundraiser for the fire victims. During the event we broke our only mixer. At the time we didn't have enough saved to buy the new mixer we needed. Fortunately, we were able to get a replacement part on eBay. On Monday the day came - we won a bid on eBay and this time we had just enough. We turned our not so valuable coin collection into a huge new asset to us and BAHS - A 18-channel digital audio mixer that we can use as a 18 channel multi-track recorder in the BAHS studio AND as an 18-channel mixer for live events...and we can record all the Jamborees and mix them down later! Too cool.

BLOW OUT ON 99!

BLOW OUT ON 99 - Well if it ain't one thing it's another...so today we woke alone in the desert after a truly silent night; at least after the last of the partiers left and at an American time of 10PM...We both laughed as the last vehicles drove away. Had we been at home in Baja, it may have gone on all night.

Today after driving 9 hours we had a blow out on the inside dually tire on Highway 99 in California. We have no internet, no US cellphone, and no GPS to tell us where anything is...it was so like the good ol' days, I mean like pre-pager days.

We got off the highway on a country road and the first two guys didn't speak English, but my Spanglish is very up on blown tire lingo..The second man asked us to follow him to a llantera (tire shop) and we did for several miles at a slow speed; unfortunately, he stopped at an intersection, pointed to the left, drove away to the right. On the left was a tire shop alright, but they were useless, and almost deliberately unhelpful even with my tire Spanglish. However, the Mexican truck driver outside pointed us to another shop on the other side of the highway that the first shop knew nothing about...I asked.

Road Trip to Yuma

Road Trip to Yuma
Yuma Arizona tomorrow for a Blues Against Hunger Jamboree for the Yuma Food Bank...always a HUGE crowd at Howling at the Moon! We'll start playing at 3PM and play until the moon comes up. We are going to be joined by our friend Rex Gibson on guitar and Phillip Singletary on Saxophone and Dan Range on drums and many more...all are welcome!

The Last Day Of The Year

It is the last day of the year  - 2019; time to say thanks for the wonderful memories we've shared and a time to dream big, take action and live life to the fullest. Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, so live in every moment, in every breath. Happy New Year to all. Sixx and Sweet

Mama Bear's Wild Pack Cracker!

Heard something great day! Mama Bear's Pizza in Punta Banda Ensenada have put on us on their menu "The Wild Pack Cracker". It makes us feel so incredible to know that we connect with people in such a way.

A Wonderful Afternoon of MUSIC!

Great day today. Another wonderful afternoon of music and friends. Once again great crowd, they sold out of the BBQ and ran out of seating. Thanks to all the musicians that participated all from so far away...Humberto Félix on drums, Cabo Tavo on keyboards, Phillip Singletary on saxophone, Art Fuentes sitting in on bass, Pablo sitting in on drums, plus my Sweet Pack on bass, Tom Olmos on percussion, and Bart Berry doing some tunes too. Thanks to Barbara Lincoln singing Summertime, and Kourtney Snow and Teresa Maladoing Santa Baby, and Mary Beth Fatica Burdette doing a version of Christmas Chopsticks....

Happy Holidays!

May your Holiday season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter. Always live the Baja good life!
-- Sixx & Rachel

Staying Heathly

To all my friends that battle depression. I know you're there although you don't talk about it; I haven't either, until now. I have had horrible suicidal depression all my life. I have taken ever drug they could give me. Nothing worked well, fully or consistently, and it worsened as I aged. But now I take no drugs and I have finally beat away the darkness and the demons. The answer for me was St. John's Wort, an herb I get from health food stores. It changes the way I feel within a day of taking it, and as long as I continue taking it, the darkness stays gone. It's cheap and easy to find (more so in the states), but we have found stores that sell it here. Take 1000mg a day and see how it changes your life. It changed ours.

Stay Connected With Us!

We want you to stay connected with us.
We've found over the years that although Facebook is a "Social Network", it is very impersonal and superficial. Facebook is deliberately trying to show people the content that is most relevant to them, as opposed to surfacing all the content available. We want to communicate with the people we care about and care about us.

That being said... If you want to keep tabs on us or hear about where we are or what we are doing then we ASK YOU TO CONTACT US (sweetsixxduo@gmail.com) with your EMAIL ADDRESS. Communicating with our friends, family, and fans through email just like the good ol' days. That way we are speaking directly to you, and you can "reply" and speak directly with us. 

We All Kept Our Clothes On!

WHAT a fun afternoon in Rosarito Beach...and we all kept our clothes on! LOL, Dec 10, 2018, in the afternoon Sixx and I hosted another Oldywed Game at the Lighthouse Rest was super fun with a full house, good times. George and Mary Beth won with 80 points! Thanks to all that came for a giggle. We all had a great time! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK! — feeling crazy at The Lighthouse Baja Rest.

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A Prisoner of the Driveway

We are a prisoner of the driveway. The car didn't get done as expected. The parts couldn't be found in Mexicali, so they had to be ordered from the states. So, we are now going to be leaving San Felipe on Friday rather than today. Looking forward to getting back to La Salina / La Mision to start working on "The Bien Vida Marketplace" at Baja Seasons, a weekly outdoor music and marketplace on the beach and the Sweet Sixx Cabaret, which we plan to tour first of January before the Blues Against Hunger Season. Chomping at the bit...let's get this party started!

Getting Ready!

We are almost ready to leave San Felipe once again for La Salina. Rachel installed a new slide awning on the RV and we are having new brakes, bearings, and blah blah blah on the car, which should be done on Tuesday. Looks like we are going to start working on a new big event and also do some Sweet Sixx Cabaret shows between now and our 5th annual Baja Blues Against Hunger tour in January...which is our biggest yet. Only 2 seats left on a bus; however you can also drive yourselves...we are RV's, campers and cars all on the caravan - SOOOO excited. Anyways, back at it.

Sixx and Rachel Pack - The Dynamic Duo

About Sixx and Rachel Pack

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Combined with over 55 years of experience in Design, Printing, Marketing, and Event Promotion; between J. Sixx and Rachel Pack have worked with a host of different individuals, brands and organizations. Combining their event production expertise, they have promoted over 150 concerts, along with countless sporting, fundraising and entertainment events. This is an addition to their design and print, radio, video and internet media. Awarded with a number of prestigious accolades, J. Sixx and Rachel are a dynamic duo.

Now as The Wild Pack is as the name implies, WILD. It is a blues rock band made up of a forever changing cast of musicians, with Sixx and Rachel Pack as founding members and the only two consistent members. Sixx on guitars and vocals and Rachel on bass and vocals.

The band was formed in 2013 after spending almost a lifetime backstage, producing events and most recently blues festivals; Sixx and Rachel Pack decided to form a band to allow them to travel and play music with musicians far and wide, out there in the WILD!

Days 8 - La Paz to Los Barriles

Days 8 - (Feb 21, 2018) La Paz to Los Barriles. SEE PHOTOS

The trip from La Paz to Los Barriles is always short but very enjoyable ride with a stop in El Triunfo to see and take photos of The Nuestra Senora de Guadelupe church. HISTORY - El Triunfo is a small mining town in La Paz Municipality, BCS, about 4½ miles north of San Antonio. In 1862, silver and gold were discovered in the southern BCS. mountains, leading miners from Mexico and the United States to set up camp. Once the largest city in BCS it was home to more than 10,000 miners., now BCS is marketing it as the "Puebio Historico" "The Historical Village". 

Day 7- Baja Blues Tour: Loreto to La Paz

Day 7- (Feb. 20, 2018) Loreto to La Paz SEE PHOTOS

A day driving from Loreto to La Paz was about 5.5 hours on straight and curvy roads with wonderful vistas and valleys. Driving south to La Paz we the view of the Bay as we pass Loreto Bay, cool place with a beautiful cove for snorkeling. The drive continued passed multiple islands along the coastline, small rugged mountains, peppered with agave, ocatillo, and large cactus; creating breathtaking views.

As we entered La Paz were we stopped at the Whale Tail Monument for a few photos and on to our overnight home, The Hotel One. Then a taxi ride down to the La Paz Malecon and dinner at the famous Tailhunter Restaurant. Followed by and relaxing walk along the Malecon with many cool sculptures that the line the shore including the New La Paz city Letters, were everyone posed for photos...and of course a stop at the La Monches shop for ice cream. Half walked back to the home and the other taxied it home. A wonderful night of food fun and friendships.

Day 6 - Baja Blues Tour: Mulege to Loreto

Day 6 (Feb 19, 2018) - Mulege to Loreto SEE PHOTOS

It is time to leave the palm tree oasis of Mulege and head to Loreto. The morning in Mulege, starts like any Pack morning, with BREAKFAST! The group of us started the day off right at The Castia Resturant for breakfast, which is a few doors down from the Haicienda Hotel in Mulege. This is a must for any one that comes to Mulege, with a comforting ambiance and tasty food. I love the birds and parrots they have in the palapa seating area all shaded with plants and trees with fun old art and antiques. We all enjoyed our meals,  got packed up and ready for the short drive to Loreto with a detour stop to the Mulege Mision (1776) and the outlook over the river on our way out - just spectacular! Lastly a drive out to the lighthouse for photo ops of beaches and sea. The drive to Loreto was about 2 hours just in time for lunch, we took the group to Augies Bar & Bait Shop (where the bait is the waitresses...lol). The group took free time to walk around the central promenade and Malecon as Bill & Sixx looked for an IPA. Shopping was had by most; with earrings, t-shirts, table clothes, ice cream and a penguin in a red hat. We then entered to our home for the night at the Hacienda Suites hotel, good dinner, and great company. Next morning on to La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur.

Day 5 - Baja Blues Tour: Mulege

Day 5 (Feb 18, 2018) - Mulege SEE PHOTOS

Everyone enjoyed a day in Mulege. First we all went to a late brakefast at Bertha's at Burrios, which is one of the cove South of Mulege. Great food and beautiful views with house tickling the waters edge and the sailboats anchored in the bay with the clouds hanging just right, perfect. Everyone said it was the best omelet and breakfast they had ever had. THANK YOU to Bertha's!

On to the Mulege Prison Museum for history of the only NO BARS OPEN prison. FYI - Know that the Mulege Prison Museum closes each day at 1pm so plan you day so you do not miss this. The prisoners would go down into town and work and the prison bell would ring and they would all come home to eat and sleep in their cells; except for the crazies and killers they had to stay locked up. With our full day of sights we were all ready for lunch. El Cantinels is the place to go, just up a block and to the right is the place that the gingos and locals hang out bar. We all came back to our Hacianda and relaxed for a few hours enjoyed a group dinner and  to finish the evening we had a fire gathering at Sixx's sister Tammy's place. Met more of her neibors and laughted and told stories under the stars and flicker of the flames - A wonderful Mulege experience!