Photograph by Steve Godwin
The Thieves About, love living in Encinitas, but they rarely play there. “A great deal of the venues in Encinitas want cover songs.”
“The Thieves About” could suggest a phrase lacking one final noun. But as singer/guitarist J Scott Gavin avows, the name came about from a little boys love for locomotives. “My son was obsessively into trains,” Gavin explains, “so
very early in the mornings I would walk him to the train station in Encinitas to watch the morning trains roll in. I noticed some scribbles, and decided to investigate a little bit. I realized that hobos have their own code when they travel. They leave messages at or near the stations for other hobos.