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Some veteran musicians spend years or even decades trying to earn parental approval for pursuing a career in such a challenging and competitive field.
But when San Diego singer, songwriter and trumpeter Tori Roze needs some motherly affirmation at concerts with her band, The Hot Mess, she only needs to look a few feet to her left on stage. Her mother, Lee Clark, plays flute and sings harmony vocals in the group, which celebrates its 13th anniversary with a free Wednesday livestream performance at The Casbah.
“My mother has been doing music her entire life, from bands to orchestras, and she was also a talent agent,. Being in this band keeps her chops up,” Roze said of Clark, a special education teacher at Granger Junior High School in National City.