that wave going,you want to ride and build it all night long.
Beecher plays and sings from 8:00 pm to midnight Thurs
days through Saturdays at the restaurant.On the other days of
the week,he teaches music history classes-for nearly 20 years
now-at Grossmont College and San Diego Mesa College.
Ever since he started playing the piano as a boy,Beecher has
had a good ear for notes.He can hear a song just once and know
the chord (changes and melody.This skill has served him
well over the years at Mille Fleurs.He can play along with any
singer,whether he knows the tune or not,and he can transpose
(keys quickly if the singer's voice is in a different range.