I hope January is treating you all right-
Things are good here, let me catch you up on what’s been going on.
First of all, my friends The Band of Heathens celebrated their 6th Anniversary a couple months ago, and I sang a couple of songs with them. They’re giving away free downloads of the show here. They played a great show – it’s an excellent live album – and I wanted to pass their gift on to you.
When I was thinking about what else has been going on, I thought about some pictures from the past month and decided I’d just show em to you.
You remember how your crazy uncle would sit everybody down to see his slides from his trip? I guess that’s what this is, except I’ve only got 4 photos, and, odds are, I’m not your uncle.
MusicFest in Steamboat was a very good time. Here’s me, Jason Eady, The Dirty River Boys, Jamie Wilson, Kelley Mickwee, and Liz Foster of The Trishas, John Dickson, Keith Gattis, Mando Saenz, and Cody Braun, pulling off a group version of Hank Williams’ “I Saw the Light”
In January, I made my first batch of homebrewed beer that will be ready in February. It will either taste like mud or a Pale Ale. I will bring a few bottles to shows in February, that is, if it works out tasting like beer…
Can you write songs on a typewriter? Bob Dylan wrote “Like a Rolling Stone” on a typewriter, so I’m using this old school 1960s German made Olympia typewriter I got in December and so far, I haven’t written one to beat Bob’s but I’ve written a couple of good lyrics on it. If you’re interested in seeing lyric manuscripts from Mountain Home, my old notebooks are posted here.
Our son turns 8 years old at the end of the month, and I know he’s gonna make it in the world, or at least in Texas, because this is a book he wants for his birthday.
Got shows coming up (see details below) at Dosey Doe in The Woodlands (with Brian Keane & Adam Carroll), Luckenbach Texas (every Tuesday in February), AllGood Cafe in Dallas (songswap with Jamie WIlson of The Trishas), Rouse House Concerts in the Heights neighborhood of Houston, back in Washington DC at Hill Country Barbecue, and Main Street Crossing in Tomball.
In case you are around, it would be good to see you.
Safe travels-
OT
| Shows for January 24 – February 29 | ||||
| Wed Jan 25 |
8:00 pm | Dosey Doe 25911 I-45 North, The Woodlands, TX |
Ends @ 11:00 |
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| Acoustic show with Adam Carroll & Brian Keane | ||||
| Tue Feb 7 |
5:00 pm | Luckenbach Texas 412 Luckenbach Town Loop, Fredericksburg, TX |
Ends @ 9:00 |
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| Acoustic show Wood stove song swaps 5-9pm |
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| Fri Feb 10 |
8:00 pm | AllGood Cafe 2934 Main Street, Dallas, TX 75226 |
Ends @ 10:30 |
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| Acoustic song swap with Jamie Wilson | ||||
| Sat Feb 11 |
8:00 pm | Rouse House Concerts Houston, TX |
Ends @ 10:00 |
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| House concert in the Height neighborhood of Houston All welcome Email [email protected] for more info and reservations Songswap show with Adam Carroll |
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| Tue Feb 14 |
5:00 pm | Luckenbach Texas 412 Luckenbach Town Loop, Fredericksburg, TX |
Ends @ 9:00 |
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| Acoustic show Wood stove song swaps 5-9pm |
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| Fri Feb 17 |
9:00 pm | Hill Country Barbecue 410 Seventh Street NW, Washington DC |
Ends @ 12:00 |
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| Tue Feb 21 |
5:00 pm | Luckenbach Texas 412 Luckenbach Town Loop, Fredericksburg, TX |
Ends @ 9:00 |
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| Acoustic show Wood stove song swaps 5-9pm |
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| Thu Feb 23 |
7:00 pm | Folk Alliance Memphis, TN |
Ends @ 10:00 |
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| Fri Feb 24 |
7:00 pm | Folk Alliance Memphis, TN |
Ends @ 10:00 |
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| Sat Feb 25 |
7:00 pm | Folk Alliance Memphis, TN |
Ends @ 10:00 |
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| Tue Feb 28 |
5:00 pm | Luckenbach Texas 412 Luckenbach Town Loop, Fredericksburg, TX |
Ends @ 9:00 |
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| Acoustic show Wood stove song swaps 5-9pm |
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| Wed Feb 29 |
8:00 pm | Main Street Crossing 111 W. Main St, Tomball, TX |
Ends @ 11:00 |
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| Acoustic show with Adam Carroll | ||||
to add an event to your Yahoo!, Microsoft Outlook, MSN Hotmail, Apple iCal, or Google calendar.| Upcoming Events for March 2012 | |||
| Thu Mar 1 | 9:30 pm | Church Street Barbecue (100 Church Ave, College Station, TX) | |
| Fri Mar 2 | 7:00 pm | Private (Longview, TX) | |
| Thu Mar 8 | 7:00 pm | Gruene Hall (1281 Gruene Rd, New Braunfels, TX) | |
| Fri Mar 9 | 8:30 pm | Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe (413 20th Street, Galveston, TX) | |
| Sat Mar 10 | 8:00 pm | Private (Orchard, TX) | |
| Sat Mar 17 | 8:30 pm | Outrigger (515 Commerce St, Palacios, TX) | |