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Entourage had an excellent night at The Music Corner last weekend - we performed for almost 3 hours, doing a Beatles set along with our regular fare. We're looking to reprise the gig at the Encanto clubhouse, stay tuned for more information. Video was taken so I'll deliver the goods on my home site as soon as I get the stuff!
10-08-2007
Well, it's the day after the 29th Annual Folk Music Festival at Sharlot Hall (www.sharlot.org). I had a great time in the cool pines, performing with Brass Ring and Entourage (and providing a little backup to smooth crooner Ron Cordova). I heard good comments about all the performances, and spent a lot of time listening to the other musicians - that park was packed with very good players and singers. It was inspiring.
There's a little slack time in our current schedule. Brass Ring performs December 3rd at the Peoria Monday Night Melodies and I'll be joining all those groups and a host of other people for a big Christmas show on December 16th. I'll be looking for some open mike nights and post the info when I get it. Please come out and help support us.
- Location:Home
- Mood:
contemplative - Music:alternative indie
Big excitement coming on Sunday, October 7th. Come up to the cool pines of Prescott, Arizona, for the 29th Annual Folk Music Festival at Sharlot Hall (www.sharlot.org).
I'll be performing twice on Sunday the 7th, both times in the Amphitheater. At 10:00 in the morning, I play with Brass Ring, and at 1:30 in the afternoon, I'll be performing with Entourage. (Entourage fans, take note that Ron Cordova has a solo performance at 4:00 in the Sharlot Hall building that same day.)
This is a great festival, featuring Fiddles and banjos, storytellers, dancers, and songwriters, a Sunday morning musical instrument swap meet, and over 150 performers; workshops on instrumental styles, song swaps, singer-songwriter sessions, theme jams, mini-concerts, sing-alongs, Sunday morning Country Gospel sing, teaching workshops, contra dancing, clogging, Flamenco dancing!
- Location:Home
- Mood:
artistic - Music:Nature's sounds
I’ll be performing with Brass Ring at the Encanto Clubhouse in late August, and both Brass Ring and Entourage will be playing at the Prescott Folk Festival in October. More information when I’ve got it!
06-27-2007 We just finished two great shows with Entourage this week, on the 22nd at the Encanto Clubhouse and the 27th at the Music Corner. It’s really great to hear the audience respond to what you do and there were spontaneous ooh’s, aah’s and the occasional “oh, wow” after many of our tunes.
06-20-2007 I saw David Bromberg and the Angel Band at the Orpheum theater tonight and it was FANTASTIC! There were so many astonishing musicians on stage at one time, it was hard to keep track. David sang both old and new songs and as usual presented an emotional show that explored the highs and lows of human experience. David Bromberg is a giant in the acoustic music world. He got his start in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, went on to perform with such legends as Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker and the Reverend Gary Davis, before launching his own highly impressive solo career.
The Angel Band has made publicly available an MP3 of one of their tunes “We Are Shepherds”. It’s a very moving piece and you can get it from their website at www.angelband.net
- Location:Deep Home
- Mood:
happy - Music:silence
canned heat. Canned Heat! Canned Heat! CANNED HEAT!
Boogie, boogie, boogie, great show with Canned Heat at the Rhythm Room last Wednesday. Very little left of the original line-up, of course, just the drummer, but it was blues and boogie all night long, kept me moving and grooving long after the show was over.
And 2, count 'em, 2 new shows for me playing with Entourage coming up at the end of this month. We'll be playing Wednesday, June 27th, at the Encanto Clubhouse, where we will be performing the 30 minute second set starting at about 8:30PM. Encanto Clubhouse is maintained and administered by the City of Phoenix Parks Department in downtown Encanto Park and is located approximately 1/4 mile South of Thomas Road on the East side of 15th Avenue. The following Saturday, June 30th, we play at the Music Corner, located at Shepherd Of The Valley Lutheran Church on the north west corner of 15th Avenue and Maryland Avenue. That set begins at approx. 9:15PM. (You can find all info about The Music Corner at : www.themusiccorner.org.)
I had 2 great shows at the Annual Folk Arts Fair in Prescott on June 2nd, one with Brass Ring and the other with Entourage. The energy was good and even though we were the last acts of the day, people stopped to listen. Both groups are full of talented people and lots of energy, it's a blast to play with both of them!
See you soon, Don
- Location:Home deep
- Mood: pleased
- Music:Going Up The Country
The following weekend, June 2, is the 34th Annual Folk Arts Fair at Sharlot Hall in Prescott (just up the street from the town square). It goes on all weekend (10 to 5 both days) and features spinning, weaving, and candle making on to quilting, chair caning, basket making and who knows what else. I will be playing twice on Saturday, at 3:00 with Brass Ring (including our friends Diana, Shawn and Susan) and again at 3:30 with Entourage to finish the day. And there's plenty here to interest many people from my group of friends who want to make a day trip of it.
We have more scheduled performances coming up, I'll keep you posted!
Thanks for your support.
- Location:Home deep
- Mood: jubilant
- Music:Soundscapes
My next appearance will be at the Encanto Park clubhouse on Wednesday, April 4th, with Ms. Diana Clark, Bill Blazier, and Eddie Detroit. Musical selections include ballads and a few instrumentals spanning the past seven decades.
Encanto Clubhouse is maintained and administered by the City of Phoenix Parks Department and is located approximately 1/4 mile South of Thomas Road on the East side of 15th Avenue. It is set back from the street a few hundred feet. There are a couple of surface parking lots that will accommodate.
See you there!
- Location:Home
- Mood: relieved
- Music:Midnight Special
- Location:Home deep
- Mood:
accomplished - Music:Stranger in a Strange Land
