Upcoming Shows: May 23, 2015 8:00 PM Charles & Myrtle's Coffeehouse, 105 McBrien Rd Chattanooga, TN $10 suggested donation http://www.christunity.org/events.05.15.html Sunday, May 24, 2015 1:30 PM Brunch at The Flying Squirrel The Flying Squirrel 55 Johnson St. Chattanooga, TN Free (eat something) www.flyingsquirrelbar.com/ Sunday, May 24, 2015 -- 5pm Amber Fults and the Ambivalent Lovers @ Roots Fest Cherokee Farms, Old Mineral Springs Road, Lafayette, GA 3 Day Ticket - $50.00 2 Day Ticket - $40.00 1 Day Ticket - $25.00 http://www.roots-fest.com/ Friday, May 29, 2015 - 7:00 PM Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering -- Dulcimer Concert Freight and Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, California Phone 510-644-2020 http://www.thefreight.org/berkeley-dulcimer-gathering-dj-hamouris May 30, 2015 - 9:00 AM Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering -- Workshops Freight and Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, California http://www.thefreight.org/berkeley-dulcimer-gathering-dj-hamouris May 31, 2015 - 4:00 PM Workshop and Ukulele Concert The Strum Shop 408 Roseville Square Roseville (Sacramento), CA $20 per person admission to concert is free (if you attend workshop) http://thestrumshop.com/calendar This weekend finds me all over Chattanooga… Tomorrow night I’ll be a Charles and Myrtles, a great but almost completely unknown venue here in town. Three weeks ago, John McCutcheon played to about 12 people here. It’s that kind of intimate. It draws that kind of talent. I knew about Charles and Myrtles before I knew about Rock City. Needless to say, I’m pretty psyched to play here. Being such an intimate venue, I’m considering doing something special here. Whether it’s a set of my favorite songwriters or maybe my first (non-dulcimer) album in it’s entirety, I’m not sure. But something... Then I’ll be making ambient brunch-y sounds at the Flying Squirrel. Which despite being way too trendy for my tastes, has great food and makes the second-best Bloody Mary in town. Then I will get immediately in the car and drive down to Cherokee Farms in Lafayette, GA to play roots fest with Amber Fults and the Ambivalent Lovers. Looking forward to this one, we have 3 maybe 4 new songs in the set, including one we just worked up this week. Then next week, I’m on a plane and one my way to California for the Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering. I'll talk more about it early next week, but i wanted you to know that today is the last day for the early-bird discount. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve been to that part of the world and I’m really looking forward to being back there again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, a couple of weeks ago I get a phone call from my songwriter and videographer friend Tim. “I’m going on tour in Canada, wanna come with?” he says. “Sure!” I said. “Great!” He replied. “Pick me up in the Minneapolis Airport in four days.” Okay, that’s the abbreviated version of that story. But it IS true that I found myself preparing for a tour of the midwest with about five days notice. Why? Because I’ve learned you say “Yes” to everything. We were detained at the Canadian border for nearly three hours, and later I learned during the LAST sale I made that Canadians are used to paying $20 for a CD, and I’d been selling them for ten. But other than that, I had an amazing time. Met wonderful people, including Winnipeg music Rick Martin, one of the sweetest and most truly humble people I’ve ever met. Tim called him his mentor, and I can see why. I also met 16-year-old singer Gabriel Fiddler (who needs to get to Toronto so someone can make him a star). Here’s a little video Tim made of our trip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8DEeI0wC5A After that we drove to Minneapolis where we did two house concerts and a workshop. Tim’s girlfriend and musical partner Faye Petree joined us and we jammed on a nice version of “Hunting the Buffalo.” You can watch that here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M49zrvo6MeE It’s now my favorite version of my favorite old-time tune. C-ya out there. --Br www.butchross.com "Now I know what a dulcimer is supposed to sound like" —Jake Shimabukuro Those shows again... May 23, 2015 8:00 PM Charles & Myrtle's Coffeehouse, 105 McBrien Rd Chattanooga, TN $10 suggested donation http://www.christunity.org/events.05.15.html Sunday, May 24, 2015 1:30 PM Brunch at The Flying Squirrel The Flying Squirrel 55 Johnson St. Chattanooga, TN Free (eat something) www.flyingsquirrelbar.com/ Sunday, May 24, 2015 -- 5pm Amber Fults and the Ambivalent Lovers @ Roots Fest Cherokee Farms, Old Mineral Springs Road, Lafayette, GA 3 Day Ticket - $50.00 2 Day Ticket - $40.00 1 Day Ticket - $25.00 http://www.roots-fest.com/ Friday, May 29, 2015 - 7:00 PM Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering -- Dulcimer Concert Freight and Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, California Phone 510-644-2020 http://www.thefreight.org/berkeley-dulcimer-gathering-dj-hamouris May 30, 2015 - 9:00 AM Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering -- Workshops Freight and Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, California http://www.thefreight.org/berkeley-dulcimer-gathering-dj-hamouris May 31, 2015 - 4:00 PM Workshop and Ukulele Concert The Strum Shop 408 Roseville Square Roseville (Sacramento), CA $20 per person admission to concert is free (if you attend workshop) http://thestrumshop.com/calendar
Thursday, May 21, 2015
New Videos! Shows all over Chatt' this weekend plus BERKLEY DULCIMER GATHERING! in California
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