TONIGHT!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - free (tip jar)
Commonplace Coffeehouse
5827 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
412-436-0908
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - $5
The Purple Fiddle
21 East Ave (RT 32), Thomas, WV 26292
Set: 8:30 PM
All Ages
Thursday, August 26th
Meet and greet and potluck at Doug and Deena Snapp's residence. Call Doug if you're interested. 614-313-6424
Friday, August 27th
All-day Master Workshop, Home of Doug and Deena Snapp.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Saturday, August 28, 2010
House Concert, home of Steve and Linda Gwinn
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Sunday, August 29, 2010 - $20
Dulcimer Workshop: “3 Great Tunes in A”
Guitar House Workshop
1423 Chambers Road, Columbus, OH 43212
614-488-2477 Set: 3:00 PM
All Ages
Sunday, August 29, 2010 – Free (donations accepted)
Concert Guitar House Workshop
1423 Chambers Road, Columbus, OH 43212
614-488-2477 Set: 7:00 PM
All Ages
Monday, August 30, 2010 - $6 to $10 (suggested donation).
Open Mic Feature @ Brewer's Alley
124 North Market Street, Frederick, MD 21701
301-631-0089
At some point I'm just going to have to figure out how to type and drive. I've been having some amazing experiences but little time to share them with you all (save those exhausting drives). Even now—on my supposed afternoon off—the clock is staring at me.
I'm in Pittsburgh, and like an old friend, rediscovering the quirks that made her so endearing to me (also meeting up with a couple of actual old friends as well). Fall is just beginning to fall here and after the heat sun and dirt of Philly Folk, feels like a fever has just broken. Last night, my friend and host Brad Yoder took me to the Acoustic Cafe open mic, which he said was the heart of the acoustic scene in town and MY GOD was he right. I'm proud of the scene in Chattanooga and the Tuesday night gang at the Tremont, but was astounded by the breadth and depth of the talent and the quality of the songwriting. If this had been going on when I lived there, I don't think I would have ever left.
I'd like to say that the Philadelphia Folk Festival was a dream come true. But to be honest, the idea of playing the fest seemed so unlikely that I never bothered to even fantasize about it. So to say that I'm chuffed to have done it is an extraordinary understatement. I'm doubly-thrilled that my old roommate Adam Brodsky and I got to play a “funny songs” set with Barry Rabin, Deirdre Flint and Carla Ulrich, who are some of my favorite writers and performers. Seriously go check 'em out.
But the first official day of the tour may still have been my favorite so far. I had a fun lunch and lunchtime concert with the gang at Folkcraft Dulcimers. Richard gave me a tour of the factory, and I have to say I was really impressed with how they do things there, plus I got a sneak peak at Bing Futch's new chromatic dulcimer (it's gonna rock). After that I spent a lovely afternoon with Bernice Enyeart, the quilter whom I wrote my thesis about, all this before playing a gig at J.K. O'Donnell's; an amazing (and surprisingly authentic) Irish Bar in Fort Wayne, IN.
The rest of the week is looking to be just as cool, I'm playing the Purple Fiddle in Thomas, WV (one of my favorite places to play/be); teaching an all-day master class in Columbus; a house concert in Wellington, OH and then back to Columbus for a workshop and concert Sunday, at the Guitar House Workshop in Grandview Heights. The workshop is gonna be on “A” tunes, I'm gonna teach three tunes in A, so you'll need a capo, it'll probably be Hangman's Reel, John Brown's Dream and one of two others I'm debating. The workshop is $20 and that includes admission to the concert later. If you're just coming to the show that's going to start at 7pm, and weather permitting, we're going to be outside. John likes to make these events pay-what-you-want-donations, and that is fine by me.
Then Monday I'll be in Frederick, Maryland (not Virginia) where I'll be the featured act at the Brewer-Alley Open mic. The show starts at 7:30, I go on around 9
Finally, for those of you in NJ. I'll be returning to the Minstrel Coffeehouse, opening for the fabulous Bill Staines on Friday, Sept. 3rd. hope you can make it to that.
Okay, this was a long one, but hey, a lot has happened. Thank you to ALL of you, who came to a show, told a friend or bought a CD. It's because of you that get to do this, thank you.
C-ya out there.
--Br
www.butchross.com
"Now I know what a dulcimer is supposed to sound like" —Jake Shimabukuro
Those shows again….
TONIGHT!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - free (tip jar)
Commonplace Coffeehouse
5827 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
412-436-0908
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - $5
The Purple Fiddle
21 East Ave (RT 32), Thomas, WV 26292
Set: 8:30 PM
All Ages
Thursday, August 26th
Meet and greet and potluck at Doug and Deena Snapp's residence. Call Doug if you're interested. 614-313-6424
Friday, August 27th
All-day Master Workshop, Home of Doug and Deena Snapp.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Saturday, August 28, 2010
House Concert, home of Steve and Linda Gwinn
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Sunday, August 29, 2010 - $20
Dulcimer Workshop: “3 Great Tunes in A”
Guitar House Workshop
1423 Chambers Road, Columbus, OH 43212
614-488-2477 Set: 3:00 PM
All Ages
Sunday, August 29, 2010 – Free (donations accepted)
Concert Guitar House Workshop
1423 Chambers Road, Columbus, OH 43212
614-488-2477 Set: 7:00 PM
All Ages
Monday, August 30, 2010 - $6 to $10 (suggested donation).
Open Mic Feature @ Brewer's Alley
124 North Market Street, Frederick, MD 21701
301-631-0089
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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