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11 Mar ' 13:16
"Oh the Places (I'll) Go"
With a nod to beloved Dr. Suess, sometimes it's the fan-directed stops along the road that are the most unpredictably wonderful and unique. The house concert in a holler 10 miles off the West Virginia blacktop, the studio podcast from the heart of Texas, or the concert in a backwoods B&B near a southwest Virginia art enclave - the gems of my life in music in between the more typical shows and channels of the business.
What does it take to get a place on the itinerary? Sometimes just a little help from you might be enough! 2 or 3 shows back to back, a Special Music Service on Sunday morning, maybe a school workshop, and an economically feasible and creatively inspiring mini-tour is born. You could even help arrange a concert at your house or a good friends - public venues not required.
I live within a day's drive of probably 50% of the US population, making long weekends out to places like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Evansville, Flint, Greensboro, well, you get the idea. Most of the east is a long weekend, the Rocky Mountain States and Great Plains probably two weekends and the week in between. The West Coast remains the province of air travel and rent-a-cars - doable, but more costly - and Canada remains the great unexplored frontier to the north. Both would be lovely if we can make it feasible. And of course, bringing the band someplace is more complex and a bit more expensive, but we're always happy to see what we can do about filling all requests.
So, "give me something to work with", you say. OK, ask and you shall receive:
2011
- Mid-April to the Carolinas, Georgia too if we can swing it.
- First week of May - the northeast (New England, NY, NJ)
- June 4 - western WV or southeastern OH
- late August - Savannah and coastal NC
- Sept. 15-16 Ohio/Indiana
We're working on tours to Chicago and southern Wisconsin, Texas and the Gulf Coast and Florida all over the next 12 months, and we welcome your help.
Help is gratefully accepted in many ways - sharing the music with your friends and family is certainly always a big plus! If you'd like to pitch in, here is a list of things little and large that you can do in a few moments or with a few dollars. Thank you for doing so!
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