More May fun!

Hi friends,

Lionel Young Band just back from Charleston, WV - what a haul! Worst mishap was a flat tire. This band is musically a lot of fun - we made a good showing there (see comments: www.lionelyoung.net). Saw a lot of the Ohio River, some really green trees, and a bunch of blues fans. Oh yeah, there were a few vintage cars in our hotel parking lot, too. (Pictures at www.facebook.com/lionelyoungband) Did I mention that our CD is now available?

Meanwhile, tonight's show features, not only the fabulous Gora Gora, but also Mark Harris' innovative school improvisation project. Don't miss Monday's opportunity to see the great Lionel Young Band at Boulder Creek Fest and please reserve early for Kailin Yong Peace Project at Dazzle - bound to sell out early with the debut of a really exciting new recording!

Here is a vote for gentle rains, no more flooding or tornadoes (or drought!)
See you soon,
Dexter

TUE  May 24, 7pm  Red Rocks (Golden)

Gora Gora Orkestar -- free show starting 6pm!

NOTE: Rain alternative:

Merrill Middle School

1551 South Monroe Street
Denver, CO 80210-3015
(720) 424-0600

WED  May 25, 10:30-11:30am  Boulder Library Canyon Theater

Music Meditation wi Jesse Manno, Michael Stanwood, James Hoskins, Jenna Woods, Kailin Yong, Dexter Payne

FRI/SAT  May 27,28 Chautauqua Blues Fest (Sedan, KS)
Lionel Young Band

MON  May 30, 1pm Boulder Creek Fest (Bandshell, Boulder City Park)

Lionel Young Band 

TUE  May 31, 7pm  Dazzle (9th&Lincoln, Den 303.839.5100)

Limited seating- reserve now!

Kailin Yong Peace Project EP Release Party

OK, May showers

In spite of our confusion about what season it really is, spring marches forward, trees bloom, seeds sprout (if we remember to plant!) and summer approaches.  Fast!

The students/members of  Naropa Afropop Ensemble rose to the occasion and gave spirited performances at the Laughing Goat and at the Music Dept concert. Two of them are in bands with record contracts! More importantly, I was impressed with their social maturity: the way they self-organized and looked out for each other - a great crew. Gives me hope for the new generation! As in the past, I am certain that I learned more than anyone in the class, musically and otherwise and for that I am grateful.

The Kailin Yong Peace Project album is really taking shape at Immersive Studio. Breathtaking, expansive, descriptions are hard to find. The Peace Project will play at Dazzle in Denver at 7pm, Tues, May 31, and with luck we will have a limited EP release for the show. Make your reservations now!

Additionally, plans for the Lionel Young Band 2011 tour are shaping up. We will be playing in NYC, Chicago & San Francisco in the coming months, and quite a few places in between. The schedule, ever shifting, is viewable at www.lionelyoung.net and I will send it to this list as well. Trying to get my national list back together, as I have never transferred it to the new list-server.

Meanwhile, I discovered that my monthly date 7:30 Thur, May 12 at Caffe Sole lacked a band - lots of busy schedules. SO, at the last minute a fun night is coming together with Jake Schepps, a banjo player I have admired for some time, ever since I heard a lovely tone poem he wrote at a workshop in Banff, Alberta for banjo and trumpet. Turns out he has caught the choro virus... and he lives only a block away! Plus a great mandolin player, Dave Goldenberg & sambista Carl Dixon. OK, you have all the chatter now. Here is the important stuff:

WED  May 11, 10:30-11:30am  Boulder Library Canyon Theater

Music Meditation wi Jesse Manno, Michael Stanwood, Jenna Woods, Dexter Payne

THUR  May 12, 7:30-10:30pm  Caffe Sole

Dexter Payne Quartet with Jake Schepps, Dave Goldenberg, Carl Dixon

SAT   May 14, 10:40-11:40pm Toad Tavern (5302 S. Federal, Littleton 303.795.6877)
 Lionel Young Band (Spring Blues Fest $12)

WED  May 18, 8pm Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret

(16th & Arapaho, Den, 303.293.0075)

Lionel Young Band ($10)

FRI  May 20, Fling Barn  Hillsboro, OH

Lionel Young Band

SAT MAY 21,  Charlie West Fest Charleston, WV

Lionel Young Band

WED  May 25, 10:30-11:30am  Boulder Library Canyon Theater

Music Meditation wi Jesse Manno, Michael Stanwood, James Hoskins, Jenna Woods, Dexter Payne

FRI/SAT  May 27,28 Chautauqua Blues Fest (Sedan, KS)
Lionel Young Band

TUE  May 31, 7pm  Dazzle (9th&Lincoln, Den 303.839.5100)

Limited seating- reserve now!

Kailin Yong Peace Project EP Release Party

See you there!!!

Dexter