An exciting time of year, green is busting out all over. I have done the best gardening I will get in for awhile - mmmmm fresh greens!. And now the shift - one last Morning Music Meditation yesterday (it will continue twice a month - if people support it by merely showing up!) and now off on the road with Lionel Young Band, working up new material, hitting new places. A little 14 day run out to the NW and then home for a few before we head east.
I will miss Caffe Sole 2nd Thursday tonight with Bill Kopper, Dave Willey and Raoul Rossiter. Joining them in my stead is Gui, the wonderful sambista of Ginga. Please show them your love - I will return in a couple of months! Took a big plunge and dragged (quite willingly) those fine musicians in the studio on Tuesday to finally record the DP Quartet. Oh boy! Very exciting to begin the process.
Not quite sure how Ill do it - should I try Kickstarter, the new crowd funding rage? Tell me what you think, Dear Reader! (My 11 yr old neighbor just funded her first album to the tune of $20,000!) I think I can do this for a little less...
Dates do change around here on a daily basis, but not a whole lot. I used to love the quote in the New Yorker's jazz listing: "Musicians and club owners lead complicated lives with last minute changes. Always call before you go out to see someone perform." Not too practical, but it's true! Here are the dates. Tell EVERYONE in Eugene, and especially Portland and Seattle, to come out and SAY HI!
AND we are sneaking through the Bitterroot Valley - I am very excited to introduce this hot band to my old pals in Hamilton and beyond!
See you soon!
Dexter
I will miss Caffe Sole 2nd Thursday tonight with Bill Kopper, Dave Willey and Raoul Rossiter. Joining them in my stead is Gui, the wonderful sambista of Ginga. Please show them your love - I will return in a couple of months! Took a big plunge and dragged (quite willingly) those fine musicians in the studio on Tuesday to finally record the DP Quartet. Oh boy! Very exciting to begin the process.
Not quite sure how Ill do it - should I try Kickstarter, the new crowd funding rage? Tell me what you think, Dear Reader! (My 11 yr old neighbor just funded her first album to the tune of $20,000!) I think I can do this for a little less...
Dates do change around here on a daily basis, but not a whole lot. I used to love the quote in the New Yorker's jazz listing: "Musicians and club owners lead complicated lives with last minute changes. Always call before you go out to see someone perform." Not too practical, but it's true! Here are the dates. Tell EVERYONE in Eugene, and especially Portland and Seattle, to come out and SAY HI!
AND we are sneaking through the Bitterroot Valley - I am very excited to introduce this hot band to my old pals in Hamilton and beyond!
See you soon!
Dexter
MAY
11 Fri Kennewick, WA Untapped Blues Fest
12 Sat Eugene, OR Sasquatch Brewfest
13 Sun Tacoma, WA Spar
14 Mon Portland, OR Duff’s
17 Th Seattle, WA 88 Keys
18 Fri Pt Townsend, WA Upstage
20 Sun Grand Coulee Sunbanks R&B Fest
21 Mon Hamilton, MT Bitterroot Brewery
22 Tue SLC, UT Sun & Moon
27 Sedan, KS Chautauqua Hills Blues Fest
28 Springfield, IL Alamo
30 Orange City, IA Orange City Arts
JUNE
1 Wellsville, NY Wellsville Arts Ctr
2 Rochester, NY Sticky Lips
3 Toronto, ON, CAN Waterfront Blues Fest
4 Rochester, NY Smokin Joe's
6 NY, NY Terra Blues
8 Maryville, TN Brackins
10 Chatanooga, TN Friends of the Fest
14 Phila, PA Twisted Tail
15 Somers Pt, NJ Somers Pt Beach Concert Series
16 Houston, DE June Jam
18 Sharon, PA Tully’s
19 Galena, OH Mudflats
20 Angola, IN
21 Indianapolis, IN Slippery Noodle
22 Peoria, IL Contemp Art Center
22 Pekin, IL Goodfellas
23 Bettendorf, IA Muddy Waters
25 Boulder, CO private
