Acoustic Americana Music Guide & NEWS, July 29 to August 3 (and beyond)

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First thing, let’s catch-up with the latest News Features
(all the concert listings and event write-ups are in the complete edition)…
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ACOUSTIC AMERICANA
MUSIC GUIDE
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July 29 through August 3 edition (+ events ALL SUMMER & beyond)
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NEWS FEATURES
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1) A FESTIVAL-RICH WEEKEND TO DEFY MID-SUMMER DOLDRUMS
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It’s another of those times when we like to hear you say “wow.” This weekend is loaded with festivals and events for artists, along with some rare concert appearances and fine double-bills. The Guide has all the deets on all of it. Right here, we’ll focus on the festivals. So, here’s the lowdown on the hoedowns (with thanks to David Serby for the phrase).
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1a) “ROOTS ROADHOUSE” IS A WHOLE LOTTA MUSIC THIS SATURDAY
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We gave you the full word on this “Event-of-the-Summer,” as we knew it for last week’s News Features press time. Yep, it’s on Saturday, July 31, beginning at 3 pm, and it’s a Guide “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick.
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But the line-up and schedule were recently revised, with additional acts on all three stages. It’s all in the full edition of the Guide’s event write-ups.
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“ROOTS ROADHOUSE” brings DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY MEN, RED SIMPSON, T MODEL FORD, PETE ANDERSON, I SEE HAWKS IN LA, OLD CALIFORNIO, CHATHAM COUNTY LINE, THE CHAPIN SISTERS, LESLIE & THE BADGERS, THE WHISPERING PINES, OLIN & THE MOON, TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT, KILLING CASSANOVA, AND SPEEDBUGGY. It’s all at The Echo and Echoplex, and you need to enter at 1154 Glendale Bl, Echo Park 90026; 213-413-8200; www.attheecho.com.
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CHRIS MORRIS of Scion Radio and Variety Magazine will emcee at least one stage.
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Presented by The Echo and the “Grand Ole Echo” series, this will be a top show of the summer, and it’s a veritable mid-summer indoor & outdoor roots-Americana festival. The Happy Bookers add, “There will be BBQ trucks, bingo, raffles, and vendors selling you good stuff!” The seen-around-town BBQ trucks of Q Zilla (http://www.qzillabbq.com/) and Barbie-Que (http://www.barbiesq.com/) will be serving up their versions of pulled pork, brisket, mac’n cheese and collard greens.
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Advance tix strongly recommended. Discounted tix in advance, $15 adult, $10 for age 14 and under, at http://kgmusicpress.com/l/n3taor/5258953;http://www.ticketweb.com plus “convenience fees.” Tix are $17 day of show, if any remain.
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1b) “BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN TWILIGHT MUSIC FESTIVAL” IS SATURDAY
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Up in Big Bear, on Saturday, July 31, 4-9 pm, it’s the “BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN TWILIGHT MUSIC FESTIVAL” with THE NATHAN McEUEN BAND, and SLIGO RAGS, plus LONESOME OTIS, and BRUCE GUYNN & BIG RAIN, at the Big Bear Discovery Center Amphitheater in Big Bear. (Event was formerly “Bluegrass, Bluejeans and Beyond.”)
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It’s “non-stop music in a laid-back atmosphere, surrounded by Jeffrey Pines and mountain aromas.” Enjoy country, bluegrass, folk, Celtic and a sprinkling of classic rock with a few nods to the past.
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NATHAN McEUEN (son of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s John McEuen) is a returning favorite, with his band, mandolin prodigy SCOTT GATES and upright bass player CHUCK HAILES. All three handle vocals. They feature “originals and classics with a bluegrass twist and a nod to the past.” More, www.nathanmceuen.net and www.scottgates.com
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SLIGO RAGS, one of the top acoustic bands in L.A., was named by Larry Wines in his annual “Top Ten / Best of 2008” in FolkWorks magazine among the “Top 10 Acoustic Bands in Southern California.” In addition, they are two-time winners of OC’s Best Folk Band, returns offering authentic and original Celtic music with “a sprinkling of bluegrass, country, and jazz textures.” More, www.sligorags.com
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New to the festival is LONESOME OTIS, a hard-driving classic bluegrass band with an appreciation for a slightly more contemporary feel. More, www.lonesomeotis.com
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Another act new to the festival’s stage is BRUCE GUYNN & BIG RAIN delivering big country and some classic soft rock.
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Event gates will open at 3 pm; parking is free at the Discovery Center; bench seating is limited and first-come; bring your own beach chair.
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Info, 850-750-2506. Advance tix available at http://cts.vresp.com/c/?NationalForestAssoci/117775a084/6a22e86440/91aeefced4 or on-site at the Big Bear Discovery Center or event gate. Proceeds from the music fest support forest restoration, environmental education and responsible recreation programming produced by the nonprofit National Forest Association – help heal the San Bernardino National Forest with music. Tix are priced at 2 adults for $25. Teen tix, $10 for ages 13-18; children age 12 and under, plus “music-loving pets” on a leash, are admitted free.
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1c) FESTIVAL + ARTISTS’ PICK:
“NATIONAL STORYTELLING NETWORK CONFERENCE” IN L.A.
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It’s a Guide pick as an EVENT-OF-THE-WEEK for ARTISTS, it runs Friday, July 30, through Sunday, August 1, and yes, it’s a festival. The 5th annual “NATIONAL STORYTELLING NETWORK CONFERENCE” happens this year in Los Angeles, at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills. Info at www.storynet.org/conference and www.storynet.org/conference/fringe.html
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The Guide is strongly recommending this for musicians, because all of us need to have good stage banter to entertain our audiences while we tune, change broken strings, wait for some dufus to stop coughing, etc., and this is a fine chance to learn from people who command attention from the stage while they are not singing or strumming.
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The event includes its part in the annual “FRINGE FESTIVAL” with numerous 55-minute sets of “compelling, risky, experimental, and work-in-progress storytelling, with folktales, autobiography, performance art, stand-up, puppetry, dance and favorite long-form stories.”
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If their website doesn’t answer your questions, contact Steven Henegar, Monologist & Storyteller, at his Truth & Lies Productions, at shenegar@sbcglobal.net – 714-662-5503 or 800-598-1852 (more at www.stevenhenegar.net). Steven tells us, “Growing networks of performance venues all over the world have adopted [the festival’s] model and many storytellers are taking advantage of these venues to reach new audiences. The Conference Fringe encourages more storytellers to participate in American and Canadian Fringe Festivals by providing the opportunity for you to experience many aspects of a typical Fringe Festival, including the selection process and performance framework.”
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2) BUNCHAS O’ EVENTS FOR ARTISTS THIS WEEKEND
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As if the festivals and concerts weren’t enough to assure that no one will stay home this weekend…
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FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…
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> It’s the 5th annual “NATIONAL STORYTELLING NETWORK CONFERENCE” which happens this year in Los Angeles, at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills. The Guide is strongly recommending this for musicians because all of us need to have good stage banter to entertain our audiences while we tune, change broken strings, wait for some dufus to stop coughing, etc., and this is a fine chance to learn from people who command attention from the stage while they are not singing or strumming. The event includes its contribution to the annual “FRINGE FESTIVAL” with numerous 55 minute sets of “compelling, risky, experimental, and work-in-progress storytelling, with folktales, autobiography, performance art, stand-up, puppetry, dance and favorite long form stories.” Info at www.storynet.org/conference and www.storynet.org/conference/fringe.html.
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SATURDAY…
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> Saturday, July 31, in the afternoon, CARL VERHEYEN presents a guitar workshop at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; www.boulevardmusic.com; 310-398-2583. CARL VERHEYEN, lead guitar for SUPERTRAMP since 1985, won Guitar Player magazine’s “Best Studio Guitarist” poll in 1996. He’s performed on soundtracks for some major films that you’ve seen, including “Star Trek,” “Land of the Lost,” and “Up.” He’s just back from a world tour and he has a new CD that features him and six other world-class guitarists.
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> Before that on Saturday, 11 am-1 pm, LAWIM’s (L.A. Women in Music) Monthly WORKSHOP Series presents “REASON & LOGIC,” two helpful computer programs for artists, at SAE Institute of Technology, 6565 W Sunset Bl, Hollywood 90028; note special location for this workshop; enter through front or side door; free parking. See the Guide’s event listing for the required pre-registration info!
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> DULCIMER PLAYERS will need to make time on Sunday, August 1, 12:30-3 pm, for the 1st meeting of the “LOS ANGELES MOUNTAIN / URBAN DULCIMER CLUB,” with organizer JOELLEN LAPIDUS at McCabe’s, 3103 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405. All levels, all styles welcome, a chance to share music and different styles of fretted dulcimer playing. More at www.scdh.org. You’ve heard JOELLEN LAPIDUS perform on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks” with her band, Extreme Klezmer Makeover (one of her many identities). Call Joellen for info, 310-474-1123. To sign up, call McCabe’s, at 310-828-4497 or just come on down. Reservations not necessary. Cost $10
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> On Sunday afternoon, MARY FLOWER presents a guitar workshop at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; www.boulevardmusic.com; 310-398-2583. She performs and teaches internationally, and has released several instructional DVDs, including a few for highly regarded Homespun Tapes. MARY FLOWER is “A world-class fingerstyle and lap-slide guitarist.” – Downbeat magazine. Piedmont blues-based musician MARY FLOWER has dazzled the competition at the National Fingerstyle competition and has appeared on radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion.” Her music is upbeat, almost with a ragtime influence, with a lot of finger-picked melodies. In addition to all that, Mary excels as a lap steel slide guitarist. (In addition to today’s workshop, Mary plays a concert here on July 31 at 8 pm; see listing.) More at www.maryflower.com
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> Sunday afternoon (time tba), LAWRENCE LEBO begins offering her 4-week course on blues singing techniques titled “LEARN TO SING THE BLUES WITH LAWRENCE LEBO,” at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405; www.mccabes.com. Lawrence says, “Students will learn blues singing techniques from shouts to growls to moans, in a hands-on performance workshop.” Classes meet Sundays from Aug 1-Aug 22 (4 sessions) at a cost of $150. More at the venue’s website. Her just-released new (and third) CD, “Don’t Call Her Larry, Vol. 3: American Roots,” got a great review from Cashbox Magazine, at www.cashboxmagazine.com/reviews.htm. Lawrence gushes, “I’m right above Mellisa Etheridge!”
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> From 4:30-5:30 pm on Sunday, there’s a one-day “BEGINNING UKE” class at the Folk Music Center & Museum, 220 Yale Av, Claremont 91711; 909-624-2928; www.folkmusiccenter.com. It’s for parents and kids. Bring your uke or borrow one of theirs. It’s a one-day beginning uke class to get you started on a fun and easy instrument. Call for sign-ups and more info. Children taking the class should be at least 6 years old. Fee for the class is $10.
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LATER IN AUGUST…
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Already, it’s quite a month for workshop offerings for artists.
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> On Saturday, August 14, GONZALO BERGARA does a guitar workshop at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; www.boulevardmusic.com; 310-398-2583. GONZALO BERGARA has toured the world extensively as a member of the JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET. He brings his ever-so-hot guitar to Boulevard Music for an afternoon workshop and an evening concert.
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> On Saturday, August 21 at 1 pm, there’s a workshop that many vocalists can use. You can “DEVELOP AND IMPROVE YOUR YODEL” with International Yodeling Champion and Kansas’ own “Yodeling Princess” JUDY CODER, presented by the Western Music Association, California Chapter, at the Autry National Center / Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, L.A. 90027. (Held in the classrooms adjacent to the museum’s Wells Fargo Theater.) Judy will present an exciting workshop on the techniques of yodeling. Questions, contact Marilyn Tuttle at 818-365-8709 or Lindalee Green at 661-297-5955 or lindaleegreen@earthlink.net. $20 fee; $15 for WMA members; $5 for kids age 12 & under.
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3) AUTRY DRAWS MASSIVE CROWD FOR “NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY & COWGIRL,” JULY 24
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It was a one-day event that lasted only six hours, Saturday July 24, from 11 am to 5 pm. That was the event as realized at the Autry National Center’s Museum of the American West (aka Autry Museum). But that was just one venue for the 30 key observances, nationwide, of the 6th annual “National Day of the Cowboy.”
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PATTY CARMACK of the Autry told the Guide, “Our number of visitors was the highest we’ve seen in several years, for any event. Everyone here was thrilled, and we’re already looking at ways to make it even better, next year.”
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In the run-up to the L.A. event, THE TUMBLIN’ TUMBLEWEEDS performed live on the Channel 5 “Morning News” everywhere that L.A. broadcast and cable TV reaches. The top award-winning western vocal and guitar group is a tribute to the legendary SONS OF THE PIONEERS, complete with some fancy footwork, and some originals of their own. They headlined the music on the outdoor stage, with the bronze statue of Gene Autry and his guitar as the backdrop.
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The day featured trick roping events, with instruction for the kids on throwing the lariat by the BANUELOS CHARRO TEAM who keep the Californio vaquero tradition alive (most cowboy gear and technique was derived from the vaqueros). JOEY DILLON performed his six-gun twirling tricks to oohs and ahhs. Plus there was hands-on leather tooling for the kids, a chance to get a horseshoe worked by a blacksmith from raw iron stock – finished with your name on it – an interpretive chuck wagon, the L.A. Sheriff’s Reserve Mounted Posse, western art on display for purchase, and a western merchandise mart inside the museum had deeply discounted prices (’purt near everybody went away with some gew-gaw they didn’t have before).
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Most popular, as evidenced by the long line at the outdoor serving pavilion, was the choice of three kinds of chili (including buffalo chili) that sold-out before the event was two hours old. Fortunately, the Autry’s Golden Spur Café had a better supply of generous portions of BBQ beef ribs that lasted past the halfway mark of the event.
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We never got to the indoor screenings of original Gene Autry TV shows. There was a waiting line to enter the museum, and for a few hours, those who wanted to enter had to wait for someone else to exit. Part of the day’s success was the multiplicity of activities indoors and out, allowing everyone to find something of interest.
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The Autry has other special activities through the summer, including a Thursday evening “SIZZLING SUMMER NIGHTS” Latin jazz music series, 6:30-9 pm, with the café’s taco and drink bar open at 6 pm. Each show features a different band, and dance lessons with TRISH CONROY are included. Schedule is available at www.theautry.org (323-667-2000); it’s all-ages, and there are separate dance floors for adults and children. Tix are $7 and include museum admission (regular museum admission is $9 for adults, $5 seniors (age 60+) and students (with id), $3 for children age 3-12) so it’s a price break that adds the entertainment.
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4) R.I.P., BEN KEITH…
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He played on more than a dozen of NEIL YOUNG’s albums, and he gained fame as far back as 1961, when he performed on PATSY CLINE’s hit, “I Fall to Pieces.” Now, the steel guitarist is dead of a heart attack at age 73. Film director Jonathan Demme told Randy Lewis, of the Los Angeles Times, that Keith had been staying at Neil Young’s ranch in Northern California, as the two worked on new projects as longtime collaborators. Demme directed the concert film, “Neil Young Trunk Show,” earlier this year, along with 2006’s “Heart of Gold.”
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Lewis writes in the Times, “The sound Keith came up with for the song ‘Old Man’ became a signature of Young’s folk and country-slanted material.”
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Musician CHARLIE BAKER, who had worked with Keith, wrote to tell the Guide of the piece he had penned, “Heavens Band has a New Angel,” which reads:
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“Ben Keith was a free spirit, he was pure & honest, he blessed us all with his gift of music. Ben & Neil Young were my #1 music inspirations as I grew up in the ’70s. Ten years ago I sent some songs to Ben’s publishing company, [and] within days the man himself called me. He invited me to his home. It was a major turning point in my career to have someone of his caliber take notice after being bashed in Nashville for years. It taught me I had a place and I needed to be myself and not conform to the system. He worked with me in the studio, we cooked and enjoyed afternoons of partying at his house. I cannot say enough about how he influenced my writing and music. He played an old Dobro on one of my songs, ‘Caroline.’ We cut five sides (unreleased) in 2005 at Nashville’s Studio 19, as he was at the helm as producer. I knew I was working with a legend, I knew I was blessed for that, but my real blessing was his friendship. He always met me with open arms, he always answered the phone with enthusiasm, he loved to laugh. He had absolutely no ego. Thank you, Ben for allowing me into your life. Your presence on this earth will be missed by all, but your spirit will live on in our hearts and through your music.”
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There is more on Charlie Baker’s blog, at www.nodepression.com/profile/Charliebaker
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5) WE’D LIKE YOU TO MEET…
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Last edition, we reported that The Guide is launching a new feature with “We’d Like You to Meet…,” profiling musicians and people on the music scene that you should know. Already, we must take a week off, as this week has been waaaay too busy! But we are serious, and we will do it, as a series.
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6) THE GUIDE URGENTLY INVITES YOUR SUPPORT
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Whether you’re here for the first time or a regular reader of the Guide, welcome. We hope you’ll recognize that the Guide is unique: we aren’t just a calendar that lists events with names of artists you may not know. We tell you about those artists. Other sources offer simple, “bare bones” notices of some of the events detailed in the Guide. Those sources give you SOME of the “Who, where, and when.” We give you that – and much more – about MORE events that the others list, AND we don’t stop with simple listings. Most everything in the Guide is a veritable feature story on each of the events. Along with telling you “Who, where, and when” the Guide gives you the all-important “WHAT” – what kind of music, what awards the artist or band has won, what the music media is saying about them, useful info on the venue where they’re performing, and more.
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We hope you find that so valuable that you’re willing to help us, so we can continue to do that, AND move it all to a full-feature website with pictures, song clips, performance videos, and more. We expect our situation will be just like your favorite NPR station: they depend, for most of their needs, on their individual supporters. We must depend on you, our readers, and the musicians whose gigs are listed in our pages. (We are simultaneously seeking commercial sponsors to assure that we can continue to publish and move the Guide to essentially “take-over” at www.acousticmusic.net, where the Guide is currently linked. There, we have been offered the opportunity to build the site around the Guide, as a full-feature website with current reviews and much more. But there’s no guarantee that we can get sufficient commercial sponsors to raise enough revenue to allow us to do that. We’re giving it a good go. Either way, just like a public radio or PBS station, we need financial support from YOU, our readers, and from the musicians whose gigs we list! Please help, so we can keep making the many hours required each week to do this!
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The Guide needs your support to continue to bring you NEWS, and CONCERT & EVENT LISTINGS, and to offer you FREE TICKETS through the summer and beyond, and we can only do that if we are still here. Some of you have responded with a check for $25, in return for THREE CDs of your choice, or for our professionally-produced live concert DVD + one CD of your choice. We are grateful to those readers and artists. (If you haven’t yet received your CDs or DVD/CD in the mail, please be patient, they’re coming.)
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The Guide still needs everyone’s support. Really and truly. Many people read it regularly, and have never helped to sustain it. If that’s you, we especially need your support, together with support from the artists whose gigs always appear in our listings. Doing this requires a TON of time. We’ve made our case to you. Our mailing address is below. We need your financial support – at a modest level – support from you, our readers and the musicians whose gigs appear in the Guide.
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Send us a check for $25, in return for THREE CDs of your choice, or for our professionally-produced live concert DVD and one CD of your choice (while they last, so act quickly!) And all that is about to change – see the next News Feature.
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AFTER AUGUST 10, our offer of “Thank-You” DVDs / CDs in return for your support will CHANGE. We will offer ONLY the live concert DVD, plus one CD of your choice, WHILE THE CDs LAST.
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Write your check for $25, made-out to “Tied to the Tracks,” and mail it TODAY to:
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2424 Greenfield Av
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Then email us with a subject of “Guide thank you” and tell us whether you want 3 CDs of your choice, or the live concert DVD plus 1 CD of your choice. The catalogue of our extensive offerings is at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/support-guide-and-get-some-great-dvds.html. Some listed there have already been claimed by other supporters, so list your second choices. (That’s why we must soon discontinue offering CDs.) We’ll email you back, and let you know. Please remember to title your email “Guide thank you.”
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Please sustain our ability to get free tickets and goodies for you, and for the Guide to be able to continue bringing you all the news and events. And thanks again to those who have contributed to continue making the Guide possible!
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7) “THANK YOU” CDs / DVDs FROM THE GUIDE: THE TIMES ARE A-CHANGIN’
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AFTER AUGUST 10, our offer of “Thank-You” DVDs / CDs in return for your support will CHANGE. After that date, we will offer ONLY the live concert DVD, plus one CD of your choice, WHILE THE CDs LAST.
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Write your check for $25, made-out to “Tied to the Tracks,” and mail it TODAY to:
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Tied to the Tracks
2424 Greenfield Av
Arcadia CA 91006
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Then email us with a subject of “Guide thank you” and tell us whether you want 3 CDs of your choice, or the live concert DVD plus 1 CD of your choice. The catalogue of our extensive offerings is at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/03/support-guide-and-get-some-great-dvds.html. Some listed there have already been claimed by other supporters, so list your second choices. (That’s why we must soon discontinue offering CDs.) We’ll email you back, and let you know. Please remember to title your email “Guide thank you.”
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Please sustain our ability to get free tickets and goodies for you, and for the Guide to be able to continue bringing you all the news and events. And thanks again to those who have contributed to continue making the Guide possible!
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RECENT NEWS FEATURES (in the past month):
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July 22 edition’s News Features are available at:
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/acoustic-americana-music-guide-news_22.html
The topics are:
1) “National Day of the Cowboy & Cowgirl”
Venues Include the Autry in L.A., July 24
2) “Roots Roadhouse” Arrives July 31, as an “Event-of-the-Summer”
3) Pete Seeger’s “Reclaim the Coast” – Gulf Coast Oil Spill Benefit
4) Ford Amphitheatre Seeks Proposals for 2011 Summer Season
5) Indie-Music Top 25 Awards – Round 2 Deadline is July 31
6) New Mavis Staples Tune Debuts, Written by Jeff Tweedy
7) We’d Like You to Meet… MARK HOLT
8) The Fureys & Davey Arthur, plus Ken O’Malley: West Coast Tour in September
9) Is Internet Music “Completely Over” -?
10) The Guide Still Needs Your Support
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July 16 edition’s New Features are available at:
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/acoustic-americana-music-guide-news_6388.html
The topics are:
1) Six Local Festivals this Saturday: 2 Free, 2 Charity Benefits, Plus Four Festivals on Sunday – One an “Event Of The Summer” –
> 1a) Saturday… 2nd annual “Sea Shanties Festival;” Friday evening early start, with “Sea Chanties… Evening” [with a note on various spellings of “chanties, chanteys, shanties, & shanteys”]; “Target Arts & Wonder Free Family Festival” in San Pedro; “A Sweet Taste of Jazz” benefit; 15th annual “NoHo Midsummer Nights Coffee House & Music Festival,” a local charity benefit; annual “Santa Barbara French Festival;” annual “Music in the Mountains Festival,” with Celtic and traditional Americana, at Green Valley Lake.
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annual “Boulevard Music Summer Music Festival;” annual “Americana Family Festival” in Santa Ana; day two of the annual “Santa Barbara French Festival;” day two of the “Target Arts & Wonder Free Family Festival” in San Pedro.
2) “Tin Pan Alley Jazz” at Descanso Gardens this Thursday Night
3) “Lord Of The Dance” Joins Ken O’malley, for July 16th Free Show
4) Tannahill Weavers Play Caltech Folk Music Series July 17th
5) Hawaiian Vocal Quartet, with Hula – and Bluesman Stan West?
6) “Roots Roadhouse,” a “Show-Of-The-Summer,” Coming July 31st – with Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Red Simpson, T Model Ford, Pete Anderson, I See Hawks In LA, Old Californio, Chatham County Line, The Chapin Sisters, Leslie & The Badgers, The Whispering Pines, Olin & The Moon, Triple Chicken Foot, Killing Cassanova, & Speedbuggy, in Echo Park…
7) Accessible Classical Goes “Bu-De-Bu-De-Ba, that’s all, Folks”
8) Still More Accessible Classical, Outdoors and Charming…
9) Jackson Browne & David Lindley at the Greek Theatre, July 23rd
10) Records, CDs, More, at Big Flea Market, July 18th
11) Please Support The Guide
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July 9 editions’ News Features are available at:
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/acoustic-americana-music-guide-july-9.html
The topics are:
1) “How to Work the Media: A Workshop For Artists” on July 10
2) The Guide’s New Faster Format, Status, & Future
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July 1 edition’s News Features are available at:
http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2010/07/acoustic-americana-music-guide-july-1.html
The topics are:
1) “How to Work the Media: A Workshop for Artists” on July 10
2) July 4th, The Horse, and a Little Obscure History…
3) “Byrd from West Virginia” Remembered in Song
4) Pete Seeger, at Age 91, Continues to Inspire and Contribute
5) Kinky Friedman to Play L.A., End of the Month
6) The Guide’s New Faster Format, Status, & Future
7) International Acoustic Music Awards Profiles Winners
8) The Guide Previews (Gasp!) a Rock Show
9) Recycling CDs & DVDs
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FOR THE COMPLETE EDITION, WITH ALL THE EVENT LISTINGS, GO TO…
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…the latest full edition of the Acoustic Americana Music Guide! It’s always available at www.acousticmusic.net or at
www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com or by links from the News-only edition at www.nodepression.com/profile/TiedtotheTracks
or by following any of MANY links on the web to get to one of those sites.
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