(Nashville, Tenn.) – Phil Lee will play his own special blend of rockabilly and roots music at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13, at Red Dragon Listening Room, 2401 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge. Multi-instrumentalist Tom Mason will accompany Lee. Admission is $15. For reservations and information, call Chris Maxwell, 225-939-7783, or email cmaxwell@premier.net Lee is touring in support of his new CD, "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You" (Steady Boy Records) , which hit number one on Euro-Americana radio chart and number four on FAR (freeform American Roots) radio chart. Writing about Lee and "So Long" in Nashville Scene, music journalist Jim Ridley said if Nashville had a Mount Rushmore, with John Prine, Lucinda Williams and Guy Clark, Lee would be the "fourth head." Lee has been described as “combining the social consciousness of Woody Guthrie with the twisted fury of Jerry Lee Lewis.” Singing with no apologies -- and certainly no regrets -- Lee often shows hard-earned wisdom from his adventures and misadventures. He can easily catch you off guard, moving seamlessly from the "gut-bucket blues" of "Jemima James" to the poignant Beatle-influenced "We Cannot Be Friends Anymore." I didn't write 'Great Balls of Fire,' but I could have if I'd gotten here in time,” Lee said.
So who is this roots rocker whose music is “irreverent, ragged and beautiful in its simplicity” and who crafts songs that are home to a cast of social misfits, outcasts, petty criminals and people living on the fringe? Truly, Lee has lived much of the colorful life about which he writes and sings. . When music journalist Peter Cooper at the Nashville Tennesean wrote that Lee is the “Don Rickles of disenfranchised nashtwang,” he captures somewhat the essence of Lee who was born in Durham, N.C. Then Lee hung out in New York City for a while, lived in Los Angeles, and landed in Nashville a few years ago. In-between, he lived on the road, not as a musician, but as a long-haul trucker. Lee's musicianship includes mastering vocals, guitar, drums and harmonica. And, oh yes, he is a talented knife thrower! Lee's second CD, “You Should Have Known Me Then” (Shanachie) garnered a nomination as “2001 Americana Album of the Year,” along with CDs by Rodney Crowell and Delbert McClinton. Lee released his debut album, “The Mighty King of Love” (Shanachie), in 2000.
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I'm headed back to Prairieville to do a show, primarily by invite but open to friends and fans. I believe it's the night of Mardi Gras, Tues Feb. 16 at 7pm. Listeners are welcome to attend if they'd like, and if you want to talk about it on the radio you can just direct people to my website for more info and we'll go from there :) With warm regards,
Our next show is next Saturday, Feb 13 when we welcome Phil Lee. I spent all day yesterday driving around in the rain and listening to Phil’s latest CD. Talk about a GREAT disc! I kept hearing familiar voices singing with Phil and realized they were Gillian Welch and Allison Moorer! Phil’s fans include the cream of the music biz including our old friend Bill Kirchen. Pull up Phil’s website at PhilLee1 dot com. He has never been to Baton Rouge and it is proving a bit tough to get a crowd. Take my word on this one, y’all!
I just got a note from our friends over at the Unitarian Church. Last year they hosted Roy Zimmerman for a show. Roy does political & social satire in musical form. If you see him on You Tube you will laugh your butt off. Roy will be back at the Unitarian Church on Goodwood on Friday, Feb 19 ($10). Looks like fun!
Just the next day we will host Irene and Sara Jean Kelley on Saturday, Feb 20 ($20) at the Red Dragon. Irene has spent 27 years as a well known songwriter in Nashville. She has written tunes for Alan Jackson (A Little Bluer Than That), Loretta Lynn, Pat Green, Trisha Yearwood, Ricky Skaggs, Pure Prairie League and countless others. Ray Cate went to last year’s Telluride Festival and came back so excited about this lady and her music. A couple of patrons were joking with me that all of our performers are (1) men and (2) from Texas. Well Irene is neither! And her daughter Sara Jean will open the show. Yup, the same young lady who played the Varsity just a few months ago. I’ve attached a photo of Irene….maybe one day someone can show me how to put pictures in the body of my e-mail!
Off to work I go. Hope to see you at some shows. Drop me an e-mail to reserve seating for any Red Dragon show!
I'm thrilled to be able to offer you a sneak peak at a soon-to-be-released dvd, entitled "Memories 'n Song", featuring music of the early to mid-1900s. My work with senior citizens (Alzheimer's patients, assisted living residents, etc.) has consistently shown me the power of music in the lives of seniors! The dvd will contain only tunes that these seniors would have known in their younger days. Memories and songs truly go hand in hand.
Filming occured in 5 different locations within the Baton Rouge area, featuring a total of 7 musicians, 8 different musical instruments and a cast of senior citizens singing and dancing...a veritable feast for the eyes and ears! Videography and production was done by Daniel Lee, an accomplished musician himself, whose vision has proven invaluable in this process.
This is the first in a series of dvds by myself and Daniel Lee, offering a true celebration of music from the early to mid-1900s. I'd be honored for you to take a look at one of the tunes, "Bill Bailey", by following this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gBORjs7C_4
More information on release date, playlist, etc., to follow within the next few weeks.
THE LOUSIANA STAGE AT THE INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE CELEBRATION
We have an exciting show planned April 11th in Baton Rouge for the Louisiana stage produced by Henry Turner jr. it will be action packed with appearances from Henry Turner jr, and a Tabby's Blues box review with a special guest appearance by Tabby Thomas be on the look out for commercials and psa's there will be a live broadcast of segments of the show on www.blogtalkradio.com/hcr-golden-vibes
Songwriter Spotlight...Thursday, February 11, 2010, 6:30pm until 9:00pm, BrewHaHa Coffee Shop (711 Jefferson Highway, mid-city BR). 5 singer/songwriters, each performing 30 minute sets. For more information, http://www.dorothyleblanc.com/songwriterspotlight.html
I thought you might want to check out this video clip from WCAX TV News about the CD that I am featured on Singing Through The Hard Times , a Tribute To Utah Phillips. Enjoy and pass it along
Feb 12, 2010 (Fri) Red Stick Ramblers (Western Swing with some cajun) at Chelsea's, 2857 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-2247 Info: (225) 387-3679
Feb 19, 2010 (Fri) Brandon Moreau avec La Bande Pain Perdu Cajun Band at a public dance sponsored by the Baton Rouge Cajun French Music Association, UCT Hall, 11175 Florida Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70815-2013 No Smoking Admission $10, Band from 8:00PM to 10:30PM. Public, visitors, students welcome. Cajun dance lesson from 7pm - 7:45pm Public, visitors, students welcome. Info: (225) 936-1177 www.batonrougecajundance.com
Feb 26 (Fri) LSU NIGHT OF FRENCH CINEMA: Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70801-1201 Admission $10 to $20, 6:00PM to 6:00AM www.manshiptheatre.org The Center for French and Francophone Studies will show four films, each of which hilariously or dramatically depicts French and Francophone culture. 6:00 p.m. Cocktails/charcuteries 7:30 p.m Opening Ceremony 7:45 p.m First film: The Chorus (97 minutes). 9:30 p.m. Intermission: French cheese and wine 10:30 p.m. Second film: The Necessities of Life (102 minutes) 12:20 a.m. Intermission: French pastries and desserts 1:10 a.m. Third film: I Killed My Mother (96 minutes). 2:50 a.m. Intermission: Cajun Coffee 3:20 a.m. Fourth film: Tanguy (110 minutes) 5:20 a.m. Breakfast: croissants, baguettes, and coffee. 6:00 a.m. End Info: (225) 344-0234
Cajun Music Lessons - Cajun accordion, fiddle, and guitar lessons. All levels. Loaner instruments available. Call Steve Bing 225-246-2167
To receive this schedule by email every 2 weeks send an email to me at cajunclarence [type the at sign] gmail.com with the subject saying "Clarence's Baton Rouge Cajun email list".
Juan Luis Guerra y 440 join Simon & Garfunkel, Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, The Neville Brothers, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, Allman Brothers Band, My Morning Jacket, Widespread Panic, Darius Rucker, Imagination Movers, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Irma Thomas, Gipsy Kings, The Dead Weather, Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes, The Black Crowes, Drake, Teena Marie, Keely Smith, Jonny Lang, Band of Horses, Allen Toussaint and hundreds more previously announced to appear at the 41st edition of the beloved Festival.
Roy Zimmerman: Real American February 19, Friday, 8:00 at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge 8470 Goodwood Blvd. Tickets $10 at the door (no one will be turned away)
Another night of Political, Social Satire with music. ROY ZIMMERMAN SINGS REAL AMERICAN SONGS
How do you fight recession, war, ignorance, greed and the scourge of Right Wing punditry?? Why, with satire, of course.
Satirical songwriter Roy Zimmerman brings his one-man show "Roy Zimmerman: Real American" to the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, 8470 Goodwood Blvd for a performance Friday, February 19 at 8 pm. Admission is $10 at the door.
Roy's YouTube videos have garnered over three million views and tens of thousands of comments, many of them coherent. His songs are heard on NPR and Air America and he's a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.
Real American is 90 minutes of Zimmerman's funny songs and comic commentary, a tuneful examination of the American political landscape in the era of Hope and Change. Health care, the economy, same-sex marriage, climate change, Creationism, guns, taxes, abstinence and, yes, Obama all come under satirical scrutiny.
There's a decidedly Lefty slant to Roy's lyrics. "We used to have a name for Right Wing satire," he says. "We called it 'cruelty.'"
The HBO documentary The Trials of Ted Haggard, directed by Alexandra Pelosi features Roy's song, Ted Haggard is Completely Heterosexual.And his tune Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion Dollars landed him a mention on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, an unaccustomed honor for a folkie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoshMpYfmg&feature=channel_page
The Los Angeles Times says, "Zimmerman displays a lacerating wit and keen awareness of society's foibles that bring to mind a latter-day Tom Lehrer."
After a one-year hiatus, BrewHaHa Coffee Shop in mid-city Baton Rouge will again host the weekly Songwriter Spotlight. Five local and (occasionally touring) singer/songwriters will share the stage every Thursday evening, performing a 30-minute set of their original music. To participate, songwriters must contact the event's hostess to schedule their time slot. Sign up information is contained at this link: http://www.dorothyleblanc.com/songwriterspotlight.html
BrewHaHa Coffee Shop is located at 711 Jefferson Highway, in mid-city Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge is bursting at the seams with talented singer/songwriters! Any help you can give me to spread the word will be greatly appreciated. For more information, contact Dorothy LeBlanc through this medium or by phone at 225-932-9841.
Phil Lee (duo) Sat, Feb 13 $15 opener TBA Irene Kelley Sat, Feb 20 $15 Sara Jean Kelley opens Steve Young Fri, March 5 $20 Jubal Lee Young opens ***note the date change*** Fabulous Bagasse Boyz Sat, March 13 $15 Sylvestrings opens Ray Bonneville Sat, March 27 $15 opener TBA Gurf Morlix Fri, April 23 $15 opener TBA Kevin Welch Fri, May 7 $20 Trouverre’ opens Chuck Brodsky’s Birthday Bash (the big 50!!) Thur, May 20 $15 (plus an optional gift!!) Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines Sat, July 10 $20 Martin Flanagan & the X-Design Band open
Time to go listen to my new Chris Knight CD. E-mail me for reservations. Consider being a VIP and get your choice of seating.
TOP ARTISTS OF DECEMBER 2009 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 13449 airplays from 142 different DJs www.folkradio.org
1. John McCutcheon 2. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer 3. Dave Rawlings Machine 4. Bob Dylan 5. Joel Mabus 5. Pete Seeger 7. Loreena McKennitt 8. John Gorka 8. Laurie Lewis 10. Jay Ungar And Molly Mason 11. James Keelaghan 12. Herdman, Hills And Mangsen 13. Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem 14. Christine Lavin 15. Harlem Parlour Music Club 15. Mary Chapin Carpenter 17. Krista Detor 18. Loudon Wainwright III 18. Rosanne Cash 20. Tom Russell 21. Caroline Herring 21. Robin And Linda Williams 21. Sam Bush 24. Dana And Susan Robinson 24. Finest Kind 26. John Prine 26. Matt And Shannon Heaton 28. Heather Masse 29. Duvekot, Heaton, Hutchinson, Zukerman 29. James Hill And Anne Davison 29. Jay Howlett 29. Zoe Mulford 33. Cheryl Wheeler 33. Dar Williams 33. Peter, Paul And Mary 33. Sharon Shannon 33. Steve Earle 38. Joe Jencks 38. Jory Nash 38. Odetta
And, here are the top 50 artists for the entire year of 2009:
TOP ARTISTS OF 2009 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 166046 airplays from 195 different DJs www.folkradio.org
1. Pete Seeger 2. Bob Dylan 3. Cheryl Wheeler 4. John Gorka 5. Tom Rush 6. Joel Mabus 7. Nanci Griffith 8. Greg Brown 9. Danny Schmidt 10. Jorma Kaukonen 11. Richard Shindell 12. Susan Werner 13. Arlo Guthrie 14. The Wailin' Jennys 15. Johnsmith 16. Ben Bedford 17. Tom Russell 18. John McCutcheon 19. Peter, Paul And Mary 20. Tom Paxton 21. Catie Curtis 22. Guy Davis 23. Slaid Cleaves 24. David Wilcox 25. Joan Baez 26. Steve Martin 27. Steve Earle 28. Eliza Gilkyson 29. Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer 30. Tim O'Brien 31. Joe Jencks 32. James Keelaghan 33. Pierce Pettis 34. Chris Smither 34. Sarah Jarosz 36. Woody Guthrie 37. Guy Clark 38. Cosy Sheridan 39. Eilen Jewell 40. Robin And Linda Williams 41. Diana Jones 42. Emmylou Harris 43. Dar Williams 44. Antje Duvekot 44. Eric Brace And Peter Cooper 46. Liz Carroll And John Doyle 47. Bruce Cockburn 47. John Prine 49. Cliff Eberhardt 50. Alison Brown
I've set up a Twitter account. I have no idea where it will lead. I will tweet this, retweet that, and see what happens next. www.twitter.com/hootenannypower
When the song of the angel is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flocks, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers, To make music in the heart.
Found a good article online: A Musicians Roadmap To Setting Goals for 2010. It's on a blog called music think tank which has a lot of great how to articles for musicians:
MIDWINTER MUSIC PARTY WITH CELTIC AND RENAISSANCE MUSICK
(New Orleans, LA), December 26, 2009 – A “Midwinter Music Party” on Friday, January 29, 2010 will feature musicians from the Louisiana Renaissance Festival as well as celebrated Canadian Celtic musician Heather Dale.
Louisiana Renaissance Festival favorites Marc Gunn and Vince Conaway will appear, along with other musicians.
Deutches Haus, at 200 S. Galvez, is a favorite venue of Celtic, folk and other musicians. Its amenities include reasonably-priced German-style dinners and a full bar. Free, safe parking is available.
“This will be a fun evening of music, dance and general revelry,” says organizer Jamie Haeuser. “It’s reasonably priced, family friendly and a great way to chase away the winter doldrums.”
Advance tickets are available for $8 at www.la-renfest.com and tickets at the door will be $10.
For more information, call Jamie Haeuser at (225) 266-3979.
Hundreds of early Rendez-vous des Cajuns broadcasts, featuring some of the greatest names in Cajun music, have now been preserved for all time.
As of the now, the first six years of performances — almost 300 episodes — have been digitally remastered by experts at the Center for Louisiana Acadian Studies at UL's Dupre Library.
"We helped to fund it, and they did the transfer," said Larry Miller, chairman of the Cajun Music Hall of Fame in Eunice.....
FOLK AND ROOTS MUSICIANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REST IN PEACE, 2009
Courtesy Sing Out! Magazine www.singout.org here are members of the folk community who we lost in 2009:
Name, Birth Date (if known)-Death Date, Brief description, (issue in which obit appeared)
Vic Heyman, ??-Jan 6, 2009, Concert organizer, former Sing Out! writer, (v.52#4) Claude Jeter, Oct 26, 1914-Jan 6, 2009, Gospel singer and founder of the Swan Silvertones, (v.52#4) Butch Baldassari, Dec 11, 1952-Jan 10, 2009, Mandolin virtuosos, bandleader and teacher, (v.52#4) Mansour Rahbani, ??-Jan 13, 2009, Lebanese composer-musician, (v.52#4) Ramón de Algeciras, ??-Jan 20, 2009, Gypsy flamenco guitarist, (v.52#4) John Martyn, Sep 11, 1948-Jan 29, 2009, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist, (v.52#4) Rich Morse, ??-Mar 2, 2009, Instrument maker and founder of The Button Box, (v.53#1) John Cephas, Sep 4, 1930-Mar 4, 2009, Blues guitarist and singer, (v.53#1) Jim Taylor, Jun 16, 1952-Mar 7, 2009, Hammered Dulcimer player and instrument builder, (v.53#1) Willie King, ??-Mar 8, 2009, Blues guitarist and singer, and social activist, (v.53#1) Bob Guida, ??-Mar 11, 2009, Blues musician and member of The Otis Brothers, (v.53#1) Harvey Geller Jun 29, 1922-Mar 12, 2009, Music journalist and folk music lyricist, (v.53#1) Richie Shulberg, ??-Mar 14, 2009, NYC-based Old-time Musican and radio host, (v.53#1) Edwin "Eddie Bo" Bocage, Sep 20, 1930-Mar 18, 2009, New Orleans-style pianist and singer, (v.53#1) Archie Green, Jun 29, 1917-Mar 22, 2009, Folklorist and labor historian, (v.53#1) Iqbal Bano, ??-Apr 21, 2009, Traditional Urdu Ghazal singer from Pakistan, (v.53#1) Marshall Freedland, ??-Apr 30, 2009, Banjo and guitar player, (v.53#1) Coumba Sidibe, ??-May 9, 2009, Malian singer, Wassoulou diva and music pioneer, (v.53#1) Travis Edmonson Sep 23, 1932-May 9, 2009, Folk singer-songwriter, member of Bud & Travis, (v.53#1) Koko Taylor, Sep 2, 1928-Jun 3, 2009, Blues singer, "Queen of the Blues", (v.53#1) Kenny Rankin, Feb 10, 1940-Jun 7, 2009, Songwriter/Guitarist, (v.53#1) Ali Akbar Khan Apr 14, 1922-Jun 18, 2009, Hindustani classical musician, (v.53#2)
Allen Kemp, 1945-Jun 26,2009, Stone Canyon Band and New Riders of the Purple Sage Rita Keane, ??-Jun 28, 2009, Irish traditional singer, (v.53#2) Norm Pellegrini Jul 18, 1929-Jul 2, 2009, WFMT Program Director, founder "The Midnight Special", (v.53#2) Jim Reid, ??-Jul 6, 2009, Scottish traditional singer, (v.53#2) Sean LaRoche, Aug 1, 1937-Jul 15, 2009, Agent and founder of The Roots Agency, (v.53#2) John "Marmaduke" Dawson Jun 16, 1945-Jul 21, 2009, Member of New Riders of the Purple Sage, (v.53#2) Sandy Paton, Jan 22, 1929-Jul 26, 2009, Folksong collector/singer, co-founder of Folk Legacy Recordings, (v.53#2) Sandy Ives, Sep 24, 1925-Aug 1, 2009, Folklorist and song collector, (v.53#2) Mike Seeger, Aug 15, 1933-Aug 7, 2009, Folk and old-time music pioneer, (v.53#2) Suzi Wollenberg Oct 13, 1952-Aug 8, 2009, FolkDJ (WVUD - Newark, DE), (v.53#2) Wilfred "Willie" Beaudoin, Jul 31, 1925-Aug 18, 2009, French Canadian traditional dance musician (guitarist), (v.53#2) Julius Margolin Aug 16, 1916-Aug 24, 2009, Singer-Songwriter, Labor Activist, (v.53#2) Marie Knight, Jun 1, 1918-Aug 30, 2009, Gospel singer and R&B performer, (v.53#2) Steve Mann, ??-Sep 8, 2009, Folk and blues guitarist, (v.53#2) Norman J. Seaman, Mar 21, 1923-Sep 9, 2009, Concert producer and manager, (v.53#2) Sam Hinton, Mar 31, 1917-Sep 10, 2009, American folk legend; former Sing Out! Board member, (v.53#2) Ramiro Musotto, ??-Sep 11, 2009, Berimbau master, (v.53#2) Mary Travers, Nov 9, 1936-Sep 16, 2009, Folk singer, Member of Peter, Paul and Mary, (v.53#2) Ray Alden, Jul 2, 1942-Sep 19, 2009, Old-time banjoist, collector and documentarian, (v.53#2) Robert Kirby, Apr 16, 1948-Oct 3, 2009, English arranger-composer for folk performers, (v.53#2) Mercedes Sosa Jul 9, 1935-Oct 4, 2009, Argentine folk singer, (v.53#2) Evelyn Beers, May 3, 1925-Oct 4, 2009, Revival Singer and Festival Director, (v.53#2) Fred Starner, ??-Oct 25, 2009, Banjo player, folk singer, hobo entertainer, Clearwater Sloop Crew, (v.53#2) Art D'Lugoff, Aug 2, 1924-Nov 4, 2009, Founder/owner of The Village Gate, (v.53#2) Bess Lomax Hawes, Jan 21, 1921-Nov 27, 2009, American folk singer and folklorist, (v.53#2) John Storm Roberts, Feb 24, 1936-Nov 29, 2009, World music scholar, writer, record producer, (v.53#3) Jack Cooke, Dec 6, 1936-Dec 1, 2009, Bass player, member of the Clinch Mountain Boys (v.53#2) Liam Clancy, Sep 2, 1935-Dec 4, 2009, Irish folk singer, Member of the Clancy Brothers, , (v.53#3) Craig Johnson Mar 25, 1953-Dec 5, 2009, Old-Time Musician/Songwriter (Double Decker Stringband) (v.53#3) Eugenio Ortega Oct 14, 1932-Dec 10, 2009, Master musician, pioneer of Colombian vallenato music, (v.53#3) Cam Waters, ??-Dec 20, 2009, Blues/folk guitarist, (v.53#3) Keith Pitzer, ??-Dec 22, 2009, WV-singer-songwriter (v.53#3) Vic Chesnutt, Dec 25, 2009, singer-songwriter
MAR 15 - super hot olde tyme string band from Virginia will be performing with us and for us at BOUTIN's on Mon. nite, Mar. 15 in connection with our Bluegrass on the Bayou reunion and jam party. Mark your calendar! = Every Sunday: "Bayou Bluegrass" plays for your dining pleasure at Monjuni's Restaurant in the Kenilworth Shopping Center on Highland Road. Noon 'til 3 pm.
Every Monday nite - bluegrass jam at the "HI HO Lounge" on St. Claude Ave. in New Orleans. Free food for the musicians. . Every Wednesday nite open mike at Lafonda's Restaurant on Airline Hwy from 6:00 'til 9:00 pm. JAM from 9 'til - Mostly acoustic, lots of Bluegrass and Old Time Blues. . Every Thursday, the Bayou Hotshots Play traditional Cajun music at Boutin's, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Boutin's Cajun Restaurant, 8322 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70810
GOSPEL JAM every 4th Tusday nite beginning January 2010 in Pontchatoula. Contact woodvillela@hotmail.com for information, . 2nd & 4th Saturdays at Baton Rouge's Mainstreet Market - bluegrass jam - 11 am. - downtown on corner of 5th and Main streets
2nd Saturday of month at Reimer's Musical Theatre on corner of N Cherry & E Charles Streets in Hammond, La. - country, gospel & bluegrass performance - donations at door only. info at (985) 345-0374 or (985) 345-3752 - if your group would like to play, contact them. . MORE STUFF: http://www.geocities.com/magnoliabluegrass/ & http://www.frog-hollow.com/MSBA/index.html [new] . (Jonathan Harris, Membership Comm./Secretary/Social Chairman/Janitor) Baton Rouge Acoustic, Bluegrass & Olde Tyme Music Association P O Box 4112 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4112 . Tel. (225) 387-1600
ROBERT CALMES IN DENHAM SPRINGS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS
The talented guitarist and godfather of BR's folk music scene, Robert Calmes, is now playing weekly, on Saturday nights from 7 to 9:30 at Charlotte's Coffees, 2648 Range Avenue in Denham Springs. He'll enjoy seeing the folk community stop by.
NEWPORT, R.I. - No matter how diverse the programming, there’s always a naysayer who grumbles about the mix of old and new at Newport’s fabled folk festival. This was not the year to complain. To celebrate the event’s golden anniversary, this year dubbed Folk Festival 50, the event was one of the most triumphant and inclusive in recent memory.
And to think it almost didn’t happen. When the festival’s future was in question earlier this year, original executive producer George Wein took back the reins and scrambled to fill two days with an impressive lineup that appealed, in producer Jay Sweet’s words, to “the musical omnivore.’’...
The musicians, in particular, acknowledged how the music had come full circle from heritage artists to the ones who will build on their legacy. The Avett Brothers’ Scott Avett mentioned Ramblin’ Jack Elliott’s huge influence on his band. Backstage yesterday, Judy Collins embraced Neko Case upon meeting her for the first time. And nearly everyone praised Pete Seeger, the festival’s headliner on both days and iconic elder statesman of folk who’s kicking hard at 90.
Besides, younger music fans are increasingly interested in who shaped some of their favorite modern artists. And this year the festival had a noticeably youthful presence; 9,200 people (fort capacity: 10,000) attended Saturday, giving the festival its highest single-day ticket sales since Bob Dylan’s heralded return in 2002.
This website is updated Saturdays, before the Hootenanny Power radio show at 9 pm on WRKF. Please don't wait until Monday or Tuesday after the radio show to send me info on a performance that coming Friday. It definitely won't make the show, and probably won't make the website. tlcaffery at yahoo dot com
HOUMA — Jerry Raines never pretended to know the music business. He just wanted to make music. Key Documents:
In the early 1960s, Raines was a nationally known swamp-pop songwriter out of Houma, swept to fame with his first song “Our Teenage Love” when he was 18 years old.
Stardom didn’t last long, however, and while in his 20s and 30s, Raines found himself working in local cane fields.
“Nobody knew who I was,” said Raines, whose real name is Rubin Bergeron. “One day you’re up there, the next day you’re down. What I did in the music business, I never thought I’d get this far.”
Raines, 68, now lives in Senator Circle, one of Houma’s two public-housing developments, with his third wife, 71-year-old Florence Lovell Bergeron, whom he credits with inspiring him to return to music.
Nine years ago, Raines started writing songs again....
*You Can Dress 'Em Up But You Can't Take 'Em Nowhere*
The Boyz latest release, /You Can Dress 'Em Up But You Can't Take 'Em Nowhere/ is a mixture of styles as was their previous album, /Not Your Daddy's Bluegrass/. The Boyz latest album is presented as the /The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz Bluegrass Hour/ on KRUD in Albany, Louisiana with Doug Anderson (The Larry Wallace and and the Patchwork String Band) and Buz Sibley (The Cane Grinders and The Way-Goners). This is second entertaining album by The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz that I have been fortunate enough to review. The Boyz have a comical wit that makes listening to their music quite entertaining. More than just good music, there is a jovial air that surrounds them as well.
This program consists of 20 songs and 20 announcer tracks for a total of 40. This makes for an interesting presentation that is as unique as this band, their humor and their music. This allows the listener to hear just the music...Just the commentary...Or both. It is, however, the music AND the humor that keeps it all together. The album plays out like a story presented in a radio DJ fashion. The story gives one a good look at the band and a fresh style with a not so formal presentation.
The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz play bluegrass, bluegrass styled music and more. The album covers a lot more than bluegrass as the listener will hear "Here Comes My Baby", a Cat Stevens tune and a Jim Croce favorite, "Age". You'll get some Bob Dylan and even Lilley Loesser's famous "I Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle." The Boyz tie it together with traditional tunes such as "Pretty Saro", "East Virginia Blues", Flowers of Edinburgh", and "Mountain Girl." Filling it all in are songs written by Hans 'Fritz' Mayers, the band's banjo musician.
The music it intertwined with dialog from the fictitious radio station KRUD. The first half of the program is sponsored by stylish "White Socks" is a good indication of where things are going for the rest of the album. The latter half is sponsored by "Moist Towelettes." The Boyz may just be right -- You Can Dress 'Em Up But You Can't Take 'Em Nowhere. Sometimes, you just have to get serious and toss all seriousness aside. That is the nature of this album.
The harmonies are very good and when you dress the Boyz up just a bit, they put their talents to work. "Pretty Saro" is an excellent example of what the Boyz can do when, and if, decide to get serious. Doug's mandolin work on "East Virginia Blues" illustrates the bluegrass qualities as the banjo fills in. Yes, the Boyz can put together some mighty fine music when they get a mind to. Bob Dylan's, "I Shall Be Released" works here with the bluegrass instrumentation.
Buz Sibley guests on the album and provides fiddle on the Texas Swing track, "There's a New Moon, Over My Shoulder" and other tracks. Doug Anderson's F5 mandolin is an essential part of this album as well. After all, bluegrass is more than bass, banjo and guitar! You gotta have a fiddle in the band and bluegrass isn't bluegrass without a mandolin.
If you're looking for the super-produced, and reproduced, spit and polished perfection of music, well, this ain't it! If you're looking for something original, entertaining and fun, well, give this album a spin. I find myself listening to the Boyz more than some of the hifalutin' super fancy chrome-plated spit-polished bluegrass productions out there today. One thing is for sure -- after listening to this album, it is apparent that /You Can Dress 'Em Up But You Can't Take 'Em Nowhere/!
Willi Sager plays the Bass while Rex Hall picks Guitar and Hans 'Fritz' Mayers plays the Banjo and some Mandolin and they all share vocals -- That's the The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz. The band gets their name, Bagasse, from the biomass remaining after sugarcane or sorghum stalks are crushed to extract their juice.
Les Kerr’s new New Orleans Set CD is Now Available at www.leskerr.com !
Also – All CDs, Tennessee Book, Poster On Sale to Celebrate!
Dear Friends,
My new CD, New Orleans Set, is now available at www.leskerr.com To celebrate, all CDs on the web site, the Tennessee book and Mardi Gras posters are also on sale! Basically, I'll pay the postage, autograph them if you want, and get 'em to you as soon as possible. You can order online or print the order form and send a check, whichever you prefer.
After lots of requests, many of my New Orleans songs are now on one disc. A new song, Smile Upon Your Soul and a new recording of Below the Level of the Sea start the album off and favorites like The Camellia Grill, Pray for New Orleans and New Orleans in the Spring are among the twelve tracks on the disc. As a little lagniappe, Mackinac Blues and Tourist in a Rental Car round out the CD.
Complete song list:
1. Smile Upon Your Soul 2. Below the Level of the Sea 3. The Camellia Grill 4. Pray for New Orleans 5. Mardi Gras Song 6. Streetcar in the Rain 7. The Sun Also Rises 8. New Orleans in the Spring 9. Tourist in a Rental Car 10. Midriff Mama Blues 11. Mackinac Blues 12. Jingle Bells (Christmas in New Orleans) w/The Jordanaires
Order now to get your copy or a gift copy before Christmas.
As always, thanks for listening and I hope you'll enjoy New Orleans Set.
We are pleased to announce that the Smithfield Fair has increased on YouTube. Big thanks to Hans Wax of American A/V for cutting down our footage from the 2006-2007 WUWL Live shows in to postable files.
Comments: Love your show, but you need to update your playlists. Please. I try to write down the names of the artists and songs I like during the show, but sometimes miss the backannounce. I know you have to file the playlists...just put them up here...please.
I used to be able to open this website and update it just after the close of the radio show, but the current station computer in the studio, which I use to type my playlist during the show Saturday nights, can't handle all the pop-ups and javascript junk that Network Solutions throws at it in order to update. Then, if I don't have time Sunday to get to my office and post the list to the site, it is not easy to grab the time away from law stuff during the week. I have generally been able to get it up during the week after the show. But, I can do this to make sure those who want a playlist can get it quickly ... Within the half hour after the show ends (so about 12:30 am Sunday), I send an email posting the playlist to www.folkradio.org. I can include anyone who so wishes on the "bcc" of the email. Just write me ( taylor@wrkf.org ) and ask me to include you in the playlist emails.
Lilli Lewis is an up and coming singer/songwriter who plays at Garrison's Global Coffee Bar every Friday night and Sunday afternoons in Hammond. I guess you could say her sound is kind of "earthy/bluesy" but her songs are much harder to categorize. All I can say is, everyone who hears her thinks she's the next big thing.
Her web site is www.lillilewis.com and she's at www.myspace.com/lillilewis. Please check her out and add her to your calendar: Lilli Lewis, Garrison's Global Coffeebar, 105 South Cate Street, Hammond, LA 70401, (985) 419-1180, Fridays: 7:30-9:30pm, Sundays: 3-5pm
Clarence Moritz, Jr.'s Cajun/Zydeco show is on WBRH, 90.3 fm, Saturdays 7-8 pm, and area Cajun and Zydeco radio info are always found at www.cajunradio.org , Cajun music jams at http://www.cajunradio.org/cajunjams.html, and don't forget the Baton Rouge Blues Society and all its events and listings, at www.batonrougeblues.org
Latino music, art and cultural events are listed at www.LaTno.com, described as "A loose Spanglish acronym for 'La. T n.o.' - Lah-TEE-noh, the Louisiana (La.) and New Orleans (n.o.) connection."
For fun, traditional country music, check out the Old South Jamboree, Walker LA. (I wish they had a website!) ===========================================================================
For this week's Hootenanny Power show, thanks to Caffery Gallery www.cafferygallery.com ==========================================================================
Write me via e-mail if your upcoming folk music, blues, celtic, world, cajun, or similar event should be here. WRKF's signal covers much of South Central Louisiana, so I'd like to include as much info as I can about events listeners might want to know about throughout the state. --Taylor Caffery, WRKF tlcaffery@yahoo.com
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Remember, The Neutral Ground Coffee House in New Orleans is Louisiana's oldest regular folk venue. There's ALWAYS somebody worth hearing on their schedule, year 'round (an assertion supported by NPR's interview with owner Philip Melancon on Saturday, Aug 2, 2003's Weekend Edition, with Philip playing Roy Rogers songs on accordion!) If you'll be in the Nawlins area, be sure to check the Neutral Ground calendar at www.neutralground.org (Since Katrina, the website has not shown a current schedule, but it has a guestbook for artists and customers to check in)
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MORE BATON ROUGE ROOTS RADIO
Rob Payer Rhythm Review WBRH 90.3 FM Saturday / 7am-1pm Tabby Thomas Tabby's Blues Box on WBRH 90.3 FM Saturday / 1pm-2pm Weekly Guest host Blues Buffet WBRH 90.3 FM Saturday / 2pm-3pm Pat McBride, Louisiana Gumbo on WBRH 90.3 Saturday / 3pm-4pm S.J. Montalbano, Roots of Rock & Roll on WBRH 90.3 Saturday / 4pm-7pm Zia Tammami, Spontaneous Combustion & Cat's Corner Sunday KLSU 91.1 10am-2pm WBRH 90.3 3pm-7pm Noel Jackson, The Southern Soul Show on KBRH 1260 AM / Sunday 11am-noon Clarence Moritz Jr., Cajun and Zydeco Radio Show, KBRH 1260 AM / Sunday noon - 2 pm
People do express that sentiment to me oftimes, but the station schedule is guided by all sorts of important considerations, and I'm happy to continue to have the opportunity to bring this alternative music to our area and support the touring performers in whatever way possible. Now, my friend Rich Warren in Chicago on WFMT hosts a show called The Midnight Special, which has been around since the 1950s, when the host was Mike Nichols. Rich loves the late-night hours for folk music, but he knows some folks can't listen to the radio at that time (asleep? out partying?), so he has detailed instructions for taping his show, which can be done on a video recorder (vcr). Recognizing that his station's FM frequency is different, and you'd want to tune to 89.3, here's a link to Rich Warren's "manual" for taping a two-hour radio show on your VCR. Thanks, Rich.
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Your basic collector's item: The General Store Hootenanny Power t-shirt
"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." --Emma Goldman
I am Taylor Caffery your host for the folk music program Hootenanny Power, in its 24th year (starting in 1981 as The Spaghetti Western Hour, then The General Store) on WRKF in Baton Rouge, now Saturday nights 9 to midnight. There's more information at www.wrkf.org and you can write to me at e-mail address: tlcaffery@yahoo.com . By all means, be sure to take every opportunity to visit the program's regular underwriter at the website: Caffery Gallery, or in person at 4016 Government in Baton Rouge.
Important warning advisory disclaimer and/or notice: This site, HootenannyPower.com is solely my responsibility as a folk music fan, and does not represent, in any capacity, official or "unofficial," the opinions of WRKF Public Radio Inc., the board, the staff, the underwriters, the labels, folksingers, other persons mentioned herein, major league baseball, or anybody else you can think of except moi.
Looking for timely, lovingly, painstakingly updated Cajun/Zydeco listings and links? Your first stop should be this site from Patsy Hebert of Youngsville: The Patsy Report
