Well, I’ve had time to sort out my paperwork, checks, receipts, etc. this past week and I’m happy to discover that I almost broke even on my Pacific-Northwest tour in August! It reminds me of the singer-songwriter who won $10,000,000 in the lottery. When a reporter asked him what he was going to do next, he said, “Oh, I’ll just keep on gigging until the money runs out.” Yup.
On Saturday September 13th at Dusty’s Bar in NE Minneapolis, it’s the Nigel Egg Family of Brands, featuring David Stenshoel, Tom Lewis and Bobby E – all established brands in their own right, and who helped me make the new album. I didn’t have a proper CD release party in July; this will be the make-up and I’ll sell the new CD at my cost price ($10). Loud fun and jams starting promptly at 9:30 or so!
The following Saturday (September 20th at 8pm) I’m performing in the Patrick’s CabaretSinger-Songwriter Series along with James “Cornbread” Harris, Carter Kuehn and Zachary Scot Johnson. Patrick’s has great acoustics and the theater setting makes it a more intense performing and listening experience. I’m especially looking forward to hearing Cornbread play his original tunes – the guy is 86 years old and has a long and splendid musical history. These things usually sell out - you can order advance tickets ($8.00) by emailing or calling me and pick them up at will-call. Here is the Facebook event page.
I’m not booking many gigs this fall. I’m working on a project for 2015 to be celebrated internationally as “The Year of The Blues Song”. July 1st, 2015 will be the 100th anniversary of Willie Dixon’s birthday. He reinvented the blues by writing songs that pushed the envelope of what people considered to be blues. It became the new blues tradition, and I believe we need young musicians to come in, juice things up and bring the genre into the 21st century. I’ll also be taking time to work on my own new tunes and set up a couple of tours - winter in the Gulf States and Europe for late spring/early summer. And checking my lottery tickets!