Johnny Cash Tribute re-cap

Well, prod me to write more about this, but I'm sort of in a hurry now. We had our 6 annual Johnny Cash Tribute this past Saturday night. Some great sets by our musicians, kept the audience entertained. Thanks to all of them; Jonny Nutter, Steve Peck, Aaron Whited, Randolph Ramsey, Mary Gonot, Jeff Fox, Jimmy Clinton. And a Americana Music Series first; Greg Oxley playing his I-Phone to accompany himself for I Walk the Line. Thanks to all who came out and supported our benefit, and who participated in some entertaining trivia contests for prizes.

Sorry I had to miss a great Mountain Stage lineup last night

With Wendy recovering from surgery, I hated to miss Mountain Stage last night. Red Horse, (gilkyson, Gorka, Kaplansky), Lucinda Williams are "must see's" for me. Oh well, have to miss some of them. Low Anthem, Sarah Guthrie and Johnny Irion.

Will Kimbrough coming to parkersburg

I am so pleased to have arranged to have Will Kimbrough coming to Parkersburg this Saturday night. Will is a fantastic performer with a great body of musical work, as well as just being a very intriguing and strong collaborator with many other solid musicians. I have been getting some good enthusiasm for bringing Will to town, and hope everybody keeps enjoying these little listening room/ coffee house setting shows. Will's diverse styles and skilled guitar work, as well as his wry observations of life lyrically, are just so engaging.

The Greens in Marietta last Friday night

The Greens played Marietta Brewing Company last Friday night. The all-instrumental CD Rock Saga release party was held; and the CD's were being gobbled up by some of the Quirky Turkey's present for the gala. Lots of dancin' fools were there, many dancing like only awkward white guys can......
The Greens had a good time, and lots of good energy flowing from them to the crowd and back again. Of note, 10,000 Days was dusted off as an encore song. Thunderwear made an early-show appearance. Lots of the instrumentals were worked in. The Greens were distributing a little one page flyer with a "review" of their music of sorts, and a discography summary of their CD's. Its a nice little info flyer, and worthy of distributing around. The Greens will be back in the MOV within a few weeks, to follow up and have a CD release of Songs For People. I assume there will be similar events in the Morgantown shows coming up, too.

Tuck's Music Journal sponsors a t-shirt!

Right up there with several other Parkersburg area businesses, Tuck's Music Journal is a sponsor for the Children's Home Society of West Virginia Mid Ohio Valley Americana Music Tribute Series t-shirt. You can get one from us at any of the upcoming events, or by stopping in at 1739 St. Mary's Ave., Parkersburg, for $10.
Even though the blog has been in the doldrums ever since this Facebook thing came along, its still in their alive and kicking, waiting for that moment of inspiration and the writer's muse.

Baylor University Press - Right by Her Roots

Baylor University Press - Right by Her Roots

johnny Cash Tribute countdown

Our 6 th annual Johnny Cash Tribute is this Saturday at 6 Pence Pub in Parkersburg. 9 pm is when the music starts; with a solid line up of dedicated musicians ready to entertain Johnny fans in the Mid Ohio Valley. I've got some good prizes lining up, and a few contests to get folks involved. $5 donation helps our neighborhood center in our work with after school kids, families, and the community. The line up of musicians will solidify by mid-week so stay tuned.

Greens CD Release(s) Party this Friday in Marietta

The Greens have been working hard in the studio and have not one but two CD's ready to get out to the hands and listening ears of Greens fans everywhere. One, Rock Saga, is an all instrumental CD. Songs for People is a full length CD of newer songs in the Greens repretoire that will be recognized by live Greens fans from the last year or so. They worked hard with Mark Poole at his studio up there in Morgantown to get these sounds captured. This Friday the Greens hit marietta and the Marietta Brewing Company for a CD release party in the Mid Ohio Valley. I am sure Morgantown will get their opportunity soon, too!

Troubadours of Divine Bliss coffee house March 18th

A third coffee house of 2011 will be held March 18th, Friday, starting at 8 pm here at the Mid Town Family Resource Center coffee house (1739 St. mary's Ave. Parkersburg) The Troubadours of Divine Bliss will be coming for a 8 pm show. Tickets are $15. This duo from Kentucky has been touring out west of late. They have a great eclectic mix of music styles, and have exquisite harmonies. We hope you'll come out and enjoy their infectious performance style. Help spread the word!

updated announcements about acts at the Nelsonville Music Festival

Hi again,

We will slowly be announcing additions to the 2011 Nelsonville Music Festival in the coming weeks. There are still limited remaining weekend passes available for $60. Get them before they are gone, the price will continue to increase as we get closer to the festival. Individual day passes will go on sale no later than March 1st. Order tickets HERE.

Some new additions:
Justin Townes Earle (friday)
Lost in the Trees (sunday)
Bomba Estereo (late night friday) Columbian Electro-Cumbia
Mucca Pazza (saturday) 35 piece marching band
The Growlers (friday)
Duke Junior & The Smokey Boots
Whale Zombie
Scubadog
Chris Biester

Headliners:
George Jones, (friday, may 13)
Flaming Lips, (saturday, may 14)
Neko Case, (sunday, may 15)

Over 25 additional bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Get them before they are gone, the price will increase as we get closer to the festival.
Thank you!
Tim
NELSONVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Save the dates: May 13 - 15, 2011
www.nelsonvillefest.org

Steve Forbert show last Saturday night

I thoroughly enjoyed Steve Forbert's show at the Adelphia in Marietta Saturday night. Opening act was Sasha Collette from Kentucky. Steve performed songs from throughout his career; eliciting many requests and trying to accommodate them. He is an expressive singer and performer, and his depth of career makes for a good show.

Bonnaroo line up announced

Impressive lineup for Bonnaroo!



Highlights include:

Buffalo Springfield (feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale), Loretta Lynn, Wanda Jackson, My Morning Jacket, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses, Mumford & Sons, The Decemberists, Ray Lamontagne, Iron & Wine, The Del McCoury Band & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dr. John and The Original Meters, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Gregg Allman, Hayes Carll, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bootsy Collins & the Funk University, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Mavis Staples, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Amos Lee, The Black Angels, Justin Townes Earle, Deer Tick, Sharon Van Etten, Abigail Washburn, The Low Anthem, Jessica Lea Mayfield, The Head and the Heart, Karen Elson, Phosphorescent, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys and String Cheese Incident



June 9th-12th in Manchester, TN

More info at Bonnaroo.com

Steve Forbert- Saturday night in Marietta

Steve Forbert. Meredian Mississippi- Jimmy Rodgers territory. Born in 1954; ventured to NYC as a young 20-ish; busking, folk singing era. Big hit song Romeo's Tune, in the late 70's - 1980-ish. Putting out steady albums, performing all around. 13 some albums; linked with lots of great musicians over his career. Come out and see a guy with great staying power and legendary status right here in our little neck of the woods. Adelphia in Marietta, 8 pm.

Will Kimbrough coming to Parkersburg

Will Kimbrough will come to Parkersburg Saturday, March 5th for a 7 pm coffee house (house concert type) setting. $15 for tickets to see this great musical act. 1739 St. Mary's Ave. Door number 3. We can seat about 40 people and its a nice intimate listening room setting with pretty good sound, based on what others have said about previous shows here.
Will is one of my favorites. I have seen him at Fur Peace Ranch, at Court Street Grille in Pomeroy, at an outdoor festival in Pomeroy, down by the river, at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville in one of the local venues. His range of songs is fantastic, from hard rocking instrumental stuff, to sharp lyrical commentary, to melodies that grab you from first listen. He is a stellar collaborator and supporter of other musicians, which is a lot of where I bumped into him: his partnering with Todd Snider, Adrienne Young, Tommy Womack, Rodney Crowell, Jimmy Buffett. He has won instrumentalist of the year in Americana Music Association awards. Many of his songs are in my top list of favorite songs, across several styles. My first songo the day, listed last February 4 (2010) was a Will Kimbrough song "You Don't Know Me So Well." He has recorded this in two very different versions, which is also impressive and intriguing. (The version on Home Away is my personal favorite, but the one on Godsend is also powerful. I will write a little more about Will Kimbrough and his music in the lead up to the show on March 5th.

Greens show last night

The Greens converged on Parkersburg last night with a show at 6 Pence Pub on 7th Street. Resplendent in their bright green warm up suits, they hit the ground running with a spirited Psychedelic Sky, with harmonica interludes where the flute used to be!! Early on High Country Blues, Thunderwear, were indications of the great jams and solos that were going to fill the night. An early-in-the-evening version of Heavy Mentals got the audience going strong on the dance floor. Andy jumped right in to some intense guitar work right from the first songs. Ben and Nathan were on fire with their rhythm work. Larry Wright brought in a hand made drum kit that was exquisite in its beauty and craftsmanship; and brought out the fantastic sound of Nathan's percussion work throughout the entire nearly 4 hours of music. I think the audience, musicians, and all, were awed by the drum set. The Greens know immediately whether this is going to be a crowd that NEEDS the dance music going strong all night, and this was one of those nights. Despite the Greens wild variety of music, they can play to their audience like no other band- lots of adoring and awestruck, appreciative music lovers go away at the end of the night satisfied to the core.
Andy worked in a few new songs; he's had a flurry of writing of late he says. They also referred to the recently completed new CD Songs For People, with many of the songs on that new CD well established now in the set lists. Some jimi hendrix was worked into this show with great flair and energy. The requests were flowing hot and heavy in the second set.
It is getting amazing the depth of the body of work the Greens have. I am envisioning a three day set of shows, where no two nights there would be any repeat songs, and you'd still be amazed at the variety and diversity of the night of music. She's a Busy Girl was dusted off for a request. Swamp Queen and Big Old Betsy got great reaction. Kenya Dig, Country Maestro.
Thanks to the Greens for a great show; thanks to a good audience for feeding off their energy and giving it right back. A good mix of loyal fans from different eras, and still plenty of solid Greens fans that can look forward to the next show in the MOV- Feb. 25th at Marietta Brewing Company.

Today

Today I am wrapping up a vinyl record sale, where I sold over 400 records to happy customers, as a benefit fund raiser for our agency. Lots of genres people were interested in; lots of trivia being passed back and forth.
Going to see the Greens at 6 Pence Pub tonight. First time in Parkersburg since Andy is a poppa. Hope they get a good crowd with lots of other things going on around town and in the area.
I've arranged to have Will Kimbrough come do a coffee house for us here in Parkersburg on March 5th. $15 tickets 7 pm show.
Our Johnny Cash Tribute will be Feb. 26 at 6 Pence, starting at 9 pm. $5 donation at the door. Prizes and Contests throughout the evening. These are fund raising benefits for Children's Home Society of WV.
Steve Forbert at the Adelphia in Marietta next Saturday night, February 12th.
A couple of good Mountain Stages coming up in the next month.......
Nelsonville Music Festival just announced the headliners: George Jones, Neko Case, The Flaming Lips for their festival in May (13-15th).