I'm doing a month-long trip to the USA soon, and hope to catch up with some of you along the way. I have a few gigs booked (see below). Here is the itinerary:
May 27-31: San Francisco Area June 1-3: Phoenix, visiting Buddha June 3-5: San Francisco Area June 6-9: Austin, visiting Jimi Lee June 10-14: Lawrence/Kansas City area, staying with friends June 14-18: Nashville, visiting PT Gazell June 18-20: Oxford & Bentonia MS, with Adam Gussow June 21-25 New Orleans-Houston (unplanned as yet)
Gigs so far:
June 2: The Compound Grill, Phoenix. http://www.thecompoundgrill.com/ (Also planning a harmonica workshop beforehand 6-8pm). June 3: Fourth St Tavern, 711 4th St San Rafael CA: http://www.myspace.com/4thstreettavern June 8: Hyde Park Bar & Grill Westgate, Austin with Jimi Lee: http://hpbng.com/ June 10: Knuckleheads, Kansas City, with Billy Ebeling: www.knuckleheadskc.com June 12: Lawrence (TBC) with Billy Ebeling
Would love to do more gigging, so let me know if you have any ideas. Also any suggestions about places to go, other gigs, people to see etc
If you want to contact me off-list, email is bren@brendan-power.com
Thanks!
Brendan Power WEBSITE: http://www.brendan-power.com YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/BrendanPowerMusic
I sent you a PM following your post on the "L". I'm invariably around my San Francisco office when I'm not offshore working or back home in the mountains. If I'm around, I'd love to get with you for an adult beverage. Or, if it's after your trip to Buddha's Lair, I may be able to help debrief you from the trauma of all that canine exposure.
I heard you were coming to KC, and plan on seeing the show. Lawrence is pretty close for me too -- I may do both.
While in town here, I'd suggest you get your friends to take you out for some of our fantastic barbecue. When I have people in town, I take them to Jack's Stack, Oklahoma Joes or Gates BBQ. ----------
Brendan, thanks for the heads up on your tour schedule! I will DEFINITELY be in attendance when you get to Phoenix. It's on my calendar, and I'll notify as many people as I can about it!
You're doing it wrong! You don't want to be in the south in the summer! You want to tour New York/New England in the summer. Save the South for winter.
Brendan, I live in Nashville and have visited PT once at his studio. Id love to meet you when you get in town. my email is armarsh75@yahoo.com. drop me a line and let me know if its feasible. ---------- Kyzer's Travels Kyzer's Artwork
Billy Ebeling, my goodness. Used to go out of my way to listen to him 7 or 8 years ago when I lived in KC. Glad to he's still active. He played a friend's BD party and another friends daughters wedding with his The Late To Dinner Band. Have several of his CD's. Could only find the File Gumby CD. Got it in the player right know. My band is playing out here in the sticks the 11th and 12th. Don't know if I can do a night at Knuckleheads and make a 2 night gig or not. Might try.
hey JimInMO for me it was nearly 20 years ago, back in New Zealand - he lived there for a good few years. He's got great tone on the harp, especially for a rack player
Small world. I remember him saying he had done some globe trotting. Spent a number of years in NZ and Australia. Brendon, sorry about hijacking your thread !
Hey Adam, are you and Brendan Power playing in Bentonia,Ms. for real? Must be at the country store if so. Bentonia is in Yazoo County right down the road from me. Also the home of Skip James.
I agree with nacoran that you should hit the North East. I'd love to see a gig!
When I was at the Sugar Blue show at Terra Blues in NYC there was a flyer for a Jason Ricci show on June 24th. His website hasn't added this date so I'm not sure if it's really happening. If it does, it would be a good reason to come to NYC ;)
Thanks so much for the suggestions and comments for my US trip. Looking forward to meet those who said they'll come to one of the gigs/workshops. And I'll definitely follow up those suggestions to visit other parts of the US another time.
Buzadero: a couple of SF invitations to sit in have come from Grant Walters of the Big Crawdaddy band (Sams Chowder House, El Granada, Half Moon Bay May 30th 1-4pm) and Aki Kumar (Lou's Pier 47 June 4th evening), so hopefully see you at one of those for a beer :)
Re. Bentonia: attending the annual Blues Festival there on the 19th June with Adam. Can't wait!
No need to apologise for hijacking the thread; it's great some of you know about my talented friend, Lawrence's Billy Ebeling. Like James, I met him in New Zealand in the 80's, when he and his brother Terry on drums rocked the whole country as the Ebeling Brothers. Billy not only has a great Blues feel in everything he does, he has a wicked sense of humour that comes out in his clever, witty lyrics. Witness the title of one of his songs on the eponymous CD : "Nothing's Too Good For You"... ;)
We became good friends in NZ and kept in touch. In recent years he's been coming over to visit me in Canterbury, England, and we do a bunch of local pub gigs together. People here love him; he's a great performer and has a fantastic rapport with the audience. He really deserves to be better known in the US too. His website is http://www.billyebeling.com, and YouTube channel is http://www.youtube.com/billyebeling. Here's an example:
Brendan Power WEBSITE: http://www.brendan-power.com YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/BrendanPowerMusic
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for suggestions/info/possible gigs on my upcoming US trip. All sorts of kind offers of meetings, invites to stay, sit-in etc came in. It's going to be a great trip! Here's the gig update for the first part, in the San Francisco area and Phoenix:
Sun May 30 Guesting with Grant Walters and the Big Crawdaddy Band (Sams Chowder House, El Granada, Half Moon Bay 1-4pm) Wed June 2 Harmonica Workshop and gig at The Compound Grill, Phoenix, AZ 85054 The workshop is scheduled for 7-8pm, gig starts after. Open to all levels (Q&A session). Thur June 3 Double bill with Andre Motteshead (guitar/vocals) at Fourth St Tavern, 711 4th St San Rafael, 8pm start Fri June 4 Guesting with Aki Kumar's band Tip of the Top at Lou's Pier 47, San Francisco 4-6pm Fri June 4 Featuring with Steve Malerbi's band at De Vino, Sausalito, CA 94965. 8pm start
Thanks to Grant, Buddha and Steve for invites to stay at their places; looking forward to that. Hope to see some of you at these events.
Re. NZ: I will be there early next year. Hoping to play the Hanmer Springs Blues& Jazz Festival.
Brendan Power WEBSITE: http://www.brendan-power.com YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/BrendanPowerMusic
