Dec 31 till jan 3rd 2007

I got a New Years gig ! I'll be at Hank's on Atlantic and 3rd in Brooklyn with Sean Kershaw and the whoever else couldn't get a real money gig band. It is a fun scene over there. We go on around 10:00

Then on weds the 3rd I'll be playing Sunny's in Red Hook with Meg Richardt. She is great. I'll be playing my pedal steel while she sings and plays guitar. We will go on around 10:00.
Sunny's is at 253 Conover st . It may be the greatest bar of all time.

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I'm getting all fancy with this computer stuff !

more Fish fry

Fish fry pics

Some shots of Sunny's for you guys:

Some more dec dates

Thats Mark Brotter being attacked by some crazy little dog in the picture:


Well, I hope you didn't drive to Phila to see me with Matt Keating because I wasn't there. I was teaching upstate and then playing for the people with Jan Bell at Superfine. Its been very busy for me these days so the crazy long drive to Narrowsburg was kinda relaxing. I listened to hours of Sinatra from his capitol years. That music is so strong. I find myself coming back to it all the time. Like Beethoven's 7th with all that trancendent joy pouring into that heartbreaking adagio and then rocking out by the end.

Anyhoo..... tonight (friday 12/15) I'm in Blauvelt,NY with "The New Romans". Its near Nyack.
12/16 I'm in the studio all day making rock history with Smokey's Roundup. No gigs so watch out people, I've got a cel phone and I'm feeling social !
12/17 ItsHank's Atlantic and 3rd st in Brooklyn 10:00 with Sean Kershaw. This is geting to be a great scene.

12/18 Barbes With Smokey's Roundup. 10:00

12/19 Paul Duncan at Europa
12/20 Smokey at Sunny's. End of conover in red hook
21/21 Tone at the fish fry. I'm sorry but I can't tell you more.It just wouldn't be right to have this ancient local ritual on the internet.
12/22 Emilie Cardinaux The Living Room .

First 2 weeks of Dec

Dec 3 Hank's Atlantic and 3rd st in Brooklyn 10:00 with Sean Kershaw.

Dec 4th
Barbes With The Smokey Hormel Western Combo. 10:00

Dec 5th
Dawn Landes at the 11th st bar in the East Village

Dec 6th Smokey at Sunny's in Red Hook

Dec 7th The Smokey Hormel Western Combo at Superfine in Dumbo 9:00

Dec 8th Orange Barrel at Sunny's in Red Hook. Take a journey inside your mind with Ray Rizzo as your bus driver.

Dec 10th Hank's Atlantic and 3rd st in Brooklyn 10:00 with Sean Kershaw.

Dec 11th Barbes With The Smokey Hormel Western Combo. 10:00

Dec 12 Jan Bell at Union Pool at 8:00 then Emilie Cardinaux The Living Room at 10:00

Dec 13 Smokey at Sunny's

DEc 14
Matt Keating in Phila

Update nov 28th

The picture is from MPR studios in St Paul, Mn.


I'm playing tonight at The Living Room with Max Greene .

We go on at 8:00 upstairs. The legendary Tony Mason is playing drums along with the force of nature Tim Luntzel on bass. I will get to do plenty of playing on this one.

Nov 20th till the 29th

Not alot going on this week or so for live gigs.


Weds the 22nd and 29th I'm at Sunny's in Red Hook with Smokey hormel's western band. This is a great local yokal scene. Its like Floyd's barber shop with a old time swing band playing in the corner. If it seems like everybody knows each other there its because they do. It gets rolling around 9:30. For me its great to play with such good musicians. Some real legends show up for the Smokey gig.

Sunny's is at 253 Conover st 11231 if you want to google map it. Its a little out of the way but is a very special place.




Then on sunday the 26th Its Sean Kershaw at Hank's ! Real music in a real dive for real people. Real drunk people. It gets going around 10:00 and is always fun. I figure this sunday will be a good one because there will have been plenty of quality time spent with families this week and drinking at Hank's is cheaper than a shrink.

Lucy at Loho

I was recording this week with Hem at my favorite studio downtown, Loho on Stanton st.
Lucy was hanging out.

Nov 9th till the 15th

The pictures are from the glam world of touring the U.S. Some motel way outside of Annpolis


On thursday the 9th I'm playing with Pinataland at Tonic 8:00pm
107 Norfolk, Lower East Side, NYC
with The Last Car and the Wingdale Community Singers
$8

friday the 10th with TRAVIS CAINE at Piano's at 8:00

sat the 11th I'm back at Piano's with the The Glaciers. That should get going at 10:30.

Sunday the 12th Its a brunch gig with Smokey at Superfine 126 Front Street, Brooklyn; 718-243-9005.

At 10:00 I'll be at hank's Atlantic and 3rd ave, Brooklyn with Sean Kershaw and the New Jack ramblers.

weds the 15th Smokey's western combo are back at Sunny's in Red Hook

nov 3 till nov 8th

Friday the 3rd I'm playing with Matt Keating at Midway on ave B at 2:00. Its a CMJ show. I already got one bag of weird stuff from the convention. There was a red condom included along with a bunch stuff to download. I'm hoping for some CMJ breath mints in my next shwag bag.

Later on Friday night I'm playig at Sunny's in Red hook with John Pinamonte.

Sunday the 5th at noon its a brunch gig at Superfine 126 Front Street, Brooklyn; 718-243-9005. This is with The Smokey Hormel Western band. This is a great place with real New Mexican green chiles.

At 10:00 I'll be at hank's Atlantic and 3rd ave, Brooklyn with sean Kershaw and the New Jack ramblers. That is unless they fire me for losing my cookies at the last gig.

Weds the 8th its Matt Keating Mo Pitkins.

My new Rains Pedal Steel !

I am blown away by this amazing instrument !

Oct 26 to nov 1

Then on sunday the 29th Its Sean Kershaw at Hank's ! Real music in a real dive for real people. Real drunk people. It gets going around 10:00 and is always fun.

Tuesday the 31st I'm back at the
Knitting Factory with The Glaciers. This should be starting late around midnight down in the old office. This is a real good indie rock band with some great songs and great players.

Weds the 1st I'm at Sunny's in Red Hook with Smokey hormel's western band. This is a great local yokal scene. Its like Floyd's barber shop with a old time swing band playing in the corner. If it seems like everybody knows each other there its because they do. It gets rolling around 9:30.

The picture is of my steel teacher Buddy Charleton when I visited him last week.

Oct 17th 55 Bar

I'm playing with some great musicians at the 55 Bar tonight.
7:00 to 9:00

Jonathon Haffner: Alto
Drew Gress: Bass
Dan Weiss : Drums

I'll be playing Pedal steel


55 Christopher St. (Sixth/Seventh Avenue) New York ( 212 ) 929-9883

There is no cover.

I'm doing this gig on a travel day towards the end of my tour with Hem. Flying in from Toronto in the morning. I'll be crispy to say the least.

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Bob

On tour with Hem

I've been out on the road for a few weeks with Hem. The shows have been great. Whatever it is that happens that makes playing music a real joy happens consistantly with these guys. For most of the tour we have been traveling with a clarinet, harp and violin player. Its really working. If you make it to a gig make sure you say hello.

celibrity sighting in Portland !

Bango and Yucco !

Some local NYC gigs this fall

I'm doing as many gigs as I can around town in the weeks coming up.

Weds sept 6
Dawn Landes at Mo Pitkins 8:00
Sunday sept 17 Shotgun Shack 12:00 noon at Atlantic Antic. Its a Brooklyn street fair.
2:00 with Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates in Riverside Park and then its Hank's later unless something screws up.

Sept 21 8:00 I'll be playing with Sunny's wife Tuna at Sunny's in Red Hook.
Sept 23 its Hem at Irving Plaza. If you haven't seen Hem yet you gotta check it out. Its some sort of Jewish holiday so it should be easy to get tickets for this one.

I may fly in to play a gig at the 55 Bar on oct 17th. Its the 7:00 to 9:00 slot. It with this new music band that just got going called "A Thousand Oaks" unless we come up with a better name before then. Pretty killing players doing something unique. Jonathon Haffner: Alto, Chris Lightcap: Bass,Dan Weiss: Drums and they let me tag along and play my Pedal steel.

Smokey's Western Combo will be back at it once the dust clears also. We may try to pinch off a little gig if I get 2 consecutive free hours while I'm in LA with Hem on the 13th of sept.

Hem Fall Tour

Here are some of the dates for the Hem fall tour.
We just put out a new CD called Funnel Cloud and I think its our best yet. I'm really proud of it. We are touring with a full band and sometimes very full band.

September 09/06 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
September 10/06 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
September 12/06 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
September 14/06 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
September 15/06 San Diego, CA House Of Blues Side Stage
September 20/06 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
September 23/06 New York, NY Irving Plaza
September 25/06 St Louis, MO Blueberry Hill
September 26/06 Chicago, IL Martyr's
September 27/06 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
September 28/06 Madison, WI Cafe Montmartre
September 30/06 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
October 01/06 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
October 02/06 Ann Arbour, MI The Ark
October 04/06 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
October 06/06 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
October 07/06 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theater
October 09/06 Louisville KY - Phoenix Hill Tavern
October 11/06 Asheville NC - Grey Eagle OR Orange Peel
October 13/06 Pittsburgh PA - Mr Smalls
October 14/06 Annapolis MD - Ramshead matinee
October 16/06 Toronto ON - Horseshoe Tavern
October 18/06 Philadelphia PA - World Cafe Live
October 20/06 Falls Church VA - The State Theatre

Monday Sept 4th

I'm Playing with "A Thousand Oaks" at Barbes at 10:00 monday night. Its a new music improv band with:

Jonathon Haffner: Alto
Chris Lightcap: Bass
Dan Weiss: Drums
Bob Hoffnar: Pedal steel

Come on down and hear something different !

aug 27 to sept 3rd

Tonight 8/27 its Hank's ! I'll be playing with Sean Kershaw country music with no cover and free sausages from 9:30 till 1:00. But wait there's more ! From 6:00 till 9:30 I'm playing with Shotgun Shack. If you can get over to Hank's and you are into Waylon style country this is a band worth checking out.

8/28 10:00 Smokey's Western Combo atBarbes . This is great band playing in one of the best listening rooms in Brooklyn.
Then at midnight I'll be at the Ear Inn down on spring st in Manhattan with Dawn Landes . Another great old bar.

Then weds Smokey is playing again at Sunny's around 9:30. It should be a big night there.
More of a walk through the band to get to the bathroom sort of scene.

9/2 Its Drazy Hoops in Madison Wi. Some big festival by a radio station there. I hope its not outdoors. I get cranky with all my stuff blowing around or being scorched by the sun or having my hands cramp up from the cold.

9/3 back at Hanks for the late set if I make it in time.

In a week or so its On the Road with Hem !

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aug 14th to the 20th

On monday the 14th I'm playing with Dawn Landes at Bar Nine
807 9th Ave + 53rd St

with Jason Lawrence on snare drum!

opening for Greg Garing
*free to get in

On tues the 15th 7:00 I'll be playing at 68 Jay st with Jonathon Haffner alto. This is a great little bar scene in Dumbo. No cover and a bunch of out steel music.

Weds 16th its Sunny's in Red Hook, Conover and Beard, around 9:30 Its The Smokey Hormel Western Band. This is a fantastic scene.

Hey Otto !

OTTO click here !

valentino

aug 7 to the 13th

This an action shot of me in action rockin with Matt Keating



Tuesday aug 8th I may be doing something at 48 Jay st in dumbo with Jonathon Haffner around 9:00. I'll update this when I find out whats happening.UPDATE ! Not happening.
We will be playing at the Brooklyn Bridge Park in Dumbo at noon on saturday though.

Weds the 9th I'll be at Sunny's bar in Red Hook. This is the Smokey Hormel western band. Its a great scene over there. Maybe the best bar in the world. Anyway, it is within a couple blocks of my apt which ups its status quite a bit in my book. The music and musicians are some of the best I have ever dealt with. Plus Lucy the dog will be there. We get going around 9:30 and play a couple sets. No cover.

253 Conover st 718-625-8211

Sat the 12th I'm playing with Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates. 1:00 in the afternoon at the Brooklyn Bridge park.

Sunday the 13th back at Hank's ! I'll be playing with Sean Kershaw country music with no cover and free sausages from 9:30 till 1:00. But wait there's more ! From 6:00 till 9:30 I'm playing with Shotgun Shack. If you can get over to Hank's and you are into Waylon style country this is a band worth checking out.

July 25th to aug 6th

Sorry I have been remiss in my gig blog. I've been busy moving up the street to a new place in Red Hook and running from one thing to the next.

Anyhoo, here is some live gigs coming up:

July 25 9:30 Sean Kershaw at Rodeo Bar . The band is getting to be pretty darn good. I've been having a bunch of fun with them. Its free.

July 26 9:30 its Smokey Hormel's Western band at Sunny's (253 Conover St 11231) in Red Hook. This is a warm up gig for our big show at Tonic the next day.

July 27th at 8:00 The big show at Tonic with Smokey's band.
Smokey Hormel's Western Band
$8
After his recent work in LA, playing guitar on The Dixie Chicks: Taking The Long Way and Johnny Cash: American 5, Smokey Hormel returns to Tonic with a Western Swing Band. He will be playing songs from the repertoire of Bob Wills, Milton Brown, Spade Cooley and of course, Mr. Cash. With Bob Hoffnar (electric steel guitar), George Rush (upright bass), Andrew Borger (drums) & Doug Wieselman (clarinet).

I'll be playing my old Fender Stringmaster on this one.

July 30th Then its sunday sunday sunday ! But wait, I won't be at hanks. This is weird I know but I will be in Canada with Hem. More info on the Fan site

Aug 2nd back to Sunny's (253 Conover St 11231) in Red Hook with Smokey.

Here is a gem from Youtube:


Aug 3rd its Matt Keating 9:45pm. Club Midway - 25 Avenue B between 2nd and 3rd Streets The last show at Joe's pub was a great one.

Aug 4th 8:00 I'm playing Barbes with Queen Esther . She is a great singer. I go to hear her sing even if I'm not in the band. After us is the Moonlighters at 10;00. Besides the great singing and tunes you have Mike Neer playing an old national tricone slide. The guy is a wizard.

Aug 5th 8:00 at Barbes its THE JONATHON HAFFNER QUARTET with Bob Hoffnar pedal steel; Jonathon Haffner - alto; Chris Lightcap - Bass and Dan Weiss - drums. This will be a new music/jazz sort of gig. I'm excited about his one. The players are amazing and we may even rehearse !

Aug 6th 10:00 The Stone With the Jonathon Haffner Quartet again. We may take it a bit more out and add some players for this one. I'll update as the info comes in.

But wait aug 6th is a sunday ! What the heck is going on here ? I'll be at Hank's for one of the gigs depending on when I can make it.

July 11th at Mo Pitkins

My band The Mood Illusion will be playing at Mo Pitkins on tuesday night from 10:00 till midnight which happens to be my birthday. There is a $5 cover.

The line up is:

Jonathon Haffner: Alto
George Rush: Bass
Sunny Jain: Drums
Me on pedalsteel

We will have a superstar of epic status singing with us> The amazing Samoa ! Yes, the original Bee Gee from the Pyramid days.

Mo Pitkins
34 ave A
NYC

7/2 to 7/9

7/2 hey it sunday again ! Did you ever see the movie "ground hog day" ? Its sorta like that only without the love interest part. So its Hank's ! I'll be playing with Sean Kershaw country music with no cover and free sausages from 9:30 till 1:00

7/6 I'm playing with Jan Bell and the cheap dates at 68 Jay st in Dumbo. Nice local scene.
7/7 I'm playing with Matt Keating at Joe's pub. Its $7.00 beer night so there should be a good crowd !

7/9 hey it sunday again ! Did you ever see the movie "ground hog day" ? Its sorta like that only without the love interest part. So its Hank's ! I'll be playing with Sean Kershaw country music with no cover and free sausages from 9:30 till 1:00. But wait there's more ! From 6:00 till 9:30 I'm playing with Shotgun Shack. If you can get over to Hank's and you are into Waylon style country this is a band worth checking out.

6/17 till 6/30

6/17 I'm playing a couple parties that day and night in Queens with Sean Kershaw and Shotgun Shack
6/18 its sunday so itsHank's with Shotgun Shack at 6:00 then more honky tonk mayhem with the The New Jack Ramblers from 9:00 till 1:00.
6/20 10:00 its the himalayas at Zebulon. This a big wild free for all. It can be truly inspiring.
6/21 Max Greene at the Pussy Cat lounge. You get into the stipper bar downstairs for free if you come to the show ! Full band rock gig...Tony Mason on drums, Bob Hoffnar on pedal steel and Andy Hess on bass...c'mon down!
Greenwich St. @ Rector, New York, NY 10001

6/30 My band The Mood Illusion is back at Sunny's in Red Hook.

Hem in june with a little bit of Hank's and Mood Illusion on the side.

Here is a sced of the next couple weeks or so when I am on a short tour with Hem. Check the website for details and make sure you say hello if you come by.










May 30/06 Chicago, IL Double Door
June 01/06 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
June 02/06 Nashville, TN Exit In
June 03/06 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
June 05/06 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theater
June 06/06 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
June 07/06 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
June 08/06 Washington, DC Birchmere
June 12/06 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
June 13/06 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
June 14/06 New York, NY Society for Ethical Culture

Also I have some gigs with my own band "The Mood Illusion" sandwiched in there.

June 9 at Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn starting at 8:00.
June 10th at Waterfront Alehouse in Brooklyn from 11:00 till 2:00.

The band will be:
Jonathon Haffner: alto
George Rush: String Bass
Bob Hoffnar: pedal steel guitar
Tommy Crane : Drums

Lest we forget:
June 11th is all Hank's with Shotgun Shack from 6:00 to 9:30 and then Sean Kershaw till 1:00.

I'll post the rest of June when the dust settles. The western swing band with Smokey Hormel is turning into something real special. Lots of great music seems to be bubbeling up from everywhere these days.

I bought a pickup making business !

I'll announce this here because nobody reads my blog anyway and it looks like it will take me till mid july to get it together. JIm Pitman makes my favorite pickups for pedal steel. Humbucking but with an open full sound. He doesn't have time to build them now so he sold me the winding machine and spent a couple days training me how to do it his way. There are about a zillion little details and each one is critical so I have my work cut out for me. When i'm ready to go and fully confident of the quality I'll put up a web page and and get things going. I'm not looking to mass produce these things at all. If I can make a pickup or 2 once a week and get them to people who like them I'll be happy.

The rest of May 2006

The picture is of a Hem recording session. Greg Pliska is the arranger and conductor.

5/15 Monday night I'll be in LA at the Knitting Factory with Hem.
5/17 Wednesday night at 9:00 back in Red hook at Sunny's bar (253 Conover St) playing Western Swing with Smokey Hormel on my old Stringmaster. This is a very laid back perfect scene.
5/20 I'll be at The Mercury Lounge with Don Dilego . Well worth checking out.
5/21 Its nothing but Hank's ! from 6:00 to 9:30 with
Shotgun Shack and then on into the abis with Sean Kershaw till 1:00. Free sausages ! Cheap beer ! Drunk dancing people ! Whoo Hooo !
5/23 The Mood Illusion strikes again at The Lakeside Lounge ! My evolving into who knows what little band. Samoa the Joe Walsh of lower east side art music may sing a few with us.
5/24 Another weds playing western swing with Smokey at Sunny's.
5/28 Hank's !
5/29 I'm off on a short tour with Hem.

5/5 to 5/12

5/5 friday Hem at Bowery Ballroom
5/6 sat Shotgun Shack at Rodeo Bar
5/7 Hanks same as last week
5/10 weds Sunny's in Red Hook. Smokey's western swing band rehearsal/gig
5/11 My band "The Mood Illusion" playsThe Living Room at 11:00
5/12 Shotgun Shack at Waterfront Alehouse 11:00 till 2:00

4/21 to 4/30

I'm doing a few gigs with Hem this month. It is always a joy to be on stage with those guys. That is one band I love being in.

4/21 On friday its Hank's with Shotgun Shack at 11:00 till 1:00. This some sort of big event involving a wig or two. The shotgun shack band is getting to be pretty darn good.

4/23 its sunday so itsHank's with Shotgun Shack at 6:00 then more honky tonk mayhem with the The New Jack Ramblers from 9:00 till 1:00.

4/26 Hem in Northern Virginia/ DC
4/27 Hem in Phila
4/28 My band The Mood Illusion at Sunny's in Red Hook. We had a big band meeting and almost broke up over who would be in charge of the myspace page. After a vote we decided that we would just agree to disagree and hold off on our conquest of cyber space for now.
4/29 Hem in Boston

4/30 hey it sunday again ! Did you ever see the movie "ground hog day" ? Its sorta like that only without the love interest part. So its Hank's !

4/17 to 4/23

The picture is of my living room where I practice.

Monday 4/17 I'll be playing with Max Greene at the
The Pussycat Lounge

96 Greenwich Street at Rector, 2nd Floor, 212-349-4800

We start at 8:00.
I was hoping that this was a lesbian bar but its not. Its a strip place downstairs complete with a velvet rope and a few really fat black dude bouncers.

Upstairs I guess they book bands when they haven't rented it out for really crappy batchelor parties. But to there credit the only good batchelor parties are the really skanky ones when you think about it.

Then its Hank's on friday the 21st with Shotgun Shack.

And lest we forget on sunday night
6:00 Shotgun Shack at Hank's
9:30 I'm still on stage playing with Sean Kershaw

I've got a pile of gigs for my own band coming up along with Hem and a new project with Smokey Hormel.

Monday 4/10 flash update !

At 8:00 till 10:00 on monday my band "The Mood illusion" will be playing our brand of lounge music at the 68 Jay st bar.
This is a great local hangout in dumbo, Brooklyn on the corner of Jay and Water st.

The band will be:
Jonathon Haffner: alto
George Rush: String Bass
Tony Mason:drums
Bob Hoffnar: pedal steel guitar

4/7 to 4/10

The picture is of me in some truckstop in California last year on Valentines day.

On friday 4/7 I'm playing with Drazy Hoops at 8:00 pm at CBGB Lounge
313 Bowery. This just me and Drazy. Check out his website to hear his tunes.

4/9 Its sunday and that means
Hank's with Shotgun Shack at 6:00 then more honky tonk mayhem with the The New Jack Ramblers from 9:00 till 1:00

I'm also playing a brunch gig on sunday with Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates. That starts at noon at Superfine in dumbo
126 Front St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
Between Jay and Pearl Sts.
718-243-9005

Its a little depressing being in dumbo these days. It used to be were Kojack would film the scenes that needed to look extra rough. Now they film skinny hipsters selling car insurance with those $1,000 messy looking hairdos and that pathetic attempt at irony.

Superfine is great though.They actually have those real green chiles you can only get in New Mexico.

3/28 to 4/2

tonight, tuesday, I'm playing lovely duets with the lovely Sean Kershaw at some new club that is the resererction of that old lousy club 9C. Its at 9th and C on the lower east side. 9:00 to 11:00 and I can't imagine they could get away with charging money. I don't know the name of the new place but its on the corner.

3/29 9:00 I'm playing with Jan Bell and the Cheap dates at
The Pussycat Lounge
THE MAN IN BLACK: A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH!
96 Greenwich Street at Rector, 2nd
Floor, 212-349-4800, $8 admission - 21+ w/ID

I'm hoping its a lesbian bar like the old Pussycat lounge because that place was fun.

3/30 Its Shotgun Shack at Two Boots in Brooklyn. If you get there early you can watch the band order anything on the menu except steak or seafood.

THursday night update: Gerald Menke will be at the Two boots gig and I will be playing at The 55 Bar with the amazing Wallisonics. Its Kenny Wollenson's new band of inspired and concerned musicians that will be meeting each other for the first time ever on the legendary stage, or floor in the corner as it were, of this bar in historic Greenwich Village.

then on sunday 4/2
6:00 Shotgun Shack at Hank's
9:30 I'm still on stage playing with Sean Kershaw

Hem on Tour Movies !

The first of many exciting short movies:
On the Road with Gary and Greg
whoo hoo !
Find the lobby !
Northampton UK

mando solo UK

An attempt at a movie

My Dog Lucy having fun

3/20 to 3/26

This week I'm back in the studio with Hem all week. The sessions are going great. We are recording everything live in a big room. The session I played this afternoon for Erin Sax was live also. It seems like the music does more of whatever the good stuff music does when everybody gets together and bangs away at the same time.

I just played a batch of fantastic gigs at Zebulon. Butch Morris conductions with a Kenny Wollensen/Jonathon Haffner cast of caractures. At the end of the last set most everybody left the stage and some guy from Mali was playing this beautiful music while Kenny, the bass player, Bill Ware (vibes) and I played along. The whole thing felt like a cool fresh breeze blowing through me.

Its going to be hard getting to rehearsals for a couple gigs I have this week with everything going on. In any case on:

3/23 I'm at The Lakeside Lounge with Max Greene . Its a Cd release party that should be fun.

3/24 Its Matt Keating at theMagnetic Field
in Brooklyn.

I'm not sure about sunday at the moment. I seem to have overbooked myself. I'll do my best to make most of the Shotgun Shack set and then maybe head over to Galapagoes to finish the night with Dawn Landes .

3/13 to 3/19

Well, I already played at Rodeo Bar on the 15th and then a couple gigs at Zebulon the 15th and 16th.
3/18
I do have another Zebulongig sat. Shows at 7:00 and 9:00 with Butch Morris conducting a pretty wild batch of players. Amazing music with some of the best improvisers in NYC.

3/19 I'm back at Hank's from 6:00 to 1:00. Same as last week.

I've been in the studio all week and again next week so I haven't had much quality internet time. I've got some good gigs coming up next week also. I'll post them when I get it together.

3/6 to 3/12

Not many live gigs this week. The one worth catching is on Thursday 3/9 with Don Dilego . We are playing at The Living Room downtown. The Living Room is a great hip club to see music at where you can pay the same price for a coke that they charge the bands ! The bald big tough cream puff bartender with tatoos is a real asshole. I have watched him have truly great players tossed out by security because they dared to complain when he took there drinks away before they were done. He has pulled that same shit with another buddy of mine that packs that place once a week. What a fucking tool !
Anyway, Don is great and the band is well worth seeing. Order your drinks from the girls in the music room. They are sweethearts.

3/10 friday night in Red Hook with Shotgun Shack at the deisel gallery 242 Van Brunt St. We should get going by 9:00 and Paranoid Larry will be doing whatever he does also. This an art opening.

3/11 I'm at Freddy's on Dean st. in Brooklyn with Jan Bell at 9:30. I'll be there early to catch my buddy Gerald playing steel with somebody else.

3/12 Its sunday and that means
Hank's with Shotgun Shack at 6:00 then more honky tonk mayhem with the The New Jack Ramblers fro 9:00 till 1:00

2/27 to 3/5

2/28 Hem in phila Pa at World Café Live

3/1 Dawn Landes at Makor

3/3 Sean kershaw somewhere in New Haven Ct

3/5 6:00 Shotgun Shack at Hank's
9:30 I'm still on stage playing with Sean Kershaw till 1:00

2/19 to 2/26

2/19 6:30 Shotgun Shack at Hank's
9:30 I'm still on stage playing with Sean Kershaw
2/21 10:00 Shotgun Shack at Rodeo Bar

2/22 8:00 Mike Viola with George Rush on Bass at the 11th Street Pub (Manhattan, bet Ave A and Ave B, south side of the street, no sign, no phone)

2/23 8:00 Mike Viola at Barbes Mike is one of the greatest ever. Not to be missed.

2/24 10:00 I'm playing with my band at Sunny's (253 Conover St) in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
George Rush: Bass,
Jonathon Haffner: Alto,
Ben Perowsky: Drums

2/25 George and I will go find Hem in Boston. Click on the Hem link for details.

2/26 3:00 Shotgun Shack at Lillie's in Red Hook.
6:30 Shotgun Shack at Hank's
9:30 I'm still on stage playing with Sean Kershaw

2/12 to 2/18

2/12 sunday 12:00 noon Superfine with Jan bell and the Cheap Dates. No cover, great food.

Superfine
(718) 726-2356
126 Front St
Brooklyn, NY 11201

6:30 Hank's with Shotgun Shack

9:30 still at Hank's with Sean Kershaw till 1:00

2/13 Iota in Arlington Va. with Hem
2/16 Jan Bell pending gig
2/17 Shotgun Shack at Waterfront Alehouse

Some febuary gigs 2/1 to 2/10

2/2 9:00 I'm at Galapagos with Jan Bell and the cheap dates.
2/4 11:00 I'm playing with John Pinamonte at Freddy’s
2/5 6:30 till late Its Shotgun Shack till 9:30 then Hank's
2/7 I'm playing with "In the country" an open jazz piano trio from Norway. Check the couple great gigs post.
2/8 Hem on the radio. Sometime between 6:00 and 8:00 on WFUV
2/8 it more Sean at the Rodeo Bar
2/9 Hem at lincoln Center
2/10 Shotgun Shack at Hank's

A couple great gigs

on feb 7th I'm playing with In The Country from Norway at the Norwegian Seamen's Church.
http://www.norway.org/culture/music/In+the+country+concert.htm

then on the 9th with Hem at Lincoln Center

1/25/06 upcoming gigs

friday night 1/27 I'll be at Sunny's on Conover in Red Hook around 10:00 or so with Fred. Fred and I have been playing Sunny's from back when it was still a longshoreman's bar. Sunny's uncle John ran it and opened up around 4:00 AM to serve shots and eggs. This was back before women and car services would cross hamilton ave.

then on sunday1/29 you got your basic Hank’s

1/30 with Jan Bell at Barbes if I get out of a session with Hem in time

1/31 with the New Romans at BB Kings opening for Rick Derringer

1/21

I'm playing with my band at the Waterfront Alehouse in Brooklyn.
We play from 11:00 till 1:00 or so.
George Rush : Bass
Konrad Meissner: Drums
Reut Regev: Trombone
Bob Hoffnar: Pedal steel

Its our first time playing with the mighty Konrad. It should be a fun one.

No cover

Myspace

myspace

I'm going to see if I like myspace for gig news for a bit.

Week of 1/09/06 gigs

Tuesday the 10th I'll be at Zebulon in Brooklyn. Its a late night gig with the Himalayas with Kenny Wollensen, Johnathon Haffner, Tony Scher and about 5 more drummers and a dozen horn players. Its basicly a free jazz marching band. Some nights it really takes off.

Weds night I'm at Southpaw with Matt Keating. I've been wanting to play with Matt for a long time.

Then its back to Hank's on sunday.Whoo hoo !
Last week the audience got so out of hand the band could barely play we were laughing so hard. I won't go into details but it involved several sets of testicals, a very drunk babe and a lighter. Come early (around 6:00) and see Shotgun Shack.Its straight up country done right. Then its
Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers taking every corner on two wheels till 1:00.