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Man, I wish Hem was touring these days. Such a great band to play with.

march 19th to the 31st

march 19 weds:9:30 Smokey's Roundup at Sunny's bar 253 Conover St.Red Hook, Brooklyn
718-625-8211

20th thurs 10:30 Derek Lee Bronston at The Carnegie Club 156 W 56th St It a cigar place.

21st friday 10:00: Smokey's Roundup at Barbes
22nd sat 10:00: Smokey's Roundup at The Tea Lounge in Park Slope

23rd sunday 10:00: Sean Kershaw at Hank's

26th weds: Smokey back at Sunny's.
30st sunday 10:00: back at hank's with Sean
31st monday 9:30: Smokey's Roundup at the legendary Rodeo Bar

We are taking a break for a little bit with Smokey's Roundup after these shows so come out and see this band. Its a great one.

march 5th to the 12th

March

5th Smokey's Roundup playing at Sunny's bar in Red Hook. 253 Conover St. 9:30

7th Sean Kershaw at Hill Country. A perfect evening with a musical journey into a world of meat.

9th Sean Kershaw at Hank's . Yet another perfect evening with a musical journey into a world of beer. This is the place for you first daters. Its dark, there are 2 exits and no matter what happens there is plenty of beer.

10th Pete's Candy Store with Caithlin from Rainer Maria. We go on at 10:30

12th Smokey at Sunny's.


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Feb 20 to the 29th

Feb 20 Smokey's Roundup at Sunny's in Red Hook 253 Conover 11231 9:30

Feb 21 Derek Lee Bronston

at The Carnegie Club 156 W 56th St 10:30

Feb 22 Mike Viola at Joe’s Pub

Feb 24 Its Hank's with Sean Kershaw 10:00

Feb 25 Carolyn Sills at BB Kings on 42nd st

Feb 27th Smokey's Roundup at Sunny's 253 Conover 11231 9:30

Feb 28th Caithlin from Rainer Maria doing a concert of her own beautiful music at Sound Fix 110 bedford ave. I'll update this with more info when I get it together.

Feb 29th Smokey's Roundup at Barbes Tony Mason is sitting in on drums

Later on the 29th I'm playing with Derek Bronston at Banjo Jim’s We go on at 11:30 and play 2 sets.


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FEb 2 till the 17th.

First off I finally wrote the right month on this freakin post. I gotta get my shit together.......

Feb 3 its sunday so its Hank's . Sean and The Lovable Losers will be playing after some sort of tournament involving geneticly engeneered humans that like to jump into each other forming large piles of agitated robo humans. I can't wait !
FEb 4 Sean again but without the televised carnage at Otto’s .
feb 6th Smokey's Roundup at Sunny's in Red Hook. Conover st near the fairway. I love playing with these guys. And I'm a cranky fella so that is saying something.
FEb 8th Jan Bell at Superfine which used to be a haven for lesbians, scruffy artists and the occasional lost person wondering how to get to manhattan that figured what the heck might as well get drunk with these guys. Now the well groomed masses have discovered it along with there families powerful credit ratings. Its still a great place though.

FEb 9th
Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar
This is our last sat gig there for a bit. Not to be missed.

Feb 10th back at hank's. Its like the movie ground hog day without the romantic interest.

Feb 11th Union Hall on Union and 5th in park slope with Finn. This is a pot soaked rock band sort of thing. Its always fun and I get to play wild.

Feb 13th back at Sunny's with Smokey.

Feb 14th A Jan Bell gig someplace that I need to find out about at some point before the 14th.

Feb 15th Smokey at Sunny's. This is a big friday night show. Moving on up in the world !

then.....
Feb 16 Jalopy Double bill with Smokey and Mamie. Whoo hoo !

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end of jan 08

jan 19 Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar . 9:30
jan 20 Hank's With Sean Kershaw.9:30
jan 23 Smokey's Western Roundup at sunny's in Red Hook 253 Conover 9:30
jan 24 Smokey at The Lakeside Lounge 9:00
jan 26 Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar . 9:30
jan 27 Hank's With Sean Kershaw.9:30
jan 30 Smokey's Western Roundup at sunny's in Red Hook 253 Conover 9:30

jan 9th to jan 16th

jan 9th Smokey's Western Roundup at sunny's in Red Hook 253 Conover 9:30
jan 10 Jan bell at The Living Room 8:00
Jan 11 Smokey at Banjo Jim’s 10:30
Jan 12 Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar . 9:30
Jan 13 Hank's With Sean Kershaw.9:30
jan 14 wash my hair
Jan 15 walk my dog
Jan 16 Smokey at Rodeo Bar

End of Dec into january

Dec 27 I may be playing with "the Old Rugged Sauce" at The Grape and Grain
620 E 6th st 10:00
Its a standards type gig with some great tunes. I bring my lap steel for
this one. 10:00 till 1:00
DEc 28 10:00 I'm playing with Andrew Cohen at the
169 Bar . Its at 169 East Broadway near Essex and Canal. Last time I tried to play there I got in a fight with the bottom feeding scumbags called LES Productions. If those assholes are still there I will skip the part were they dick me around and get straight to the part where I club them with a leg off my pedal steel. Anyway whatever happens I'm planing on having a big time. Andrew is a talented guy and if you are into the pedalsteel its just Andrew ,me and Tim Quigley on drums so I will be busy.

Dec 29 Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar .
Dec 30 Hank's With Sean Kershaw.

Jan 2 Back with Smokey at sunny's in Red Hook 253 Conover
Jan 3 I may be playing with "the Old Rugged Sauce" at The Grape and Grain 620 E 6th
Jan 5 Drazy Hoops at the The Living Room . We are trying out some new tunes.
Jan 6th Hank's With Sean Kershaw.

Live gigs in Dec

So winter is here and its cold and all. These are the live gigs I have in my book at the moment. Thank goodness for steady gigs !

Dec 8 Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar . We get going around 10:00. Mamie is great and I tag along with my lapsteel.

Dec 9 With Sean Kershaw. Get down to Hank's while you still can. I play my pedalsteel in this honky tonk free for all. Sean is writing more new songs and getting a very cool thing happening.
Dec 15 Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar .
Dec 16 Its sunday so its Hank's !
Dec 17 Tea Lounge on Union and 7th ave in park Slope Brooklyn. I will be playing pedal steel with the legendary Sunny Jain with his jazz band. 8:00
Dec 19 Smokey's Roundup is back at Sunny's Bar 253 Conover st in Red Hook. 10:00
DEc 20 I'm back with the "Old Rugged Sauce" playing great standards at Grape and Grain on 620 E6th st. I love playing with these guys. I'm bringing my lap steel for this one. 9:00 till 1:00
Dec 21 I'm playing the solstice party with Tone at Sunny's
Dec 22 Smokey's Roundup at Jalopy in upper Red Hook. I may run over to 68 and play with Mamie also later.

Dec 23 No Hank's. I will be in maryland eating cookies and watching cable tv.
Dec 29 Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar .
Dec 30 Hank's With Sean Kershaw.

Last bit of November

Sat the 24th Its 68 Jay st with Mamie. around 10:00
Sunday the 25th back at Hank's.

Check last weeks listing for details.

Sorry about the stupid ads on the onion vid.

Also John Hughey died this week. Its a real heartbreaker for me. He was a sweetheart and one of the best.

some November gigs

Nov 15th I'll be at Banjo Jim’s with Jan Bell and Katy Cox.

Nov 16th I'll be at Sunny's in Red Hook with Max Green
Nov 17th Its the wonderful Mamie Minch at the 68 Jay st bar in Dumbo

Nov 18th Back at Hank's with Sean Kershaw.


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The rest of oct 07

sunday oct 21: Sean Kershaw Brooklyn County Fair @ Galapagos
70 N 6th St (Kent & Wythe Aves, Williamsburg) around 4:00.

Then at 10:00 its Hank's !

Monday 0ct 22 at 9:30 We got your basic Max Greene Upstairs at the Living Room.

Weds the 24th 9:30 Smokey's Roundup at Sunny's in Red Hook. Conover st near the Fairway.

Thurs the 25th 9:30 Smokey's Roundup crosses the great water to play at the legendary
Rodeo Bar 27th st and 3rd ave.

Sat the 27th 10:00 Mamie Minch at 68 Jay st bar in Dumbo. Andy Cotton is playing bass on this one.

Sunday the 28th at 10:00 Sean Kershaw at Hank's This is a band worth checking out. Hank's is a real dive bar. Relaxed and open in that lovable loser sort of way.

Monday the 29th Max Greene Upstairs at the Living Room.

Weds the 31st its Halloween ! Come see Spooky Hormel's Ground up at Sunny's bar in Red Hook.

Oct 10 to 20th 2007

Oct 10th I'll be playing little Ricky panda with Smokey's Roundup at Sunny's in Red Hook at 9:30 253 Conover St Brooklyn 11231 718-625-8211

Oct 13th I'm playing with Amy Allison at
Banjo Jim’s from 7:00 till 9:00 or so. Amy is a truly great writer and singer. I'll be playing pedal steel while she sings and plays guitar.

Then around 10:00 I'll be playing with Mamie at 68 Jay st in Dumbo. This gig I will playing my lap steel. Its a fun hang and Mamie is the bomb.

Oct 14th Its Hank's with Sean Kershaw at 10:00.

Oct 17th Back at Sunny's with Smokey.

Oct 18th The Glaciers at The Alphabet Lounge 9:30 then Laura Bell Bundy at The Cutting Room at 11:30.

Oct 19th Sean Kershaw at Hill Country.
Oct 20. back with Mamie at 68 jay st.

sept 28th to oct 5

friday 9/28 I am at 68 Jay st bar in Dumbo for the atrs fest playing with Mamie Minch at 7:00 then Jan Bell around 9:00
Sunday 9/30 Brunch at Superfine in Dumbo with Jan Bell then its Hank's that night
tues 10/2 Laura Bell Bundy at the Cutting Room in manhattan at 8:00
weds 10/3 Sunny's in Red Hook with Smokey's Roundup 9:30
thurs 10/4 Superfine with Smokey's Roundup 9:00

Some September gigs

Sept 12 9:30 Smokey's Roundup at Sunny’s. No cover. Sunny's is on Conover st near the Fairway in Red Hook Brooklyn.

Sept 14th Teddy Thompson at the Bowery Ballroom
Sept 15th Mamie Minch and me at 68 Jay st bar in Dumbo 10:00

Sept 16th 2:00 Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates Hudson County Fair
Then its Hank's with Sean Kershaw at 10:00

Sept 17th at The Living Room upstairs with Max Greene 8:30.

sept 19th 9:30 Smokey's Roundup at Sunny’s. No cover. Sunny's is on Conover st near the Fairway in Red Hook Brooklyn.

sept 21 Queen Esther Details to follow.
Sept 22 Mamie and me at 68 Jay st bar in Dumbo 10:00

sept 23 Hank's with Sean Kershaw at 10:00

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Tonight the 12th and a couple more

JUly 12th 2007 Tonight at 9:00 I'm playing my own supply without a demand type music at Sunny's bar in Red Hook.
Sunny's is on Conover right next to the Fairway. I have :
Dan Weiss drums
Chris Lightcap Bass
and Glen Patscha on piano

Gerald Menke will be playing steel with his new band also around 10:00.

7/14 SAt at 68 Jay st Bar in Dumbo I'll be playing a couple sets with Mammie from the Roullette Sisters. Ragtime Blues

Sunday Its Hank's !
Monday 16th I'm back at Barbes with my own band at 10:00. Miho Hatori may sing a few tunes with us. Not to be missed !

First week of July

July 1 sunday night. Well, they wanted me to stay in Boston at some fancy all expenses paid hotel making tons of money and playing with a high falutin orchestra but I had a gig at Hank's . I wouldn't want to miss those rough girls pile driving Sean Kershaw's head into the dance floor or hanging brain show and neither should you !

July 2nd I'm at Barbes with Smokey Hormel's Western Roundup at 10:00. We don't get a chance to play much this summer and this is a great place to see the band.

July 4th Smokey and the guys are at Jalopy. We should get going around 10:00.

July 6th its Drazy Hoops at The Living Room . This is a full band show.

Later that night I'm playing with Max Greene at Banjo Jim’s around midnight.

On the 7th I have a gig at 68 Jay st in Dumbo around 9:00 with J.Walter Hawks and Tim Luntzel. We will play a bunch of old standards and sub standards.

Boston Pops !

Here is a shot of the gig I played last night:

Also the JC gig at Rodeo Bar is canceled due to some sort of thing or another.

last week or so of June

Well, I guess its been a while since I updated this thing but, you know, I was busy and didn't get it together.

So anyhoo this is what is coming up:

June 21 at 10:00 Its Mamie from the Roulette sisters singing at
Superfine in Dumbo


126 Front St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
Between Jay and Pearl Sts.
718-243-9005

It will be with the guys from Smokey's Roundup. Its a great band.I'll be trying to keep up playing my old Fender Stringmaster.

June 23 I'm in Maryland playing a wedding gig.

Sunday the 24th its Hank's at 10:00. Free sausages, drunk people doing all the things drunk people do including some new tricks that you just gotta see. I saw a big sign on the building that it is a fantastic development spot for sale so I guess the rich fuckers backed out on knocking it down to put up some more piece of shit luxury condos for the time being. The luxury condo building next door went up in about a week and is made out of some prefab flimsy junk you could poke your fist through with very little effort.

June 26 and 27 Hem is playing with the Boston Pops in Boston. I'll wear a nice shirt for that bad boy !

June 28 its JC Hopkins at the Rodeo Bar . This should be a real fun show.

June 29 I'm playing with Meg from the Roulette Sisters at Sunny's in Red Hook. This is the greatest bar in the world and you get to hear Meg's tunes and meet Lucy the dog. What more could you want ?

Then we got July. Big doins coming up ! Mondays at Barbes. My own band on the 12th at Sunny's. All sorts of stuff.