The J.A.M.S. (hopefully) weekly newsletter

Joshua Tree Association of Musicians and Songwriters

A division of New Moon Records

PO Box 203

Joshua Tree, CA 92252

www.new-moon-records.com

Gig reports and editorial comments for the week Aug 2, 2006

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hey, hey, hey-

Thanks for reading the JAMS news this week. Since it’s late Wed. afternoon, and our announcements editor has written such a splendid editorial this week, a continuation of last week’s, I will refer you to the JAMS Announcements for Al’s Murdy’s editorial thoughts. See you next week.

Dat’s all for now.

Work like you don’t need the money.
Love like you’ve never been hurt.
Dance like nobody’s watching.
Sing like nobody’s listening.
Stay in tune.

Da prez

Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects (and more)…Check out JAMS Political Supplement

Billy Bragg’s MySpace Protest Movement …seeJAMS Attachment

I saw a bumper sticker that said, “After the rapture can I have your car?… JAMS Announcements by Al Murdy

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***gig reports***

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Water Canyon Coffee Company –Yucca Valley’s music café

Music now Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat…

Yucca Valley at 55844 29 Palms Highway.  760 365 7771

…Every Week….

**Tuesday Jazz and Blues 6 to 8 PM**

Kenny’s Brown Bagg (featuring the enigmatic Kenny Brown)

…This week…

**SPRC** (Thursday night Songwriting, Poetry and Rhythm Club) 7-9PM

Sponsored by L’Sunrunner

Musical Guests- Ray Duff, Gary Sanner, Phillip Rosenberg

Spoken Word- Christian B, Tom Merritt, Penny Seator

**Friday Folk Night, 7 to 9 PM**

Arjuna (+ Harmonic Choir –if you haven’t experienced this, you should!)

**Saturday Brunch, 11AM to 1PM**

Arjuna (sounds from inside your mind)

**Saturday Night, 8 to 10PM**

Bugs Salcido (bluesy and cool)

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ROJER ARNOLD BAND FRIDAY AUGUST 4   7 PM PAPPY AND HARRIET’S WITH VIOLINST BOBBY FURGO AND BOB GARCIA ON BASS

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Radio 60 upcoming schedule…Friday, August 4, Temecula Wine & Beer Garden, 28-464 Old Town Front Street, Temecula, California, 92590, 8pm to midnight…Call Greg Veach for info and bookings at 760-831-9805….

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Thursday, August 3, 2006 tim easton & katie shaw

6 pm Tim Easton and Katie Shaw ARE TOUGH SAILORS

*come join us before tim hits the road AGAIN! Tough Sailors rule..think White Stripes all warm and fuzzy

Friday, August 4 the rojer arnold band with bobby furgo and bob garcia

7 pm The Rojer Arnold Band WITH VIOLINIST BOBBY FURGO AND BOB GARCIA ON BASS Rockin’ country soul with some bluesy psychadelica and a touch of reggae.

Saturday, August 5 rose’s pawn shop and weed patch

7 pm Rose’s Pawn Shop With an arsenal of banjos, guitars, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel, upright bass, and thundering drums, their sound is a wholesome mishmash of creek mud, rusty nails and your mom’s cookin’

Sunday, August 6 the thriftstore allstars

6 pm Pappy Hour presents The Thriftstore Allstars

*Sundays are UNBELIEVABLE..you never know who’s gonna show up and watching Juday Van Ruggles on the dance floor is insane! C’mon get happy! The Thriftstore Allstars all have one thing in common, they all love.

Please Visit www.pappyandharriets.com

www.myspace.com/pappyandharriets for ALL upcoming shows and any other info you may need.. “Retire Now…Work Later…”

760 365 5956 PandHPALACE@aol.com

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Greetings .. just a reminder here about the upcoming show here in town. Listen, I’ve got some pent up anxiety I need to get out, so I’ll be releasing all that on Saturday, and I suggest you guys make it down to share the ROCKING experience! I will be having a good friend, Eve Buigues, from the band Jariya, sitting in on a few songs, along with my most excellent band. Hope to see you there.

Janet Robin and BAND special guest: Eve from Jariya Saturday, August 5, 9:30pm ROOM 5 (above Amalfi Restaurant)

143 N La Brea Ave Los Angeles, CA 90036

(323) 938-2504 http://www.room5lounge.com

they have great food so you might wanna come early and eat before the show.

Cheers, janet

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Alice Stewart

Thursday, August 3rd:  5-8pm, NW Harley, 8000 Freedom Lane, Lacey, WA

ONE CALIFORNIA DATE! Friday, August 4th:  9-12:30am, Sengthong’s Blue Sky Room, Dunsmuir, CA

Saturday & Sunday, August 5th & 6th:  5-6:30pm, Benton County Fair, Corvallis, OR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi from Ritmo Loco,

We regret to inform you at this late date that the Ritmo Loco Afro-Cuban Jazz Quintet will not be performing at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace this Friday evening (8/4).  The wife of our bassist is having major surgery on Friday, and in order to completely free him to be totally there for her and their two girls, we have cancelled our appearance.

We will be replaced for the evening by the outstanding Rojer Arnold Band, which will be featuring as a special guest artist violinist Bobby Furgo, and Bob Garcia (Ritmo’s guitarist) will fill in for Marv Schmelling on bass (Marv, our bassist, also plays with the RAB).  Ritmo Loco would like to thank Rojer and the gang for stepping in to take up the slack; we’re glad that our replacement is such a high quality musical group–attendees will not be disappointed.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may bring you, and wish you all a wonderful weekend,

Sam Sloneker

760-369-9972 samslo@msn.com

PS:  We’d also like to invite you to, perhaps, pause for a moment or two on Friday to send some prayers and good wishes to Marv Schmelling, his two daughters Lauren and Lizzie, and especially to his wife Robin.

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Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival, Oct. 21 & 22a benefit for fire disaster relief and wildlife conservancy

Joshua Tree Roots Music FestivalA rootsicana newgrassy folkadelic music and camping experience in the high desert. The recent Sawtooth - Millard Fires scorched 85k plus acres in our neighborhood. Over 24 million dollars was spent fighting the fire. More than 200 homes and buildings destroyed. 1,000 personnel worked to contain the blaze. An estimated 12 million dollars in property damage due to the fire. The festival will be a fundraiser for local fire disaster relief and wildlife conservancy organizations. 100% of profits will be donated. Specific non-profit details will be posted on our website soon. October in the high desert is beautiful. Average temps of 77 and 59. Enjoy amazing music in a magical setting, and help play a positive role in the relief effort.

Railroad Earth Confirmed! RailRoad Earth (phenomenal songwriting, singing and musicianship; amazing live performances!), Trampled by Turtles (original, non-traditional raucous bluegrass) Blue Turtle Seduction (high altitude bohemian tribal funk grass), the Bluehouse (dynamic aussie duo - heavenly harmonies), the Bingo Dream Band (trancendental folkadelic americana) and Ken Will Morton (passionate singer songwriter) are confirmed. More TBA sooooooooon!!!

The Joshua Tree Lake Campground is the festival home. A beautiful 40 acre privately owned site in the shadows of the national park. Visit the festival website:www.joshuatreemusicfestival.comto learn how to get involved in the fundraising effort, for artist and ticket info, photos from the spring festival, camping info, and for frequently given answers. More artists to be announced soon. Tickets to go on sale early August.

send this email to a friend! jtmf@onebox.com o  Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival

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Beatnik - Visit www.jtbeat.com

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Yucca Summer Festival Saturdays- 7PM- Free- At YV Comm. Ctr.

This Week-Rod Stewart Tribute

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Michael Soli in Lost Wages

www.MySpace.com/solimichael

Singer/Songwriters - please check out AMPLIFIED and consider applying to perform before industry pros!! Check this out:

Festival Events Sign up to play or just attend to meet new industry friends and contacts: Conference kick-off & Wrap parties Poker Tournament featuring a $1000 Cash Prize Keynote Luncheon

To Register online, click below: Conference Registration : or download application here http://www.amplifymusiccompfest.com/AMPLIFY_ConferenceApp2006.pdf

Band Submissions : or download application here http://www.smashmag.net/Amplify/AMPLIFY_ShowcaseApp2006.pdf

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Kokopelli’s Go to www.myspace.com/kokopelliskantina 369-6660

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Arlan

Summer Time in Los Angeles – Blessings Abound FREE ADMISSION TO ALL SHOWS

“Moog Mania” California Plaza – Downtown LA  Friday August 4 12 noon to 1:00pm 8:00pm – 8:30pm Mojo Triage in Concert http://www.myspace.com/mojotriage

Moog Film to follow the evening performance. - http://www.grandperformances.org/

Crustacean 464 N. Bedford Drive Beverly Hills, CA  90210

310 205 8990 Saturday Night August 5  730 pm – 1130 pm

M.I.T.S. Paul Ill:  bass Joe Travers:  drums Randy Mitchell:  guitar Arlan Schierbaum:  moog, piano, hammond

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Hootenjaminannies at the Loopy J Ranch in Landers mark your calendars for every Second Saturday of the month.  BYOB and something to munch.  Starting at 5 to 5:30 p.m. until???   Get togethers for acoustical jams and sing alongs at Judy Van-Ruggles place in Landers.  Call for directions 760-364-4839.   If you like the oldies and goodies and folk music, you’ll enjoy singing along with Judy as she and friends share their stash of music, chords, harmonies and jam together.   Don’t bring the amps or power or mics, there’s not enough power to support it.    Strictly acoustical instruments please. 

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC - EXTREMELY WORTHWHILE EVENTS

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JAMS Announcements-

NOW POSTED AS AN ATTACHMENT FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE

(And mine)

*note, since our attachments editor, Al, doesn’t stay up as late as I do, we will have to cut off announcements for the week at noon on Tuesday.

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***JAMS Comments***

(listed in the order of posting-personal notes only-press releases posted in ‘announcements’)

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Hi, Steve,

Thanks, as always, for such good Thursday nights at WC. Penny

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Hey Friends,

It seems that the time has come around again this year to vote for the San Diego Music Awards. This year I am nominated for Best Americana. If you have a moment, I’d truly appreciate your vote, as it takes friends like you (as many of them as possible!) for me to win.

Here’s the link: http://www.sdmusicawards.com/  scroll down to Vote Now! and click on that link, which takes you to the voting page. Fill in your name, email address and regular address (and be sure to click OFF the checkmark that puts you on the mailing list! I don’t want to get angry emails from my friends asking me why they got signed up for more spam!) Then just scroll down and look for Best Americana in the left column!

Easy as that! And what would help out even more is your assistance in passing this email along to everyone you know, so that they can vote for me too! I wanna win by a landslide this year!! Help me out!!

Much love and aloha, Arabella

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I just received word, as perhaps have others who knew her, that Ellen Pierce, widow of the famed ceramist Howard Pierce, and a great lady in her own right, died peacefully last month in a nursing home in Redwood City. She was 98. Her family, Janet, Linda, (surnames?) and Jerry, can be reached at 1028 Eden Bower Lane, Redwood City, CA 94061. Jerry also at jerry@jerrypierce.org.

Owen

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Hey Folks,

For the second year in a row, Holiday and the Adventure Pop Collective has been nominated in the Best Americana category for the San Diego Music Awards!

Help select the winners by voting  HERE

The boys are honored to be nominated alongside other great acts Arabella Harrison, Truckee Brothers, The Grams, The Coyote Problem and Old Man Hands.

In other big news they will be playing the Southern Comfort Music Festival here in San Diego on Saturday, September 9th with Flogging Molly, Cowboy Mouth, Family Force 5 and more! Stay tuned to http://www.adventurepop.com for more info on this event.

Thanks for your continued support!

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“If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we’ve experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign.” — William F. Buckley on President Bush’s Iraq campaign.

I’D RATHER HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SCREWED HIS INTERN THAN ONE WHO SCREWED HIS COUNTRY (bumper sticker seen on Josh Hemingway’s car)

KEEP YOUR THEOCRACY OFF MY DEMOCRACY (bumper sticker seen on Al Murdy’s car)