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 Sept 27, 2006

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Hey, Hey, Hey-

 

Well, not much to say tonight. I’ve been up to my, uh, ears in work. I even had to miss Kenny’s jam session yesterday. The week is not the same without it!

 

Jim Beam and Jack Daniels often are my companions when I put the newsletter together. Now that it has cooled off enough to taste again, it has hit me.  Has anybody noticed how harsh both of these whiskeys are? When is Joel goin’ up to Montana and bringin’ back some R+R. When will I get back to Indiana and bring back some JW Dant? Maker’s Mark is OK, but it is a million $$ a bottle; grumble, grumble. Oh well…hello Jim, my prickly old friend.

 

Never mind! There is a lot of good info on upcoming festivals, as well as individual performances in the newsletter. It’s gonna be a good weekend. If you happen to be at the Gramfest (I hope you will be), please come up to the sound booth and say hello.

 

 

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

 

PS: Check out…JAMS Announcements by Al Murdy..everything that’s happnin’…everything!

 

Insult-laden diplomacy… see JAMS Political supplement

 

The Man Who Shouted `tequila! Dead at 77..NBC Draws Protests From Conservatives … he New Tastemakers …see JAMS Attachment

 

Also check out Art Kunkin’s flyer ..How to Reincarnate Lflt

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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

 

This week on the Water Canyon Stage:

 

Tuesday evening 6-9PM

Kenny’s Brown Bag Session

 

Thursday Night Songwriting, Poetry , and Rhythm Club 7-9PM

Join the Cultural Elite for the best vibes, spoken word, and music

-this week: Women’s night: Sunshine, Barbara VanDyke, Judy Van Ruggles

 

Friday Night 7-9PM

Sara Petite- Award-winning songwriter with special guests

 

Saturday Brunch set 11AM-1PM

Arjuna- shamanic trance music

 

Saturday Evening set 8-10PM

Arjuna- world music loop show

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Harriet’s

 

Thursday, Sep 28 jackie young 6 pm

 

Friday, Sep 29 -7 pm Rim Rock Rhythm Pushers and Casey James Prestwood w/ Arabella Harrison

 

Saturday, Sep 30 mojave 3 and brightblack morning light + SPINDRIFT! 7 pm Tickets $15

 

Sunday, OCT 1st!!!

4-pm Sam Mellon & The Skylarks

6pm!!!!!!!the thriftstore allstars

 

UPCOMING SHOWS!!!

 

Saturday, Oct 7 Marc Broussard 7 pm

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Gramfest

 

Famed fingerstyle guitarist & author Michael O’Dorn to perform Friday Sept. 29th at The Cosmic American Music Festival.  Mr. O’Dorn will also do a Merle Travis style guitar workshop on Saturday September 30th, 2006.

 

Michael O’Dorn will be performing live in concert on Friday Sept. 29th from 9:00pm-9:50pm at the Hi-Desert Playhouse.  He is a featured artist among over 40 performing musical acts to appear as part of The Cosmic American Music Festival also known as Gram Fest.  Mel Bay Presents has recently put out a DVD titled Michael O’Dorn In Concert.

 

Mr. O’Dorn will also conduct a guitar workshop at the event.  Michael will discuss his new book entitled Getting into Travis Picking for Mel Bay Publications as well as demonstrate technique on his guitar.  The guitar workshop will start at 10:30am and will run until 11:30am on Saturday morning September 30th.  The cost of the workshop is $20.00.  The workshop will take place at Hi-Desert Playhouse in Joshua Tree, CA.  Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling The Hi-Desert Playhouse at 760-366-3777 between 10:00am-5:00pm Monday thru Friday or by going on line to www.hidesertplayhouse.com or at www.gramfest.com  Tickets will also be available on the day of the workshop, if it does not sell out in advance.

Sneaky Pete Kleinow Benefit to be held on the 3rd day of The Cosmic American Music Festival at The Hi-Desert Playhouse in Joshua Tree, CA on Sunday Oct. 1st, 2006.

(details in JAMS Attachment)

The Hi-Desert Playhouse is located at, 61231 29 Palms HWY, Joshua Tree, CA 92252.

 

A sought-out standup bassist, Tom Freund, has been added to the Cosmic American Music Festival/Gram Fest Venue and will be playing Saturday, September 30th at 11:45 pm to 12:15 am; in addition to the Sneaky Pete Benefit - Sunday October 1st from 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm at The Hi-Desert Playhouse, 61231 29 Palms HWY, Joshua Tree, CA 92252.

After concluding a summer tour with longtime collaborator Ben Harper and his band the Innocent Criminals, critically hailed singer/songwriter Tom Freund is hard at work on the follow up to his 5th independent album, Sweet Affection, released in July 2005. The 30-date summer run provided Tom and Ben the opportunity to rekindle songs from their 1992 Pleasure and Pain album. The pleasure of that experience has led to the two working together on new music and planning more tour dates in 2006.

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HONKY TONK TRAIN appearing @ GRAMFEST Sat. Sept. 30   7:05 - 7:50 PM

also @ BENEFIT FOR SNEAKY PETE KLEINOW

Sun. Oct. 1     6:20 - 7:00 PM go to www.gramfest.com for more details

Both Shows at THE GUILD HALL behind the HI-DESERT PLAYHOUSE

(760) 366-3777

61231   29 PALMS HWY. JOSHUA TREE, CA 92252

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The Sibleys are playing The Knitting Factory in LA. Friday Sept 29th 2006 In support of Gertie Fox’s record release party!!!

Doors Open at 8:00 p.m.!! Sibleys at 9pm, Power Cords at 10pm, Gertie Fox at  11pm and The Kris Special at midnight. If in you’re in L..A and looking for a good time drop on by!! http://www.thesibleys.info

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Radio 60 upcoming schedule…Friday, September 29th, Private party in Hemet, 3pm to 6pm…Friday, September 29th, Temecula Wine & Beer Garden, 28464 Old Town Front Street, Temecula, Ca., 92590, 951-506-4474…Call Greg Veach for info and bookings at 760-831-9805…

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RANDY WEEKS CINEMA BAR SAT SEPT 30

3967 SEPULVEDA BLVD CULVER CITY. CA.

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REALLYSHOOO and The Passing Parade (members of THERE BE PIRATES!, BARKING PUPFISH and SHAWN MAFIA’S TEN CENT THRILLS) playing Sunday Oct. 1 in the Guild Hall at the Sneaky Pete benefit-GRAM FEST @ 1:50 PM. Albert Williams had to have his infected hip socket cleaned out surgically today. He has the most serious form of staph, so once again, let’s send out our prayers to someone who cannot possibly deserve this much hardship. Thanks Steve, Hi to Darlene Peace on Earth and Understanding through Music Ellen and Billy/REALLYSHOOO

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4th Annual WILD WEST COYOTE FEST Adds Performers and Activities October 6-7, 2006

The Joshua Tree Chamber of Commerce invites live music fans, families and kids of all ages to come down to the Fourth Annual “WILD WEST COYOTE FEST,” a music and community festival to be held Friday, October 6, 2006, from 4:00pm to 10:00pm and Saturday, October 7th, from 10am-10pm.  The event location will be 6573 Park Boulevard in downtown Joshua Tree (one block south of 29 Palms Highway).

 

At 6pm on Friday, October 6th, a community drum jam will be conducted, open to the public.  Bring your drum and celebrate the season, the community and the sound!

All live performances are donated as a gift to the community and to benefit the Chamber of Commerce and the Firefighters.  Please come down and thank these gifted musicians and performance artists with your applause!  The stage schedule is listed at www.joshuatreechamber.org/wwcf.htm. The Wild West Coyote Fest will include live music from outstanding local musicians, including a special appearance by the rock singer and artist, Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde.  Joining Johnette will be John Trudell and Gabriel Ramirez.  The Festival stage will feature great performances by:

·Johnette Napolitano ·Purple Mountain Matinee (w/their new CD release!) ·Tim Easton ·Thrift Store All Stars ·Mojow & The Vibration Army ·Ray Wood singing the National Anthem ·Ted Quinn ·Callan ·Vicki Hill ·Zapp! ·Fetish ·Unherd ·Ceremonial Sounds ·Hafler Duo ·Cactus Pricks ·Fuego Girls - Fire Performers ·and Allie Meetze - Aerial Silk Dancing

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

 

Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival, Oct. 21 & 22

 

a fundraiser for fire disaster relief

 

RailRoad Earth (sat & sun) /Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men /Trampled by Turtles /the Ditty Bops /GreenSky BlueGrass /Anne McCue /Blue Turtle Seduction /Wally Ingram & Tom Freund /Tishamingo/ Tim Easton /the Bluehouse /Ken Will Morton /the Bingo Dream Band/ Thrift Store All Stars /Shadow Mt. Band /Golden Hill Ramblers

Tickets on Sale Now!

 

Buy your tickets now via the website, over the phone, via snail mail, or in person at the Coyote Corner in Joshua Tree. All details can be found on the ticket page of the festival website, or leave a message via the toll free hotline: 877.327.6265 jtmf@onebox.com  Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival

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Tom Freund

 hi folks, here are some shows coming up in this precocious fall.  cool new stuff up on myspace page featuring “Run Like That” photo montage with shots from the Hotel Cafe show, “Run Like That” will also be  featured in upcoming film “Jam ” and “No Turning Back” will be in upcoming “One Tree Hill” episode. Also check out tomfreund.com under “video” for snippets of last summer’s tour with Ben Harper and go to “tunes” for some live audio recordings of those shows and other rarities!! Be well folks and don’t let the snake charmers bite you in the ass.  TF

 

Saturday 9/30 @ 11:00 PM  - Gram Fest 2006,

 

Sunday 10/1 @ 12:00 PM  - Gram Fest 2006,

 

Thursday 10/05 @ 10:30 PM  - Make Out Room

3225 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 - $8 with The Mugs and The Fits www.makeoutroom.com (415) 647-3997

 

Friday 10/06 @ 9:30 - Sophias Thai Kitchen

129 E Street, Suite E, Davis, CA 95616 www.SophiasThaiKitchen.com Cool as folk KDVS Presents

 

Tuesday 10/10 @ 8:00 PM  - Hotel Cafe

1623 ½ N. Cahuenga Blvd, LA, CA 90028 with Tim Jones and Co. www.hotelcafe.com

 

http://www.tomfreund.com http://www.myspace.com/tomfreundmusic

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70th Annual Pioneer Days Festival October 19-22, 2006 Luckie Park (Utah Trail and Joe Davis Drive), 29 Palms, 92277

Hi everyone, This past month has been the worst of my life, so first, I want to thank all of you for being patient during the process of organizing the live music at Pioneer Days.  Secondly, I want to thank you for agreeing to share your music with the community in Twentynine Palms (we just call it “29″).  I think we’ve got an excellent lineup, with the best music this community has had in many years. Our tentative schedule is as follows: Friday, October 20

4 p.m. - unconfirmed

5 p.m. - unconfirmed

6 p.m. The Frenetic Cabaret of Really Shooo

7 p.m. Sand Creek

8 p.m. The Burley Thistles

9 p.m. Shawn Mafia and the Ten Cent Thrills

10 p.m.-Midnight The Dead Rebels

 

Saturday, October 21 Kid’s Space: Noon to 2 p.m. Noon Judy Van-Ruggles

1 p.m. The Really Shooo Kid’s Review

2 p.m. Christiane Szabo

3 p.m. The Kelly Bowlin Band

4 p.m. Ebony Burks

5 p.m. The Michael Harris Band

6 p.m. emith

7 p.m. The Barking Pupfish

8 p.m. There Be Pirates!

9 p.m. City Fritter

10 p.m.-Midnight The John Pieplow Band

 

I am currently working on locating either free or discounted lodging for musicians coming from out of the area.  I have some hospitality for bands including drink and meal tickets.  We will have a booth set up to sell CDs for you, though it’s best if you bring your own personnel to assist our volunteers.  Please make yourself available to sign CDs. I will really begin our publicity push on Monday with the area press.  We have received a $30,000 advertising package from Time/Warner, so we will be able to hit the Palm Springs/Coachella Valley area as well as the hi-desert/Joshua Tree area pretty well. We also have an excellent working relationship with our local radio stations KX 96 and KQ 92 FM, and some of their on-air personalities will be helping emcee. I need to know the following from  you: The number of people in your band, as well as any support personnel; The number of vehicles you’ll be bringing; Any special needs you may have as far as sound or lighting goes; Any other special requests you may have.

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Beatnik - Visit www.jtbeat.com

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

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Michael Soli – Lost Wages’ Music’s prez

WE’LL SEE YOU AT “UNPLUGGED” THIS THURSDAY!! Michael Soli

 

Dear Steve,

 

This week’s “UNPLUGGED” will showcase four singer/songwriters and two Vegas rock bands performing original music.

 

 

HERE IS THE LINEUP:

 

8:45 p.m. Justin McMahon - Reno, NV singer/songwriter/guitarist

 

Kelly Kellam - check him out online at www.myspace.com/heartstopgo

 

Matt Jones/Ryan Holley - touring singer/songwriter/guitarists

 

DCAP - Chris Nichols’ rock project, acoustic and ready to rock

 

Stocklan - our power rock trio headliner

 

 

“UNPLUGGED” is FREE and ALL-AGES and runs from 8:45 p.m. to Midnight inside Crossroads at the House of Blues in Las Vegas. Great food, drink specials and awesome original music every Thursday night!!

 

The House of Blues is located inside the Mandalay Bay Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

 

For more info, call 702-632-7607 or visit: www.Myspace.com/lvhouseofblues or www.hob.com

http://www.michaelsoli.com SUPPORT ORIGINAL MUSIC, http://www.michaelsoli.com

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Holiday and the Adventure Pop Collective

Become is charting #13 (5th week on the chart) on the Roots Rock Chart alongside Tom Petty, Widespread Panic, Alejandro Escovedo, The Sadies and other great acts. Check it out HERE

The boys will be supporting Tom Petty and Beck on the side stage at Coors Amphitheater in San Diego next Wednesday, September 27th. If you are going to the show they start playing at 6:30p and again after Beck wraps up.

Thanks to everyone that voted for Holiday in the Americana category for San Diego Music Awards. Congrats to The Grams for taking home the trophy. And props to Arabella Harrison (also nominated in the Americana category) who performed at the awards ceremony she sounded awesome! For all winners go HERE

For the remainder of 2006 the boys continue a crazy touring schedule with stops throughout California, Arizona, and a winter tour of Colorado (including a stop at the belly up in aspen!). They plan to get into the studio again early 2007 to start the next record.

Tour info, news, journal, buy CD’s and t’s @ http://www.adventurepop.com
Thanks for your continued support!

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City Fritter- We’re on CDbaby! Get our new CD “From The Ocean To The Desert” online at www.cdbaby.com - a great website that sells indie music. We’d sure appreciate it if you write us a review after you hear it - only if you like it, of course! This is an easy way for you out-of-California Fritterfans to get our new music before we come play in your town!

- We’ve re-designed our website! Check out www.cityfritter.com for new look, new photos and song clips from the new CD. On the BUY page you can link directly to our page at CDbaby. Cool, huh?

- We’re headed out to GRAMFEST again! Sunday, October 1st, 2006 Hi Desert Playhouse Joshua Tree, CA This is a 3 day festival celebrating the life and music of Gram Parsons Festival runs 9/29-10/1 We are MC-ing and playing short acoustic sets Friday and Saturday, with a full band set on Sunday. Times are approximate, this is a great all day festival full of amazing music - www.gramfest.com for details Howdy again, This just in! We’re playing a top-secret, super-fun, mutiple band show in Topanga this coming Saturday 9/23. The fun starts early, 3PM, with different bands playing all afternoon and well into the night. We’re scheduled for 7:30, but times are approximate. IF YOU’D LIKE TO COME, YOU MUST CONTACT US FOR DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS!

Peace, Jewels and Johnny www.cityfritter.com

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC - EXTREMELY WORTHWHILE EVENTS

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Art Kunkin talk

Steve, Here is the pdf file of the leaflet for October 1 (attached- I couldn’t get the type off the flyer-da prez). The reason it is called a method for instant enlightenment by the Tibetans is that it is a practice done at very moment of physical death to hold the consciousness (or the soul in Western terms) together so that one is a Boddhisatva regardless of what else was done in life. Just thought I would clarify this because someone today expressed surprise at the term instant enlightenment. It will be an interesting talk.

Here are my two websites:

1: www.losangelesfreepress.com  (See Daily Blog)

2: www.alchemyrevealed.com  Have a long, healthy day and life.  Art

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The much-anticipated presentation of Hotel Virginia, Jack Fitzgerald’s timely and remarkable tale of six American Tourists caught up in a Central American revolution, has opened at Groves Cabin Theatre in Morongo Valley to full houses of delighted theatergoers. The production will be performed Saturdays at 8:00 PM, and Sundays at 2:30 PM, through October 22. (details in ‘announcements’)

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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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comments

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Steven Katz, owner of the 640 acres on the corner of Hwy 62 and La Contenta, is here in the high desert from Pennsylvania and has been making the rounds, introducing himself to people he deems influential. He plans to develop the parcel with up to 2700 homes. I’ve alerted Mickey Luckman of the MAC and she has begun making phone calls to others concerned about this kind of density and land rape. How do you and others feel about it?-kt

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Right on, Steve. Bru

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Hi Steve, Thanks for a wonderful Saturday evening.  That good old time music is good any time …And, by the way, the (editorial) you wrote last week was worthy of the various complimentary emails you received.  Nice balance of thought and emotional response.  I, for better or worse, frequently use these editorials to vent and I learned the most personally satisfying way for me to do so from watching Lenny Bruce, not that I could even stand at the base of the first step to Lenny’s scrutiny of the world but, I guess, the method.  He, like, well, going back as far as Will Rogers and up to Mort Sahl, didn’t think much of democrats or republicans but the few degrees of difference between the two parties morally forced them all to come down on the side of democrats in the old tradition of ‘the lesser of two evils’.

 

Paul Krasner, who really is a Lenny protégé, demonstrated that with his 1967 bumper sticker that I saw as an homage to Lenny. In red, white and blue his bumper sticker, with an exclamation mark, read, ‘Fuck Communism!’.    @l

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(from Wally I)

Pass this along to the Posse! We appreciate the amazing outpouring of Love, Prayers and Support. Had no idea that one could receive so many prayers! … I am feeling the Love and believe me it helps us to keep on course during these  turbulent times.  Laurie has been awesome!  Please don’t hesitate to reach out to her I think that this will be very tough on her. So for those of you who do not have her e-mail address here it is: Lsteichen@aol.com 

 

Adam Ruback is helping me to set up a Blog to make correspondence a bit easier to keep up with. The Address will be: http://wallyingram.blogspot.com  nothing up yet keep posted- any questions contact Adam@aruback@doubledown-productions.com 

 

Pass the info along to our friends! Also had a great time playing with Jerry Joseph at The Festival Del mar last Saturday! We’re threatening to do more of this in the future. Courage!

 

Love, Wally,  Laurie and Lydia

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the following from my best buddy of almost 40 years, Leigh, cabin owner in Rimrock and artist in glass, fabric and gourd-Karen

 

Martin is selling a lot of his instruments…..I’d love to get that Gil Chavez piece!  Check it out, help out a friend and get a great deal on a handmade instrument!  Leigh

 

I am selling the following(I’ll consider BEST OFFER):       

My personal collection of Mexican Prehispanic Winds and Percussion Instruments  (including my ocarina collection and recently made instruments like 7 Gourd Ocarinas, 10 Water Drums; 6 Bamboo Teponaztli Horizontal Drums and Yaqui & Tarahumara Hand Drums)…..Discuss price

Music Man Vintage Crème Colored Guitar Amp $700 ·      

Gibson SG Deluxe copy/New $300 ·      

Antique Hawaiian Slide Guitars (1946’s Black $300 with case & 1950’s or 60’s Purple $150) ·      

Casio Keyboard Professional $300 with stand ·      

Fender Passport P.A. System with mikes and cables $350 ·      

Renaissance Lute (8 course), made for me by Master Luthier, Gil Chavez, perfect condition $2500 with super travel case ·      

Bolivian Toyos Panpipes (Large bass set) $150 ·      

Five (5) African Djembe drums at various prices from $40 to $150 ·      

Arabic Dumbek - excellent/brass $150 ·      

Giant Bass Percussive Panpipes (6 feet tall) $500 ·      

Medium Percussive Panpipes (3/5 feet tall) $300

Phone (562) 946.4448 ·      

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“It’s a good thing I had a bag of marijuana instead of a bag of spinach, or else I’d be dead by now.” Willie Nelson