New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

May 17, 2008
Issue 2008:275
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
. . . What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
. . . Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
. . . Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
. . . All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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BRATTLEBORO, VT, May 17 - 2008 is turning out to be one exciting year
around New England's popular music circuit. Week after week has been
close to our all-time busiest. We understand that not everything is
up. In 2007, concert bookings seemed to slow - quite substantially in
some locales - and it is not at all clear, to me at least, that
bookings have returned to their former brisk pace. But clearly many
grassroots artists are making and selling a lot of recordings, putting
together tours - around the region, across this country, and overseas
- and generally finding ways to get their music out to fans. Rock and
be happy...
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NOW PLAYING ON THE NEMS STEREO

HUNGRYTOWN (Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson)
"Hungrytown" CD

<> "Hungrytown" is among the CDs I most wanted to hear back around New
Year's, but factors conspired against it.

"Hungrytown" is easily the best album by Rebecca Hall and Ken
Anderson. First, it must be said that these two have found a way to
be so retro that they make normal retro seem as recent as tomorrow.
Ken Anderson's look, in publicity photos, is such that he could step
onto an early 1960s television set and instantly fit in. Maybe he
would be a comedy writer who doubles as on-air talent. Second, this
is the duo's best production by far. "Hungrytown" is strong from
start to finish, a thing that cannot be truthfully said of many
contemporary full-length albums. Third, Hall and Anderson are
building on a great strength of their earlier work. Rebecca Hall has
a creamy voice that would be perfectly at home in a 1960s soft-rock
group, yet she applies a steady mellow tunefulness to a good variety
of traditional songs and old-time-oriented originals which often
feature moments of darkness and mystery. This duo's edge is buttered
on both sides.

"Hungrytown" is an album that would be welcome on the stereo here anytime.
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IT IS OF MORE THAN A LITTLE personal interest that two of the very
finest recent albums of vocal folk music have been issued by artists
based in my own sector of New England: southern Vermont's Hungrytown
and Lissa Schneckenburger. Maybe we can set up a Windham County, VT
battle of the folk bands.
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PATTY LARKIN
"Watch the Sky" CD

<> I imagine this album's title is all tied up with lyrics on the
third track, "Hallelujah, I'm falling for you" (though the title
actually comes from elsewhere on the disc.) If we could catch a
glimpse of someone skydiving, the diver might seem quiet and peaceful
while moving with tremendous force.

The only copy of "Watch the Sky" I have seen is the promo version sent
to us. So I don't know what everyone else is seeing. But Larkin has
never looked better, to my experience, than she does in the
promotional booklet that accompanied this disc.

Larkin has never sounded better, either. "Watch the Sky" has just the
right amount of production. It draws from a wide variety of popular
music styles without the least hint of losing its focus. This is an
ideal that Amy Fairchild once addressed intriguingly in one of her fan
mailings, and Larkin's "Watch the Sky" captures the ideal's essence.
Larkin might do the same on her next album and still come out with a
very different sound.

The music on "Watch the Sky" averages out a little slow, and
performer/producer Larkin pulls it off with uncommon skill and
success. The music of "Watch the Sky" ranges from the "beat" sound of
Peter Mulvey's classic album, "The Trouble With Poets" - only smoother
- to folk coffeehouse loveliness.

Larkin's prior album had a lot to like, and "Watch the Sky" is far
better. The only reason for a Patty Larkin fan to not want to buy
this CD might be that they already own it.
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CHRIS VALLILO
"Abraham Lincoln in Song"

<> Probably not a lot needs to be said about Chris Vallilo's "Abraham
Lincoln in Song." It is a folk album of music that is easy on the
ears with songs that all, in one way or another, connect with Abraham
Lincoln, arguably our greatest president ever. The interest of
Americans in Lincoln and the United States Civil War is simply vast.
So probably the great majority of people who will want this album will
want it first and foremost because of its subject matter.

As it turns out, right now I am personally reading a biography for
children - "Good Brother, Bad Brother" by James Cross Giblin - about
Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and the assassin's brother, the
extraordinary American actor Edwin Booth. If you have to guess which
brother is good and which is bad, you flunk American History 275.

The Civil War is the hottest topic in all of American history, and
more has been published in the USA about President Lincoln than about
anyone else except Jesus.

Popular music of the mid-nineteenth century United States must be
incredibly hard to do since, in my highly seasoned view, most
performers would have to improve radically to rise to so-so status.
Most recreations I have heard have been truly horrid. So to say that
Vallilo does this music quite well, throughout a highly listenable
album, is practically to heap praise on him to unbelievable levels.

For the few Americans who are totally uninformed in Lincoln lore, it
might be hard to understand what some of these songs have to do with
our sixteenth president. But actually, the material on "Abraham
Lincoln in Song" is wonderfully apt. Lots of listeners will not need
to be told how nineteenth-century popular songs such as "Aura Lee" and
"Dixie's Land" fit in.

Much could be written that most Americans don't need to read. Suffice
it to say, then, that "Abraham Lincoln in Song" is a fine album that
belongs in any collection of Lincoln matter.

So, instead, I'll just turn to one of my personal favorite niches of
Lincoln's biography. Abraham Lincoln is the only president I can name
- and, I imagine, the only president there has been - who, in wartime,
personally went behind enemy lines. Isn't that the most amazing
thing? When I first read that Abraham Lincoln and a small group of
his associates went behind Confederate lines, I couldn't believe my
eyes. It's not like, once spotted, he would have been hard to recognize.
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DENNIS BRENNAN
"Engagement" CD

<> Returning to the Scene of the Crime, last thing Saturday morning we
gave a return listen to the great "Engagement" album by the great
Dennis Brennan.

Don't call this stuff classic rock ... call it a set of Rock Classics.

If there was ever any doubt, a repeat playing of this album shows why
"Engagement" put a great big new kick in Dennis Brennan's career.

At this time of day, giving "Engagement" the stereo volume it deserves
would get me evicted. But I do believe that cranking this disc
normally would be the way to go. The best way to enjoy "Engagement"
is likely to play it loud and often.
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<> WE HAVE LOTS MORE E-MAILED NEWS from this week and more still left
over from last week. But I am fast running out of time and my
Internet connection is experiencing unanticipated stalling, so the
handwriting is on the wall that now is the time to get this issue
mailed. Next time I will try to use as many as possible of those
things that did not get into the present issue. What follows is a
little reminiscence of the week that was.
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THE DROPKICK MURPHYS AND McGREEVY'S

<> We experienced a wave of Murphys-mania, following the last regular
issue of this newsletter. At the time I am writing this part of the
present letter, every one of the responses we have received, so far,
to our last issue has been about the Dropkick Murphys' new McGreevy's
3rd Base Saloon, a late, late, really late revival of an establishment
that flourished a century ago. Only one of these e-mails about
McGreevy's so much as even touched on any other topic. McGreevy's and
the Murphys, by and large, are the subjects our readers wanted to address.

All of the incoming McGreevy's messages were positive, each in its own
way.

Except for one.

These e-mails ranged from excited, to curious, to informative (and
much appreciated), with several other levels of interest represented.

One lone reader was indignant that I posted the DKM press release and
thus, in his view, strayed from "the music subject." It is a long
story which would interest few if any of our readers; but I will just
say that this fellow has been with us for years, I have diverged from
"the music subject" frequently through those same years, and this is
the first objection to the practice I recall getting from the guy. He
has written often enough about other matters.

This newsletter always has dealt with topics in addition to music, and
it will continue to do so. Nonetheless, to my way of thinking, the
DKM McGreevy's Saloon press release has quite enough to do with music.
Ken Casey, the McGreevy's proprietor, is a key player in the Dropkick
Murphys, one of New England's most popular rock bands. Fans of DKM's
music will gather at McGreevy's.

Does McGreevy's have a sound system? Will they be playing recorded
music? Live music? Will there be a jukebox? Will bartenders whistle
"Tessie"? I imagine there will be a "Yes" answer to at least one of
these questions.

The very first item in the very first issue of this newsletter
concerned The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island. It was no more
about music than the DKM McGreevy's press release. That first item
was hardly about the band, Great White, which was featured the night
of the fire. But word of The Station nightclub disaster was
important, and I was certain then, and remain certain now, that it
would interest our readers.

It has been an eventful time for us, too, since McGreevy's opened.
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THIS WEEK'S PRESS RELEASES
And Similar Items

> The Boston/southern Vermont band, The Weisstronauts, is releasing a
new CD - basically presented as Future Greatest Hits Vol. * - and is
headed out on tour to instro-tain the Weisstro Nation.

> The Celtic-punk-sports band, the Dropkick Murphys, is making a
mini-tour or sub-tour of Red Sox minor league baseball fields.

> Trey Anastasio has announced that he is to play this year's Newport
Folk Festival.

Scroll down for these generally longer items and for whatever else
there may be down there that I may have forgotten.

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GREETINGS FROM AREA CODE 207 VOLUME 7
CD-Release Party

<> "102.9 WBLM-FM and Cornmeal Records, in association with Shipyard
Brewing Company, Casco Bay Brewing Company and The Inn on Peaks
Island, are proud to announce the 'Greetings From Area Code 207 Volume
7' CD-release party, which will take place on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
at The Empire Dine and Dance, located at 575 Congress Street in
Portland [the one in Maine - Ed.]. The show will feature music by Sara
Cox (w/Chicky Stoltz), The Jason Spooner Trio, Dominic and the Lucid
and surprise special guests. Tickets are $10 and one hundred percent
of the proceeds go to benefit The St. Lawrence Arts Center of
Portland. The show will get underway at 8PM.

"'Greetings From Area Code 207, Volume 7,' a compilation CD of songs
from Maine bands and musicians was officially released on April 22nd.
As with 'Greetings From Area Code 207 Volumes 1-6' (compilation CDs
released in 2000-2005), one hundred percent of the proceeds will go to
benefit The St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill in Portland. The
six volumes (plus a best-of CD, 'Maine Tracks,' released by Bangor
Savings Bank in 2007) have raised over $100,000 to date. Headlining
Volume 7 are previously unreleased songs by Ray Lamontagne, Rustic
Overtones, Phantom Buffalo, Sara Cox, The Coming Grass, As Fast As,
The Boneheads, Darien Brahms, Adam Gardner (Guster), Jon Nolan, Steve
Jones and Seekonk, along with 9 others. The disc was mastered at the
world famous Gateway Mastering studios in Portland by Grammy Award
winning engineer Adam Ayan. The new CD will be available at all Bull
Moose stores (located throughout Maine and in Portsmouth and Salem NH)
and at Borders Books and Music in South Portland. It will be
available online at www.bullmoose.com and at www.cornmealrecords.com.

Questions? Please contact me.

. . . Charlie Gaylord
. . . Cornmeal Records
. . . 23 Canterbury Circle
. . . Kennebunk ME 04043

http://www.cornmealrecords.com/
207-294-1575 cell
207-967-3996 office

SOURCE: Charlie Gaylord, "GFAC Volume 7 CD-Release Party," May 9, 2008.

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STONE SOUP
Fundraising Show

The following information about the Stone Soup fundraiser was sent to
us by one of the performers, John Fuzek.

"STONE SOUP FUNDRAISER
. . . May 17
. . . 4pm until ???
. . . At the Blackstone

<> "Stone Soup has had many performers grace its stage over the many
years and some of the core performer/supporters will be performing on
the 17th. The line-up for the show includes: Joyce Katzberg, Kate
Katzberg and Bill Harley who were among the founders of Stone Soup;
the husband and wife duo: Atwater-Donnelly, who met at Stone Soup as
volunteers and Corrine Wahlberg, who grew up around the music with her
family of Stone Soup volunteers. Also on the bill is Barnacle: Mary
Audette, Everett Brown, Priscilla Malone and Tim Reily; John Fuzek,
singer-songwriter-guitarist, co-director and a founding member of the
Rhode Island Songwriters Association; Kim Lamothe; The Naybobs: Kate
Katzberg, Bob Asprinio, Steve Jobe, and Winnie Lambrecht; and The
Gnomes; Phil Edmonds, Cathy Clasper-Torch, Ron Schmitt, Peter Breen,
and Otis Read. The music starts at 4pm so you will have to go out
before dark. Tix for this FUNDRAISER are $25 and help to support Stone
Soup. For more info you can go to

http://www.stonesoupcoffeehouse.com/

SOURCE: John Fuzek, "Stone Soup, Sustainable Living, Forever Young and
More," May 14, 2008.

Put another nickel in
In that nickelodeon
All you'll do all day
Is hear John Fusek making music...

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SAL BAGLIO TRIO, ETC.

Sal Baglio has an interesting stretch coming up. The

. . . URBAN CARAVAN

tour makes several stops here in Vermont, but not before the Sal
Baglio Trio splits a Londonderry, New Hampshire show with the

. . . PETE BEST BAND!

Here are the details in all their Liverpoodlian glory:

May 17 SB Trio Tupelo Music Hall Londonderry NH
**with the Pete Best Band**

URBAN CARAVAN Vermont Shows

May 23 Old Labor Hall Barre, VT

May 24 Radio Bean Coffeehouse Burlington VT

May 25 The Bee's Knees Morristown VT

COMING UP:
June 8
The Regent Theatre
For Tickets: http://www.regenttheatre.com/events/heartstrings.htm

For event info: http://www.blindlemonaid.org/events.htm

SOURCE: InfoMan, "Greetings and Salutations," May 13, 2008.

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THE PRECINCT (Formerly Toast)
A Grand Grand Opening

Last night, David Johnston had the honor of opening a new Boston-area
venue, The Precinct (formerly Toast), at 70 Union Square, next to The
Independent. He was followed by Chris Cote and a remarkably
familiar-looking band made up of Duke Levine, Kevin Barry, Marty
Ballou, and Lorne Entres.

. . . Ain't them cats the most
. . . Playing Precinct
. . . Where there once was Toast.

My current e-friend and future one-on-one hockey opponent, Maria
McLaughlin, planned to be at The Precinct's opening night, and she
sent the new club's home page address, which is

http://www.precinctbar.com

MM says the plan is for live music nightly out back, with sports in
the front.

(Lines above, which I have adapted and totally ruined, were lifted
from the amazing Sal Baglio.)

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THE GREAT BANDINI
At T.T. the Bear's Place
Saturday, May 17

The group, The Great Bandini, separates itself from other bandini
bands by being Great. And The Great Bandini separates itself from
Boston by having no more area engagements for some time. Except for
tonight...

"Hey all, this Saturday will be the last 'The Great Bandini' show in
Boston for a while. With our unexpected advancement in the Rumble, we
may have flooded the market a bit. No one is more aware of this than
the Bandini, particularly Barlow and Chris, who have logged many miles
coming up from Brooklyn on the fung wah bus, risking their lives each
time they boarded.

"Nonetheless, we are committed to setting TT the Bear's stage ablaze
with our unique blend of 'rock' and 'roll.' Those of you lucky enough
to survive our face-melting set at the Abbey recently have hopefully
recovered enough to do it all over again. To those of you who have
not seen any of the recent gigs ... what in the hell are you waiting
for? ANSWER ME. No, don't, I'm not ready to hear it. But if you
were thinking, 'I was waiting for the last possible moment,' well
then, very clever, and here it is.

"Consult your physician and bring some zinc oxide:

TT THE BEAR'S PLACE
10 Brookline Street
Central Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Saturday, May 17, 2008

. . . The Great Bandini - 12
. . . The Luxury - 11
. . . Status Green - 10
. . . The Bleedin Bleedins - 9

"The other bands are all great, so get there early and liquor up."

SOURCE: Scott Janovitz, "TT's Saturday," May 14, 2008.

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THE LOVE DOGS
Barking Up the Right Tree

One thing that made the May mailing of the doggedly-in-love Love Dogs
great was the listing of several new venues this outfit sniffed out
for May 2008 bookings.

One of these ought to be of particular interest to our southern New
Hampshire, southeastern Vermont, and north-sort-of-western
Massachusetts readers. Here it is:

Sat 5/24 **NEW VENUE**
The Love Dogs' Quartet with special Guest "Lonely Gus" Carlson
at The Chase Tavern
Keene, New Hampshire
603 357-7070
http://murphysblues.com/EFLane.htm

<> "Some of the same folks who made the Rynborn a great
live music room have come together to present live
music at this cool new club in the E.F. Lane Hotel. It'll be the
small but powerful quartet version of the band featuring Mario Perrett
on sax, and the
incredible guitar playing and humor of Lonely Gus - a
must see show!"

SOURCE: The Love Dogs, "Love Dogs in May," April 30, 2008.

WHILE WE ARE AT IT, here are a couple more event listings from the
same Love Dogs mailing:

Fri 5/30
The Strange Brew Tavern - Manchester, NH
603 666-4292
http://www.strangebrewtavern.info/

Sat 5/31
The Acton Jazz Cafe' - Acton, MA
978 263-6161
http://www.actonjazzcafe.com/

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MARK ERELLI
Looking Ahead to a Couple Big Weeks

SINGER-SONGWRITER-SCIENTIST Mark Erelli has at least four big shows
coming up in the next couple weeks or so. Here is some information
about the first of them.

"Saturday, May 24th
Guthrie Center
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
8 pm

"I have been wanting to play this room for awhile, and they finally
were able to slip me into the mix with a last-minute opening on their
schedule. This venue is in the church from Arlo Guthrie's song,
'Alice's Restaurant!' How cool is that? This will be a solo show to
kick off the summer season in the Berkshires, and I'm looking forward
to it. Maybe I'll even wear white. For more info, visit

http://www.guthriecenter.org."

SOURCE: Mark Erelli, "Last-minute Newsletter Addendum," May 15, 2008.

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FOREVER YOUNG
Motif Music Poll
Best Cover/Tribute Band 2008

"WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<> "Thanks to all of you who voted for Forever Young in the Motif
Music Poll!!! Tonight at the awards ceremony, we took home the award
for Best Cover/Tribute Band 2008. We are thrilled and honored.

"Thank you all so much!!!"

SOURCE: John Fuzek, "We Won," May 12, 2008.
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CUTTING EDGE OF THE CAMPFIRE
Forever Cutting Edge

<> We were reminded of the upcoming Club Passim Cutting Edge of the
Campfire Festival by a mailing from one of the performers, Meg
Hutchinson. Here is a link to the fest's freshly-posted schedule:

http://www.clubpassim.org/campfire/
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THE STONE COYOTES
"VIII" CD

<> "Thanks to all the friends and fans who made our Texas tour one of
the best ever! Our apologies for running out of CDs and some
T-shirts. The new design T-shirts will be up on site by next week and
'VIII' is in stock both from us and CDBaby.

"Coming This Weekend:

. . . The Iron Horse Music Hall
. . . Northampton, Massachusetts
. . . Saturday, May 17, 10 PM

CD-release show - being filmed and recorded for possible live DVD.
. . . . .

"'VIII' is roaring along - tremendous response from XM and many
others. Thanks for the cool Guestbook entries too!"

SOURCE: The Stone Coyotes, "News, New England Show," May 13, 2008.
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RIRA (club)
Burlington, Vermont

<> Kier Byrnes of Boston's

. . . THREE DAY THRESHOLD

seems to be a first-rate fellow. He sent the following details for an
upcoming 3DT booking:

. . . May 24, 2008, 9:00P
. . . Rira
. . . Burlington, Vermont

I drew a total blank on the club, Rira. Kier says he believes the
name comes from a Gaelic word for laughter. This Rira, he says, is a
"cool little pub" in the downtown of what we Vermonters know as our
metropolis, Burlington.

Three Day Threshold makes great music, and Rira sounds to be an
equally great place to catch it.
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LATE NIGHT RADIO
"Bluegrass and Beyond" CD

A line near the bottom of the latest mailing from Late Night Radio
seems to characterize the band's music as bluegrass and swing, which
may at least hint at the album title noted here:

<> "Our new CD, 'Bluegrass & Beyond,' is at the duplicator's and will
be ready in two weeks!"

SOURCE: Robert Kordas, "Late Night Radio Concert," May 12, 2008.
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ANNA PATTON
CD-Release Concert

<> "June 8 Housetop - Twilight Music presents Anna Patton's CD release
concert with a 4-part harmony singin', swingin' string band featuring
Anna, Naomi Morse, Erica Morse and Peter Siegel, and special guests,
Will Patton and Dono Schabner."

SOURCE: Barry Stockwell, "H-D Theater and Gallery Newsletter," May 15,
2008.

WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM, NOR ABOUT, Anna Patton in a good long
while. But, last I knew, she resided amongst a cluster of dwellings
with more than its share of musicians just three blocks from here. - Ed.
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JOHNNY CARLEVALE AND HIS BAND OF ALL-STARS
New CD in the Works

<> "Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars have cut a bunch of new
tracks for their up-coming 2008 CD release and have posted a couple of
them on the band's MySpace profile. The two new tracks are 'My Baby's
Got To Take Me Higher' and 'I Satisfy'! Let us know what ya' think?
Click the link below and take a listen!"

http://www.MySpace.com/brokenrhythmboys

SOURCE: Broken Rhythm Boys, "This Saturday, May 17th, and New Tracks
Up on MySpace," May 14, 2008.
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GUITAR HERO: AEROSMITH

<> Have you seen promos yet for the computerized game, Guitar Hero:
Aerosmith? We were told, by someone who has, that the makers of GH:A
got the mannerisms of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry down to perfection.
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AMY FAIRCHILD
New Record, Massachusetts Shows This Summer

<> "To all those curious about the 'new' record, in the making for the
last two years, plans are in the works to record this fall and get
this thing out ... once and for all ... by the end of 2008. Phew."

SOURCE: Amy Fairchild Mailing, May 13, 2008.

THE AMY FAIRCHILD MAILING ALSO listed these datails of shows booked
for Massachusetts this coming summer:

Tuesday, June 24th
10 pm
Atwood's Tavern
877 Cambridge St, just outside of Inman Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts
no cover
10 pm
with Dave Mattacks on drums, Kimon Kirk on bass and Kevin Barry on guitar

Friday, July 4th
Marblehead Festival of Arts
Marblehead, Massachusetts
6 pm
with Dave Mattacks on drums, Kimon Kirk on bass and Russell Chudnofsky
on guitar
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12-STRING GUITARS
A Query

<> Do we have any 12-string guitarists out there? If so, could one of
you suggest what a newcomer to the 12-string, who has a limited
budget, ought to be looking for in an instrument, new or used? The
person who made this query has some background playing a 6-string
guitar. I don't know his exact budget; but, if he buys a 12-string,
he is not going to be spending more than a few hundred dollars.

He has heard, among other things, that 12-string guitars are not
necessarily very durable. I remember looking into a vintage and very
expensive 12-string once, and the amount of bracing inside was remarkable.

If you can offer tips, please e-mail them to us by way of the
following Web page:

http://www.geocities.com/nemsbook/fred.htm
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NEW CDs AND REISSUES
Listed on Monday of This Week
by Newbury Comics

<> The latest Newbury Comics list of new releases is quite
interesting. First, it includes the following by one of Rhode
Island's finest:

ROBILLARD, DUKE-Swinging Session With Duke-$11.88

The live recording of the Rev. Gary Davis at Newport is also listed.
In the 1960s, a lot of folkies and some of the edgier folk-rockers
were favorably influenced by Rev. Davis.

The most notable thing, though, on the Newbury Comics list has to be
the large number of reissues of titles by The Band. Though we have
not received an announcement, it seems like a safe guess that these
reissues are in honor of the 40th anniversary of the release of The
Band's "Music From Big Pink."

Over the years, I have followed many artists whose music was HEAVILY
indebted to The Band. I wouldn't be surprised if you have, too.
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CHUCK McDERMOTT AND WHEATSTRAW,
TINA WELCH
LIZ BOARDO
JEANNE FRENCH
DIDI STEWART
on Vinyl

<> Some may recall that we received an inquiry not long ago for John
Lincoln Wright recordings. In my response to our correspondent, I
noted that Gemm.com was then listing vinyl releases by another
Cambridge, Massachusetts country band, Chuck McDermott and Wheatstraw.
Soon thereafter, I found that all Chuck McDermott records at Gemm.com
were sold out. THAT was fast. So, I am posting this to let anyone
who is interested know that two sellers currently have Gemm.com
listings for the "Follow the Music" LP. One gives the album a
five-star rating. The other gives it just one star. Go figure.

<> Gemm.com also has two Tina Welch singles, both of which are
different from mine.

"When You Gonna Take Me Home (To Meet Your Momma)" appears on both
sides of one single.

"Keep an Eye Out for Charlie" has a song on the other side that I have
never heard, as far as I recall: "I Don't Need Your Everyday Love."

<> Much to my surprise, in addition to a familiar single on the
Belmont Records label, Gemm.com also lists a CD by Liz Boardo. One of
the two sellers seems to date the disc to early 2007. There had been
talk of Liz getting back into performing, so the CD could be by the
ex-Bostonian Liz Boardo many of us know about.

<> Skipping genres a bit, I discovered that Gemm.com lists copies of
the major label LPs by Jeanne French and Didi Stewart. I always
associate those albums with one another because I bought them at about
the same time.

Enough for my Gemm.com searches for now. One or more of these may be
of interest to some of our readers.

http://www.gemm.com/

[Well, this item at least STARTED as a brief.]
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ERIN McKEOWN
Keeping Track of Recorded Tracks

<> "This June, McKeown will begin work on a new album of original
songs. For those keeping track, this ... will be the first record of
all new material since 2005's 'We Will Become Like Birds.' Joining
McKeown on the project will be producer and long-time musical
compatriot Sam Kassirer.

"Erin and Sam will be working at Sam's Great North Recording Society
in rural Parsonsfield, Maine. Expect not only new songs, but many new
and surprising directions musically."

SOURCE: Erin McKeown News, "Erin McKeown's Springy Spring Spring
Newsletter," May 5, 2008.

"We Will Become Like Byrds"? - Ed.
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THE WEISSTRONAUTS
Whether on Tour or Naut
These Weisstros Instro-tain!

<> "Hey! The new Weisstronauts CD, 'Instro-tainment!' is now
available for purchase at:

http://www.weissy.com/buystuff/

"True! 'Instro-tainment' looks to be our masterverk, if we do say so
ourselves. Sessions at Verdant Studio in rural Vermont went
swimmingly. A broader-than-ever sonic palette was employed (fake
strings? Moog synth? pseudo-operatic famale vocals? Yes yes yes.) Yet
the band's trademark triple lead guitar assault remains its anchor.
Song highlights include the bossa nova 'Caixa Dos Moluscos,' the
Eastern European-flavored gem 'Seven X's,' the party-themed 'Get It
Together,' the epic farewell to the surf genre 'Surf's Down,' and the
farm-rock exercise 'Chicky.' Part-time 'Nauts road bassist Doug Yule
(ex-Velvet Underground) made it to the sessions and contributed bass
and fiddle on a few of the new tunes, including a spontaneous
stomp-a-billy version of the Velvets' classic, 'What Goes On.'

"'If there's such a thing as a forward-thinking surf band, Boston's
Weisstronauts are it. Avoiding the purism that makes so many
instrumental retro-fetishists seem redundant, The Weisstronauts
combine vintage surf and Nashville chicken-pickin' with cartoon
zaniness and spaghetti Western intrigue. They often recall NRBQ's
offbeat musical humor as much as Link Wray's reverb-drenched Tarantino
fodder.'

. . . Jack Silverman, Nashville Scene

"The Weisstronauts are on tour in June!

"Mark your calendar! Tell your friends!

"Don't worry, we'll remind you again! True!"

Sunday June 8, 2008
Rock and Bowl, New Orleans

Tuesday June 10, 2008
Family Wash, Nashville

Wednesday June 11, 2008
Barley's Tap Room, Knoxville TN

Thursday June 12, 2008
Emerald Lounge, Asheville NC

Friday June 13, 2008
Local 506, Chapel Hill NC

Saturday June 14, 2008
CURRENTLY UNBOOKED!
Anyone located between North Carolina and NYC want to hire us for a
private party, or some other gig?
We'd love to play for you; please let us know...

Sunday June 15, 2008
Rodeo Bar, NYC

http://www.weisstronauts.com/

www.myspace.com/weisstronauts

SOURCE: Pete Weiss, "Weisstronauts New CD and June Tour," May 12, 2008.

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DROPKICK MURPHYS
Sent Down to the Minors
(in a good way)

<> "We are announcing more dates today as part of our summer shows but
are very excited to announce these three shows in particular;

Thursday, July 10
LeLacheur Park
Lowell, Massachusetts
Home of the Boston Red Sox Class A affiliate the Lowell Spinners

http://www.lowellspinners.com/ballpark_directions.shtml

Friday, July 11
Hadlock Field
Portland, Maine
Home of the Boston Red Sox Double A affiliate the Portland Sea Dogs

http://www.portlandseadogs.com/directions.html

Saturday, July 12
McCoy Stadium
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Home of the Boston Red Sox AAA affiliate the Pawtucket Red Sox

http://www.pawsox.com/stadium/

"Yes, the Dropkick Murphys are playing the Boston Red Sox minor league
baseball parks and will be joined by our friends the Mighty Mighty
Bosstones. What better way to spend a summer evening!"

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TREY ANASTASIO
May 15 Mailing

Contents

TREY TO PLAY NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL
FREE DOWNLOAD FROM "ORIGINAL BOARDWALK STYLE"

TREY TO PLAY NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL

<> Trey will make his debut appearance at the Newport Folk Festival on
Saturday August 2nd as part of the 49th annual festival in Newport,
RI. Playing a full solo acoustic set, it will be his first full
performance in 17 months. Other confirmed artists include Richie
Havens, Gillian Welch, Levon Helm, Jimmy Buffett and The Black Crowes.
For a full festival lineup and to purchase tickets call 877-655-4TIX
(4849)

FREE DOWNLOAD FROM "ORIGINAL BOARDWALK STYLE" AVAILABLE AT TREY'S MYSPACE

<> Trey's new album, Original Boardwalk Style, recorded live December
30th and 31st of 2006 at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ will
be released June 10th on Trey's own Rubber Jungle Records. You can
preview the album before it's available with a free download of
"Plasma", available at Trey's MySpace page.

Proceeds from the sale of the album will benefit the Seven Below Arts
Initiative, established by Trey in 2006 to foster artistic development
and support arts education in the state of Vermont.

Original Boardwalk Style features over 75 minutes of music, remixed
from the multitrack masters by Trey and Ben Collette at Rubber Jungle
Studios and mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering. In
addition to CD and digital download formats, the album will be
available as a double-gatefold, audiophile grade 180-gram LP Vinyl
pressing.

The album is now available for pre-order as CD and Vinyl Trey's online
store as well as digital audio downloads (in both MP3 and FLAC
formats) at LivePhish.com. All pre-orders will automatically be
entered to win a professionally printed photo - signed by Trey and
esteemed photographer Jeff Kravitz - of the band on stage at the House
of Blues. Color corrected by Jennifer Brown, it will be framed in barn
board crafted by Lars Fisk, a creative contributor to The Barn's
Artist-in-Residence program. Ten runners-up will receive autographed
copies of the vinyl. Click here to pre-order.

ORIGINAL BOARDWALK STYLE - Live In Atlantic City

1. Drifting
2. Plasma
3. Shine
4. Alive Again
5. Mud City
6. Simple Twist Up Dave
7. Tuesday
8. Money, Love and Change
9. Mr. Completely

Exclusive Digital Bonus Track
10. First Tube

SOURCE: Trey Anastasio Update, "Trey To Play Newport Folk Festival,"
May 15, 2008.

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