Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, October 6, 2008
Crazy Summer Recap, Reviews, Sights & Sounds, WonderJam in Amsterdam VI, Austin City Limits Airs November 8...more...
I guess this falls somewhere between blog and newsletter. I hope it finds you well & I hope to see you in person soon.
ARTICLES OF INTEREST…
Guitar Player Magazine article by Darrin Fox.
You gotta getta copy of GP June 2008 (with Slash on the cover) to see the photos!
Austin Chronicle feature story by Margaret Moser
Austin American Statesman XL cover story by Brad Bucholtz
Austin Woman Magazine cover story by Deb Hamilton. You might have to scour the bins for the September Issue! When we get permission, we’ll repost the article online.
Multi Media Slideshow on the whole band from Rochester- Will Yurman from the Democrat & Chronicle did this great piece on Lefty, Cole, and me. Check out his other work, too. It’s amazing.
SO YOU’LL KNOW WHAT WE DID THIS SUMMER…
I know music is not a competitive sport, but some folks like statistics! We have logged over 30,000 miles on the Sprinter van since March…the craziest leg of this tour involved 9,000 miles & 23 appearances in 30 days. (just Cole, Lefty, me & the puppets!) Thanks to y’all, we’ve placed in the top 20 on the Americana Radio Chart & in the top 30 Billboard Blues Chart this summer…there’s the stats, here’s the stories:
During brief visits home this summer we had the honor of playing several groovy shows like KGSR’s Willie Nelson’s 75th Birthday celebration, where we played a set of Willie songs with Cindy Cashdollar, (check out those pictures! Who do you recognize wearing the Willie Braids?) You can click here for News 8 Austin’s footage of Cole, Lefty & me playing the Willie Nelson / Bob Dylan song, “Heartland.” KGSR’s Blues on the Green and Unplugged at the Grove were also quite fun & full of kids. (thanks KGSR for having free concerts that are kid friendly) World Wellness Weekend was fun with Marianne Williamson speaking, & Michael Franti, Papa Mali, and us providing music. I even snuck in an appearance or two this summer with the Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers at Gospel Brunch at Maria’s, (where we still play first Sundays!) and the band had a fine time or two at the Saxon Pub. We played some great events at Antone’s this season. The Van Wilks Prostate Cancer Awareness Concert with Eric Johnson, us, David Grissom, Derek O’Brien & heck, even Rev Billy F. Gibbons was there! We opened for Doyle Bramhall III & then there was the phenomenal Candye Kane benefit & other Women’s Shows where the band played with Lou Ann Barton, Rosie Flores, Paula Nelson, Patrice Pike, Erin Jaimes (and, yes, that’s me singing back-up on Erin’s new “Soul Garden” release!) Betty Soo & the Bluebonnets. (Speaking of Women’s shows, look for me, Cindy Cashdollar, Sue Foley, Sarah Brown & Lisa Pankratz in Cincinnati this November!) We also had some great shows in Houston with the big band (featuring Scott Daniels, JP Conga, and Patrick Brink, in addition to Cole El-Saleh, Michael “Lefty” Lefkowitz, & myself) at Dan Electro’s & Mucky Duck. I look forward to adding a Last Concert Date in the very near future, too! I loved doing shows with the Shelley King Band & the Hightailers in Houston this summer & I am happy the curfew was lifted in time for that last show. Of course, everyone is still cleaning up after Ike & some venues have a lot of repairs left to do….a good way to help out is to patronize your favorite musical establishments.
I flew in from tour to do a show for PlanetMake-Over.com in Austin this summer. Stephen Bruton put together this amazing project and led the all-star orchestra featuring musicians from last year’s smash “Road to Austin” concert, like Delbert McClinton, Joe Ely, Ian McLagan, Eric Johnson, Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox and other amazing featured artists like Marcia Ball & Patrice Pike! Go to: http://www.planetmake-over.com for a lot more information. (Hey, there’s a really cool segment in the trailer on the website that shows Bonnie Raitt and me jamming together at the Road to Austin concert!) Sign up on the LIST & be the first to know of the future launch of this very special program designed to help all of us do what we can to stop global warming on an immediate & personal level.
You’ve got to check out the links to these festivals we played this summer, so that you can decide which ones to visit yourself next summer! We played several sets (including a long Gospel Brunch with Papa Mali, Chris Chandler, Jeff Miller & others…and a crazy blues guitar workshop featuring Papa Mali, Eric McFadden & myself) at the oh so fine High Sierra Music Festival, (you can buy a copy of our set, among others, here from previous years…check back often, 2008 updates available soon) Rochester International Jazz Fest was amazing! It was great to hang out with Brother Wease, & the Kentucky Headhunters are still as firey as you can imagine. (You did check out the Will Yurman piece, right? Here’s Jeff Spevak’s review of the Montage show) Ann Arbor Summer Fest was a hoot. Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival was so much fun. I cannot believe people waited in line over 2hours for my goofy signature—I surely blushed myself to death that day. KRSH Sonoma County Blues Festival, where we played before the amazing Angela Strehli, was lovely. Playing with Fire in Omaha was great fun with the Blues Ed Kids, OK Sisters & Tab Benoit. KLAQ’s State Line Music Series in El Paso, TX is another fine example of how to have a good time with music, kids & food! We had a ball in Colorado with the Grand County Blues Society & even got to play at the Fox Theater in Boulder. I love Jon O’! What a sound, man! The Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival was so much fun! I had the privilege of playing a song swap with Chris Smither & the band played a really nice set in the barn after our friends, porterdavis. It was nice to hang out with Big Brother & the Holding Co., & to hear Jake Shimabukuro twice in one summer is worth celebrating! Our Canadian fun spilled over onto our Seattle gig at the Triple Door where Jimmy Bowskill opened for us. Squrl put on a nice show in Hood River, OR for us to play & the folks at the wine tasting room couldn’t have been sweeter to provide us an indoors venue during the mist storm. We played Santa Barbara’s Sings Like Hell concert series with David Olney in the sublime Lobero Theater. Sold out of CDs for the 5th time this summer while we were there. (thanks, y’all!) Blues in Hell (Hell, Norway) was a real treat. We played 2 sets, one of which was broadcast on NRK. You can find the video here. The stage was set up like a calliope & with all of the mirrors, it felt like you were inside a kaleidoscope! Here’s some photos from St. Ivar. It was great to hear Leon Redbone, James Harman, & C.J. Chenier. I loved getting to listen & hang out with Little Willie Littlefield, Walter Trout, & Marcia Ball (I love her new CD Peace,Love & BBQ). I tried my hand at a few phrases in Norwegian & ended up ordering a tall glass of damnit from the bar. Fortunately, the barkeep was friendly. If you’d like to try your hand at Norwegian, here’s a link to a nice review from the Adressa in Trondheim.
Radio shows & links from this summer:
KUT appearance with Jay Trachtenberg - July 28, 2008 Hear the whole show here: http://kut.org/items/show/13443 We are all such fans, it was splendid to come play in Studio A. Grand piano, indeed! & boy howdy, what a mix, Walter!
We had a great time appearing in Tampa, Florida at the WMNF [88.5FM] 29th anniversary bash in Ybor City! You can hear our stripped down appearance from that morning’s Women’s Show With Arlene & Mary here. (search for the 09/13/08 show) Here’s a sweet review of that evening’s performance from a very kind listener. We had such a great time & cannot wait to come back!
NEWS FROM SCREENS SMALL & LARGE…
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS AIRS OUR SEGEMENT NOVEMBER 8, 2008! DUDE…We had such a great time filming our ACL appearance with Cole, Lefty, myself & our truly special guests Scott Daniels, Bobby Perkins, Ray Benson, Shelley King, & Guy Forsyth! Austin City Limits airs our segment (Carolyn Wonderland / Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings) November 8th, 2008 [on KLRU in Austin] [or November 9th, if you’re in Amsterdam ;-) ]. Check your local PBS affiliate for local air date(s) & time(s)!
T.Sean Shannon’s hilarious & oddly sweet movie “Harold” is available on DVD! Harold stars Spencer Breslin as a 13 year old boy with male pattern baldness. The film also stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Ally Sheedy, Nicky Blonski, Stella Mauve, Chris Parnell, Suzanne Shephard, Colin Quinn, Rachel Dratch, Lou Wagner, Nicky Katt, Dave Attell and Fred Willard. The soundtrack features songs by us & the Hightailers. Visit http://www.haroldmoviesite.com/ to order your copy today.
“American Music: Off the Record” is a documentary by Benjamin Meade from KC, MO. American Music: OFF THE RECORD features theorists Noam Chomsky and Douglas Rushkoff in an interrogation of the American music industry. The film covers a great deal of ground from the authenticity of live music to the circumvention of the corporate machine by indie distribution, to the demise of the privately owned music store. Featuring: Richard Thompson, James McMurtry, Rodney Crowell, Lizzie West, Sonic Youth, David Lindley, Mission of Burma, Watermelon Slim, David Allen Coe, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Darden Smith, me, The Mavericks, Bob Walkenhorst, The Alloy Orchestra, The Morells, Little Feat, Candy Coburn, Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Billy Joe Shaver, Pavlov's Dog, Chubby Carrier, Buckethead, Lee Roy Parnell, The Blasters, Country Joe McDonald, Eddie "DEVILBOY" Turner, Big Bill Morganfield (son of Muddy Waters), Chris Duarte, Eric Lindell, Bugs Henderson, Les Dudek, Rick Derringer, Commander Cody, The Elders, Hothouse Flowers, Room Full of Blues, Webb Wilder, Chris Scruggs, Hank Williams III, John Mooney, The Belairs, Wanda Jackson, Paul Thorn, Rev. Billy Wirtz, Kerry Livgren, Iron Butterfly, It's a Beautiful Day, Canned Heat, Les Paul, Tommy Castro and The Bottle Rockets, Diunna Greenleaf, WAR, Roger Miller, and Lee Oskar.
DVD available at: http://www.corticrawl.com/films/american_music.html
Active Music released the DVD “Houston Solution for Hurricane Relief featuring us, Johnette Napolitano, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, hosted by Kinky Friedman; more info at: http://www.activemusic.org
We recently learned that Texas Burning’s “A Lone Star Salute to our Troops” benefitting the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center received a Platinum Remi Award as Best Music Video – Shows/Specials at the 40th annual WorldFest International Film Festival. This 2007 concert from the Charlene McCombs Empire Theater in San Antonio, TX features us, Patricia Vonne, Ruthie Foster, Shannon McNally, Sherman Robertson, Theresa Andersson and Sam Baker. Congratulations to Anthony Cutrona & everyone involved!
Speaking of music helping to heal returning soldiers…The “Welcome Home Project” is going to release Welcome Home [Vol. I & II] on November 11, 2008. These CDs feature new songs & collaborations with David Ray Reed, Malford Milligan, Shelley King, me, Cole El-Saleh, Jamie Oldaker, Willis Alan Ramsey, John Inmon, Jimmy LaFave, Lavelle White, Guitar Shorty, Charlie Louvin, Brennen Leigh, Green Mountain Grass, Jeff Plankenhorn, Jesse Dayton & Johnny Bush & many more to be announced. For more information [and to order your copy online] go to: http://www.myspace.com/icehousewelcomehomeproject
AND NOW, A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE…
HAAM day Oct 7! The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is a great service to our community & could use your support. HAAM day features bands all day, all over the city raising money for the cause. You can catch us playing at KGSR’s broadcast from Whole Foods 6:45pm & then afterwards I’m gonna go jam with the Un-Insured All Stars at Threadgill’s WHQ! Of course, you can donate anytime here.
Join us as we play an all-ages show at the Nutty Brown Cafe under the stars on Sat Oct 11. The next weekend we will be taping, and you can join us on the radio for XM Cross Country at Threadgill’s WHQ on Fri Oct 17, then we swing into Houston to play at Dan Electro’s on Sat 18 with special guests & then come back to Austin Sun 19 to play 6:30-7:30pm at the Texas Wine & Song Festival benefitting SIMS foundation with Suzanna Choffel & the Gourds. On October 26th we will join Willie Nelson, Grupo Fantasma, Ruthie Foster, Kelly Willis, the Gourds, Lucky Tomblin, Elizabeth Wills, and Nakia & his Southern Cousins for the final celebration at the Backyard. I will miss this very groovy venue. It is where I first met Bob Dylan and where I first jammed with String Cheese Incident, among many other great memories. Come revel in those vibratory waves one more night…Before we leave for Europe this November, you ought to put on a costume & shake a tail feather with us this Halloween at Saxon Pub!
Saveaustinmusic.com look for PSAs to start airing in Austin in the near future. Will YOU go out & hear one Austin band a month?
WonderJam in Amsterdam 2008! This November 2-9 we will be in Amsterdam for the 6th annual WonderJam! This year KGSR gave away 2 tickets to WonderJam as the grand prize for July Music Month & we can’t wait to get on board with the contest winners & 75 or so of our dear friends to play music in this wonderful city with D. Brown Fisher, Speedy Sparks & a special Doug Sahm set with Shandon Sahm & many guests. If you want to join us last minute style, be sure to contact Darren at Wonderjam.
Upon our return to the states, you can find me, Sue Foley, Cindy Cashdollar, Sarah Brown & Lisa Pankratz playing a show together in Cincinnati as the Guitar Women. Be sure to check our reverbnation widget below for all tourdates including NYE at the Saxon Pub, and updates on my Japan tour with 2008 Texas State Musician Shelley King in February 2009.
Thanks for your patronage, comments & support.
VOTE early. One cannot vote late.
PEACE,
Carolyn
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
News- ACL taping June 5th!! New VIDEO for Misunderstood, Print Reviews- SxSW: L.A. Times, CD reviews in Boston Herald, Cool Radio clips: KGSR in
We are happy & nervous to tell you...we are taping for PBS's Austin City Limits! We are splitting the show with the incredible Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings!! Our special guests will include Cole, Lefty & me WITH Ray Benson (from Asleep at the Wheel, he produced "Miss Understood"), Shelley King (2008 Texas State Musician of the Year), Guy Forsyth, Bobby Perkins & Scott Daniels!!
Here is a link to our new video (I made it with my mac in about 5 hours...and a lot of lipstick) copy and paste if it doesn't light up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsVMfARmqaI
Here are some blurbs on the band in the press recently:
Weekend America ran the feature:
“Carolyn Wonderland: A True Texas Guitar Hero(ine) Gets Her SXSW Due”
by: Michael May on MARCH 15, 2008
http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/03/13/carolyn_wonderland/
the you can listen to the interview, view the transcript, leave comments if you’d like.
"Carolyn Wonderland is the real deal. She’s an amazing guitar player. She whistled a solo. She even played the trumpet! And damn, can she sing... If Jack White is looking to partner up with another veteran female singer he should beeline it to Austin and team up with Carolyn Wonderland. "
-Tony Pierce, L.A. Times blog (Mar 16, 2008)
crazy tour dates are listed at www.reverbnation.com/carolynwonderland
Monday, January 28, 2008
January/ February 2008: New CD! MISS UNDERSTOOD on Bismeaux Feb 5 Nationwide Release! / Carolyn Wonderland Day in Austin, TX Feb 28 / In-stores at:
Carolyn Wonderland’s
“Miss Understood” CD on Bismeaux available Nationally Feb. 5, 2008!
You can get your copy at iTunes, amazon, or from FrontGate at carolynwonderland.com soon.
...or...
Go visit your local retailer in person & pick up “Miss Understood” at great places like Waterloo Records in Austin, or Cactus Music in Houston.
don’t forget to request your favorite track at your local radio station that supports music! If they need a copy, let us know via email: bismeaux@austin.rr.com
Bismeaux Productions is pleased to announce the national CD release of “Misunderstood” by Carolyn Wonderland February 5, 2008. Produced by 9-time Grammy-winner Ray Benson, and recorded in Austin, the album follows up the critically acclaimed 2003 release “Bloodless Revolution,” and features new songs from Carolyn, as well as never recorded before material from Bruce Robison, JJ Cale, Terri Hendrix & Rick Derringer. Guest musicians include Jamie Oldaker, Lloyd Maines, Ray Benson, and many other Austin greats.
Orignally from Houston, Carolyn virtually swept The Houston Press awards from the time she was a teenager, for everything from Best Guitarist, Vocalist, Songwriter, Blues, to Release of the Year and Musician of the Year. Upon moving to Austin several years ago, she took up residence at the famed south Austin club the Saxon Pub, and has become a “most valuable” collaborator in Austin’s fertile music scene.
Benson jumped at the chance to produce Carolyn, shortly after learning that she was a favorite of Bob Dylan’s. “I went backstage to meet up,” says Benson recalling a recent Dylan gig in Austin, “and the first thing he asked me was if I knew how to get a hold of her. She happened to be in Houston, but she dropped everything and drove back just in time to meet him after his gig.”
Miss Understood is Carolyn’s seventh feature release, and from the first notes of her lap steel guitar on the lead track, the album is clearly a career-defining record, as she brings into mature focus her triple-threat of talents: diverse songwriting, soulful vocals and guitar goddess chops. Wonderland's songs have been featured on NBC's "Homicide" and Fox's "Time of Your Life.” She has toured with Buddy Guy and Johnny Winter, sat-in with String Cheese Incident, Robert Earl Keen, and Los Lobos, and has been a hit contributor at the Sturgis Rally and the High Sierra Music Festival.
Bismeaux Productions is Ray Benson & Asleep at the Wheel’s new south Austin label. Benson recognized the improved creative opportunities in integrating label functions in house, enjoying national distribution partnerships through RED/MRI and digital partners such as iTunes and IODA, while advancing the careers of exceptional talents such as Wonderland’s.
CD Release Parties:
Feb 9 - Houston, TX - Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
1031 East 24th Street 713-862-8707 www.danelectrosguitarbar.com with Texas State Musician of the Year 2008 Shelley King & her band opening. Doors at 8, show goes to 2 am!
Feb 15 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
3524 Greenville Ave 214-824-9933 www.granadatheater.com Carolyn plays 8-9 pm opening for Coco Montoya.
Feb 16- Austin, TX - Antone’s
213 West 5th Street 512-320-8424 www.antones.net All Ages! Early show! 8-9:30 pm at the legendary Antone’s Nightclub.
Feb 23 - La Grange, TX - Bugle Boy
1051 North Jefferson Street (Hwy 77) 979-968-9944 www.thebugleboy.com Early show in this intimate listening room! 8-10 pm
In-Store Appearances:
Feb 5 - Waterloo Records - Austin, TX
600 North Lamar Blvd. 512-474-2500 www.waterloorecords.com 5:30 pm show
Feb 9 - Cactus Music - Houston, TX
2110 Portsmouth (NEW location) 713-526-9272 www.cactusmusicandvideo.com 3:30 pm show
If you want to hear songs from “Miss Understood”...
We have a few tracks streaming at:
www.myspace.com/carolynwonderland
www.reverbnation.com/carolynwonderland
Carolyn Wonderland Day in Austin Texas February 28, 2008 !
Mayor Will Wynn declares Carolyn Wonderland day in Austin, Texas Thursday, Feb 28.
Carolyn plays a song & says a few words, just one block from where she
was arrested during a peace rally...City Hall, Austin, TX 5 pm
& Live on Austin Access TV channel 6
“Miss Understood” CD on Bismeaux available Nationally Feb. 5, 2008!
You can get your copy at iTunes, amazon, or from FrontGate at carolynwonderland.com soon.
...or...
Go visit your local retailer in person & pick up “Miss Understood” at great places like Waterloo Records in Austin, or Cactus Music in Houston.
don’t forget to request your favorite track at your local radio station that supports music! If they need a copy, let us know via email: bismeaux@austin.rr.com
Bismeaux Productions is pleased to announce the national CD release of “Misunderstood” by Carolyn Wonderland February 5, 2008. Produced by 9-time Grammy-winner Ray Benson, and recorded in Austin, the album follows up the critically acclaimed 2003 release “Bloodless Revolution,” and features new songs from Carolyn, as well as never recorded before material from Bruce Robison, JJ Cale, Terri Hendrix & Rick Derringer. Guest musicians include Jamie Oldaker, Lloyd Maines, Ray Benson, and many other Austin greats.
Orignally from Houston, Carolyn virtually swept The Houston Press awards from the time she was a teenager, for everything from Best Guitarist, Vocalist, Songwriter, Blues, to Release of the Year and Musician of the Year. Upon moving to Austin several years ago, she took up residence at the famed south Austin club the Saxon Pub, and has become a “most valuable” collaborator in Austin’s fertile music scene.
Benson jumped at the chance to produce Carolyn, shortly after learning that she was a favorite of Bob Dylan’s. “I went backstage to meet up,” says Benson recalling a recent Dylan gig in Austin, “and the first thing he asked me was if I knew how to get a hold of her. She happened to be in Houston, but she dropped everything and drove back just in time to meet him after his gig.”
Miss Understood is Carolyn’s seventh feature release, and from the first notes of her lap steel guitar on the lead track, the album is clearly a career-defining record, as she brings into mature focus her triple-threat of talents: diverse songwriting, soulful vocals and guitar goddess chops. Wonderland's songs have been featured on NBC's "Homicide" and Fox's "Time of Your Life.” She has toured with Buddy Guy and Johnny Winter, sat-in with String Cheese Incident, Robert Earl Keen, and Los Lobos, and has been a hit contributor at the Sturgis Rally and the High Sierra Music Festival.
Bismeaux Productions is Ray Benson & Asleep at the Wheel’s new south Austin label. Benson recognized the improved creative opportunities in integrating label functions in house, enjoying national distribution partnerships through RED/MRI and digital partners such as iTunes and IODA, while advancing the careers of exceptional talents such as Wonderland’s.
CD Release Parties:
Feb 9 - Houston, TX - Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
1031 East 24th Street 713-862-8707 www.danelectrosguitarbar.com with Texas State Musician of the Year 2008 Shelley King & her band opening. Doors at 8, show goes to 2 am!
Feb 15 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
3524 Greenville Ave 214-824-9933 www.granadatheater.com Carolyn plays 8-9 pm opening for Coco Montoya.
Feb 16- Austin, TX - Antone’s
213 West 5th Street 512-320-8424 www.antones.net All Ages! Early show! 8-9:30 pm at the legendary Antone’s Nightclub.
Feb 23 - La Grange, TX - Bugle Boy
1051 North Jefferson Street (Hwy 77) 979-968-9944 www.thebugleboy.com Early show in this intimate listening room! 8-10 pm
In-Store Appearances:
Feb 5 - Waterloo Records - Austin, TX
600 North Lamar Blvd. 512-474-2500 www.waterloorecords.com 5:30 pm show
Feb 9 - Cactus Music - Houston, TX
2110 Portsmouth (NEW location) 713-526-9272 www.cactusmusicandvideo.com 3:30 pm show
If you want to hear songs from “Miss Understood”...
We have a few tracks streaming at:
www.myspace.com/carolynwonderland
www.reverbnation.com/carolynwonderland
Carolyn Wonderland Day in Austin Texas February 28, 2008 !
Mayor Will Wynn declares Carolyn Wonderland day in Austin, Texas Thursday, Feb 28.
Carolyn plays a song & says a few words, just one block from where she
was arrested during a peace rally...City Hall, Austin, TX 5 pm
& Live on Austin Access TV channel 6
Sunday, November 25, 2007
November / December 2007: videos/Wonderjam / Jerry Lightfoot memorial- benefit for Texas Pete Mayes / AATW./ Dylan radio show
Europe- Fall 2007:
After removing our Halloween make-up from Pam Jam’s Phabulous Halloween Freak
Out at the Last Concert Cafe in our thrifty hotel room, we napped. The trip to Holland
starts in a few hours, you know? (excuse the snide side here but, one might think with
the TSA safety regulations & prohibitions on bringing even water on board that airlines
might get hip to how to feed a vegan when you advertise you can do so...one would be
woefully wrong...and hungry!)
Cole El-Saleh, Michael “Lefty” Lefkowitz, & I made it in to Amsterdam & soon didn’t care
about many petty things. Just pretty things...like digging the scenery, finding a hotel,
(thanks Jan) walking forever (yay!) & some of us getting over our jet lag in a nice legal
coffeeshop. The next day we are ready to travel to Hoorn. PeTiCantus put together our
return sell out show at the amazing Huis Verloren. Butch regaled us with stories of the
Huis’ history. I must write more about that soon! (ask me about the 8 day cowboy clock
sometime, or the church adorned with Unicorns) Regio 22 shot some footage of our
concert & did an interview for North West Netherlands TV broadcast in a segment called “Music in the Backyard” You can see all 7 minutes of it in context at www.regio22.nl
Next we played a very fun private party out in the beautiful countryside. (We actually
drove up to the wrong farm, waking cows more than once that evening.) Then we were
off to Amsterdam’s Cantine for a nice afternoon set & Then off again to Leiden to play
an in-store for this really cool musicologist at his space, At the Movies. (Leiden was
beautiful...I’m going to spend more daylight hours there this May.) To Jan, Arnoud, Jan,
Peter, Kees & Tim, THANKS SO MUCH!
Scott Daniels, along with the rest of the Wonderjammers, joined Cole, Lefty & me for
WonderJam in Amsterdam. For 5 years Darren at Colorwarp has been putting this on.
This year, like the rest, was off the hook! LeeAnn Atherton & Zeegrass were stellar,
D.Brown Fisher & Speedy Sparks kicked it with Michael Hale on drums. We had great
sit ins from Patrick Brink, Jur Scherpenzeel, Jan & Ricky Van Doorn & on Friday,
Shandon Sahm sat in & everyone in the Maloe Melo Bluescafe sang along to a set of
Doug Sahm songs. It’s grand traveling with friends. We ended the week with a Peter
Rowan show at the Paradiso. My cup ranneth over with cool music, books, one sexy
top, CDs & FLOWERS galore!
Thanks for another fine birthday, y’all!
Dankuwel!
Jerry Lightfoot Tribute Video
Jerry Lightfoot (1951-2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvUKmCUMn38
I made this montage for the first annual Jerry Lightfoot memorial at Fitzgerald’s in Houston Nov 18, (this year benefitting Jerry’s great friend, & Texas music legend, Texas Pete Mayes) Included are pics of Jerry Lightfoot with (in order of appearance) Lonnie Mack, Johnny “Clyde” Copeland, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe “Guitar” Hughes, Sparetime Murray, Pete Mayes, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Trudy Lynn, Jerry LaCroix, me, Vince Welnick, Barry “Frosty” Smith, Larry Fulcher, John X. Reed, & cover art by JFKLN. The music is Jerry’s “Never Get Caught Again” from his CD “Better Days” into “Around and Between” from “Texastentialism” If this takes too long for you, there’s a lo-res version at youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvUKmCUMn38 (or search Jerry Lightfoot on youtube or myspace tv) I will always treasure my time in the Jerry Lightfoot Band of Wonder...I will always treasure each lesson taught by such a great man.
The band has played some very fun shows in Austin! We had the thrill of playing the grand re-opening of the Austin Music Hall with Del Castillo, Bobbie Nelson, (check out her new CD!!!)
Nakia and his Southern Cousins, and Kacy Crowley on Monday,
Nov 26. We were greeted by men and women in hard hats.
(They just secured permits that afternoon) The show was a hoot! All money raised goes to the SIMS & HAAM foundations.
Another damn good time was held at Antone’s Saturday Dec 1.
We opened for Asleep at the Wheel & then I had the honor of sitting in with the Wheel on “Judgment Day Blues”. It was a parade of talent with folks like Paul Shaffer (David Letterman’s Band Leader), Bobbie Nelson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Billy Gibbons all jamming with AATW. Heck, there was even core-E-ography involved! Get down, RAY!
From KGSR radio Austin...
“DYLAN ON SUNDAY NIGHT NEWS!
The latest news from Bob Dylan's world is the release of his new 3-CD career spanning compilation, "Dylan". And this week (11/25)
on the KGSR Sunday Night News (8-10 p.m.) we present Part II of "The Dylan Documentaries".
Hosted by Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Patti Smith, we'll feature 2 hours of Dylan music, as well as interviews with the likes of Roger McGuinn, Ray Benson, Carolyn Wonderland, John Hammond, Tom Morello, John Hiatt and many others. With production assistance from Jody Denberg, it's ‘The Dylan Documentaries’ coming to the KGSR Sunday Night News!” ...you can find info on this interview at www.prx.org/pieces/20582
You can also tune in to the live broadcast Sat. Dec 8 7:30pm on KGSR and hear Cole & me playing with Jimmy LaFave! It’s KGSR’s 17th Anniversary Party at the Texas Union Ballroom with Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Jimmy LaFave & BeauSoleil. You may never hear these songs this way again! www.kgsr.com
Austin & Dallas music fans have the rare opportunity to catch Ginger Leigh, Patrice Pike & me in the round & with our bands!
Dec 7- Dallas- Poor David’s Pub- Austin Dames in Dallas. This is a round robin with the 3 of us on stage together semi-acoustic.
Dec 29- Austin- the Parish- All of us with our bands. (btw- Cole, Lefty & I will be in Ginger’s band!)
see you NYE in Houston!! Guy Forsyth & his fabulous band join us at Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar!
Get there early & plan on calling a cab.
(Cabs are plentiful...if you’re shy of the fare- let me know, we’ll work it out)
Here’s some videos we shot live at ME Television Austin, TX.
We played a while, more songs will be posted ASAP here & at youtube & myspace tv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ovlpQ_F4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYLQNFXZU0
OH YEAH...
our new CD
“Miss Understood”
will be out Feb 5 2008
on Bismeaux Productions.
iTunes will have it available in January!
Thanks so much for your love & support.
Feel free to leave comments.
After removing our Halloween make-up from Pam Jam’s Phabulous Halloween Freak
Out at the Last Concert Cafe in our thrifty hotel room, we napped. The trip to Holland
starts in a few hours, you know? (excuse the snide side here but, one might think with
the TSA safety regulations & prohibitions on bringing even water on board that airlines
might get hip to how to feed a vegan when you advertise you can do so...one would be
woefully wrong...and hungry!)
Cole El-Saleh, Michael “Lefty” Lefkowitz, & I made it in to Amsterdam & soon didn’t care
about many petty things. Just pretty things...like digging the scenery, finding a hotel,
(thanks Jan) walking forever (yay!) & some of us getting over our jet lag in a nice legal
coffeeshop. The next day we are ready to travel to Hoorn. PeTiCantus put together our
return sell out show at the amazing Huis Verloren. Butch regaled us with stories of the
Huis’ history. I must write more about that soon! (ask me about the 8 day cowboy clock
sometime, or the church adorned with Unicorns) Regio 22 shot some footage of our
concert & did an interview for North West Netherlands TV broadcast in a segment called “Music in the Backyard” You can see all 7 minutes of it in context at www.regio22.nl
Next we played a very fun private party out in the beautiful countryside. (We actually
drove up to the wrong farm, waking cows more than once that evening.) Then we were
off to Amsterdam’s Cantine for a nice afternoon set & Then off again to Leiden to play
an in-store for this really cool musicologist at his space, At the Movies. (Leiden was
beautiful...I’m going to spend more daylight hours there this May.) To Jan, Arnoud, Jan,
Peter, Kees & Tim, THANKS SO MUCH!
Scott Daniels, along with the rest of the Wonderjammers, joined Cole, Lefty & me for
WonderJam in Amsterdam. For 5 years Darren at Colorwarp has been putting this on.
This year, like the rest, was off the hook! LeeAnn Atherton & Zeegrass were stellar,
D.Brown Fisher & Speedy Sparks kicked it with Michael Hale on drums. We had great
sit ins from Patrick Brink, Jur Scherpenzeel, Jan & Ricky Van Doorn & on Friday,
Shandon Sahm sat in & everyone in the Maloe Melo Bluescafe sang along to a set of
Doug Sahm songs. It’s grand traveling with friends. We ended the week with a Peter
Rowan show at the Paradiso. My cup ranneth over with cool music, books, one sexy
top, CDs & FLOWERS galore!
Thanks for another fine birthday, y’all!
Dankuwel!
Jerry Lightfoot Tribute Video
Jerry Lightfoot (1951-2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvUKmCUMn38
I made this montage for the first annual Jerry Lightfoot memorial at Fitzgerald’s in Houston Nov 18, (this year benefitting Jerry’s great friend, & Texas music legend, Texas Pete Mayes) Included are pics of Jerry Lightfoot with (in order of appearance) Lonnie Mack, Johnny “Clyde” Copeland, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe “Guitar” Hughes, Sparetime Murray, Pete Mayes, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Trudy Lynn, Jerry LaCroix, me, Vince Welnick, Barry “Frosty” Smith, Larry Fulcher, John X. Reed, & cover art by JFKLN. The music is Jerry’s “Never Get Caught Again” from his CD “Better Days” into “Around and Between” from “Texastentialism” If this takes too long for you, there’s a lo-res version at youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvUKmCUMn38 (or search Jerry Lightfoot on youtube or myspace tv) I will always treasure my time in the Jerry Lightfoot Band of Wonder...I will always treasure each lesson taught by such a great man.
The band has played some very fun shows in Austin! We had the thrill of playing the grand re-opening of the Austin Music Hall with Del Castillo, Bobbie Nelson, (check out her new CD!!!)
Nakia and his Southern Cousins, and Kacy Crowley on Monday,
Nov 26. We were greeted by men and women in hard hats.
(They just secured permits that afternoon) The show was a hoot! All money raised goes to the SIMS & HAAM foundations.
Another damn good time was held at Antone’s Saturday Dec 1.
We opened for Asleep at the Wheel & then I had the honor of sitting in with the Wheel on “Judgment Day Blues”. It was a parade of talent with folks like Paul Shaffer (David Letterman’s Band Leader), Bobbie Nelson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Billy Gibbons all jamming with AATW. Heck, there was even core-E-ography involved! Get down, RAY!
From KGSR radio Austin...
“DYLAN ON SUNDAY NIGHT NEWS!
The latest news from Bob Dylan's world is the release of his new 3-CD career spanning compilation, "Dylan". And this week (11/25)
on the KGSR Sunday Night News (8-10 p.m.) we present Part II of "The Dylan Documentaries".
Hosted by Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Patti Smith, we'll feature 2 hours of Dylan music, as well as interviews with the likes of Roger McGuinn, Ray Benson, Carolyn Wonderland, John Hammond, Tom Morello, John Hiatt and many others. With production assistance from Jody Denberg, it's ‘The Dylan Documentaries’ coming to the KGSR Sunday Night News!” ...you can find info on this interview at www.prx.org/pieces/20582
You can also tune in to the live broadcast Sat. Dec 8 7:30pm on KGSR and hear Cole & me playing with Jimmy LaFave! It’s KGSR’s 17th Anniversary Party at the Texas Union Ballroom with Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Jimmy LaFave & BeauSoleil. You may never hear these songs this way again! www.kgsr.com
Austin & Dallas music fans have the rare opportunity to catch Ginger Leigh, Patrice Pike & me in the round & with our bands!
Dec 7- Dallas- Poor David’s Pub- Austin Dames in Dallas. This is a round robin with the 3 of us on stage together semi-acoustic.
Dec 29- Austin- the Parish- All of us with our bands. (btw- Cole, Lefty & I will be in Ginger’s band!)
see you NYE in Houston!! Guy Forsyth & his fabulous band join us at Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar!
Get there early & plan on calling a cab.
(Cabs are plentiful...if you’re shy of the fare- let me know, we’ll work it out)
Here’s some videos we shot live at ME Television Austin, TX.
We played a while, more songs will be posted ASAP here & at youtube & myspace tv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ovlpQ_F4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYLQNFXZU0
OH YEAH...
our new CD
“Miss Understood”
will be out Feb 5 2008
on Bismeaux Productions.
iTunes will have it available in January!
Thanks so much for your love & support.
Feel free to leave comments.
Friday, October 12, 2007
October 2007: Kathleen Hudson’s new book/ Folkest Concert from Slovenia with Ginger Leigh is televised/ WonderJam in Amsterdam 2007
Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs
Kathleen Hudson’s book signing in Kerrville
“Hey, aren't those your hands on the cover?!?"
asked Kathleen Hudson as she handed me
a copy of her brandspanking-new book,
"Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs"
"Why, yes! AND I happen to be playing
the Blueshawk that Patrice Pike gave me!"
This was truly serendipitous as she had just opened
the box of books that arrived that afternoon and
hadn't known which of her photos they had chosen
for the cover. Add to that, Cole and I just happened
to be playing at Schreiner University for Kathleen's
book signing. How sweet!
I dig the book. Much like her previous "Telling Stories,
Writing Songs: An Album of Texas Songwriters", each
chapter in "Women in Texas Music" covers an artist
and the stories weave together like a nice conversation.
WOW, what an honor to be included.
Buy one now with the web discount at UTPress:
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exhudwom.html
Broadcast of this Summer’s Folkest with
Ginger Leigh Band and Carolyn Wonderland Band
This October our friends in Slovenia can see the
national telecast of the Ginger Leigh and
Carolyn Wonderland concert in Koper
from this summer's Folkest festival in Italy and Slovenia. Ginger, Carolyn, Cole El-Saleh, and Eldridge Goins toured Europe together as both the
Ginger Leigh Band and Carolyn Wonderland Band
(the only US bands invited to perform at Folkest 2007)!
Stay tuned for details on an Austin screening!
We had so much fun this summer with
Ginger, we'll be reforming the little big
band regularly in the future!
For more info on Ginger Leigh, visit:
www.gleigh.com
WonderJam in Amsterdam 2007!
Well, the tickets have all been sold, bags are packed
...it's time to bring all our friends we can on our pilgrimage to Amsterdam!
Nov 5th - 12th, 2007 marks the 5th annual
WonderJam in Amsterdam! This year we take over
the Maloe Melo Bluescafe with D. Brown Fisher,
Speedy Sparks, LeeAnn Atherton and Zeegrass,
and the Carolyn Wonderland Band! Thanks to
Darren, ColorWarp, and WonderJam in Amsterdam
for making my birthday wishes come true for 5 years!
Past Wonderjammers include:
Guy Forsyth, Patrice Pike, Shelley King, Wayne Sutton, Matt Hubbard,
the Austin Volunteer Orchestra, the New Jack Hippies & Lazy Sunday Dream.
We’re home for a few more weeks.
Come say Howdy!
Saturday, October 13th
[Noon - 1:00pm]
Green City Festival
(Austin, TX)
City Hall Plaza
All ages - FREE!
Carolyn Wonderland Band
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/greencityfest/
+++++++++++
Saturday, October 13th
[9:00pm - 2:00am]
La Zona Rosa
(Austin, TX)
Carolyn Wonderland Band hosts
the Buddy Miles All-Star Blues Jam with:
Paul Green School of Rock, Tommy Shannon,
Guy Forsyth, Jake Andrews, Malford Milligan,
Gary Clark, Jr., Phil Brown, Les Dudek,
and the Rocky Athas Group with Buddy Miles
...and a small tribute to our friend, Gary Primich.
Info at:
www.lazonarosa.com
Register to win tix at:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Market/Contests?oid=oid%3A543515
+++++++++++
Saturday, October 20th
[9:30pm - 2:00am]
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
(Houston, TX)
Carolyn Wonderland Band
with Plump opening! Info:
www.danelectrosguitarbar.com
+++++++++++
Sunday, October 28th
[4:00pm - 7:00pm]
Love. on the Lawn
(Austin, TX)
Song Swap with:
Shelley King, Carolyn Wonderland,
Susan Gibson, and Ginger Leigh
www.loveaustintexas.com/events.htm
+++++++++++
Tuesday, October 30th
[10:00pm]
Last Concert Cafe
(Houston, TX)
BON VOYAGE PARTY for the band and
Pam Jam's 17th Annual Halloween Freak-Out!
Jodi Adair plays the 7pm - 10pm happy hour
Carolyn Wonderland Band plays until LATE
www.myspace.com/lastconcertcafe
+++++++++++
Wednesday, October 10th
Wednesday, October 17th
Wednesday, October 24th
[7:00pm - 9:30pm]
ArtZ Ribhouse
(Austin, TX)
Song swap with
Shelley King and
Carolyn Wonderland
www.artzribhouse.com
www.shelleyking.com
+++++++++++
Thursday, October 11th
Thursday, October 18th
Thursday, October 25th
[8:00pm - 10:00pm]
The Saxon Pub
(Austin, TX)
Carolyn Wonderland Band
www.thesaxonpub.com
+++++++++++
The new Carolyn Wonderland CD is almost finished!!!
"Miss Understood" (produced by Ray Benson)
will be available around the turn of the year.
Stay tuned for updates...
www.myspace.com/carolynwonderland
www.carolynwonderland.com
+++++++++++
Booking: nfly@nflyagency.com
Management: www.bismeaux.com
Kathleen Hudson’s book signing in Kerrville
“Hey, aren't those your hands on the cover?!?"
asked Kathleen Hudson as she handed me
a copy of her brandspanking-new book,
"Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs"
"Why, yes! AND I happen to be playing
the Blueshawk that Patrice Pike gave me!"
This was truly serendipitous as she had just opened
the box of books that arrived that afternoon and
hadn't known which of her photos they had chosen
for the cover. Add to that, Cole and I just happened
to be playing at Schreiner University for Kathleen's
book signing. How sweet!
I dig the book. Much like her previous "Telling Stories,
Writing Songs: An Album of Texas Songwriters", each
chapter in "Women in Texas Music" covers an artist
and the stories weave together like a nice conversation.
WOW, what an honor to be included.
Buy one now with the web discount at UTPress:
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exhudwom.html
Broadcast of this Summer’s Folkest with
Ginger Leigh Band and Carolyn Wonderland Band
This October our friends in Slovenia can see the
national telecast of the Ginger Leigh and
Carolyn Wonderland concert in Koper
from this summer's Folkest festival in Italy and Slovenia. Ginger, Carolyn, Cole El-Saleh, and Eldridge Goins toured Europe together as both the
Ginger Leigh Band and Carolyn Wonderland Band
(the only US bands invited to perform at Folkest 2007)!
Stay tuned for details on an Austin screening!
We had so much fun this summer with
Ginger, we'll be reforming the little big
band regularly in the future!
For more info on Ginger Leigh, visit:
www.gleigh.com
WonderJam in Amsterdam 2007!
Well, the tickets have all been sold, bags are packed
...it's time to bring all our friends we can on our pilgrimage to Amsterdam!
Nov 5th - 12th, 2007 marks the 5th annual
WonderJam in Amsterdam! This year we take over
the Maloe Melo Bluescafe with D. Brown Fisher,
Speedy Sparks, LeeAnn Atherton and Zeegrass,
and the Carolyn Wonderland Band! Thanks to
Darren, ColorWarp, and WonderJam in Amsterdam
for making my birthday wishes come true for 5 years!
Past Wonderjammers include:
Guy Forsyth, Patrice Pike, Shelley King, Wayne Sutton, Matt Hubbard,
the Austin Volunteer Orchestra, the New Jack Hippies & Lazy Sunday Dream.
We’re home for a few more weeks.
Come say Howdy!
Saturday, October 13th
[Noon - 1:00pm]
Green City Festival
(Austin, TX)
City Hall Plaza
All ages - FREE!
Carolyn Wonderland Band
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/greencityfest/
+++++++++++
Saturday, October 13th
[9:00pm - 2:00am]
La Zona Rosa
(Austin, TX)
Carolyn Wonderland Band hosts
the Buddy Miles All-Star Blues Jam with:
Paul Green School of Rock, Tommy Shannon,
Guy Forsyth, Jake Andrews, Malford Milligan,
Gary Clark, Jr., Phil Brown, Les Dudek,
and the Rocky Athas Group with Buddy Miles
...and a small tribute to our friend, Gary Primich.
Info at:
www.lazonarosa.com
Register to win tix at:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Market/Contests?oid=oid%3A543515
+++++++++++
Saturday, October 20th
[9:30pm - 2:00am]
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
(Houston, TX)
Carolyn Wonderland Band
with Plump opening! Info:
www.danelectrosguitarbar.com
+++++++++++
Sunday, October 28th
[4:00pm - 7:00pm]
Love. on the Lawn
(Austin, TX)
Song Swap with:
Shelley King, Carolyn Wonderland,
Susan Gibson, and Ginger Leigh
www.loveaustintexas.com/events.htm
+++++++++++
Tuesday, October 30th
[10:00pm]
Last Concert Cafe
(Houston, TX)
BON VOYAGE PARTY for the band and
Pam Jam's 17th Annual Halloween Freak-Out!
Jodi Adair plays the 7pm - 10pm happy hour
Carolyn Wonderland Band plays until LATE
www.myspace.com/lastconcertcafe
+++++++++++
Wednesday, October 10th
Wednesday, October 17th
Wednesday, October 24th
[7:00pm - 9:30pm]
ArtZ Ribhouse
(Austin, TX)
Song swap with
Shelley King and
Carolyn Wonderland
www.artzribhouse.com
www.shelleyking.com
+++++++++++
Thursday, October 11th
Thursday, October 18th
Thursday, October 25th
[8:00pm - 10:00pm]
The Saxon Pub
(Austin, TX)
Carolyn Wonderland Band
www.thesaxonpub.com
+++++++++++
The new Carolyn Wonderland CD is almost finished!!!
"Miss Understood" (produced by Ray Benson)
will be available around the turn of the year.
Stay tuned for updates...
www.myspace.com/carolynwonderland
www.carolynwonderland.com
+++++++++++
Booking: nfly@nflyagency.com
Management: www.bismeaux.com
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