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Don Con
Acoustic / Soul / Folk Rock

		"Life is long...Be nice, dammit! (www.doncon.com)" Taos, New Mexico United States Profile Views: 34950 Last Login: 10/10/2008
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Don Con: General Info

Member Since	5/23/2005
Band Website	donconoscenti.com
Band Members	This Custom Adamas Elite was a gift from Ovation and the Emergenza folks when I went to Germany as the first Emergenza "Acoustic Hero". Most of the "Arsenal". My Everett "Laurel" on the left My Mermer Kona Steel. "Kula Kika" I've worked with some of the world's finest, but I typically play (or fake) most, if not all of the instruments on my recordings including: 6 String Acoustic & Electric Guitar, 12 String Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar (acoustic & electric), Harmonica, Trap Drums, Hand Drums, Percussion, Recorder, Pan Pipes, Didgeridoo, Piano, Flutes, Mandolin, Water Jug, Wine Bottles, Banjo, Trumpet, 2nd Fiddle, 1st Chair, Folding Chair, Keyboards, Washboards, Italian Cowbell (the finest tone). On my Paradox of Grace cd Bill Braatz plays drums on most of the tracks. He's brilliant. My beloved friend John Kurgan on the east coast helps me get most of my things recorded. Dear friend Don Richmond helps me record when i'm home in the San Luis Valley. Kent Everett builds my Acoustic 6 Strings. Rich Mermer builds my Kona Acoustic Steels. Michael Kelly Guitars built my electric hollow body "Vibe". Martin Funmaker made my Native Flutes, Godin built my 12 String Acoustic Electric and Om made my 5 String Banjo. I'm also grateful to have endorsements with D'addario Strings, Fishman Pickups, Pick Up The World Pickups and Kyser Capos. Here I'm playing another Mermer Kona Lap Steel, "Kahu"... photo by Melissa Bugg.
Influences	Earth, Air, Fire and Water
Sounds Like	If you figure it out please let me know...
Record Label	Cogtone Records
Type of Label	Indie

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About Don Con

Thanks for stopping by to look, listen or comment. It’s going to be hard for me to check in on MySpace for the most part since I’m living a decidedly more unplugged life in Taos, NM. I apologize sincerely for not being very responsive. What time I do have to get online I’ll be using to keep up with regular e-mail ... don@donconoscenti.com ... and to update my regular website with shows and news... www.DonConoscenti.com ... I wish you all peace and joy. Loads of it. It’s not easily come by after the havoc the Bush years has wrought ... Irreverence and good humor is encouraged here but PLEASE DON’T LEAVE PROMOTIONAL BANNERS WITH YOUR COMMENTS...PLEASE! I WILL DELETE THEM AND BLOCK ANY USERS SELLING RINGTONES OR ANY OTHER GARBAGE. This is social networking...not WalMart... unless, of course, your’re promoting peace on earth, an end to poverty, disease and the eradication of corruption...or unless they are very, very funny ...Vote, Write, E-Mail, Call your elected "leaders" (in the States go to www.congress.org). Hold them accountable. With a few admirable exceptions they’ve clearly shown they are incapable of doing it themselves. Democracy ran aground under the Bush Administration and It’ll take a lot of effort to turn back that tide.

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CONOSCENTI	Oct 11 2008 8:25 PM im sooooo loving you!....miss you much!...
Katie	Oct 11 2008 6:03 PM hey there how are you?i miss you and love you...
Linda	Oct 11 2008 12:40 PM Welcome Don
Salon Pernod	Oct 11 2008 10:40 AM Ciao, thank you so much for adding me. God bless You and your magnificent music! All the best wishes Thomas W.
Mike Kinnebrew	Oct 10 2008 4:40 PM hey don. love the tunes, man.
Gemma	Oct 10 2008 4:44 AM i ran back to the mountains. come sunday i'll drag my feet back to the ocean.....only to dance about in the surf upon happy arrival. but damn....do i love these mountains. i think i'm having delicious affairs with wyoming and colorado. and i don't think it's legal. you know me.....i live dangerously. i hug you there in sun-nestled taos.
CJ	Oct 9 2008 11:55 PM MyHotComments I never thanked you for the very sweet comment you sent not long ago. Hope all is well. Hope to see you someday, maybe before the decade is done?? CJ:)
Kristen	Oct 9 2008 10:55 PM Cow tipping...Oh the memories! Just so you know, my friends are still teasing me about my Kerrville-Iowa pride... I hope for Big Folk I can recruit some more crazy Iowa gals.
Monica	Oct 1 2008 3:34 AM Miss your face Don Con! Hope you and Steph are well! MonTan
Inspire	Sep 29 2008 9:32 PM Oh DonCon... it's been too long. I had not chatted with you in ages, so I thought I would pop by, have a listen, smile and drop you a quick line. Hope you are doing super and enjoying this crazy ride. :-) t.
~Lauren~	Sep 26 2008 2:54 AM Hey Don! Just thought I'd stop by and send you a greeting. Hope things are well! We are staying super busy playing shows and working on our new album! I'll be excited to give you a copy sometime in the next 20 years. (or whenever it gets completed! HA!) I would love to see you! ~Lauren~
monica	Sep 25 2008 5:22 AM hey don con.....monicat here, writing from the new pad in nashville. it was great hanging with u and buddy @ the sage......we will cross paths again....i was in taos almost 7 years - but a lot of it was spent up on the mountain in questa. you must have been living someplace else? prior to the last couple of years? glad i know u now.....even calm cool energy....oh - i may be doing some booking at a cool club with a great room smack dab in the middle of it all here- if so, i'll let u know in case u are ever up wanting to gig in these parts........ M
CJ	Sep 23 2008 2:53 AM MyHotComments Hey Don, hope all is well. I'm just busy teaching and going to grad school! Take care.
Silje Karlsen	Sep 21 2008 2:52 PM Hi everyone! Lots of new stuff to check out in my space at the moment: brand new design to accompany new pics and a new song called Pills for Love, which is a little pop-pill you can swallow with a generous helping of gin&tonic. And very soon there are gonna be more new tunes, as well:) Come on over! xx Silje xx
Brad	Sep 18 2008 11:03 AM Sounds Great
James Benton	Sep 16 2008 11:13 PM Thanks so much for having me here... really. Great sound! If you're interested, there's a free download from the new album available here.
Woody in Pampa	Sep 12 2008 5:58 PM www. myspace. com/woodyguthrieinpampa
Tom Fox	Sep 12 2008 2:40 PM Great to have shared Brother Eden's project with you. I remember being really inspired by your tune. Tom.
Kristen	Sep 8 2008 6:53 PM I'm pretty sure you were the one rocking... keep it up and I look forward to next time!
somomojo	Sep 5 2008 7:45 PM sleeper had sixty minutes and used them all exactly as they should have been used. we played well, sang well, had fun and in the last 5 minutes all in the crowd were on their feet clapping in time, with smiling faces. if the new somomojo stuff was not so top secret i would hook you up. we practice/record every monday and wednesday without fail. i dig un-employment and life is good. love: mac
Jed Zimmerman	Sep 5 2008 1:48 AM what'd the leaf get arrested for? ...rustlin'
Kitty West Music	Sep 4 2008 3:22 PM Thank you Don Con for your kind comment....means so much to me! You have been quite a bright light in my world. Many Woodyfest moments stand out, but one in particular, was when you and Terryu Buffalo Ware accompanied Alixinder Gunn on the Sunday stage....the coming together of generations through music, through life focus, mission.... You have done wonders for my friend Connie, with your song "The Other Side" ~ miracles in fact. I'm so grateful to have the chance to know you and your music more. You really put out massive energy this year at Woodyfest. I think you might have out played RAd even! :) I'll be here and there listening to your music and blessing the Source, so glad you are on the planet at this time! Peace,Huge Hope, Love, Belly Laughter and Music In the Streets, Kitty
Cindy	Sep 3 2008 1:36 PM Chief lives in Missouri. His comments are hilarious. My favorite is the one on the bus with all his "friends" he's bringing over for supper! Cindy
Ty Ford	Sep 2 2008 2:08 AM My pleasure. Check to make sure the CD plays the way you want it to, but I think you'll be OK. The small print at the bottom didn't pop the way it dod on my computer screen. I'll have to experiment a bit more with that. We have had a wonderful vacation here in Gorham, Maine, just outside of Portland. The Pincecrest B&B run by Matt and Amy is great. http://www. pinecrestmaine. com/ If you get a chance, talk to them about a house concert. They serve a dinner on Friday nights and local folks come in. Very, very nicely done. They had a nice guy (Ken) come in and play instrumental jazz for most of the evening and then persuaded me to get up and jam with him. That practice, practice practice, you were talking about paid off, Don. I got up and asked him to do one of the original pieces he had done earlier because I knew where he had gone with it. We took it and I added a whole 'nother layer using the Fender 12-string. My fingers knew where the notes were. Very satisfying. Thanks for the nudge. I played with him for another half hour and then for another 20 minutes or so by myself. Regards, Ty
Doors Rule Ok	Sep 2 2008 1:24 AM a true statement. you should still come to nashville though.
Doors Rule Ok	Sep 1 2008 10:55 PM duuuude. you gotta come to narshville!
Bohemian Spirit Vintage	Sep 1 2008 9:18 PM hey, didn't get to the Woodyfest this year, but so much fun to have everyone posting your pics!!! Been listening to your albums, wishing I'd been there!!! Peace & Love. Amy.
ben	Aug 26 2008 10:25 PM Hey Don, how did the spoken word thing go. I just saw it in the paper today. Be well and folk on!!
The Hair	Aug 26 2008 3:17 AM Hey Don, Great to see you again at Woodyfest. I've finally finished posting blogs and photos of the festival if you care to check it out. Impressing the ladies as usual! Cheers, Guy
CJ	Aug 25 2008 8:42 PM Myspace Comments @ DazzleJunction. com What's new stranger?
Lisa Joyce	Aug 22 2008 7:17 PM thanks, don-con! great music always makes smiles. perhaps c u @ sagrado on sat. ps- the twelve-string bright-purple sparkletone danelectro (?) is just SO over the top...! love it!
somomojo	Aug 21 2008 4:19 PM MyHotComments i remember back when you were fat as hell! i was amazed at how well you danced for a big fat man. you reminded me of chris farley. thus the comment. i wish you could see.... SLEEPER AT ON THE WATERFRONT IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 31ST AT 4 P.M......... i remember one time you danced so hard to sleeper you broke your ankle. wish we could talk more but i can't wait for you to hear somomojo 2008 and maybe catch a sleeper show. send an mp3 of your new band or there will be trouble. as we mention in black eyed suzy....faith is all i need....milk inside my bowl....i will not beg forgiveness.....or live down in that hole.... peace: mac
Lotus Blossom	Aug 11 2008 4:16 AM I kinda sorta indirectly but not really blogged about Taos tonight on my "How I Got a Baseball card-sized Photo of the Dalai Lama in my Car" or something to that affect. I'm building up to "THE TAOS" blog. The anticipation is building. Go grab some Taos Cow ice cream from those lovely hippie chicks at the creamery. It'll tide you over - promise.
d.	Aug 8 2008 7:14 PM A little drummin' birdie told me that we will be having more Don Con goodness in Norman, OK in November. This makes me smile. :)
W.V...FAN Site (LOCALS ONLY) See W.V. (Main)	Aug 8 2008 6:38 PM The W.V. welcomes you to our family of friends ....
Hilary Mills	Aug 8 2008 6:27 PM Thanks for the support! Really appreciate it! Peace from MIA
Adam White	Jul 30 2008 7:15 AM How you doin' Don Con? Nice stuff. adam
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