Ron Smith, aka Cuzn Wildweed and all his Mojo, my Great-Uncle, pulp fiction writer Norvell Page, my dad relentlessly playing the Highwaymen throughout my childhood, Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter, the amazing artists I've written about and in a few cases been lucky enough to get to know, perhaps most of all Mike Seeger, may he R.I.P. and his spirit carry on. He and his family are among the few people in history who have preserved and appreciated the music, stories and history of the people of Appalachia in a way that would be, above all, taken seriously.
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Green stars, purple hearts and blue diamonds...curses, I've been duped by MySpace overlord Tom into revealing my musical lucky charms. The truth is, a leprechaun recorded most of this stuff, I'm just her cover. She won't give up the gold though, forcing me to remain a starving artist while she profits from my image. She says says that's what we did to her Dad, (you got it, the Lucky Charms guy), and this is just the beginning of the Elfin takeover of the world.
Check out the Mojo Sideshow, Sideshow for Gallery 5's Carnival of 5 Fires in Richmond, VA. A seance dinner theater starring, written, directed and produced by Lonesome Liz. With visual art by Lonesome Liz, Wes Freed, Molly Crabapple, Katelean Foisy, Christoph Mueller and Charles Parker Boggs and featuring some of Richmond's most talented actors and actresses with special guest J.B. Beverley of J.B. Beverley and the Wayward Drifters. Here's a truly ingenious short film from our preview by R. Smith.
Brian Mitchell, a.k.a., El Diablo, (he's got 2 new CD's out too, well worth checking out). He's touring now with Levon Helm and Phil Lesh, more tales of his Devlish adventures and reviews of the tunes coming soon.
Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.
'Roslyn' (RVA) Performing Live @ 'The National' 708 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 November 7, 2009 @ 6:00 pm Tickets Can Be Purchased at: www.RoslynVa.BigCartel.com
no worries will be playing 2 times this week. We start at THE BLUES PLACE in Colonial Heights on Thursday evening, then we roll down I-95 to throw it down at STEVEN KENT on Friday night. We would love to have you out for the shows!
This month we mostly have Catie Curtis (with a Richard Thompson cover), Lindsay Fuller and The Cheap Dates (and who amongst us isn't?), Josh Fix with a track from the well-titled album This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry and the rather lovely Red Rooster.
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