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Hey friends! For CD orders, including the new one Further Down the Line, you can use the Paypal button below or send a cheque to Scott Cook, 3 Meredian Road, Sherwood Park, AB, T8A 0N5, Canada. Overseas orders please add $8 shipping.
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Hobo Travelogue, June 16, 2017: Hey friends, it's been a while! I'm writing you now from the public library in Okemah, Oklahoma, the birthplace of Woody Guthrie. They've got air-conditioning (it's blazing outside), wireless internet, and shelves full of information, all free for the public. It's a fittingly socialist, humanist oasis in a town that's only recently coming around to embrace its most famous son, an unrepentant communist and rabble-rouser to his dying day...
... read my words from the road |
UPCOMING SHOWS:
| Fri | June 16 | Kansas City, MO | Acoustic Alcove concert, $15 advance/$20 door, 7:30 pm start, tickets here! If you're on Facebook, the event's here, please share! | |||
| Sat | June 17 | Minneapolis, MN | Opening for Gabe Barnett at The Warming House! Doors: 7:30 pm, show 8m, tickets $10-$12. Seating's extremely limited so get your tickets now through the website! If you're on Facebook, the event's here, please share! | |||
| Thu-Sun | June 22-25 | Driftpile, AB | As always, I'll be smiling at the North Country Fair! Rowdy, blissful, boreal perfection. | |||
| Wed | June 28 | Edmonton, AB | 10th Annual Official Unofficial North Country Fair Afterbender at the Needle Vinyl Tavern with your hosts the Long Weekends, Joe Nolan, Picture the Ocean, Carolyn Mark, Bill Bourne, Jay Gilday, Scotty Dunbar, the Derina Harvey Band, and many more TBA! Details TBA, madness assured. If you're on Facebook, the event's here, please share!!! | |||
| Wed | July 5 | Grand Rapids, MI | Local Spins show, opening for the Mark Lavengood Bluegrass Bonanza at SpeakEZ Lounge! I'm on at 8:15pm sharp. If you're on Facebook, the event's here, please share! | |||
| Thu | July 6 | Harbor Springs, MI | I'll be playing at Harbor Springs Street Musique from 7-9pm, location TBA. | |||
| Fri-Sun | July 7-9 | Bliss, MI | Blissfest! It really is Bliss, come see what I mean! I'm playing Friday on 3rd stage from 7pm-8:30 with my fellow Canadian songwriters Tim Chiasson and Winona Wilde, at 9:30 in Club Bliss, at noon Saturday on 2nd stage in the round John Lamb, Joe Shields, Chris Buhalis, on Sunday from 1-1:30pm at the Song Tree, and Sunday at 3pm on 3rd stage. . | |||
| Tue | July 11 | Traverse City, MI | House concert at Satellite Sparkle with the mighty May Erlewine! 7pm start, tickets are $15, and everyone's welcome, just be sure to RSVP! More details in the event. | |||
| Wed | July 12 | Kalamazoo, MI | I'm playing a last-minute show at Arcadia Ales, 8:30-10pm, pay what you can! | |||
| Thu | July 13 | Lansing, MI | Excited to be singing for the good folks at Concerts in the Courtyard, held at Old Town General Store, 408 E. Grand River, 7:30pm start. Tickets are $15/$9 students, available on the website. | |||
| Fri-Sun | July 14-16 | Hinton, AB | Back at Wild Mountain Music Festival with the Second Chances! | |||
| Wed | July 19 | Canmore, AB | private function | |||
| Thu | Jul 27 | Edmonton, AB | Opening for my pals Kitty and the Rooster and This Way North at Bohemia, details TBA. | |||
| Wed | Aug 2 | Sherwood Park, AB | Qualico Patio Series concert at Festival Place with the Second Chances and another act TBA. | |||
| Thu | Aug 3 | Prince George, BC | Yard concert with the Second Chances and special guest Scotty Dunbar, 7pm start, email gl.crane.pg@gmail.com if you want to come! | |||
| Fri-Mon | Aug 4-7 | Wells, BC | Elated to be back among the good people at Artswells! It's gonna be magic. | |||
| Tue | Aug 8 | Kamloops, BC | Back at Music in the Park with the Second Chances, 7-8:30pm, free entry! | |||
| Wed | Aug 9 | Grand Forks, BC | Art gallery show with the Second Chances, details TBA. | |||
| Thu | Aug 10 | Nelson, BC | TBA | |||
| Fri | Aug 11 | Penticton, BC | Back at The Dream Cafe with the Second Chances! | |||
| Sat | Aug 12 | Vernon, BC | Record City concert with the Second Chances, doors at 9, music by 9:30, advance tickets $15, $20 door, opener TBA. | |||
| Sun | Aug 13 | Vancouver, BC | Vancouver CD release for Further Down the Line at the Wise Lounge, 1882 Adanac Street, with the Second Chances, 8pm doors, 8:30 start, $10. | |||
| Mon | Aug 14 | Cortes Island, BC | Back at the beautiful Gorge Harbour Marina Resort with the Second Chances, 7:30pm start! | |||
| Tue | Aug 15 | Cumberland, BC | Backyard concert at Meaghan's with the Second Chances, details TBA. | |||
| Wed | Aug 16 | Saltspring Island, BC | Back at the lovely Treehouse Cafe with the Second Chances, 7pm start, pay what you can! | |||
| Thu | Aug 17 | Victoria, BC | House concert with the Second Chances, details TBA. | |||
| Tue-Sun | Sep 5-10 | Sisters, OR | So excited to be joining the fun at Sisters Folk Fest!!! I'll be teaching songwriting in Song Academy and then playing the festival, set times TBA. | |||
| Fri | Sep 29 | Seattle, WA | private event | |||
| Sat | Sep 30 | Snohomish, WA | Elated to be appearing at Tim Noah Thumbnail Theatre, music 7:30-9:30, tickets $15, magic or your money back. | |||
| Sun | Oct 1 | Bellingham, WA | The Green Frog | |||
| Sat | Oct 7 | Edmonton, AB | Kickin' it back at ye olde Black Dog Freehouse with the Second Chances, 4-6pm, no cover charge, for old times' sake, and good times' sake. | |||
| Fri-Sun | Oct 13-15 | Calgary, AB | At Wide Cut Weekend with the Second Chances! Yee freakin' haw, as they say :) | |||
| Thu-Sun | Oct 19-22 | Mississauga, ON | Folk Music Ontario conference | |||
| Sun | Oct 29 | Peterborough, ON | house concert, details TBA. | |||
| Fri-Sun | Nov 10-12 | Healesville, VIC, AU | Joining the good folks at the Healesville Music Festival! | |||
| Fri | Nov 24 | Wangaratta, VIC, AU | Stage Door Sessions show with Liz Frencham on double bass! At Stage Door Studio, 4 Evens Street in Wangaratta, doors at 7.30pm, show at 8, $25 on the door. | |||
| Sat | Dec 2 | Bomaderry, NSW, AU | private event | |||
| Sun | Dec 3 | Tomerong, NSW, AU | Back at the beautiful Tomerong Hall with Liz Frencham on double bass, 5-8pm, more details TBA. | |||
| Fri | Dec 8 | Sydney, NSW, AU | Back at the lovely Acoustic Picnic at the Music Lounge in Brookvale with Liz Frencham on double bass! Doors at 7pm, show at 8, BYO, tickets $20 per person (Children under 16 $10), advance bookings required! | |||
| Sat | Dec 9 | Albury, VIC, AU | Glad to be part of the inaugural voyage for Albury's new festival, By the Banks, among friends like the Northern Folk, Sal Kimber and The Rollin' Wheel, This Way North, Candice McLeod and many more! | |||
| Fri | May 4, 2018 | Martinsburg, WV | I'll be the featured guest at First Friday Coffeehouse, details TBA. | |||
| Sun | Oct 28, 2018 | Perth, ON | Perth Tea Room, 7pm start, more details TBA. | |||
| Fri | Nov 16, 2018 | Columbia, MD | Very excited to sing in the historic Cooper's House (circa 1790) in Oakland Mills! Doors at 7pm, showtime 8pm, suggested minimum donation of $20, invitations/reservations required, through our hosts Steve and Myra Gnadt, by email at coopershouse1790@verizon.net or by phone at 410-772-1541. |
TABLATURE:
I've had a few requests for tablature, so here's some of fish
jumpin, for your plucking pleasure...
HOUSE CONCERTS: My favorite place to play is in a living room for you and twenty or thirty of your closest friends. You don't need a sound system & it won't cost you a thing. If you're interested you can contact me directly by email to grooverevival at gmail dot com or call 780 695 3474. If you'd like to know more, have a look around Concerts in Your Home, linked below:
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WELL WORTH READING:
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Martin Luther King on Vietnam, as relevant today as it was back in '67. |
WELL WORTH WATCHING:
The War on Democracy
by John Pilger
Why We Fight
by Eugene Jarecki