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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:
| 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! Email meaghancursons@gmail.com to reserve a patch of lawn. $15 per adult, kids free. Yard open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8. If you're on Facebook, the event's here, please share! | |||
| 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! 964 Heywood, 7pm doors, 7:30-9:30 show. There's no entry after 7:45, so be on time if you're coming! Contact adamzonnis@gmail.com to reserve a seat! If you're on Facebook, the event's here, please share! | |||
| 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! I'm on from 6:30-7:30pm Friday in the Depot Cafe, doing a workshop from noon-12:45pm Saturday at The Open Door, playing alongside Danny Schmidt, Carrie Elkin and Chuck Cannon in the Dave Carter Songwriter Showcase at 6-7:30pm Saturday in The Belfry, and playing Angeline's Bakery from 1:30-2:30pm on Sunday. | |||
| Tue | Sep 12 | Canmore, AB | House concert with the Folk Road Show, details TBA. | |||
| Thu | Sep 14 | St. Albert, AB | With the Folk Road Show, details TBA. | |||
| Fri | Sep 15 | Edmonton, AB | I'm opening for my pals in the Folk Road Show at the Aviary, 8pm start, tickets available here! | |||
| Sat | Sep 16 | Medicine Hat, AB | I'll be joining the fun at Tunes at the Teepee! Details TBA. | |||
| Sun | Sep 17 | Wayne, AB | At the legendary Last Chance Saloon with my friends The Folk Road Show, 1pm start! | |||
| Thu | Sep 21 | Edmonton, AB | I'll be playing a feature set for Thursday night open mic at Brick & Whiskey, 8937 82 Ave, more details TBA. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Tue | Oct 24 | Toronto, ON | At my favourite Toronto haunt, the Cameron House, for one set, 8pmish start, pay what you can! | |||
| Sat | Oct 28 | near Pefferlaw, ON | Friends + Friends house concert! New friends are welcome, just email me at grooverevival@gmail.com if you want to come. | |||
| 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-Sun | Nov 10-12 | Mullumbimby, NSW, AU | I'll be joining the fun for the tenth annual Mullum 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. | |||
| Sun | Nov 26 | Mia Mia, VIC, AU | Burke and Wills Winery matinee show with Liz Frencham on double bass! Dingo's Breakfast will kick things off at 1:30pm, and we'll be on around 2:30. | |||
| 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 | Apr 20, 2018 | Wollongong, NSW, AU | Illawarra Folk Club show with Corin Raymond, details TBA. | |||
| Sat | Apr 21, 2018 | Woy Woy, NSW, AU | Troubadour Folk and Acoustic Music Club show with Corin Raymond, details TBA. | |||
| 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