Horses Report

Chris Riemer's business associate, Pam Coulter Enright, volunteered and designed beautiful packaging for The Best of the Blues compilation. I'm having a little trouble getting it to print out right.

Mendham TV changed our schedule: Mendham TV on Comcast Channel 22 or 25 & Verizon Channel 22 or 25 on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at 8:00 AM, 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM; Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays at 7AM, 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM (same show all week)

We taped two good shows in June:

492) 6/10/10 George Mann - union organizer & activist, grew up playing in rock n’ roll bands on Long Island & in NYC, released 4 albums of his songs; CD & film producer www.georgemann.org

493) 6/10/10 Blue Plate Special – sounds like Western Swing-grass to me; Jay Friedman (vocals, guitar, fiddle), Dave Gross (vocals, mandolin, guitar), James Hempfling (vocals, guitar) and Tom Wise (vocals, bass); American roots originals w/ strong harmonies has been on PBS, NPR BluePlateSpecial.us

Upcoming:

7/13/10 6:45 Seth Glier – singer-songwriter-keyboardist; Livingston Taylor says, “Listening to Seth’s music gives me hope for what’s to come. The next generation is alive and well.” sethglier.com

7/13/10 8:00 Fred Gillen, Jr. - prolific songwriter w/ 7 CDs & 2 e.p.s, has toured all over the U.S., Ireland, Germany & Czech Republic, his music has been on “All My Children” (ABC) fredgillenjr.com

8/12/10 (2 shows) David Gans - Known far and wide as the light behind the widely syndicated Grateful Dead Hour radio program, several books on the Dead & a number of intriguing CDs relating to the band and its music, he has in recent years developed a solid following nationwide for his compelling songs & music www.dgans.com

8/24/10 6:45 Jessica Kane – highly entertaining slice of life autobiographical short story writer-reader & songwriter jessicakane.com

8/24/10 8:00 Caren Kennedy Band – a Jersey Joe top pick; contemp. folk-country-pop singer-songwriter-led band w/drums, guitar, bass guitar, and two singers myspace.com/carenkennedy

9/16/10 6:45 Acoustic Eidolon – internationally acclaimed duo, Joe Scott performs on a unique, custom designed banjo/guitar combination double-neck 14 string guitjo. Hannah Alkire is classically trained cellist; repertoire defying categorization with Celtic, World, Latin and Folk music influences. acousticeidolon.com

9/16/10 Laura Birdsong – singer-songwriter-guitarist & longtime Folk Project member laurabirdsong.com