Albert and Gage Newsletter

January 2007

Pic of the Month
it's our piano over the holidays, with Santas, Dee's shadowboxes and a Dutch tile.

Link of the Month

Boyd Bristow
Boyd recorded his "Cloudless Sky" CD at the MoonHouse last year.

Albert & Gage: It's a slow month for the duo, so try to get to "First Wednesday at Donn's Depot" for a good dose before we dive into studio work and separate projects. Christine has started a weekly "French Happy Hour" at Lamberts in downtown Austin, a brand new restaurant featuring modern interpretations of Texas cuisine with a bar that features local music, wonderful appetizers and of course, fine wine and cocktails. Joined by David Carroll on upright bass and David Webb on piano (and the occasional appearance by Chris Gage), Ms. Albert will be expressing her inner chanteuse every Thursday from 6-8 PM. Chris can still be found every Monday night at the grand piano just inside the front door of Donn's Depot in Austin.

MoonHouse Studio: Chris is mixing the upcoming Red Willow Band live CD, recorded for the South Dakota Public Broadcasting DVD about the band, still infamous in South Dakota after 30 odd years. . Other projects in the pipeline are "The Texafrance Collection" - a compilation of tracks from the previous two Texafrance CDs and newly recorded material, and new CDs by Abi Tapia and the Austin duo Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus, aka Edge City.

MoonHouse Records: Coming soon: "Red Willow Band - Live at the Belbus " and "The Texafrance Collection" (both working titles). Stay tuned for more.
MoonHouse Records - Illuminating Texas Artists since 2000.

CDs and and artist info can be found at MoonHouseRecords.com. Albert and Gage, Christine Albert, Cowboy Johnson, Michael Austin and Red Willow Band all available now.

Podcasts with Albert & Gage, Michael Austin, Bill Small and many more can be heard at www.austinconnection.net.

January 2007	UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS Click here for a detailed concert schedule. You can call the venue to confirm any last minute changes.	Time
Four Mondays 8, 15, 22, 29	Donn's Depot - Austin, TX Chris Gage at the piano with local luminaries guesting 1600 W. 5th St. Austin, TX 512-478-0336	9 pm
Four Thursdays 4, 11, 18, 25	Lamberts - Austin, TX Christine Albert's French Happy Hour 401 Second Street Austin, TX 512-374-9194 www.lambertsaustin.com	6-8 pm
Wednesday 3	Donn's Depot - Austin, TX First Wednesday of every month - DUO! 1600 W. 5th St. Austin, TX 512-478-0336	9 pm
Thursday 4	Artz Rib House - Austin, TX First Thursday with Chris Gage and Michael Austin 2330 South Lamar, Austin, TX 512-448-8283 view poster Love this gig... and/or Lamberts - Austin, TX Christine Albert's French Happy Hour 401 Second Street Austin, TX 512-374-9194 www.lambertsaustin.com	7:30-9:30 pm 6-8 pm
Saturday 6	Donn's Depot - Austin, TX 1600 W. 5th St. Austin, Texas 512-478-0336 Albert and Gage Band (with David Carroll on bass and Paul Pearcy on drums)	9-1 pm
Saturday 13	Urban Campfires Concert Series - San Antonio, TX Lion's Field Activity Center 2809 Broadway San Antonio, TX 210-824-1068 email: urbancampfires@swbell.net website: www.urbancampfires.com	7pm
Wednesday 17	Central Market Cafe (Westgate location) - Austin, TX 4477 South Lamar 512-899-4300 Christine's French Musique with David Webb & David Carroll	6:30-9 pm
Sneak Peeks!	2/2 Waldo's Coffeehouse - Waco; 2/9 Central Market Cafe - Austin; 2/14 Annual Valentine's French Show (venue may change-stay tuned) - Austin

...a note from Christine...

     Happy New Year everyone. It is January 1st and honestly, I haven't had time to reflect much about the year past or the year ahead. This has been a very active holiday season for us, filled with gigs, friends, events, festivities, love, visitors, action, action, action. Chris and I seem to attract motion and activity and are learning to embrace that. But there is also a need for quiet and solitude and we'll get more of that this month as we stay close to home and work on studio projects. In the year ahead I intend to focus on my French music and record some new songs for a Texafrance collection, develop a weekly gig at Lambert's in Austin and just get more comfortable in my chanteuse skin.
     I also want to get in the garden more, write more, accept more help in the office, do more yoga and meditate faithfully! How's that for resolutions? I have no desire for huge changes in my life, as I am quite content - just refining and redirecting the existence I already enjoy.
     Thank you for being a part of it all...
     Christine

Non-Profit of the Month

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Quote of the Month

"This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it."
       Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

...and a note from Chris...
     Thus begins another chapter in the epic saga of life. There's a Kevin Costner movie where he says something like "out the front windshield is the future, and out the back window is the past." May all of our windshields be bug-free.

We too have wandered many a mile
From morning sun till night
We�ve walked the best of weary miles
Since auld lang syne

For auld lang syne my dear
For auld lang syne
We�ll take a cup of kindness yet
For the sake of auld lang syne

We too have walked many a street
Picked the flowers fine
But seas between us have since grown
Since auld lang syne

I�m sure you�ll be your own fine friend
And surely I�ll be mine
And we�ll take a cup of kindness yet
For the sake of auld lang syne
      Chris