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Albert and Gage e-Newsletter July 2009
Here we come, South Dakota - "west river to east river", we're headed your
way!
Greetings to all - far and wide, we have our hands full as
usual, managing the release of our
new CD and driving around sharing these great songs with some wonderful
audiences. Many thanks to the folks in California, Oklahoma and
northeast Texas in the last couple of weeks - we had some amazing nights
with you all.
Click here to read a
very sweet note from Tom Peterson (writer of all the songs on "Dakota
Lullaby"), and see a couple of photos of the mystery man.
Click here to read
some early reviews that have come in.
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"Dakota Lullaby" has
been receiving a great response out there in radio land.
"Top 5 Most Added" Americana Music Chart
two weeks in a row
Jumped from #203 to #66 this week on the
Americana Music Chart
#7 on the Euro Americana Chart
Top 20 in Roots Music Report “Roots Country”
Chart
#15 on the FAR Chart (Freeform American Roots)
“New and Notable Music” – KDNK –
Carbondale, CO
"Rich's Picks" (Rich Warren – Midnight Special/Folkstage)
– WFMT – Chicago, IL |
Feel free to write to us to suggest your local radio station
that plays independent Folk/Americana music - we'll tell you if they have it
and send it to them if they don't. You can order it at
www.moonhouserecords.com
and you can now purchase digital downloads of many of our CDs there as
well. Of course, they are also available at cdbaby, iTunes, Amazon,
and many other sites around the web.
If you're on Facebook, become a "fan"
of Albert and Gage and follow our updates from the road, from home and from
space (if we ever go there).
San Clemente Sundown Stroll
(photo by
Chris Gage)
July 2009 Show Schedule
Dates, venues and times have been known to
change.
Please call or check the venue's website to confirm.
Full show schedule online
here.
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Wed. |
Jul 1 |
Donn's Depot -
Austin, TX
First Wednesday with Albert and Gage
1600 W. 5th St. Austin, TX 512-478-0336 |
9 pm |
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Sat |
Jul 4 |
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Chris with Jerry Jeff Walker - Dell Diamond -
Round, Rock, TX |
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Mon. |
Jul 6, 13, 20 |
Donn's Depot -
Austin, TX Every Monday
Night with Chris Gage and friends
1600 W. 5th St. Austin, TX 512-478-0336
Visit the
"Monday Night at Donn's Depot" photo page |
9 pm |
"DAKOTA LULLABY" CD RELEASE TOUR OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Acoustic shows with David Carroll on upright bass and a
couple of special appearances by Kenny Putnam on fiddle. |
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Thurs. |
Jul 23 |
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
Summer Nights Concert Series - Rapid
City, SD
A downtown outdoor concert
with special guest Kenny Putnam on fiddle! |
5:30-8:30 |
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Fri. |
Jul 24 |
PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA
The Grand Theater -
Pierre, SD -
Tickets available at Coop Printing
420 W. Sioux Ave. Pierre, SD
605-224-4851 |
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Sat. |
Jul
25 |
WATERTOWN,
SOUTH DAKOTA
Watertown Friends of Acoustic and Blues
Concert - Watertown, SD
Watertown Event Heritage Center
West Highway 212 - Watertown, SD 57201
Advance tickets at Reliabank; Hy-Vee and County Fair Foods |
8:30 pm |
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Sun. |
Jul
26 |
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
Latitude 44 - Sioux Falls, SD
201 N. Weber Ave - Sioux Falls, SD 57103
605-338-0943
info@44downtown.com -
www.44downtown.comThis is a lovely wine/beer listening room.
Come help us celebrate "Dakota Lullaby" - 12 songs written by Sioux Falls
native Tom Peterson. (Come on out Tom!) We'll be gearing up for
the folk festival the following weekend. Reservations are strongly
recommended. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
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CD signing reception - 6:30 pm
Show at 8
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Tues. |
Jul
28 |
PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota Cultural
Heritage Center - Pierre, SD
900 Governors Drive. Pierre, South Dakota
57501
605-773-3458 - www.sdhistory.org
A CD signing and reception at the largest
museum and cultural center in the state of South Dakota. Come early to
tour the museum! |
5:30-7:30 pm |
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Thurs. |
Jul
30 |
LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA
HomestakeOpera House - Lead, SD
309 Main Street - Lead, SD 57754
605-584-2067
www.leadoperahouse.org
A beautiful old theater in a beautiful Black
Hills town. If you are considering a visit to Mt. Rushmore, do it this
week and join us in Lead! Featuring South Dakota's own Kenny Putnam
on fiddle. |
7 pm |
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Sat. |
Aug 1 |
CANTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux River Folk Festival - Canton, SD
www.fotm.org/festival.htm
We're honored to be a part of this great
festival! Outdoor beauty, camping, non-stop music...old friends, new
friends; perhaps even a Tom Peterson sighting will occur! |
3 pm
and
9 pm |
Coming up next month!
| Aug 5 |
Donn's Depot -
Austin, TX
First Wednesday with Albert and Gage |
| Aug 8 |
Music at the Gap
Concert Series - Copperas Cove, TX |
| Aug 15 |
Donn's Depot -
Austin, TX Albert
and Gage Band |
| Aug 20 |
Central Market Westgate - Austin, TX -
Christine's "Texafrance" Music!
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| Aug 21 - 22 |
Chris with Jerry Jeff Walker - Lake
Charles, LA |
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| A note
from Christine:
First of all, my mom is doing much better and she and my dad are
back to "normal" there in Florida. As normal as anyone in my
family has ever been! Thank you to everyone who has expressed
concern for them the last couple of months. They are treasures
and I am grateful for the time I spent with them recently.
As Chris mentioned, we are fresh from a visit with his
dad and wonderful step mom, and this month we'll get to spend time
with his mother in Pierre, South Dakota. Our music keeps us in
all their neighborhoods and that is truly one of the gifts of the
road.
We will be taking David Carroll (our long and lanky
bass player) with us to South Dakota - his maiden voyage of that
great state. I don't know if we'll have time for Mt. Rushmore,
but we are playing in the Black Hills, Pierre in the middle of the
state and "east river" in Watertown, Canton and Sioux Falls.
So he'll get a good dose, for sure.
This month our garden challenge was that our fairly
young pear tree decided to explode with fruit - so much that its
boughs were bending and breaking with the weight. We've been
getting some advice from our gardening guru, Wayne Kamin with
Troubadour Landscape, about how to handle this crisis!
Perhaps there is a lesson here. When life ramps up
unexpectedly and you feel burdened by the surprise fruits of your
labor, keep nurturing yourself (with water and support) and perhaps
pluck some projects, set them aside, and wait for them to
ripen. That's what Wayne suggested we do with our pears and
our tree. Sounds like good advice to me.
Love, Christine |
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And
a blurb from Chris:
Wow, 105 degrees in the shade in Austin, Texas. After awhile
you get used to it, and almost welcome the blast of heat that hits
you when you exit an air conditioned building. Almost.
Then there's the agonizing 5 minutes as you wait for the air to kick
in in the car. By the time you get to where you're going
you've sweated, cooled, sweated, cooled...you get the picture.
It's not a pretty sight on a portly guitar slinger in a t-shirt and
flip flops!
Had a great visit with my Dad and Bonus-Mom in Las
Vegas a couple weeks ago. Their home is very welcoming, we
weren't at all drawn to the strip or the shows; we stayed home,
cooked together, enjoyed a civilized cocktail hour, watched Judge
Judy and turned in early. It was the first relaxing I'd done
in a long time. We were touring in California, and we try to
schedule a time during the week to drive up and see them. This
time we were in San Diego, so it's an easy dash up the 15 to Vegas.
On the way back to Anaheim we did manage to make a pit
stop at the last casino on the Nevada border (Whiskey
Pete's) for a little Keno and penny slots. Sad note...you
can't drop coins in the slot machines any more. Only bills or
credit cards, and the payout makes a cheesy sound that tries to
emulate the exciting sound of winnings hitting the metal tray...but
fails. What happened to buckets of quarters and dirty hands?
Oh, for the good old days.
See you at the gig!
Chris |
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