Happy, Happy New Year

Greetings, friends!

Well, if you are reading this, it must mean you survived the holidays--congratulations!  This is going to be YOUR year, I just know it.  It certainly is going to be Jo Henley's, that's for sure.  I can feel it.  Good things are on the horizon.

We wrapped up 2011 in style, with a memorable Caffe Lena show that almost started off as a complete disaster when Kent became very ill and was unable to take the stage, but wound up being one of our favorite shows of the year.  Ben and I unexpectedly got to play much of the show as a duo, which is always a treat for us, and then we had Mike join us and invited our buddy and bassist Tony Markellis to come up and finish off the first set with a 4 or 5 songs before Tony had to duck out to play his own show down the street.  Ben, Mike, and I made it through the second set and had a blast do so, breaking out a couple new tunes, and even some old JH rareities that had been shelved for awhile.  Best of all, we were able to raise $700 for Ben's dad's foundation, which will go toward coninuing to help poor communties in India build schools and hospitals, a project that for many years was close to the Reverend's heart.  We had a full house, an amazing audience, and were able to help out those in need.  All in all a trmendously successful night!

One bit of news...this weekend's show on January 22 at T-Bones Roadhouse in Plymouth has been cancelled due to...football.  Yes, football.  As is always the case each year during the NFL playoffs season at T-Bones, live music loses out to Patriots postseason games--they bar can squeeze more people in if they set up tables where the bands play.  It stinks--we never like to lose out on a gig for any reason--but T-Bones, and all of you who come out to see us there, are always so good to us that we really can't complain.  Be sure to check our schedule and come out next month!

The silver lining in this cancellation is that it frees up the weekend and gives us even more time to dedicate to songwriting.  We have plans for several records this year--a live album and two EPs.  The two EPs are shaping up to be two halves of a larger whole--a double album perhaps?--with sounds, themes, and textures that will show a different side of Jo Henley.  It's been extremely liberating and exciting to really tap into one another's talents and bring everything we have to the table as far as instrumentation and creative thinking, and I think you all will agree once you start to hear what we've been coming up with.  This month we'll be heading to the mountains of Vermont for a couple of music retreats out in the boondocks, away from the relentless dim and distractions of the city, to clear our minds and fully immerse ourselves in the material. 

Also, in addition to new records, we're also planning a couple of tours this year, including a return to California in September, and a southern tour this spring, so be on the lookout for more information about that and much, much more!

Andy & JH

Jo Henley returns to Caffe Lena!

Hi friends,

We are super excited to be capping off 2011 with a very special show in beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY, at Caffe Lena on Friday, December 30 at 8pm!  Caffe Lena has long been one of our favorite rooms to play, and this time we will be recording the show for a future release.  So if you want to be part of a future JH record, make sure you are in the crowd!  We have a bunch of new tunes to share, plenty of old favorites, and we've ever been working up arrangements of a couple of holiday-themed tunes, just for the occasion. 

But our Caffe Lena performance has an even more important purpose this time, beyond just new tunes and a future album:

2011 has been quite a rollercoaster ride for Jo Henley, both individually as well as collectively, from the release of Mohawk this spring, to the terrific addition of bassist Kent Stephens, to the sudden passing of Ben's father in September.  The good news is that we're still a unit, still making music together, and still loving every minute of it.  If the past few months have taught us nothing else it's that life is something to be cherished and celebrated, and so in the spirit of all that Ben's dad, Reverend Lee, stood for, we are donating the proceeds of our Caffe Lena show to the foundation set up in his honor, which supports the many charities for which Rev Lee worked so dilligently his whole life.  Through the years as a minister, Ben's dad was a tireless advocate for the poor and disenfranchised both here in the States and abroad, raising money to help build hospitals and schools in India, the Congo, and South America.  Jo Henley plans to set up a more permanent way to make contributions to these causes going forward and have some big ideas as to how to chip in as best we can, and we thought our Caffe Lena show, during this holiday season, was the perfect time to get that ball rolling.   

So, if you live in Upstate New York and will be in the Saratoga Springs area on Friday, December 30, please come celebrate New Year's Eve Eve with us!  We will perform two full sets of music, and best of all, your ticket will help make a positive impact on the world.  Can't beat that!

There is always a full house when we play Caffe Lena, so be sure to reserve your tickets today by going here, or else by calling 1-800-838-3006.  

Andy & JH

 

November News

Hi friends,

We have few upcoming shows that we want to remind you about, starting with this Saturday, November 12, at T-Bones Roadhouse in Plymouth, MA.  T-Bones is one of our favorite gigs, with dynamite BBQ, cold beer on tap, and some of the finest folks around.  And did I mention it's absolutely FREE?  That's right, no cover, so climb out of bed, come on out, and join us for 3 sets of music from noon-4pm!

Then on Friday, November 25 we will be performing in Boston at Church as part of Fleming Entertainment's Black Friday Bash.  This is one show you definitely do not want to miss!  We've got some exciting surprises in store for you and intend to keep everyone on their feet and shaking off all those mashed potatoes and slices of pie.  Showtime is at 8:30pm SHARP, with two awesome Americana bands following us--A Ton of Blues, and Grassroot.  Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online here.  As our way of saying thanks, everyone who buys a ticket for the Black Friday Bash will get one free Jo Henley CD of your choice!   

Finally, we are happy to announce to all of our Upstate NY friends, and everyone else who wants to make the trip to always-lovely Saratoga Springs, that we will be back at Caffe Lena on Friday, December 30!  Not only is this one of the finest, most intimate places to see Jo Henley, but we will be recording this one for an upcoming release, so if you want to be part of JH's recorded history, this is your chance!  Tickets always go fast for our Caffe Lena shows, so get 'em while you can by going here.

More shows, stories, news, and other happenings coming soon, so stay tuned!

Andy & JH

Never Can See the Sun (Before it Sets)

For better or worse, I am not the kind of songwriter who sits down every day, picks up a guitar, and works on a new song.  Some songwriters I know do just that.  They will say, Okay, this week I am going to write a new tune every morning, or every night before I go to bed, or some other regimented exercise like that.  I can't operate that way.  Sometimes I probably should be more regimented when it comes to songwriting, but the truth is that I am far more invested in songs that take shape organically.  I need to go out and live life, see what catches my attention, find out what inspires me.  It could be anything: a sunny day; a day at the beach, a newspaper article, something a friend says, hearing bad news, lost love, a death in the family.  If I try to force myself to write when I'm not feeling it, the end result is usually a song that lacks emotion or that I know deep down lacks heart.  Even if it sounds good to someone else, I will know it's phony, in which case it will soon be shelved.  It's just the way it is. 

Lyrically, Mohawk is a very personal album for me.  I had a built-in theme to work with--my hometown, a once-proud small American city whose best days are behind her, and my life growing up there--which allowed me to remain focused, both in terms of the words and the mood/style of the music.  Keeping the same headspace over the course of 6 months is not that easy to do, but the upside is that more often than not a cohesive set of songs emerge, rather than a hodge-podge of ideas and themes that have nothing to do with one another.  But after we released Mohawk, I wasn't sure what to write about next.  I usually try not to write anything new right away after we release a new record, because inevitably I am always most excited by our newest material, and therefore the songs on the new album would no longer sound new to me, if that makes any sense.  I usually wait a few weeks or a month before I let my nmind begin to think ahead,.  Except after Mohawk, it seemed to take me longer than usual to find my muse.  Turns out this wouldn't be a problem at all.

Getting together with Ben a couple times a week to play guitar and work on new songs is nothing new; it's what we've been doing pretty much nonstop for the past 15 or 16 years.  But in the last month or two our sessions have begun to yield some exciting new material, and at a steady clip, too.  Last week we wrote a new song in about 10 minutes, called "The Fall Comes Early."  The week before it was the same thing: Ben, without givign it any thought, fingerpicked this catchy little melody that caught my ear.  As always when he does something like this I say, "Is that yours?"  Ben has an uncanny knack of learning covers in nanoseconds, and even more impressively, he remembers them for all eternity, whereas if it's not a cover in our regular Jo Henley rotation, it's wiped from my memory for good and I'll have to relearn it from scratch.  'No," he assured me, "this one's not a cover.  It's just something I came up with now."  I loved it.  I came up with a guitar part to compliment his and we messed around with it for a few minutes.  Then I hit record on my iPhone's memo recorder app thingy and we ran through it again so that I could later put words and a melody to it later on, or else see if any lyrics I already have will go with this new piece of music.  On my way home from his house that night, I blasted it in my car and the melody nearly wrote itself.  Before I went to bed that night I had the lyrics done, and the next day we added a B section over which Ben could play a little solo.  And just like that, "Never Can See the Sun" was born.  Since then we've had several more songs emerge in much the same fashion, which has been really exciting.  Good things are happening.  The muse is alive and well!

Never Can See the Sun

The more I look the less I see, it's true
The more I look the less I see
The road ahead, it disappears from view
And all I'm asking for is a little light
You never can see the sun before it sets

The more I learn the less I know, it's true
The more I learn the less I know
Around the world, and everywhere I go
All I'm asking for is a little help
You never can see the sun before it sets
You never can see the sun before it sets

The more I climb the further down I fall
The more I climb the further down
I stumble around like an answer no one knows
And all I'm asking for is a little love
You never can see the sun before it sets
You never can see the sun before it sets
You never can see the sun before it sets

Stay tuned.  More to come...

-Andy

Just Announced: Post-Turkey Day Show in Boston!

We are happy to announce that our next Boston show will take place at Church on Friday, November 25 (the day after Thanksgiving)!  Fleming Entertainment has put together an awesome lineup for the holiday weekend, which, along with Jo Henley, will include the bands Grassroot and A Ton of Blues.  We hit the stage first, at 8:30 SHARP.  We have been quietly amassing a batch of new material that we are looking forward to sharing with you, as well as your old JH favorites, so come on out.  There is no better way to get rid of all those slices of pumpkin pie and second-helpings of mashed potatoes and gravy than by sweating it all out at a Jo Henley show. 

Tickets are $10 at the door, but anyone who buys a ticket from us ahead of time will receive a free copy of our latest album Mohawk!  Send us an email for more details.

Jo Henley Rides Again 9.16.11

Hi everyone,

One of our good friends and biggest fans recently remarked that he knew Jo Henley was up to something good because he hadn't heard from us recently.  My first reaction, having just spent the previous week doing nothing but working on new songs, learning a couple covers, and rehearsing like crazy with the boys, was to think, "Huh?  We've been here all along!  We haven't gone anywhere!"  But the more I thought about it, the more spot-on his assessment was.  We have been quiet the past month, and we have been up to good things.  Simply put, we needed a facebook break, a website break, a youtube break--basically, time off from the endless social media self-publicizing/whoring required of today's working musician.  And we also had a minor bump in the road in the form of a small personnel change, but that's all water under the proverbial bridge now and has resulted in nothing but positive energy for the band.  Our public hiatus--if it can even be called that--is over.  We have lots of exciting news, songs, gigs, and happenings to share with you all over the next couple weeks.   

First things first:  Those of you who have come out to see us lately have probably noticed we have an new face holding down the low end these days.  A veteran of several notable West Coast alt-country bands, including Shoestring Strap (try saying that one three times fast!), Kent Stephens comes to us from sunny San Diego and has been a pleasure to make music with.  In addition to his bass prowess, Kent also adds another dimension to the band in the form of vocal harmonies, which is something we are all really happy about and excited to see what new directions that takes us, not to mention being just an all 'round good guy.  So come on out, say hi, and introduce yourself.  He doesn't bite, and even if he does, he tells us he's up to dates on all his shots.

After a leisurely August, we are ready to kick things up a couple notches and get ourselves back to fighting form, beginning tomorrow afternoon, where we'll be performing as part of the 3rd Annual Salmon Falls Street Festival in Shelburne Falls, MA.  We've played Shelburne Falls several times over the past few years, and the folks out there always show us a lot of love.  It also just so happens to be a gorgeous part of New England, and given the weekend weather forcast, I reckon tomorrow will be bunches of fun.  So if you live out in the Northhampton area or find yourself out that way, please come on out.  It's a music and arts festival on the main drag and it's free to the public.  We play from 3-4pm.  See you there!

Ben has become our resident JH archivist as of late, accumulating a slew of live shows from the summer.  We plan on putting as many as we can up here on our website to share with you, so check back soon for some rare Jo Henley live shows.  Among them is our Canalfest 2011 show from July, with our friend Tony Markellis joining us on bass.  That was such a fun gig, and such a beautiful setting, right on the banks of the Mohawk River.  Some epic jams went down that day, if I do say so myself.  You'll definitely want to look for that one. 

As I said, lots more news to share with you soon, including new gigs, photos, live downloads, and sneak peeks of our new songs. 

Have a great weekend,
Andy & JH

Canalfest photos and Toad this Friday!

Our friend and defacto band photographer Karen Morse took some excellent photos of us with Tony Markellis joining us on bass at last weekend's Canalfest 2011 at Mabee Farm.  Check 'em out!  We had such a fanatastic time performing our Mohawk songs on the banks of the Mohawk River to a great audience who all showed up to have a good time.  Couldn't have asked for a better day!

We also wanted to share with you that we are playing this Friday night, July 22, at Toad in Cambridge, MA, opening up for LA's Rose's Pawn Shop.  Those of you old-school JH fans will be happy to know that Tim Weed plays fiddle for RPS and will be back in town for the occasion, which means the likelihood of him joining us on stage is damn near 120%, something we are very much looking forward to.  In all honesty, due to a communication lapse somewhere along the way, we just found out that this date is confirmed and that we are in fact playing on Friday, so our apologies for the late notice.  We would have told you sooner had we known!  Toad is one of this city's best little music rooms, but the "little" part can't be underestimated, so be sure to get there on time and get a seat (or a place to stand).  Music starts at 9pm sharp, and as always at Toad, it's FREE to get in!

"Mohawk" on the Mohawk

Dear friends,

We want to remind everyone, especially our Albany-area fans, that this Saturday, July 16, we are performing at this year's Canalfest 2011.  Hosted by the Schenectady Historical Society, Canalfest takes place at Mabee Farm, which is the oldest standing home in the Mohawk River and is located on the beautiful banks of the Mohawk River.  We can't think of a more perfect location for play the songs off our new album Mohawk!  Mohawk, as most of you already know, in large part celebrates the long history of Schenectady and the Mohawk Valley, so this is a very cool gig for us, and we are thrilled to be part of what promises to be a fun day. 

Our set is from 12-1pm, but the days kicks off at 11, so come out early--and bring the kids!  Among the other acts on the bill are Rich Bala, Everst Rising, and Ramblin' Jug Stompers. 

This is a free, outdoor, all-ages show that celebrates an important achievement in American history.  It doesn't get much more Americana than this!

Canalfest 2011
Saturday, July 16 from 11am-4pm
Mabee Farm Historic Site
1080 Main Street (Route 5S)
Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150
(518) 887-5073
mabeefarm@gmail.com

Need directions?

Reviews for "Mohawk," and other love songs...

Just a quick reminder for all you in the Boston area that we're back at Porter Belly's in Brighton Center this Friday night.  No cover, tasty food, cold adult beverages, and 3 sets of Jo Henley.  Always a good time when we go to Porter Belly's, so don't miss it.  Music starts at 9:30.

Also, our new album Mohawk has gotten a few write-ups the past week that we'd like to share with you, including one in Dutch!  Yup, that's right, Johan Schoenmakes of altcountryforum.com, an Americana webzine out of the Netherlands, reviewed Mohawk  You can read it for yourself here.  (My Dutch is a tad rusty these days--as in, I know not a single word--so I copied and pasted the text into google translator.  Far from a perfect translation, I'm sure, but close enough to get the gist of it.) Thanks, Johan!  

Here are a couple other reviews...

Bob Dylan 70th Birthday Bash!

We have been invited to join in honoring Bob Dylan as he celebrates his 70th birthday at a concert on Saturday, May 21, at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Caffe Lena has chosen a few select bands and musicians to participate in this special evening, and we are delighted that Jo Henley was among them.  Bob Dylan has had a profound impact on us and we all count ourselves as huge fans of The Bard. In what should be an inspired evening of wonderful music, each band/artist will perform 2 or 3 Dylan songs.  I won't tell you which songs we've selected--I don't want to spoil the surprise--but I think if you love Dylan, you will love our choices.  

Bob Dylan's 70th Birthday Bash
Skidmore College Dance Theater
Show starts at 8pm
Tickets are $25--all proceeds go to help support Caffe Lena

For more details & ticket info, please go here.

More about the event from Caffe Lena:

"Today we celebrate the 70th birthday of Caffè Lena's most famous alum, the unsurpassed songwriting legend Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan performed at Caffè Lena in 1960 and 1961, playing sets of traditional songs rather than the celebrated anthems he was soon to release. Dylan's presence at Caffè Lena is felt in the profound influence he has had on all the songwriters who followed him onto our stage, inspiring five decades of personal reflection and powerful poetry.  Tonight we welcome a host of regional musicians to play Dylan's best loved songs, and raise funds to support Caffè Lena on the ocassion of the venue's 51st anniversary. 

Ben and Andy Co-Host "The Cheap Seats"

Ben and Andy will co-host "The Cheap Seats" with Cat Wilson tonight--Sunday, May 15--from 6-8pm on 101.9FM in Southeastern MA, and streaming live online at  www.thecheapseats.net.  This isn't a live in-studio performance, but Andy & Ben will be playing lots of songs off the new Jo Henley album MOHAWK, as well as tracks from some of their favorite local bands/musicians.  Plus, it's live radio, which means anything can happen, so you definitely will want to tune in! 

Boston-area MOHAWK CD Release Parties

This spring we will be playing several CD Release Parties close to home that we want to tell you about.

First, on Thursday, June 9, we'll be celebrating the release of our brand-new album MOHAWK at Precinct (70 Union Square) in Somerville, starting at 8pm sharp.  Not only is this a special night for Jo Henley, but we are pleased to announce that we are teaming up with Community Cooks, which is a network of volunteers who provide home-cooked meals to hungry and vulnerable neighbors in the Boston area.  This is a great cause and we are delighted to be a part of this.  The show will be a benefit concert for Community Cooks, with proceeds going to helping the organization raise funds they so desperately need to help service the those less fortunate.  As our way of saying thank you to our fans and everyone who comes out for this special event, the first 50 people through the door will receive a free copy of MOHAWK!

3 nights later, on Sunday, June 12, we will have our South Shore CD Release Party in good ol' Plymouth at where else but T-Bone's Roadhouse!  This will be our 7,435th show there since 2009, or so it seems, but we can't get enough of T-Bones.  It's a great place with amazing food, excellent beer selection, the sweetest staff this side of the Mississippi, and we never leave there without smiles on our faces.  Come down and join us in celebrating MOHAWK from 4-8pm.  NO COVER!!!

May Tour and the Release of MOHAWK!! 5/3/11

Hi everyone,

MOHAWK, our spiffy, brand-new album on Plimro Records, has finally come back from the CD factory and is available for sale here on our website, at our live shows, and very soon will be for sale at an independent record store near you.  If you pre-ordered you copy, they are going in the mail this week, so keep your eyes out for it!  And for the digitally-inclined who do not need or want a physical copy, you can always just purchase a high-quality digital version of MOHAWK here.

What can we say?  Ben, Jeremy, Mike, and I are extremely happy campers!  We put our hearts into this new album I, for one, feel it shows.  We are really, really, REALLY excited with the way it turned out.  Mark Bryant, who's produced our buddy Jake Hill's last few records (which I love), produced MOHAWK and did an amazing job.  Jake was even kind enough to lend his vocals on the new song "Home Again."  We'll have lots more to say about MOHAWK in the coming weeks, but for now we just want to let you all know that copies are available and that you should get yours TODAY!

Bottom line, we want anyone who wants to hear MOHAWK to be able to hear it, so for the next month we will have the entire album available to stream for FREE on our website.  Just visit our music page, hit play, and crank it up!  If you like it (which you will, of course) buy a copy and we will mail it to your doorstep.  Simple as that!

To celebrate the release of MOHAWK, we are going down south for a quick run of shows over the long Memorial Day weekend and we need your help in order to spread the word and get as many folks out as we can.  Please check out the dates below, mark your calendars, come on out, and bring all your friends.  We will have more CD release parties next month, including a big bash here in Boston--more details to follow soon.  As always, thank you so very much for all your support.  You guys make this all worth it!

Thursday, 5/26, The Wine Room - Concord, NC. 7pm
Friday, 5/27, Jack of the Wood - Asheville, NC. 9:30pm
Saturday, 5/28, The Acoustic Coffeehouse - Johnson City, TN. 10pm
Sunday, 5/29, Massquerade - Atlanta, GA. 9:30pm

****SAVE THE DATE:  Thursday, June 9, at Precint - Somerville, MA.  8pm.  BOSTON CD RELEASE PARTY.  The first 50 people through the door get a free copy of MOHAWK!  More details to follow soon...

See you at the shows,
Andy & JH

MOHAWK IS HERE!!!

                              
                           AVAILABLE NOW!!

MOHAWK 2.27.11

Last week I hinted that we had some important Jo Henley news to tell you all about.  Well, the time has finally come to let the cat out of the bag...

We are very, VERY happy to announce that on Friday, April 8 we will be releasing a brand-new, full length album titled Mohawk on Plimro Records!  (Sneaked that one by ya, didn't we?)  This past Monday we went into Seasound Studio in Plymouth, MA, with producer/engineer Mark Bryant, and by Friday afternoon we were done.  Finished.  Just like that.  Unlike most all albums recorded these days, Mohawk was cut almost entirely live, without any Pro Tools smoke and mirrors, and the result is what we feel is our most exciting, beautifully raw, and in-the-moment album to date. Rather than toil over a record for 6 months or more, and break the bank in the process, we've decided to approach record-making in a whole new way this year, whereby the end goal is to create music and release it to the world for aural consumption.  It was so much fun to make this record, and Mark was an absolute pleasure to work with.  We think you're really going to love Mohawk.  

While Mohawk will before long be pressed onto CDs, shrink-wrapped, and made be available to anyone on the planet who wants to hear it, its true intended audience is actually a not-yet-9-month-old little boy who these days is far more interested in stuffing Cheerios in his mouth and the flying fish mobile that floats above his changing table than he is a bunch of songs his daddy wrote.  When my son was born last summer, it quickly occurred to me that he is the only one on both sides of his family in several generations to not have been born and (as far as I can predict) raised in my hometown of Schenectady, NY.  He is a Boston boy.  A native New Englander.  He won't know what it's like to come from the blue-collar town once known as The City That Lights and Hauls the World.  So I decided I wanted to tell him all about Schenectady and my life growing up there.  This led me to begin exploring and researching the history of the city and the Mohawk Valley in general, as well, inspiring me to write songs about important events such as the Schenectady Massacre of 1690 ("Over the Pine Plains") and construction of the Erie Canal ("Clinton's Ditch").  Mohawk is for him.  I don't know if I can call it a love letter, per se--it's a very real, sometimes unpretty look at my childhood and hometown--but despite its occasional bleakness I think listeners will hear a whole lot of American pride shine through the gloom.  Schenectady, like many once-thriving cities that years ago played an important role in the success and expansion of this country before falling victim to factory closings and outsourcing, has seen better days.  In many ways, the same can be said for the folks who have lived there.  

If you know me, or know Schenectady, this new album may piss you off, break your heart, make you laugh, make you homesick, make you move there, or make you want to relocate!  But I hope it will also encourage you to tap your toes, shake your booty, roll the windows down, mash the gas pedal, and feel the wind in your face.  There are hard rockin' blues boogies, rollicking bluegrass hoedowns, dirt-roads twangers, a river-dancing reel, and everything in between.  This one has it all.  Writing this album has been an important journey for me personally, and the band as a whole really rallied behind these songs and the concept behind Mohawk.  We are all very proud of this album and can't wait to share it with you.  

And who knows, maybe, just maybe, someday there will be a little boy who will grow up to know his daddy just a little bit better than he might have otherwise.

Andy & JH

PS:  Check back soon for a sneak peek at the album cover and track listing in the coming days, as well news about the release of the first single! 

3/20 at Club Passim - Save the Date!

 

To all of our Boston friends, and anyone who lives nearby, if you only catch one Jo Henley show this year,  this is the one... 

On Sunday, March 20, we will make our debut at Club Passim, one of the oldest and most revered folk/roots music venues in the country.  We have been (im)patiently waiting for this gig for a long time, and we are thrilled to say it is now just a few short weeks away.

We really need everyone's support to make this show a huge success, so please mark your calendars and get your tickets now.  Opening for us is one of our good friends Abbie Barrett and her totally kick ass band in The Last Date.  Music starts promptly at 8pm. Oh, and if you haven't been to Passim a while, you may be happy to know they now serve adult beverages, so no need to sneak in those flasks anymore!

Also, as if the Jo Henley/Abbie Barrett bill wasn't incentive enough, anyone who attends will be the first audience be able to pick up a copy of our brand-new album Mohawk, which we expect to have in hand just in time for the Passim show on 3/20!!!

February News 2.15.11

A couple announcements we would like to share with you...

First of all, we are disappointed to announce that our show scheduled for this Friday night, 2/18, at Banjo Jim's in NYC has been cancelled for reasons beyond our control.  Believe me, this is not something we are happy about.  BUT...the good news is that we are working on a make-up date now and will be back in down there a few weeks to make it up to all of our NYC fans! 

This Sunday, February 20, we are taking part in the Americana Jamboree at one of our favorite venues, T-Bones Roadhouse in Plymouth, MA.  There will be top-notch roots music going on all day, from noon till 1am, and some of the Bay Stat's best acts will be there, including Jake Hill and the Deep Creek, Lonesome Jukebox, The Spampinato Brothers (of NRBQ fame), and of course JO HENLEY.  Our set is from 1-3pm.  No cover, great food, large beer selection, and just about the friendliest bartenders and wait staff of anywhere we have ever played. 

Looking ahead to March, be sure to mark your calendars for one very special night of music:  On Sunday, March 20, we will make our debut at one of the country's most revered folk/roots music venues, Club Passim, located in Cambridge's Harvard Square.  Opening for us is our good friend and fabulous singer-songwriter Abbie Barrett with her band The Last Date.  Music starts at 8pm sharp, and we expect the room to sell out, so be sure to get your tickets now.  I know bands always say every show is a very special one, but in this case, I can assure you it is.  But we need your support to make a magical night, so come on out to the show!

For a little added incentive, those of you in attendance at the Club Passim show on 3/20 will be able to go home with...well...let's just say that the boys and I will be very busy next week.  Curious now, aren't ya?  You shall find out soon enough.  Big annoucement to follow in the coming days!!!!  Stay tuned....

Andy & JH