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I've had quite a few responses to the Coco Montoya performance. I've even received a few checks. Thank you very much!
Last month I had a hard drive flake out on me and haven't quite fully recovered. If you have sent me an e-mail and I haven't responded please send it again. My spam filtering program started kicking out tons of e-mails that it should have let through. If you send me an e-mail you may be required to register. It's simple and only takes about 45 seconds. I have added most of the e-mail addresses to my white-list, but I may have missed a few.
I'm getting a little anxious about the Coco performance. Everywhere I go people are asking me about it.
I give them the scoop and they tell me they're coming. I also tell them of the recent change in ticket sales procedure. No one seems to have a problem with it. I appreciate your understanding regarding the pay in advance policy.
<cough> if you've told me you're going to see Coco send the payment <cough> <cough>.
The contract has been signed and payment has been made to the booking agency.
We've added quite a few names to the Acoustic Groove list over the past several months so I thought I would give a brief history of what this is all about.
The Acoustic Groove came into being about three years ago. The name came about a year after the concept. A friend of mine, Rex Fowler from New York called me one day three years ago and said he had a couple of music artists passing through this area and he wanted to know if I had a place for them to play. He told me that they wanted some people who actually listened to the music. Before I could offer a few venue names he said "why don't you have them play at your house and invite a few friends?" How good could these guys be? They'll play in my house for a few friends.
At that time I had never heard of a House Concert. I asked Rex what they would need as far as money goes? I was shocked. No guarantee at all.
Again I thought, "how good could these guys be?". Rex Fowler is one half of the music duo from the seventies called Aztec Two-Step. This guy knows music. He's been part of the industry for over 30 years and has had major label contracts. “Ok, Rex, what's the deal here?”. “These two guys will blow you away. They are on the road to Nashville to be part of a talent showcase and they would like to play their way down and back.” Rex went on to tell me that one of these guys had played at the last three Woodstocks with a band called "3". "3" had played center stage at the last two. I had actually heard of "3" and had heard some great reviews of their work. “The second guy,” he said, “has caught the attention of some major labels and Randy Newman says he's of the best songwriters and record makers he's heard in a very long time.” Hmmm... Randy Newman!
Rex goes on to say the guy has been playing some with Norah Jones. Hmmm... Norah Jones! Bonnie Raitt was mentioned in some way too. I think Rex said he's one of Bonnie Raitt's favorite artists.
Ok Rex, What are their names? Joey Eppard and Richard Julian. I told him I would get them a room at the local inn and take up a $10 donation from each guest. I made a few calls and sent a few e-mails and the next thing I know I have about forty people heading to my house to listen to some real music.
Needless to say they both really did blow us away. Richard has gone on to sign with a label and he co-writes songs with Norah Jones. I recently caught him on a Norah Jones special on TV. Richard has played for us three times - once with Joey, once with Jenifer Jackson and once solo.
Joey is still playing with "3" and recently released a new cd.
I won’t go into details about each artist that has played for us, but I can tell you that not one has been a disappointment. In fact they have all been phenomenal
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