My Dirty Martini band mate, Stephanie Schneiderman, has put together an amazing concert series that kicks off on Nov 2nd. I’ll be playing with Stephanie at the Mission theater on Nov 2nd, then with Dirty Martini at the Bagdad theater on November 17th. It’s for a great cause. Press release below…
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Next weekend kicks off Portland’s First Humanitarian Concert Series to support Mercy Corps efforts in Northern Uganda! It’s called “Voices For Silent Disasters” and will take place Nov 2nd - Nov 17th.

Portland’s music community is coming together for an unprecedented event!
35 of Portland’s top acts are donating their time and talents throughout 10 concerts to raise money and awareness for communities in the war-torn region of Northern Uganda and Mercy Corps efforts there on the ground. McMenamins is donating the venues and 100% of the ticket sales will go directly to this cause!

Go to www.voicesforsilentdisasters.com to check out more info!

Here is the Concert Schedule:
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Fri Nov 2, Mission Theater, 8pm
STEPHANIE SCHNEIDERMAN/JOE MCMURRIAN/ RICHMOND FONTAINE

Sat Nov 3, Mission Theater 10pm
CLIMBER/ TEA FOR JULIE/ DAHLIA

Sun Nov 4, Crystal Ballroom 2pm (all ages show)
MARCHFOURTH MARCHING BAND

Thu Nov 8, Mission Theater 8pm
JACKSTRAW/ 3 LEG TORSO/ STOLEN SWEETS

Fri Nov 9, Mission Theater 9pm
HOSKINS AND BREEN (genius improv comedy duo)

Sat Nov 10, Mission Theater 8pm “Songwriter’s Night”
Featuring: LINDA HORNBUCKE, LITTLE SUE, JEREMY WILSON, TOM GRANT
LAEL ALDERMAN, MORGAN GRACE, JAYCOB VAN AUKEN, SUSIE BLUE
PILAR FRENCH, BREANNA PALETTA, MICHAEL JODELL

Thu Nov 15, Baghdad Theater 8pm
SCOTT FISHER/ LIV WARFIELD/ STORM LARGE/ DEVIN PHILLIPS BAND

Fri Nov 16, Baghdad Theater 8pm
VAGABOND OPERA/ THIRD ANGLE W/ OBO ADDY/ PEPE AND THE BOTTLE BLONDES/
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Wade McCollum and the Portland Cast in Rock Concert)

Sat Nov 17, Baghdad Theater 8pm
LIONS OF BATUCADA/ DIRTY MARTINI/ CROSSTIDE
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TO PURCHASE TICKETS go to:
www.voicesforsilentdisasters.com
www.ticketmaster.com
www.mcmenamins.com

As promised here’s a link to the free download of Dirty Martini’s new single Waste a Little Soul. Pure pop baby.

Download here: Waste a Little Soul
It’s a 256k mp3 so be patient with the download.

Produced by: Dirty Martini, Gregg Williams
Engineered by: Gregg Williams
Guest musicians:
Chet Lyster - Lead guitar (Lucinda Williams’ new guitar player!)
Gregg Williams - tamborine

Dirty Martini’s comment about the song:
“This is one of our favorite songs to play live. We think it sounds like it should be the soundtrack to a pillowfight. Imagine the pillows and pink feathers flying and wine coolers getting knocked over. Works, doesn’t it?”

Dirty Martini will be appearing at the Aladdin theater on October 30th. More info at www.dirtymartinimusic.com

How cool is this? Robert Plant and… Alison Krauss?? At first glance this seems like a really really weird pairing but after hearing a track or two I think it totally works. The album is called Raising Sand and is clearly closer to Krauss’s world than Plant’s but as any hardcore Zep fan knows Robert has always been interested in “roots” music and the early days of Rock’n Roll. So in a way this CD makes perfect sense for ol’ Robert. It’s a weird juxtaposition to simultaneously read the promo for this release AND hear the scuttlebutt about the upcoming Zep reunion show.

Isn’t it funny how Plant, the “Golden God,” the 70’s sex symbol, mr. “squeeze my lemon” has aged so gracefully? When did he get so wise and articulate? What’s up with all this integrity he seems to be building?

Oh..and I dig Alison Kruass too. I once heard from a musician friend who shared the stage with her that she is a musician’s musician with conistantly perfect pitch and mad fiddle skills.

O.k. this is completely unrelated to music but I couldn’t resist. This has got to be the most unrelenting ride of all time. It makes me wanna puke just watching it…and you gotta watch each rotation to the end. Chili dog and cotton candy anyone?

via glumbert.com

I’m psyched to announce that I’m now on staff at Nemo Design. Nemo is one of the most highly regarded visual communication companies in the world.