2013
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August 14th, 2013.
Spent an hour or three out amongst the mosquitoes capturing reference photos for the cover of the new album. You’ll be seeing a painting of Rowan’s wife Kristi holding our friend Brennan’s child Cora. Why Kristi? Because I like the way she looks! Why Cora? Because Murderhole hasn’t been born yet! I’m intentionally referencing previous…
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August 6th, 2013.
Glad we made it back in time! All of my friends have gotten together and created the Shadowboxes! There’s the engineer behind Another Life! Steve Steckler (on the left) at the Old Bowie Town Grille Open Mic in Bowie, MD Brennan Kuhns with his baritone. Was MY baritone. Joe Isaacs. Quinton Randall! Hey there Tony…
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August 3rd, 2013. Falcon Ridge…
Kristen and I on the Hill at Falcon Ridge sporting our most fashionable of umberellas! GOOD MORNING!!! Hiking back to the top of the hill with Heather. And Pikaheather. I swear, we must’ve walked 10 miles every day at Falcon Ridge. Begin the Random Encounters! Here’s Bethel Steele greeting us with her tongue – she…
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August 2nd, 2013. Falcon Ridge some more.
2/3 We’re About 9 being all joyous in the sunshine! We know touring’s all about food, right? Even the FESTIVAL stuff – below was my favourite food truck of Falcon Ridge – exciting and varied meals in egg rolls! Over lunch Doug Brouder joins us at the Lounge Camp and shows off his latest find…
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August 1st, 2013. Falcon Ridge.
Thursday August 1st, 2013 saw ilyAIMY rolling into Hillsdale, NY for our third Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. The weather was wet and moody and so were we. Kristen and I struggled to the top of the hill and set up our “camp” and then made our way back down the hill to where the Lounge…
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July 30th, 2013.
July 28th – a great night at Old Bowie Town Grille in Bowie, MD. Quite the DeJohn Party! The last couple of days have been very up and down. Fantastic moments – my two open mics especially have been incredibly marvelous. Hell, let’s extend to the last three days – the gig at Dogfish Head…
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July 24th, 2013.
Hee! My friend Steve Pollack’s wife came into the store a couple of weeks ago and asked about a guitar that Steve had come home in Love with a couple of weeks before. She was hoping, hoping, hoping it was still there and that she could buy it for him for his birthday. I think…
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July 21st, 2013.
Hee! We found one another! Heather and Kristen and I were driving separately down to the Eastern Shore for a show at Leaky Pete’s and we stumbled across one another on the road pulling in at the same gas station. T’was a Loverly meeting! Heather performing at Leaky Pete’s in Cambridge, MD. We took the…
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July 16th, 2013.
A fantastic jam developed at the Old Bowie Town Grille’s open mic Sunday night – playing first the Cure’s “Love Cats” and then my own “Slight Departure” and even Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” with Frank Cassel on banjo, Mark Glass on cajon, Justin Myles on… his feet… and the whole audience on the doots! Jesse Lacy…