Monday
Feb272006
Monday Monday
Monday, February 27, 2006 at 11:41AM
Happy Monday everybody! Oh wait, do we like Mondays? Probably not as much as Fridays. Still...
Well, I have a ton to catch you up on. Most importantly, Ella took her first steps on Friday. I had to leave for Florida at about 7 pm and she took them at 5:30, so I got to be there for them. It was great. She did it a bunch of times that night and it was really incredible.
Secondly, that Jars/Caedmon's autographed mandolin is up on ebay now. Go here to see it. It's a great, new, handmade mandolin and is for a great cause.
Thirdly, the Square Peg Alliance (also here) is having its inaugural concert this Wednesday night here in Nashville at 12th and Porter. We'll be celebrating the release of Eric Peters' new album, and he'll be playing with a full band (me on electric, Cason on keys, Paul Eckberg on drums and his producer Brent Milligan on bass). The others of us will each do a tune. I'll use the band and do one of my new tunes. Any suggestions?
Caedmon's played at a conference down in Orlando this past weekend. It was fun, but fairly uneventful. In about two weeks we'll start playing the tour shows with Bebo and Gabe, which should be fun. We're going to play more songs from Share the Well than we have been, and we'll be doing some stuff from the new record as well, so I'm looking forward to that. I need to get on it and post the dates for new shows up on the site. I'll try to get that done this week. I've also got a run of solo shows with Jason Feller and a full band in late March. We'll be in Austin, Louisiana, and Arkansas. I'll give you more info on those when I get it.
This week I'm kind of taking it a little easier. I've got to finish up some details on the Photographs re-master, get the artwork cranking on the new one (and figure out a title) and figure out the studio debacle. The place I was moving towards pretty much fell through, so I'm waiting on one other option or might just re-do the basement to where I'll have a little more space and a lot more sound-proof as a temporary fix. Who knows? That and we're going to paint the kitchen.
I played a solo show at Trevecca here in Nashville last Thursday. David and Brandon backed me up and it was a blast. Brandon's girlfriend, Ashley, took some photos and I'll post them down below. David played a small kit and Brandon played acoustic. I played the old Gretsch and we just sort of rocked out "half-band" style. It was fun. Just loose and low-key. Rick at Elloree sent me an "experiment" of a guitar to try out that day and I played it at the show as well. I'll take some better pictures of it and post it, if Rick says its ok, but it's a wild beast and I had fun using it that night.
Speaking of Rick, here's the latest on the guitars he's building for me and Cason. Here's the last e-mail he sent me...
"Andrew,
Well, I've had to kinda battin' down the hatches. The rain prevails. Of course, I'm not complainin'. I got so many fruit trees planted that it's not possible to keep them all watered myself. I always need the Almighty to give me some rain. So if it rains, the fruit trees are happy. If it doesn't rain, I get some more work done. I was able to make your fretboards today though. Rosewood is a live wood. That just means it's full of natural oil and doesn't need a finish on it. Since it's so full of natural oil, the humidity won't hurt it. I go to great lengths to cure my wood and I wouldn't want moisture reintroduced to them. Hopefully next week, we'll have some better weather and I can get back at shaping the necks. One fretboard is for the six string and the other is for the twelve. Alright, it's late and I'm tired. I think I'm going to close the shop, go in, and doctor my cuts and burns. I'm gonna dig some splinters out of my fingers and talk with my wife and son and see how their day went. More to report later.
Rick"
Here are a couple shots of the routered bodies...
And here are the necks...
Ok, now that we're in photo mode here are some of the shots from the Trevecca show (thanks Ashley!)
Here's me and Dave (aka DG Thunder)
and Brandon (looking very classy)
Here we're rocking out, no bass style...
and here's the wild, new Elloree
And because it's never really picture time without baby pictures, here's a few of the Ells the other day playing outside, pretty much for the first time ever (and about two hours before her first steps...)
what is this stuff?
Thanks everybody for dropping by, have a great Monday, and I'll post again soon...
Well, I have a ton to catch you up on. Most importantly, Ella took her first steps on Friday. I had to leave for Florida at about 7 pm and she took them at 5:30, so I got to be there for them. It was great. She did it a bunch of times that night and it was really incredible.
Secondly, that Jars/Caedmon's autographed mandolin is up on ebay now. Go here to see it. It's a great, new, handmade mandolin and is for a great cause.
Thirdly, the Square Peg Alliance (also here) is having its inaugural concert this Wednesday night here in Nashville at 12th and Porter. We'll be celebrating the release of Eric Peters' new album, and he'll be playing with a full band (me on electric, Cason on keys, Paul Eckberg on drums and his producer Brent Milligan on bass). The others of us will each do a tune. I'll use the band and do one of my new tunes. Any suggestions?
Caedmon's played at a conference down in Orlando this past weekend. It was fun, but fairly uneventful. In about two weeks we'll start playing the tour shows with Bebo and Gabe, which should be fun. We're going to play more songs from Share the Well than we have been, and we'll be doing some stuff from the new record as well, so I'm looking forward to that. I need to get on it and post the dates for new shows up on the site. I'll try to get that done this week. I've also got a run of solo shows with Jason Feller and a full band in late March. We'll be in Austin, Louisiana, and Arkansas. I'll give you more info on those when I get it.
This week I'm kind of taking it a little easier. I've got to finish up some details on the Photographs re-master, get the artwork cranking on the new one (and figure out a title) and figure out the studio debacle. The place I was moving towards pretty much fell through, so I'm waiting on one other option or might just re-do the basement to where I'll have a little more space and a lot more sound-proof as a temporary fix. Who knows? That and we're going to paint the kitchen.
I played a solo show at Trevecca here in Nashville last Thursday. David and Brandon backed me up and it was a blast. Brandon's girlfriend, Ashley, took some photos and I'll post them down below. David played a small kit and Brandon played acoustic. I played the old Gretsch and we just sort of rocked out "half-band" style. It was fun. Just loose and low-key. Rick at Elloree sent me an "experiment" of a guitar to try out that day and I played it at the show as well. I'll take some better pictures of it and post it, if Rick says its ok, but it's a wild beast and I had fun using it that night.
Speaking of Rick, here's the latest on the guitars he's building for me and Cason. Here's the last e-mail he sent me...
"Andrew,
Well, I've had to kinda battin' down the hatches. The rain prevails. Of course, I'm not complainin'. I got so many fruit trees planted that it's not possible to keep them all watered myself. I always need the Almighty to give me some rain. So if it rains, the fruit trees are happy. If it doesn't rain, I get some more work done. I was able to make your fretboards today though. Rosewood is a live wood. That just means it's full of natural oil and doesn't need a finish on it. Since it's so full of natural oil, the humidity won't hurt it. I go to great lengths to cure my wood and I wouldn't want moisture reintroduced to them. Hopefully next week, we'll have some better weather and I can get back at shaping the necks. One fretboard is for the six string and the other is for the twelve. Alright, it's late and I'm tired. I think I'm going to close the shop, go in, and doctor my cuts and burns. I'm gonna dig some splinters out of my fingers and talk with my wife and son and see how their day went. More to report later.
Rick"
Here are a couple shots of the routered bodies...
And here are the necks...
Ok, now that we're in photo mode here are some of the shots from the Trevecca show (thanks Ashley!)
Here's me and Dave (aka DG Thunder)
and Brandon (looking very classy)
Here we're rocking out, no bass style...
and here's the wild, new Elloree
And because it's never really picture time without baby pictures, here's a few of the Ells the other day playing outside, pretty much for the first time ever (and about two hours before her first steps...)
what is this stuff?
Thanks everybody for dropping by, have a great Monday, and I'll post again soon...
Reader Comments (4)
andrew- if you've got the full band, you gotta play "white dove".
"After The Garden" -- you know nobody else is going to bring the rock that hard, they are all afraid it will ruin their folky reputations.
I'd personally like to hear "Early in the Morning" full band. Just make it huge at the end and all is well with the world, goodnight.
It'd be hard to not request "white dove" when you've got a full band. That one is pretty awesome. It was probably my favorite one from that New City show where you had the full band.