Dave Turner Music Blog http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm Sat, 26 May 2012 20:50:00 GMT http://bandzoogle.com DaveTurnerMusicBloghttp://feedburner.google.com New eBook Billy Ray's Chevrolet published http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=2117493 <a href="./davesebook.cfm"> I've just published my new eBook Billy Ray's Chevrolet And Other Writings And Photographs From A Southern Appalachian Valley. It's a collection of writings and photographs inspired by growing up and living in a Southern Appalachian Valley accessible by Riceville Road and Bull Creek Road east of Asheville, North Carolina. Some of the pieces are true stories, another is fiction, some are short contemplative reflections. FREE ALBUM INCLUDED: Everyone who purchases a copy of this eBook will also receive a free download of my album Could Have Talked All Night, which includes the song Billy Ray's Chevrolet. <a href="./davesebook.cfm">Download the eBook, <a href="./davesebook.cfm">read excerpts. and <a href="./davesebook.cfm">listen to the song Billy Ray's Chevrolet from my album Could Have Talked All Night. Thanks for reading, -Dave eBook Billy Ray's Chevrolet by author, amateur photographer, pianist and singer-songwriter Dave Turner

I've just published my new eBook Billy Ray's Chevrolet And Other Writings And Photographs From A Southern Appalachian Valley. It's a collection of writings and photographs inspired by growing up and living in a Southern Appalachian Valley accessible by Riceville Road and Bull Creek Road east of Asheville, North Carolina. Some of the pieces are true stories, another is fiction, some are short contemplative reflections.

FREE ALBUM INCLUDED: Everyone who purchases a copy of this eBook will also receive a free download of my album Could Have Talked All Night, which includes the song Billy Ray's Chevrolet.

Download the eBook, read excerpts. and listen to the song Billy Ray's Chevrolet from my album Could Have Talked All Night.

Thanks for reading,
-Dave
]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 20:50:00 GMT DB5E4509BA9AD18092E5F38534461207 A series of unfortunate events... http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1571203 Dear Friends - This is a tough blog entry to write. Although my recent move to California has been a very good one that has opened many doors of opportunity for me as a working singer-songwriter, there seems to have been an unexpected perfect storm of sorts (aka a series of unfortunate events). Some website and writing work that has been key to supplementing my income has been put on hold for a month or so, the holidays have slowed down my gig schedule temporarily, my divorce is proceeding on an accelerated basis requiring expensive legal counsel - and it has cancelled my health insurance effective today. Consequently, I'm doing everything I can to earn some extra income during this challenging time. If you have ever considered purchasing my recordings but haven't yet, and you feel you would enjoy them, doing so now would provide you a great music listening experience while helping me get through until the holiday lull has passed. (If you've already purchased my music&mdash;please accept my heartfelt thanks! I'll have new recordings available soon.) Share this with friends: <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"> <a class="addthis_button_compact"> <!-- AddThis Button END --> As an incentive, I've reduced the price of all of my album downloads and physical CDs by 50%! Here's what's available: CALICARO, a two-CD compilation of the songs from the previously released 11-23-10 and Could Have Talked All Night albums: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm">Order two-CD set | <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcalicaro.cfm">Download 11-23-10, a download-only album featuring 12 piano-vocal solo tracks recorded live in studio: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownload112310.cfm">Download Could Have Talked All Night, an album featuring me with a full band: CD sold out | <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcouldhavetalkedallnight.cfm">Download Stories That Are True, my first album from 2004, an intimate piano-vocal solo album featuring 14 songs: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm">Order CD | <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadstoriesthataretrue.cfm">Download Thanks for being on my email list, and for reading and listening and supporting indie music. All the best, -Dave Dave Turner Music <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com">www.daveturnermusic.com 828-713-9206
This is a tough blog entry to write. Although my recent move to California has been a very good one that has opened many doors of opportunity for me as a working singer-songwriter, there seems to have been an unexpected perfect storm of sorts (aka a series of unfortunate events). Some website and writing work that has been key to supplementing my income has been put on hold for a month or so, the holidays have slowed down my gig schedule temporarily, my divorce is proceeding on an accelerated basis requiring expensive legal counsel - and it has cancelled my health insurance effective today. Consequently, I'm doing everything I can to earn some extra income during this challenging time.

If you have ever considered purchasing my recordings but haven't yet, and you feel you would enjoy them, doing so now would provide you a great music listening experience while helping me get through until the holiday lull has passed. (If you've already purchased my music—please accept my heartfelt thanks! I'll have new recordings available soon.)

Share this with friends:


As an incentive, I've reduced the price of all of my album downloads and physical CDs by 50%! Here's what's available:

Dave Turner singer-songwriter-pianist album CALICARO

CALICARO, a two-CD compilation of the songs from the previously released 11-23-10 and Could Have Talked All Night albums:
Order two-CD set | Download

pianist-singer-songwriter Dave Turner album 11-23-10

11-23-10, a download-only album featuring 12 piano-vocal solo tracks recorded live in studio:
Download

Dave Turner pianist, singer, songwriter album Could Have Talked All Night

Could Have Talked All Night, an album featuring me with a full band:
CD sold out | Download

singer, songwriter, pianist Dave Turner album Stories That Are True

Stories That Are True, my first album from 2004, an intimate piano-vocal solo album featuring 14 songs:
Order CD | Download

Thanks for being on my email list, and for reading and listening and supporting indie music.

All the best,
-Dave

Dave Turner Music
www.daveturnermusic.com
828-713-9206
]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:30:00 GMT FB2081F99C36894C9E9C16721D9D2A7D One year ago today http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1538679 Dear Friends and Family - Happy Thanksgiving! One year ago today, November 23, 2010, I sat down in my home studio and recorded and released a 12-song download-only album entitled 11-23-10. The album was recorded live beginning around 7pm and was released for download somewhere around midnight. Since then I've had this recording remastered by Jeff Knorr at CollapseAble Studios in Asheville, NC, and it is available now in high-quality WAV downloads as well as on the physical compilation CD &quot;CALICARO.&quot; <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"> <a class="addthis_button_compact"> <!-- AddThis Button END --> To download your copy of the remastered 11-23-10 album: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownload112310.cfm">http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownload112310.cfm <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownload112310.cfm"> To order the CALICARO 2-CD set (which also includes the 12 tracks from 2007's Could Have Talked All Night): <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm">http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm To download CALICARO: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcalicaro.cfm">http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcalicaro.cfm <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcalicaro.cfm"> Thanks for reading and listening! Yours in music, Dave -- Dave Turner Music www.daveturnermusic.com 828-713-9206
Happy Thanksgiving!

One year ago today, November 23, 2010, I sat down in my home studio and recorded and released a 12-song download-only album entitled 11-23-10. The album was recorded live beginning around 7pm and was released for download somewhere around midnight.

Since then I've had this recording remastered by Jeff Knorr at CollapseAble Studios in Asheville, NC, and it is available now in high-quality WAV downloads as well as on the physical compilation CD "CALICARO."


To download your copy of the remastered 11-23-10 album:
http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownload112310.cfm

Dave Turner, pianist, singer-songwriter album 11-23-10

To order the CALICARO 2-CD set (which also includes the 12 tracks from 2007's Could Have Talked All Night):
http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm

To download CALICARO:
http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcalicaro.cfm

Pianist, singer-songwriter Dave Turner album CALICARO

Thanks for reading and listening!

Yours in music,

Dave

--
Dave Turner Music
www.daveturnermusic.com
828-713-9206
]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:45:00 GMT EB6F45CEA611ABCAE35D5C0260926ABC An evening of music at Pierce Ranch Vineyards (Monterey, CA) http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1505177 At 8:30pm this Friday, November 18, I'll be performing at the <a href="http://www.piercevineyards.com">Pierce Ranch Vineyards tasting room in Monterey, CA. Piano, vocal and wonderful Pierce wines by the glass. If you're in the Monterey area, please join us. If you're not in the area, I hope to be where you are soon. Know someone in or near Monterey who would be interested in this event? Please share: <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"> <a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"> <a class="addthis_button_compact"> <!-- AddThis Button END --> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=238745156185967">View/share this event on Facebook <a href="http://www.piercevineyards.com">Pierce Ranch Vineyards 499 Wave Street Monterey, CA 93940 (831) 372-8900 Many thanks, -Dave Dave Turner Music <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com">www.daveturnermusic.com 828-713-9206 8:30pm this Friday, November 18, I'll be performing at the Pierce Ranch Vineyards tasting room in Monterey, CA. Piano, vocal and wonderful Pierce wines by the glass. If you're in the Monterey area, please join us. If you're not in the area, I hope to be where you are soon.

Know someone in or near Monterey who would be interested in this event? Please share:


View/share this event on Facebook

Pierce Ranch Vineyards
499 Wave Street
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 372-8900

pianist, singer-songwriter Dave Turner at Pierce Ranch Vineyards Tasting Room, Monterey, CA

Many thanks,
-Dave

Dave Turner Music
www.daveturnermusic.com
828-713-9206
]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:20:00 GMT 1FB7A0E4D3E86E48FC877DB1D33786CF Limited edition CD nearly sold out http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1440397 Hello, Everyone - My limited edition two-CD album &quot;CALICARO&quot; is nearly sold out (thanks to all who have purchased a copy online or at recent shows), so if you'd like to order your copy, now's the time before they run out. To preview the 24 songs and order, go to: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm" target="_new">http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm Upcoming shows in Seaside and Monterey, CA: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/calendar.cfm">http://daveturnermusic.com/calendar.cfm Thanks for reading and listening! Yours in music, -Dave
My limited edition two-CD album "CALICARO" is nearly sold out (thanks to all who have purchased a copy online or at recent shows), so if you'd like to order your copy, now's the time before they run out. To preview the 24 songs and order, go to:

http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm

Upcoming shows in Seaside and Monterey, CA:

http://daveturnermusic.com/calendar.cfm

Thanks for reading and listening!

Yours in music,

-Dave
]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:39:59 GMT DD1EC3CA63E90B6C72708AFD842FCE58 CALICARO two-CD album available now online + other news http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1393953 SEASIDE, Calif. -- Working on multiple projects, booking gigs, soaking in the positive energy from a beautiful, warm California sun in a cloudless sky. <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm"> Just wanted to let everyone know that physical copies of my latest album, the two-CD &quot;CALICARO,&quot; are available now for online ordering here: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm">http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm Or, if you don't do CDs anymore and prefer to download: <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcalicaro.cfm">http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcalicaro.cfm Also, I wanted to let you know that I just launched a new website for Nancy Jones, and I hope you'll check out her wonderful music at and share it with others via: <a href="http://www.njomusic.com">http://www.njomusic.com <a href="http://www.njomusic.com"> And if you're in or near <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pacific+grove+CA&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hnear=Pacific+Grove,+Monterey,+California&amp;t=m&amp;z=13&amp;vpsrc=0">Pacific Grove, CA, this Friday, October 14th, you can hear Nancy perform live at &quot;Wine, Women &amp; Song,&quot; a musical benefit for the Pacific Grove Art Center. Details <a href="http://www.njomusic.com/performances.cfm">click here. That's all for now - thanks for reading and listening, and I look forward to hearing from you or seeing you soon. Yours in music, Dave -- Dave Turner Music<a href="http:// http://www.daveturnermusic.com"> http://www.daveturnermusic.com
Dave Turner 2-CD album CALICARO

Just wanted to let everyone know that physical copies of my latest album, the two-CD "CALICARO," are available now for online ordering here:
http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm

Or, if you don't do CDs anymore and prefer to download:
http://daveturnermusic.com/wavdownloadcalicaro.cfm

Also, I wanted to let you know that I just launched a new website for Nancy Jones, and I hope you'll check out her wonderful music at and share it with others via:
http://www.njomusic.com

Guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter Nancy Jones

And if you're in or near Pacific Grove, CA, this Friday, October 14th, you can hear Nancy perform live at "Wine, Women & Song," a musical benefit for the Pacific Grove Art Center. Details click here.

That's all for now - thanks for reading and listening, and I look forward to hearing from you or seeing you soon.

Yours in music,

Dave

--
Dave Turner Music
http://www.daveturnermusic.com
]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:50:00 GMT F5C70E1007652BA3AB1581BDCF00381D New video from California http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1322078 Dear Friends and Family: The California tour has gone wonderfully and has me quite inspired for many reasons. Rupert Wates, Nancy Jones, Stacey Lorin and I had a great run in the San Francisco Fringe Festival September 9-18 performing <a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com">Rupert Wates' &quot;Joe's Cafe&quot; music revue. The whole experience in this wondeful place prompted me to resurrect a song I co-wrote in 1983 with Ron Moulton, &quot;California Skies.&quot; Recorded a video of it this afternoon: <a href="http://youtu.be/_1CWQjSICzE"> I look forward to performing this song and many others this evening (Thursday, September 22) at 8pm at <a href="http://www.thealternativecafe.com/events.php" target="_new">The Alternative Cafe in Seaside, CA. If you're in the area, I hope you'll drop in for the show. Also, my new compilation two-cd set, &quot;CALICARO,&quot; a limited edition release I created specifically for this tour, is available online. <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm">Click here to preview/buy. More news soon. Thanks for listening and reading. Yours in music, -Dave Dave Turner Music <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com">www.daveturnermusic.com 828-713-9206
The California tour has gone wonderfully and has me quite inspired for many reasons. Rupert Wates, Nancy Jones, Stacey Lorin and I had a great run in the San Francisco Fringe Festival September 9-18 performing Rupert Wates' "Joe's Cafe" music revue. The whole experience in this wondeful place prompted me to resurrect a song I co-wrote in 1983 with Ron Moulton, "California Skies." Recorded a video of it this afternoon:

Pianist-singer-songwriter Dave Turner performs "California Skies" in video

I look forward to performing this song and many others this evening (Thursday, September 22) at 8pm at The Alternative Cafe in Seaside, CA. If you're in the area, I hope you'll drop in for the show.

Also, my new compilation two-cd set, "CALICARO," a limited edition release I created specifically for this tour, is available online. Click here to preview/buy.

More news soon. Thanks for listening and reading.

Yours in music,
-Dave

Dave Turner Music
www.daveturnermusic.com
828-713-9206
]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:00:00 GMT 071F39B6F40E84E239257A7B23FCF57A Tour begins tomorrow, August 29th! http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1238909 Hello, Everyone - I leave tomorrow morning to begin my tour with <a href="http://www.rupertwatesmusic.com/">Rupert Wates across the country (including his &quot;<a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com/">Joe's Cafe&quot; music revue in San Francisco), <a href="http://www.staceylorin.com/" target="_new">Stacey Lorin Merkl in California and Colorado, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nancyjonesmusic" target="_new">Nancy A. Jones in California, and Kellie Amend (stage name <a href="http://www.myspace.com/viviangailanddougzinn" target="_new">Vivian Gail) in Colorado. (<a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/calendar.cfm">Tour dates on my calendar) Special thanks to Rupert for making it possible for me to be on this tour and arranging the gigs, and to Nancy for lining up accommodations and the shows at The Steinbeck Center and The Alternative Cafe. For this tour I have released a new compilation CD &quot;<a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm">CALICARO&quot; which wouldn't have been possible without: Gary Pipta of MGM Communications <a href="http://www.graphicdesign.bz/" target="_new">http://www.graphicdesign.bz/ who provided stellar design and spent hours helping me assemble digipaks. Michael Berlin and Jake Dewey of bClip Productions <a href="http://www.bclip.com/" target="_new">http://www.bclip.com/ who duplicated and printed the CDs. Jeff Knorr of CollapseAble Studios for mastering disc two of the compilation <a href="http://www.collapseablestudios.com/">http://www.collapseablestudios.com/ Graphics Four in downtown Asheville who printed the digipak materials. Eve Haslam, Frank Zipperer, Blythe Moore, Bill Sykes, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Burns, and my mom, Margaret Turner, who provided kind support. <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/ordercds.cfm"> Thanks also to my kids Sam Turner, Gracie Keller Turner, and Ben Turner who I will miss greatly while being away for a month. Words cannot express my gratitude. I am a very fortunate man to have such wonderful friends and family. All the best, -Dave <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com/"> Dave Turner Music <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com">www.daveturnermusic.com 14 Houston Street, Asheville, NC 28801, 828-713-9206
I leave tomorrow morning to begin my tour with Rupert Wates across the country (including his "Joe's Cafe" music revue in San Francisco), Stacey Lorin Merkl in California and Colorado, Nancy A. Jones in California, and Kellie Amend (stage name Vivian Gail) in Colorado. (Tour dates on my calendar)

Special thanks to Rupert for making it possible for me to be on this tour and arranging the gigs, and to Nancy for lining up accommodations and the shows at The Steinbeck Center and The Alternative Cafe.

For this tour I have released a new compilation CD "CALICARO" which wouldn't have been possible without:
  • Michael Berlin and Jake Dewey of bClip Productions http://www.bclip.com/ who duplicated and printed the CDs.
  • Graphics Four in downtown Asheville who printed the digipak materials.
  • Eve Haslam, Frank Zipperer, Blythe Moore, Bill Sykes, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Burns, and my mom, Margaret Turner, who provided kind support.
 CALICARO, a two-disc limited edition compilation by Dave Turner

Thanks also to my kids Sam Turner, Gracie Keller Turner, and Ben Turner who I will miss greatly while being away for a month.

Words cannot express my gratitude. I am a very fortunate man to have such wonderful friends and family.

All the best,
-Dave

Dave Turner Music

Dave Turner Music
www.daveturnermusic.com
14 Houston Street, Asheville, NC 28801, 828-713-9206
]]> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:25:00 GMT B6D95C05B5B38E45443D3BC42D1E6A82 A celebration of the American story through song in Colorado Springs http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1233669 I'm really looking forward to the second-to-last date on my summer tour in <a href="http://www.protrackarts.com/Joes_Cafe.html" target="_new">Colorado Springs at 7:30pm on September 24, a performance of <a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com">Rupert Wates' &quot;Joe's Cafe&quot; featuring Rupert with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/staceylorinmusic">Stacey Lorin, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/viviangailanddougzinn">Vivian Gail and me. Click on the poster below for details: <a target="_new" href="http://www.protrackarts.com/Joes_Cafe.html"> Colorado Springs at 7:30pm on September 24, a performance of Rupert Wates' "Joe's Cafe" featuring Rupert with Stacey Lorin, Vivian Gail and me. Click on the poster below for details:

Dave Turner in Rupert Wates' "Joe's Cafe" revue with Stacey Lorin and Vivian Gail
]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:35:00 GMT 001FFBDFEBABF2AB3F76DFAFC8B184B7 Last chance(s) http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1204296 On Tuesday, August 30th, I begin my tour with <a target="_new" href="http://www.rupertwatesmusic.com">Rupert Wates with our first show in Charleston, IL (en route to San Francisco). Between now and then, three last chances. Download deal - 50% off through August 29th! Many thanks to those who responded to my free-download, &quot;virtual tip jar&quot; Asheville to San Francisco promotion! If you missed that, there's still a great deal: Through Monday, August 29th, my newly remastered album &quot;11-23-10&quot; is available for download - the entire album - for just $5. These remastered tracks are high-quality WAV files, not MP3s. After August 29th the album will be available at the regular price of $9.99. <a href="./newalbum112310.cfm">Download now My last two WNC shows until October are this weekend (both free): Friday, August 19, 2011 Dave Turner @ Monte Vista Hotel 308 West State Street, Black Mountain, NC 28711 828-669-8870 Set: 7:00 PM Saturday, August 20, 2011 Dave Turner @ French Broad Chocolate Lounge 10 South Lexington Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 828-252-4181 I also host open mic at <a target="_new" href="http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com">White Horse Black Mountain Tuesday, August 23 - sign-up 8pm. More info on <a href="./calendar.cfm">my calendar. Hope to see or hear from you soon! Thanks for reading and listening. All the best, -Dave Rupert Wates with our first show in Charleston, IL (en route to San Francisco). Between now and then, three last chances.

Download deal - 50% off through August 29th!
Many thanks to those who responded to my free-download, "virtual tip jar" Asheville to San Francisco promotion! If you missed that, there's still a great deal: Through Monday, August 29th, my newly remastered album "11-23-10" is available for download - the entire album - for just $5. These remastered tracks are high-quality WAV files, not MP3s. After August 29th the album will be available at the regular price of $9.99.
Download now

My last two WNC shows until October are this weekend (both free):

Friday, August 19, 2011
Dave Turner @ Monte Vista Hotel
308 West State Street, Black Mountain, NC 28711
828-669-8870 Set: 7:00 PM

Saturday, August 20, 2011
Dave Turner @ French Broad Chocolate Lounge
10 South Lexington Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
828-252-4181

I also host open mic at White Horse Black Mountain Tuesday, August 23 - sign-up 8pm.

More info on my calendar.

Hope to see or hear from you soon! Thanks for reading and listening.

All the best,
-Dave
]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:50:00 GMT 1735ED47A24C93EC7C2C79B2D54B2B12 Tonight at LAB + tour itinerary for IL, IA, NV, CA, CO http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1134629 Hello, Everyone - I'll be performing tonight (Wed 7/27) from 9-11pm at <a target="_new" href="http://lexavebrew.com/events.php">Lexington Avenue Brewery (LAB) - Free Show. Also, I've posted my <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/calendar.cfm">tour itinerary for August 30-September 28 with <a href="http://www.rupertwatesmusic.com">Rupert Wates. We'll be in: Charleston, IL Ottumwa, IA Reno, NV Salinas, CA (at the National Steinbeck Center) San Francisco, CA (in the San Francisco Fringe Festival in several performances of Rupert's music revue &quot;<a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com">Joe's Cafe&quot; with Rupert, <a target="_new" href="http://www.myspace.com/nancyjonesmusic">Nancy Jones and <a target="_new" href="http://www.myspace.com/staceylorinmusic">Stacey Lorin) Colorado Springs, Boulder and Manitou Springs, CO. As always, many thanks for reading and listening, and I hope to see you soon. Cheers, Dave Turner <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com">www.daveturnermusic.com 14 Houston Street, Asheville, NC 28801 828-713-9206 P.S. - Album downloads available now at <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com/music.cfm">www.daveturnermusic.com/music.cfm and <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/daveturner2">www.cdbaby.com/cd/daveturner2
I'll be performing tonight (Wed 7/27) from 9-11pm at Lexington Avenue Brewery (LAB) - Free Show.

Also, I've posted my tour itinerary for August 30-September 28 with Rupert Wates. We'll be in:
  • Charleston, IL
  • Ottumwa, IA
  • Reno, NV
  • Salinas, CA (at the National Steinbeck Center)
  • San Francisco, CA (in the San Francisco Fringe Festival in several performances of Rupert's music revue "Joe's Cafe" with Rupert, Nancy Jones and Stacey Lorin)
  • Colorado Springs, Boulder and Manitou Springs, CO.
As always, many thanks for reading and listening, and I hope to see you soon.

Cheers,
Dave Turner

www.daveturnermusic.com
14 Houston Street, Asheville, NC 28801
828-713-9206

P.S. - Album downloads available now at www.daveturnermusic.com/music.cfm and www.cdbaby.com/cd/daveturner2
]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:55:00 GMT 153455C33DE90066AF05DD391F417927 Weekly update: July 18, 2011 http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1112295 Dear Friends, I had an enjoyable time performing at French Broad Chocolate Lounge in downtown Asheville last Wednesday, and will be back there August 20th from 8-11pm. Looking forward to it! This week I'm performing Tuesday, July 19, at 8:45pm at <a href="http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com">White Horse Black Mountain as host of the weekly open mic there - anyone who wants to perform after my short opening set, sign-up at 8pm. Free show. I'm back at <a href="http://www.lexavebrew.com/">Lexington Avenue Brewery's front stage this Wednesday, July 20th, performing from 9-11pm. Free show. Same for next week, Wednesday, July 27th. The road between Illinois and San Francisco Also finalizing plans for a tour with <a href="http://www.rupertwates.com">Rupert Wates to include performances at Jackson Avenue Coffee in Charleston, IL (Aug 30), The Vine Coffeehouse in Ottumwa, IA (Aug 31), Hi-Point Cafe in Reno, NV (Sep 2), the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, CA (Sep 3), several dates at Exit Theatre in San Francisco (Sep 9, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18), and more. The San Francisco shows will be productions of Rupert's award-winning &quot;<a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com">Joe's Cafe&quot; music revue in the San Francisco Fringe Festival and will feature Rupert, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/staceylorinmusic">Stacey Lorin, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nancyjonesmusic">Nancy Jones and me. More information soon. Funding the tour In the meantime, I'm working very hard to fund the San Francisco tour through music sales - if you don't have a copy of what I consider my best album to date (featuring me on piano/vox with Stephanie Morgan on backing vox, Michael Libramento on bass and Joe Buzzelli on drums) -- &quot;Could Have Talked All Night&quot; -- it is available for <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/daveturner2">download here (singles 99 cents and full album $9.99). Thanks for reading and listening, and I hope to see you soon. Cheers, Dave
I had an enjoyable time performing at French Broad Chocolate Lounge in downtown Asheville last Wednesday, and will be back there August 20th from 8-11pm. Looking forward to it!

This week
  • I'm performing Tuesday, July 19, at 8:45pm at White Horse Black Mountain as host of the weekly open mic there - anyone who wants to perform after my short opening set, sign-up at 8pm. Free show.
  • I'm back at Lexington Avenue Brewery's front stage this Wednesday, July 20th, performing from 9-11pm. Free show. Same for next week, Wednesday, July 27th.

The road between Illinois and San Francisco
  • Also finalizing plans for a tour with Rupert Wates to include performances at Jackson Avenue Coffee in Charleston, IL (Aug 30), The Vine Coffeehouse in Ottumwa, IA (Aug 31), Hi-Point Cafe in Reno, NV (Sep 2), the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, CA (Sep 3), several dates at Exit Theatre in San Francisco (Sep 9, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18), and more. The San Francisco shows will be productions of Rupert's award-winning "Joe's Cafe" music revue in the San Francisco Fringe Festival and will feature Rupert, Stacey Lorin, Nancy Jones and me. More information soon.
Funding the tour
  • In the meantime, I'm working very hard to fund the San Francisco tour through music sales - if you don't have a copy of what I consider my best album to date (featuring me on piano/vox with Stephanie Morgan on backing vox, Michael Libramento on bass and Joe Buzzelli on drums) -- "Could Have Talked All Night" -- it is available for download here (singles 99 cents and full album $9.99).

Thanks for reading and listening, and I hope to see you soon.

Cheers,

Dave
]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:40:00 GMT 149E14C6BD5F14D38C15AA80AD1DF44C Weekly update: July 12, 2011 http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1098981 Hi, Everyone - Hope you're having a great week so far. I've been thinking a lot about courage this week, having watched the last space shuttle lift off a few days ago and watching a few minutes of today's space walk. Also, watched some interviews with <a target="_new" href="http://www.dailyhitchens.com/2011/01/christopher-hitchens-takes-on-new-drug.html">Christopher Hitchens&mdash;one of my favorite thinkers, lecturers, writers&mdash;about his battle with esophageal cancer. Both put my fears and anxieties in perspective. Tonight: It's Tuesday, and that means I'm hosting open mic at <a target="_new" href="http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com">White Horse Black Mountain, sign-up 8pm. Come join us! Wednesday, July 13: 8pm I perform at <a target="_new" href="http://frenchbroadchocolates.com/chocolate-lounge-events/">French Broad Chocolate Lounge. More events: <a target="_new" href="http://daveturnermusic.com/calendar.cfm">Complete calendar here. $3 album: <a target="_new" href="http://daveturnermusic.com/newalbum112310.cfm">Download &quot;11-23-10&quot; here, all 12 tracks for just $3. Cheers, Dave Christopher Hitchens—one of my favorite thinkers, lecturers, writers—about his battle with esophageal cancer. Both put my fears and anxieties in perspective.

Tonight: It's Tuesday, and that means I'm hosting open mic at White Horse Black Mountain, sign-up 8pm. Come join us!

Wednesday, July 13: 8pm I perform at French Broad Chocolate Lounge.

More events: Complete calendar here.

$3 album: Download "11-23-10" here, all 12 tracks for just $3.

Cheers,
Dave
]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:30:00 GMT D082D847014CB1438BED600F071CDA8E Weekly update: July 5, 2011 http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1082486 I hope everyone had a happy Fourth of July! Performances: Please join me as I host the weekly <a target="_new" href="http://whitehorseblackmountain.com">Open Mic at White Horse Black Mountain tonight (Tue Jul 5). Signup at 8pm. Will start the evening off with a short solo set on the White Horse's Yamaha grand piano, then open the stage to other performers. I'll be returning to Black Mountain on Sat Jul 9 at 7pm to perform at the <a target="_new" href="http://www.themontevistahotel.net/">Monte Vista Hotel. (The Monte Vista is an historic hotel being renovated beautifully by its new owners, AND it's the only establishment in Black Mountain where you can have your favorite martini and other cocktails, and relax in big leather couches and chairs to live music in a beautiful bar/lobby - plus enjoy fine dining.) Free admission, both events. More shows listed on my <a href="./calendar.cfm">calendar page. Recording: My online album 11-23-10 remains available to <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/newalbum112310.cfm">download in full for only $3. Have a great week! Cheers, -Dave
Performances: Please join me as I host the weekly Open Mic at White Horse Black Mountain tonight (Tue Jul 5). Signup at 8pm. Will start the evening off with a short solo set on the White Horse's Yamaha grand piano, then open the stage to other performers. I'll be returning to Black Mountain on Sat Jul 9 at 7pm to perform at the Monte Vista Hotel. (The Monte Vista is an historic hotel being renovated beautifully by its new owners, AND it's the only establishment in Black Mountain where you can have your favorite martini and other cocktails, and relax in big leather couches and chairs to live music in a beautiful bar/lobby - plus enjoy fine dining.) Free admission, both events. More shows listed on my calendar page.

Recording: My online album 11-23-10 remains available to download in full for only $3.

Have a great week!

Cheers,
-Dave
]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:45:00 GMT A5697EA98F4F037691B0267E72754054 It's a motherf***er http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1065304 NEW RECORDINGS ON VIDEO My next-door neighbor, <a href="http://www.dstreetstudios.org/">Ben Gradison of D-Street Studios, kindly invited me in a couple of weekends ago to do some live recording, and he just posted a YouTube video of me performing my tune &quot;Might As Well&quot; along with a cover of one of my favorite Eels songs, &quot;It's A Motherf***er,&quot; the latter of which shows how certain words have no substitute when it comes to expressing a certain idea. Watch/listen below: JULY 9TH IN BLACK MOUNTAIN Little break in the action on live performances - next one is <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/calendar.cfm">July 9th, 7pm, at Monte Vista Hotel in Black Mountain, NC. HOSTING OPEN MIC AT WHITE HORSE EVERY TUESDAY However, every Tuesday (including this <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/calendar.cfm">Tuesday, June 28th) I'll perform and host Open Mic at White Horse Black Mountain. Signup at 8pm, music starts at 8:45pm. Follows Irish Music Jam there from 6:30-8:30pm. All free admission. Last week we had some great performers on the stage including <a href="http://www.davidrussellandcedarblue.com">David Russell from Yanceyville, VA (passing through on a tour), Russian folk singer <a href="http://www.jamuna.us">Jamuna, Kim (Hughes)* with co-singers Ronnie and Janine, Bob Hinkle*, Sandy and Pete, Warren Koontz (all the way from Rochester, NY), and Josh W. -- a fine evening of acoustic music and a lovely audience! * Co-owners of White Horse (Thanks to Bob and Kim for providing such a fabulous venue for this!) ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS I'VE ATTENDED IN AGES Also - This past Saturday, I was off so I decided to check out my friends The Cheeksters and The Zealots at <a href="http://modaddysbar.com/schedule">MoDaddy's in downtown Asheville - one of the best shows I've attended in a long, long time! The Cheeksters played many tunes from their <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-golden-birds/id434265368">just released new album (great stuff on the record and in the live performance on Saturday) and some faves from previous records to an enamoured crowd, and George McDonald Terry absolutely ROCKED with fellow <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/thezealots">Zealots Aaron Price and Caleb Beissert. Couldn't leave until the last note was played at around 2am! Check 'em out! OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST - FREE SHOWS <a href="http://ashevilleoriginalmusicseries.blogspot.com">Asheville Original Music Series at Hole N Da Wall Tue 6/28 9pm featuring Bill Gerhardt, Mike Holstein and Justin Watt <a href="http://valoriemiller.weebly.com/shows.html">Early show with Valorie Miller at MoDaddy's Thu 6/30 6pm Thanks for reading, watching and listening, and I hope to see you soon. Cheers, Dave -- Dave Turner Music | <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com">www.daveturnermusic.com 14 Houston Street, Asheville, NC 28801 828-713-9206 $3 album downloads - <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/newalbum112310.cfm">click here
NEW RECORDINGS ON VIDEO
My next-door neighbor, Ben Gradison of D-Street Studios, kindly invited me in a couple of weekends ago to do some live recording, and he just posted a YouTube video of me performing my tune "Might As Well" along with a cover of one of my favorite Eels songs, "It's A Motherf***er," the latter of which shows how certain words have no substitute when it comes to expressing a certain idea.

Watch/listen below:

JULY 9TH IN BLACK MOUNTAIN
Little break in the action on live performances - next one is July 9th, 7pm, at Monte Vista Hotel in Black Mountain, NC.

HOSTING OPEN MIC AT WHITE HORSE EVERY TUESDAY
However, every Tuesday (including this Tuesday, June 28th) I'll perform and host Open Mic at White Horse Black Mountain. Signup at 8pm, music starts at 8:45pm. Follows Irish Music Jam there from 6:30-8:30pm. All free admission. Last week we had some great performers on the stage including David Russell from Yanceyville, VA (passing through on a tour), Russian folk singer Jamuna, Kim (Hughes)* with co-singers Ronnie and Janine, Bob Hinkle*, Sandy and Pete, Warren Koontz (all the way from Rochester, NY), and Josh W. -- a fine evening of acoustic music and a lovely audience!

* Co-owners of White Horse (Thanks to Bob and Kim for providing such a fabulous venue for this!)

ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS I'VE ATTENDED IN AGES
Also - This past Saturday, I was off so I decided to check out my friends The Cheeksters and The Zealots at MoDaddy's in downtown Asheville - one of the best shows I've attended in a long, long time! The Cheeksters played many tunes from their just released new album (great stuff on the record and in the live performance on Saturday) and some faves from previous records to an enamoured crowd, and George McDonald Terry absolutely ROCKED with fellow Zealots Aaron Price and Caleb Beissert. Couldn't leave until the last note was played at around 2am! Check 'em out!

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST - FREE SHOWS
 Thanks for reading, watching and listening, and I hope to see you soon.

Cheers,
Dave

--
Dave Turner Music | www.daveturnermusic.com
14 Houston Street, Asheville, NC 28801
828-713-9206

$3 album downloads - click here
]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:50:00 GMT 5E9BDD59122389320617B77A152F86E5 What Ever Happened To Katie Swain? http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=1025624 &quot;Whatever Happened to Katie Swain?&quot; is the title of one of the songs with Black Mountain roots that I'll be performing tomorrow night (Sat Jun 11) at White Horse Black Mountain. Also performing will be <a href="http://www.aaronlafalce.com">Aaron LaFalce, <a href="http://www.jennesluder.com">Jenne Sluder and Mark Fuller. If you're in Western North Carolina I hope you'll come out for this show (starts at 8pm). <a href="http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com"> White Horse Black Mountain 105C Montreat Rd. Black Mountain, NC 28711 Phone: 828 669-0816 <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=105C%20Montreat%20Rd,+Black%20Mountain,+NC,+28711,+US">How to get there All the best, -Dave Sat Jun 11) at White Horse Black Mountain. Also performing will be Aaron LaFalce, Jenne Sluder and Mark Fuller. If you're in Western North Carolina I hope you'll come out for this show (starts at 8pm).

White Horse Black Mountain
105C Montreat Rd. Black Mountain, NC 28711 Phone: 828 669-0816
How to get there

All the best,
-Dave
]]> Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:40:00 GMT B49EA2E90F683077E40C0A0D9106FB06 Am I crazy for ditching Facebook, Myspace and ReverbNation? http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=975055 Today I simply grew tired of the clutter and noise on all of the social media, and I'm going to try to do something old-fashioned: Focus on real connections and word-of-mouth. Until further notice, information on my musical endeavors will be available only on <a target="_new" href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com">www.daveturnermusic.com, via my email list (signup at <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com/keepintouch.cfm">www.daveturnermusic.com/keepintouch.cfm) and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/daveturnermusic">Twitter -- and hopefully local newspapers where I send press releases about my shows. I may be shooting myself in the foot, but I'm tired of being held prisoner by a new paradigm that has prevented me from enjoying what is behind why I joined all those networks in the first place: Performing music for people. So now, I'm off to do what I should have been doing during all the hours I've spent fucking around online: Practicing and writing and performing. Hopefully the word will continue to spread organically. www.daveturnermusic.com, via my email list (signup at www.daveturnermusic.com/keepintouch.cfm) and Twitter -- and hopefully local newspapers where I send press releases about my shows. I may be shooting myself in the foot, but I'm tired of being held prisoner by a new paradigm that has prevented me from enjoying what is behind why I joined all those networks in the first place: Performing music for people. So now, I'm off to do what I should have been doing during all the hours I've spent fucking around online: Practicing and writing and performing. Hopefully the word will continue to spread organically.
]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 06:45:00 GMT 25AF274D6149C2B054B4655354BB994D The open mic I host Tuesdays, plus other goings on http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=945117 Here's a little update about goings on this week: Tue 5/3, White Horse Black Mountain: This Tuesday, as on most other Tuesdays, I'll be hosting the weekly open mic at <a target="_new" href="http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com">White Horse Black Mountain. Admission is free. Musicians and music fans in Western NC are warmly invited to come out and see and hear what it's all about - I start and conclude each evening by performing a few songs on the piano and welcome a diversity of other performers to the stage. If you'd like to play, be there by 8pm to sign up. The open mic starts at 8:45pm, following the weekly free Irish Music Jam from 6:30-8:30pm. Thu 5/5, Straightaway Cafe: My good friend <a target="_new" href="http://www.rupertwatesmusic.com">Rupert Wates performs at the <a target="_new" href="http://thestraightaway.com/Straightaway/Music_Schedule.html">Straightaway Cafe in Black Mountain. 6-9pm, free admission. The Straightaway is located on NC Highway 9 about five miles from downtown Black Mountain. It's a great little spot with excellent food and spirts. And Rupert's performance, as always, will make it well worth the trip. Fri 5/6, Upstairs at Northside: I perform 9-11pm for a special gathering at <a target="_new" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Northside-Bar-and-Grill/286077982350">Northside Bar &amp; Grill on Merrimon Avenue in North Asheville. Sat 5/7, Upstairs at Northside: My friend <a target="_new" href="http://davedesmelik.com/">Dave Desmelik, a wonderful singer-songwriter, will perform a free show from 9-11pm at <a target="_new" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Northside-Bar-and-Grill/286077982350">Northside Bar &amp; Grill. I hope you'll attend this show at one of Asheville's newest listening-room-style venues. Great spot to enjoy live music in an ideal setting. Sat 5/7, Stone Soup: I perform 7-9pm at <a target="_new" href="http://www.stonesoupoflandrum.com">Stone Soup in Landrum, SC. Finally, here's a reminder that all of my albums (11-23-10, Could Have Talked All Night, and Stories That Are True) are available for download at <a href="http://daveturnermusic.com/music.cfm">http://daveturnermusic.com/music.cfm. Have a great week! Cheers, -Dave
Tue 5/3, White Horse Black Mountain: This Tuesday, as on most other Tuesdays, I'll be hosting the weekly open mic at White Horse Black Mountain. Admission is free. Musicians and music fans in Western NC are warmly invited to come out and see and hear what it's all about - I start and conclude each evening by performing a few songs on the piano and welcome a diversity of other performers to the stage. If you'd like to play, be there by 8pm to sign up. The open mic starts at 8:45pm, following the weekly free Irish Music Jam from 6:30-8:30pm.

Thu 5/5, Straightaway Cafe: My good friend Rupert Wates performs at the Straightaway Cafe in Black Mountain. 6-9pm, free admission. The Straightaway is located on NC Highway 9 about five miles from downtown Black Mountain. It's a great little spot with excellent food and spirts. And Rupert's performance, as always, will make it well worth the trip.

Fri 5/6, Upstairs at Northside: I perform 9-11pm for a special gathering at Northside Bar & Grill on Merrimon Avenue in North Asheville.

Sat 5/7, Upstairs at Northside: My friend Dave Desmelik, a wonderful singer-songwriter, will perform a free show from 9-11pm at Northside Bar & Grill. I hope you'll attend this show at one of Asheville's newest listening-room-style venues. Great spot to enjoy live music in an ideal setting.

Sat 5/7, Stone Soup: I perform 7-9pm at Stone Soup in Landrum, SC.

Finally, here's a reminder that all of my albums (11-23-10, Could Have Talked All Night, and Stories That Are True) are available for download at http://daveturnermusic.com/music.cfm.

Have a great week!

Cheers,
-Dave

]]> Mon, 02 May 2011 22:50:00 GMT 20ADBCD66697512194767A3DFDE9281A On behalf of my friend Rupert Wates http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=921972 A close friend of mine, Rupert Wates, (along with several other accomplished performers) will be presenting his award-winning &quot;Joe's Cafe&quot; music revue in New York City at 9:30pm this Friday, April 22, at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, 61 Christopher Street (at 7th Avenue) in New York City. If you're in the NYC area, I hope you'll make plans to attend If you're not in the NYC area but know folks who are, I hope you'll share this information Have a listen at <a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com" target="_new">http://www.bitemusiclimited.com Here's the scoop about this moving and exceptionally written and performed show: Reviews of Joe's Cafe: LATEST REVIEWS FROM RECENT FRINGE FESTIVAL TOUR: <a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com/reviews.cfm" target="_new">http://www.bitemusiclimited.com/reviews.cfm WINNER, BEST MUSIC REVUE, SAN FRANCISCO FRINGE FESTIVAL 2010 &ldquo;A real treat. Don&rsquo;t miss this show.&rdquo; - Tim Koetting, Artword.net &ldquo;Truly magical.&rdquo; - Katie Penrose, View Magazine Online &ldquo;Warm, witty, tender, poignant&mdash;you'll take something powerfully important away.&rdquo; - Rita Kohn, Nuvo &ldquo;Haunting and powerful.&rdquo; - Adrian Chamberlain, Times-Colonist &ldquo;Touching songs, wonderful guitar work and angelic voices. Run to see it!&rdquo; - Bill Bourus, Indianapolis Fringe Festival &ldquo;Riveting stories, told in song.&rdquo; - Roberta Parker, Minnesota Fringe &ldquo;Wates doesn't withhold his powers as a poet, tearing through the veneer of consensus reality to bring listeners the raw truth of the human condition. Joe's Cafe burrows deeply into heart and mind.&rdquo; - Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange &ldquo;Succeeds brilliantly in conveying the warm atmosphere of Joe's Cafe&rdquo; - Alt Country Forum Press Release For immediate release: April 20, 2011 Contact: Rupert Wates (206) 354-4122 bitemusiclimited@hotmail.com http://www.bitemusiclimited.com Or Dave Turner (828) 713-9206 dave@daveturnermusic.com Photo: <a href="http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/bitemusiclimited/files/Rupert-Wates-headshot.jpg" target="_new">http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/bitemusiclimited/files/Rupert-Wates-headshot.jpg Audio, video and more info: <a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com" target="_new">http://www.bitemusiclimited.com More photos and info: <a href="http://www.sonicbids.com/joescafe" target="_new">http://www.sonicbids.com/joescafe True stories ring truer in &lsquo;Joe&rsquo;s Caf&eacute;,&rsquo; a critically acclaimed musical revue to be performed at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre April 22 Winner, Best Music Revue, San Francisco Fringe Festival New York -- Rupert Wates And Friends are bringing &ldquo;Joe's Caf&eacute;,&rdquo; a critically acclaimed musical revue of songs based on true stories, to The Duplex Cabaret Theatre (http://www.theduplex.com) in New York at 9:30pm Friday, April 22. Helping Wates perform the songs in &ldquo;Joe&rsquo;s Caf&eacute;&rdquo; will be Safiya Fredericks, Vivian Gail, Stacey Lorin, Chris Medrano and Marc Schmied (bass). In the &ldquo;Joe&rsquo;s Caf&eacute;&rdquo; show, the audience is invited to imagine that they are guests in an all-night cafe, where friends gather to share their stories. In this intimate environment, six consummate performers deliver fifteen songs that retell the experience of ordinary American people. Stories behind the songs There are tales of love and loss in the two world wars, and other stories of yesterday and today, each recast in song, each of them a piece in the mosaic that is the story of America itself. This performance of &quot;Joe's Cafe&quot; will include: SALLY'S FARM Based on the life of one of the leaders of the commune movement in the 1960s. Her story parallels the history of the US over the same period, from innocence to disillusion (flower power to Watergate) and back again. MISS BURGOYNE AND THE OLD MILWAUKEE A story that tells of the life of a spinster in one of the midwestern states between the world wars, her dreams of another life symbolized by the train that calls regularly at her town. STAND UP COMEDIANS The life of George Carlin, in which his own misfortunes and failures gave him fuel for his most successful gags. THE SKIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA The story of a young girl at a time when class and religious prejudices sometimes had fatal consequences. SNOW IN NEW YORK An elderly woman recalls an early morning during the blizzard of 1947 in New York City, when she and her brother found the city to be a strange new playground. A SUNNY AFTERNOON IN THE BRONX The frustrated efforts of a couple of blue collar guys to shoot some pool in the Bronx. OLD MAN ON A MOUNTAIN An officer serving in the army in Afghanistan remembers the hospitality shown him by some of the local people, whose land he and his men are occupying. WE REGRET In the last autumn of the second world war, a family in Connecticut receives a government telegram that begins with five words they have come to dread more than any others. DARKNESS, DARKNESS A hideous double murder in southern Louisiana leads to the electric chair, to retribution and forgiveness. DICK AND DELORES (THE LOVING KIND) An interracial couple in Virginia take their right to marry all the way to the supreme court, and later become figureheads for fighters for other kinds of civil rights. THE VOODOO DOLL A doll awakens memories of a superstitious past, and at the same time seems to heal a young black man's bitter memories. DAYS OF MERCY The exodus of a poor family across America during the dust bowl depression, at a time when the women literally kept the show on the road. MORE HOLY GROUND The story of Robert Gould Shaw, the white colonel of the first all black Infantry regiment to be recruited during the Civil War. FIFTY SHOTS The story of Sean Bell, an unarmed man shot to death by undercover police officers in Queens, New York City, in fall 2006. Rupert Wates (author) is an award-winning singer-songwriter, born in the UK, based since 2007 in New York City. &ldquo;Truly gripping lyrics with great themes and troubling, witty messages.&rdquo; (Leith FM Radio Scotland) | &ldquo;A new and unique songwriter-musician already in the front ranks by dint of timeless work.&rdquo; (Mark S. Tucker) Rupert Wates&rsquo; Full Bio: <a href="http://bitemusiclimited.com/rupertwatesbio.cfm" target="_new">http://bitemusiclimited.com/rupertwatesbio.cfm Performers Rupert Wates - <a href="http://www.bitemusiclimited.com" target="_new">http://www.bitemusiclimited.com - Guitar and voice Safiya Fredericks Vivian Gail - <a href="http://www.myspace.com/viviangailanddougzinn" target="_new">http://www.myspace.com/viviangailanddougzinn - Voice Stacey Lorin - <a href="http://www.staceylorin.com" target="_new">http://www.staceylorin.com - Voice Chris Medrano - <a href="http://www.myspace.com/christopherjmedrano" target="_new">http://www.myspace.com/christopherjmedrano - Voice Marc Schmied - bass Performance 9:30pm Friday, April 22 $12 cover, 2-drink minimum Venue The Duplex Cabaret Theatre 61 Christopher Street (at 7th Avenue) New York, NY 10014 212-255-5438 <a href="http://www.theduplex.com" target="_new">http://www.theduplex.com
  • If you're in the NYC area, I hope you'll make plans to attend
  • If you're not in the NYC area but know folks who are, I hope you'll share this information
  • Have a listen at http://www.bitemusiclimited.com
    • Here's the scoop about this moving and exceptionally written and performed show:

    Reviews of Joe's Cafe:
    LATEST REVIEWS FROM RECENT FRINGE FESTIVAL TOUR: http://www.bitemusiclimited.com/reviews.cfm

    WINNER, BEST MUSIC REVUE, SAN FRANCISCO FRINGE FESTIVAL 2010

    “A real treat. Don’t miss this show.” - Tim Koetting, Artword.net
    “Truly magical.” - Katie Penrose, View Magazine Online
    “Warm, witty, tender, poignant—you'll take something powerfully important away.” - Rita Kohn, Nuvo
    “Haunting and powerful.” - Adrian Chamberlain, Times-Colonist
    “Touching songs, wonderful guitar work and angelic voices. Run to see it!” - Bill Bourus, Indianapolis Fringe Festival
    “Riveting stories, told in song.” - Roberta Parker, Minnesota Fringe
    “Wates doesn't withhold his powers as a poet, tearing through the veneer of consensus reality to bring listeners the raw truth of the human condition. Joe's Cafe burrows deeply into heart and mind.” - Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange
    “Succeeds brilliantly in conveying the warm atmosphere of Joe's Cafe” - Alt Country Forum

    Press Release

    For immediate release:
    April 20, 2011

    Contact:
    Rupert Wates
    (206) 354-4122
    bitemusiclimited@hotmail.com
    http://www.bitemusiclimited.com

    Or Dave Turner
    (828) 713-9206
    dave@daveturnermusic.com

    Photo: http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/bitemusiclimited/files/Rupert-Wates-headshot.jpg
    Audio, video and more info: http://www.bitemusiclimited.com
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    True stories ring truer in ‘Joe’s Café,’ a critically acclaimed musical revue to be performed at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre April 22
    Winner, Best Music Revue, San Francisco Fringe Festival

    New York -- Rupert Wates And Friends are bringing “Joe's Café,” a critically acclaimed musical revue of songs based on true stories, to The Duplex Cabaret Theatre (http://www.theduplex.com) in New York at 9:30pm Friday, April 22. Helping Wates perform the songs in “Joe’s Café” will be Safiya Fredericks, Vivian Gail, Stacey Lorin, Chris Medrano and Marc Schmied (bass).

    In the “Joe’s Café” show, the audience is invited to imagine that they are guests in an all-night cafe, where friends gather to share their stories. In this intimate environment, six consummate performers deliver fifteen songs that retell the experience of ordinary American people.

    Stories behind the songs
    There are tales of love and loss in the two world wars, and other stories of yesterday and today, each recast in song, each of them a piece in the mosaic that is the story of America itself. This performance of "Joe's Cafe" will include:

    SALLY'S FARM
    Based on the life of one of the leaders of the commune movement in the 1960s. Her story parallels the history of the US over the same period, from innocence to disillusion (flower power to Watergate) and back again.

    MISS BURGOYNE AND THE OLD MILWAUKEE
    A story that tells of the life of a spinster in one of the midwestern states between the world wars, her dreams of another life symbolized by the train that calls regularly at her town.

    STAND UP COMEDIANS
    The life of George Carlin, in which his own misfortunes and failures gave him fuel for his most successful gags.

    THE SKIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA
    The story of a young girl at a time when class and religious prejudices sometimes had fatal consequences.

    SNOW IN NEW YORK
    An elderly woman recalls an early morning during the blizzard of 1947 in New York City, when she and her brother found the city to be a strange new playground.

    A SUNNY AFTERNOON IN THE BRONX
    The frustrated efforts of a couple of blue collar guys to shoot some pool in the Bronx.

    OLD MAN ON A MOUNTAIN
    An officer serving in the army in Afghanistan remembers the hospitality shown him by some of the local people, whose land he and his men are occupying.

    WE REGRET
    In the last autumn of the second world war, a family in Connecticut receives a government telegram that begins with five words they have come to dread more than any others.

    DARKNESS, DARKNESS
    A hideous double murder in southern Louisiana leads to the electric chair, to retribution and forgiveness.

    DICK AND DELORES (THE LOVING KIND)
    An interracial couple in Virginia take their right to marry all the way to the supreme court, and later become figureheads for fighters for other kinds of civil rights.

    THE VOODOO DOLL
    A doll awakens memories of a superstitious past, and at the same time seems to heal a young black man's bitter memories.

    DAYS OF MERCY
    The exodus of a poor family across America during the dust bowl depression, at a time when the women literally kept the show on the road.

    MORE HOLY GROUND
    The story of Robert Gould Shaw, the white colonel of the first all black Infantry regiment to be recruited during the Civil War.

    FIFTY SHOTS
    The story of Sean Bell, an unarmed man shot to death by undercover police officers in Queens, New York City, in fall 2006.

    Rupert Wates (author) is an award-winning singer-songwriter, born in the UK, based since 2007 in New York City. “Truly gripping lyrics with great themes and troubling, witty messages.” (Leith FM Radio Scotland) | “A new and unique songwriter-musician already in the front ranks by dint of timeless work.” (Mark S. Tucker)

    Rupert Wates’ Full Bio:
    http://bitemusiclimited.com/rupertwatesbio.cfm

    Performers
    Rupert Wates - http://www.bitemusiclimited.com - Guitar and voice
    Safiya Fredericks
    Vivian Gail - http://www.myspace.com/viviangailanddougzinn - Voice
    Stacey Lorin - http://www.staceylorin.com - Voice
    Chris Medrano - http://www.myspace.com/christopherjmedrano - Voice
    Marc Schmied - bass

    Performance
    9:30pm Friday, April 22
    $12 cover, 2-drink minimum

    Venue
    The Duplex Cabaret Theatre
    61 Christopher Street (at 7th Avenue)
    New York, NY 10014
    212-255-5438
    http://www.theduplex.com
    ]]>     Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:06:01 GMT B2731ACEBC239322BFE94129931E7B89     Take a deep breath and say 'OM' http://daveturnermusic.com/blog.cfm?feature=654076&postid=898803 OM = Open Mic at White Horse Black Mountain, hosted by Dave Turner 105C Montreat Rd. Black Mountain, NC 28711 Phone: 828-669-0816 <a href="http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com" target="_new">Tuesday, April 12, 8pm. Free admission. More info: http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com Also this week: DT live at Lexington Avenue Brewery's front stage 39 N. Lexington Ave. downtown Asheville Phone: 828-252-0212 <a href="http://www.lexavebrew.com/events.php" target="_new">Wednesday, April 13, 9pm. Free admission. More info: http://www.lexavebrew.com/events.php DT live at Good Stuff 133 S. Main Street in beautiful downtown Marshall, NC Phone: 828-649-9711 <a href="http://goodstuffgrocery.com/calendar.php" target="_new">Saturday, April 16, 8pm. Free admission. More info: http://goodstuffgrocery.com/calendar.php Thanks for reading - hope to see you at one of these events! -- Dave Turner Music 14 Houston Street, Asheville, NC 28801 828-713-9206 <a href="http://www.daveturnermusic.com">www.daveturnermusic.com OM = Open Mic at White Horse Black Mountain, hosted by Dave Turner
    105C Montreat Rd. Black Mountain, NC 28711 Phone: 828-669-0816
    Tuesday, April 12, 8pm. Free admission. More info: http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com

    Also this week:
    DT live at Lexington Avenue Brewery's front stage
    39 N. Lexington Ave. downtown Asheville Phone: 828-252-0212
    Wednesday, April 13, 9pm. Free admission. More info: http://www.lexavebrew.com/events.php

    DT live at Good Stuff
    133 S. Main Street in beautiful downtown Marshall, NC Phone: 828-649-9711
    Saturday, April 16, 8pm. Free admission. More info: http://goodstuffgrocery.com/calendar.php

    Thanks for reading - hope to see you at one of these events!

    --
    Dave Turner Music
    14 Houston Street, Asheville, NC 28801
    828-713-9206
    www.daveturnermusic.com
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