[ From Butchross ] Butch and Christie shows this month.... PA, KY, and UK

[Butch Ross]

This is kind of nice. I get to send out an email telling you about  
upcoming gigs. There is much more to tell , weddings and whatnot, but  
I have a Masters thesis due in 17 days, my time is at a real premium.

And yet, I haven't let that stop me from booking gigs. This weekend  
marks a debut at a concert series I've been trying to be a part of  
for years. The acoustic brew concert series in State College, Pa.  
http://www.acousticbrew.org

It's the kind of venue that folkies kill for: supportive musician- 
freindly venue, that pays well, with a built in audience of music  
lovers. But the real reason this gig is big to me is that it is one  
hour from my hometown. Meaning my mom can come to the gig.

My parents are as supportive as any can be I suppose. They drive to  
see me whenever it's feasible, that's usually about 3 hours or better  
one way. So something that is literally "over the hill" is a nice  
personal thank you to them from me.

We have a nice opening gig for Jay Mankita (whom Pete Seeger calls  
"one of the half-dozen best songwriters out there)

Of course, I need to call them and let them know we're coming. There  
not really into this whole "interweb" thing.

Oh, but that's not all. Next weekend —Oct. 14th— we're back in  
Louisville to do another taping of the Kentucky Homefront. A radio  
show that has been a wonderful experience every time we've been  
involved with it.

and not long after that, we return to England, primarily for the  
Launde Dulcimer weekend in Leistershire, but our dear friend  
Christine Smith has taken it upon herself to book us a couple of  
shows as well. All this is available on my mySpace page (which would  
explain the lack of life on my butchross.com page) or on our new-ish  
page butchandchristie.com

Okay I gotta go, I'm not lying about that thesis. Then, once that's  
done, I'm putting the band back together. ;-)

c-ya out there.

-Br

butch at butchross.com

New Album with Christie Burns
"Here to Play"
http://cdbaby.com/cd/burnsross

debut album produced by Robert Force
"the Moonshiner's atlas"
http://cdbaby.com/cd/butchross