From butch at butchross.com Wed Nov 28 19:10:09 2007 From: butch at butchross.com (Butch Ross) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:10:09 -0500 Subject: [ From Butch Ross ] Three chances to see Butch in Chattanooga this week, plus one more. Message-ID: Sat. December 1, 2007 at 9:45 PM SHARP! Opening for OLD MAN: A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG Rhythm and Brews Featuring Mike McDade, Jeff and Jennifer Daniels, Laticia Wolf and More... It's the Y in CSN&Y's birthday so they're celebrating it. $5.00 Sat. December 1st 10:30ish Tremont Tavern one-year anniversary party! with the Flynts Tremont Tavern Corner of Hixon and Tremont Streets Across from the Old Greenlife Grocery Chattanooga, TN FREE! December 2nd, 7pm Christmas Concert with Dan Landrum and Alan Shikoh First Baptist Church of South Boston South Boston, Viriginia Free! Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 9pm JJ's Bohemia Next to Caffeine on MLK Chattanooga, TN Probably $5.00 Those of you who have been on this list for some time have probably come to almost expect a double email from me. One announcing some upcoming shows, and a second correcting some obvious error in the show information originally presented. And so those of you out there with an eye for detail will notice that i have two shows booked on Saturday Night. This is NOT a typo. Mike McDade called me and asked if i would play a set of originals stuff to open his birthday tribute to Neil Young. This show (even without me) is going to be a good time. Unless you hate Neil Young, then it'll be terrible. As soon as I finish playing I am beating it on down to the Tremont Tavern to play their one-year anniversary party. This bar has been very good to me ever since I came to town, up to and including Dustin, the owner, letting me show up late so i can play another gig!!! That's really beyond cool. Then I'm getting up at the crack of dawn to ride with Dan Landrum and Alan Shikoh to South Boston, Virgina to play a Christmas show during their Sunday evening service. Nothin' like a little church to redeem a night of bar hopping! And then finally on Tuesday I will be back at JJ's Bohemia to open for Paleface. I originally turned this gig down. Since picking up the dulcimer I've moved further and further away from my antifolk past, I honestly didn't know how good a match up it would be. But the more I thought about it, the more excited I became. Paleface is one of the original L.E.S. antifolkies, and he's as good now as he ever was. Of course, it's very very likely that you have NEVER heard of Paleface. Well that's understandable. The folklore about him says that back in 1989-91 He had a roommate named Beck Hansen. They wrote some songs together. When Beck started playing shows on his own, everybody said "Jeez that dude sounds just like Paleface." Later Beck moved to LA dropped his surname and started winning grammies. Paleface, on the other hand, drives a van, plays shows and keeps the faith. He's the real deal, and I'm honored to be opening for him. Look for me to drag some old chestnuts out (and maybe even a guitar) for this one. So there you go. Four shows, three nights, two towns. It's a wonderful life. Now I got more to tell you, but that will have to wait until tomorrow (I'll give you a hint tho': it involves the birth of Jesus and how you can get free stuff) So there will be a follow email to this one, but that one will have nothing to do with this weekend. c-ya out there -Br Sat. December 1, 2007 at 9:45 PM SHARP! Opening for OLD MAN: A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG Rhythm and Brews Featuring Mike McDade, Jeff and Jennifer Daniels, Laticia Wolf and More... It's his birthday so they're celebrating it. $5.00 Sat. December 1st 10:30ish Tremont Tavern one-year anniversary party! with the Flynts Tremont Tavern Corner of Hixon and Tremont Streets Across from the Old Greenlife Grocery Chattanooga, TN FREE! December 2nd, 7pm Christmas Concert with Dan Landrum and Alan Shikoh First Baptist Church of South Boston South Boston, Viriginia Free! Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 9pm JJ's Bohemia Next to Caffeine on MLK Chattanooga, TN Probably $5.00 From butch at butchross.com Fri Nov 30 09:07:29 2007 From: butch at butchross.com (Butch Ross) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:07:29 -0500 Subject: [ From Butch Ross ] New Christmas CD, and how you can get one for FREE! Message-ID: <45D8868F-3D57-4CF6-9049-E05E90D01DEB@butchross.com> Some of you on this list (and a few well-meaning friends) have gently chastised me about me not posting to my blogs and whatnot. But it?s hard to post when you?re busy, and boy have I been busy! And it?s all for you. Since returning from Oberammergau, Germany in October (and indeed before that even) I?ve been working on a Christmas CD. Now those of you who have been on this list for a few years now will remember that I actually made a Christmas CD in the fall of 2003. It was a low budget affair, whose results were surprisingly pleasant. This year I was blessed with a bit of free time and access to a wonderful studio, so I figured I would ?touch up? the original takes and maybe add a new song or two. Instead, I ended up completely revamping all ten songs, adding three more and basically making a whole new album. One that I?m willing to give to you, for free. More on that in a bit. The record contains 13 traditional and not-so-traditional Christmas instrumentals played on mountain dulcimer (along with other instruments). As before, all I played all the instruments including upright bass, guitar, banjo, electric dulcimer, and a Hungarian mountain dulcimer called a Citera. If you have the latest version of the Flash player, go to butchross.com/xmas.html Here you can hear the entire CD online, for free, no commitment (well you have to stay on the page while it?s playing) and then if you like it, you can do one-click online purchasing through the website. Primarily, the CD is packaged as a Christmas card that inside says ?Wishing you the happiest of holiday seasons and hopes for a wonderful new year.? On the front it says simply ?Merry Christmas.? But it is also available in a standard jewel case (for a few dollars more) If you?d like a personalized version of the Card that?s possible too, contact me at butch at butchross.com if you?re interested. The Christmas card version is available for $10 (makes a great Pollyanna) and the Jewel Case CD is $15. But it?s free to you on my mailing list IF you send me your snail mail address (those of you who bought one the first time can expect yours in the mail any day now). Why would I do this? There are two reasons, One: I kind of like the USPS, and I?m now fortunate enough that at this point in my career I can send out quarterly notices that have most (tho? not all) of my gigs as well as any other pertinent news, pictures and I dunno Sudoku maybe? Two: I believe in the product. The original Christmas card idea was very successful, it makes a great gift for those people who are not your friends and family but you are still ?via the office gift exchange or whatever?obligated to buy some totem for, and it?s great music for Christmas parties. So I think that?s all I have to say about the Christmas CD. Again, it?s $10 in the card form ($15 if you want a jewel case). You can listen to the whole thing online at butchross.com/xmas.html and it?s free to you if you send me an address. As my old buddy Alan James used to say ?keep those cards and letters coming.? C-ya out there. -Br