Whoa! The Stompers just played a gig at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall today, and we're still high! How cool was that? One of the most acoustically perfect concert halls in the world - and they asked a jug band to play there!?! Yeah! The sound was fantastic, and there was a great crowd out in the theater despite the fact that it was a pretty rainy, dismal day. So thanks to all you folks out there who stopped for some funky goodtime music - some old Blotto fans, the Red Hat gals, plenty of the Stomper faithful and whole bunches of first-timers, too. Hope you signed our mailing list while you were there. (If not, just send your email address to livemusic@jugstompers.com, and we'll be sure to let you know where we're playing.)
We got to try out a couple of new tunes, too - a spiffy new arrangement of Jesse "The Lone Cat" Fuller's jug band classic "San Francisco Bay Blues" and fine rendition of that old Walter Brennan favorite, "Old Rivers." (Nice call on that one, Bowtie. It sounded just fine.)
All of the Stompers have been to see some great shows at the Music Hall, but none of us had ever had the pleasure of playing on that stage before, and it was a genuine treat.
In case you're interested, there are some other excellent shows on the Music Hall's upcoming concert schedule, including the David Grisman Quintet (Nov. 18), the Taj Mahal Trio (March 3 - hey, that's Wild Bill's birthday) and the fabulous double-bill of Doc Watson and Abigail Washburn (April 1). For a full schedule, log onto http://www.troymusichall.org.
November 14, 2006
No Show Jones Shows Up!
OK, so perhaps after reading our previous posting you think that the Stompers are just waaaaaay too busy to go out and do something TOGETHER. Wrong again. All four of the Stompers were actually salivating at the prospect of seeing the one and only living country music legend George Jones in concert. That's right - all four Stompers in the same theater (that would be the Palace Theatre in Albany on Sat. Nov. 11) all at the same time. And we weren't even gigging. Can you believe it? It was kinda glorious, to say the least - and quite downright bizarre to say the most. Want to know more? Read Wild Bill's review at http://www.timesunion.com, and the next time you happen to see him, ask Bowtie where he was sitting for that show! And ask him what he had to do to get that ticket.
November 10, 2006
Spare time? What's that?
Ever wonder what your fave Jug Stompers are doing when they're not in the spotlight stompin jugs? Well, wonder no more 'cause we're gonna tell ya.
Clyde also plays in a very cool band called the Rumdummies with some of our other fave local musicians like drummer Al Kash, guitarist Todd Nelson and vocalist-harmonicat Pat Conover. They play some way-cool swamp-rock on their debut CD, "Too Dum to Quit," and if you wanna catch 'em live in action, they're playin at Brown's Tap Room (421 River St., Troy) at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17.
Mr. Eck, meanwhile, is showcasing his visual art skills with a one-night-only exhibition of his stunning paintings at the Palace Theatre (19 Clinton Ave., Albany) that same night. "Jazz On Stage ... Up Close and Personal" is a fundraising gala for the Albany Center Galleries (161 Washington Ave., Albany). More than a dozen of Mr. Eck's intricate, intriguing portraits of jazz and blues musicians will be on display. Mr. Eck is the featured artist of the exhibit, which will also feature work by such art stars as Leigh Wen, Wendy Ide Williams, Gail Nadeau, David Brickman and Willie Marlowe, as well as such close personal RJS friends as Ryder Cooley, John Caldwell and Dana Rudolph. Pretty heavy company, to say the least.
Bowtie and Wild Bill are also busy that same night - they're a couple of the stars of the Firlefanz Puppets production of Eugene Ionesco's Theater of the Absurd classic, ``Rhinoceros,'' directed by puppetmaster Ed Atkeson at Steamer No. 10 Theatre (500 Western Ave., Albany). The dynamic duo will be doing three performances - 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18, as well as a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Nov. 19.
So ya see, it's a bit tricky keeping the Ramblin Jug Stompers from rambling away from the stompin grounds.
Clyde also plays in a very cool band called the Rumdummies with some of our other fave local musicians like drummer Al Kash, guitarist Todd Nelson and vocalist-harmonicat Pat Conover. They play some way-cool swamp-rock on their debut CD, "Too Dum to Quit," and if you wanna catch 'em live in action, they're playin at Brown's Tap Room (421 River St., Troy) at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17.
Mr. Eck, meanwhile, is showcasing his visual art skills with a one-night-only exhibition of his stunning paintings at the Palace Theatre (19 Clinton Ave., Albany) that same night. "Jazz On Stage ... Up Close and Personal" is a fundraising gala for the Albany Center Galleries (161 Washington Ave., Albany). More than a dozen of Mr. Eck's intricate, intriguing portraits of jazz and blues musicians will be on display. Mr. Eck is the featured artist of the exhibit, which will also feature work by such art stars as Leigh Wen, Wendy Ide Williams, Gail Nadeau, David Brickman and Willie Marlowe, as well as such close personal RJS friends as Ryder Cooley, John Caldwell and Dana Rudolph. Pretty heavy company, to say the least.
Bowtie and Wild Bill are also busy that same night - they're a couple of the stars of the Firlefanz Puppets production of Eugene Ionesco's Theater of the Absurd classic, ``Rhinoceros,'' directed by puppetmaster Ed Atkeson at Steamer No. 10 Theatre (500 Western Ave., Albany). The dynamic duo will be doing three performances - 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18, as well as a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Nov. 19.
So ya see, it's a bit tricky keeping the Ramblin Jug Stompers from rambling away from the stompin grounds.
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