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| Susie with Rob Carlson, Mark Indictor, Steve Rankin and Fred Sanders Photo by Andy Sheng of Otis & Lucy Photography |
The brilliant Autumn
color has really turned on in our neighborhood, and even though the days
are so short of light, those golds and reds cheer my heart.
We welcome Steve Rankin
back to the fold for our two December shows, our last of the year, at
two wonderful venues ~ the first at the Grand Annex in San Pedro on
December 3rd and the amazing Claremont Folk Music Center on December
10th. If you're in the area, you should see the Claremont Folk Music
Center just for the sheer museum of musical instruments from around the
world.
In the last couple of
weeks the band and I have been doing some lovely work on a new song from
Ernest Troost, "Harlan County Boy" which is a natural hearken back to
the Carter Family classics. We will be doing a new studio album next
year and hope this one makes it on that collection, which will include
four new songs from Rob Carlson, another of Ernest's ("Evangeline"), a
classic from Steve Werner, Jean Ritchie's gorgeous "The Soldier" and a
song I've been aching to do for a long time, James Taylor's
"Millworker." Also, for those of you who have been asking for years now
for a recording of Steve singing Steve Earl's "Me and the Eagle" and
Fred's "Grand Daddy's Chair" you will get your wish on this one ~ it's
time for those to hit the light of day!
I've been really
enjoying a great read recently bought and currently relishing, Judy
Collins' new book "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes." I had the pleasure recently
of seeing Judy in concert here in LA and it made me want lots more of
her. Her new album "Paradise" is also really wonderful and I recommend
both the book and new recording to you Judy fans out there.
I've
also been busy planning for the band for 2012. There are some exciting
things happening...we start the year with the trio playing at the NAMM
music industry convention in Anaheim at the booth for Shubb Capos for
which we are representative artists. February will find us on the bill
once again at the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival as well
as sharing a bill at the Palms Playhouse with a wonderful Northern
California band Houston Jones. We then scurry off to Memphis, Tennessee
for the International Folk Alliance Conference for which we're official
showcase artists. Lots of other great things coming for 2012, so please
stay tuned! We will probably be going into the studio this summer so
should have the album out by this time next year or early 2013. Be sure
to visit Our Website and our YouTube channel for some very cool show video.
We send you all love, and best wishes for a fun and happy holiday season,
Susie and The Hilonesome Band
December Shows
Saturday, December 3, The Grand Annex at the Warner Grand
Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band in concert at Live at the Grand Annex Concert Series in San Pedro's Harbor area along with songwriters Fur Dixon and Steve Werner. http://www.grandvision.org/default.asp The Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St. San Pedro, CA 90731, Tickets $15.00 advance/$20.00 at the door, doors open at 7:30, concert at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 10th, Claremont Folk Music Center
In Old Town Claremont, California. Doors open at 7:00. Showtime 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12.00.
220 North Yale Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-4773. Call for information (909) 624-2928 or visit www.folkmusiccenter.com
