Happy Summer! June-July News and Updates

June 20, 2012

Photo by Deb Hosking

Dear Friends,

 

We welcome new friends to this newsletter, and we hope you're having a great summer so far.  Ours is off to a terrific start ~ as I write today the band and I are still flying high from a wonderful time at the Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley.  We send big thanks to everyone at the California Bluegrass Association for a great festival experience and especially to Dave Gooding for the booking, Lisa Burns for loaning us her wonderful bass, Joe Weed for filming us, Mike Melnyk for the incredible photography, Bill Evans for sitting in, KVMR's Evangeline Elston and Eric Rice for the radio interview and live on the air mini-set, and Brian Walker for the great sound support.  This is festival done right, folks!  

We're moving on into the summer with a short break in performing.  Family vacations and album prep work will take up the month.  We have great shows lined up in August, including a return to Roz Larman's Folk Scene on KPFK here in Los Angeles.  We'll keep you posted about when the show will be broadcast and available for online listening. 

At Grass Valley ~ Photo by Mike Melnyk

We should also have on the way some nice video from Grass Valley thanks to Joe Weed at Highland Studios.  Stay tuned for that as well.

And the biggest thing on tap for us is the recording of the new album, at last!  We're really excited to put down these new songs we've been playing out now for over a year.  We'll be debuting our new songs as well as our versions of Ernest Troost's "Evangeline" and James Taylor's "Mill Worker" along with Jean Ritchie's beautiful ballad, "The Soldier," and other surprises.

Until next month, please visit us On Facebook and Our Website.  And until we see you, happy summer! 

Photo by Mike Melnyk

We all send you love and blessings,

Susie and the Hilonesome Boys

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Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band returns to the Bay Area in August!

Thursday, August 9, Redwood City Downtown Library

Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Duo (with Steve Rankin), performing old-time and Appalachian balladry and the story songs of Jean Ritchie.  7:00 p.m.  1044 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063.  Contact:  650/780-7058

Friday, August 10, The Ugly Mug

4640 Soquel Drive, Soquel, CA  95073.  7:00 p.m. show.  Tickets $15.00.  Visit online at www.cafeugly.com  Joined by Lisa Burns on bass.

Mark Indictor at Grass Valley ~ Photo by Mike Melnyk

Saturday, August 11, Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

The Northern California Bluegrass Society presents the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, featuring three days of California bands on the main stage.  Bolado Park, just south of Hollister, CA.   Our stage time is 8:00 p.m.  Joined by Lisa Burns on bass.  For more information visit:  http://www.scbs.org/events/gof / 

Wednesday, August 15, Wine and Song Songwriter's Series

Hosted by Brad Colerick every Wednesday evening at Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena, the series features two accomplished songwriters each week.  Also special guest performances and some wonderful wine and menu selections. Firefly is located at 1009 El Centro Street and the shows begin at 7:00 pm and wrap up around 9:30 pm.  Free!.

Visit:  www.wineandsong.com   http://eatatfirefly.com

Steve Rankin at Grass Valley ~ Photo by Mike Melnyk

Saturday, August 18, Coffee Gallery Backstage

2029 North Lake Blvd., Altadena, CA 91001.  Showtime:  7:00 p.m.  Tickets $20.00.  Reserve Now - This room fills up fast!  Call for reservations:  (626) 798-6236  Visit the website for more information at www.coffeegallery.com

And on the horizon….

Tuesday, September 4,  Live on "The Roadtunes Sessions" with Andy Doerr on KCSB 91.9 FM.  Santa Barbara, CA 93107-3401  www.kcsb.org  8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 8, Song Tree Concert Series

The Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 820 N. Fairview Avenue, Goleta, California 93117.  7:30 p.m.  http://www.songtree.org

March 2012 Newsletter

Click Here for Video of our "Evangeline" from our Grand Annex Show in December
"Evangeline" is Ernest Troost's song about mistaken identity, crime and heartbreak.

Hey Y'all!  (I've been to Tennessee and I'm talking like a native again!)

February was an amazing month for the Hiloneome Band as we joyfully toured Northern California and shared some awesome shows with Houston Jones, Joe Craven and the Kathy Kallick band. We also traveled to Memphis to the International Folk Alliance and enjoyed our time there immensely.

March finds us traveling just a bit at the beginning of the month and then we slow down a bit and start working on our new album project here at home.  Show details are below!

As I wrote last month, thanks to our friend Pattie Van Over on the camera and our own Mark Indictor as editor, we have five brand new videos posted from our show in December at the Grand Annex with Fur Dixon and Steve Werner. One of them is above ~ see them all, including our awesome finale with Fur and Steve on Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" on Our YouTube Channel. Thanks to Kim Grant of KG Music Press, find a great group sing video from that show posted on No Depression's Los Angeles Page

And speaking of No Depression, our friend Carl Gage did a great review of our last release "Live At The Freight & Salvage" there last fall:  Read our CD Review on No Depression by Carl Gage

Stay tuned for more good news! Please visit our website, drop us a line on Facebook, and plan to join us at a show.

Below are some incredible photos from our show at the Freight & Salvage last month from the amazing Mike Melnyk.

Blessings and Love from all of us in the Hilonesome Band...Steve Rankin, Mark Indictor, Fred Sanders and Rob Carlson...

March Show Calendar

Friday, March 2, Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band
In concert at The Barn in Gilroy
8:00 p.m. Donations
For info and reservations, contact Eric Behlmer at ebehlmer@yahoo.com

Saturday, March 3, 2012, Windsong Music House Concert

Paso Robles, CA, hosted by Paul and Dorothy Deis.  Donations. Show starts at 8:00.
For information and reservations please contact Paul at pdeis@att.net  

Saturday, March 31, Fiddler's Crossing
206 East F Street in Downtown Tehachapi. 661-823-9994, or 661-822-1753. Tickets $20.00.

http://fiddlerscrossing.org/

Fiddlers Crossing is at 206 East F Street at Robinson Street, in Downtown Tehachapi. Tickets may be purchased next door at Mountain Music, at The Apple Shed, or may be reserved by calling 661-823-9994. Tickets are $15, and as always, coffee and goodies are included. Doors open at 6:30p.m. Show starts at 7:00.

February Shows and News

See our "Evangeline" on YouTube

"Evangeline" is Ernest Troost's song about mistaken identity, crime and heartbreak.

Hey Friends!

February finds the band traveling a lot, running to and fro! We've spent the last month developing our show for the tours coming up and we're excited to be polishing our current work while working on some great new songs from Rob Carlson, Ernest Troost and Tom Waits.

Our first show of the new year is here in town with our good friend Ernest Troost at his “Juke Joint Gang” songwriter’s show at the Talking Stick in Venice. We then hightail it out of town to join the great band Houston Jones at the lovely Palms Playhouse in Winters, California (with a special surprise guest!). We toodle on down the road later that weekend to join the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival (http://www.sfbluegrass.org/) for their first weekend of what looks like a great line up this year. Concerts at Studio 55 Marin and The Freight and Salvage are our part of this festival of concerts over a 10 day period throughout San Francisco area. We share the stage with some remarkable musicians for those shows, including the wonderful Kathy Kallick band at the Freight & Salvage. AND, excitingly, our show at the Freight will be streamed live over a webcast to anyone who would like to sign on! Wherever you are in the world, you can tune in! Purchase online tickets for $3 any time the day of the show at www.concertwindow.com/thefreight. The show will not be taped, but you can watch it live in HD. Payment can be made using PayPal or a credit/debit cards.

We're excited also to be attending the International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis this month where we showcase with some of the greatest in the business. Check out the Folk Alliance at http://www.folk.org/.

Thanks to our friend Pattie Van Over on the camera and our own Mark Indictor as editor, we have five brand new videos on our YouTube channel from our show in December at the Grand Annex with Fur Dixon and Steve Werner. See them at Our YouTube Channel. In fact, thanks to Kim Grant of KG Music Press, find a great group sing video from that show posted on No Depression's Los Angeles Page.
Speaking of No Depression, our friend Carl Gage did a great review of our last release "Live At The Freight & Salvage" there last fall:  Review of "Live At The Freight & Salvage" on No Depression 
Stay tuned for more good news! Please visit our website, drop us a line on Facebook, and plan to join us at a show.

Blessings and Love,

Susie and The Hilonesome Band

Rob Carlson, Steve Rankin, Mark Indictor and Fred Sanders




February Shows

Saturday, February 4th, The Juke Joint Gang at the Talking Stick Coffee Lounge

Ernest Troost's monthly gathering of songwriters at the Talking Stick.
1411 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. FREE. Shows begins at 8:00. (310) 450-6052 http://www.thetalkingstick.net/


Saturday, February 11th, Live on KDVS 90.3fm radio show The Saturday Morning Folk Show" 11:00 a.m. With Houston Jones. Listen live at http://www.kdvs.org/


Saturday, February 11th, The Palms Playhouse, Winters, CA
On a double bill with Houston Jones. Show time 8pm. Doors 7:30.
Palms Playhouse, Winters Opera House, 13 Main St., Winters, CA 95694. http://www.palmsplayhouse.com/

San Francisco Bluegrass And Old Time Festival Shows www.sfbluegrass.org  

Sunday, Feb. 12 Studio 55 Marin
With Houston Jones 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, California http://www.studio55marin.com/. Find tickets at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/216746

Kathy Kallick Band

Monday, Feb. 13 Freight And Salvage Coffee House
With the Kathy Kallick Band. 8:00 p.m. Tickets: $20.50 in advance and $22.50 at the door (half price for 18 and under, seniors and Freight members get $1 discount).
2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA 94704. (510) 548-1761.
http://www.thefreight.org/ Info on tickets: http://www.freightandsalvage.org/ticket-information

We will be live-streaming our upcoming concert at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse on Monday, February 13, which starts at 8 p.m. PT. Wherever you are in the world, you can tune in! You can purchase online tickets for $3 any time the day of the show at www.concertwindow.com/thefreight.  The show will not be taped, but you can watch it live in HD! Payment can be made using PayPal or a credit/debit card.

February 22-26 Folk Alliance International Conference, Memphis, TN
http://www.folk.org/

Happy New Year From the Hilonesome Band

"It is the time so well we love,
The time of all the year;
When winter calls with chilling breath,
For fireside and good cheer."

From Jean Ritchie's Winter Grace

See Our New Video "MillWorker" on YouTube

Happy New Year!

Wow, isn't it weird to write "2012" and have it actually be a number of a year that we're living in? Having been raised in the '60s and '70s (I'm dating myself here) this kind of over the 2000 mark year is a little unbelievable!

But here we are! The Los Angeles weather has been spring-like and even though the days are short and the sun is low in the sky, we've been enjoying the early winter blue skies. We've also revved up the machine once again from our holiday hiatus and hibernation and are now busy planning for the upcoming year. There are some exciting things going on! We begin the year with the trio playing at the NAMM music industry convention in Anaheim for our friends at Shubb Capos. The rest of January will be a wood-shedding month as we prepare new songs and polish the act for a busy wintertime. February will find us returning to Ernest Troost’s “Juke Joint Gang” songwriter’s show at the Talking Stick in Venice and on the bill once again at the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival, this time sharing the stage at the Freight & Salvage with the wonderful Kathy Kallick band as well as sharing a bill at the Palms Playhouse and Studio 55 Marin earlier that weekend with Houston Jones. Later that month we scurry off to Memphis for the International Folk Alliance Conference and some site seeing to Graceland and awesome barbeque! I can't wait to see the ducks at the famous Peabody hotel and visit Sun Records!

Other great things coming for 2012 include a possible short tour for me and Steve to the UK in April (we're working on it!), as well as a new band album we'll record this summer. We'll be presenting 4 new songs from Rob Carlson, along with works from Ernest Troost, Steve Earle, James Taylor and Jean Ritchie. And for those of you who've been waiting patiently, we're finally going to record Fred's great song "Rockin' In Your Grand Daddy's Chair" along with other surprises. We hope for a new CD release right around this time next year.

Thanks to our friend Pattie Van Over on the camera and our own Mark Indictor as editor, we have five brand new videos on our YouTube channel from our show in December at the Grand Annex with Fur Dixon and Steve Werner. See them at www.youtube.com/susieglaze And also check out a very cool article published in late December in Pasadena's The Rose Magazine written by our friend Michelle Mills called "Fiddling Around in Space" about Mark. Find it here:  Rose Magazine Article

And if you didn't catch it, our friend Carl Gage did a great review of our last release "Live At The Freight & Salvage" in No Depression in September: Check it out at No Depression Review of "Live" CD by Carl Gage 

So please stay tuned for more good news! Make sure you visit our website, drop us a line on Facebook, and plan to come see us at a show.

We send you all love, and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. To that end I'd like to quote Mark's New Year prayer: "May we all know the joys and sorrows of all living things as our own, and may our 2012 be filled with love, kindness, compassion, health, abundance, peace and blessings. Amen."

I couldn't say it any better.

Susie and The Hilonesome Band
Rob Carlson, Steve Rankin, Mark Indictor and Fred Sanders

January and February Shows

Saturday, January 21, the NAMM ShowSusie and the Hilonesome Trio play at The Shubb Capos booth at 4:00 p.m.  Anaheim Convention Center http://www.nammshow.org/  Check out Shubb capos at http://www.shubb.com/

Saturday, February 4th, The Juke Joint Gang at the Talking Stick Coffee LoungeErnest Troost's monthly gathering of songwriters at the Talking Stick.   1411 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. FREE. Shows begins at 8:00. (310) 450-6052 http://www.thetalkingstick.net/

Saturday, February 11th, Live on KDVS 90.3fm radio show The Saturday Morning Folk Show" from 9am - 12noon. With Houston Jones. Listen live at http://www.kdvs.org/

Saturday, February 11th, The Palms Playhouse, Winters, CA
On a double bill with Houston Jones. Show time 8pm.  Doors open at 7:30.
13 Main St., Winters, CA 95694.   http://www.palmsplayhouse.com/

San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival Shows:

Sunday, Feb. 12 Studio 55 MarinWith Houston Jones 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, California http://www.studio55marin.com/

Monday, Feb. 13 Freight & Salvage Coffee House
With the Kathy Kallick Band. 8:00 p.m. Tickets: $20.50 in advance and $22.50 at the door (half price for 18 and under, seniors and Freight members get $1 discount).  2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA 94704. (510) 548-1761. http://www.thefreight.org/ Info on tickets: http://www.freightandsalvage.org/ticket-information

November-December is Gold!

Hello Dear Friends,

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

Leaves Are Falling ~ Late September Songs and News

Greetings Friends!

I've been remiss in getting this letter out to you ~ my time has been taken up with new website renovation and other promotional duties for the band as well as a bunch of shows in August and September, so forgive me!  The good news is that you can now go to our website and check out all the great new content there, including our fantastic new band photography from Andy Sheng of Otis & Lucy Photography on the Contact/Press Kit page (here is one of Andy's great shots), our Summer tour pictures on the Photo Gallery page, a new "About" section with bios on the guys (they are very interestingly cool people!), and watch the photo scroll on the Home page with tour photography by our own Pattie Van Over.  We'll be sharing new video with you also very soon of our show at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, provided by Brandon Rose of beekerstudios.com.   Click Here to Check out Our Rennovated Website!

Our travel is beginning to wind down now after a whirlwind summer, and our shows for the rest of this year will be close to home, although this weekend takes us to beautiful Julian California for the Julian Music Festival.  We're starting to plan for a new CD project next year, including four new songs from Rob Carlson, our composer in residence, as well as songs from Ernest Troost and Steve Werner.

Our upcoming shows are below, and we look forward to seeing you at one or all of them.  Make sure to check out the new Live album and come say hey when you're at a show!

We send you love, and thanks for being on our list!

Susie and The Hilonesome Band ~ Steve, Rob, Fred and Mark, too!

Sunday, September 18^th, 41^st Annual Julian Back Country Music Jamboree

Frank Lane Park, Julian CA.  Tickets: $35 for both days.  Children under 16 free with paid adult.  Individual tickets $20 per day at the gate/$15 if purchased before September 1, 2011.

Our stage time is at 4:00 p.m..  http://www.julianbanjofiddle.com/

September 24^th, Noble House Concerts

Sherman Oaks, CA  8:00 p.m. Suggested Donation: $15 per person (all proceeds go to the musicians) RSVP to: barb@noblehouseconcerts.com or call (818) 780-5979 (Directions given upon RSVP)  Contributions to the appetizer/dessert buffet appreciated.  http://www.jrp-graphics.com/noblehouse

Just added!  Saturday, October 8, Underwood Farms Folk Festival

3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark, CA 93021.  Stage time is 2:00 p.m.

http://www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com

http://www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com/Folk_Festival_Weekend_0MXA.html

Friday, October 28, Coffee Gallery Backstage

Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band on a double-bill with Western songwriters Fur Dixon and Steve Werner.  2029 North Lake Blvd., Altadena, CA 91001. Showtime:  8:00 p.m.  Tickets $20.00.  Contact:  (626) 798-6236  Website:  www.coffeegallery.com 

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.

AUGUST NEWS

Happy Dog Days Friends ~

We hope Summer is treating you well and you're having a fun time with family and friends, whether traveling or staying around home, and that you're enjoying some great music along the way.

We had the good fortune to catch Ernest Troost live at Westside Music here in Los Angeles on July 23rd, with his fine band. And we just published a review of his great new CD, "Ernest Troost Live at McCabe's" on Folkworks. Read it Here: http://www.folkworks.org/reviews/cd-reviews

There's new band photography coming up with Andy Sheng of Otis and Lucy Photography. Andy is known mainly for great animal photography, but we like his work with musicians also, so we're headed in with our brushes and combs and powder for some new snapshots of the band. Check out Andy's work Here: http://www.otisandlucy.com  I think it's probably safe to predict that our Megs will end up in the shots.

Our July tour was FANTASTIC, and we have lots of people to thank ~ Rick Nagle at the Westside Theatre in Newman, Alan Molho of Landfall House concerts in the lovely Watsonville, Houston Jones with whom we shared an awesome night at Don Quixote's in Felton near Santa Cruz, Mike Russell at KKUP in San Jose, Michael Hall of the Northern California Bluegrass Society for his great interview, Lois Kellerman for her great interview and playing our music at KZSU at Stanford University, Steve Baker and Brian Walker at the Freight & Salvage, the great Bill Evans for sharing an awesome night of music with us there, Evangeline Elston, Kim Rogers at KVMR in Nevada City, Steve and Donna Friedman at Mama Llama's in Weaverville and finally Don Murphy and Gene Bach for bringing us back to the Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival for the second year in a row. We especially thank Don and Sandra Murphy for opening their lovely ranch house to us for bunking and rehearsals! We send special thanks also to our photographers on the road, Pattie Van Over who traveled with us and took video as well as marvelous shots of the venues and us, Mike Melnyk in Berkeley, and Charles Nelson in Etna in Scott Valley. Their great work will go with us on the road for years to come. We also give a shout out to Devon Leger for his promo work for us on the tour, Lisa at the Daily Staple in Berkeley for the posters, and Kathy Pomianek for helping with the booking at Don Quixote's. And last but definitely not least, we're so grateful to Lisa Burns and Rick Glaze for use of their homes in the Bay area. Everyone helped us so much along the way ~ thank you to our friends, old and new! It was a trip we won't ever forget!

Our August will take us on the road for only one weekend, on August 12th when we join the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival near Hollister, California. We're looking forward to this one! Later this month we're playing for our first time at the lovely Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena, and a show with Brad Colerick at his songwriter's concert series, also in Pasadena, called Wine & Song. And we need EVERYONE to come out for our FAR-West fundraiser at the Coffee Gallery in Altadena on August 27th, on a great lineup with Merlin Snider and Border Radio. All proceeds will go to benefit the Folk Alliance Regional (FAR-West), so plan to come out for a great evening of music on August 27th! and help this great music organization.

We hope you'll visit our website and check out the new album Live at the Freight & Salvage. In the meantime, happy trails! and we want to see you at a show this month!

Love,
Susie

AUGUST SHOWS

Friday, August 12, Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival
Hollister, CA. The Northern California Bluegrass Society presents the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, featuring three days of California bands on the main stage. Bolado Park, just south of Hollister, CA. For more information visit: http://www.scbs.org/events/gof/ Our stage time is 8:00 p.m. Saturday, August 13th, Band Workshop: "Original Songwriting For Bluegrass Bands – Featuring band composer Rob Carlson." 1:00 p.m. on the festival grounds.

Wednesday, August 17, Wine and Song Songwriter's Series
Hosted by Brad Colerick every Wednesday evening at Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena, the series features two accomplished songwriters each week. Also special guest performances and some wonderful wine and menu selections. Firefly is located at 1009 El Centro Street and the shows begin at 7:00 pm and wrap up around 9:30 pm. Free. http://www.wineandsong.com/ www.bradcolerick.com. http://eatatfirefly.com/

Tuesday, August 23, Levitt Pavilion
Pasadena Memorial Park, 85 E. Holly Street, corner of Walnut and Raymond Avenues, Pasadena, CA 91103. 6:00 p.m. All concerts at the Levitt Pavilion are FREE to the public!


Saturday, August 27th, Coffee Gallery Backstage
Benefit for FAR-West Folk Alliance Regional, with Border Radio, Merlin Snider and Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band. 2029 North Lake Blvd., Altadena, CA 91001. Showtime: 7:00 p.m. Tickets $20.00. Contact: (626) 798-6236 Visit  http://www.coffeegallery.com