So, even though it's warm and almost humid outside, this weekend is the Brooklyn Winter Hoedown. Lots of great bands, all at Superfine. Details at http://brooklyncountrymusic.com/hoedown4.html or in the calendar below.
Also this week, you can perhaps go look at yourself hanging on the wall at Superfine; Kimberlee Piper and Gary Winter are opening an exhibit of their photos at Superfine, called Where the Dirt Road Meets the Asphalt. Blue Harvest will provide the music for the opening tomorrow night, and the photos will be up through February 24.
Smokey Hormel is at Sunny's on Friday night, and Striaght Drive at Banjo Jim's on Saturday. Also Saturday, Sarah Thornton will be having a music party at her place in Crown Heights. Bring some songs, some snacks, and a cushion since she doesn't have that many chairs.
Jams galore in Brooklyn. The Angel Band jam happens tonight in Park Slope, and there's another new jam in Williamsburg on Saturday afternoons, apparently. The more the merrier! And of course tonight is the Sheriff's jam, Saturday is Sunny's, and Sunday is the Ponkiesburg Pickin' Party and the Paddy Reilly jam hosted by Tony Delillo.
And, you may know that we will be welcoming a new picker into the world sometime soon, thanks to Doug Hatt and Virginia Worley. We're going to host a co-ed baby shower for them at Kili on Sunday, February 24. They're registered here:
http://www.babiesrus.com/ControllerServlet?registryNumber=71196804&target=search
Although I note a suspicious lack of guitar tuners, capos and extra strings on the list. Hmm. In any case, come celebrate their good news with all of us.
This newsletter attempts to go out every Wednesday, so send us your gig notices, myspace bulletins, facebook posts and carrier pigeons by Wednesday for inclusion.
Tuesday, February 5
9:00 pm Fresh Baked
Abilene
442 Court St., Brooklyn NY
10:00 pm Michael Daves
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St., New york NY
Wednesday, February 6
7:30 pm Angel Band Jam
Vin Rouge
5th Avenue between 17th & 18th St, Brooklyn NY
For Details, call Bill Duke, 917-859-5397
8:30 pm South Slope String Band
Bar BQ
6th Ave and 20th Street, Brooklyn NY
9:00 pm Sheriff's Good Time Jam
The Baggott Inn
82 West 3rd Street, New York NY
Thursday, February 7
7:00 pm Where the Dirt Road Meets the Asphalt (Opening)
Superfine
126 Front St, Brooklyn NY
Opening of a photo exhibition featuring the work of Gary
Winter and Kimberlee Piper, two photographers who have done
a great deal of work focusing on the NYC roots music scene.
Music from Blue Harvest.
9:00 pm Freddy's Old-Time Americana Jam
Freddy's
485 Dean Street, Brooklyn NY
This monthly excursion into music from the pre-recorded era
runs the gamut from bluegrass to old-time fiddle tunes to
folk songs. Hosted by the Strung Out String Band, the old
time jam is always packed with musicians and drunken Park
Slopies. Bring instruments and friends and remember the
rules: No twelve bar blues, No songs that aren't at least
50 years old, Everyone gets to play.
9:30 pm Old Time Country Blues Jam
Jalopy
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY
Friday, February 8
8:00 pm The Brooklyn Winter Hoedown
Superfine
126 Front St., Brooklyn NY
8pm - Hogzilla; 9pm - Jan Bell & the Cheap Dates; 10pm -
M Shanghai String Band
9:00 pm Lennie's Jam
Contact Lennie: lenniekagan@aol.com or 646-215-0577
10:00 pm Smokey Hormel
Sunny's
253 Conover St, Brooklyn NY
Saturday, February 9
12:00 pm Bluegrass Jam In Williamsburg
Spike Hill Bar
184 Bedford St, Brooklyn NY
12:30 pm Bluegrass Brunch with Copper Kettle
Nolita House
47 E Houston St
6:00 pm Sarah's Music Night
Sarah and Mike's 436 Prospect Place #2 (third floor)
Brooklyn NY
(1) Bring one or more songs that are familiar, easy to
learn, or have repeated easy choruses; The point is for
everyone to be able to sing! Bring chords/words several
copies) if you can. All genres are acceptable! (2) Bring an
instrument if you want to play along (3) Bring a yummy snack
(optional but encouraged) (4) Bring a cushion to sit on
(there will not be many chairs). Directions: 2/3 subway to
Eastern Parkway, east on Washington (6 blocks), north on
Prospect. Until 9pm.
8:00 pm The Brooklyn Winter Hoedown
Superfine
125 Front St., Brooklyn NY
8pm - American String Conspiracy; 9pm - Dock Oscar & he
Ambassadors of Love; 10pm - Citigrass; 11pm - South Slope
String Band
10:00 pm Bluegrass Jam at Sunny's
Sunny's
253 Conover Street, Brooklyn NY
10:00 pm Straight Drive
Banjo Jim's
9th St and Avenue C, New York NY
Sunday, February 10
11:30 am The Brooklyn Winter Hoedown
Superfine
126 Front St, Brooklyn NY
1130am- Sufferin' Succotash (two sets) ; 2pm - Blue Harvest
(two sets); 4pm - Homegrown String Band; 5pm - Free Grass
Union; 6pm - Alicia Jo Rabins & The Halo Boys
12:30 pm Bluegrass Brunch with Fresh Baked
Nolita House
47 E Houston St, New York NY
2:00 pm Joe Beasley Sacred Harp Sing
St. Paul's Church
199 Carroll St, Brooklyn NY
bjpub@prodigy.net
5:00 pm Paddy Reilly's Jam
Paddy Reilly's
2nd Avenue and 29th Street, New York NY
5:00 pm Ponkiesburg Pickin' Party
Kili
79-81 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn NY
Wednesday, February 13
7:30 pm Angel Band Jam
Vin Rouge
5th Avenue between 17th & 18th St, Brooklyn NY
For Details, call Bill Duke, 917-859-5397
9:00 pm Sheriff's Good Time Jam
The Baggott Inn
82 West 3rd Street, New York NY
Thursday, February 14
9:30 pm Old Time Country Blues Jam
Jalopy
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY
10:00 pm Jan Bell
Bar Bes
6th Ave and 9th St, Brooklyn NY
Friday, February 15
9:00 pm Lennie's Jam
Contact Lennie: lenniekagan@aol.com or 646-215-0577
10:30 pm Demolition String Band
Rodeo Bar
375 Third Avenue, New York NY
Saturday, February 16
12:00 pm Bluegrass Jam In Williamsburg
Spike Hill Bar
184 Bedford St, Brooklyn NY
12:30 pm Bluegrass Brunch with Copper Kettle
Nolita House
47 E Houston St
10:00 pm Bluegrass Jam at Sunny's
Sunny's
253 Conover Street, Brooklyn NY
Sunday, February 17
12:00 pm Bruce Molsky Fiddle Workshop
Cafe Dodo
45 Peck Slip, New York NY
Bruce says the goal is to cover several fiddle tunes "to a
high level of detail, so we can expose the elements that
give the music its unique and ancient sound." Registration
costs $90. Contact Hannah Marcus, remarkablespot@earthlink.net.
12:30 pm Bluegrass Brunch with Fresh Baked
Nolita House
47 E Houston St, New York NY
5:00 pm Paddy Reilly's Jam
Paddy Reilly's
2nd Avenue and 29th Street, New York NY
5:00 pm Ponkiesburg Pickin' Party
Kili
79-81 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn NY
