3 Jun 2010
Gimme Back My Wig, Honey Let your Head Go Bald
I Ain't Dead, Just Been Dreamin'...
I'll be busking out in front of the Magic Stick in Detroit the night of June 12th in support of the
Detroit Wig Out, a one-night
party organized to benefit the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link based in Southfield, Michigan. Inside will be
great live music, rock-and-roll Wig Stroll fashion show, and DJs playing 60s and 70s funk, protopunk, soul and garage rock.
Time to get wiggy.
"If you don’t gotta wig, go git one." --Plato
22 Dec 2009
Huddie & Hiram Revisited
The Hiram and Huddie compilation has just been nominated for Best Concept Album in the Independent Music Awards.
While in general these awards-type contests aren't worth anyone's time, this particular one has some street cred,
with folks like Tom Waits and the Black Keys involved in judging. There's also an online voting component to the
contest as well, and if you like the record I urge you to go online
here and
cast a vote for it and try to help it get the recognition it deserves.
21 Dec 2009
2009
Whew, a tough year, gone, like the dodo, or the Pontiac Sunbird..
9 Oct 2008
Hiram & Huddie
Hiram & Huddie is a tribute CD to Hank Williams Sr. and Leadbelly put out by
Hillgrass Bluebilly in Austin, TX.
With artwork by Jon Langford, liner notes by John Carter Cash, and some great musicians, it's a great package,
and i'm really proud to be a part of it. Artists include Bob Log III, Scott Biram, William Eliot Whitmore,
Wayne 'The Train' Hancock, and more. I got lucky somehow and got to have 2 songs on the record,
Hank's "My Bucket's Got a Hole in it" and Leadbelly's "Bottle Up and Go", which i recorded in the bakery
basement last winter.
3 Mar 2008
Jawbone in soundtrack of new independent short film
A Jawbone soundtrack is featured in the new independent short film
Ripple, by Wilder Films in London.
Described by the producer Paul Gowers as a black comedy about the randomness of fate, the 18-minute short
debuted at the 2008 London Short Film Festival and is currently making the festival circuit. It's a funny
little trip down a road we've all been down before at one time or another, where one wrong thing leads to another,
and another. You can see clips of the film and find out more info at
here.
2 Feb 2008
Jawbone to play 2008 Deep Blues Festival this summer
I'm honored to have been chosen to be a part of this summer's
Deep Blues Festival in Minneapolis/St. Paul for the weekend of July 18-20.
The lineup for this year is amazing, including the likes of T-Model Ford, Black Diamond Heavies, Bob Log III, Hillstomp, Scott Biram...
they're all listed here really tiny, but you can check out the myspace page for the festival for the down-and-dirty details.
19 Sep 2007
Motown Hoedown
Played another over-the-phone set on Vern Smith's Motown Hoedown show on CJAM 91.5FM Windsor, Canada. They
keep mp3 archives of the show for a month
on their website.
15 May 2007
Jawbone Summer European Festival Dates Announced
I'll be playing a couple of festival shows in central Italy June 23-24 with my friends
Hillstomp,
following up a few weeks later with the Belgium Rhythm and Blues festival in Peer (rhymes with beer), Belgium on July 14. Other performers at Peer
include John Hiatt, the Mississippi All-Stars, and Gov't Mule.
Only then will I return for a couple of lunch-hour tip-jar local shows at the Royal Oak Farmer's Market and the Detroit Steak Hut.
I SWEAR i will scrape
the garage door this summer.
2007 May 18 Lager House Detroit, MI
2007 May 25 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
2007 Jun 23 Mojo Station Blues Festival Rome, Italy
2007 Jun 24 Avezzano In Blues Festival Avezzano, Italy
2007 Jul 14 Belgium Rhythm and Blues Festival Peer, Belgium
2007 Jul 21 Royal Oak Farmer's Market Royal Oak, MI
2007 Jul 22 The Steak Hut Detroit, MI
5 Feb 2007
CONGREGATIONAL NOTE..
Let it hereby be understood that the cancellation of services for the two Sundays previous due to the extreme cold weather we've been experiencing
of late is not in any way backsliding into the devil's waiting hands, as some have said, for tho it is the charge of heaven's army to march onward
through all manner of trials and maelstormations en route to the promised land of our salvation, the good father had within him also the foresight
and wisdom to bless us his children with common sense and the faculties of reason, and it is in honor of His faith that we have justly used said judgement
to support the security and well-being of the congregation. Yes, brothers and sisters, be rest-assured that He is still waiting for us all from up on the
throne of the glorious church of the air on high, we'll only have to re-double back again our faith in him and pray twice as hard next Sunday. Amen.
14 Oct 2006
Dang Blues on iTunes
Dang Blues is finally up on iTunes too, in US, Europe, Australia, and Japan. If you use iTunes, you can
purchase downloads of either album by clicking here:
22 Sept 2006
Updated Tour Info
Finally confirmed the Manchester show for Friday, Oct 6 at Kim By The Sea. See shows page for more info.
19 Sept 2006
New Hauling reviews
Posted some new Hauling reviews on the reviews page from Mojo, Uncut, etc.
21 Aug 2006
October 2006 UK/Ireland Tour Dates
Mostly complete and mostly confirmed, the upcoming Jawbone 2006 UK/Ireland tour looks something like this:
Fri Sep 29 - Open House Festival - Belfast
Sat Sep 30 - Open House Festival - Belfast
Sun Oct 1 - The Boat Club - Limerick
Mon Oct 2 - Dublin - Boom Boom Room
Tue Oct 3 - Prince Albert - Brighton
Wed Oct 4 - BBC2 w/ Mark Radcliffe - Manchester
Thu Oct 5 - Gaz's Rockin' Blues Club - London
Fri Oct 6 - venue tbd - Manchester
Sat Oct 7 - Heavenly Social Club - London
18 Aug 2006
The Word
Chug-a-lug from
Hauling appears as one of the tracks on the covermount cd for
the September 2006 issue of UK music magazine 'The Word'. Also appearing on the cd are new
tracks by the likes of Tom Petty, Guy Clark, Pulp, and the Bhutan Philharmonic, among others.
15 Aug 2006
Carrot Top Distribution picks up Jawbone
Both the new Hauling and 2004's Dang Blues CDs have been picked up for US distribution through
Chicago-based
Carrot Top Distribution. Carrot Top dstributes
to independent music stores and small, independently-owned regional chains all over the United
States and exports to countries all over the world, including Canada, England, Benelux, Germany,
Japan, & Australia.
5 July 2006
Keep Consuming
The dangblues.com webstore is open for business. You can now purchase Jawbone Cd's, 7"'s, and t-shirts
directly through the dangblues.com website.
I'll be celebrating George Clinton's birthday with a Saturday morning busking session at the Royal Oak Farmer's
Market. I'll be set up over in the northeast corner, where the donut lady is.
29 June 2006
Hauling available on iTunes
Hauling is now available for song samples and download through
iTunes. Other download services (Napster, Rhapsody, MusicNet, etc.) to follow soon.
20 May 2006
New CD Hauling Release Show in US June 17
The new Jawbone CD
Hauling won't officially be released until July 17 in Europe and Australia,
but we're going to start the party a little early here in the US with a special CD release show
in Detroit on Saturday, June 17 at the Lager House in Detroit with special guests
Hillstomp and local rockers Charlie
Don't Surf. Hillstomp are a North-Mississippi style punk blues duo out of Portland, Oregon who are currently
on tour in the midwest supporting their latest release
The Woman That Ended The World.
If you are a fan of Fat Possum-style hill country blues stomp you won't want to pass this one by.
12 May 2006
New Jawbone 7" Released May 27
Chug a Lug b/w
Get Rhythm
Chug a Lug is a cover of the Roger Miller drinking classic that
will also appear on the forthcoming CD
Hauling, while
Get Rhythm is the Jawbone
version of the Johnny Cash song that originally appeared on Mojo magazine's Johnny Cash Tribute
covermount cd in October 2004. I'll have some on hand at the
Hauling CD release show at the Lager
House in Detroit on Saturday, June 17. It'll be available in Europe and Australia through Loose's
distribution network, as well as through this website (in the near future). You can also purchase it
through the Loose music store at loosemusic.com, or via digital download at iTunes (soon, that is).
And finally, a late add show supporting
Unknown Hinson at KC's Dive
in Dearborn, MI on Saturday, May 20.
5 May 2006
Family Hootenanny CD
For the past several years now a group of Detroit-area rock and roll musicians have been getting together
on Sunday afternoons a couple of times a year at a local coffeehouse to put on musical shows for the
new crop of little 'uns popping up on the scene. The basic idea was simple enough, to share with the
kids their passion for, and the fun of, getting together and making a lot of noise with all your friends.
A by-product of all the knock-knock jokes and kazoo blowing is a new CD called 'The Family Hootenanny'.
It's 16 tracks of mostly original songs include performances by some of Detroit's better-known artists,
including Blanche's Dan Miller
Stuck in the Playpen Again, The Come-Ons
The Duck Song,
and Loretta Lucas
Down By The Bay. There's also a Jawbone song that I did on banjo called
Popsicle Soup.
If you have children, know any children, were a child once yourself, or are currently a child as
you read this, you might want to find out more about it on
The Family Hootenanny myspace page.
