Yes, it’s time to launch into another chorus of that good ol' Willie Nelson standard. In November and December I’ll be splitting my time between Japan, Southern California and the middle-to-Eastern part of the US. As always, if you happen to make it to any of the Blasters shows please say hello - I’m always glad to meet folks from the ArtistWorks Blues Guitar community. Here’s the itinerary:
Teaching
11/3-13 Osaka, Tokyo, Sendai, Sapporo, Nagoya, and Fukuoka
Blasters
11/20 Tustin CA Marty’s on Newport
11/21 Long Beach CA Gaslamp (Blues Harp Battle)
Blasters with Horton Heat, Junior Brown, Big Sandy
Summertime is when tour schedules heat up both literally and figuratively, and this summer is no exception. In June I’ll be covering parts of the US Midwest and Southeast with the Blasters, then heading over to Japan in July to play and teach, then back to the US in August for an East Coast run. As always, if you can make it to any of these shows please say hello - I’m always glad to meet fellow students of the blues!
Midwest/Southeast
6.14 - St Paul MN - Turf Club
6.15 - Lombard IL - Brauerhaus
6.16 - Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads
6.17 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House
6.19 - Lexington KY - Willie’s
6.21 - Newport, KY - Southgate House Revival
6.22 - Pittsburgh, PA - Hard Rock Cafe
6.23 - Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe
6.26 - Raleigh, NC - Pour House Music Hall
6.28 - Charleston SC - Pour House
6.29 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Music Hall
6.30 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
7.1 - Nashville, TN - Exit In
Spring has sprung once again, and I’ll be spending much of it toting a guitar across time zones.
In early April I’ll travel to Japan again to work with Jikei Group, a vocational college that offers music programs (among many other fields) at multiple campuses around the country. The Japanese school year starts in April, so the schedule includes performing at the large ceremonies they hold for incoming students as well as teaching.
This year I’ll also be bringing some other musicians from LA to participate in the new Music International Program, which is designed to give Japanese students the experience of performing American popular music with American professionals. We’ll travel the length of Japan from Sapporo in the north through Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and down to Fukuoka in the south, seeing much of the countryside as a blur through the window of a bullet train.
As soon as that’s over I’ll be heading off with the Blasters in the opposite direction for our first European tour in several years. If you happen to make it to any of these dates, please say hello!
Here’s the schedule:
Tour season is starting up again and I’ll be on the road most of the time from late March through late May (Summer/Fall dates TBA). As always, I’ll have my laptop & will respond to VEs from hotel rooms as we go so you can send them as usual, and there are if any Blaster shows near you I hope we have the chance to meet in person!
Here’s the schedule:
West Coast
Fri 3.24 Santa Cruz CA The Atrium
Sat 3.25 Fresno CA Fulton 55
Sun 3.26 Pacifica CA Longboard Margarita Bar
Tue 3.28 Novato CA Hopmonk Tavern
Wed 3.29 Sacramento CA Harlow's
Fri 3.31 Portland, OR Dante's