From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V4 #91 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Wednesday, July 10 2002 Volume 04 : Number 091 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [JP] 5 KENNEDYS JULY NEWSLETTER! GUITAR SEMINAR/SHOWS: MD/MA/WV/NY [Kenne] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:46:53 EDT From: Kennedylst@aol.com Subject: [JP] 5 KENNEDYS JULY NEWSLETTER! GUITAR SEMINAR/SHOWS: MD/MA/WV/NY Welcome to The Kennedys' E-Newsletter for July 2002! IN THIS ISSUE: 1) Guitar Seminar offered on August 3rd, Piermont, NY 2) Kennedys touring schedule 3) Kennedys "Get It Right" on the radio 4) Kennedys Merchantile For all kinds of information, photos, tour schedule, road diary, audio clips, videos and more, log onto www.KennedysMusic.com 1) KENNEDYS BRING GUITAR SEMINAR TO NY METRO AREA AUGUST The Kennedys Guitar workshop, which has been held in the DC and Chicago areas in the past is coming to the New York area on Saturday, August 3rd. The workshop will take place at The Turning Point 468 Piermont Ave. Piermont, N.Y. 10968, from 1 - 5pm. Spend an afternoon learning a new approach to mastering the guitar neck. Pete Kennedy brings a fresh new perspective to the instrument. Walk away with loads of materials and things to work on. To reserve your spot in this limited workshop, visit our web site, or else print the order form at the bottom of this newsletter and send it to us with your check or credit card info. $50. The Kennedys will wrap up the day with a concert at the Turning Point at 7pm. Click here to register and pay with credit card via Paypal. 2) KENNEDYS JULY TOURING SCHEDULE - LOTS OF FESTIVALS! Wednesday, July 10 - Blackrock Center for the Performing Arts, 12900 Middlebrook Rd, Germantown, MD 20874. Showtime is 7:30pm. Free. This is the kick-off concert for the brand new Blackrock Center! www.blackrockcenter.org. 301-528-2260. Friday, July 12 - WUMB Radio, 91.9FM, Boston, 91.7FM Newburyport - "Live at Noon" with Marilyn Rea Beyer, DJ. http://www.wumb.org/ 617-287-6919 Saturday & Sunday, July 13-14 - New Bedford Summerfest, historic district of New Bedford, MA. Kennedys play SIX TIMES during this weekend, and the ticket price for the entire festival is only $7, so you get your money's worth. The fantastic line-up includes: Cliff Eberhardt, Patty Larkin, Brooks Williams, Jack Hardy, Susan Werner, Johnny Cunningham, Richard Shindell, The Remnants, The Copper Family, Garnet Rogers, Sally Rogers, Lucy Kaplansky, Bruce Molsky, Eillis Paul, Livingston Taylor, The Kennedys, and many more. This festival is located in a historic whaling town, and concerts take place in museums, piers and other historic venues, all within walking distance of each other. Great for the entire family. 508-999-5231. Go to www.ultranet.com/~koro/summfest.htm for the entire line-up, schedule and directions. Friday, July 19 - Little Yough Summer Music Fest, Located at the Fresh Market Pavilion, 1st Street, Oakland, MD 21550. Kennedys showtime is 7:30 - 9:30pm. This festival runs throughout the summer and features nationally touring acts such as John Sebastian, Cheryl Wheeler, Mustard's Retreat, Jen Chapin, and others. Visit www.littleyough.com/ for the complete summer schedule. Free, open to the public, all ages. Saturday, July 20 - Country Roads Festival, Almost Heaven Farm, Kearneysville, WV, 70 miles from DC metro area. Line-up includes: Tom Paxton, Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group, Bryan Bowers, Bill Danoff, Rachel Bissex, Annie Wenz, Terri Allard, Tom Prasada-Rao, Brooks Williams, Hot Soup, an all-star John Denver tribute, and The Kennedys! Festival has expanded to two days this year, and includes camping. Noon til 9 on Saturday, Noon til 7 on Sunday. 304-267-7963. www.mofolk.com for info, tickets and directions. Rain or shine, all ages. Friday thru Sunday, July 26-28 - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Long Hill Farm, Rt 23, Hillsdale, NY Kennedys main stage performance is Friday night, with further workshop and family stage shows throughout the three-day weekend. Other acts this year include: Ani DiFranco, Billy Jonas, Chris Smither, Christopher Williams, Chris & Meredith Thompson, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, David Massengill, Da Vinci's Notebook, Eddie From Ohio, Eric Schwartz, Erin McKeown, Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Greg Brown, The Falcon Ridge House Band, Jeff Lang, Jimmy LaFave, The Kennedys, Kris Delmhorst, Lucy Kaplansky, Nerissa & Katryna Nields, Nightingale, Railroad Earth, Rhonda Vincent and The Rage, Tom Landa & The Paperboys, Trina Hamlin & Zoe Lewis. 860-364-0366. www.falconRidgeFolk.com. Wednesday, July 31 - BMI Acoustic Roundup showcase, The Living Room, 84 Stanton St at Allen St, New York, NY. A bunch of songwriters in the round discussing and performing their songs in a casual setting. Line up so far includes: The Kennedys, Sarah Siskind, Jay Acela, C. Gibbs, and Joe Brack. The Acoustic Round-Up is held on the last Wednesday of each month. Contact Brooke Primont at bprimont@bmi.com. 8 - 10pm. Free. As always, call ahead to make sure that the concert is on. One never knows, do one? Be sure to visit The Kennedys' website at http://www.kennedysmusic.com to see extended schedule, read tour diary, join the email discussion group, see tour photos and more! 3) KENNEDYS "GET IT RIGHT" ON THE RADIO "Get It Right" is getting lots of radio play! Listen to the following stations in your area to hear our new CD. Some request lines are listed here. Many of these stations stream their signal, so they can be heard World-Wide! Most of these stations are public or community-run, which means they rely on your pledges in order to meet their operating costs, so please be generous when you can. WFUV, 90.7FM, Bronx, NY http://www.wfuv.org/ 718-365-8050 email: thefolks@wfuv.org WBJB, 90.5FM, Monmouth, NJ http://www.wbjb.org/ 732-224-2252 WKZE, 98.1FM, Sharon, CT http://www.wkze.com/ 860-364-0980 WRNR, 103.1FM, Baltimore, Annapolis, MD http://www.wrnr.com/home.html 410-269-1031 WRSI, 93.9FM, Greenfield, MA http://www.wrsi.com/ 413-586-8939 WXPN, 88.5FM, Philadelphia, PA http://www.xpn.org/ 215-573-9976 WUMB, 91.9FM, Boston, MA http://www.wumb.org/ 617-287-6919 WPKN, 89.5FM, Bridgeport, CT http://www.wpkn.org/ 203-331-9756 WAPS, 91.3FM, Akron, OH http://www.wapsfm.com/ WDIY, 88.1FM, Bethlehem, PA http://www.wdiyfm.org/ WNKU, 89.7FM, Newport KY/Cincinatti, OH http://www.wnku.org/ 859-572-7897 , Columbus, OH WKHS, 90.5FM, Baltimore MD, Newark & Dover DE http://www.toad.net/~wkhs/ WHUS, 91.7FM, Storrs, CT http://whusfm.saup.uconn.edu/ (860) 429-WHUS (9487) WERU, 89.9 Blue Hill, ME, 102.9 Bangor, ME http://www.weru.org/ email: info@weru.org WMKY, 90.3FM, Morehead, KY http://www.morehead-st.edu/wmky/ WUKY, 91.3FM, Lexington, KY http://www.wuky.org 859-257-9600 wuky@uky.edu WVIA, 89.9 FM Wilkes-Barre, PA http://georgegraham.com/playlist.html email: mixedbag@wvia.org KOPN, 89.5FM, Columbia, MO http://www.kopn.org/ KAXE, 91.7FM, Grand Rapids, MN, 89.5FM Brainerd, 105.3FM Bemidji. www.kaxe.org/ (218) 327-2716 KUMD, 103.3FM, Duluth, MN http://www.kumd.org/ 218-726-7181 KDNK, 90.5FM, Aspen, CO http://www.kdnk.org/ (970)963-2976 KRCL, 90.0FM, Salt Lake City, UT http://www.krcl.org/ (801) 359-9191 email: mailman@krcl.org KSMF, 89.1FM, Ashland, OR (541) 552-6301 KUWR, 91.9, Laramie, WY http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/wpr/ (307) 766-4240 4) Kennedys Mercantile: "GET IT RIGHT" Order your copy of Get It Right now! Get It Right features all new songs by the Kennedys, with special guest appearances by Nanci Griffith, Pam Bricker (Thievery Corporation) and Starz Vanderlockett! This CD is an enhanced CD, and includes photos, video and more! Order your copy today for $15, and be the first one on your block to have it! Make Your Own Music Videos with Adobe Premiere (Hungry Minds, 2002) The "for dummies" people asked Pete and Maura to share the secrets of making low-budget, do-it-yourself music videos, and here it is! The book is a complete music video-making kit, which includes a CD-ROM filled with all the software, clips and finished video examples you need to make your own music videos. The book also includes Kennedys road diaries, and some critical history of music video. $30.00. "POSITIVELY LIVE!" (Jiffyjam Records, 2001.) Kennedys first live acoustic concert recording! Includes seven previously unreleased songs, including "Come In My Kitchen" "Orange Blossom Special," "Rappahannock," "Distant Thunder," "Highway 10," "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring" and the classic Pete song, "Run Red Lights!" $15.00. "EVOLVER" (Rouner/Zoe Records, 2000) Kennedys return to the incandescent pop style of "Life Is Large," with catchy hooks and splashes of psychedelia. Featuring the songs "Pick You Up," "Can't Kill Hope With A Gun," and "Down, Down, Down" CD only: $15.00. "ANGEL FIRE" (Rounder/Philo, 1998). Featuring "Jesse," "Common Bond," "Angels Cry" and "The Coo Coo." CD only: $15.00. "LIFE IS LARGE" (Formerly on Green Linnet, 1996, now out-of-print) Their 1996 guest fest, featuring the likes of Steve Earle, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Nils Lofgren, John Gorka, Peter Holsapple and many others. CD $13. Not available in stores. "RIVER OF FALLEN STARS" (Formerly on Green Linnet, 1995, now out-of-print) This is Pete & Maura's first CD, written entirely while on tour with Nanci Griffith in the British Isles. NAIRD -winner. CDs are $13. Not available in stores. Pete Kennedy's Solo Titles: "SHEARWATER: THE ART OF THE UNPLUGGED GUITAR" (Pete solo instrumental). Guests include Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice and Jon Carroll. CDs only $13 "CHANNEL 3" (Pete's electric solo album) Available in CD only. $13. "Fingers On Fire" Pete Kennedy and Tom Principato. This is a newly released CD of a concert "Pete and Pato" played back in 1978, when they were both in their early teens. You gotta get it if only for the haircuts on the cover. Picture Pete Kennedy as Doug Henning, if you can. And the music? Guitar swing at its finest. $15.00. Kennedys' temporary tattoos! (see web site for design) $1.00. Special thanks to Danny O. for the awesome artwork!!! (These tattoos will last about a week and are nontoxic. 2" x 3") AND...bumper stickers that say "The Kennedys" (burgundy letters on bright yellow background) $1 Sheet Music: Life Is Large/St. Mark's Square (2 song folio) $4.00 River of Fallen Stars/Day In & Day Out (2-song folio) $4.00 Send check or money order to: The Kennedys, Peter Stuyvesant Station, PO Box 2217, NY, NY 10009, or fax your credit card order to our secure fax line: 1-415-329-1828. If you'd like to print out an order form, you can print it at: www.kennedysmusic.com/orderform.html , or order using Paypal by clicking here: www.kennedysmusic.com/order Guitar Seminar order form: To attend The Kennedys guitar workshop at the Turning Point in Piermont NY on Saturday, August 3rd, reply to this email and let us know you're coming, then send $50 check or money order to: The Kennedys PO Box 2217 Peter Stuyvesant Sta NY, NY 10009 If paying by credit card, Please fill in the following form and send it to the address above, or fax it to us at 415-329-1828. You will receive an email confirmation from us: Name of Registrant:____________________________ Email Address: Credit Card Number: ____________________________ Expiration Date:___________________ Card Code (the last 3 or 4 digit number on the signature strip on the back of your card Name of cardholder, as it appears on card:_____________________ Address:__________________________________________ City, State, Zip:____________________________________ Phone Number:____________________________________ Amount ($50/person): ______________________ Signature:_____________________________ . Peace & Love, Pete & Maura... The Kennedys Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/ Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy merchandise...what more could you ask for? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V4 #91 *********************************