Check it out, sports fans. There's a star-studded gig in NYC celebrating what would have been the 60th birthday of Townes Van Zandt (it’s on the eve of his birthday, see info below). The news of this event comes to us from our friend John Kruth, a mandolin virtuoso and writer in that fair city. His book on Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bright Moments, was well-received around the music world.
Big news for us is that for a couple of years he's been working on a book about Townes. We're hoping to run an excerpt from the book in an imminent issue, and perhaps even serialize it, if we're really lucky. (If this is something you'd like to see in Puremusic, write in and let us know.)
Here are the gig details:
NO PLACE TO FALL: An Evening of Songs by and Stories about Townes Van Zandt
Saturday,
March 6, 2004
8-11
PM
The
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery @ Bleecker St. (right across from CBGB)
New York, NY
(212)
614-0505
Produced by John Kruth and Bob Holman
All proceeds benefit the Bowery Mission for the Homeless
Featuring
Performances By:
David
Amram
Dean Bowman (Screaming Headless Torsos)
Charlie Burnham
Mary Lee Hortes
George Gerdes
Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes)
John S. Hall
Bob Holman
Vicki Hudspith
Richard Julian
Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart)
Lenny Kaye
John Kruth
Rev. James Macklin
Edgar Oliver
RD Roth
Peter Stampfel (Holy Modal Rounders)
The Little Willies
Tandy
Frank Tedesso
JT
Van Zandt
With the New
Hemmer Ridge Mountain Boys:
John
Allen (The Suntanama) - guitar
Steve Bear - percussion
Dave Dreiwitz (Ween) - bass
Dan Nosheny - tuba
David
Phelps - guitar, lap steel guitar
And the Johnson
Wax Singers:
Hope DeBates - vocal
Jeannie
Scofield - vocal
plus special guests
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John Kruth online bowerypoetry.com
