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Top 10 Reasons to join in the FUN that is the 15th edition of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny, Sept 13-14!

5 Aug

Sometimes you just need a reminder of those life components you should be thankful for – your health, your family, real friendships, and a HOOOOOOOOOTENANNY!!!

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10. Cherokee Farms is a reasonable distance from Nashville, Knoxville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and especially Chattanooga!  Asheville, you’re too far, either!  😉

9. You’ve had so much fun at previous Back Porch Hootenannies at Cherokee Farms that your friends want to come now, so you willingly and happily lead the way.

8.  Cherokee Farms is like your own state park.  We strive to keep it pristine!

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7.  The bonfire jams late night are as fun as the ones on stage all evening FRI and all day SAT!

6.  You experience an incredible display of musicians in various collaborations that are created within the sets on two alternating stages so the music never stops!  See Schedule

5.  TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny is a great place to introduce your kids to family camping, enjoying the outdoors, and its association with music and great people!

4.  You will ALWAYS leave TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny having heard something new & fresh!

3.  If you’re lucky you get to try some of TDawg’s world famous freshly made jambalaya and boiled peanuts. 😉

2.  You get to scream the HOOOOOOOOOOOOTENANNY Battlecry in the midnight hour and mean it!

1.  You can feel GREAT about supporting the BEST LIL’ FESTIE in the Southeast!  The bands get to showcase and make new friendships along the way; the musicians become the audience once they’re done, prepping themselves for the late night jams to come; and YOU are rewarded by being there, witness to the magic of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny at the beautiful and spiritual Cherokee Farms!

Please visit the Hootenanny blog page to purchase your advance tickets, and receive a FREE Holiday Hootenanny compilation CD from Dec 2012 as well as a $5 off coupon for a Hootenanny TShirt!

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Advance Tix for TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny #15!!!

31 Jul

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Well folks, we’re only about six weeks out now from the fall installment and 15th edition of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny!!!  Get your advance tickets now and support an event that is totally worth your effort.  Please note that your advance ticket purchase comes with a FREE compilation CD from the TDawg Presents’ The 2nd Annual Atlanta’s Holiday Hootenanny that took place last December and featured Papa Mali, Larry Keel, Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Hall, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Col. Bruce Hampton, Ike Stubblefied, Grant Green Jr., Count M’Butu, Mark Van Allen, Yonrico Scott, Deep Blue Sun and more!  In addition, you will receive a coupon that gives you $5 off a Hootenanny TShirt!

Since 2006, these Hootenannies have brought smiles to a large number of folks who appreciate the small, intimate events that produce music labeled commonly as AMAZING!  TDawg’s Back Porch Hootennany is an event that ALWAYS brings together just the right combination of artists in the roots music and Americana genres, showcasing some of the best in the Southeast and the country, for that matter.  I am blown away time and time again by the quality of the music and the chemistry that develops between not only the musicians themselves but also with the audience.  It’s been an amazing journey producing these Hootenannies – they are quite a switch from the large scale, multi-day festivals of my past yet have developed that identical sense of bonds, friendships, and family that HarvestFest did.

The upcoming HOOT is going to be off the charts AWESOME!  Anticipate some sit-ins all day on both stages and one helluva tribute to Bill Monroe on Friday, celebrating what would be his 92nd birthday.  I’m sure some JJ Cale will pop up throughout the weekend, paying homage to one of the finest songwriters of any generation.

Please help spread the word on this fine event, the best crowd comes to us via word of mouth.  Who wouldn’t want a weekend with friends, family, and possibly the first camping experience for your young-uns?  Bring a posse and set up your village.  We hope to see you there!!!

FRI-SAT $50 ADV/$60 gate (includes camping)

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SAT ONLY $40 ADV/$50 gate (includes camping)

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SAT DAY passes are available at the gate for $40.  Kids 13-16 are $20, Kids 12 & under are admitted FREE.  NO DOGS PLEASE!!

About Grateful Fred, the namesake for the tent stage

24 Jul

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“Grateful Fred” Hill was a fun-loving, music-loving, electrician by trade but music enthusiast and archivist by heart and desire, whose body succumbed to cancer back in early November of 2012.  I camped with Grateful Fred many times at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park for MagFest and SpringFest, he attended each HarvestFest, and for many years he was ever present on the Atlanta music scene.  Always great to see him, laugh with him, have a beer or otherwise with him.  There is a large group of folks who knew Fred – I’m thankful I could call him my friend.  His energy certainly shines bright on the Hootenanny, and I couldn’t think of a better way to honor Grateful Fred and his pure love of life, music, and happiness than to name a tent stage after him that provides such amazing and spontaneous musical energy.

Cheers Grateful Fred!

TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny Schedule Released!!!

23 Jul

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Fasten your seat belts, y’all!!!  It’s gonna be one helluva high octane ride through this musical madness, mayhem & MAGIC!!

Schedule

Friday Shed Stage  (Bill Monroe’s Birthday)
9:00 – 10:15   Slim Pickins
10:45 – 12:30   Bibb City Ramblers

Saturday Shed Stage

12:30 – 2:00   Gibson Wilbanks
2:45 – 4:15   Lefty Williams Band
5:00 – 6:30   Dave Jordan & The Neighborhood Improvement Association
7:15 – 8:30   Curtis Burch & David Via
9:15 – 10:45   Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
11:15 – 1:15   Strung Like A Horse

Grateful Fred Stage
Noon – 12:25   Welcome Jam
2:00 – 2:45   Bibb City Ramblers w/ Bobby Miller, Richie Jones & Scott Warren
4:15 – 5:00   Vagabond Swing
6:30 – 7:15   Gibson Wilbanks & Friends
8:30 – 9:15   Ralph & Friends
1:15 – 2:15    HOOTENANNY JAM

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TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny Lineup Complete!

17 Jul

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We’ve rounded out the lineup with some amazingly diverse musicians!  All the way from Lafayette, LA to LaFayette, GA, please welcome to the Hootenanny family Vagabond Swing, and at-large artist Scott Warren from just down the road in Rome, GA.  Folks, you’re in for a real treat – the energy level from all the music is going to be off the charts and leave you speechless and breathless.  We’ve got music stretching from the Louisiana coast all the way to the mountains of VA at this one, something new and fresh for everyone involved!

As their bio reads, Vagabond Swing “creates the driving force behind their music with their uninhibited blending of styles and creativity. With their musical roots ranging from bluegrass to ska, the band produces a surprisingly smooth mixture of progressive Gypsy/Experimental/Circus-vibe/Swing tunes. Along with their melodic energy, the band members themselves bring on a show of vibrant, youthful spunk, which gives their performance a thrashing air of excitement.”

Vagabond Swing will be performing a showcase set under the tent at the cocktail hour, so look out!  We might have to have them lead a parade with drink in hand back to the main stage!

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The final lineup is as follows:

Larry Keel & Natural Bridge

Strung Like A Horse

David Via & Curtis Burch

Dave Jordan & The Neighborhood Improvement Association

Lefty Williams Band

Bibb City Ramblers

Vagabond Swing

Gibson Wilbanks

Slim Pickins

Bobby Miller (At-large)

Ralph Roddenbery (At-large)

Richie Jones (At-large)

Scott Warren (At-large)

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SCHEDULE TO BE POSTED SOON!!!

Lefty Williams Band to play Hootenanny!

20 Jun

TDawg Presents is excited to bring the renowned LEFTY WILLIAMS BAND to the September lineup for TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny at Cherokee Farms in LaFayette, GA!  Click on the picture below for a great interview on CNN from a few years back.  Y’all, Lefty is the real deal, quite a player.  You won’t be disappointed in the soulful groove that he and his band bring to the stage.

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You can catch Lefty Williams Band on Saturday night at Peachtree Tavern in Buckhead on Saturday night, his first full-band appearance in quite a while in the Atlanta area.  Come on out y’all!

 

Insight

13 Jun

Last night at The Red Light Cafe reaffirmed for me – and you can always use some reaffirmation of your life’s pursuits – the true essence of why I’ve made this journey into the world of presenting live music.

While the crowd wasn’t a large one, I knew it was going to be a night of reunions, of old friends coming together with new ones I have made through social media outlets and realizing that there are connections between just about everyone in attendance.  Many I have known virtually for a while and never met face to face.  I was not disappointed.

I was having a great talk with an old buddy from the very beginnings of HarvestFest and TDawg events, Woody, and we were marveling at the quality gathering that was forming right in front of us for this special evening of music.  While talking about Caroline’s pending move to Hawaii, he brought up a name I hadn’t thought of in years, John Wynn, who used to own a fine dining and music establishment called the Bank St. Cafe in Griffin, GA, just about 45 minutes south of Atlanta.  Some crazy and fun times happened in that space, and the food was outstanding.  Anyway, John has since moved to Hawaii and is doing well there.  As we continued to talk about good times at the Bank St. Cafe, who walks up to the bar and says HI but John.  A very ZAMBI moment indeed, as Col. Bruce and Rev. Jeff Mosier were sitting at the bar with us as well, and they both performed many times at the Bank St. Cafe.  Caroline Pond and Snake Oil Medicine Show had some amazing moments there as well.

It was just that kind of a crowd.  The bonds and friendships that have been created through the spirit of HarvestFest overwhelm me.  While it would be a beautiful thing if one day I can make an honest living focusing 100% on producing great lineups and amazing events, I also realize that the music transcends the money to mean so much more to the development of positive relationships not only in my life but in my friends’ lives, too.  In addition, the musicians are not only artists that get paid for their skill, but they are true friends first who enjoys not only making the music but soaking it in as much as the next person.  For that, I feel like we are a very fortunate group of people.

The Holiday Hootenanny Family 2011

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I hope that y’all can make it out on Friday night for the first TDawg Presents show at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs, featuring Waller & The Lindsay Rakers Duo.  Showtime is 8pm, admission is $12.  Reserved tables available in this most intimate of venues by visiting the website.

TDawg Presents some great shows this week!

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Caroline Pond & Friends

@ Red Light Cafe, WED JUNE 12, 8PM

553 Amsterdam Ave.,  404.874.7828  

$10 adv/$12 door
TDawg Presents invites you out to The Red Light Cafe for a special Wednesday night engagement with one of the finest souls on this planet who also happens to play the hell out of the fiddle and ukelele!  Caroline is heading west, FAR west, to Hawaii in fact!  Let’s send her off in grand fashion!  Expect some special guests to pop in on this one most likely – this won’t be a show to miss!  Visit the event page at tdawgpresents.com to view a video of Caroline in action.

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WALLER w/ special guest Lindsay Rakers Duo

@ Steve’s Live Music, Friday June 14!!!

234 Hilderbrand Dr., Sandy Springs, GA 30328

8pm, $12 door, click here

“Waller draws on bluegrass, gospel, boogie-woogie and down-home country folk music for its satisfying sound, captured with natural warmth on a new, self-pressed CD titled My Poor Queen. I’m impressed most by the pure, disarming qualities of [Jason] Waller’s and co-vocalist Tiffany Leigh Blalock’s voices, and the way the players don’t force unnecessary brawn onto the songs, a la the Avett Brothers and too many other young bands. They simply let them flow naturally, and they’re wonderful.”

– Jeff Clark, Stomp & Stammer

Some great Bluegrass coming your way at Red Light Cafe and Steve’s Live Music!

5 Jun

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Some great bluegrass shows coming to the ATL over the next week, including some fresh outlaw country style roots/bluegrass!  Spread the word and hope to see you out and about!  HOOT HOOT!!!

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Compass Records Recording Artist (CD Release) Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run Bluegrass Band

THUR JUNE 7, 6pm doors/jam – 9pm start, $8

The Red Light Cafe

“Rebecca Frazier is a triple threat.  She is a wonderfully engaging singer, a compelling songwriter and an accomplished guitarist to boot.  All of these talents come together to dazzling effect on When We Fall.  I’m proud of Rebecca for recording one of the best bluegrass albums I’ve heard this year.  -Alison Brown (Grammy winner and owner, Compass Records)

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Turnpike Troubadors

SAT JUNE 9, 8pm doors, $10 adv/$12 door

Peachtree Tavern (Buckhead)

“The most unjustly overlooked Americana album of 2012 was the Turnpike Troubadours’ “Goodbye Normal Street.” It wasn’t just that singer-songwriter Evan Felker portrayed a young man’s reckless gambles and painful consequences in smart, sly lyrics. The rest of Felker’s Oklahoma quintet captured that combination of hope and hurt in edgy arrangements that integrated fiddle, banjo, mandolin and accordion into a hillbilly-rock band. Whether it originates from curving two-lane blacktops, a pretty rich girl or an army enlistment, the whiff of danger in these songs is thrilling.”

-Editors Pick, Washington Post 5/30/13

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(TDawg Presents)

Caroline Pond & Friends

WED JUNE 12, 8PM

The Red Light Cafe

553 Amsterdam Ave.,  404.874.7828 

$10 adv/$12 door
TDawg Presents invites you out to The Red Light Cafe for a special Wednesday night engagement with one of the finest souls on this planet who also happens to play the hell out of the fiddle and yukele!  Caroline is heading west, FAR west, to Hawaii in fact!  Let’s send her off in grand fashion!  Expect some special guests to pop in on this one most likely – this won’t be a show to miss!  Visit the event page at tdawgpresents.com to view a video of Caroline in action.

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Waller     Lindsay Rakers

(TDawg Presents)

WALLER w/ special guest Lindsay Rakers Duo

@ Steve’s Live Music, Friday June 14!!!

8pm, $12 door, click here

“Waller draws on bluegrass, gospel, boogie-woogie and down-home country folk music for its satisfying sound, captured with natural warmth on a new, self-pressed CD titled My Poor Queen. I’m impressed most by the pure, disarming qualities of [Jason] Waller’s and co-vocalist Tiffany Leigh Blalock’s voices, and the way the players don’t force unnecessary brawn onto the songs, a la the Avett Brothers and too many other young bands. They simply let them flow naturally, and they’re wonderful.”

– Jeff Clark, Stomp & Stammer

Circus Tent Acoustic Stage @ Hootenanny!

5 Apr

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As I hear some Jim Lauderdale on the radio right now, I’m excited to announce that we’re going to have a spontaneous second stage underneath the brand new circus tent!  Thanks to property owner Smokey Caldwell for replacing the old one.  We will be featuring acoustic sets throughout the day and evening on Saturday between main stage sets, so walk on over and be a part of some magic!

The weather is going to be OUTSTANDING this weekend, beginning this afternoon when all the clouds lift for a magical afternoon and evening to unfold into some fantastic jams under the stars.  Tomorrow we’ll be hitting 70 degrees but bring some warm clothes for the evening.

I don’t know about you, but this weekend is just what the doctor has ordered for big ol’ TDawg!  Can’t wait to see y’all out there!

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTENANNY!!!

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