TDawg Presents brings you the finest in music that heals the soul and brings life to your life. You KNOW that a TDawg show will always be a solid show!
TDawg Presents is excited to bring back the songwriter showcase that created such a great vibe at the Keel Family Function back in 2010 (See picture below) with a fresh roster of musicians to work with. For those of you who attended that event and witnessed the two-set songwriter marathon featuring Jeff Sipe on drums throughout, expect the same sort of energy with the musicians involved this time around.
This time around, Richie Jones will be on drums plus a stellar cast of band mates to complete the puzzle and provide the unique landscape for each song, everyone plucked from within the Hootenanny and representative of just how amazing our musicians really are! The list includes:
Mikhael Peterson (Copious Jones)
Ralph Roddenbery
Donna Hopkins
Clay Maselle & BJ Hightower (Strung Like A Horse)
Brian Fowler (Bibb City Ramblers)
Let’s promote the songwriters! Please spread the word about this unique set – a perfect way to enjoy the afternoon!
The first TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny happened in May of 2006, about eight months after Blue Ridge HarvestFest was laid to rest following an incredible run from1998-2005, battling so many weather forces over the years. Through all of the weather-inflicted turmoil, a dedicated audience was born, and many of those in that audience still remind me how much they wish we could have HarvestFest back. Hopefully one day there will be a similar event – that festival certainly had an energy all its own 😉
A TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny weekend represents the simple things in life that can make an outdoor music & camping experience so wonderful – one or two food vendors, a few arts/crafts vendors, BYOB, and focus on the music. The Hootenannies are a great chance to bring groups of families and friends together in an intimate musical environment, where the musicians truly become one with the audience. I realized that bringing the shows back to the basics really made a lot of sense for both reviving my love of producing unique outdoor events and affordability for the patron.
The ensuing Back Porch Hootenannies certainly embodied those qualities, and through the years they have maintained quite an incredible energy and evolved into a small festival that leaves you so satisfied at the end. After a long winter, the spring Hoot always offers you a chance to stretch your legs in the great outdoors, breathe in that fresh mountain air, feel the musical vibes, and kick off your spring in grand fashion . Hootenannies are about the music and community – each and every time there is a lineup that has the patrons expecting the unexpected musically, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who attended a Hoot and had a miserable time because of the event itself.
Here is one of my favorite musical moments from last September’s Hoot featuring David Via & Curtis Burch with Larry Keel and wife Jenny sitting in. A true crowd pleaser 😉
Make your plans now for the weekend of April 4-5 and help the event by purchasing your tickets now! Please share with your friends, family, and colleagues and encourage them to come on board for a great time!
This spring’s 16th Edition of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny has a blueprint for absolute magical music mayhem, and the two bands in this posting – Copious Jones & Big Daddy Love – embody that quality equally as much as Seven Handle Circus and Moontower!
Friday night Hootenanny headliner Big Daddy Love is a Winston Salem, NC-based quintet that really will “rock your world”. Their brand of music, aptly titled “Appalachian Rock”, ties together the elements that make their sound unique – rock, roots and bluegrass – and the end result is a sound that has you stompin’ up a storm to some mighty fine pickin’ & grinnin’, BDL style! Their set up is like a southern rock band, with interplay between slide and acoustic guitar and a banjo sound that lends itself toward Earl Scruggs & Bela Fleck, and the rhythm section keeps you jumpin’! BDL has had the good fortune to open for music icons Willie Nelson and Bob Seger, and they had those audiences shouting for more. As organic as it gets, playing off their varied musical influences to produce a sound all their own, Big Daddy Love is going to tear it apart at the Hootenanny!!
The video below is from their set opening for Bob Seger at PNC Arena in Raleigh. Enjoy!
TDawg Presents is excited as can be to welcome back Copious Jones to the Hootenanny mix! This diverse six-piece based out of Atlanta brings quite an array of musical styles into the mix, including jazz, latin, rock, funk, African, folk and blues. Combining these elements into one sound creates an energy that is Copious Jones, led by the talented song-writer Mikhael Peterson. A fine mixture of youth and well-seasoned veterans of the music scene, Copious Jones has evolved from a bar band playing around Atlanta into a highly regarded regional act. They have earned the praise of both fans and industry folk, including notables like the legendary keyboardist Chuck Leavell and Rob Barraco of Phil Lesh & Friends fame. These fellas have the medicine to satisfy your musical needs, so be ready to be taken away at the Hootenanny! The video below is from the recent performance at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta opening for The Grapes. What a night!
Support the Hootenanny and get your tickets early!
I am very excited to welcome to the Hootenanny family the band Seven Handle Circus(performing 9:30pm on Shed Stage, April 5) from Atlanta! This sextet brings it every time and has been paving nice roads around the Southeast since they formed in 2010, and their music has been described as “bad-ass bluegrass” with the “drive and energy of a rock band.” Chandler May from Atlanta Music Guide sums it up nicely following a performance where they performed as a trio (Seven Handle Sideshow), opening for Justin Townes Earle in December of 2012 ~
“Their songs have the pop sensibility of Mumford and Sons and the joie de vivre of Yonder Mountain String Band. Folky three part harmonies filled the air as the Sideshow plucked their way through many original numbers, my favorite being “I’ve Been Around The World“. The opening guitar riff immediately grabs you, and the hook most definitely ‘brings you back’.”
Here’s a clip from their most recent performance at Terminal West last year. Needless to say, they have that “it” factor going on!
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Moontower returns for a second appearance (performing 11:30pm on Shed Stage, April 5) at TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny, and folks are pumped! These fellas have built quite the loyal following and for good reason. Mixing a strong dose of original material with the perfect covers, their music propels your groove as well as any fine jam ever has. The video below is from their previous Hootenanny appearance in September of 2012 performing an epic 27 minute jam with the help of Benji Shanks on slide guitar that is one of the more unlikely medleys you’ve heard in a while. Enjoy!
Here is the initial schedule for the 16th Edition of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny on April 4-5 at Cherokee Farms in LaFayette, GA! Please note that the schedule is subject to change – HOOOOOOOOOOOOTENANNY y’all!
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