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Scarendipity – The finest Halloween bash in Atlanta!

21 Oct

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(The Ragbirds at last year’s Scarendipity dressed as Fraggle Rock!)

One of the finest Halloween parties in the country, Scarendipity, is happening this SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta, GA!

Please read the details carefully and I hope y’all can make it!  This is truly one of the most amazing parties you will attend this year!  For more information please send an email to scarendipity@gmail.com.  Net proceeds from the event will benefit the Kirkwood Neighborhood Association.

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If you don’t know what Scarendipity is, since 2005 we have thrown an event celebrating Halloween that is somewhere between a house party on steroids and a private festival. Over the years, Scarendipity has become nothing short of legendary, incorporating a blend of local, regional, and national live music talent; professional fire performers; DJ’s; and acrobats!

This is a COSTUME PARTY! Unless you like kicking yourself or feeling awkward, DRESS UP!

Details…

When: Saturday, October 26th from 8:00pm until somewhere likely past 1:00am

Where: The Old M.J. Dollar Funeral Home in Historic Kirkwood, Atlanta (a/k/a Golubic’ Residence)
229 Howard Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30317-1111

What you give:

– $30 cash donation at the door, or a
– $25 donation in advance – arrangements for advanced donation can be made by clicking the PayPal icon below and sending a PayPal donation.

What you get:

– OPEN COCKTAIL BAR & several varieties of quality brews
– A HUGE bon fire to keep you warm
– A MASSIVE Oktober Fest-type covered & enclosed tent featuring two-time Grammy nominated DJ Thomas Goluibic’ (best known as Music Supervisor for AMC’s Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead as well as HBO’s Six Feet under)!
– LIVE MUSIC from Deep Blue Sun, Freddy’s Finest, and special guests! (more to be announced)

YOUR DONATION COVERS YOU FOR ALL THE BOOZE, BEER, AND HULLABALOO!! (please tip your tenders!)

Why: Every year Scarendipity asks for donations in support of a worthy purpose. This year, Scarendipity’s proceeds will be reinvested locally:
Improving Kirkwood’s public spaces – Specifically, landscaping surrounding signs that welcome everyone to our neighborhood. The more you give, the more we can do to make this area beautiful for our families, neighbors, and friends. Please go the PayPal link to make an advanced donation.

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Frequently Asked Questions…

Who’s invited?

This costume party is for our friends and **YOUR FRIENDS**!
We are NOT sending individual invitations or doing RSVP. This is not a public event, rather it is a unique social experience designed to bring friends together with our friends’ friends.
BRING A GROUP OF YOUR FAVORITE PEOPLE… or just plan to meet some more of ours, and undoubtedly some you didn’t know we knew!

Where do I park?

Parking can be something of a chore so carpool, arrive early, cab it, go in on a shuttle van service with others, etc. We will have several security personnel patrolling the streets, but it is always wise to use the buddy system late at night and leave valuables out of your car.

Will there be food?

You bet! Details to come, check back on the Scarendipity Facebook page for updates…

I have more questions. Who do I contact?

Be sure to check the Scarendipity Facebook page and Facebook event page for regular updates – most if not all of the information you need will be right there. Otherwise, you can send your questions to scarendipity@gmail.com, and we’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible.

Is this an all-ages event?

Sorry, this is a 21-and-over event.

The donation is a bit rich for my blood – how can I still participate?

We are always in need of volunteers to help set up, tear down, clean up afterwards, and help with odd jobs the day of the party. Email us at scarendipity@gmail.com if you want to help!

We look forward to celebrating with you!

Some live footage of The Ragbirds (10/3) & Strung Like A Horse (10/5)

2 Oct

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Happy Hump Day everyone!  Thought you’d enjoy a couple of fun videos from The Ragbirds & Strung Like A Horse to help you through the day.  I hope you can make it out to these shows!  Both early, both manageable!   

The first is “Lucky Rhythm” by The Ragbirds at the Summercamp Music Festival earlier this year w/ a quite a festive late night crowd.  While our show will be the polar opposite time-wise, they’re gonna have quite a groove going in the cozy confines of the Red Light Cafe!

The second is “Horizontal” by Strung Like A Horse from Scenic City Roots this past summer.  Y’all Music On Main Street is a BYOB venue, and you can bring your dinner picnic set up, and it’s a great venue for kids!

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The Ragbirds

THURSDAY, October 3, 8PM

The Red Light Cafe, 553 Amsterdam Ave., 404.874.7828

$12 adv/$15 door

Advance tickets

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Strung Like A Horse

Saturday, October 5, 7pm, $10

Music On Main Street

113 Main St NW, Lilburn, GA 30047, 770.609.6393

Big Week of Shows for TDawg Presents!

30 Sep

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Come on out for a special early weeknight show at The Red Light Cafe on Thursday, October 3, with one of the most dynamic bands touring these days in The Ragbirds!  Fresh off having a baby in August, Erin Zindle leads these road warriors back on the road for the first time since that time on the proudly proclaimed “Brave New Baby Tour”.

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They will be traveling in their new bio-fuel vehicle tailor made for including a new little family member!  I personally am looking forward to welcoming them with open arms and an amazing audience Thursday night!  It’s also my wife’s birthday, and The Ragbirds is one of her favorite bands.  So if you know her, come on out and celebrate with us.  If you don’t know her, come on out and celebrate with us!  Below is a great video of the band performing one of my favorite songs by them, “Brave New Beat”, from Music City Roots.  Enjoy!

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On Saturday, October 5, Strung Like A Horse visits Music On Main Street for an evening under the large oaks in a beautiful backyard setting in historic downtown Lilburn, just 20 minutes east of the ATL.  It’s an early show, starting at 7pm, and be ready for two sets of the some of the finest self-proclaimed “gypsy punk garage grass” you’re ever going to see!  Cover is only $10!  These kind folks are on a roll right now, doing good things, and are the top band out of Chattanooga right now.  DO NOT MISS THEM!  Music On Main Street is a very family friendly venue that is BYOB and you can bring your own dinner spread, too.  Be sure to bring a blanket and/or chairs!  Below is a video of their song titled “Gypsy Jane”, some of which was filmed at beautiful Cherokee Farms.

Funk’n’Soul FallFest a success!

24 Sep

We had a fantastic time at Twain’s on Saturday evening for the inaugural edition of the Funk’n’Soul FallFest!  Special thanks to owners and brothers Ethan and Uri Wurtzel for their willingness to try new things, and THANK YOU to all of you who made it out on Saturday for at least a part!  The crowd flowed wonderfully all through the night, and there was always a steady audience for the music.

Jango Monkey kicked off the music shortly after 6pm for a rousing 80 minute set full of fantastic interwoven jams that kept everyone grooving.  They certainly enjoyed the set, and let’s just say it was the perfect kick-off to the evening.

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(Jango Monkey)

Grant Green Jr. followed, and his two sets were as tight and flowing as could be, even if we had to assemble a lineup for him last minute.   He had some fine young players with him that didn’t skip a beat.  I believe it’s safe to say that Twain’s stage is a perfect outlet for Grant, and I hope we can do more with master of the jazz & soul guitar.  Quite a site to behold when you can catch him!

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Young stewards of the funk from Augusta, GA, Funk You, closed out the night performing originals alongside tasteful covers by The Rolling Stones, Bill Withers, and Van Morrison just to name a few.  I was extremely impressed by these fellas in their debut in Decatur and look forward to seeing them moving forward.  I sat down at one point and pressed record on the iphone and got some good footage in the throes of a jam for almost 9 minutes.  I hope you enjoy it!

Please mark down Thursday, October 3, on your calendar for An Evening with The Ragbirds!  Advance tix are available by clicking on the link in the previous sentence.  This is a special early show (8pm’ish start time), so come on out and see one of the most vibrant bands going these days, a band that describes their music as “infectious global grooves”.

TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny is 3 weeks out!

12 Sep

I figure that this repost is relevant today 😉 In this crazy world that we inhabit, surrounded by so much wrong, it’s nice to have “it” right. The Hootenannies are right! If you’ve never been, you need to give it a try.  The testimonials below are from the last Hootenanny back in April of  this year.  They’re a fun read!  Come on y’all!!

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Howdy y’all!  We’re just over three weeks away from an absolutely incredible weekend of music at the serene property in the NW Georgia mountains known as Cherokee Farms on the weekend of September 13-14, and I thought I’d get you all fired up with some observations from enthusiastic musicians and patrons from the April Hoot.  Dave Jordan (Neighborhood Improvement Association) summed up nicely just yesterday the feeling one gets about coming to a camping TDawg event:

“Looking forward to playing another one of Thomas Helland‘s festivals. I was on his first one, 15 years ago and it’ll be nice to catch up with some old friends. Rumor has it, Duane Trucks will be joining Gregory Hodges and Will Repholz and I to rock Cherokee Farms. Yeah u rite!”

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Caroline Aiken – “A weekend full of family and friends, and the HOOTNENANNY was SO wonderful, the line…

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Hootenanny Advance Tix end THU 9/12 at 11PM EDT!

11 Sep

Get your advance tickets NOW so you can be just as chillin’ as the mighty fine individual in this picture!  Also, check out our own Ralph Roddenbery creating a “Hootenanny Song” 😉  And remember, you’ll receive a compilation CD from the 2nd Annual Atlanta’s Holiday Hootenanny on Dec 16, 2012 at the Variety Playhouse!  Artists featured include Papa Mali, Larry Keel, Jimmy Hall, Grant Green Jr., Ike Stubblefield, Col. Bruce Hampton, Rev. Jeff Mosier, and many more!

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!!

Lodging

Key West Inn, 2221 N Main St  LaFayette, GA 30728
PH:  (706) 638-8200

Days Inn, 2209 N Main St  LaFayette, GA 30728
PH:  (706) 639-9362

Chillin' Cherokee Farms

A TDawg Reflection – HOOT HOOT!!

26 Aug

Little King Trio

This past weekend marked a very special time for me personally and professionally.  I started in this crazy music business back in 1998, and a few of those original folks who helped me get going back in the day were at the Clear Mountain View Music Festival at the Elliott Family Farms in Polkville, NC – what a fantastic reunion!  I value my friendships greatly, and when there is an opportunity not only to renew those relationships and create new friendships but also to rejuvenate myself musically and spiritually, that’s the perfect storm for one helluva time!

TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny lives by this formula, and if you don’t feel this energy, we’ll help you get there!

It was fantastic to see our good bluegrass buddy David Via back on stage after a horrendous attack left him a large stack of medical bills, including a reconstructed jaw.   He sounded great, looked great, and it was too bad the only storm of the weekend came during his set, because it was fantastic!  Big Daddy Love followed by Yarn provided a framework for some remarkable jams, instrumentation, collaboration, and songwriting.  Music for the soul.

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Good times with the Steep Canyon Rangers!  They’ve come quite a ways, obviously, and they sound incredible!  Woody looked sharp up there as the ring leader – if you haven’t heard about or are considering going to Mountain Song At Sea, GO!  There are some great acts booked in addition to Steep Canyon Rangers, including the David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio, The Seldom Scene, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Travelin’ McCourys, Kruger Brothers, Trampled By Turtles, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, Greensky Bluegrass and more!  I’m certain there will be additions to the lineup coming soon!

Following the Steep Canyon Rangers was Acoustic Syndicate, one of my acts for the very first HarvestFest in October of 1998 plus three out of the next four (had to cancel in 2001 when they were invited to perform at Farm Aid).  Needless to say, seeing them after a few years of not having the opportunity to do so was extremely rewarding.  Emotions swelled inside of me as I was taken away by the family harmonies and tight, tight musical interaction that transcends description until you see it live.  The family connection (two brothers and a cousin) in that band is strong, and it’s exciting to have them doing some shows more frequently as well as releasing a new album (very inspiring release and highly recommended) shortly after Labor Day!

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PLEASE consider coming to the upcoming Hootenanny – I know from my own experiences that this is not a Hoot to be missed – this one, perhaps more so than any previous one, really instills the original HarvestFest spirit from ’98-’02 at the old location in Fairburn, Atlanta’s Back Porch.  Below is ticket information for you – I hope you can make it out!

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTENANNY!!!

ADVANCE TICKETS for FRI-SAT and SAT ONLY are available now at the links below.

***All advance purchases will receive a copy of a compilation from TDawg Presents’ 2nd Annual Atlanta’s Holiday Hootenanny that occurred in December of 2012, featuring Papa Mali, Larry Keel, Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Hall, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Col. Bruce Hampton, Ike Stubblefied, Grant Green Jr., Deep Blue Sun and more!

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!!

Lodging

Key West Inn, 2221 N Main St  LaFayette, GA 30728
PH: (706) 638-8200

Days Inn, 2209 N Main St  LaFayette, GA 30728
PH: (706) 639-9362