Well folks we’re heading to the mountains now, the weather is going to be amazing this weekend so come on up and enjoy in the music and outdoor lovin’ shenanigans! Music starts tonight at 9:30 PM with Sam French & Friends, tomorrow at 12:30PM with Hannah Zale! Please feel free to stay as long as you need to on Sunday!
We’re gonna miss our good buddy Ralph Roddenbery this time around, so here’s a gem from last year’s Fall Hoot on the Grateful Fred Stage. Pushin’ on a Pull Door!
My how time flies! Here we are the week of the 17th edition of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny y’all! The temperature will be just right for a big ol’ bonfire, and the music will keep you moving all day and all night!
If you’ve not had a chance yet to catch Col. Bruce Hampton, mark my words you’re in for a special treat. His shows seem to always fit the moment, never a weak link. The Zambi master will bring it on Saturday evening, you know that for certain. Below is a fun clip from last year’s 3rd Annual Atlanta’s Holiday Hootenanny in December (mark your calendars for SUN DEC 21 and the 4th Annual Holiday Hoot!)
Freddy’s Finest has evolved into quite the funk/jazz ensemble that can really tear it up. A perfect for the 6:30pm set on the Grateful Fred Stage, and an ideal band to directly precede Col. Bruce! Check out their Lettuce jam from the Moonshadow Tavern not too long ago. Let’s just say it’s a very involved jam where each participating musician brings it!
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Cherokee Farms, 2035 Old Mineral Springs Rd., LaFayette, GA 30728
***ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE!
FRI-SAT Sept 19-20 (incl camping) ~ $50 ADV/$65 GATE
SAT Sept 20 ONLY (incl camping) ~ $45 ADV/$55 GATE
SAT DAY PASS (NO camping) ~ $40 GATE. Kids 12 & under are admitted FREE! Kids ages 13-16 $20 at gate. NO DOGS PLEASE! BYOB
Well folks we’re only 10 days out from what promises to be one of the finest Hootenannies yet September 19-20! You can get your advance tickets by visiting the official TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny page and clicking on either FRI-SAT or SAT only – both include camping!
Atlanta’s Rolling Nowhere just successfully completed their first tour out West, and let’s just say it rejuvenated and inspired the fellas, and they’re gonna bring it to you on Saturday afternoon September 20! Below is a live video from a performance in Nashville a few months back, showcasing their rockin’ and raucous sound – comin’ right atcha!
Chattanooga’s own Strung Like A Horse has been tearing it up for several years now, and TDawg Presents is excited to have them as a staple of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny! Their unique brand of music, which they affectionately describe as Gypsy-Punk-Garage-Grass, will have you boogeyin’ late into the night! Check’em out below in a clip from Music City Roots.
Y’all this is going to be a BIG time! Don’t miss out on it – get your tickets now!
We are just ONE MONTH out from what promises to be one of the finest parties of the fall season in TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny! It’s not often that one of the musicians involved (Jared Womack) just won the dobro competition at the nationally renown RockyGrass Bluegrass Festival in Lyons, CO. It’s not often that the caliber of musicians present all weekend long are so stellar, full of amazing energy from various musical styles including blues, bluegrass, jazz, Americana, Southern rock, and singer-songwriter! The cross-pollination of musicians is going to be at an extremely high level, so be ready for the unexpected!
**Please consider purchasing your ADVANCE TICKETS NOW to help forward the cause, especially if you know you’re going. Don’t be bashful – share this event with your friends and family. They’ll have as much fun as YOU will!
If camping isn’t your thing necessarily, there are two hotels down the road about two miles that are easy to get to. Please go to the event page for that and other information including the schedule and links to each artist!
While I don’t anticipate the legendary Johnny Knapp making the journey to Cherokee Farms to play with Col. Bruce Hampton & The Madrid Express, I can’t resist putting this video on here from the Red Light Cafe in December the night before the Holiday Hootenanny. A nice Zambi moment for your afternoon. HOOOOOOOOOOTENANNY!!!
Howdy y’all! Jason Kenney was invited to open for Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) on a series of five dates, of which one is Saturday, September 20. Congrats to Jason on this great opportunity – it’s always great to see folks from Hootenanny family do right!
Please welcome up and coming vocalist Hannah Zale into the Hootenanny mix! A bright rising star who resides in Athens, GA, Hannah will turn some heads!
Also, TDawg Presents is excited to have the superior guitar mastery of Ted Norton (The Grapes, Ralph Roddenbery Band) joining the Fall Hoot as an at-large artist! Ted will also be performing on Friday night as part of Sam French & Friends!
The Hootenanny movement doesn’t skip a beat, and you know it’s going to be off the chains this fall. Meanwhile, don’t forget to mark your calendar for Saturday, August 9, at Music On Main Street in Lilburn, GA for the first installment of TDawg’s Summer Hoot! The lineup features the legendary Grant Green Jr., jazz/funk trio DynOMite, and local rising band The Jugtime Ragband.
TDawg Presents is excited to bring FREDDY’S FINEST into the Hootenanny family mix! These soulful funk’n’groovers also serve as Jimmy Hall’s (from Wet Willie) band, so you KNOW there’s some southern soul going on inside these fellas!
Please note below the updated schedule. So much musical goodness here y’all, you aren’t going to want miss any of it! Get your advance tickets NOW to support one of the finest little festies in the entire Southeast. A TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny is more like a private showcase with a few hundred of your best buddies – how can you not have an incredible time?!
| FRI SEPT 19 | |
| SHED STAGE | |
| 9:30PM – 12:30PM | SAM FRENCH & FRIENDS |
| SAT SEPT 20 | |
| SHED STAGE | |
| 12:30PM – 2:00PM | JASON KENNEY |
| 2:45PM – 4:15PM | ROLLING NOWHERE |
| 5:00PM – 6:30PM | SECONDHAND SWAGGER |
| 7:15PM – 8:45PM | COL. BRUCE & MADRID EXPRESS |
| 9:30 – 11:00PM | LINGO |
| 11:30PM – 1:00AM | STRUNG LIKE A HORSE w/ LACY JO |
| GRATEFUL FRED STAGE | |
| 2:00PM – 2:45PM | MOMS JAM!!!! |
| 4:15PM – 5:00PM | THE JUGTIME RAGBAND |
| 6:30PM – 7:15PM | FREDDY’S FINEST |
| 8:45PM – 9:30PM | DONNA HOPKINS |
FRI-SAT SEPT 19-20 @ CHEROKEE FARMS!
Advance Tickets are available NOW – please plan on attending and supporting true roots music at its finest! It’s amazing how wonderful an event can be in its simplicity. The music, the friends and family, the general camaraderie of the Hootenanny nation! You really can’t beat it, and you won’t know until you go yourself! Except you have to hear your friends talk about how much fun it was this past time, and they can’t wait til the fall edition! Please click on the Advance Tickets link to purchase yours today!
THE SCHEDULE
| FRI SEPT 19 | |
| SHED STAGE | |
| 9:30PM – 12:30PM | SAM FRENCH & FRIENDS |
| SAT SEPT 20 | |
| SHED STAGE | |
| 12:30PM – 2:00PM | JASON KENNEY |
| 2:45PM – 4:15PM | ROLLING NOWHERE |
| 5:00PM – 6:30PM | SECONDHAND SWAGGER |
| 7:15PM – 8:45PM | COL. BRUCE & MADRID EXPRESS |
| 9:30 – 11:00PM | LINGO |
| 11:30PM – 1:00AM | STRUNG LIKE A HORSE w/ LACY JO |
| GRATEFUL FRED STAGE | |
| 2:00PM – 2:45PM | MOMS JAM!!!! |
| 4:15PM – 5:00PM | THE JUGTIME RAGBAND |
| 6:30PM – 7:15PM | JASON KENNEY |
| 8:45PM – 9:30PM | DONNA HOPKINS |
