I am really proud of this record, so I want to share it with you. I hope you all go buy it, but I put together a flash jukebox of the record so you can check it out. Continue reading to see it.
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It is finally out. It’s a week and a half old and it’s selling well.
It was in the top ten of iTunes all of last week and got as high as five before spending a few days at number six and most importantly it debut at #60 on the Billboard top 200 chart.
Pretty cool:
Top Rock Albums
Top Overall Albums
I had a great 3 1/2 month run helping out my friend Patrice Pike while she looked for a new bass player. (congrats Glenn!) I’m really going to miss playing with her, but it’s time to move one with the rest of the year and that all about “Some Mad Hope.” It hits the stores on August 14th and will be on Vanguard Records. The Fall tour is right around the corner and most of the dates are confirmed.
09-27-07
Beachland Ballroom
15711 Waterloo Road Cleveland, OH
Doors: 6:30 PM Show: 8:30 PM Tickets: $13.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
09-28-07
The Basement
391 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43215
Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 8:30 PM Tickets: $12.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
09-30-07
Canopy Club
708 S. Goodwin Ave Urbana, IL 60801
Doors: 5:30 PM Show: 6:30 PM Tickets: $12.00 – (18+)
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-01-07
Blue Note
17 North 9th Street Columbia, MO 65201
Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $12.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-02-07
Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire Lawrence, KS 66044
Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $13.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-04-07
The Majestic Theatre
115 King Street Madison, WI 53713
Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $15.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-05-07
Fine Line Music Cafe
318 1st Avenue, North Minneapolis, MN 55401
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 9:00 PM Tickets: $15.00 – (18+)
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-06-07
House of Blues – Chicago
329 N. Dearborn Chicago, IL 60610
Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 7:30 PM Tickets: $20.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-07-07
Blind Pig
208 S. First Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Doors: 8:30 PM Show: 8:30 PM Tickets: $15.00 – (18+)
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-08-07
El Mocambo
464 Spadina Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $16.50 CAD – (19+)
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-10-07
The Rex Theatre
1602 E. Carson ST Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $15.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-11-07
Theater of Living Arts
334 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19147
Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $20.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-12-07
The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place New York, NY 10003
Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 8:30 PM Tickets: $22.50 – (16+)
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-14-07
Higher Ground
1214 Williston Rd S. Burlington, VT 05403
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $10.00 – All Ages
With Cary Brothers & Kate Voegele.
10-15-07
Pearl Street Nightclub
10 Pearl Street Northampton, MA 01060
Doors: 6:00 PM Show: 7:00 PM Tickets: $15.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-16-07
Water Street Music Hall
204 North Water Street Rochester, New York 14604
Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $13.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-17-07
Sattelite Ballroom
Charlottesville, VA
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-18-07
9:30 Club
815 V Street NW Washington, DC 20001
Doors: 5:00 PM Show: 6:00 PM Tickets: $18.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-20-07
The Loft
1374 W. Peachtree Atlanta, GA 30309
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 9:00 PM Tickets: $15.00 – (18+)
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-21-07
3rd and Lindsley
818 Third Ave. S Nashville, TN 37210
Doors: 6:00 PM Show: 7:00 PM Tickets: $12.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-23-07
The Parish
214 E. 6th Street Austin, TX 78701
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 9:00 PM Tickets: $12.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-24-07
House of Blues – Dallas
Cambridge Room 2200 N. Lamar Street- White Swan Building Dallas, TX 75202
Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $12.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-26-07
Aggie Theater
204 S. College Ave Ft. Collins, CO 80218
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 9:00 PM Tickets: $15.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-27-07
Bluebird Theater
3317 E. Colfax Denver, CO 80206
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 9:00 PM Tickets: $15.00 -(16+)
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-29-07
Bourbon Street @ The Big Easy
919 W. Sprague Spokane, WA 99201
Doors: 6:30 PM Show: 7:30 PM Tickets: $12.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-30-07
Crocodile Cafe
2200 Second Ave Seattle, WA 98121
Doors: 8:30 PM Show: 9:30 PM Tickets: $15.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
10-31-07
Aladdin Theatre
3017 SE Milwaukee Portland, OR 97202
Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $12.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
11-02-07
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd San Francisco, CA 94115
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
11-03-07
Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069
Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 8:30 PM Tickets: $15.00 – All Ages
With Melee & Ingrid Michaelson.
My part of the Brett Dennen tour is coming close in the Northwest this weekend, but we have a solid run of SXSW shows back home in Austin plus I’m playing with a showcase with the fantastic Suzanna Choffel.
With Brett Dennen
Wednesday 12:00 PM Live on 90.5 KUT.
Thursday 8:30 AM Live on KGSR 107.5 at the Four Seasons Hotel.
10:00 PM The Hotel Cafe showcase at the Parish (SXSW).
Friday 4:00 PM Waterloo Records in-store
Saturday 10:00 PM Eternal as part of the KUT.Org showcase (SXSW).
with Suzanna Choffel
Thursday 8:00 PM Light Bar (SXSW)
Here are some vids from the garden thanks to a Matt fan named Kasey.
Car Crash
Suspended
Answering Machine
Here is a clip from the Cutting Room on Jan. 27th in NY. Matt played a small sold out solo show a couple of days before the MSG show. Aaron, Lyle and myself left our killer dinner a little early to go sit in with Matt on a couple of songs since there was some backline (amps, drums) at the club. It was our first time playing out with Lyle Molzan on drums. I think he did a great job.
Ladies and Gentlemen…I present Car Crash.
I’m home for a few days with some shows with Suzanna Choffel and some recording with Tenlons Fort before I head to L.A. to finish up Matt Nathanson’s record. I’m super psyched to get started this batch of songs since Jason McGerr from Death Cab for Cutie will be the drummer on the session. His beats are always so creative and I know he will bring a lot to Matt’s songs.
Here are the dates I’m playing with Brett Dennen.
| Feb 19 2007 | 8:00P |
| Feb 21 2007 | 8:30P |
| Feb 22 2007 | 8:00P |
| Feb 24 2007 | 6:00P |
| Feb 24 2007 | 9:30P |
| Feb 25 2007 | 8:00P |
| Feb 26 2007 | 8:00P |
| Feb 28 2007 | 8:00P |
| Mar 2 2007 | 6:00P |
| Mar 2 2007 | 9:00P |
| Mar 4 2007 | 9:00P |
| Mar 6 2007 | 8:00P |
| Mar 8 2007 | 7:00P |
| Mar 9 2007 | 9:00P |
| Mar 10 2007 | 9:00P |
| Mar 11 2007 | 8:00P |
| Mar 14 2007 | 1:00P |
| Mar 15 2007 | 1:00P |
| Mar 16 2007 | 8:00P |
| Mar 17 2007 | 1:00P |
I played Madison Square Garden tonight with Matt Nathanson. We opened for O.A.R with Gomez. It was sold out and O.A.R. taped a live DVD. I thought we killed it. We also had a new drummer named Lyle Molzan. He’s a Canuck from Toronto and plays with Jann Arden. He is a total bad ass and the band has NEVER sounded so good. I’ll post some more pictures later. What a great experience!
So much has been happening lately. I’ve been recording the new Tenlons Fort record with Jack Gibson. I’ve also been busy playing local shows with Suzanna Choffel, Erin Condo, Sarah Glynn, Craig Marshall, Jade Day and Dave Madden but I’m about to hit the road again. January 12th through the 23rd I’ll be playing bass with a fantastic singer/songwriter named Brett Dennen. He is a mix of Dylan, Paul Simon and Jack Johnson. He opened for the last leg of Matt Nathanson’s tour last year. I finish out this month in NY with Matt and we are playing a show at the world famous Madison Square Garden opening up for O.A.R. and Gomez.
We finish Matt’s record in L.A. in February and then I jump back on Brett’s tour in Lexington, KY on the 19th and I’m with him until March 18th in Dallas. We’ll be playing some shows during SXSW and I’ll get to be on tour and sleep in my own bed at the same time. That’s the way it should always be.
Go listen to Brett (iTunes) and check out his MySpace.
