My new five-song EP "Nicklesworth" is ready for release. The digital version will be available Feb 15 and the CD by the end of January. Four of these songs have been bouncing around for a few years as I worked them through various modifications. I am quite pleased with Michael Crittenden's production and I am excited for folks to hear these songs. While this is more or … [Read more...]
Recording Session 2016
I spent a couple days at Mackinaw Harvest Recording Studios in GR this week. This was my third recording session at MH and it is always a fabulous experience. With Michael Crittenden producing, we recorded five new (some new, some recent) songs. To start out Michael helped me narrow down a list of 20 songs to a manageable few. We tracked three piano songs and two … [Read more...]
Jive at Five set for Wheatland!
We are very excited to play the Saturday night dance at The Wheatland Festival's Dance Pavillion on September 10. Jive at Five is a seven-piece swing dance and jazz band and we love dance parties. Wheatland Festival is considered to be the "granddaddy of 'em all" regarding summer traditional music festivals and we hope to see you there! … [Read more...]
Crazy Chestur Loves Farmington!
On June 24, Crazy Chestur performed a free concert at Riley Park in Farmington. Our friend Tom Birchler produces these shows in a very cool pavillion and park. We played for a packed park to hundreds of lawn chair music fans. We sold out of CD's and added some new web fans. All in all we had a wonderful time and hope to visit Farmington again. … [Read more...]
Music in The Florida Keys
Can you play that song in a lower key? No but how about The Lower Keys! Melinda and I are spending two months in the lower keys this winter. The music scene here is quite robust. Almost every bar/restaurant features live music nightly. Our local bar - Looe Key Tiki Bar - offers a jam session every Tuesday with The Jam Band - Tony, Mark, Luke and Cliff as host band. … [Read more...]
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