Appendix E-J

So, this musical bit has been up on the world wide entirenets since early December, but we figured we’d go ahead and let you know about it…or remind you about it…now.

Why? Because Nathaniel Rateliff (formerly The Wheel) will be returning to the stage at Everyday Joe’s on Saturday (Feb. 20). Fresh off finishing his debut release for Rounder Records (home of Raffi) and fresh before leaving for England. Tickets are $7 in advance or $10 at the door and can be purchased at the shop or here. Show time is 7 pm. Shadows On A River and Jay J Mattot will warm the place up.

Our favorite from Nate’s session at the wonderful Daytrotter studios is posted below. Please enjoy “You Should Have Seen The Other Guy”. Listen to/download the rest of the session here, and we’ll see you on Saturday.

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FURTHER:

• Audio Treat: Shadows On A River
• Buy Tickets

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Our longtime friend Aaron Strumpel is headlining our annual 90/10 Benefit this coming Saturday. Were you aware of that or have you not been listening to the good things your uncle has been trying to teach you? If you are not aware and want to be, read about the benefit here and then listen to Aaron’s critically-acclaimed Elephants, which he will be performing it’s entirety as part of his set.

The companion album to Elephants – Birds – is getting the finishing touches put on it in Aaron’s mountain laboratory. Out of those finishing touches has come and alternate version of a new song titled “Grandma.” Aaron’s words shall take it from here:

Friends!

Well, just a note. I’m hard at work at the new album, almost. Since you’re in the inside loop, thought i’d jot downn a bit more about this song then what i’ve written elsewhere…

I wrote it a few years back after visiting my grandmother. She always loved to give me gifts when I came, and this time she had a chocolate bar or some snack for me…she lives in a nursing home! Anyway, she said she wished she could give me more and was really actually sad about it. I told her I didn’t want anything more than to see her smile and be with her. It’s a crazy thing this life is…we’re born and everything is brand new for 25 years or so, then things get normal and I feel like a lot of us experience a dead zone of plateau if we’re not careful…then we get older and can’t quite do the things we do…but all through it, love from and to family can just immerse and give meaning and beauty to our times and seasons. Anyway, i wrote the song as an inner conversation with myself about being ok with the passing of time and life here.

I’ve never shared it with grandma and now she’s getting a bit older…gonna turn 98 in a couple of weeks! She doesn’t remember me when I visit, but loves it that I come and seems to know what it means when I tell her I’m her grandson. She wears a rosary i gave her a few years ago everyday and I tell her I gave it to here every time I see her. This last time, my dad visited her the night before, saying she was going to have a special visitor the next day and asked her if she knew who it was gonna be…she answered in her 98 yr old voice, ‘is it our dear Lord?’ She was excited to see me and my folks and said, ‘Will you come everyday, can it always be like this?’ and gave me a bag of chips to have on my drive home. She’s so lovely and I hope I get to see her again.

I hope you enjoy this song. It’s a different version from what will be released.

love,
aaron

Oh that Aaron Strumpel. When he opens his heart it can move one two sizes two small. He is a good man.

Listen to “Grandma (Crazy Version)” below and download the track here to hold with you until the Birds can fly home to you and nest next to the Elephant tracks on your heart.

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FURTHER:

• Buy tickets to the 90/10 Benefit
• Buy Elephants

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I would like to present to you three scenarios, and then give you the proper tool needed to enter into each of these scenarios:

1. …a pleasant way to end the work week
2. …a pleasant way to start the weekend
3. …a pleasant way to prepare for the Everyday Joe’s 90/10 Benefit on December 5

Now for the tool.

Aaron Strumpel is headlining this year’s 90/10. What’s more, he’ll be playing his critically-acclaimed album Elephants front to back, with the help of his dear friends who helped him create it.

“La-di-di-doo-da,” I can hear you thinking. “I’ve never heard that album.”

Well, that is no longer an excuse (and in this case, I’m not sure there are any excuses…just bad reasons for missing something great). You see, Aaron has a very kind heart. An example of that kind heart is displayed below, in the form of the entire album streaming for your listening ears. Enjoy it multiple times. Have breakfast with it. Listen to it with your eyes closed or a paint brush in your hand.

Then, buy tickets to this year’s Everyday Joe’s Benefit. They are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and can be purchased at the shop or online here.

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FURTHER:

• …in which we announce the 2009 Everyday Joe’s 90/10 Benefit
• Buy Elephants
• Buy Tickets
  

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Bands with many members have become more commonplace these days. Usually these bands and their many members make tunes that could be described as dramatic or theatric.

Then there is Paper Bird. It seems to me they are concerned with two things: making nice sounding music and having a nice time. What’s more, they’ll be playing at Everyday Joe’s October 30 & 31. 6:30 pm. $10 adv/$12 door

Two night stand, baby.

Do yourself and your ears a favor and have a listen to “Lullaby” by Paper Bird. Then, do yourself another favor and buy tickets to one or both (best way to go) of the shows.

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FURTHER:

• Buy Tickets
• Paper Bird on MySpace
• Make  paper bird
  

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Musicians are nice when you are nice to them. That is not always true. Sometimes, you just have to be nice to them because it is the thing to do. But other times, being nice is met with treats.

In this case, the treat is a new song from our dear Brooke Waggoner. The e-mail that came with it claimed it as exclusive, but I think that probably went out to many folks. However, it is quite nice.

Her younger brother Phil is a good man, part of the Everyday Joe’s family, and steady musician. Brooke is also a steady musician (methinks it is in the blood) and that steadiness is well portrayed in “Chromates Soft Love” from Brooke’s upcoming release Go Easy Little Doves. Smart brains must also run in the Waggoner blood, because that song title makes my brain hurt. The music, however, does not. Listen below, check out tour dates below that, and then buy Brooke’s new album come Oct. 6

“Chromates Soft Love” by Brooke Waggoner

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Tour Dates
w/ Owl City

Oct 8, 2009 – Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court – Buy Tickets

Oct 9, 2009 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room – SOLD OUT!

Oct 10, 2009 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater – SOLD OUT!

Oct 11, 2009 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue – Buy Tickets

Oct 12, 2009 – Boise, ID @ The Venue – Buy Tickets

Oct 13, 2009 – Spokane, WA @ Big Dipper – SOLD OUT!

Oct 15, 2009 – Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret – Buy Tickets

Oct 16, 2009 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos – SOLD OUT!

Oct 17, 2009 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre – SOLD OUT!

Oct 19, 2009 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s – SOLD OUT!

Oct 20, 2009 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour – SOLD OUT!

Oct 22, 2009 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues – SOLD OUT!

Oct 23, 2009 – San Diego, CA @ Epicentre – SOLD OUT!

Oct 24, 2009 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch – SOLD OUT!

Oct 25, 2009 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad – Buy Tickets

Oct 27, 2009 – Tulsa, OK @ Marquee – SOLD OUT!

Oct 28, 2009 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues – SOLD OUT!

Oct 29, 2009 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues – SOLD OUT!

Oct 30, 2009 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s – SOLD OUT!

Oct 31, 2009 – Houston, TX @ Meridian – SOLD OUT!

Solo Show’s

Nov 12, 2009 – Greenville, SC @ Furman University w/ Tyler James

Dec 2, 2009 – Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java

Dec 3, 2009 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live

Dec 4, 2009 – New York City, NY @ The Living Room

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Sometimes you hear music and you just want to keep listening to it. And then you realize you’re hearing that music because that musician wants to play at your venue. Hallelujah.

Shadows On A River…you must hear him. It is one man with a great musical moniker and even better tunes. I literally saved up to buy his latest album (self-titled). I haven’t saved up to buy an album since I was 14.

Please enjoy In “The Water”, and then come down tonight (Friday, 9/25) to see the magic in person. Iris In The Foreground will play as well.

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FURTHER:

• Shadows On A River on Myspace
• Iris In The Foreground on Myspace
• Buy Shadows on A River

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Much time around Everyday Joe’s is spent contacting bands we’d love to see play here (I mean, really, why wait for someone else to book them?). Probably two years ago, I e-mailed an act called Casados. I don’t remember much about them, just that they were good enough to make me want to watch them play music.

3 months ago, I got an e-mail back.

Casados is now existing under the moniker You & Yourn. They still play fantastic music. I know because they were nice enough to send along an advance copy of their forthcoming album It Would Make Things Worse, out October 27 on Parasol Records. I might actually have 2 copies of the album and I might be looking to give one away, pending approval from the proper authorities. Stay in touch.

In the mean time, please enjoy “Commercial Paper.” You & Yourn will make their Everyday Joe’s debut this coming Saturday (September 26), sharing the stage with our good friend Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Cover is $5 at the door. Showtime is 7 pm.

“Commercial Paper” by You and Yourn

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FURTHER:

• You & Yourn on Myspace
• Danielle Ate The Sandwich on YouTube (hilarity)

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For myself, there isn’t much better than when you put an album on for the first time and the sounds coming through the speakers move you. It is almost an unexpected and much welcome joy that can bring you to tears. It also seems to be rare. It hadn’t happened for me since I first listened to For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver. Then last Sunday rolled around.

Brent Cowles is the man behind the moniker You, Me, and Apollo. He is the son of a person very close to the Everyday Joe’s family. When he needed a last -second show to fill a date on tour, I was willing to help but needed to hear the music first. I was forwarded a copy of his 5-song How To Swim, How To Rot EP. Figuratively, I haven’t stopped listening to it since. Literally, it is on twice-a-day rotation in my car, headphones, and home. I have forwarded it to most people I know…not with internet piracy malice but with the urgent note of “you…have…to…hear…this.”

I would now like to forward that urgent note to you. The entire EP is ready for you to stream below. It clocks in at just under 23 mintues, so grab a snack and have a seat.

You, Me, & Apollo will be performing at Everyday Joe’s Thursday, July 9 with Courtney Marie Andrews. The show starts at 7 pm and there is a $5 suggested donation.

See you then & enjoy.

How To Swim, How To Rot EP by You, Me, and Apollo

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FURTHER:

• You, Me, And Apollo on Myspace
• Courtney Marie Andrews on Myspace

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Oh my this is special.

Sometimes you hear some tunes that you want to listen to over and over and over…etc.

This is one of those tunes. Most efficient use of clapping in a song I have heard in some time. Makes me want to hear more clapping.

I can tell by the look on your face that you want to hear more clapping also. Luckily, you can on Friday, June 26 at Everyday Joe’s. Churchill will be making their Ft. Collins debut, sharing the stage with Lifeboat Etiquette (who will have his new wife Baily Stauffer sitting in on keys). This show is last minute, and solid as a rock.

Churchill has sent a song over for you. Enjoy.

“I Still Remember” by Churchill

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FURTHER:

• Churchill on Myspace
• Lifeboat Etiquette on Myspace
• Lifeboat Etiquette Audio Treat

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There is a group of musicians in Fort Collins that are a deeply important part of the Everyday Joe’s family. We’ve literally watched them grow up playing music. They are the Act So Big Forest.

Act So Big Forest is made up of many, many bands…most of which share members. One of those bands is Candy Claws, and they will be celebrating the release of their album Saturday night (3/21) at Everyday Joe’s.

To this point, CC hasn’t done much live performing, but they have made nature videos to accompany their songs or songs to accompany their nature videos. Few my favorite of these videos below. Then listen to their song . Then view the concert poster below that (designed by Rion of Candy Claws…have him design you something). Then come down Saturday night at 7 pm. House Of Leaves & Ocean Bump! are also on the bill. There is a $5 suggested donation.

“Lantern Fish” by Candy Claws

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Further:

• Candy Claws Official Myspace
• Act So Big Forest Blog
• Ocean Bump! Official Myspace
• Rion’s Design Portfolio

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