| Sun, 30 August 2015 Summer Skin Freckles. Tan lines on my feet. Well... just to be TAN is a rare thing for folks, like myself, who naturally do not do that sort of thing. Oh, Mr. Sun, you hung around longer than we had hoped but we had fun anyway. Index Arts Fest It was a sheer pleasure to return to Index, Washington and play for the dear folks of the area. It was a scorcher of a day and we were very thankful to jump into the Skykomish River after our set. It is always such a pleasure to be in a small town, to see familiar faces, to get the kiddos dancing and hula hoopin'. I really do believe that Index Arts Fest is my favourite festival to play. Live painters line the street, wonderful vendors display a myriad of treasure, the bake sale from the Volunteer Fire Dept is always a win, and a train runs through town every now and again sounding it horn (sometimes in the middle of a set.. but hey it adds to the local colour). Plus excellent sound from Pat Sample of Paradise Sound. (Thanks, Pat!) We will be recording our upcoming album at Paradise in the fall. Another Win! Wow. I am honoured and humbled to have won First Prize in the Robert Kotta Songwriting Contest hosted by the Port Gamble Maritime Music Festival. This is the second time that I have won this particular award. The contest theme this year was "Voyages". I love a good seafairing tale so I looked for some heroic tales of folks doing the impossible. I learned the tale of "The Little Western". The story consists of two fearless captains who crossed the Atlantic in a tiny 16' dory fishing boat not once but two times in 1880. I was able to read about the boat through Google books, as the book containing its story was written in 1900 and is out of print. Gotta love the internet. I performed the song with Ron and Captain at the Port Gamble Maritime Music Festival in Port Gamble Washington. It was well received and the song will be released on SeaStar's next record which is expected in early 2016. Thanks, Maritime Folknet! House Concert with Mindy Dillard My friend Shanie called me and asked, 'hey would you like to do a house concert next week with a traveling musician from LA?' And I most certainly said YES! Mindy Dillard is a lovely singer songwriter from the Bay area and we had a great time playing tunes for the folks on the only rainy day in Seattle since May. It was a pleasure to meet Mindy and I do hope that our paths will cross again someday. The Month's End Captain and I went on a little belated Honeymoon down to Oregon and then returned to play a show at the Urban Coffee Lounge. We, as always, had a grand time there. Thanks to all the folks who came out and said hi! Well, my battery is going down for the count so I suppose this is farewell for now. Next month is Tumbleweed and the start of our Tour!
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Index Arts Fun - photo by Joette Cochran
