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posted by Chris, on July 1st, 2009
 I’m sittin’ in with the Taildraggers on Monday night at Hensley’s Pub in Carlsbad, CA. We go on at 7, I think….come on out and hear Given Harrison sing and play bass, with Jason “Tag this, bitch!” Weiss on banjo and John Mailander on fiddle and mandolin. Michael’s surfing in South America or something…..so I get to be a Taildragger again. // hot damn
Photo by Dennis Anderson.
posted by Chris, on June 7th, 2009
 Plow plays the San Diego Fair on June 13th at 3:30pm for the San Diego Bluegrass Society. Bands will play all day long, including the Tail Draggers, Urban Scramble and the Bluegrass Ramblers.
posted by Chris, on May 12th, 2009
 With Dane Terry on harmonica, the Dingbats will be performing for the San Diego Folk Heritage concert series at Serra Mesa Library on Weds May 13. We start at 6:30pm and will give an hour and a half concert of traditional jazz, blues and swing. The Dingbats are David Bandrowski on guitar and vocals, Doug Walker on bass and yours truly on mandolin and vocals.
posted by Chris, on May 7th, 2009
Sam Hinton Festival, Saturday May 9th at Old Poway Park
10:30 - Ken Graydon
11:10 - Lou & Virginia Curtiss
11:50 - Chris Clarke
12:30 - Allen Singer & Dane Terry
1:10 - Patty Hall with Greg Campbell
2:00 - Robin Henkel
2:40 - Tanya Rose & the Buffalo Chip Kickers
3:20 - Trails & Rails
4:00 - Bluegrass Ramblers
From the organizers:
“In the Porter House, we’ll have a full day of storytelling. We’ll also present workshops by Robin Henkel (from 11:00 to 12:30) and Walt Richards (from 12:30 to 2:30). We’ll feature a Family Contradance in Templar’s Hall from 1:00 to 3:00. No experience is necessary, and kids are welcome. The callers and teachers will be Chris Page and JoAnn Koppany, and live music will be provided by Ranting Banshee. We’ll also have an Open Mike Stage where you can sign up to present your solo or group performance. Of course, there will be lots of space in the park for informal jam sessions and get-togethers. Bring the kids, bring a picnic lunch or eat in the restaurant in the park, bring your instruments, and have a great time!”
For more information, contact http://sdfolkheritage.org
posted by Chris, on April 29th, 2009
“It’s about time”, I keep hearing…..well, after a long hiatus, I am beginning to lay down the ideas that will be a solo record to be released very soon. I have several cross-tuned mandolin pieces (Ben’s Arrival, which I played at the 2009 Roots Festival with Patty Hall) and some other originals in the vein of Tonopah Station. It’s a challenge finding the time to actually record, but I’m laying the groundwork now at my home studio and hope to have it wrapped up before Ben enters college….stay tuned.
posted by Chris, on April 24th, 2009
 Proving once again that April is a slow news month, I managed to make it on the cover of San Diego’s own Troubadour newspaper. Written by Allen Singer, the story paints a vivid picture of my quest to take over Nashvegas and eventual retirement to Branson. If nothing else, there’s a pic of my wife & little boy that will make you smile! Big thanks to Allen, Liz & Kent for all they do to support my music in this town.
posted by Chris, on March 14th, 2009
 Plow 3/12/09 @ Old Time Music in San Diego - Benefit for the Lou Curtiss Sound Library. Another great photo by Dennis Anderson. Dennis shot the entire evening and has an incredible eye. Check out the ones of Robin Henkel. If you know Robin (if you don’t, you should), then you’ll appreciate these. He *is* the real deal.
posted by Chris, on February 28th, 2009
Benefit for the Lou Curtiss Sound Library Preservation Project
March 12, 2009 at 7pm at the Old Time Music store in North Park, San Diego. This is a benefit for Lou Curtiss and the Preservation Project that is archiving his work in capturing the early folk festivals in San Diego. Line up so far is Curt Bouterse, Gregory Page, Patty Hall, Robin Henkle, Phil Boroff, Sara Petite, Plow, Tanya Rose, Wayne Brandon, Allen Singer & Dane Terry, and Los Californios.
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posted by Chris, on February 28th, 2009
Photo by Dennis Anderson.
“The Vanilla Sprinkles” (oh relax…) on February 19th, 2009 at Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla: Chris Cooper, banjo; Chris Clarke, guitar & vocals; Given Harrison, bass & vocals; Christopher Cunningham, fiddle & blather;
posted by Chris, on February 22nd, 2009
Come celebrate Lundi Gras with the Zapf Dingbats at the Turquoise Room, Cafe Bar Europa on “Fat Monday”. Specials, wine, live music and dancing all night.
posted by Chris, on February 20th, 2009
My good buddy Darren Weiss (Monroe Avenue String Band alum, and new father) is known from time to time to guest DJ at KHUM and he’s been giving the Plow CD some airplay across the great Humboldt Nation in Northern California!!!
Wanna buy your mama a copy for her birthday? You can order safe and sound over there at CD Baby.
posted by Chris, on February 9th, 2009
Don’t miss the Carolina Chocolate Drops on February 19th at Sherwood Auditorium - Museum of Contemporary Arts in San Diego. I’ll do a short opener set with some friends and wonderful old time musicians.
You can get tickets online at http://saveoldtimemusic.org
posted by Chris, on February 9th, 2009
It was time for a face lift around here, so I decided to change how things look and add some new stuff. Let me know if you find anything that’s broken.
I figured it was time to start getting used to functioning on little sleep as we prepare for the arrival of our first little one, so I’ve been up late a few nights putting the finishing touches on this here new site. When I’m not playing music, teaching, or working on the house, I’m usually in front of my Mac with a terminal window open to the Linux server and a propeller hat on…
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