The Spencer Bohren Tour

September 9, 2012 by Charlie London

photo courtesy Spencer Bohren

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Faubourg St. John neighbor Spencer Bohren will be touring the country both near and far. Check it out…

I felt it this morning – even here in New Orleans! Perhaps it is a cool front coming in, or perhaps it is the late-year tilt of the planet, but the air just felt different. Yes, yes, it got to 80 degrees today, but not for long, and there was still that unmistakable crisp! That wasn’t here yesterday.

And that means . . . time to hit the road. Tomorrow SPENCER BOHREN and I do just that with a route that is more circuitous than usual. It may sound a bit wild, but that just means we will be closer to more of you with offerings of concerts, residencies, and workshops. So here we go – Hang on!

Wednesday, September 12 – Martinsville, Virginia
THE RIVES THEATER at 215 East Church Street in Martinsville, VA, in the very southern part of the state. Dinner is at 6 pm and the show follows. It is best to get in touch for a reservation. Call our kind friend Len at 276-732-4701.

Friday, September 14 – Pittsburgh, PA
MUSIC NIGHT ON JUPITER – showtime is 8:30 pm. This is a house concert, so you’ll need to check with the host on current availability: [email protected]

Saturday, September 15 – Scranton, PA
We are pleased to be invited back by Poconotes (http://www.poconotes.com/pages/Poconotes.htm) for a concert. The venue is TRIPP HOUSE, 1011 North Main Street (take a look here: http://www.tripphouse.com), and the venue phone is 888-800-POCO. Showtime is 8 pm. We had a fine time a couple of years ago, with a visit to this community. There were several surprise guests in the audience – folks we hadn’t seen in many a year! Huge kudos go out to Dolores and Pat for their deep love of the arts and the energy to keep Poconotes going. Additionally, we want to thank Dolores for her annual forays to New Orleans to help with the rebuild.

Sunday, September 16 – Hunt Valley, MD
Private Concert

Thursday, September 20 – Rhinecliff, NY
The Friends of Stuart Hall and WKZE 98.1 FM co-sponsor this show at the RHINECLIFF HOTEL. That’s near Red Hook, y’all. Showtime is early – 7 pm – and you can make your reservation by calling 845-750-5260. It should be quite the event, as Spencer is playing the last show of a long-running series. If you are anywhere near, you’d best come by. Need more convincing? Check out the website: http://www.therhinecliff.com

Friday, September 21 – Ashfield, MA
ELMER’S STORE hosts Spencer for their concert series. Located at 396 Main Street, the show goes on at 7 pm. Last time we were in Ashfield, the show sold out quick as a wink, so get your call in NOW: 413-628-4003. It is a sweet venue, and a fine dinner awaits you, as well. Check it out – http://www.http://elmersstore.com It turns out that your host is none other than Nan Parati, the woman who hand letters all the signs for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – a bit of deja vu up in the North Country!

Saturday, September 22 Mahopac, NY
The PUTNAM ARTS CENTER in Mahopac proved to be another delightful venue when we visited a couple years back. Give them a call to reserve your seat: 845-803-8622. Showtime is 7 pm. Mahopac is a sweet town on a small lake north of NYC, one of those towns where you take a deep breath in the morning when you first step out your door and know you are in the right place right now.

Sunday, September 23
Back by popular demand is the MAHOPAC GUITAR WORKSHOP, this time with your host Rob Hammel. Spencer will share his guitar and vocal secrets and squeeze as much guitar playing in as one very full day will allow. He promises your fingers will be sore when you leave, but you’ll have new songs in your repertoire and a smile on your face! To reserve a spot, call 845-803-8622.

Now here is where it gets a little tricky from our end . . .

Tuesday, September 25 – Rockford, IL
Spencer and I will have driven like the wind to get to Rockford for a concert at JUST GOODS, 201 7th Street. Showtime is 7:30 pm, and you can make a reservation by calling 815-965-8903. Both the concert and a school residency on Wednesday are sponsored by the fine folks at the Crossroads Blues Society. Thanks, y’all!

Monday, October 1 to Wednesday, October 3 – Laramie, WY
The UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING presents Spencer in residency for a variety of classes, a concert and a community event. We are delighted to be in the town of Laramie for a few days, a truly Western venue if there ever was one!

Friday, October 5 to Sunday, October 7 – Kemmerer, WY
The WYOMING ARTS ALLIANCE is holding their annual booking conference in Kemmerer this year. Kemmerer is a fossil-hunter’s paradise, known for its variety of fossilized fish. We are hoping for clear weather on the drive over there! It is always a pleasure to meet with the arts folks of Wyoming, and I’m sure this year will be no different. http://www.wyomingarts.org

Wednesday, October 10 to Thursday, October 11 – Bentonville, AR
The OZARK BLUES SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS presents Spencer Bohren to their community in a variety of settings TBA

Sunday, October 14 – New Orleans, LA
The CRESCENT CITY BLUES AND BBBQ FESTIVAL (http://www.jazzandheritage.org/blues-fest/), which runs from October 12 to 14, is chock full of notable blues players, including SPENCER BOHREN from 1:15 to 2:15 on Sunday. This one is FREE, folks, and is held outdoors at Lafayette Square in the lovely City of New Orleans.

Well! That should be enough for now! I will say, though, that from New Orleans we head back out West for several weeks. So if we didn’t get to your area on this leg, we just may do it on the next. See below for a play-by-play.

And we will check YOU out down the road ~

Peace,
Marilyn

Spencer Bohren
http://www.spencerbohren.com/
[email protected]
http://www.facebook.com/spencerbohren
(504)949-3033 (office)
(504)232-7650 (cell)
3033 Ponce de Leon Street
New Orleans, LA 70119

Sun. October 14
Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival in New Orleans

Frid. October 19
BB’s Lawnside BBQ in Kansas City

Mon. October 22 – Fri. October 26
School Residency in Bozeman, MT

Thurs. November 1
Ronan Arts Concert in Ronan, MT

Sat. November 3
Private Party in Worley, ID

Fri. November 9
WYO Theater in Sheridan, WY

Tues. November 13 – Tues. November 20
Residency at Natrona County Schools in Casper, WY

Fri. November 16
ARTCORE Concert in Casper, WY

Sat. December 1
Swallow Hill in Denver, CO

Sun. December 9
Blue Moon Farm in Silverhill, AL

Fri. December 14
Dew Drop Jazz Hall in Mandeville, LA

Thurs. December 20
Snug Harbor Christmas Show

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Neighbor Offers Free Music

November 30, 2011 by Charlie London

photo courtesy Spencer Bohren
Hello one and all,

As you can imagine, we are pleased to be back home, following nearly three months of travel and some excellent shows and new friends. This is exactly what sustains us out there – that and the geographic, geologic, and culture-ific wonder that is America.

First of all, thanks to everyone who participated in our free download of “Blackwater Music”. Today is the final day, so get with it if you haven’t already! Because we are approaching December and our thoughts are turning to gifting our friends and relations, Spencer is offering a special for December only. When you buy any 2 CDs of your choice from his website, we will add a FREE CD of Spencer’s roots-rock classic PRESENT TENSE!!! Recorded in 1995, PRESENT TENSE features 10 Spencer Bohren originals with Reggie Scanlan and Frank Bua of the now-legendary New Orleans Radiators in the rhythm section and the inimitable Bengt Blomgren from Sweden on electric guitar. So share some music with this gift from Spencer to you.

There are, of course, a couple of New Orleans shows this month . . .

Thursday December 8
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART, 925 Camp Street, presents Spencer Bohren at its Ogden After-Hours Series. Showtime is 6 pm.

Thursday, December 22
SNUG HARBOR, 626 Frenchmen Street. It’s time for Spencer’s annual Snug Harbor Christmas Party. Shows are at 8 and 10, with a musical cast of friends to include Camile Baudoin, new New Orleanean Mark Growden, the reimagined Impossible Cases featuring Reggie Scanlan and Andre Bohren, Dave Pomerleau and Harry Hardin from Johnny Sketch reincarnating Hank Williams, Natalia Cascante, M’belia Meekers, Mike Pearce, Robert Eustis, and of course our daughter Corinna who will be home for the holidays. And yes, Andre Bohren will perform his annual classical piano wizardry. And there will be more . . . Now is the time to make your reservation – that first show often sells out
quickly! phone 949-0696 or contact by email: http://www.snugjazz.com

Call, write, or come to a show ~ we love hearing from y’all!

Marilyn Bohren

Spencer Bohren
http://www.spencerbohren.com/
[email protected]
http://www.facebook.com/spencerbohren
(504)949-3033 (office)
(504)232-7650 (cell)
3033 Ponce de Leon Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
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Neighbors Get Around

September 15, 2011 by Charlie London

The leaves have not quite turned yet up here in the northeast U.S., but it is always lovely in that Chinese fifth season of late summer: lush trees everywhere accented by the goldenrod (and I do mean GOLDENrod), rivers dancing, skies that dramatically announce the end of the day in navy and deep gray cumulus clouds slashed with screaming pink. And then the full moon rises in all its golden glory ~
We have indeed been getting around. First up was the Fur Peace Ranch last weekend in southern Ohio. Great time was had by all. But if you could not make it, do not despair! Spencer will return next June for a double header with Country Joe McDonald. We’ll be getting you more details soon, but you can also stay in touch with Jorma Kaukonen’s ranch here: http://www.furpeaceranch.com/

Spencer & I then went on to the University of Maryland in Silver Spring to do a tag-team presentation to a music business class on how we operate. Great group there, and we look forward to an encore another time. Thanks to Professor Hugh!

Now it’s up to Springville, New York. Spencer plays a concert at the Springville Center for the Arts (http://springvillearts.org/sca/about/) this Saturday, September 17 at 7 pm. As it is Hank Williams’ birthday, you can be sure there will be a goodly number of songs from the Hillbilly Shakespeare songbook. Earlier in the afternoon from 3-5, Spencer will hold an acoustic guitar workshop. Do come!

And lastly this month, from September 22-24 we will be in Morehead, Kentucky, for the Cave Run Storytelling Festival. Spencer is excited to be on board as a storyteller – tell me, what’s your favorite of his stories? When I start a list, I have troubles stopping! For reservations and information: http://www.caverunstoryfest.org/

A touch of sad news here for those of you who were planning on coming to Saluda, North Carolina, for the October 1 show: it has been cancelled. However, you can still come to the Rooster’s Wife in Aberdeen, North Carolina, on October 2. Showtime is early at 6:45. To make your reservations and more information: http://www.theroosterswife.org/

Enjoy the gifts of autumn. I know we are~

Marilyn Bohren
Spencer Bohren
http://www.spencerbohren.com/
[email protected]
http://www.facebook.com/spencerbohren
(504)949-3033 (office)
(504)232-7650 (cell)
3033 Ponce de Leon Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
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