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Dear Fans and Friends of Peter Rowan, My name is Joan Griffith and I will be organizing Peter's "Days of the Dead" trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. Below you'll find a list of most of our activities for this trip starting Oct 28th 08 to Nov 6th 08. We will be staying in a lovely villa outside the city of Oaxaca. The rooms are charming ,handmade, and comfortable. We will have our own chef so our meals will be organic, gluten-free and extremely delicious. As part of our events, some meals will be in restaurants that are clean and interestingly ethnic. We can accommodate only 12 people on this trip. This will give folks a lot of individual time with Peter while seeing the ancient Meso-American world in a new way. The evenings will be free to play music and write songs, except for the two nights of the Dead, which we will spend in grave yards and cemeteries to join the Oaxacan people in welcoming and enjoying their relationships with their ancestors. This experience is truly unique and has changed many people's view of life and death. Spending this special time with Peter will be a wonderful opportunity for personal growth and just plain fun. The trip will cost $ 2100.00 for the 10 days and will cover lodging, food, ground transportation, guides, entry fees, and cocktails at the villa. Not covered are: airfare and alcohol drinks in restaurants. We can help with flights if needed. We usually fly from Houston (IAH) to Oaxaca because it is the only direct flight to Oaxaca from the U.S. We can accept reservations starting immediately, and we request a deposit of $ 500.00 to secure your place. We can accept credit cards. If you need to speak to a human (still living) about this please try 1-512-797-9559 or 1-512-327-9660. You can e-mail us at wildwoodartcafe@gmail.com, and you could look us up on the web, www.wildwoodartcafe.com - follow the link to the tours page. See you in Oaxaca with Peter, Music: Intimate concert with Peter Rowan Guitar and wine hour daily Private organ concert on a 400 year old short octave renaissance instrument Three days of Days of the Dead events: Grave site visit for the calling of the children Create our own Alter and call our dead Sand painting and parades in Oaxaca city Parade in costume in Etla Two evenings with the spirits under the stars Food: All organic and non-genetically modified meals at the villa Tamales making lessons Tasting tour of different styles of mole Visit a rural Zapotec food market for chilis and spices (dried food can enter u.s.) Meals in 8 safe and fabulous restaurants Mescal tasting and tour of private production site Botany: Ethno-botanical Garden tour Orchid conservatory tour with about 2000 species Visit El Tule, for the oldest tree in the new world Archeology: Monte Alban and a talk on the cosmology of the Zapotec nation San Magote oldest site in Oaxacan valley Mitla city of the dead Santo Domingo church and museum Art and Craft: Wool weaving and vegetable dying Visit an ethnic clothing market Visit up to three pueblos full of wonderful carved animals of both wood and clay |
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ROWAN & TONY QUARTET Release Date: January 23, 2007 January 16, 2007 Dear Friends and Fans of Peter Rowan, We are delighted to announce the February 23 release of the Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet recording on Rounder Records. Entitled Quartet, this recording contains outstanding performances by Peter and Tony along with Sharon Gilchrist and Bryn Davies recording fresh renditions of old favorites like "Walls of Time" and "Dust Bowl Children" along with cover recordings of such contemporary material as Patti Smith's "Trespasses" Townes Van Zandt's "To Live Is To Fly" and Peter's "Perfection". No Depression Magazine's January-February issue hails Quartet as "an album that sounds at once ancient and timelessŠ." In case Peter's other recent release has passed you by, Crucial Country is a live recording of Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Viktor Krauss, Larry Atamanuik and Kester Smith from the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. "Tales of the devil, temptation, love and infidelity come to life over acoustic strings and stripped down percussion, stand-up bass and sweet syrupy dobro, all poured into a perfectly crafted, jam-filled set list. It's proof that while studio sessions and sheet music may last forever, an artist's best work is often fleeting- and fresh." - Matt Walker, Relix Magazine
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Crucial Country Tracklist Peter Rowan – lead vocal and guitar Jerry Douglas- dobro, harmonies Larry Atamanuik – drum kit Sam Bush – mandolin, fiddle, harmonies Viktor Krauss – acoustic upright bass Kester Smith – congas, percussion PETER ROWAN Crucial Country ~ Release Notes :: Peter Rowan was one
of the major cult bluegrass artists of the '80s, winning a devoted,
international fan base through his independent records and constant
touring. A skilled singer/songwriter, Rowan also yodels, and plays
numerous stringed instruments and the saxophone. From Bill Monroe's
Bluegrass Boys, to Earth Opera with David Grisman, to Seatrain,
then Old & In The Way (with David Grisman & Jerry Garcia)
and recordings with his brothers in The Rowan Brothers, Peter continues
to release extraordinary recordings in a wide range of styles. Click
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Peter Rowan has been one of the most influential singers and songwriters in contemporary bluegrass for over four decades. A musical experimenter, he has blurred the boundaries between old-time country, folk, reggae, blues and rock styles, and has even received some notoriety recently on the jam band circuit. Peter has played with everyone from Bill Monroe to Jerry Garcia, and his recent collaboration with guitarist Tony Rice has brought him renewed critical acclaim. The fifteen original songs in this book form a thread through Peter Rowan's musical life. They range from love songs to social commentary, dreamlike inspirational tunes to his signature bluegrass-tinged showstoppers. All the songs are gems. You'll enjoy playing and singing them for years to come. The book includes tablature (when appropriate), chord shapes and complete lead sheets so you can play the song the way Peter does. You'll also find separate lyric sheets, a complete discography and poetic tributes to this wonderful American artist. As a bonus, Peter has recorded a CD on which he demonstrates each song and, in his distinctive and inspiring manner, provides musical pointers and insights into its background. Panama Red; Bluegrass
Boy; High Lonesome Sound; Midnight Moonlight; Pulling the Devil
by the Tail; Wild Geese Cry Again; Ruby Ridge; Before the Streets
Were Paved; Electric Blanket; On the Wings of Horses; I Dreamed
of a Home; Faith, Love and Devotion; Let the Harvest Go to Seed;
Fetch Wood, Carry Water; Dust Bowl Children. |
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All sets are mixed by Bonnaroo's team of talented engineers to produce the highest sound quality possible. These shows are made available to you through the LiveBonnaroo user friendly, state of the art file delivery system. All releases come with full color album artwork, complete show info, CD labels and photos from the performance. Shows are available in both standard MP3 or CD quality lossless FLAC formats. June 10, 2005 Dawn of Creation 05:27 Please visit www.livebonnaroo.com
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Join the most distinctive voices
in American music for a This trip is currently booked up, although we expect a few spaces to open closer to departure. If you would like to be put on the waiting list or to discuss the trip further, please call us toll-free (US & CAN) at 866-484-3669 (or 802-463-3669), fax us at 802-463-3677 or e-mail flyradar@sover.net http://www.flyingunderradar.com/rails/mexicotrain.htm All aboard!
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
— Legendary musical icons tour in support of their Rounder
Records release, NASHVILLE, TN, April, 2005 — Two of the most influential musicians in American music recently released their first full-fledged album together on Rounder Records. You Were There For Me is the result of two gifted masters of their craft, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice. A true duet collection in every sense of the word, it features Rowan’s sublime vocals on ten original compositions, and guitar virtuoso Rice’s characteristically elegant and remarkable instrumental work. Touring together in support of You Were There For Me, Rowan and Rice perform live as the Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet. Rising-star string bassist and Quartet member Bryn Bright (Old & In The Gray, Jim Lauderdale, Shawn Camp, Tony Rice Unit) guested on the CD and has been performing live with Rowan and Rice playing double bass and singing harmony since the tour’s inception in September, 2004. The Quartet’s newest member is Texas native and Santa Fe resident Sharon Gilchrist, who has replaced Billy Bright on mandolin. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Gilchrist also plays bass in the all-girl Old Time stringband Uncle Earl, and writes, sings and plays mandolin in her own bluegrass trio Mary & Mars, as well. The new Rowan & Rice Quartet lineup is magical as, in addition to her inspired contributions on mandolin, Gilchrist’s harmony vocals have added a new dimension to the songs on You Were There For Me, which are now performed in three-part harmony for the first time. Rowan and Rice have spent their respective careers creating and transforming music with their renowned innovation and individuality. Both are also at ease in a broad variety of musical genres, as well as widely recognized for expanding musical boundaries in their respective solo and collaborative efforts. ### For booking, contact: Keith
Case & Associates
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Peter Rowan showcases at SXSW: Peter Rowan & Special Guests at
Opal Divine's Freehouse on Wednesday, March 16 at 1:00 a.m. (Pete's
bringing Sharon Gilcrest for this traditional BG show and will bring
up other acts on the bill (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver/Alicia
Nugent/The Grasscals/Melonie Cannon/Grascals) to jam. |
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Press Release!!!
ROUNDER RECORDS TO RELEASE PETER ROWAN AND TONY RICE'S YOU WERE THERE FOR ME, SEPTEMBER 28 FIRST FULL-FLEDGED RECORDING COLLABORATION; Cambridge, MA - On September 28, Rounder Records will release You Were There For Me - the first full-fledged recording collaboration between Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, two of the most influential musicians in American music. Rowan, whose career has spanned from SeaTrain to Old & In the Way to numerous solo and ensemble projects with Don Edwards and others, is a soulful singer and a poignant songwriter. Rice, a veteran of the David Grisman Quintet, the Tony Rice Unit, the Bluegrass Album Band, the Rice Brothers and Rice, Rice, Hillman and Pedersen, is an unparalleled guitarist. Produced and arranged by Peter Rowan and co-produced by Tony Rice, You Were There For Me is a collaboration in every sense of the word, featuring Rowan's sublime vocals on ten of his original compositions, and acoustic guitar virtuoso Rice's remarkable instrumental work which evokes, frames and enhances the emotions of each song. With laudatory liner notes provided by celebrated music critic Robert Oermann, You Were There For Me opens with the achingly heartfelt, instrumentally spare title track, followed by the robust blues and deftly-played guitar of "Tin Roof Shack." <Click here for full press release>
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Cruise 3 goes on sale Wednesday, May 19th at 11am MST. Sail dates are January 6-10, 2005 leaving from Jacksonville, FL. Visit www.jamcruise.com for all information and to learn how to reserve a cabin. Imagine being on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean with today's top acts in the music scene! Well, we're ready to set sail once again and embark upon what is sure to be another lifelong vacation memory and instant musical fantasy. Jam Cruise 3 will spend 4 days and 4 nights on the Carnival Cruise line "Celebration." What a perfect name for our boat! Last year, passengers came from 48 different states, even from all over the world, came to experience the unique experience. It was an adventure beyond our wildest dreams and we plan on making this year's cruise even more exciting...with a high-class cruise ship, two days at sea and so much room for imagination and improvisiation. Let the music play and let the games begin. Don't miss the boat! 2005 Artists: Peter Rowan & Tony Rice
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** Press Release
** April 28, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PETER ROWAN PLAYS CRUCIAL REGGAE NASHVILLE, TN —Longtime bluegrass and folk icon Peter Rowan is well known for continuing to expand his own musical horizons, as well as those of his loyal audience, by incorporating a wide range of musical styles in his recordings and live performances. His career has encompassed a variety of musical genres from Tex-Mex to old-time country, Celtic, rock and roll, jazz fusion and world music. His most recent musical excursion has led him on a journey to Jamaica, on a path culminating in the CD release, Peter Rowan Reggaebilly! Recorded at Jamaica’s famed Tuff Gong Studios, it boasts an impressive array of hardcore reggae and bluegrass musicians, including Chinna Smith, Squidley Cole, Robbie Lynn, Chris Livingston, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, and Eddie Adcock. The record’s melding of reggae and bluegrass was influenced by the island’s Celtic-Christian hymns and African chants. Commenting on the genesis of the record, Rowan explains, “My aspiration is to bring the heartbeat message and traditions of roots reggae ever forward, beyond race or religion. Reggae music fills me with dauntless encouragement, spiritual vitality and boundless gratitude – the same feelings I want to inspire in my audience when they hear me play this music.” Currently touring as Peter Rowan’s Crucial Reggae, Rowan is performing upcoming dates across the U.S., featuring a revolving band of serious reggae players, including Tony Chin, Fully Fullwood, Don Grant and Ras Ijinga. For their upcoming performance on April 29, 2004 at The Trap in Nashville, TN, Peter Rowan’s Crucial Reggae has an extraordinary nine-piece line-up that includes the aforementioned notable players and trumpet player Ephraim Owens, plus members of the renowned Burning Spear horn section, featuring Charles Dickey on trombone and Mark Wilson on saxaphone. Grammy-award winner and five-time Grammy nominee, Peter Rowan was born in Massachusetts to a musical family. He began his professional career playing guitar, singing lead vocals and co-writing as member of the Bluegrass Boys, led by the founding father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. After his departure as Monroe’s guitarist and lead vocalist, Rowan formed folk-rock band Earth Opera with David Grisman, recording two successful albums for Elektra Records, subsequently joining Richard Greene in jazz-rock fusion group Sea Train. In the early '70s, Rowan, David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements and John Kahn formed a bluegrass band christened Old & In Way. Rowan embarked on a well-received solo career in the late ‘70s, releasing such diverse and critically acclaimed albums, as Dustbowl Children and Bluegrass Boy, as well as collaborations with ace dobro player Jerry Douglas, Flaco Jimenez, and his brothers Christopher and Lorin Rowan. Rowan’s songs have also been recorded by hit country artists and featured in motion pictures, and his new CD with flat-pick acoustic guitar virtuoso Tony Rice is due for release on Rounder Records in September, 2004. -For booking, contact: Keith Case & Associates, 1025 17th Avenue
South, 2nd Floor, Nashville, TN 37212, Ph: 615-327-4646, Fax: 615-327-4949,
Web: www.keithcase.com
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Benefit for Spencer Dryden Location: Slim's, 333 11th St., San Francisco,
CA THE SPENCER DRYDEN BENEFIT CONCERT Spencer Dryden is best known for his drumming with JEFFERSON AIRPLANE throughout their most popular years, 1966-1970. During this era, the band released such legendary hits as “White Rabbit”, “Somebody To Love”, “Crown of Creation” and “Volunteers”. Spencer went on to perform with NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (who he also managed), SEVEN DEADLY SINS, DINOSAURS, and FISH & CHIP. He was inducted along with his AIRPLANE band mates into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. For more information about Spencer visit http://www.starship.pp.se/bio/spencer_dryden.html Last year tragedy struck as the house Spencer was living in burned down. His northern California residence contained all of Spencer’s personal possessions and memorabilia, which went up in smoke. This well-loved musician has also been plagued with numerous medical conditions that require ongoing treatment. Pete Sears and a number
of Spencer’s musical compatriots have decided to produce
a fund-raising concert to help Spencer pay his mounting bills.
This historic event will take place on Saturday, May 22nd at Slim’s
Nightclub in San Francisco. Musical entertainment includes: SPENCER DRYDEN BENEFIT CONCERT MUSICAL LINE-UP THE FLYING OTHER BROTHERS NICK GRAVENITES & FRIENDS The evening hosted by Light Show by SPENCER DRYDEN BENEFIT EVENT TICKETS: ALL DONATIONS WELCOME! SPENCER DRYDEN eBAY AUCTION An eBAY AUCTION with proceeds going to Spencer’s cause is also in the works. Former JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/STARSHIP vocalist Grace Slick is donating an original painting. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/HOT TUNA guitar player/vocalist Jorma Kaukonen has sold an original signed Jefferson Airplane poster from the Fillmore to a private collector and donated the proceeds to Spencer. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/STARSHIP vocalist Marty Balin is donating an original painting. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/STARSHIP HOT TUNA bassist Jack Casady will contribute a signed bass guitar. Legendary poster artist Stanley Mouse will add a portrait of Spencer, along with numerous other contributors. There will also be a concert-night raffle of unique and unusual rock memorabilia. |
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Flash!!! Peter is mixing his project with Tony Rice and the Texas Trio for Rounder Records. It is scheduled to be released early this summer. A tour to support this CD will begin at the end of the summer. That’s the news for now!! |
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Workshop The Old No. 9 Music Series Presents Peter Rowan April 23-25, 2004 Spend 3 days in the beautiful Texas Hill Country with Peter for an intimate, educational, musical weekend full of fun, good food and fellowship! Limited to 24 students. or email kricketmri@comcast.net |
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October
11 & 12, 2003 Bluefish Entertainment loudly presents… Harvest Moon Fest |
Recorded
live at the Telluride Festival in 1994, Crucial Country captures
live an incredible band of stars in one of their greatest moments.
From bluegrass standard “The Walls of Time”, co-written
with Bill Monroe, to “Panama Red”, one of Rowan’s
signature classics, and an inspirational version of Bob Marley’s
“No Woman, No Cry”, this record makes country crucial.
ROUNDER
RECORDS
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(From Homespun Tapes) One of America’s greatest bluegrass musicians has made a lesson that will help you improve your singing and strengthen your rhythm guitar playing. Peter Rowan imparts wisdom and advice based on decades of experience playing with bands from Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys to Old and In the Way.
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For more about Peter Rowan and this new release,
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PORTRAIT OF THE CONTEMPORARY BLUEGRASS MUSIC SCENE SYNOPSIS
PLUS: The Del McCoury Band
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“Hobo Song”
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| Written and directed by Michael Grice; musical direction by Peter Rowan. Merle Haggard probably coined the phrase in the early ‘50s when asked to describe the music of The Maddox Brothers and Rose: “Well, they’re not really hillbilly and they’re not really rock and roll…I guess you’d call them rock-a-hillbilly.” The first inductees into the Rock-a-Billy Hall of Fame, Rose and her brothers almost single-handedly created this new musical genre combining old fashion “thump and jump” sounds of the South with the vigor and brashness of the West Coast. Their energetic sound, cornball comedy, and wild costumes may have offended the Nashville elite but the audiences loved it. By the mid ‘50s, Nashville artists like Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb not only followed the Maddox sound but started dressing like them, too! From Johnny Cash to Janis Joplin, legends of American music continued to acknowledge the Maddox Brothers and Rose for their sound. Generating the same high energy and colorful characters, Mad. Bros. & Rose recreates the rowdy and boisterous radio and stage shows that made these wild pioneers of American music so unforgettable. This is a World Premiere event destined to travel the same road to success as Smoke on the Mountain and Pump Boys and Dinettes.
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Bros. & Rose Please visit our website for more information and tickets: Spreckels Performing Arts Center Thursday, 7:30 pm; |
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Crazy People
Excerpt of a review from Maverick Magazine: "You just have to love it! It’s bluegrass with a twinkle in the eye, possibly. Or good, old fashioned all-singing, all dancing Vaudeville entertainment, maybe. Or just good songs and great playing. Whatever, it’s the return of Peter Rowan, one of country music’s maverick greats, whether playing music from the mountains or the Mexican borderlands. Here he links up as a trio again with brothers Lorin and Chris, with whom he started his career many moons ago, for guitar picking and, in particular, harmonies to stop the world." Click here for more! Peter Rowan
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Old and in the Gray Peter Rowan - Guitar, Vocals |
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High Lonesome Cowboy September 10, 2002 ~ Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan and premier cowboy singer Don Edwards team up with reknowned bluegrass/old time musiciansTony Rice and Norman Blake for a unique collection of songs that explore the common roots of bluegrass and western music. (Shanachie Records)
Click here for more!
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Workshop The Old No. 9 Music Series Presents Peter Rowan November 1-3, 2002 Spend 3 days in the beautiful Texas Hill Country with Peter for an intimate, Limited to 20 students. |
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I am pleased to offer you this unique limited edition of my ongoing project of Reggaebilly music, featuring some of Jamiaca's finest reggae musicians, Chinna Smith, Squidley Cole, Robbie Lyn and our own homegrown bluegrass pickers, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan and Eddie Adcock. These live and vital tracks were recorded this year at the Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston. I've always known that bluegrass roots and reggae roots grow from the same tree, and at last I have a chance to create this music, as all of you were here at last year's Telluride Bluegrass Festival remember.... These are all new original
songs including: "Fetch Wood, Carry Water"
and "Devil By the Tail". Come and hear
'Rowan Reggae' at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival this June.
Let's talk about music. |
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