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| DECEMBER 2005 As
addendum to the below pictures we have just found out Mac is in
some pretty good company per the Houston Chronicle's TOP FIVE
CONCERTS OF 2005 written by MICHAEL D. CLARK. I just love starting off a new month with The Rolling Stones, Don't you? It looks like Ian McLagan and The Bump Band do too. These photos are courtesy of photographer Gary Miller taken at Mac's show at Continental Club in Houston 12/1/05, Wish we could have all been there...This is a good thing to remember on those Thursday nights in Austin around 6 PM, You never know who may show up and sit in at Lucky Lounge.
NOVEMBER 2005 We have exciting news for you, We will be welcoming Karla Manzur Van der Brook back to the RajiWorld family in December and adding extended hours, you can now reach Dianne, Karla and myself until 7:00 PM Central Standard time! November at RajiWorld seems to be a lot about Europe and beyond so when in Rome (actually Kassel or London or Amsterdam...)
Go See some of our clients in Europe while we gaze at trees and rest up for December. Open your mind a little this month, We wish you and your family a peaceful holiday, Try it the RajiWorld way, everyone laughs and no one gets hurt... Tuesday,
November 15, 2005 Schlachthof Kassel Germany Grey
DeLisle Friday,
November 4, 2005 Winston International Amsterdam OCTOBER 2005 Do not miss out on this show re-making history. Please note the official time change; Venue:
Antone’s
Contributions
can be made payable to: The Willie Graham/Legg Perthes Fund &
mailed to: The Willie Graham Legg Perthes Fund c/o RajiWorld 1810
Airole Way Austin TX 78704 Please help us welcome Miss Pamela back to one her fave places to ring in her reissue. You can see her Monday 10/24 on FOX morning news, Hear her on KGSR and KLBJ and meet her!! at Waterloo Records. “I’m with the Band is a legendary tale of rock ‘n’ roll dreams, decadence, sex, drugs, and love—all told through the writings of rock’s premier groupie and sexual muse, Pamela Des Barres.” —Dave Navarro, from his new foreword to the new edition. Please check in at Pink if you still want to take part in our writers group ( girls only please).
Congratulations to Friends of Dean Martinez on a splash pre-release week. Lost Horizon had an absolutely fantastic first week out. The record landed at the #8 spot on the CMJ Most Added Top 20 with 69 stations reporting official Adds. The record also was the #3 most added record on the AAA charts!
" It makes the best kind of sense that Lost Horizon - Friends of Dean Martinez`s tenth record in as many years - is not only the band`s most confident record, but also its most cohesive. In most respects, this is the first time in FoDM`s history that a stable group, one with a history of collaboration and several performances under its collective belt, has entered the studio to produce an entire album. (Aero Recordings)" Miles of music ( click to buy) Here are some tour dates ( with more in the works) for US and European fans. 10/04
USA-Santa Barbara, CA-The Soho SEPTEMBER 2005 The dB's are offering their newly recorded, previously unreleased version of the Motown classic "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" to help raise money for the displaced musicians of New Orleans. "What
Becomes of the Broken Hearted" RajiWorld would like to thank No Depression for sharing the big 10 year anniversary with so many of our acts, We were able to help with parties in Chapel Hill's Cat's Cradle with Chris Stamey, at Waterloo Records and The Continental Club in Austin with Jon Dee Graham and Charlie Sexton and LA at the Mint on Sept. 14 starring Tom Freund, Grey DeLisle and Murry Hammond. Founded in 1995 as a quarterly by its editor-publishers Grant Alden and Peter Blackstock, No Depression just underwent a redesign and is now a color bimonthly serving the relatively small, yet ravenous and vocal, Americana music community. The publication is celebrating its 10th anniversary with 10 commemorative shows in six cities. In September, the University of Texas Press will publish an anthology, "The Best of No Depression: Writing About American Music."
I wish you all much love and freedom or security ( which ever you need most). I cannot say too much, even about how to help as it changes every few hours, please keep up with your local grass roots groups. We have news on the much anticipated live CD and DVD from the benefit concert for Willie Graham ( check out June's news below), You may purchase it here
Entitled "Big Sweet Life: The Songs of Jon Dee Graham," both the CD and DVD feature Austin artists performing Jon Dee songs. A limited edition of 5,000 copies will be pressed with 100% of proceeds going directly to the Willie Fund. The CD/DVD will be priced at $15 and will be available at 3 places: Texas Music Round-Up (www.texasmusicroundup.com), Miles of Music (www.milesofmusic.com) and Waterloo Records.
I am now updating from majestic Fairplay CO, I am taking part in The South Park Music Festival where I was able to speak on a panel with a really great group including; David Silbaugh of Summerfest, (Milwaukee, WI), Don Strasburg with Chuck Morris Presents/Clear Channel; Co-owner, Fox Theatre, (Boulder, CO), Mark Sundermeier, Talent Buyer Soiled Dove, (Denver, CO) and Josh Baker, Executive Director, Midwest Music Summit, (Indianapolis, IN). I have discovered bands from my own backyard I did not know about and gotten to walk and breath at 11,000 ft! AUGUST 2005 " that wondrous second wind, the Indian summer, attains its amplitude and heavenly perfection, -- the temperatures, the sunny haze; the mellow, rich, delicate, almost flavoured air: Enough to live -- enough to merely be."Walt Whitman. We are wishing you a peaceful summer's end as we gather energies for an exciting fall. August releases: 8/23 Live at Club 2 Friends of Dean Martinez
"Guitar instrumental fans have been raving for years about pedal steel guitarist Bill Elm and his band Friends Of Dean Martinez. Early FODM albums on Sub Pop Records put the band in tight with savvy guitar fans and it’s worth noting two recent FODM CD releases on the German-based Glitterhouse Records. The band’s core lineup of Bill Elm (steel guitar), Mike Semple (guitar) and Dave Larchance (drums) come alive on their 2001 live CD—recorded in Germany—Live At Club 2. Sounding like an instrumental version of Neil Young’s Crazy Horse, the all-instrumental Live At Club 2 offers a devastating sonic performance featuring a number of Elm/Semple originals and covers of Gershwin’s “Summertime” and “Tennessee Waltz." --mwe3 JULY 2005 Please help us thank Ben Harper for the great opportunity he offers Tom Freund this month as they hit the road together. The tour runs from 7/7-8/2 and crosses the country. Look for the details here. I attended the show at the 9:30 Club...what a dream pairing. We are booking the follow up tour now.
This week brought in a a lot of new recordings from RajiWorld favorites ( update soon), a search for expanded office space and a new face; Teresa Travis joins us to help kick off the busy season of festival submissions and can be reached at teresa@rajiworld.com, we are also looking for a few good interns to assist her and are happy to have you send a resume or note to Teresa here. The dB's Online is the only place you can hear an all new, 2005 studio recording by The dB's. "World to Cry" is a Peter Holsapple composition, recorded January 2005 at Water Music in Hoboken and mixed by Chris Stamey at Modern Recording in Chapel Hill. The band and The dB's Online generously offer this MP3 for FREE download. Thanks to our friends on the East Coast for extending the Willie Graham love another month. If you live anywhere nearby please consider attending Lou & Rain’s House Concerts Presenting A Willie Graham Benefit, Featuring Ana Egge, Stephen Clair, Carrie Engdahl and Sean Carey this Saturday evening, July 23, 2005 8PM, $15 donation requested, they are in East Windsor, NJ. Please email Lou for directions. If
you have XM Radio please tune in to the Loft
Session #85: for our very own Steve
Poltz One day until showtime! I want to share a story from the Austin Chronicle with you here. I am part of a committee putting together a benefit for my client Jon Dee Graham's 6 year old son who has Legg-Perthes, which is a painful, degenerative bone disease that primarily effects boys between the ages of 3 & 11. It requires specialized physical therapy, and may potentially mean several years of surgery to replace his hip joints as he grows.
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY The Great Battle
AND we now have The Saxon Pub's confirmed lineup for the companion benefit!
Instead of just a plain old rock & roll show, it's a very cool punk & soul show within a rock & roll show! Donations
can be made payable to the Willie Graham/ Legg Perthes Fund The evening will be recorded by Chet Himes who has graciously donated his services. Participating artists will choose a JDG song to perform for the CD, Freedom Records has generously offered to help make the CD available for sale. Sponsors include KGSR, Austin Chronicle, Waterloo Records and Tito Beveridge (Tito's Vodka). We have also added many many one of a kind silent auction items for the Austin benefit shows, I am specifically looking for items for our silent auction, to be held the night of the event and also on eBay after the event if not sold (an art show and auction as well as a concert and auction for kids are being planned for later this summer) and soon a pay pal and eBay link. Please let us know if you would like to be a part of things that way. MAY 2005 May is all about friends. This month Friends of Dean Martinez are in the studio recording a new record for September release and are planning a US tour in October with friends The Sadie's. We are proud to welcome longtime friend and musician Tom Freund to the family and even happier to find that we shared that thought with Ben Harper this past weekend. " Ben made a surprise appearance on Sunday in Berkeley, CA at Wavy Gravy's 69th Birthday benefit for Seva. He played a 30-min acoustic set and was joined by longtime friend and musician Tom Freund on the song "Pleasure and Pain." Phil Lesh & Friends headlined the event." keep checking back for news of what these two have planned for July and August! Our friends at radio have taped two RajiWorld artists for your listening pleasure. Tom Freund was featured on One to Watch on Acoustic Cafe, which is sponsored by USA Songwriting Competition. Grey DeLisle on NPR and Steve Poltz on XM satellite radio Loft Session #85: Steve Poltz catch it the week of 7/11/05. The return of Poltz (this time joined by Rugburns member and masterful box-drummer Stinky) meant yet another collapse-on-the-floor-in fits-of-laughter-good-time! From tunes off of 2004’s Chinese Vacation to an impromptu song about Kate, Steve’s whacked-out and wonderful style had us wanting more! Catch it Monday 12noon & 9pm, Thursday 3pm & 9pm and Saturday 6pm, all times Eastern. The most important thing about friends is the help they offer. This is really special, The Continental Club is donating the space and everyone else the talent. Jon Dee & Gretchen Graham's son Willie has developed Legg-Perthes disease (LCPD), which is is a form of osteonecrosis of the hip that is found only in children. The music community is responding with a double benefit on Friday, June 24 at The Continental Club ($25) and Saxon Pub ($20) with a combined ticket of $40 with limo service in between venues! That is Austin responding for you :). Doors open at 7pm and the show begins at 8pm with appearances by Ian McLagan & The Bump Band, The Resentments, Alejandro Escovedo, Bob Schneider, Steve Poltz, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Charlie Sexton, Jon Dee Graham, James McMurtry, The New Hot Damn (Trish Murphy, Kacy Crowley, Renee Woodward), Walter Tragert, Beaver Nelson, Matt The Electrician, Troy Campbell, Honky, Kathy McCarty, Stephen Bruton and Ruthie Foster and more to be confirmed. Stay tuned for more news on this event in the coming weeks! Jud Newcomb is the best friend anyone could ask for, Way to go Scrappy! Contributions
can be made payable to the Willie Graham Legg Perthes Fund We have also added many many one of a kind silent auction items for the Austin benefit shows (an art show and auction as well as a concert and auction for kids are being planned for later this summer) and soon a pay pal and eBay link. Please let us know if you would like to be a part of things that way. APRIL 2005 Welcome
back, spring brings an awakening of our senses and opens us to
the artful
MARCH 2005 Please join Jon Dee Graham with his old band mate Alejandro Escovedo at these special shows.
Post
SXSW memories...WOW, What a week! Everything was aligned to make
this one of the most interesting conferences I have ever witnessed.
Congratulations to my clients who started new deals here, more
on that soon. My warm fuzzies came from Matisyahu,
The Wallflowers,
Los Super Seven with Calexico, Augie Meyers and Max Baca, many
meals at Four Seasons ( thanks Jefferson) and the double rainbow
over the RajiWorld + 1 party on Saturday ( thanks Claudia, for
noticing). I have many photographers to thank and will add them
here as soon as time allows. This is the last update pre-SXSW because it is almost upon us! I will soon be booking tours for a new favorite band and an old favorite band. Drop us a line if you are coming to Austin. We want to invite you to our party and introduce you to the newest member of RajiWorld, Nakia. We have exciting news about our 2005 version of RajiWorld + 1, The lovely Miss Pamela DesBarres will MC and introduce you to our bands.
Pamela has authored three books including the best-selling "I'm With the Band". I am also proud to offer an all girls writer's workshop taught by Miss Pamela in Austin exclusively. It will be at our favorite girl's space Pink 1204 South Congress Austin TX 78704 512 442 2888 7-10 PM for two nights.
Keep
checking for updates on the RajiWorld events planned for your
delight and please come say hello to Roggie
as she speaks on this panel; You can get in on Wednesday with
just a wristband! A.J.
Croce Chris
Stamey
Grey
De Lisle Ian
McLagan and the Bump Band The
Jellydots Jon
Dee Graham The
Resentments Steve
Poltz Tony
Scalzo
February 2005 Just
back and bringing Congratulations to Grey DeLisle for her song
on The Grammy Award Winning Best Traditional Folk Album Beautiful
Dreamer - The Songs of Stephen Foster. Roggie
is on her way to LA to participate in a panel at the DIY
convention and to see
The 47th Annual Grammy Awards live. Be sure to watch them
at home and wave. For the first time in the history of the GRAMMY
Awards, five nominated artists — the Black Eyed Peas, Gwen
Stefani (who will perform with Eve), Los Lonely Boys, Maroon5
and Franz Ferdinand — will open the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards
by appearing together in one amazing performance across three
stages.
Come
help Chris
Stamey celebrate the great new record he made with Yo La Tango
in one of these fine places;
JANUARY 2005
Please help Unicef in their efforts to send money and supplies to those in need in Asia this week. Hundreds of thousands of children are at great risk following the earthquake and tsunamis that hit coastal areas across South Asia on December 26.
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March 17, 2005 10:00 PM 18th Floor at Crown Plaza ( North 500
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