Dafydd Hughes and I (aka This Is Awesome) will be performing an instrumental version of “Jessie’s Girl” tonight for the annual Australia Day Fundraiser at The Tranzac Club.

We’re also going to back up Doug Tielli (singing some Bee Gees) and Ronley Teper (singing Nick Cave).

See poster for more details.

I’m really excited for this upcoming tour with Gretchen Peters.  Alongside Barry Walsh (piano, accordion) I’ll be accompanying Gretchen on lap steel, electric guitar and percussion for a few weeks around UK/Europe.

Whenever I mention her name to other musicians, they usually say something along the lines of “she’s the real deal.” And she really is. The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame seems to think so, too. 

Her new album Hello Cruel World is available for pre-order here.

UK/Europe Tour 2012

March 1^st The Sage, Gateshead, UK

March 2^nd  The Arc, Stockton on Tees, UK

March 3^rd  The Met, Bury, UK

March 4^th  The Arches, Glasgow, UK

March 5^th  Buxton Opera House, Buxton, UK

March 7^th  Robin 2, Bilston, UK

March 8^th  Fibbers, York, UK

March 9^th  Kelly’s, Galway, Ireland

March 10^th  Damer Court Hotel, Roscrea, Ireland

March 12^th  Village Arts Centre, Kilworth, Ireland

March 13^th  Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland

March 14^th  Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, Northern Ireland, UK

March 15^th  Errigle Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

March 16^th  Coliseum, Aberdare, UK

March 18^th  The Assembly, Leamington Spa, UK

March 19^th  Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK

March 20^th  Bush Hall, London, UK

March 21^st  The Phoenix, Exeter, UK

March 23^rd  Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany

March 24^th  Crystal Club, Berlin, Germany

March 25^th  Studio 672, Köln , Germany

March 27^th  de Schalm, Westwoud, Netherlands

March 28^th  Transvaria, Den Haag, Netherlands

March 29^th  Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

March 30^th  In The Woods, Lage Vuursche, Netherlands

March 31^st  Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven, Netherlands

April 2^nd  Komedia, Brighton, UK

April 3^rd  The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds, UK

April 4^th  The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK

April 5^th  The Glee Club, Nottingham, UK

The Gordon Lightfoot Tribute at Hugh’s Room is happening this weekend, this time for four sold-out nights! It will be my third year in the house band.

Photo by James Dean (2010)

Emcee: David Newland

House Band: Jason Fowler, David Matheson, David Woodhead & Christine Bougie

Featured Artists:

Cadence
Annabelle Chvostek
Lori Cullen
Rick Fines (Thursday-Friday-Sunday only)
The Good Lovelies (Thursday – Friday – Sunday only)
The Good Brothers (Saturday only)
John McDermott (Saturday only)
Jory Nash
Liam Titcomb
Valdy
Suzie Vinnick
Ken Whiteley

Special Guests: TBA

I think my job is fun, and then I see what Ali does when she goes to “work.”

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Ended up in the hospital all day (don’t worry, everything’s fine), so I wasn’t able to write a blog post. After some sleep and some coffee tomorrow morning I’ll get back to work.