With the Zincs and Good Morning Valentine

At the Grog Shop
2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland OH 44106
(216) 321-5588

My band: Nathaniel Braddock (guitar); Ryan Hembrey (bass); Jason Toth (drums)

With the Zincs and Frank Fuzz

At the Kraftbrau Brewery
402 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Kalamazoo MI 49007
(269) 384-0288

My band: Nathaniel Braddock (guitar); Ryan Hembrey (bass); Jason Toth (drums)

Gary Schepers is an old-school Chicago soundman and musician who’s been hospitalized due to complications from diabetes.  I’ll be playing at one of MANY benefits for him, on a bill with Califone and Chris Mills at the Hideout.  Doors are at 8pm and tickets are $20 — all proceeds go directly to Gary and boy howdy, he really needs it now.  There’s more info about him and all the benefits that are coming together over here.  Please come out to one of them and show your love… whether you know him or not, this is a person who’s helped a great many of us Chicago musicians get to where we are today.

My band: Nathaniel Braddock (guitar); Ryan Hembrey (bass); Jason Toth (drums)

Played two songs at Thomas Dunning’s Hoot Night Holiday Show at Schuba’s

My band: Tom Millard (drums)

Other performances by: Tom Dunning & Your Boyfriends, Joe Cassidy of Assassins/Butterfly Child, Jacquie Krupka of Joie de Diva/The Plunging Necklines, James Dague of Scribble Monster, Tommi Zender of Trinkets of Joy, Thomas Negovan of Ver Sacrum, Eric Ziegenhagen, Stacey Earley, Dan Phillips of Zapruder Point, and Dag Juhlin.

www.hootnight.com

A CD release party for my new album IT’S A GAME, with the Thin Man and Shelley Short

At the Hothouse
31 E. Balbo, Chicago IL 60605
(312) 362-9707

My band: Emmett Kelly (guitar); Lindsay Anderson (piano, keyboards, backup vocals); Ryan Hembrey (bass); Jason Toth (drums)

Opened for Calexico and Iron and Wine
at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
801 Red River, Austin TX
(512) 480-8341

With Paul Niehaus (pedal steel)

Photo by Mary Sledd

Opened for Calexico and Iron and Wine
at the Ridglea Theater
6025 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76116

With Paul Niehaus (pedal steel)

Opened for (solo) Calexico and Iron and Wine
at Cain’s Ballroom
423 N. Main St., Tulsa, OK 74103
(918) 584-2306

"Mini Hurricane Relief Effort" at Myopic Books (2nd floor)
1564 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
With: Hardscrabble, 3rdSunday Stringband
My band: John Hasbrouck (guitar), Jason Toth (drums)

Laura Park, the amazing artist who did the drawings & lettering for my new album, put together this benefit to raise a little money for her coworkers at her day job — the company is based in New Orleans, all those workers had to evacuate.  So this money is going towards helping those particular people until they can return to their jobs in NO.

SXSW showcase at Latitude 30
512 San Jacinto St., Austin, TX 78701
21+

My band: Via Nuon (guitar), Ryan Hembrey (bass), Jason Toth (drums)

Lineup:
8pm  Faceless Werewolves
9pm  Novillero
10pm Sluts of Trust
11pm Manishevitz
12pm Edith Frost
1am  The Shells

Daytime show: Chicago Pop Renaissance Party
Held from 1pm to 6pm at MOMOs Club
Upstairs above Katz’s at 618 W. 6th St., Austin, TX 78701

My band: Via Nuon (guitar), Ryan Hembrey (bass), Jason Toth (drums)

Lineup:
1:10 pm – 1:50 pm  Head of Femur
2:00 pm – 2:40 pm  Manishevitz
2:50 pm – 3:20 pm  Edith Frost
3:30 pm – 4:10 pm  Canasta
4:20 pm – 5:00 pm  Grizzly Bear
5:10 pm – 5:50 pm  Scotland Yard Gospel Choir

Solo show at Blayney’s
415 Westport Rd., Kansas City, MO 64111
AMERICANA MONDAYS Series: Free show, 21+, 9:30p
With Eric Ziegenhagen opening and The Gas Lights hosting / headlining

Solo show at the Bryant Lake Bowl
810 W Lake St., Minneapolis, MN 55408
7p Doors, 8p Show, $8 in advance, $10 at door
All Ages!
With Eric Ziegenhagen opening

Solo show at Mother Fool’s
1101 Williamson St., Madison, WI 53703
8p Showtime, $8, All Ages
with Eric Ziegenhagen opening

I played a solo set at the Beat Kitchen, at a benefit for the Tangerine Arts Group.  The benefit was headed up by the chamber pop band Canasta (playing 3 sets), and also featured Eric Ziegenhagen, Brandon Durham (of Palaxy Tracks), Dan from Zapruder Point, and Annie Higgins.