Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
SONGWRITING WORKSHOP
Tim's show will start at 4:00 but he will be putting on a songwriting clinic at 2:00. We only have room for a small number of people. If you'd like to get some up close time, some time to absorb tips and insight into the processes Tim uses to create his songs then... this is your chance. A pretty rare chance. We're raising the money to help Tim fund his trip through Texas so this will also be a $15 donation. As with all the Sunday House projects, everything goes to the artist.
We have 4 people committed so far and can take another 8 so please speak up and reserve a spot. After the one we did with Jason Wilber there were 40 people jawing on and on about how sorry they were to miss it. The story about how you missed it is boring... ain't nearly as good as the story 12 people have about how they made it. Can't go back and do the last one but here's opportunity knocking again. Whether you're a singer/songwriter or just interested.. get your name on a spot under the pecan tree for this workshop. :)
We have 4 people committed so far and can take another 8 so please speak up and reserve a spot. After the one we did with Jason Wilber there were 40 people jawing on and on about how sorry they were to miss it. The story about how you missed it is boring... ain't nearly as good as the story 12 people have about how they made it. Can't go back and do the last one but here's opportunity knocking again. Whether you're a singer/songwriter or just interested.. get your name on a spot under the pecan tree for this workshop. :)
HERE'S THE DETAILS!
Ready for a short but sweet musical road trip?
The Sunday House Concert Series welcomes Tim Grimm back for another great show. Instead of in Parke and Donna's living room, this show will be in the courtyard of the oldest bar in Texas: Riley's Tavern. Why? Well....why not? It's just a few miles from Gruene Hall and similar in many ways but more authentic in many ways. Like you ain't gonna be tripping over many turistas. In Gruene there's four t-shirts shops, at Riley's there's four t-shirts for sale, pinned to the wall above the counter right there behind the pickle jar.
The show will be in the oak and pecan tree covered courtyard - a fall trip to a historic spot like this for a cool Americana show is just what the doctor ordered. We need 30 patrons to make this successful again, please help us by being one! Come and join us, you'll be so glad you did.
Start Time: 4:00
Suggested donation: $15
Kids are welcome
we'll put a map up but to google your own the address is:
Riley's Tavern
8894 FM 1102
New Braunfels, TX 78132
The address says New Braunfels but it's actually in the ghost town of Hunter, Texas a couple miles past the New Braunfels city limits - the post office there closed sometime after the last depression. Might just open back up sometime after this depression, never know.
After the show there'll be Glenn's weekly Open Mic and everyone is welcome to stay and listen and/or play your songs. Drag your guitar in with you, Riley's is no place to be shy.
Don't bring potluck food this time, just some Rolaids; there's a chuck wagon offering hamburgers, onion rings, chili dogs etc. Yes, it's deadly but it tastes great.
Most of our family and friends, Woodzie alumni, guitar pickin' buddies, Whippleworld readers, Glenn's fridge list oldtimers and Sunday House Concert mailing list survivors will have received emails with all this info and you can RSVP in a reply to that. BUT if you're new to the Sunday House thing, if you read about this show in the paper or on Tim's website or wherever, please make a comment here with your RSVP. Love to hear from you and will love to meet you in person at the show.
Hope to see you Sunday the 19th!
The Sunday House Concert Series welcomes Tim Grimm back for another great show. Instead of in Parke and Donna's living room, this show will be in the courtyard of the oldest bar in Texas: Riley's Tavern. Why? Well....why not? It's just a few miles from Gruene Hall and similar in many ways but more authentic in many ways. Like you ain't gonna be tripping over many turistas. In Gruene there's four t-shirts shops, at Riley's there's four t-shirts for sale, pinned to the wall above the counter right there behind the pickle jar.
The show will be in the oak and pecan tree covered courtyard - a fall trip to a historic spot like this for a cool Americana show is just what the doctor ordered. We need 30 patrons to make this successful again, please help us by being one! Come and join us, you'll be so glad you did.
Start Time: 4:00
Suggested donation: $15
Kids are welcome
we'll put a map up but to google your own the address is:
Riley's Tavern
8894 FM 1102
New Braunfels, TX 78132
The address says New Braunfels but it's actually in the ghost town of Hunter, Texas a couple miles past the New Braunfels city limits - the post office there closed sometime after the last depression. Might just open back up sometime after this depression, never know.
After the show there'll be Glenn's weekly Open Mic and everyone is welcome to stay and listen and/or play your songs. Drag your guitar in with you, Riley's is no place to be shy.
Don't bring potluck food this time, just some Rolaids; there's a chuck wagon offering hamburgers, onion rings, chili dogs etc. Yes, it's deadly but it tastes great.
Most of our family and friends, Woodzie alumni, guitar pickin' buddies, Whippleworld readers, Glenn's fridge list oldtimers and Sunday House Concert mailing list survivors will have received emails with all this info and you can RSVP in a reply to that. BUT if you're new to the Sunday House thing, if you read about this show in the paper or on Tim's website or wherever, please make a comment here with your RSVP. Love to hear from you and will love to meet you in person at the show.
Hope to see you Sunday the 19th!
MAP
If you click "to here" and type in where you are, it'll give you turn by turn driving instructions. This spot is right off I-35, very easy to get to. If you zoom in with the plus sign there, you'll see that the middle of the street a hundred yards away is as close as Google could get us. Close enough. If you're looking at the satellite map, Riley's is the building catercornered about the same distance on the other side of the old 1901 railroad trussle. Don't worry, you can see the Riley's sign from anywhere near the old bridge.
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some info on Tim Grimm
Tim Grimm has toured and recorded with his friend, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, appeared with Harrison Ford in the film Clear and Present Danger, and has shared the stage with writer and poet Wendell Berry. His recording, The Back Fields was named Best Americana Album in the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards in Los Angeles (the largest and most diverse music awards in the world). Named 2000’s “BEST DISCOVERY in Roots/Americana Music” by The Chicago Sun-Times, and “2004 MALE ARTIST of The Year” by the Freeform American Roots DJs, his songs and performances have established him as a unique voice in Americana music. Each of his past 3 recordings have reached the top of the Folk or American-roots charts. Grimm walks the fine line between folk and country, while maintaining a strong footing in tradition. We hear the rural rumblings that have shaped his life, but we are also invited in to a bigger picture, as evident in so much of his work. Critics searching for comparisons most often cite Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie and (Nebraska era) Bruce Springsteen. Tim is an award-winning songwriter, and actor on stage and screen . After several years working in Los Angeles (where he co-starred for 2 seasons on the NBC drama Reasonable Doubts and appeared in several films), Tim returned home to Indiana. He grew up in the woods and small town settings of southern Indiana, son of schoolteachers and grandson of farmers, and his return home was a conscious choice to live a life of significance rather than one of “success’. He now lives with his wife and sons on an 80 acre farm close to where he grew up. Tim’s songs are full of the rural rumblings that have shaped his life—rich with descriptive details, and sung with warmth and intimacy—recognizing the inextinguishable national romance with the idea of the family farm and the vanishing landscape of rural America. His recordings include Heart Land (2000), Coyote’s Dream (2003), NAMES (2004), and The Back Fields (2005). In 2007, Grimm put together a concept cd with several of the Midwest’s finest songwriter’s—including Corazong artist-- Krista Detor, Carrie Newcomer, Tom Roznowski, and Michael White. The recording, Wilderness Plots, was drawn from the short stories of noted author, Scott Russell Sanders, and explored the settling of the American Wilderness in the Ohio River Valley Region between The Revolutionary War and The Civil War.
Tim has performed in theatres and coffeehouses around the United States, as well as significant Festivals, including the Kerrville Folk Festival, Wildflower Festival, Fox Valley, the Pawtucket Arts Festival, the Indiana Festival at Conner Prairie and each September he hosts the Driftwood Valley Music Festival in Indiana. He has filmed three major motion pictures this past year, including The Express, with Dennis Quaid, and Public Enemies, with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
“Another great piece of Americana writing and playing. In these days of troubled times it’s good to hear the other side of America coming through loud and clear…. If you scratch the surface hard enough you will find the real writers shining through….” Lawrence Nitschke- AUSTRALIA
“one of the best albums of these last years….”
Mike Penard, ISA Radio, FRANCE
“Tim’s songwriting reminds me of Guy Clark. The songwriting is simple, straightforward yet full of poetry. It closely observes everyday life and distills the small moments of joy and pleasure. Grimm’s vocal style also reminds me of Guy Clark’s unassuming way of putting across a song. It’s a voice in service to the lyric…..Tim Grimm reminds us of the authenticity of rural life and it’s heartfelt emotions, a life lived close to nature, in consonance with the cycle of the seasons. In this time we live in, when all seems inauthentic, when our politics are debased by rulers gone mad with power, Tim’s music helps reaffirm our faith in what this nation has been for more than two centuries and something to which we might someday return.”
Richard Silverstein- Seattle
“one of the most sincere and genuine roots songwriters
in America…..one of the best albums of the year”
Remo Ricaldone- “American Roots Radio”, ITALY
“Grimm is another link in the chain of literate singer songwriters that sees a side to the story that we always miss. The songs are little novels that unfold slowly and then knock you off your feet when you’re not looking… A real find.” Village Records
“… a wealth of folk roots and engaging songs that play in the mind like vivid short stories or films…” Jim Manion, NO DEPRESSION
"an immensely talented singer-songwriter...His rootsy ballads are filled with simple pictures of hardworking farmers and widow women fighting to keep their lives true to the land. His rich, experienced vocals put him right up there with the best in the genre." ~ Chicago Sun-Times
"not only a terrific country-folk singer (think of a mellow Bruce Springsteen with the sincerity and clarity of Johnny Cash) but also a compelling, observant songwriter who understands how to balance the personal and the universal." ~ Indianapolis Monthly
"He sticks to the basics and knocks you out with very fine lyrics and performance." ~ Dirty Linen, Baltimore
"one of the best singer/songwriters to sprout from the Midwest in many years...The way this talented artist can paint pictures dripping of time-honored Americana images with his words, can not help but evoke comparisons to everyone from Woody Guthrie and Steve Goodman to Nebraska-era Bruce Springsteen...a true remarkable talent." ~ Midwest Beat
Tim has performed in theatres and coffeehouses around the United States, as well as significant Festivals, including the Kerrville Folk Festival, Wildflower Festival, Fox Valley, the Pawtucket Arts Festival, the Indiana Festival at Conner Prairie and each September he hosts the Driftwood Valley Music Festival in Indiana. He has filmed three major motion pictures this past year, including The Express, with Dennis Quaid, and Public Enemies, with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
“Another great piece of Americana writing and playing. In these days of troubled times it’s good to hear the other side of America coming through loud and clear…. If you scratch the surface hard enough you will find the real writers shining through….” Lawrence Nitschke- AUSTRALIA
“one of the best albums of these last years….”
Mike Penard, ISA Radio, FRANCE
“Tim’s songwriting reminds me of Guy Clark. The songwriting is simple, straightforward yet full of poetry. It closely observes everyday life and distills the small moments of joy and pleasure. Grimm’s vocal style also reminds me of Guy Clark’s unassuming way of putting across a song. It’s a voice in service to the lyric…..Tim Grimm reminds us of the authenticity of rural life and it’s heartfelt emotions, a life lived close to nature, in consonance with the cycle of the seasons. In this time we live in, when all seems inauthentic, when our politics are debased by rulers gone mad with power, Tim’s music helps reaffirm our faith in what this nation has been for more than two centuries and something to which we might someday return.”
Richard Silverstein- Seattle
“one of the most sincere and genuine roots songwriters
in America…..one of the best albums of the year”
Remo Ricaldone- “American Roots Radio”, ITALY
“Grimm is another link in the chain of literate singer songwriters that sees a side to the story that we always miss. The songs are little novels that unfold slowly and then knock you off your feet when you’re not looking… A real find.” Village Records
“… a wealth of folk roots and engaging songs that play in the mind like vivid short stories or films…” Jim Manion, NO DEPRESSION
"an immensely talented singer-songwriter...His rootsy ballads are filled with simple pictures of hardworking farmers and widow women fighting to keep their lives true to the land. His rich, experienced vocals put him right up there with the best in the genre." ~ Chicago Sun-Times
"not only a terrific country-folk singer (think of a mellow Bruce Springsteen with the sincerity and clarity of Johnny Cash) but also a compelling, observant songwriter who understands how to balance the personal and the universal." ~ Indianapolis Monthly
"He sticks to the basics and knocks you out with very fine lyrics and performance." ~ Dirty Linen, Baltimore
"one of the best singer/songwriters to sprout from the Midwest in many years...The way this talented artist can paint pictures dripping of time-honored Americana images with his words, can not help but evoke comparisons to everyone from Woody Guthrie and Steve Goodman to Nebraska-era Bruce Springsteen...a true remarkable talent." ~ Midwest Beat
funky look at Riley's
about half way through you see a couple of shots of the courtyard. It's a really nice spot. I mean, it's really, really nice. As Texas as Texas gets. This show will happen rain or shine. If there's any weather problems we just do it inside. Inside, as you see in this video, is Texas classic. Like an old violin, the wood just sounds good in there. But if it's a nice, cool afternoon we're going to have a home run with this show in the courtyard.
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