This week: Live Wire Radio and much more
This week is going to be even busier than normal on the musical front:
On Wednesday 2/17, I’ll be participating in a live webcast with my old friends The Very Foundation. Word is that in addition to playing some songs from their new record (I’ll be playing my trumpet parts as well as covering Decemberist Jenny Conlee’s organ parts from the record), there will be fondue and some sort of fondue-related drinking game. Should be interesting; tune in on Wednesday at 7:30 pacific.
On Thursday, I’ll be playing at venerable Portland haunt (actually an old hotel rumored to be quite haunted) The White Eagle with Rachel Starshine Robinson.
On Friday, I’ll be joining Ralph Huntley and Jim Brunberg to perform house band duties for a live recording of two LiveWire Radio episodes at the Mission Theater. For those that haven’t heard it (it’s still local), LiveWire could be summed up as an racier, younger, more Portland-esque version of A Prairie Home Companion. I’m quite excited about this gig- we’ve been meeting to compose new inter-segment music selections (aka bumps) and have already had a lot of fun working together. The shows air on Saturday nights on Oregon Public Broadcasting and can be streamed worldwide.
Finally, on Saturday I will be playing my last of a series of weekly gigs at the Portland Center Stage Theater with Jim Brunberg and Jonathan Newsome. We play from 5 to 7 pm in the cavernous lobby of the beautifully restored Portland Armory building. It’s worth a trip to see the building alone.
Should be a crazy week!
