tag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:/blogs/newsNews2023-10-16T07:56:51-07:00Michael McNevinfalsetag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/65213692021-01-14T20:27:23-08:002022-12-12T21:53:51-08:00McNevin In The Mud Videos of 2020. Archived 80 FB Live Shows, easy to watch at Mike's Personal FB Page.<p>Here's a collection of FB LIVE video archives. To date,170 McNevin In The Mud shows since covid put so many of us into zoom and living rooms for safe distance shows on the gadgets. Pretty easy to peruse. McNevin & The Spokes Band Page also has a couple random videos, including the Friday show of early March 2020 before the touring shutdown - Live at Kulak's Woodshed in Hollywood CA on Severin Browne's First Friday Show. That was the last LIVE weekend of shows. After that, it was a FB Live world, here's a link to view those online archived shows: <br>https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMcNevinMusic/videos/</p>
<p><br>Unique sets, new versions of old and new songs. Some shows include a couple/few covers, some have special guests, and about 60 horribly punny jokes. Toy sound effect Boos &Crickets, Slinky Meditations, a CoHost mannequin named Helen Wait. <br><br>FB Live Shows and streamed shows are now prevalent, as viable income and community builders for for many artists. I don't do them every single week, but i do them often, and just about every week. In the early going I did two shows a week from my laptop into living rooms. It was a life and rent saver solution during Covid, and still is.<br><br>As we open up again, and vaccines help lower the panic buttons for indoor gigs, the Mudpudle gatherings are happening again in Niles, occasionally. As the host i'm extra-careful, of being the club that got someone sick at a gathering. But i'm doing them with vaccinated boosted attendees now, who are also tested Negative the Day Of Show. It's a window and relief and joy to be doing something in the shop again. While the clubs and festivals and venues were shut down, i had the shop as a refuge. Were it not for the generous watchers of the Facebook Shows, the shop would have surely had to close. Still there on Niles Blvd. The three years of financial gaps and holes, managing to be above water or treading water, is a success. Swaps and shows are on again. Thanks to all of you who helped keep it propped up and semi-solid these past few years :). </p>
<p>What happened to music when Covid came around, was a curse, and some blessings. </p>
<p>2020 started out great, with tours to Texas, Florida, PA, NY, NY and Michigan in January and February, and a great weekend of gigging in Pasadena and Hollywood in early March. Then Poof, songwriters headed for the basements and started doing Online Shows. Facebook Live, honestly, has been an income and shop rent saver. Started out doing them on my cell phone. That evolved, with the help and coaching of a few savvy friends and their spare gear. I ran an internet cable to the shop, ran the ethernet cable to the old 2012 Mac, and found suitable USB mics and cameras that transformed the Mudpuddle Shop into a dinky TV Concert Studio. As my one and only concert venue, that i owned but which nobody else could play in, i began a twice a week commut to the puddle, a block from my house. No van wear and tear of road trips in the car, and a new format that is not going away anytime soon. The FB airwaves reaches friends in Boston, Chicago, Florida, Texas, Europe - everywhere in between. We are now all able to attend shows from our living rooms. Weekly concerts (sometimes twice a week), along with songwriter zoom workshops, have paid the bills, kept my shop afloat so that with the DamPanic vaccinations working pretty well, we are now back in Niles for in person jams and shows again. All in all, while the 2020 lemons provided some fun and fulfilling pitchers of lemonade. I am missing the live music traveling life. Little by little it is coming back. Also, i'm glad for this online way of staying connected and creative, during the longer slog of SIP (Shelter-in-Place) this was and is still a blessing. Not everyone is going to venture back into the Mudpuddle. But for those who do, the Mudpuddle is a branch of sanity and creativity I hold on to. For the safe and comfortable side of that effort, as a venue owner, we only gather with other who are fully vaxxed and boosted, and who are cool with the "Test Negative The Day Of Show" policy. Then we can let our hair down. <br><br>~ Thanks for watching, donating, helping to keep the gigging and Mudpuddle Shop thriving. And if you want to attend a Mudpuddle Shop show or song swap in Niles sometime, send a note to McNevin to get on a guest list. <br>Michael. <br> </p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/65213632021-01-14T19:59:06-08:002022-12-12T22:01:09-08:00Muddy Mish Mash of tours, gigs, doings of 2019 & early 2020.<p>Below are Tour Schedules, posted, pasted as can be done from a car, in a cafe, in a hurry.... </p>
<p>March 2020 and pretty much into Summer, has been wiped clean by Corona, so most of Michael's concerts will be online, broadcast from the Mudpuddle SHop for the foreseeable future. Please watch a few concerts from your living rooms and share the links with freinds! We're also hoping to KEEP our show schedule going with other special guests, to help other touring musicians pay their bills. We'll go virtual and eventually land back inside together, thanks for supporting Live music and keeping it around as we get through this crazy year. </p>
<p>3/27 Fri Night 7pm, Michael McNevin online Concert, cohosted by the Altadena Divine Rebel produciton freinds who were originally hosting the cancelled concert, we’re keeping the FB Event Page open, for easier access and reminders to the FB LIVe info as we go online live: https://www.facebook.com/events/481174289234406/ </p>
<p>3/28 Sat Night 7pm, Michael McNevin online Concert, cohosted by Arturo Tello and the the Palm Loft Gallery, before it got cancelled. But that gang will be watching online, and all are invited to join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/525986921386763/ </p>
<p>While you all learn to knit, and as so many musicians retool their demolished touring schedules, I'm a gonna make muddy lemonade at The Mudpuddle Shop this Fri and Sat Night March 27th and 28th, streaming from the Puddle at 7pm, CA time. The two shows are hosted by the same SoCal hosts in Altadena and Carpinteria where my weekend shows got cancelled. So they'll be watching at home with you all, and helping the feeds and links along, as we move the shows from the clubs to the couches via our Facebook pages, Event Pages, and the "FB Live" streaming links. I will do my best to meet and greet listeners, between songs or on a mid show break, with the helps of the cohosts :). The cohosts will help share the FB Live stream links around on my FB page and other FB walls, to help join us together on couches in the main feed. Smaller FB watch parties may also form, I think anyone can create a watch party once you're at the feed in FB. Glad some of you know how to do that, but you can always watch the MAIN feed no matter what, which is were I can see the comments that come in :). I have two virtual gadgets working - an iPhone 6 and a 2012 MacBook, which helps toss the show spaghetti on your walls. The reading of comments while I'm playing may or may not be a priority, but within the Mudpuddle walls, I have a few mics set up and a couple vibey lights - it will a fun experiment. Life is an experiment, and sometimes ya blow up the lab. Enjoy from your couches, try not to squint too close at my mistakes and glitches as I figure out the new normal. I'll do a bunch of songs, a few requests, a couple bad jokes, and some person to person ping pong with the hosts as we go live from The Mudpuddle Shop. </p>
<p>The “Aluminum Oasis” demo collection of songs, now on Bandcamp. Download as singles or all 11 songs, here: https://michaelmcnevin.bandcamp.com/releases. </p>
<p>The FB Event Pages listed above for Fri and Sat will be "cohosted". As the FB Live feeds go online for these canceled SoCal shows, the hosts are all onboard for our new normal. Friday cohosts Dolly Ramirez and Jean-Jacques Schoch (JJ) for the Altadena series, and Saturday host Arturo Tello & Palm Loft Gallery in Carpinteria, they will be watching and helping with the pasting of links to you all so you can find the feeds, enjoy the puddle to couch experience. They'll also post the occasional PayPal and Venmo tip jar addresses on the FB walls. I'll also have the tip jars scribbled in large marker on some poster board. That won't be pretty, but it will be muddy. </p>
<p>NOTE: www.michaelmcnevin.com, is getting a facelift. It has imigrated into a Bandzoogle Site. On it you will find some of my older releases, but is being updated soon with new template and content. There's also now a donation button, to support Michael's tour hiatus due to Corona Virus, and the effort to keep The Mudpuddle Shop doors open, as we ride out the year until things are back to normal. </p>
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<p>Below this Triple Line, are past gigs, posted as I can, sorry the scrolling is a little wonky as I post new stuff above the old stuff, not all in perfect order, but hopefully you can see where I'm playing where! As the world turns, enjoy the past gig rotisserie. </p>
<p>~ Michael. </p>
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<p>Hi Mudheads & SoCal! </p>
<p>Heading home tomorrow from a wonderful run of east coast gigs in Florida, NY, NJ, and PA. Wrote a new song with my buddy Tom Prasada-Rao while down at the Florida Folk Fest, and had a great time romping around with old friends everywhere back there. Have another new song that involves ice fishing on a frozen lake, "Vaudeville On Ice", and got to sing it on a frozen lake back east, to test it out. Not easy to do in 15 degrees. And now I have to pack. </p>
<p>I land in CA Just in time for the annual Bday Mudpuddle Rent Jam Bashes at the Mudpuddle Shop. Then it's a mad mad March with Concerts in Hollywood, Pasadena, San Diego, Carpinteria, and a few other LA area concerts and towns, plus a couple midweek artist showcases too. It's all listed below. </p>
<p>Before the March Madness of SoCal shows start, there's a Sat Feb 22 song swap and Birthday jam, 4-9pm, at the Mudpuddle Shop. No RSVP required for Saturday, crash it anytime. Sun Feb 23 is a more curated 4-7pm Showcase and CD Release featuring Deborah Crooks, Danny Allen, and McNevin. It might sell out, but walk-ups welcome. We'll be "In The Round" for a $15-20 donation (give what you can), and there are lots of picking chair opportunities to join in. Sunday also probably goes much later than 7pm. BYO instruments to play and/or ears to listen to either day. RSVP if you like at Info@michaelmcnevin.com, or just pop in. And, visit the Michael McNevin & The Spokes Facebook Band Page to view the ongoing Songwriter Salon & Workshop and Concert schedule at the Mudpuddle Shop. Walk-Ups are always welcome to open seats at showtime. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont, CA. www.facebook.com/MichaelMcNevinMusic (McNevin & The Spokes). <br>Or visit the ole' website: www.michaelmcnevin.com </p>
<p>Can't wait to fly West to warmer terra muddy, then roll south (twice), to become president of the I-5 Club (again!) ~ Michael </p>
<p>Fri 3/6, 8-10pm, in North Hollywood at Kulak's Woodshed for the "First Friday" show with my buddy Severin Browne's band. You can also watch the show online streamed. </p>
<p>Sat 3/7, 4-8pm, in Highland Park (near Pasadena) for a house concert at Severin's home, a concert & potluck in "The Abbey" hosted by Laurie McClain and Severin Browne. </p>
<p>Sun 3/8, 5-9pm, for a feature set at the "2nd Sunday Songwriter Series" in Pasadena hosted by pals Dolly Ramirez & JJ, the Divine Rebel Music tribe, with cobillers Kaitlin Huwe and Emily Zuzik Holmes. </p>
<p>Thurs 3/26, 7-9:30pm, returning to San Diego's "Folkey Monkey" series, a no net seat of the pants duo concert with host and music man Joe Rathburn. </p>
<p>Fri March 27th, 7-10pm, in Pasadena for the "Songs At The Cafe" at My Place Cafe, hosted by Dolly and JJ, a new series - come support it, and there's an open mic to kick it off. </p>
<p>Sat March 28th 6:30-9pm, in Carpinteria at The "Palm Loft Gallery" for a concert and potluck, hosted by artist and songwriter pal Arturo Tello, great vibes, tunes, and place. </p>
<p>Here's details below for all of it, spread the word and bring some friends :). ~ Michael McNevin. </p>
<p>Sat March 6th, 8pm at the famous Kulak's Woodshed. The "First Friday" show with the Severin Browne band. $10, 8-10pm in North Hollywood, great listening room for songwriter opening the show, and a ton of fun with Severin and the all star band backing him up. You can also watch those shows streamed into your living room at: https://www.facebook.com/kulakswoodshed. Kulak's is located at 5230 Laurel Canyon Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91607. (818) 766-9913 & paulkulak@earthlink.net for info, and here's the FB Event Page. https://www.facebook.com/events/716027118927263/ </p>
<p>Sat March 7th, 4pm in Highland Park, CA. Hosted by Severin Browne and Laurie McClain at Sev's place, Laurie and Severin will also perform a few tunes. Pot luck at 4, music at 6, song circle after that, can go as late as we want, plan to burn the candle! RSVP for address & directions to sev1@severinbrowne.comRSVP. Bring a bite and an instrument and your ears. Join the FB Event Page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/181173149903018/ </p>
<p>Sun March 8th, 5-9pm in Montrose, CA at Oceanview Restaurant for the Divine Rebel, Dolly Ramirez and Jean-Jacques Schoch hosted 2nd Sunday Songwriter Series. Open mic opens and closes it, with three 1/2 hour feature acts in the middle: 5:00 - One Hour Open Mic (sign up starts 4:15). 6:00 - The Wholesome w/ Kaitlin Huwe. 6:30 - Emily Zuzik. 7:00 - Michael McNevin. 7:30 - More Open Mic. 3826 Ocean View Blvd, Montrose CA. https://divinerebelmusic.com/2nd-sunday-songwriter-series </p>
<p>Thurs March 26th, 7-9:30pm. Folkey Monkey Series in San Diego w/ Joe Rathburn. The show is Joe and Mike swapping originals and playing on each others stuff, with tasty back up drummer Jeff Stasny behind us, no rehearsal, and includes a special artist theme to add in a few choice covers, this time it's Gordon Lightfoot! 4780 Mission Gorge Place, Suite H, San Diego, CA 92120. $20. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Walk-ups welcome. http://FolkeyMonkey.com/ </p>
<p>Fri March 27th, 7-10pm, in Pasadena CA. "Songs At The Cafe" concert series. at My Place Cafe. 2057 N Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA $15-$20 DONATION at the door (whatever you can afford). Plus open mic prior to feature. https://divinerebelmusic.com/songs-at-the-cafe </p>
<p>Sat March 28th, 6-9:30 in Carpinteria at Palm Loft Songwriters Circle . 6pm Pot Luck, 6:30 Open Mic, 7:30 Feature set. 410 Palm Ave Loft A-1, Carpinteria, CA 93013. RSVP/Info: (805) 684-9700 or arturote@aol.com. - https://www.facebook.com/events/525986921386763/ </p>
<p>NOTES: Later in March is actually a string of 5 SoCal appearances, in San Diego, Pasadena, South Pass, Arcadia, and Carpinteria. Also appearing on J.C. Hyke's songwriter serenade line up Tues 3/24 in Arcadia (venue TBD, there was a wind storm that knocked down the regular stage it was being held at), and a cameo slot Wed 2/25 at Brad Colerick's "Wine & Song" at The Blue Guitar in the Arroyo Seco Golf Clubhouse in South Pasadena, with nine holes of whack and walk 3-par golf at 5pm if you get there early. </p>
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<p>Hey Texas, PA, NJ, NY, and Florida, and friends with friends in those places. Had a great TX trip in late January in Kerrville and San Antonio, included a a live audience taping of the new "Music & Conversation" TV show (similar format to "Actors Studio" tv series) at Schreiner University. Thank you Bill Muse and Bill Ward for wrangling that anima, and the faculty and students who made up such a wonderful studio audience (especially TX luminary Kathleen Hudson). Also played San Antonio shows with pal Claude Butch Morgan & The Blast. Now off to the east coast for Mid February dates in FLA & PA & NY & NJ, with Tom Prasada-Rao in Ft Lauderdale, Gregg Cagno in Philly, a Dan Hayes hosted HC in upstate NY, and a birthday Evergreen House Concerts show for Arpie in Plainfield NJ. All the details are below! </p>
<p>FL, PA, NY, NJ Show details. </p>
<p>Feb 6-10 in Ft Lauderdale, at South Florida Folk Fest hangin with Tom Prasada-Rao and Susan Moss and the whole Broward Folk Club tribe. Will be sitting in with TPR for a Friday house concert north of Ft Lauderdale, then romping around the festival together. Ping Mike if you want info on the HC above Ft Lauderdale. </p>
<p>Feb 13-17 in PA, NJ, NY: </p>
<p>Feb 13th, 7pm. Philly PA area. War3House3. A very hip thrift store & concert space in the Swarthmore area (sounds like The Mudpuddle Shop's big brother!). In addition to a bunch of new songs, I will be playing "Phoenixville", on the very day of it's writing Feb 13th, 2005, it's 15th anniversary, writing in this very neck of the woods outside of Philly. Apropos! Expect that Gregg Cagno makes a cameo appearance at this show too. RSVP with Rob: 610-328-3280, rosevalleyantiques@gmail.com. Walk-Ups welcome, seats about 70? </p>
<p>Fri Feb 14th. Philly, PA Jarrettown Hotel - 1425 Limekiln Pike, in Dresher, PA. Playing with old pal Gregg Cagno. I expect to play Valentin'es Day themed song "Phoenixville", and, possibly some Bread. haha! Really happy to be back in the neighborhood to play that one, and share tunes with Cagno. Contact Gregg for the details on either option: (267) 607-9172 & greggno@pobox.com. it's at a hotel, with a large Italian restaurant and a decent sized bar, to eat on Valentines day it is probably a very good idea to RSVP a table near the music or in the bar, go to the site. jarrettownrestaurant.com </p>
<p>Sat Feb 15th. Oxford NY House Concert at Dan & Lisa's place. Arrive at 5 or 5:30 to mingle, food, show. Could also have an after swap if enough musicians fill the place. Dan's my old friend who used to book The Night Eagle, one of my very favorite concert spaces in the North East. Fond memories of upstate NY there and around there. They will put out food (GF & vegan), along with wine, beer, teas and coffee. Not sure how much extra room they'll have by concert time, so ping Dan early to RSVP. daniel@hundredacreconsulting.com. 607 743 4118 </p>
<p>Sun Feb 16th. Plainfield NJ. Arpie Maros "Evergreen House Concerts" Series Tix here: https://mcnevin.eventbrite.com and email Arpie here: ahrre@verizon.net It's Arpie's Birthday! We've known each other forever, this is my first time at his place. He puts on a wonderful series, and makes a mean cup of high end coffee. The Eventbrite ticket link above helps you get to the concert, and this link gets you to the octane beans: http://www.ahrre.com </p>
<p>And here's some gig trivia: Cagno played The Mudpuddle Shop in Niles last month as part of a 50th birthday celebration for himself surfing many of our prime beaches in NoCal. He's surfed all his life, on the beaches of NJ. Who knew? The House concert in Upstate NY is hosted by none other than Dan Hayes, who used to book The Night Eagle, one of my very favorite concert spaces in the North East. Fond memories in the upstate NY dairy land hamlets of Oxford, Sherberne, Cooperstown, Ithaca. Arpie puts on a wonderful series in Plainfield, and this time it's HIS birthday celebration. We could surf? Or just drink coffee and watch surfers. Arpie makes a mean cup of high end coffee, with an official shingle that reads something like this: AHRRE'S COFFEE ROASTERY, "AHRRE'S IS FRESHER THAN THEIRS", AKA Ahrre Maros, Ahrre's Coffee, aka Arpie. He caffeinates many folks all over NJ & NY with his coffees, and the best of his beans can be delivered to you in California or Texas or anywhere else. It has been 15 years TO THE DAY that I was gigging in Phoenixville PA, during snow falls that broke records from 1902, I was up and down the eastern seaboard running from the snow. Every town I played; DC, Philly, NYC, got a foot and half on it the day after I left. All my gigs were good, and my travels NORTH helped me escape this Mid Atlantic blast. I landed at Sonny Oaks place on the Monday after the NYC gig, helped her shovel her driveway and walks for two straight days at her in the Catskills, dubbed "Winter Work Camp For Wayward Californians". I wrote a Valentin'es Day themed song titled "Phoenixville" at the beginning of that trip in the attic guest room above a thrift store down the street from Steel City Coffeehouse outside of Philly. This upcoming trip, I'll play the same song, on Feb 13th, the day I wrote it 15 years ago, in a thrift store in Swarthmore PA, outside of Philly. My old soccer goalie Andy and his wife Amy will be in attendance, whom I have not seen since maybe my soccer playing days, from the 80s', our team was The Blasters, and we had quite a run during the old Lyons Brewery Depot bar gig days. Andy was the goalie till he broke his hand. Speaking of Blast. Had a great time in San Antonio this past weekend playing with Butch Morgan & The Blast, his 80's band, and caught many of his other friends around San Antonio. What a cool town and community. At Sanchos, I followed the Arturo "Sauce" Gonzalez blues band, a revered talented gang of gentleman banging out some great blues. I played a mini-set, then it was Butch and The Blast, with Go Go on drums and Robar on bass. They did their 80s band reunion show, a classic originals kick in the ass only Butch and his unique playing and writing could create. (Mudpuddlers, fear not, Butch is coming to CA to get Muddy, sooner or later, hell or high water). We also had a packed comfy cosy concert at Butch & Barbara's house in Devine TX. San Antonio has lots of nooks and crannies for live music, and Devine has Butch. </p>
<p>Turn off the TV (unless you'er watching the taped TX show somehow), and come out to a show somewhere. Rooting for east coast sunshine in mid Feb. ~ Michael. ~ Michael </p>
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<p>What a great trip in Texas :) </p>
<p>Jan 26, 9pm in San Antonio with buddy Butch Morgan & The Blast at Sancho's. Reunion shows for The Blast, including a 7pm opening set with Sauce Gonzalez and the West Side band, piano and horns and guitars and rhythem section, a bunch of revered S.A. blues gents doing a two hour set, with McNevin after that for a solo set, then Butch and Blast on till about Midnight. </p>
<p>Jan 27th, 6pm House Concert at Butch And Barbara's in Devine TX, about 35 minutes outside of San Antonio. </p>
<p>Jan 28th, 7pm. Kerrville, TX at Schreiner University "Music & Conversation"In the Junkin Campus Ministry Center- Rodman Steele Recital Hall. 2100 Memorial Blvd Kerrville, TX. Free to the public, show up and be part of the studio audience. </p>
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<p>Past Gigs, 2019</p>
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<p>Hey Bay! Fun stuff coming up in Nov and Dec. At The Bistro in Hayward Sat Nov 23rd with the fabulous Keller Sisters, Kathy Ray, Maurice Tani, and ole pal Phil Bennett of Starship sitting in too. A Sunday 11/24 cameo in SF on Sunday for Paul Griffith's CD release at Lost Church in the Mission. The rest of November and December is a muddy season,TON of songwriter stuff in Niles at the Mudpuddle Shop as regular Wednesday songwriter salons begin Dec 4, 11, 18, and a Dec 1st Rose Valley Thorns concert. Our 10th Annual St Nicks Of Niles benefit show is Sun Dec 8th at The Nile Cafe just down the street. Sat Dec 14th I head to the north bay for a special Sebastopol "In The Round" house concert hosted by Emily Lois. We'll be sending 2019 out with a couple between holiday song swaps on Dec 28th & 29th at the puddle, and the annual NYE Bash too. See you out somewhere, probably in a hat! Keep an ear and eye out for more FB event pages coming out on the various concerts and puddle swaps and doings. Most Mudpuddle concerts are followed by swaps so bring your instruments, or borrow a guitar, or just listen. Most Nov and Dec gatherings are family friendly, invite your out-of-town visitors, escape the living room and the football games for an hour or two. RSVP to Mike for the puddle stuff: 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. If you want to bring your own large gang down to the puddle, write Mike to set something up: Info@michaelmcnevin.com <br>~ Happy Muddy. Mike. </p>
<p>Below are the basics in a list, and below that are more details of each Nov and Dec gathering. </p>
<p>Sat Nov 23, 3-6pm in Hayward at The Bistro w/ McNevin & The Keller Sisters & other special guests. </p>
<p> Sun Nov 24, 4pm in SF at Lost Church, CD release show for Paul Griffiths & Other Guests. </p>
<p> Fri Nov 29, 6-10 in Niles, Annual Mudpuddle Parade & Jam. </p>
<p> Sun Dec 1st, 7pm Mudpuddle Shop w/ The Rose Valley Thorns. </p>
<p> Dec 4th, Dec 11th, Dec 18th - Wednesday Songwriter Salon Series at The Mudpuddle (Jam & Song Swap, Works In Progress, McNevin & The Spokes). </p>
<p> Sun Dec 8th, 5-9pm St Nick's Of Niles 10th Annual Benefit Bash at The Nile Cafe. </p>
<p> Sat Dec 14, 7pm in Sebastopol an In The Round House Concert. </p>
<p> Sat & Sun Dec 28 & 29, 2-5pm. Mudpuddle Afternoon Holiday Hangouts. </p>
<p> Tues Dec 31st, 9-midnight, NYE At The Mudpuddle. </p>
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<p>Sat Nov 23, 3-6pm in Hayward at The Bistro. </p>
<p>Michael McNevin & The Keller Sisters & Friends. I been playng ths place since i was underage! Playing for fun, playing with freinds, it’s a holiday extravabeerza and variety show with Cobillers the Keller Sisters and McNevin, with cameos by Maurice Tani, Kathy Ray, Phil Bennett & others. Drop in anytime, it is Free to get in. We’ll be passing a basket. 1001 B Street, Hayward CA </p>
<p>FB Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/506130690235434/ </p>
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<p>Sun Nov 24, 4pm in SF at The Lost Church. </p>
<p>CD Release Show for Paul Griffiths & his band, with special guest songwriters Jim Bruno, Aireene Espiritu, Michael McNevin, Others. </p>
<p>McNevin kicks of the show with a couple songs, don’t blink! In the heard of the Mission District, on Capp St. a couple blocks from the 16th and Mission Bart station. Get your tickets in advance! </p>
<p>https://thelostchurch.secure.force.com/ticket/patronticket__publicticketapp#/instances/a0F3s000005kxZiEAI </p>
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<p>Fri Nov 29, 6-10 in Niles, Annual Mudpuddle Parade Jam. </p>
<p> The Annual Niles Tree Lighting Parade & Puddle Jam! 6-7pm. Prime view of Niles Blvd Parade on puddle sidewalk. 7-10pm. $10-20 sliding donation. Mudpuddle Shop jam & song swap. RSVP Info@michaelmcnevin.com or just show up. 37433 NIles Blvd Fremont CA. No RSVP needed to stand on the Sidewalk. Bunch of seats and standing room outside, then we head back inside for music after parade (7:30?). Over 60 floats, horses, dancers, motorcyles, vintage fire engines and cars, big baloons, and Santa on a sleigh. Several thousand neighbors and freinds line the sidewalk. Mayberry magic. We’ll pick tunes in round robin jam style, but could also run it with a showcase vibe at times. All welcome, throw $10-20 bucks in the donation baskets. NOTE: They close Niles Blvd in downtown about 3pm. Parking in the neighborhood after about 4:30 becomes difficult. Lots of parking does open up again afer the parade is over. The Niles Canyon Railway will also begin it’s Train Of Lights night runs through Niles Canyon. Great view of 15 real vintage train cars all lit up. We usually have hot chocolate and schnapps, byo beverage of your choice. </p>
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<p>Sun Dec 1st, 7pm in Niles at The Mudpuddle Shop. </p>
<p> The Rose Valley Thorns from Ojai/Santa Barbara, this trio are some of my favorite new folks on the music scene. Great pickers, lyrics and songs, twists and turns they land on their feet. They inject progressive bluegrass and modern folk and harmonies into a unique song soup. They were a 'Venue's Choice' showcase act at the recent FAR-west conference down in Woodland Hills. They'll do a 50 minute feature set, followed by a Sunday night jam and song swap with the Thorns and any local pickers who want to sit (Los Horribles!). With the Thorns on mandolin guitar and upright bass, the aferjam alone could be worth the price of admission. Play till the cows go home. it's the Sunday of Thanksgiving Weekend, so hopefully you'll have some midnight oil to burn. This might sell out, get your RSVPs in early! 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA, walk-ups welcome to open seats. $15-20 sliding donation. RSVP to info@michaelmcnevin.com or at this event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/432170334152532/ </p>
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<p> Dec 4th, Dec 11th, Dec 18th in Niles at The Mudpuddle. </p>
<p> Wednesday Songwriter Salons + Tunes & Trucks (the food trucks come to the Niles Plaza, if you want to dine low budget. Starting a new regular Wednesday night gathering. Depending on the day and the gathering focus - part open mic, part out-of-towner showcasing, with workshops and concert nights. For December, Dec 4th will be an Open Mic with one or two “featured guest” sets (including Phil Bennett!), come one come all. December 11th will be a Songwriters “Works In Progress” song swap, bring your original songs to share, finished or unfinished. Dec 18th will be a McNevin & The Spokes Concert. These 1st 2nd and 3rd Wednesday nights will then repeat into January and beyond through 2020, as the crow flies. </p>
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<p> Sun Dec 8th, 5-9pm St Nick’s Of Niles 10th Annual Benefit Bash at The Nile Cafe. </p>
<p> Drop in anytime between 5-9, 121 I St, Fremont CA. Enjoy lots of local live music, wine and beer provided. $20 goes toward The Giving Hope Program of Fremont, Benefiting our less fortunate neighbors. The Nile Café is transformed into an intimate bistro of acoustic music, showcases, music, comedy, low lights, and complimentary wine & mulled cider. Enjoy a loose and often hilarious variety show with Michael McNevin and The Spokes, Los Horribles, and other local Niles talent. Every year we try to raise awareness and cash for the "Giving Hope" program, providing gift cards and holiday baskets for Fremont's less fortunate families and seniors along with their pet companions. Bring your giving spirit and smiles, it’s a blast. Come as you are, hang with the locals, have a blast, and help a neighbor in need. Hope to see you at The Nile Cafe, is 1/2 a block from the flagpole in town, and about two blocks from The Mudpuddle Shop. The Nile Cafe is at 121 I St, Fremont, CA. (510) 791-6049. FB Event page to share and invite: https://facebook.com/events/3414610658612620 </p>
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<p>Sat Dec 14, 7pm in Sebastopol an In The Round House Concert. </p>
<p> Feat: Sarah Larkin, Michael McNevin, Callie Watts Dilbeck, Rick Hardin. Four Singer-Songwriters “In The Round”. $20. 707.292.3992. Doors at 6pm, show 7-9:30pm. 911 Midpine Way, Sebastopol, CA. Seats 60 max. Bring a snack to share and beverage of your choice! Produced by Emily Lois: www.emilyloisband.net & LMHouseConcerts. </p>
<p> Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2825937720965913 </p>
<p>Venue LInk: https://www.facebook.com/BASSHouseConcerts </p>
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<p> Sat & Sun Dec 28 & 29. Mudpuddle Holiday Hangouts. </p>
<p> Between the big XMas and NYE holidays is the most mudderful time of the year. Afternoon jams and swaps. Train Of Lights are still runing, opportune times to make some music in the mud in downtown Niles. We’ll shoot for Sat Eve and Sun Afternoon Dec 28 & 29. This also allows for a McNevin cameo earlier that Sat Dec 28 at The Bistro when Sandi & The Rockerfellers start their 4th Saturday afternoon series there. It'll be a like a progressive music dinner without food </p>
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<p> Tues Dec 31st, 9-midnight, NYE At The Mudpuddle. </p>
<p> Lots of music making and messing around, along with a few boa’s, cardboard NYE hats, champagne, with renditions of Auld Lang Syne, originals by McNevin, Los Horribles, and covers too, it’s a party. We’ll roll out the muddy carpet but come as you are. Seats about 25, walk-ups are welcome to crash it anytime too - it’s a party, we can make room. Some sidewalk hang area is ok too. Musicians bring your instruments. $10-20 sliding donation. And an RSVP with Mike secures you a seat: info@michaelcnevincom. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA </p>
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<p>Nov 15th 2019 - McNevin Fri Night in Moss Beach at Cypress Meadows! </p>
<p>"Unplugged" at Cypress Meadows in Moss Beach, Nov 15th, 7-9pm. This is my 3rd time playing at this sweet series. Two solo sets. Host Bob Peterson opens with a couple songs. I'll have my Danelectro and also the Guild acoustic, dip into some alternative tunings. No PA, and No mics. An intimate listening room, fun people run it and fill the seats. Beverage bar available by donation, we pass the basket on the break. Doors at 6:30, show at 7. Walk-Ups Welcome. 343 Cypress Ave, Moss Beach CA. About ten minutes north of Half Moon Bay. Gonna be a good one! Here's the exact FB event link to share and invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/2537012629745989/ </p>
<p>hi Ann Arbor! Michael McNevin at Johnny's Speakeasy, Sat Oct 26th, 8pm. The wonderful Emily Rose opens. It's a house concert in a real prohibition basement speakeasy, a funky, cool, friendly listening room. Best unkept secret in Ann Arbor. Seats about 40. If you know folks in the Ann Arbor/Detroit area, send them to Johnny and see all the links below for Tix/Info: 734-665-6383 or johnnyspeakez@gmail.com </p>
<p>FB Oct 26th Concert Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/806061449787851/ </p>
<p>BrownPaperTickets link: https://m.bpt.me/event/4416615 </p>
<p>Jonny's FB Venue Page: https://www.facebook.com/johnnysspeakeasy/ </p>
<p>Teaser for Saturday night concert goers at Johnny's Speakeasy, a Facebook Live clip of Michael McNevin playing a couple songs, “Aluminum Oasis” and “Get Me Outa Here”: https://www.facebook.com/caroline.testard.5/videos/10155299004411981/?hc_ref=ARQWbnlg8qY6orPeXyrOAzEDwpX_TJ3xniHmOaL1iEcmL6HQvhzQGPDO5u3LuZ-5cnM </p>
<p>- Also, songwriters, this is sold out for way up in Northern Michigan, but you may want to check out Lambs Retreat sometime. This year of 2019, it runs Oct 31st to Nov 10th. Most writers attend one or the other weekend, but part of the bunch hang on the property the whole 10 days. 45 writers of all levels populate the property. Special guests this year include Michael Smith, Anne Hills, Joel Mabus, Ray Bonneville, Claudia Schmidt, Pierce Pettis, Joshua Davis, Julianne Ankley, Chris Buhalis, Olivia Millerschin. It's at the tip of the 3rd finger of "The Mitt", in Harbor Springs MI. </p>
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<p>Hey LA! Double dipping on the road tripping. Got a nail in Maybelle Carter McGuzzlah's front tire last week in Woodland Hills at the FARwest conference. No biggie, slow leak toward the side wall, Sunday I put some air in it, drove it to a repair shop, new tire for 90 bucks, headed north. Now the new one CAN'T WAIT to double its mileage tomorrow as we roll south again for the potluck concert and song swap at Coddy & Mary Nuckols beautiful A-Frame. A two story cabin, a folk cathedral, on a hilltop in coyote and horse country. It's just a five hour drive from my doorstep to theirs. The new tire will be dizzy, I will be stiff, and the '92 Caddy has creaky knees too. Potluck and concert hosted by Coddy, a fine songwriter himself, quite a few other artists do populate the place, and the song swap that follows the concert. Doors at 6 pm, Music at 7pm. Potluck. A song swap follows the show, quite a few of the songwriting community comes up to hang out together. Other side of the 210, a few minutes from Sylmar (not effected by the fire last week). Contact Coddy to RSVP: 818-486-8505. Coddy.Nuckols@gmail.com. $20. FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2027420830691020/ </p>
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<p>Hey muddy muds! McNevin in Nashville, end of September: </p>
<p>9.26. Nashville, TN. at Douglas Corner. </p>
<p> 8:30 w/ Antsy McClain & The Troubs. </p>
<p>9.28. Mount Juliet, TN. Home Concert. </p>
<p> 7pm. Contact Antsy or Mike to rsvp. </p>
<p>9.29. Nashville, TN. The Commodore. </p>
<p> 7pm - 7:40 In The Round w/ Others. </p>
<p>Heading to Nashville this morning. Watched some of the country music series by Ken Burns last night, it was up to episode #7, covered the '70s and '80s, good stuff. I loved living there in 1998, recorded Sketch there at Cliff Goldmacher's Walk-in Closet, lived in Carol Elliot's Writers Boarding House attic room for six months, and was touring through prior every six months or so to play The Bluebird early round show and play pickup baseball with the songwriters living around Sylvan Park. Had a TON of fun (sans the huge tornado that came through downtown while I was recording near Centennial Park... that was surreal). But I got a real dose of how dedicated songwriters live and work. The town has a great arts culture, making all kinds of music, not just country. It's really a small town after a while, the folks know and support each other, find their tribe, song-write and record, helps to have best of the best musicians at one another's finger tips. Last time through was at least 10 years ago. I hear it has changed, 18 skyscraper cranes dotting the Nashville skyline. Some towns are gonna change. Antsy McClain & The Troubs are hosting me the Thursday and Saturday shows. The Sat Night concert at Antsy's home, if you have friends who'd like to come, we can probably fit another 10 folks. Sunday is a short In The Round showcase at The Commodore Grill on the West End. Looking forward to the gigs, visiting, see how bad the traffic might be, can't be worse than SF Bay though. They also have weather. I'm including my iPhone Siri screen shot of the Nashville forecast this week. Gonna be warm & friendly. </p>
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<p>A month of doings Aug 31-Sept 30 2019! This weekend in Livermore Aug 31st, then Livermore again Sept 7th, and other stuff in Berkeley, and Napa, and Nashville, and Niles. Hope you can make a show or hoedown in your area. Below the gig info below, is a historic little tale about the famous bandit Juaquin Murrieta, who traveled through Livermore and Niles Canyon back in the mid 1800s. Enjoy! ~ Michael. </p>
<p>Sat Aug 31st Sounds Of Summer Concert Series at Murietta's Well Winery. 5:30-8pm, with Songwriter Michael McNevin. $50 includes Music, Dinner, & an Estate Grown Glass of Wine. 5:30 Meet & Eat,. 6:30-8pm Music. 3005 Mines Rd Livermore, CA 94550. 925-456-2395. ADV TIX Here: https://murrietaswell.com/events/sounds-of-summer-michael-mcnevin </p>
<p>Fri Sept 6th at The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. The annual songwriter extravaganza for the West Coast Songwriters Grand Finals for "Song Of The Year". I'll be playing "Young Santos" as my offering, along with so many other wonderful songs by friends and peers of WCS. It'll be a great variety of music and community, thanks to the org that helped me get my wheels rolling back in 1991! www.westcoastsongwriters.org </p>
<p>Sept 7th, 11am-9pm "Love Livermore Live" Fest at Darcie Kent Vineyards. McNevin set is at 7pm on the Acoustic Stage. Rotating Lineup on the Barn, Truck, and Acoustic Stages: Crawdad Republic, Meredith McHenry, Bacchus Brothers, The Midnites, Michael McNevin, Big Sticky Mess, Anna Steiger, The Mundaze, Lucas Sanchez, Wolf Hamlin, Night Harvest, The Gitanos, Loren Olk, The Late AM, Rock Workshop. 7000 Tesla Road, Livermore, CA. (925) 243-9040. $45.00 for all day pass. Benefits Musical Instruments for Livermore Youth. www.lovelivermorelive.com </p>
<p>Sept 13-14-15. The Annual WCS Music Conference at Fort Mason in SF. Worth the gander for a day or two or three if you're a songwriter wanting to connect and learn about the music biz, get your songs into movies, film, TV, or cut by other artists. www.westcoastsongwriters.org </p>
<p>Sept 19-22, Flying High Music Camp up in Napa. Friends, beginners, old pros, casual listeners, got a new music and camping and cabin thang outside Napa. My old pal Jim Funk (of The Dawdlers and Sun Kings fame) got me looped in. Happens at Enchanted Hills Camp. I do casual guitar and songwriting workshops Fri afternoon and Sat afternoon. Meals and pool and cabins with beds and linens and bath, and tent cabins, and Car or RV or Tent. Camp fires, horseshoes, hiking trails, outdoor bowling! haha. It's all included. Do all 3 days and nights ($290), or a day and a night ($150), or just be a daytripper ($75). BYO wine/beer. Musicians and Non-musicians welcome to play, write, learn, listen in. Hit the eventbrite link below for schedule, location, more details. Check in with Marco the organizer too: mvtorresi@gmail.com or by cell at (415) 384-1395. </p>
<p>EventBrite Tix Link: </p>
<p>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flying-high-music-camp-and-retreat-tickets-55813308107 </p>
<p>Here's a FB event page for it too for a more informal way of checking in with me on it. </p>
<p>https://www.facebook.com/events/440943609965981/ </p>
<p>Sept 25th-Oct 2nd, in Nashville TN. Two shows, and some writing & recording, hanging with old friends. </p>
<p>Sept 26th is at Douglas Corner sitting in with Antsy McClain and The Trailer Park Troubadours (late show, 9pm). </p>
<p>Sat Sept 28th house concert outside of Nashville. You can attend the house concert if you just ping me and ask for the info :). Still digging around for a Fri 9/27 or Sun 9/29 show or a Writers In The Round somewhere, if you know of one, or want to host something please let me know. :). </p>
<p>Sunday Sept 22nd, 4-7pm Mudpuddle Showcase & Song Swap + the annual daytime Niles Canyon Roll & Stroll! Musicians include Rob Shaw, McNevin, and other special guests rotating in the pilgrim chair. This is the same day as the annual Niles Canyon "Roll & Stroll" an all day outdoor thang in the Canyon - the road is closed to cars, so come ride your bike or walk through it, or ride the Niles Canyon Railway Steam Trains rolling through it all day ($12 bucks a train ride, do the morning or mid day, then come to the 4pm showcase after). Bring a picnic on train or the walk. I'll be getting back from Napa that morning, and there is a remote chance I busk in the canyon, like 1-3pm? Anyone else up for that? I think Rob and his TX friend are? That would be a trip right? The 4-7pm Mudpuddle hang is open to all pickers and listeners, with an early emphasis on the showcasers. It gets looser later for the swapping and jamming, bring your axe or borrow one. Play till the cows go home. Pizza dinner for all is also an option. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. RSVP to info@michaelmcnevin.com, or just pop in and grab a seat anytime after 4pm. </p>
<p>Sept 1st? Sept 8th? Locally here in Niles, we are OVERDUE for a song swap or jam at the Mudpuddle Shop. It's a good idea to watch my Facebook walls (personal and bandage) for those kinda things. Maybe we go for a Sunday afternoon Sept 1st, 2-5pm? or Sun Sept 8th, 2-5pm? Raise your hand if you want do to something like that - emails me at and just say you'd like to know about them and I'll get you on a muddy swap list. I can also add you to a Facebook Mudpuddle Swappers & Jammers group page for stuff like that. That goes for all the other gigs I do too, I don't get emails out all the time, or always in time, so you may also find things to do on FB! </p>
<p>37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. </p>
<p>info@michaelmcnevin.com </p>
<p>www.facebook.com/mudpuddlemusic (Personal FB Page) </p>
<p>www.facebook.com/MichaelMcNevinMusic (McNevin & The Spokes) </p>
<p>And the January 16-20, 2020 Songwriter Retreat in Cambria: </p>
<p>The next Song Camp is ON. Mark your calendars for the next Pacific Songwriting Camp, Jan 16-20. Our last two camps in January 2018 & 2019 were amazing! We have nothing but love and respect for what our mentor Penny Nichols did with these camps for 15 years, and now myself and Caroline Testard are doing our best to keep that creative torch burning. 34 new songs got written and performed at the last one. Wow, what a weekend. You don't have to even play, don't have to start or finish a song, but you probably will. Just come and get creative with us on the Cambria Coast. The camp has been a huge factor in my writing and growth the last 8 years, it's an amazing experience for everyone there of all levels. 60-70 writers, teachers, coaches and friends gather and write and play. Visit our site and consider adding your own creative juice to our January gathering. www.songcamps.org </p>
<p>Wanna host a house concert? </p>
<p>It's easy. You're the host, I show up, we have a concert. Any takers please ping me. And as always, keep an eye on the FB band page and personal pages - good for short notice alerts of new gigs and gatherings coming up at the Mudpuddle and at large. </p>
<p>Fun Fact: </p>
<p>"Murrieta's Well" winery is hauntingly beautiful, and maybe it's haunted .... here's a little tale about the famous bandit, Joaquin Murrieta, how Niles and Livermore both played a part in his Wild West history from 170 years ago, during the California Gold Rush. ... Meanwhile, back at the ranch... Fun Fact: Niles and Livermore, towns about 20 minutes apart by car, are akin to one another, by the railroads, their hills, and their history. They were also both hideouts for the famous 1850s bandit. Our local Niles "Clampers" chapter are actually named for Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Mexican Robin Hood of the Gold Rush. The whole history of Murrieta's rough and rowdy life is of course online, all the way down to stories about his missing head, which is rumored to be buried in Niles Canyon. Our local biker bar is The Florence, 3 doors down from the Mudpuddle Shop, and it is the main a locale of choice for the Niles "Clampers". They shoot pool there, drink a bit, and generally do good stuff for humanity, when they're not raising hell on humanity. If you don't know what a Clamper is, google that up too - a sort of Gold Mining union that was formed during the Gold Rush, to help the families of the 49ers; if anything ill-fated happened to their gold-panning brethren, the group helped take care of the wife and children. It's kinda like The Elks Lodge, only different. Anyway, they had a colorful way of initiating new comers, still do. E Clampus Vitas is their sacred motto. You may have seen their good work over the years, as they erect stone and cement historical markers and plaques all over the state of California. Many of the monuments are crooked, but they won't be going anywhere, as they are fortified with Clamper cement, and beer. As to the famous bandit Joaquin Murrieta himself, well any Clamper can tell you, and tell you again, about him. And as the rumors and myths surrounding the bandit get retold and embellished in various ways, one story remains mostly or completely possibly true. A bounty hunter and California Ranger by the name of Love, was after Joaquin, and finally caught up with him and four of the other gang of bandits down by Fresno. They were sure they had killed Joaquin, along with the notorious Three Fingered Jack, who also had a bounty on his head. The rangers cut off the heads of Juaquin and Jack, as proof for the bounty, along with Jack's three fingered hand for extra proof. They then rode for SF, with the heads and hand in jars full of alcohol. Jacks head didn't last, so they buried it on the way. They charged $1 a look though, to folks along the way to see Murrieta's head and Jacks three fingered hand. As for Joaquin's head, his sister got a look at it, and said that was NOT his brother's head. Since they didn't parade the jars up to the Sierra Nevada gold country where others would have identified him properly, it was thought the head's authenticity was in question. It was also reported that Joaquin had been spotted still alive, out and about, after Love's so-called bounty killings. Love never quite lived that rumor down, as the whole thing may have been a ruse, using someone else's head. The alternate claim then came up around here in Niles, that the actual head of Murrieta remained attached and alive on him, or, it was at some point buried under a cabin in Niles Canyon. Or was that Jack's head? Whereas, or henceforth, if the other head that went to SF was someone else's head, who is to say if Murriet'as real head got put in a jar. As far as Niles and Livermore is concerned, today at least, Murrieta's gang is said to have surely hid out in both places, as he sought revenge and justice, like a Mexican Robin Hood, and inspired the early pulp fiction stories of Zorro. Joaquin did hide out in Niles Canyon, and one of the other local Northern CA Hills hideouts is the very location I'll be playing music this Sat Night in Livermore, at the Winery named "Murrieta's Well". I may have to write a song about this guy someday. </p>
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<p>Hey muddy muds and map crawlers! It's Summer 2019. Flying to Seattle area for gigs tonight and through the weekend of Aug 1-4, then back to the Bay Area for a Sun Aug 11th show at Armandos in Martinez, a 4pm shindig wiith McNevin & McClellan & The Spokes and special guests The Keller Sisters! </p>
<p>Future tours for Fall and Winter 2019/20 will take me to TN, MI, TX, NJ, NY, NH, and back to CA. Please do Add a gig to the pile if you have one! Sept in Nashville. Oct & Nov in Michigan. Jan In Cambria (Pacific Songwriting Camp 1/16-20). Jan in Texas (& maybe New Orleans?). Feb in New Jersey, NYC, & North East. </p>
<p>Below is the Armandos scoop for Aug 11th, and deets for this weekend in Gig Harbor, Olympia, and a Snohomish cobill with Aireene Espiritu! </p>
<p>Hope to see you out and about ~ Michael. </p>
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<p>Aug 11th, 4pm </p>
<p>Martinez CA </p>
<p>Armandos </p>
<p>McNevin & McClellan & The Spokes return to Armando's in Martinez Sunday Aug 11th, for a 4pm afternoon show. Includes special guests The Keller Sisters and other pals jumping up to join us. Armandos has a great vibe stage and sound for the Americana thang. Doors at 3:30, show at 4pm, $15 cash only at the door. Use the FB Event Page to share and invite your east bay and Martinez neighbors :-). </p>
<p>Info: (925) 228-6985 </p>
<p>707 Marina Vista Avenue, Martinez CA 94553 </p>
<p>https://www.facebook.com/events/631030790748989/ </p>
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<p>Below are the WA concerts this weekend - In Gig Harbor Thur Night, Olympia Fri Night, and Snohomish Sunday afternoon. </p>
<p>Thurs Aug 1st 7pm in Gig Harbor WA, private house concert. <br>at Bob and Laurie are hosting an acoustic porch concert at their home Thursday Night Aug 1st at 7pm. Friends of friends welcome. RSVP to Laurie via FB or email at sheltlover@msn.com. Music at 7pm, 5:30 BBQ provided if you can arrive early to eat. $20 donation, goes to the artist. Please bring your favorite lawn chair (just in case). Here's the event page link to share and invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/666188123896035/ </p>
<p>Fri Aug 2nd in Olympia WA, private house concert. <br>A yard concert this Friday in Olympia, at Rhenae & Steve’s place. $20 per head. Doors at 7pm, concert about 8pm. RSVP to Rhenae via email at: naelengle@comcast.net, she will shoot you the address and a few more details. </p>
<p>Sun Aug 4th 4pm in Snohomish WA the Concerts At Lost Lake series. A house concert cobill with Aireene Espritu and Michael McNevin from NoCal. About 10 seats left? Doors 3:15pm, Show 4pm. $20 donation. 100% goes to artists. RSVP required to Michael at rainbow@nwlink.com for more details and the adress. https://www.facebook.com/events/749431255474918/ </p>
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<p>more past gigs, they sometimes scroll without much order to them. As the gig world turns! Enjoy the rotating. </p>
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<p>Hello friends and neighbors! It'll be Busy Muddy Festy this weekend in Niles, and a beautiful time next weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills at The Woodflock Festival. On tap for this weekend are Two afternoon Mudpuddle jam thangs, an annual Spring Fest & Garden Tour, and a Federico’s brunch music blowout. The afternoon Mudpuddle jams are Sat 2-5pm & Sun Noon-4pm. All pickers and listeners welcome to pop in anytime. Coinciding with the Mudpuddle Sunday Jam in Niles is the Annual Spring Fest & Garden Tour, 10am-3pm Sun May 19th, includes Open Gardens and Open Studios all over town and the neighborhood. And, then there’s a Federico's Sunday music lineup on their back patio, Noon-5pm, celebrating their new All-Day brunch service. Rob Cassidy is hosting that. A McNevin set is indeed scheduled for that Federico’s line up DURING the Mudpuddle Jam. How? Well, that is whereby I skips OUT of the Sunday Mupduddle Jam at 1:20, do a 1:25-1:55 set at Federcio’s down the street, then sprint back to the puddle, as Los Horribles keep the muddy fires burnin till i get back (or I’ll just close the shop doors for a half hour?). Lots to do, rain or shine. Part of the Federico’s crowd will likely pop into the puddle as a 2nd Roof, a Green Room, a new place to hang, or a place to dry out, etc. </p>
<p>And After this weekend, if you’re wondering what to do on Memorial Day Weekend, come to WoodFlock with us! McNevin & McClellan, Antsy McClain & The Trailerpark Troubadours, Rachel Garlin, Late For The Train, Sourdough Slim, and other camp pickers. Campfire concerts, workshops, great community dinners and breakfasts included, about 100 of us tent and car camping, RV-ing, and using the no-extra-charge cabins. There's a big comfy lodge there too, so if any cold weather comes up, not a problem for the shows and gatherings, and Cribbage.</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/63154662020-05-13T16:18:46-07:002022-12-12T22:00:29-08:00Wed May 13th 6pm PST - McNevin at The Mudpuddle, Dinner Time Tunes<p>Tonight, 6pm PST, McNevin At The Mudpuddle for a handful of dinner time tunes via "FB Live" on the ole' Personal FB Wall. Likely some oddservations and a couple bad jokes for dessert, just watch for the video window at showtime, here: www.facebook.com/mudpuddlemusic </p>
<p>Tip Jars: PayPal.me/MudpuddleMusic & Venmo.com/MichaelMcNevin <br>Suns and Weds at 6pm. BYO. Wear a Tux or PJs, doesn't matter. </p>
<p>If you're feeling extra friendly, you can start a "Watch Party" by clicking the "Share" button. The feed will then land on your own wall and you're kind of like a co-host. </p>
<p>Thanks for tipping toward the gig income and the Mudpuddle Shop rent, it's been a life saver so far. </p>
<p>The Personal FB Page has reruns in the videos area to binge too, find them here: <br>www.facebook.com/mudpuddlemusic/videos </p>
<p>The main website also has some goodies, including a downloadable batch of songs called The Alluminum Oasis Collection, at www.michaelmcnevin.com </p>
<p>Also a really nice Kulaks Woodshed Video up, at McNevin & The Spokes FB band page, McNevin solo concert set, live in North Hollywood, with studio audience. <br>www.facebook.com/MichaelMcNevinMusic/videos/269657387413558/</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/62689812020-04-01T18:03:35-07:002022-12-12T22:05:29-08:00Tonight! Wed April 1st, 7pm CA time, an ONLINE concert at The Mudpuddle<p>Tonight! Wed April 1st, 7pm CA time, an ONLINE concert. Going down to The Mudpuddle Shop with guitar and a handful of tunes for a 1/2 hour Wed Night Mudpuddle music hang. Songs and chat, a few requests. $0-20 donation to the virtual tip jars, give what you can from your couches. <br>Find the actual FB live concert feed originating from my personal facebook wall, which will also be archived there after the show: </p>
<p>Mike’s PayPal Tip Jar Link: <br>www.paypal.me/MudpuddleMusic <br>Mikes Venmo Tip Jar Link: <br>www.venmo.com/MichaelMcNevin <br>More info, write Michael McNevin: info@michaelmcnevin.com </p>
<p>A 30 minute show sounds short, but is a pretty lengthy show in "online dog years". Tune in, not sure what I'm doing yet :). Songs and chat, with requests from last weekends' mudcasts. The ongoing online Mudpuddle event page link lists future dates too, continually being added to, so please feel free to add yourselves as invitees, for future watching and joining of the Mudpuddle Shop doings, concerts, workshops, online shenanigans: https://www.facebook.com/events/474767326501984/</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/62642902020-03-27T17:36:55-07:002022-12-12T22:16:09-08:00March 2020 - all concerts going online, Mudpuddle Shop survives via PayPal! <p>Note to Fans and Friends. March 6-7-8 were my last live shows, as the Corona Crud took over. Shows booked into Summer 2020 have been wiped clean, and it's difficult to say how Fall and Winter will shake out. So it's muddy lemonade time. Michael's concerts will now be online, broadcast from the Mudpuddle Shop for the foreseeable future. I've added a donation button for The Mudpuddle Shop, via PayPal you can donate a bit, or more, once, or monthly, to help keep the art space open. I plan on keeping this place alive for the year it takes to reopen, and beyond. Whatever you can give is appreciated by the Niles Community, the musicians who play here, and the listeners who frequent it's many events. It's now in it's 15th year, with over 180 feature concerts, over 500 song swaps and jams, and many workshops and special events. It's tiny, it's muddy, it's still here! </p>
<p>Please watch a few concerts from your living rooms and share the links with friends! We're also hoping to KEEP our show schedule going with other special guests, to help other touring musicians pay their bills. We'll be virtually in your living rooms, and eventually back inside the Puddle together. Thanks for supporting Live music, this venue, Michael's music. Right now the best way to watch the shows online is through Michael's Facebook Pages. Michael's Personal FB Page is facebook.com/mudpuddlemusic. The McNevin & The Spokes Band Page is: www.facebook.com/MichaelMcNevinMusic , and you can email Michael for info and updates too, at info@michaelmcnevin.com </p>
<p>Stay safe and find the silver linings as we get through this crazy year together. </p>
<p>3/27 Fri Night 7pm, Michael McNevin online Concert, cohosted by the Altadena Divine Rebel produciton freinds who were originally hosting the cancelled concert, we’re keeping the FB Event Page open, for easier access and reminders to the FB LIVe info as we go online live: https://www.facebook.com/events/481174289234406/ </p>
<p>3/28 Sat Night 7pm, Michael McNevin online Concert, cohosted by Arturo Tello and the the Palm Loft Gallery, before it got cancelled. But that gang will be watching online, and all are invited to join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/525986921386763/ </p>
<p>Michael McNein PayPal Link: </p>
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<p>Michael McNevin Venmo Link: </p>
<p>https://venmo.com/MichaelMcNevin</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/62035232020-02-04T14:16:10-08:002023-12-10T09:07:23-08:00Jan/Feb 2020 McNevin News and Shows in TX, FL, PA, NY, NJ! <p>TX, FL, PA, NY, NJ Show details below. </p>
<p>Jan 26, 9pm in San Antonio with buddy Butch Morgan & The Blast at Sancho's. Reunion shows for The Blast, including a 7pm opening set with Sauce Gonzalez and the West Side band, piano and horns and guitars and rhythem section, a bunch of revered S.A. blues gents doing a two hour set, with McNevin after that for a solo set, then Butch and Blast on till about Midnight. </p>
<p>Jan 27th, 6pm House Concert at Butch And Barbara's in Devine TX, about 35 minutes outside of San Antonio. </p>
<p>Jan 28th, 7pm. Kerrville, TX at Schreiner University "Music & Conversation"In the Junkin Campus Ministry Center- Rodman Steele Recital Hall. 2100 Memorial Blvd Kerrville, TX. Free to the public, show up and be part of the studio audience. </p>
<p>Feb 6-10 in Ft Lauderdale, at South Florida Folk Fest hangin with Tom Prasada-Rao and Susan Moss and the whole Broward Folk Club tribe. Will be sitting in with TPR for a Friday house concert north of Ft Lauderdale, then romping around the festival together. Ping Mike if you want info on the HC above Ft Lauderdale. </p>
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<p>Feb 13th, 7pm. Philly PA area. War3House3. A very hip thrift store & concert space in the Swarthmore area (sounds like The Mudpuddle Shop's big brother!). In addition to a bunch of new songs, I will be playing "Phoenixville", on the very day of it's writing Feb 13th, 2005, it's 15th anniversary, writing in this very neck of the woods outside of Philly. Apropos! Expect that Gregg Cagno makes a cameo appearance at this show too. RSVP with Rob: 610-328-3280, rosevalleyantiques@gmail.com. Walk-Ups welcome, seats about 70? </p>
<p>Fri Feb 14th. Philly, PA Jarrettown Hotel - 1425 Limekiln Pike, in Dresher, PA. Playing with old pal Gregg Cagno. I expect to play Valentin'es Day themed song "Phoenixville", and, possibly some Bread. haha! Really happy to be back in the neighborhood to play that one, and share tunes with Cagno. Contact Gregg for the details on either option: (267) 607-9172 & greggno@pobox.com. it's at a hotel, with a large Italian restaurant and a decent sized bar, to eat on Valentines day it is probably a very good idea to RSVP a table near the music or in the bar, go to the site. jarrettownrestaurant.com </p>
<p>Sat Feb 15th. Oxford NY House Concert at Dan & Lisa's place. Arrive at 5 or 5:30 to mingle, food, show. Could also have an after swap if enough musicians fill the place. Dan's my old friend who used to book The Night Eagle, one of my very favorite concert spaces in the North East. Fond memories of upstate NY there and around there. They will put out food (GF & vegan), along with wine, beer, teas and coffee. Not sure how much extra room they'll have by concert time, so ping Dan early to RSVP. daniel@hundredacreconsulting.com. 607 743 4118 </p>
<p>Sun Feb 16th. Plainfield NJ. Arpie Maros "Evergreen House Concerts" Series Tix here: https://mcnevin.eventbrite.com and email Arpie here: ahrre@verizon.net It's Arpie's Birthday! We've known each other forever, this is my first time at his place. He puts on a wonderful series, and makes a mean cup of high end coffee. The Eventbrite ticket link above helps you get to the concert, and this link gets you to the octane beans: http://www.ahrre.com</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593962019-11-28T16:00:00-08:002023-12-10T09:07:24-08:00McNevin Nov & Dec 2019 Gigs in NoCal - Sebastopol, Nile Cafe St Nicks Benefit, Puddle Shows, Salons, Jams, and NYE Mud Bash<p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66666603088379px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color:#1c1e21">Hey Bay! Fun stuff coming up in Nov and Dec. At The Bistro in Hayward Sat Nov 23rd with the fabulous Keller Sisters, Kathy Ray, Maurice Tani, and ole pal Phil Bennett of Starship sitting in too. A Sunday 11/24 cameo in SF on Sunday for Paul Griffith's CD release at Lost Church in the Mission. The rest of November and December is a muddy season,TON of songwriter stuff in Niles at the Mudpuddle Shop as regular Wednesday songwriter salons begin Dec 4, 11, 18, and a Dec 1st Rose Valley Thorns concert. Our 10th Annual St Nicks Of Niles benefit show is Sun Dec 8th at The Nile Cafe just down the street. Sat Dec 14th I head to the north bay for a special Sebastopol "In The Round" house concert hosted by Emily Lois. We'll be sending 2019 out with a couple between holiday song swaps on Dec 28th & 29th at the puddle, and the annual NYE Bash too. See you out somewhere, probably in a hat! Keep an ear and eye out for more FB event pages coming out on the various concerts and puddle swaps and doings. Most Mudpuddle concerts are followed by swaps so bring your instruments, or borrow a guitar, or just listen. Most Nov and Dec gatherings are family friendly, invite your out-of-town visitors, escape the living room and the football games for an hour or two. RSVP to Mike for the puddle stuff: 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. If you want to bring your own large gang down to the puddle, write Mike to set something up: <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:Info@michaelmcnevin.com"><span style="color:#e4af0a">Info@michaelmcnevin.com</span></a> </span><br><span style="color:#1c1e21">~ Happy Muddy. Mike.<br> <br>Below are the basics in a list, and below that are more details of each Nov and Dec gathering. </span></p>
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<div style="margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal;"> Sun Nov 24, 4pm in SF at Lost Church, CD release show for Paul Griffiths & Other Guests.</div>
<div style="margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal;"> Fri Nov 29, 6-10 in Niles, Annual Mudpuddle Parade & Jam.</div>
<div style="margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal;"> Sun Dec 1st, 7pm Mudpuddle Shop w/ The Rose Valley Thorns.</div>
<div style="margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal;"> Dec 4th, Dec 11th, Dec 18th - Wednesday Songwriter Salon Series at The Mudpuddle (Jam & Song Swap, Works In Progress, McNevin & The Spokes).</div>
<div style="margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal;"> Sun Dec 8th, 5-9pm St Nick's Of Niles 10th Annual Benefit Bash at The Nile Cafe.</div>
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<div style="margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal;"> Sat & Sun Dec 28 & 29, 2-5pm. Mudpuddle Afternoon Holiday Hangouts.</div>
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<p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66666603088379px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> Drop in anytime between 5-9, 121 I St, Fremont CA. Enjoy lots of local live music, wine and beer provided. $20 goes toward The Giving Hope Program of Fremont, Benefiting our less fortunate neighbors. The Nile Café is transformed into an intimate bistro of acoustic music, showcases, music, comedy, low lights, and complimentary wine & mulled cider. Enjoy a loose and often hilarious variety show with Michael McNevin and The Spokes, Los Horribles, and other local Niles talent. Every year we try to raise awareness and cash for the "Giving Hope" program, providing gift cards and holiday baskets for Fremont's less fortunate families and seniors along with their pet companions. Bring your giving spirit and smiles, it’s a blast. Come as you are, hang with the locals, have a blast, and help a neighbor in need. Hope to see you at The Nile Cafe, is 1/2 a block from the flagpole in town, and about two blocks from The Mudpuddle Shop. The Nile Cafe is at 121 I St, Fremont, CA. (510) 791-6049. FB Event page to share and invite: <span style="color:#e4af0a"><a data-imported="1" href="https://facebook.com/events/3414610658612620/?ti=icl" style="font-size: 14pt;">https://facebook.com/events/3414610658612620</a></span></p>
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<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Hi muddy muds! heading to Nashvill</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">e this morning. W</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">atched some of the country music series by Ken Burns last night, it was up to episode #7, covered the '70s and '80s, good stuff. I loved living there in 1998, recorded Sketch there at Cliff Goldmacher's Walk-in Closet, lived in Carol Elliot's Writers Boarding House attic room for six months, and was touring through prior every six months or so to play The Bluebird early round show and play pickup baseball with the songwriters living around Sylvan Park. Had a TON of fun (sans the huge tornado that came through downtown while I was recording near Centennial Park... that was surreal). But I got a real dose of how dedicated songwriters live and work. The town has a great arts culture, making all kinds of music, not just country. It's really a small town after a while, the folks know and support each other, find their tribe, song-write and record, helps to have best of the best musicians at one another's finger tips. Last time through was at least 10 years ago. I hear it has changed, 18 skyscraper cranes dotting the Nashville skyline. Some towns are gonna change. Antsy McClain & The Troubs are hosting me the Thursday and Saturday shows. The Sat Night concert at Antsy's home, if you have friends who'd like to come, we can probably fit another 10 folks. Sunday is a short In The Round showcase at The Commodore Grill on the West End. Looking </span><span style="color:#1c1e21; white-space:pre-wrap">forward</span><span style="color:#1c1e21; white-space:pre-wrap"> to the gigs, visiting, </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">see how bad</span><span style="color:#1c1e21"><span style="color:#000000; white-space:pre-wrap"> the traffic might be, can't be worse than SF Bay though. They also have weather. I'm including my </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">iPhone</span><span style="color:#000000; white-space:pre-wrap"> Siri screen shot of the Nashville forecast this week. Gonna be warm & friendly. </span></span>
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<br><br>Fri Sept 6th at The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. The annual songwriter extravaganza for the West Coast Songwriters Grand Finals for "Song Of The Year". I'll be playing "Young Santos" as my offering, along with so many other wonderful songs by friends and peers of WCS. It'll be a great variety of music and community, thanks to the org that helped me get my wheels rolling back in 1991! <a data-imported="1" href="http://www.westcoastsongwriters.org/">www.westcoastsongwriters.org</a>
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<br><br>Sept 7th, 11am-9pm "Love Livermore Live" Fest at Darcie Kent Vineyards. McNevin set is at 7pm on the Acoustic Stage. Rotating Lineup on the Barn, Truck, and Acoustic Stages: Crawdad Republic, Meredith McHenry, Bacchus Brothers, The Midnites, Michael McNevin, Big Sticky Mess, Anna Steiger, The Mundaze, Lucas Sanchez, Wolf Hamlin, Night Harvest, The Gitanos, Loren Olk, The Late AM, Rock Workshop. 7000 Tesla Road, Livermore, CA. (925) 243-9040. $45.00 for all day pass. Benefits Musical Instruments for Livermore Youth. <a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001LVEoRQDbkUChG2WrMSj7XaiAZj3Flty5uz3zL38u6NJ26xrP7fzYH4Z3s-i5vYqoLs6MThwsIVzU7xoU-vPmEC47rPqqZ5Hj-ve55If_je7ygg91wW2ojD6P_dC5yXPk8yvBeXFgJGEjgV7hyJlGrNhruquPS4OiQhfYX7euxQAbyFuUH50lBTVG1wICceYEVUpKPYK8gmAXjYdqr-lcIxv3Xn0Fjse5ReHYGNl2rucLmP-_E_gicsS1xqMvdddBk4f30nW2x1qqJXQkWK0ikSuZJnLuYMbB&c=skecED1lDg9-xK1auZ7V8v8F60lSBekUFQZpWjGE38sBIgm3lydwqw==&ch=svMItC0g0IMhkKEd5N_bXgvEI6bfwxOavJIyTqbz1Int5Wh97d0FNw==" target="_blank">www.lovelivermorelive.com</a>
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<br><br>Sept 19-22, Flying High Music Camp up in Napa. Friends, beginners, old pros, casual listeners, got a new music and camping and cabin thang outside Napa. My old pal Jim Funk (of The Dawdlers and Sun Kings fame) got me looped in. Happens at Enchanted Hills Camp. I do casual guitar and songwriting workshops Fri afternoon and Sat afternoon. Meals and pool and cabins with beds and linens and bath, and tent cabins, and Car or RV or Tent. Camp fires, horseshoes, hiking trails, outdoor bowling! haha. It's all included. Do all 3 days and nights ($290), or a day and a night ($150), or just be a daytripper ($75). BYO wine/beer. Musicians and Non-musicians welcome to play, write, learn, listen in. Hit the eventbrite link below for schedule, location, more details. Check in with Marco the organizer too: <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:mvtorresi@gmail.com">mvtorresi@gmail.com</a> or by cell at (415) 384-1395.<br>EventBrite Tix Link:<br><a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001LVEoRQDbkUChG2WrMSj7XaiAZj3Flty5uz3zL38u6NJ26xrP7fzYH4Z3s-i5vYqoWe9Psqf-DROXY0Xlr9U6Q4Sgh7j9s3E3-yKP2255_kbrEs9fdBoP0UkuMo5O3CNExZ_v-NJ_w5SJ3O7X59ZX6460L9VQIBN6zDsBhGFFQ2VX6MQsgdnZOFWkJPoPwUmJ9ZBDkWBVu-3eqPWd5EAbcoIe98sEdbQYcv_KVEMxbMPXihFJFyQ1jTA8IeL8BvQB-kHURmoUMb_Sv9KAqSaIZNCJLnVP6h_mL5_trMAEEF9uTfJuC3LOOeATcDxDLjnF5Jcnqfi8siN0JGsOJ-WaQkYQbkjshXVD&c=skecED1lDg9-xK1auZ7V8v8F60lSBekUFQZpWjGE38sBIgm3lydwqw==&ch=svMItC0g0IMhkKEd5N_bXgvEI6bfwxOavJIyTqbz1Int5Wh97d0FNw==" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flying-high-music-camp-and-retreat-tickets-55813308107</a>
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<br><br>Sept 25th-Oct 2nd, in Nashville TN. Two shows, and some writing & recording, hanging with old friends.<br><br>Sept 26th is at Douglas Corner sitting in with Antsy McClain and The Trailer Park Troubadours (late show, 9pm).<br><br>Sat Sept 28th house concert outside of Nashville. You can attend the house concert if you just ping me and ask for the info :). Still digging around for a Fri 9/27 or Sun 9/29 show or a Writers In The Round somewhere, if you know of one, or want to host something please let me know. :).</div>
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<br><br>Sunday Sept 22nd, 4-7pm Mudpuddle Showcase & Song Swap + the annual daytime Niles Canyon Roll & Stroll! Musicians include Rob Shaw, McNevin, and other special guests rotating in the pilgrim chair. This is the same day as the annual Niles Canyon "Roll & Stroll" an all day outdoor thang in the Canyon - the road is closed to cars, so come ride your bike or walk through it, or ride the Niles Canyon Railway Steam Trains rolling through it all day ($12 bucks a train ride, do the morning or mid day, then come to the 4pm showcase after). Bring a picnic on train or the walk. I'll be getting back from Napa that morning, and there is a remote chance I busk in the canyon, like 1-3pm? Anyone else up for that? I think Rob and his TX friend are? That would be a trip right? The 4-7pm Mudpuddle hang is open to all pickers and listeners, with an early emphasis on the showcasers. It gets looser later for the swapping and jamming, bring your axe or borrow one. Play till the cows go home. Pizza dinner for all is also an option. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. RSVP to <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:info@michaelmcnevin.com">info@michaelmcnevin.com</a>, or just pop in and grab a seat anytime after 4pm.</div>
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<p><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">"Murrieta's Well" winery is hauntingly beautiful, and maybe it's haunted .... here's a little tale about the famous bandit, Juaquin Murrieta, how Niles and Livermore both played a part in his Wild West history from 170 years ago, during the California Gold Rush. Meanwhile, back at the ranch... <br>Niles and Livermore, towns about 20 minutes apart by car, are akin to one another, by the railroads, their hills, and their history. They were also both hideouts for the famous 1850s bandit Juaquin Murrietta. Our local Niles "Clampers" chapter are actually named for Juaquin Murrieta, the famous Mexican Gold Rush bandit. The whole history of Murrieta's rough and rowdy life is of course online, all the way down to stories about his missing head, which is rumored to be buried in Niles Canyon. Our local biker bar is The Florence, 3 doors down from the Mudpuddle Shop, and it is the main a locale of choice for the Niles "Clampers". They shoot pool there, drink a bit, and generally do good stuff for humanity, when they're not raising hell on humanity. If you don't know what a Clamper is, google that up too - a sort of Gold Mining union that was formed during the Gold Rush, to help the families of the 49ers; if anything ill-fated happened to their gold-panning brethren, the group helped take care of the wife and children. It's kinda like The Elks Lodge, only different. Anyway, they had a colorful way of initiating new comers, still do. E Clampus Vitas is their sacred motto. You may have seen their good work over the years, as they erect stone and cement historical markers and plaques all over the state of California. Many of the monuments are crooked, but they won't be going anywhere, as they are fortified with Clamper cement, and beer. As to the famous bandit Juaquin Murrieta himself, well any Clamper can tell you, and tell you again, about him. And as the rumors and myths surrounding the bandit get retold and embellished in various ways, one story remains mostly or completely possibly true. A bounty hunter and California Ranger by the name of Love, was after Juaquin, and finally caught up with him and four of the other gang of bandits down by Fresno. They were sure they had killed Juaquin, along with the notorious Three Fingered Jack, who also had a bounty on his head. The rangers cut off the heads of Juaquin and Jack, as proof for the bounty, along with Jack's three fingered hand for extra proof. They then rode for SF, with the heads and hand in jars full of alcohol. Jacks head didn't last, so they buried it on the way. They charged $1 a look though, to folks along the way to see Murrieta's head and Jacks three fingered hand. As for Juaquin's head, his sister got a look at it, and said that was NOT his brother's head. Since they didn't parade the jars up to the Siera Nevada gold country where others would have identified him properly, it was thought the head's authenticity was in question. It was also reported that Juaquin had been spotted still alive, out and about, after Love's so-called bounty killings. Love never quite lived that rumor down, as the whole thing may have been a ruse, using someone else's head. The alternate claim then came up around here in Niles, that the actual head of Juaquin Murrieta remained attached and alive on him, or, it was at some point buried under a cabin in Niles Canyon. Or was that Jack's head? Whereas, or henceforth, if the other head that went to SF was someone else's head, who is to say if Murriet'as real head got put in a jar. As far as Niles and Livermore is concerned, today at least, Murrieta's gang is said to have surely hid out in both places, as he sought revenge and justice, like a Mexican Robin Hood (he also inspired the stories of Zorro). They did hide out in Niles Canyon, and one of the other local Northern CA Hills hideouts is the very location I'll be playing music this Sat Night in Livermore, at the Winery named "Murrieta's Well". I may have to write a song about this guy someday.</span></p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593922019-07-31T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:32:08-08:00Aug Gigs in WA and CA, Fall & Winter in TN, MI, TX, NY, NJ, CA<p>Hey muddy muds and map crawlers! Flying to Seattle area for gigs tonight and through the weekend of Aug 1-4, then back to the Bay Area for a Sun Aug 11th show at Armandos in Martinez, a 4pm shindig wiith McNevin & McClellan & The Spokes and special guests The Keller Sisters! </p>
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<div style="color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello friends and neighbors! It'll be Busy Muddy Festy this weekend in Niles, and a beautiful time next weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills at The Woodflock Festival. On tap for this weekend are Two afternoon Mudpuddle jam thangs, an annual Spring Fest & Garden Tour, and a Federico’s brunch music blowout. The afternoon Mudpuddle jams are Sat 2-5pm & Sun Noon-4pm. All pickers and listeners welcome to pop in anytime. Coinciding with the Mudpuddle Sunday Jam in Niles is the Annual Spring Fest & Garden Tour, 10am-3pm Sun May 19th, includes Open Gardens and Open Studios all over town and the neighborhood. And, then there’s a Federico's Sunday music lineup on their back patio, Noon-5pm, celebrating their new All-Day brunch service. Rob Cassidy is hosting that. A McNevin set is indeed scheduled for that Federico’s line up DURING the Mudpuddle Jam. How? Well, that is whereby I skips OUT of the Sunday Mupduddle Jam at 1:20, do a 1:25-1:55 set at Federcio’s down the street, then sprint back to the puddle, as Los Horribles keep the muddy fires burnin till i get back (or I’ll just close the shop doors for a half hour?). Lots to do, rain or shine. Part of the Federico’s crowd will likely pop into the puddle as a 2nd Roof, a Green Room, a new place to hang, or a place to dry out, etc. </div>
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<div style="color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael McNevin in concert. </div>
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<p> </p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593902019-04-25T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:32:04-08:00McNevin Gigs the rest of Spring 2019<p>I've got a kind of sideways palm tree selfie picture, taken in Maui a few years ago, in Sara and Andy Ridinger's front yard. I remember when they planted the tree, which was way more years than a few ago... now it's a very tall nod to the show in Carpinteria at Palm Loft Gallery this Sunday night. Not sure how Arturo got the picture to use it for the gig cover photo, but it works. Did you know that the Niles CA Nursery, was the largest tree nursery west of the Mississippi at one time? Niles nursery propagated palm trees all over the state, we are THE REASON southern CA is covered with palm trees. Niles even provided the trees to the Pan American World's Fair in SF in 1918. It also let people see Redwoods for the first time. People back east didn't believe they were real, that the pictures were fake.<br><br>Keep reading below for a buncha Spring gigs around the state of CA, then it's off to Texas in June. Not a lot of palm trees there. Great festival in Kerrville though.<br><br>Some of the CA gig cobillers include: Late For <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display:inline">The Train, Dolly and Laura Ramirez, Arturo Tello, Antsy McClain & The Trailerpark Troubadours, Sandi & The Rockerfellers, Emily Lois, Patrick McClellan, Rachel Garlin, Sourdough Slim, The Gin Blossoms, Brad Colerick, Tisa Adamson, JJ Schoch, and others. Starts this Sat and Sun with Van Nuys, South Pasadena, and Carpinteria, then Soquel/Santa Cruz, Fremont, and Woodflock. Got a new rough CD in tow, burned on the old Mac, casually calling it "The White Albume". Written on with a sharpie, and misspelled so as not to be confused with The Beatles. Get Muddy. <br>Happy Spring ~ Michael.<br><br>-------- <br><br>Sat April 27th, 3pm<br>Van Nuys, CA<br>Yard Concert and Bday Bash at Dolly's.<br>Michael McNevin 3pm set<br>Late For The Train 4pm set. <br>Open mic and potluck starts at 1:30.<br><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2171704386228664/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">https://www.facebook.com/<span class="word_break" style="display:inline-block"> </span>events/2171704386228664/</a><br>At the home of Dolly Ramirez (of Coolhouse Band fame). This will be a bash, packed with musicians and freinds, including cobillers Late For The Train (Laura Benson & Dave Pascoe, also from NoCal). DOUBLES as a birthday bash for songwriter pal and Dolly's sister Laura Ramirez! A veritable songwriter fiesta. Some of the partyers will also be caravaning up to the Eclectic Festival in South Pasadena (McNevin plays a set at 8pm, indoors at Simplee Boba, with the Gin Blossoms headlining the outdoor main stage right after that. <br><br>------- <br><br>Sat April 27th, 8pm <br>South Pasadena, CA 8pm.<br>The Eclectic Festival (FREE!) <br>Happens all over South Pasadena.<br>McNevin does a 45 minute set<br>At "Simplee Boba" cafe<br>954 Mission St South Pasadena, CA<br><a data-imported="1" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftheeclectic.rocks%2Flineup-2019%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3JisCdloWSJ2nSE3V-e48eDBOSt_Zb6_8PomSMcNxDF24TwrxemjWhPNY&h=AT3vBY_WmeNtBtKIHfdca1cd45nomGw0DwAOeHjab92mZzsIbldcUEtEZxRliPoUl-ch0rkRuN7lnpJPnzqCmyFrad-hbLO-2cMxeGojgVs5pv_CYBDWk_di-nt2uXNHUvf2hMxwIFV4bKvPM54g3ZAGObEQ" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">https://theeclectic.rocks/<span class="word_break" style="display:inline-block"> </span>lineup-2019/</a><br>South Pasadena's Eclectic Music Festival and Arts Crawl is a 3-10pm town-wide thing, with a diverse musical line up. The Gin Blossoms headline. 40+ acts performing at multiple stages and venues all over town. Free to attend. Everyone welcome! <br><br>----- <br><br>Sun April 28th, 6-9pm. <br>Carpinteria, CA <br>The Palm Loft Gallery.<br>410 Palm Ave, Loft A-1, Carpinteria, CA 93013.<br>Arturo: (805) 729-6029 arturote@aol.com <br><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1164894480350198/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">https://www.facebook.com/<span class="word_break" style="display:inline-block"> </span>events/1164894480350198/</a><br>McNevin concert, an open mic and potluck kicks it off, song swap afterward. Gathering of musical friends, listeners, art lovers. It's also a life celebration, some of the open mic performers will play songs in honor of local friend Bill Lanphar, who passed away recently (contact Arturo to get on the performer list). The gallery will also be full of Arturo's own Mother's beautiful artwork, who also passed recently - Kasandra Martell 1925-2019, "A Life Of Painting". The place will be bubbling with art, soul, spirit, celebration. <br><br>----- <br><br>Fri May 3rd, 7:30pm. <br>Soquel, CA <br>Ugly Mug Cafe<br>Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Presents <br>Michael McNevin in Concert. <br>Doors at 7pm. Tickets $18 adv / $20 door<br>4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073<br>Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441<br>or crbrundle@gmail.com for RSVP/INFO.<br><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/648639128894079/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">https://www.facebook.com/<span class="word_break" style="display:inline-block"> </span>events/648639128894079/</a><br>Been playing this wonderful series for a lotta years, great group of friends and vibe and regulars who appreciate this intimate stage. <br><br>------ <br><br>Sat May 4th, 7-9pm.<br>Fremont, CA <br>Brask House Concert Series at Mission Coffee. <br>151 Washington Blvd, Fremont, CA. <br>$15, doors at 6:30, walk-ups welcome. <br>For info/RSVP, Wayne & Sue Brask: <br>510-623-6920 <br>wwwebrask@yahoo.com <br><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/881091952222527/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">https://www.facebook.com/<span class="word_break" style="display:inline-block"> </span>events/881091952222527/</a><br>Hey Niles, hey Fremont. This concert is a solo thang, two sets, new songs and deeper cuts. Big stage with a baby grand, lights and sound, comfy place, couches and tables, elbow room. Wayne and Sue Brask hosts this long running listening series, they got their marbles together. Invite your neighbors. Mission Coffee is in the Mission San Jose district of Fremont, four miles south of Niles. Possible after-hang at The Mudpudle Shop? <br><br>------ <br><br>Fri May 10th, 8-11pm<br>Hayward, CA <br>The Bistro <br>Sandi & The Rockerfellers band night. <br>McNevin sits in between band sets.<br>1001 B St, Hayward CA <br>Always a fun night with these wonderful friends and musicians. McNevin tosses in a short set or two between the main band sets. Show up anytime, it does tend to fill up though, so early birds get the chairs and stools. <br><br>------ <br><br>Sun May 12th, 2-5pm<br>NIles, CA<br>Mudpuddle Shop <br>Mothers Day with Emily Lois & Others. <br>Songwriter CD release for Emily. <br>Plus other cameos by "Pilgrim Chair" artists "In The Round". <br>A mother-friendly afternoon in the mud! <br>37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA <br>Walk-ups welcome, and RSVPs are also a good idea.<br>Contact Mike to hold a seat: info@michaelmcnevin.com <br><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2065451473748151" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">https://www.facebook.com/<span class="word_break" style="display:inline-block"> </span>events/2065451473748151</a><br><br>------ <br><br>May 23-26, all day and night.<br>Memorial Day Weekend!<br>10th Annual Woodflock Festival<br>Tent & Car Camping, RVs, Cabins, and nearby motels.<br>Antsy McClain & The Trailer Park Troubadours<br>Also Feat: McNevin & McClelllan, Sourdough Slim,<br>Rachel Garlin, Late For The Train.<br>Camp Tehama Campground, Mill Creek, CA,<br>40550 Highway 172, Mill Creek, CA 96061<br>NOTE: The fest has moved from the old Red Bluff site up to cooler and nicer digs!<br><a data-imported="1" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Funhitched.com%2Fwoodflock-2%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3_9NI3xXukYsb0tilrDBD-v5Jfx_CaMLxSb-8wZj2bgUhFXqKe12KXEZU&h=AT1vOnz653i7DUJy6LR8EfXVGF9700DdX54PHnRS8ATwropCg7lRqGrrkAPNj8krMInOND6_3VVMDjj9jJ2GP152HPI2M0s4S4GINBoO04I9D1Pax0TQ4x1Nc6TuF917LtU4gRpPgXANvleysFFn9Ry_5Jub" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">https://unhitched.com/<span class="word_break" style="display:inline-block"> </span>woodflock-2/</a><br><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2044552912512799/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">https://www.facebook.com/<span class="word_break" style="display:inline-block"> </span>events/2044552912512799/</a><br><br>Campers, RVers, flamingo heads. Memorial Day Weekend outside of Chico, at the edge of Lassen National Park, is a thing called "WoodFlock". It's an "Aluminum Oasis", as it were. <br>Full of fans and "Flamingoheads" of the famous and friendly Trailer Park Troubadours Band. Antsy McClain and band headline, with a cool smattering of songwriters adding to the evening shows and workshops. This is McNevin & McCellan's 3rd year playing it. The one and only Sourdough Slim is also on the roster this year, a CLASSIC yodeling cowboy savant. New guests for the line up include Rachel Garlin and "Late For The Train" (Laura Benson and Dave Pascoe). Pickers and listeners populate the campground for music making, workshopping a bit, writing a bit, jamming, swapping, and cribbage matches of course. Includes a chili cook-off Sat night, crafts, and a campsite decorating contest, BYO Pink Flamingos. A nice mix of mischief, lazy afternoons, folk and friendship under the trees with about 150-200 folks. Intimate, affordable, great group breakfast and dinners included. Easy to get in and set up with cars, tents, trailers and RVs, and cabins to grab too (no extra charge, first come first serve). Family friendly. No pets.<br><br>NOTE: Cabins available at no extra $ - First come first serve, might wanna message Antsy to grab one if it's imperative. Good community meals included.<br><br>NOTE: We can now arrive early on Thursday if we wanna, it's all good, so make a 4-day weekend out of it and avoid some of that getaway Friday traffic!</span></p>
<p> </p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593892019-04-09T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:51:11-08:00Armando's in Martinez April 13th with McNevin & McClellan and The Keller Sisters Band<p> </p>
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<div class="MainText" style='color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'><span style="caret-color:#4e4e4e">"The honey-warm harmonies and slice-of-life charm of the Keller Sisters' debut EP Shine recalls the days of summers past. Siblings Sheryl and Kerry have produced a heartfelt collection of folk music, one that also reveals the influence of the Beatles and classic country music. The opening track, the witty "Hillbilly Blond," struts with Bonnie Raitt-styled swagger and trailer-park spunk. The song's locomotive beat and blistering harmonica add to the smoke left in its path. "Can't Believe My Luck" veers toward the Keller Sisters' Americana side, back-to-basics country without the Nashville cheese "..</span></div>
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<p> </p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593882019-03-06T16:00:00-08:002023-12-10T08:29:56-08:00March Tour 2019 McNevin & Heimann & Brown<p> </p>
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<br>Sat 3/9, 6pm - Niles Canyon Mobile Home Estates "ClubHouse"<br> (Way more room than the puddle ... luxury!) </div>
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<br>Sun 3/10, 11am - Live on KPIG with Sleepy John (107.5 FM) </div>
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<div>Plenty of room in "The Clubhouse", RSVP or join us as a walk up. Indie-Folk originals, short solo sets then some "In The Round" swapping as an impromptu trio, harmonies, multi-instrumental surprises. Contact host Tom Smyth to RSVP: <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:t.smyth@comcast.net">t.smyth@comcast.net</a> or call (408) 504-5597. The Niles Canyon Mobile Home Estates Clubhouse is a cool space, has ample parking, use the long entrance lot as you come through the gates then just walk to the clubhouse straight ahead. Located at 711 Old Canyon Rd, Fremont CA 94536. Tix: $15-20. Invite and Share with your freinds too, at the FB Event Page: <a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015xcqX_g6mJ1s60AwleJcGgbuDsURJM47PZRRLxnw9oaL77kaiz2Wd498ScSLVTU9Q2zG6h4JzxEoXl2sqzWiMKR5EfkDc3tbW6hWt6k5IgoJpeJDUo9JTZTvkwK8NUAOrPo1phNFQT0fd2itG4SoF_9UFd0jG823CpPFQ4nBYWe8JrBOB6rm_yFWerx0AXFMx2XZFrAsC5KpbrKRTu85tg==&c=oXyFYvug0VMBO9Oq-XlDYG6XXIlT2FkOzfkhrQsZmeXOprdI_e6IiQ==&ch=MZR9c2XLfgnz-lJDezrTOImnzP75abvkhmouJTf3Szlp7vGcBfRgeg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">https://www.facebook.com/events/246690642904777/</span></a>
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<div>Roseville, CA </div>
<div>House Concert at The McClellan's. </div>
<div>McNevin & McClellan Duo, and Heimann & Brown Duo.</div>
<div>It's now sold out, sorry! </div>
<div>To add yourself to the wait list, contact Patrick: </div>
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<div>San Rafael, CA </div>
<div>House Concert at Dave & Laura's. </div>
<div>McNevin & Heimann & Brown "In The Round". </div>
<div>Dave & Laura host an intimate night of acoustic songs & stories at their place, 6:30pm-9:00pm. BYO adult beverage of choice. Some refreshments and snacks provided. Doors at 6:30pm, music at 7pm. Suggested donation is $10-20. Capacity is 25ish so please RSVP with Dave or Laura via Facebook Messenger or email - they'll send you the address once you've signed up. Email: <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:lateforthetrainband@gmail.com">lateforthetrainband@gmail.com</a> *Walk-ups welcome at showtime as capacity allows.* FB Event Page to be in touch and in tune: <a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015xcqX_g6mJ1s60AwleJcGgbuDsURJM47PZRRLxnw9oaL77kaiz2Wd498ScSLVTU9iDh5eCNiJO_TIT_32djfq2nGwfca6ot3tJrzU_04TtThlkZ9jSSsuJhbk2IyQJ9_r_o7J_yTNhRtyvV4S2eTevtB-pdcBMGG4sYD0PUU_jdRsZcwPhO-REP_Ezb2YN4QO7N45rnT95ebf5e_VjrE9A==&c=oXyFYvug0VMBO9Oq-XlDYG6XXIlT2FkOzfkhrQsZmeXOprdI_e6IiQ==&ch=MZR9c2XLfgnz-lJDezrTOImnzP75abvkhmouJTf3Szlp7vGcBfRgeg==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">www.facebook.com/events/591457457945849/</span></a>
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<div>KZYX and Roots & All Live! is proud to support the Singer-songwriter tradition with Four outstanding artists weaving their story-songs into a tapestry of lives lived. Angie Heimann, of the Blushin' Roulettes and The Appalucians, Jay Brown, of the Lazybirds, Shantavaani, and The Appalucians, Michael McNevin, Kerrville New-Folk winner and 8-time winner of the West Coast Songwriters Association "Song of the Year, and Gwyneyth Moreland, member of the The Mendocino Quartet, Foxglove, and her new collaboration Marine Layer, will take the stage and share their stories for their only Mendocino coast performance. Might sell out? good idea to secure a seat with a note to the organizers and station. Walk ups are welcome, and here's the brown paper tickets, to secure ADV seats. </div>
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<div>Niles, CA </div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>St. Paddy's Puddle Jam with Angie, Jay, Mike, & Friends, & Los Horribles. <br>The finishing touch on this triple bill tour is a St. Paddy's Day Mudpuddle Shop hang on Sun 3/17, 4-7pm. It's loose. We'll have a thimble of green beer, swap tunes with the trio and "Los Horribles" friends too, then say goodbye to Angie and Jay as they roll out for a midnight flight back to Asheville. Listeners and pickers drop in anytime. McNevin is Irish... so maybe Message Mike to secure a seat. But it's a come and go policy for now. If it starts to look full, might implement a guest list. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. </div>
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<p> </p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593872018-12-20T16:00:00-08:002023-12-10T08:31:10-08:00Gigs to wind down 2018!<p><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Wed Dec 26th 7pm</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">South Pasadena, CA </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Wine & Song at The Blue Room</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">At Arroyo Seco Golf Course Club House </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Featuring: Michael McNevin, Ted Russel Kamp, host Brad Colerick, + other special 1-2 song cameos guests. This is McNevin's 4th annual midweek holiday huff down to this sweet SoCal W&S Songwriter series. Didn't plan it that way, it just keeps happening! </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Adv tickets here. </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><a data-imported="1" href="http://www.blueguitar.club/?fbclid=IwAR1uduWtihzqw2YiRVk1Lg41cHQ8k24RP-FAVwn4nbVjCI0xI1qYxibX9jw" rel="nofollow noopener" style='color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;' target="_blank">www.blueguitar.club</a><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129"> </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Walk-ups welcome!</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">--------------------</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Fri Dec 28th 7pm </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Carpinteria, CA </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Palm Loft Gallery</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Michael McNevin in concert.</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Includes some potluck food and a song swapping before and after the show with the other musicians coming down. </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; 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color:#1d2129">Palm Loft Gallery</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">410 Palm Ave. Loft A-1</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Carpinteria, CA 93013</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Email: PalmLoft@arturotello.com</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">(805) 684-9700</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Arturo Tello Cell (805) 729-6029 </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">------------------------</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">More about Wine & Song and the cobillers.</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">The Wednesday after Xmas McNevin visits the Wine & Song Songwriter series in South Pasadena, with feature acts Michael McNevin and Ted Russell Camp, plus other special guests. This is McNevin's 4th annual midweek holiday huff down to this sweet SoCal W&S series. Didn't plan it that way, it just keeps happening. The "Blue Guitar" room is inside the Arroyo Seco Golf Course, great music songwriter scene every Wednesday, Jazz every Thursday. (NOTE: listeners and musicians can bring a wedge and a putter for optional 5pm whack and walk on 9 holes of the 3-par course! Also... We *might* song swap camp out in the golf course lot after the show, if enough people want to RV/Tent/CarCamp - last time we only got two friendly visits from the police, they were very cool...)</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">More about the artists: </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Michael McNevin </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><a data-imported="1" href="http://www.michaelmcnevin.com/?fbclid=IwAR1aEOrh8qsbMNVFsvaDwnucn_u9lCHAQW8BUv5B3SpkuayUEaOM7WdoQwk" rel="nofollow noopener" style='color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;' target="_blank">www.michaelmcnevin.com</a><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129"> </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Songwriter Michael McNevin grew up in the train town of Niles, CA, in the hills of Fremont in the SF Bay Area. His songs read like short stories, full of heart, humor, and a keen eye for detail. Accomplished guitar work and seasoned vocals underscore the characters and places he comes across in his travels. He started his career in the the bars of the SF East Bay, mixing in a six-month stint in New York City, cutting his troubadour teeth in the subways and streets of Greenwich Village. Michael has since logged 25 years on the U.S. songwriter circuit. His vivid brand of storytelling won the Kerrville New-Folk award in Texas, “DYI Artist Of The Year” nods from Performing Songwriter Magazine, and 7-time top honors for the West Coast Songwriters grand finals “Song Of The Year” award. He tours as a solo act, and occasionally gets a band together as McNevin & The Spokes. He's shared hall stages with Johnny Cash & The Carter Family, Donovan, Shawn Colvin, Utah Phillips, Christine Lavin, Richie Havens, Iris Dement, Greg Brown, The California Honeydrops, Ron Thompson, The T Sisters, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Rosanne Cash, Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe, and many of others on the US songwriter circuit. He’s been a main-stager at Strawberry, High Sierra, Kerrville, Redwood Ramble, American River, and Philly Folk Festivals. </span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">“I don’t know what’s best about ‘Sketch’ - Michael McNevin’s music or his Etch-A-Sketch drawings that accompany each song. McNevin is a singer songwriter of the highest order...”</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">~ Acoustic Guitar Magazine</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">“Secondhand Story” is an evocative peek into a stranger’s life.”</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">~ Chicago Tribune</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Ted Russell Kamp</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><a data-imported="1" href="http://tedrussellkamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR0WiJvJ8VJBgoRHsipHgoM2O9wBVYEq64WfHUmJOqi2NLLm2FwnXkhDOlQ" rel="nofollow noopener" style='color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;' target="_blank">http://tedrussellkamp.com</a><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Ted Russell Kamp is an LA-based bass player, singer/songwriter and producer.</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Ted writes, records and travels the world performing his own country / roots / Americana music from his ten critically-acclaimed albums. Ted also plays live, records sessions, and collaborates on songs with A-list songwriters and musicians in L.A., Nashville, Austin and around the world. Ted often works out of his home studio — The Den — and has produced several well-received albums for fellow artists there. Ted has also had the honor of being a friend, collaborator and member of Shooter Jennings’ band for most of the last 15 years.</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">Ted is well known for his ability to step into bands and rock all genres of music — the decades he spent holding down the bottom end for bands as diverse as Shooter, Jessi Colter, Whitey Morgan, Wilson Phillips and others have made sure Ted had the chops for anything from major festivals to David Letterman appearances.</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">The last few years have found Kamp focusing on his own career as well as touring and recording with Shooter. He tours continuously in the US and Europe, and has releasing his solo albums to critical acclaim. His records have debuted at #1 on the Euroamericana Chart and made the US Americana Chart’s Top 100 Records of the Year. The Big Takeover wrote, “Kamp simply knocks one ball after another out of the park…Saturated in talent and sincerity … good music done right.”</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">NO DEPRESSION</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">“… Terrific. Ted is a start on the rise … in the tradition of Guy Clark … An impressive record. …”</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">ALAN CACKETT, MAVERICK MAGAZINE (UK)</span><br style='caret-color: #1d2129; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;'><span style="caret-color:#1d2129; color:#1d2129">“… A talented singer-songwriter … with probing stories of real life, fueled by emotion, his poetic explanations are truly profound and deeply personal. His voice gets inside your bones … like John Prine with more air and less dirt … a riveting tour-de-force of an album….”</span></p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593862018-06-08T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:31:01-08:00A few choice June 2018 Gigs<p style='margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: #454545;'>Hi friends, folkies, and rockers.</p>
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<p style='margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: #454545;'>Sat June 9th, 1-5pm. SF Free Folk Fest, at the Everett Middle School - 450 Church Street, SF, CA. McNevin plus a Spoke or two are on the Faith Petric main stage at 4pm, and McNevin cohosts the festival open mic from 1-3pm with Don Murdock. Corrina Carter will be on backup vocals. Bay Station on a tune or two, and other spokes who come along. or who are already there doing other gigs. Bay Station, Keller Sisters, many freinds also on the lineup. McNevin sits in a bit here and there too. Long tradition of traditional, folk, troubadours, old timey, bluegrass, cajun, contra, roots. Bring your axe and play the open mic, or explore the tons of acts, extracurricular jams, swaps, dances and workshops going on all day, noon-10pm. It's free. </p>
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<p style='margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: #454545;'>Sun June 10th, 1:30-5pm in Port Costa, CA at The Warehouse with Sandi & the Rockerfellers, Michael McNevin, Corrina Carte. A casual Sunday afternoon gig with Sandi & The Rockerfellers, Corrina Carter, and Michael McNevin, in Port Costa at The Warehouse. It's a mellow kinda bar band gig, hanging outdoors on the water of the Carquinez Straight. It's Free. Rock covers, original folk, sitting in, harmonies, playing clean and dirty, band sets, solo sets. Bikers and Sunday drivers welcome. 5 Canyon Lake Dr, Port Costa, CA 94569</p>
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<p style='margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: #454545;'>Sat June 16th McNevin & McClellan return to the Acoustic Den in Roseville! The concert includes cameo tunes by friend and songwriter Larry Diehl. A sweet and special listening room for songwriters. wine & beer available. Just 20 minutes from Sacramento proper up I-80, on the way to Auburn. We'll also play some "Father-Centric" stuff, bring your Pops along with you and celebrate Father's Day :). </p>
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<p style='margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: #454545;'>(916) 412-8739</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593852018-05-18T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T09:06:45-08:00Gigs In Spring<p>McNevin & Maybelle's Voyages continue. May & June fests and gigs, 2018. </p>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Sat May 5, 8pm</div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>676 Laurel St San Carlos CA </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #e4af0a; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'><span style="color:#454545">FB Event page for it: <a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KONeYAhs1vOXj5WJbpopsDH1f0hspHl9iM8FPbvSpRWR7sr9vrYkdilr99Nwd5c98CWUXxVhfXrqOrruHvtUseWDL36mDplmMsau3r58fSTs04MxyUFMkGVgEDyor8z6r2GYLDyIdguwi2iCD6MbZb18eBBdTBED_i_4W4PUO2NRCYdjW0mG9ztP2WJhm1rBuj0ltKALtG0DC-6nB8HqjQ==&c=3JUWEfPy9CK7VsHVQ48CfO12zYUKhLxZTM_9ms2z39-WuxDDGMuRFQ==&ch=e3RlIxNHs1n5hbsjNO5i5DRhV5zng1uFhW5U27g8l-aqdYJ0rp851w==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">https://www.facebook.com/events/2041871949471812/</span></a> </span></div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>At Sid Clifford's place, the 41st annual. 100 or more folks on a couple acres. Little front porch music stage, potluck, community, and a butt-shaped rock. Semi-private, but a lot of the locals come, and freinds of freinds are welcome. Contact Michael and/or Sid to see about attending. </div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Niles, CA </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Mudpuddle Shop</div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>A Mom-In-The-Mud Mothers Day Showcase and Song Swap. No official line up, but we do know a few guests dropping in, including Sandi & Skip Snyder, one or both of the The Keller Sisters, others TBA. Mom-centric tunes encouraged but not required play whatever you want. All other pickers and listeners in the room are welcome to contribute to the music and art. No Facebook Page for this (yet). Early birds get the rocking chairs. RSVPs can be made to Mike (could reserve up to 20 seats), and walk-ups are welcome. 5pm quit time is loose, we can keep playing till the cows go home. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:info@michaelmcnevin.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">info@michaelmcnevin.com</span></a> . </div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Mudpuddle Shop </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>McNevin & McClellan special duo show. </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>We're doing a show with just the McN & McC duo. Yes, probably a few special guests sitting in too, but we'll be digging into some older deep tracks along with new stuff. We don't always get to play the muddy joint all by ourselves. Please write if you'd like a seat for this one. No event page yet, so it's a first write first serve for seats. If we're don't sell it out prior to the date, we'll then create a FB Event page to finish up the RSVPs. RSVP with an email or phone call with your desired number of seats to Mike at <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:info@michaelmcnevin.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">info@michaelmcnevin.com</span></a>(510) 789-9714. </div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Danville Music Concert Series </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>McNevin & McClellan return to the stage of Danville Music! Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm. $25 suggested donation. Walkups ok, but it could sell out in advance. Seats 60 max. This is an awesome time in the San Ramon Valley stomping grounds with old and new friends and my music mentors. Who says you can't go back to highschool? </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>115-E Town & Country Dr. Danville, CA</div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Contact Danville Music to RSVP seats: </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #e4af0a; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'><span style="color:#454545">925-743-0898, <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:davet@danvillemusic.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">davet@danvillemusic.com</span></a> </span></div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Silo's Napa </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; color: #454545; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Sundays at Silo's with Antsy McClain & Special Guest Michael McNevin Doors at 3pm, show at 4pm. $25 adv, $30 Door. Walkups welcome! Antsy is on tour throughout CA. He'll also be hosting a nice festival over Memorial Day Weeeknd in Red Bluff with his band The Trailer Park Troubadours (McNevin & McClain are playing that as well), and Antsy also plays the Mudpuddle Shop in Niles on Tuesday May 22nd. It's gonna be a very Antsy Month. Read <span style="color:#000000">More about Antsy's gig antics and Red Bluff Festival here: <a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KONeYAhs1vOXj5WJbpopsDH1f0hspHl9iM8FPbvSpRWR7sr9vrYkdilr99Nwd5c9lz7UPB5uFncxuErkDVTxUONcIkb9MgVQWatecFM3-MMgJoGQHPCMDGU5Yz9Zsjc16_Att7KWZd5EakQWIn8UIkAZScS8heYj5Ph5T4zas2s=&c=3JUWEfPy9CK7VsHVQ48CfO12zYUKhLxZTM_9ms2z39-WuxDDGMuRFQ==&ch=e3RlIxNHs1n5hbsjNO5i5DRhV5zng1uFhW5U27g8l-aqdYJ0rp851w==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">http://unhitched.com</span></a></span>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>The Mudpuddle Shop </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Antsy McClain & McNevin in concert. Plus a surprise guest or two in the Pilgrim Chair. Antsy is in Niles, doing shows around CA, and running his wonderful 9th annual homegrown WoodFlock Festival up in Red Bluff on Memorial Day Weekend. More about Antsy and his antics and touring and festival is here: <a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KONeYAhs1vOXj5WJbpopsDH1f0hspHl9iM8FPbvSpRWR7sr9vrYkdilr99Nwd5c9lz7UPB5uFncxuErkDVTxUONcIkb9MgVQWatecFM3-MMgJoGQHPCMDGU5Yz9Zsjc16_Att7KWZd5EakQWIn8UIkAZScS8heYj5Ph5T4zas2s=&c=3JUWEfPy9CK7VsHVQ48CfO12zYUKhLxZTM_9ms2z39-WuxDDGMuRFQ==&ch=e3RlIxNHs1n5hbsjNO5i5DRhV5zng1uFhW5U27g8l-aqdYJ0rp851w==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">http://unhitched.com</span></a> </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. <br>RSVP at the FB event Page or by email to Mike: <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:Info@michaelmcnevin.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">Info@michaelmcnevin.com</span></a> </div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Antsy McClain & The Troubs, McNevin & McClellan, Edgar Cruz, Michael Kelsey, others. </div>
<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Enjoy the whole thing Fri Eve to Mon Morn, or do a 24 hour stay with one overnight for about half price. 200 or so flamingo heads and folk fans chilling and picking on the Sacramento River. Tent camp, car camp, or bring your trailer, everyone fits. Lots of elbow room under huge shady Sycamore trees. Nice amphitheater in one of the groves for the evening campfire concerts. There are quite a few basic campground cabins available, no extra charge, first come first serve. Plenty of other nearby motel and RV park options nearby too, don't let the bugs and owls scare you. Meals included too - breafast and dinner by Dos Tacos (they do various meal choices). We also have a Saturday chili cookoff, and a camp decorating contest - BYO Pink Flamingos and Cribbage! Arts and crafts and other shenanigans throughout. Located at the very end of the <span style="color:#454545"><strong>Red Bluff Recreation Area on the Sacramento River. We have the entire place to ourselves! Just a 2-hour drive north of Sacramento. </strong></span>To learn more about this wonderful homegrown WoodFlock Fest, and about Antsy and his antics, visit his website: <a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KONeYAhs1vOXj5WJbpopsDH1f0hspHl9iM8FPbvSpRWR7sr9vrYkdilr99Nwd5c99aZaVg63MGyn0byxG3neccFxKTclEHyz_HjBwFSIAGT8mw3adziTfPw7VaSiZvf0r57vn0UaKJyrlqFbG2AZRcrAmbFc1hPh2l2x2NHoEWVDSX7IOC_Y5lk0GMrEU1Uk&c=3JUWEfPy9CK7VsHVQ48CfO12zYUKhLxZTM_9ms2z39-WuxDDGMuRFQ==&ch=e3RlIxNHs1n5hbsjNO5i5DRhV5zng1uFhW5U27g8l-aqdYJ0rp851w==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">http://unhitched.com/woodflock-2018/</span></a><span style="color:#e4af0a">. </span><br><span style="color:#454545"><strong>Contact Uncle Fred for availability at </strong><span style="color:#e4af0a"><a data-imported="1" href="mailto:top@snowcrest.net" target="_blank">top@snowcrest.net</a></span></span>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Annika and McNevin spent a week in Sweden writing songs together with about 15 other writers, about 3 years ago on the beautfiul island of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea. She is bringing her trio and a new recording to the states for a CA tour. Let's sell it out and show the Swedes a good time in Niles! <br>RSVP at the FB event Page or by email to Mike: <a data-imported="1" href="mailto:Info@michaelmcnevin.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">Info@michaelmcnevin.com</span></a> </div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; margin-right: 0px;'>Camfires, Freinds, and Folk Songs Galore. <br>An 18 Day festival, the "burning man" of songwriters (well, without all the dust, contraptions, and the overt insanity). The 2nd week, and into the 2nd weekend, is a great time to be there. <br><a data-imported="1" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KONeYAhs1vOXj5WJbpopsDH1f0hspHl9iM8FPbvSpRWR7sr9vrYkdilr99Nwd5c9ck-7J-dH6E-9Ov8dUGHSv1KZzU61AemXOmlWdppw195UoigOsWNK4m8TorkBOHBgqK6cRUVhBUNT_thZopz6m5zd82fweMckEBdI494-PKL9kl-5cn_Tv8z7HpRYwWm3&c=3JUWEfPy9CK7VsHVQ48CfO12zYUKhLxZTM_9ms2z39-WuxDDGMuRFQ==&ch=e3RlIxNHs1n5hbsjNO5i5DRhV5zng1uFhW5U27g8l-aqdYJ0rp851w==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#e4af0a">www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org</span></a><span style="color:#e4af0a"> </span>
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<p> </p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593842018-02-26T16:00:00-08:002023-12-10T08:29:26-08:00McNevin & Maybelle, SoCal In March<p> </p>
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<div>Severin hosts this First Fridays at Kulak's monthly songwriter hang. I've not played Kulak's in YEARS, it's a great little place! (Like the Mudpuddle Shop's big little brother). Severin is the host, and it's quite a happening.!</div>
<div>Sev and his band will close the night, band (usually) includes: Alex Del Zoppo on piano; Barrett Tagliarino on guitar; John Stowers on bass; Merritt Raff on drums; David Stone on piano and ukulele; Mara Wells on harmonica; Jaynee Thorne and Leslie Beauvais on Background Vocals; with John Cartwright on bass (with Dave and Mara), and Jime Van Booven on bass (with Barrett and Merritt).</div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; color: #454545; margin-left: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";'>A song swap follows concert. </div>
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<div style='font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; color: #454545; margin-left: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";'>Songwriter Michael McNevin has a vivid brand of storytelling. He started his career in the the bars of the SF East Bay, mixing in a six-month stint in New York, cutting his troubadour teeth in the subways and streets of Greenwich Village. Seasoned vocals and accomplished guitar work underscore the stories, characters, and places he travels. He's been a main stager at some of the bigger music festivals around, including Strawberry, High Sierra, Kerrville, Philly Folk, and SummerFolk. He's been on concert bills with Johnny Cash and The Carter Family, Shawn Colvin, Donovan, Richie Havens, Christine Lavin, Robert Earl Keen, Utah Phillips, and many others. He is winner of the Kerrville New-folk award in Texas, a 7-time winner of the West Coast Songwriters "Song Of The Year" award ('91, '92, '97, '98, '05, '09, '17), was chosen by Performing Songwriter Magazine as a Top 12 "DIY Artist Of The Year", and was nominated "Artist Of The Year" by the National Academy of Songwriters. </div>
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<p> </p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593832018-02-13T16:00:00-08:002023-12-10T08:31:48-08:00McNevin in Moss Beach Fri Feb 16th 2018<p><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px; white-space:pre-wrap">McNevin in Moss Beach at Cypress Meadows. Friends in or around Half Moon Bay, this Friday Night Feb 16th at 7:30, a foam and folk fix for all you ocean loving, music loving, beach combers. At Cypress Meadows, a beautiful indoor vibey acoustic place. Flexible donation, plus beer, wine, coffee, tea. Get sandy :).<br><br>~ Mike<br><br>Fri Night Feb 16th, 7:30.<br>Moss Beach, CA<br>Michael McNevin in concert<br>At Cypress Meadows (ten minutes north of Half Moon Bay).<br>Walkups welcome! Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30.<br>RSVP does help plan for seats and suds:<br>email rsvp@cypressmeadows.net or call 650-728-8045.<br>343 Cypress Ave. Moss Beach, CA. <br>"Pass The Hat" for the music.<br>Beer, wine, coffee, tea, available too. </span><br style="letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #1d2129;"><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px; white-space:pre-wrap">Here's a FB Event Link to share & invite also: </span><br style="letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #1d2129;"><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1591870047594970/" rel="nofollow" style="letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: blue;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/1591870047594970/</a><br style="letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #1d2129;"><br style="color: #4b4f56; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593822017-11-16T16:00:00-08:002023-12-10T08:31:36-08:00How to tour Sweden & Germany for a couch.<p><span style="color:#4b4f56"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px"><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">“How to get to Sweden & Germany for free with no lead time”. </span><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">That is a VERY good question. Keep reading, below this European gig schedule, is a new "Trick of the Trade". Can't wait to land in Stockholm Saturday Morning, to see songwriter friends in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and in Berlin! Bought some warm clothes for this one. I'll miss Thanksgiving here at home, but I'll be sharing thanks and good times and music with some very sweet Swedes and Germans! </span><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">Happy holidays ~ Michael </span><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><a data-imported="1" href="http://www.michaelmcnevin.com/" rel="nofollow" style='color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;' target="_blank">www.michaelmcnevin.com</a><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px"> </span><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">info@michaelmcnevin.com </span><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">Sat Nov 18, 7pm. </span><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">Stockholm Sweden. </span><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">Songwriter Cobill with Eva Hillered & Michael McNevin.</span><br style='color: #4b4f56; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;'><span style="color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">Concert is at Eva’s place, contact Eva for details. </span><br><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display:inline; color:#4b4f56; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px">FB Event Page for Eva’s HC: <br>www.facebook.com/events/487159244988997<br><br><br>Sun Nov 19. <br>Stockholm, Sweden.<br>Songwriter song swap at Eva’s Place. <br>With songwriter Maria Blom, Eva, McNevin, others. <br>Casual hang, private, contact Eva for details. <br><br>Mon Nov 20. <br>Stockholm, Sweden. <br>Maria Blom’s place. <br>Mike, Maria, and Caroline play fiddles, guitars, etc. <br>Maybe pen a song together too? <br>Or we all just nap. <br><br>Tues Nov 21. <br>Gothenburg, Sweden.<br>Song Swap at Sofai Ekberg’s place. <br>McNevin, Sofia, Caroline Testard, others. <br>Casual, contact Sofia for details on FB: <br><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/sofia.ekberg.5" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">https://www.facebook.com/sofia.ekberg.5</a> <br><br>Wed Nov 22, 10am-2pm. <br>Gothenburg, Sweden (and surrounding area). <br>Löftadalens College. <br>McNevin teaches College Songwriting Workshop. <br>Sofia Ekberg facilitates and teaches too. <br><br>Wed Nov 22, 6-9pm. <br>(not totally sure on the time). <br>Löftadalens College. <br>Michael McNevin in Concert - one feature set. <br>Feature set followed by “Open Stage”. <br>A songwriter variety show. <br>Contact Sofia Ekberg on Facebook for details: <br><a data-imported="1" href="https://www.facebook.com/sofia.ekberg.5" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">https://www.facebook.com/sofia.ekberg.5</a> <br><br>Thurs Nov 23. <br>Fjärås, Sweden. <br>House Concert with Sofia Ekberg. <br>Private, write Mike/Sofia for details. <br>Find Sofia on Facebook: <br><a data-imported="1" href="http://www.facebook.com/sofia.ekberg.5" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">www.facebook.com/sofia.ekberg.5</a><br><br>Sat Nov 25. 10:30am. <br>Berlin, Germany. <br>Berlin Boat Fair. <br>A Morning Show w/ Claudia Nentwich. <br>$40 to get into the fair, at an event center. <br>Find Claudia on Facebook for more info: <br><a data-imported="1" href="http://www.facebook.com/claudia.nentwich" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">www.facebook.com/claudia.nentwich</a><br><br>Sat Nov 25. <br>Berlin, Germany. <br>Evening House Concert w/ Claudia Nentwich. <br>At a private home, in Southeast Berlin. <br>Write Mike & Claudia for details. <br>Find Claudia on FB at: <br><a data-imported="1" href="http://www.facebook.com/claudia.nentwich" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">www.facebook.com/claudia.nentwich</a> <br><br>Sun Nov 26<br>Berlin Germany. <br>McNevin busks the streets of Berlin with Caroline. <br>Unless it’s too cold to play. <br>Otherwise, it’s soup and sightseeing. <br><br>“How to get to Sweden & Germany for free with no lead time”. A couple months ago, Niles neighbor Mara texts Mike “Hey Mike, there's a Free old couch and chairs in the I Street alley between 2nd and 3rd, might fit the shop?” Mike indeed finds abandoned antique red velvet couch in the alley a block from his house, plus two matching chairs. Great condition! Off to the Mudpuddle Shop. Later that week long time Niles neighbor and German native Caroline sees the red couch at a Mudpuddle song swap, wants it. Huh? But Mike likes 100 year old couch & chairs, perfect for the Mudpuddle shop, see how they fit? Simultaneously, Caroline has planned a Thanksgiving time trip over the pond, to see her daughter in Sweden and family in Germany. Smart shopper, she bought roundtrip tix way in advance for herself and fellow Euro/CA transplant John who also wants to see the homeland - $350 each. Caroline then learns John can't go on the Sweden trip with her, something about a green card. Caroline mentions abandoned plane ticket to Mike. Huh? Niles antique dealer values abandoned couch and chairs; $350-400. $500 on a good day. Cha-ching! Mike delivers red velvet couch to Caroline's house. Mike gets a roundtrip nonstop plane ticket Oakland to Stockholm. Mike writes to lovely Sweden & Germany friends for any short notice gigs to be had? Really?? Sweet! Pack the bags! Meant to be.</span></span></span></p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593812017-09-04T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:52:26-08:00"Cradle To Grave" wins 2017 Song Of The Year for West Coast Songwriters<p>I neglect this little news page, sorry! Here's some September 2017 Stuff. </p>
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<p><span style="color:#1d2129; letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px; white-space:pre-wrap">"Cradle To Grave" won "Song Of The Year"! The 37th Annual West Coast Songwriters Conference is this weekend in SF at the Holiday Inn at Fishermans Wharf. "Cradle To Grave" was one of three songs chosen as grand finals winners for "Song of the Year", competitors over a year's time from Portland to Hollywood. The other winners are Mira Goto and Laurin Hunter, and we perform our songs at the Sat Night Sunset Concert, along with the many hit writers from Nashville, LA, and elsewhere populating the conference, the Saturday show, and the industry panels. Songwriters in the SF Bay or within drive shot of the bay, there are Tons of publishers and industry leaders there for all the attendees - pitch your songs for film, TV, album projects, and take in the many seminars about the songwriting biz. There's also a Friday gathering at a local bar, meet and greet of the industry guests and attendees. </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.11999999731779099px; white-space:pre-wrap; color:#1d2129"> </span></p>
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<p>Sept 17, Mudpuddle Shop Jam, 2-5pm. Casual. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA. Pop in anytime. NO RSVP, drop $ in the baskets for the shop rent. </p>
<p><br>Sept 22-24. A house boat concert weekend, 2nd annual. It's private, but if YOU also have a houseboat, or just a house, I'll play in your living room or on the roof with the beach chairs!<br><br>Friday Sept 29. Glenn Campbell Tribute Night at The Makeout Room in SF. LOTS of friends on the bill for this one, each doing a Glenn song, honoring one of country music's most beloved figures. RIP Glenn you will be missed! <br> </p>
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<p>Sun Oct 1. Mudpuddle Shop. Song Swap and Showcase. It's Sara Glaser's birthday, so we're throwing a party. Short 4 song sets by Sara, Sandi & Skip Snyder of the Rockerfellers, McNevin, and others also popping in to join the circus for a 3-hour romp. come one come all. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA.</p>
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<p>Oct 6 & 7. Austin, Nevada. Two private concerts.</p>
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<p>Sun Oct 8. Chouinard Winery in Palomares Canyon, off Niles Canyon. 20th year celebration of Alameda Creek Alliance, the bash includes food, wine, and music by McNevin & The Spokes. As of this writing, 10 seats remain for the food price ($50), but we're likely going to open it up to wine and music only attendees for a $20 donation. Stay tuned and bug McNevin about it if you want to come. info@michaelmcnevin.com</p>
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<p>Oct 14. Carpinteria, CA. Palm Loft Gallery. Concert and art opening and potluck, song circle follows the show, bring your instrument.</p>
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<p>Oct 16-19. Playing in Yosemite at a private campground party.</p>
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<p><br>Wed Oct 25. Pacifica, CA. "The Bruce Latimer Show" airs once a month nowadays, this will be one of many appearances over the years. I lovingly refer to him as Johnny Carson on acid. He has hosted almost, or over, 1000 shows in several decades, always featuring two live music guests, with interviews, along the lines of a regular talk show. He even does a monologue. Airs live on cable channel 8 in Pacifica then it gets repeated. Tune in live that night, or watch the syndicated airings as it makes the rounds to other participating NoCal entertainment cable channels. <br><br>Sun Oct 29. Niles, CA. Antsy McClain of "The Trailer Park Troubadours" comes to downtown Niles for a show at The Mudpuddle Shop. Antsy is a great performer and writer, lives in Nashville. McClain and McNevin play short sets, swap tunes, back each other up. Mostly McClain, some of McNevin, and a likely 'after jam'. Haven't settled on a time yet, might do the daytime thing of 2-5pm, or a bit later, 5pm show into a jam as it gets dark. This'll be a good one. $20 admission. Will likely sell out, get your seats early - info@michaelmcnevin.com. <br><br>Sat Nov 4. Emerald Hills, CA. Playing above Woodside, in the hills at Roger & Donna's place. It's a private house concert, will likely sell out. If they don't already have the place filled, email Mike and see about attending. Info@michaelmcnevin.com <br><br>Nov 17-27. On tour in Sweden! Stockholm, Visby, Gothenburg. Lots of cobills with Sweden friends, dates and exact cobills TBA. Info@michaelmcnevin.com if you're curious and/or know folks over the pond who'd like to come to a show. </p>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Ben Lomond, CA </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Guest artist speaker at a Songwriters Retreat (private week-long event, but you can attend as a songwriter next January 2016 by contacting Brett Perkins) - Much of the same group of folks play Saturday Night in Monterey as they end their retreat together and start gigging around Cali. <span style="background-color:transparent">https://www.facebook.com/brettperkinsDK</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Bay Park Hotel's "Safari Lounge" a very nice bar with stage. An International Songwriter Showcase Cobill w/ Annette Bjergfeldt, <a>Andy Goggin</a>, Annika Fehling, <a>Brett Perkins</a>, <a>Burton Jespersen</a>, <a>Ann-Sofie Rørsgaard</a>, Maria Blom, Michael McNevin, <a>Kiki Wow</a>, and others. 1425 Munras Ave Monterey, CA 93940 Links for more gig and artist info: http://kikiwow.com/reSho.asp?lEID=3313&dBegin=1/10/2015&cEv=E' , or, </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Niles CA (in Fremont) </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">MudPuddle Shop Jam. An informal "In The Round" song swap at the smallest venue west of the Mississippi. Includes a visit by the beloved Fredrick family (Nate has his mom and dad down from Seattle, they combine to play piano, bagpipes, accordion, fiddle, bass, guitar, percussion). Whoever's in the room can join in as part of "Los Horribles". No RSVP required, but it can get full - get there at 2pm for a guaranteed seat. BYO. Donations in the baskets appreciated. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA 94536 (510) 794-9935. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">"2nd Tuesday Sonwriter Group" at The Mupuddle Shop. Monthly workshop and song swap, sharing of ideas, loose social gathering to talk songwriting. Optional pizza delivery if we're hungry. 37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA 94536 (510) 794-9935. BYO, no RSVP required. $10-20 or give what you can. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Fri Jan 16th 7:30pm </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Winnsboro, TX </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">The beginning of lone star state weekend sojourn starts in Winnsboro. Friday Night is an "In The Round" with good friends <a>Lynn Adler</a> and <a>Lindy Hearne</a>! The Winnsboro Center For The Arts on the "Bowery Stage", about 80 miles East of Dallas. Here's the event links -- if you know any Texans, please pass it on!! -- Visit www.winnsborocenterforthearts.com & there is an event page here: <a>www.facebook.com/events/755015487921515</a></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Wylie, TX </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Playing in a country suburb of Dallas at the long running house concert series at Tom & Linda's place - <a>Acoustic Concert Tours</a> is a house concert series, a home aways from home, full of wonderful friends. It'll feel like a reunion. Includes a pot luck, and likely song swap after? Contact Paul Porter or Linda Silas for details, it's open to the public, invite your peeps! 4030 N Hwy 78, Wylie TX 75098 . info at: <a data-imported="1" href="http://www.wylieconcerts.com%20/" rel="nofollow" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">http://www.wylieconcerts.com</a> & https://www.facebook.com/events/825205597545022/ </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Sun Jan 18th (7pm-ish?) </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Dallas, TX </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">The Dallas venue is a private House Concert, at someone's house, but I can put you in touch with Michele, the host, if you're interested in attending. Info TBA. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Cambria, CA</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">WinterSongs West Songwriters Retreat in beautiful Cambria. </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">http://www.summersongs.com/the-camps/california-camp-winter-2015/</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Songwriters of all levels gather, and make music for 5 days. It's not too late to attend, the more the merrier. I'll be coaching some, but also attending, and there are 7-8 staff teachers on board. Usually 40-60 folks are at camp, lead by our fearless leader Penny Nichols. $500 covers all meals and lodging and workshops, it's freakin' fun. Song swaps at night, lots of songwriting and co-writing. You can peel off to work on a song by yourself anytime, or attend the many variety of music/lyric/writing workshops running through the day. At Beautiful "Camp Ocean Pines", on a bluff above the ocean. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Fri Jan 30th </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Fremont, CA </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Private House Concert, info TBA. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000">Sat Jan 31st</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Livermore CA </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">"Sauced" BBQ </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">I'm teaming up with Fred McCarty at "Sauced"! We'll be cobilling using a mutual band - two guitars, bass, and maybe another side player, trading songs and licks for the night. This is a bar, with 14 televisions, a seriously large and busy BBQ joint. While it isn't a listening concert, the stage and liveliness does have a feel. Expect a mix of covers and originals, worth checking out if you're in the mood. It's free. </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">www.saucedbbqandspirits.com 2300 First Street #120, Livermore, CA 94550</span></div> <span style="color:#000000">(925) 961-1300 </span>
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<div> <div><span style="color:#000000">info@michaelmcnevin.com</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">www.michaelmcnevin.com</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">www.facebook.com/mudpuddlemusic </span></div> </div> </div>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Winner of the Kerrville New-folk award in Texas.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">6-time winner of the West Coast Songwriters Association "Song Of The Year".</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Performing Songwriter Magazine as a Top 12 "DIY Artist Of The Year". </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Nominated Artist of the Year by the National Academy Of Songwriters. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Winner of the NARAS/WCS SF Chapter "Unplugged Unsigned" competition. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Grand Prize winner of the WCS International Song Contest. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Winner of the Napa Valley and Spokane WA New-folk competitions. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">3rd place awards at Telluride & Rocky Mountain Folks Fest troubadour competitions.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Etch A Sketch artist of some renown (not kidding). Featured on CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Owner of the The Mudpuddle Shop; a hive for concerts, jams, workshops. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:#000000">Etch A Sketch drawings hang proudly on the shop walls, waiting for an earthquake.</span></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2" style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<br> <span style="color:#000000">For gigs in Niles, visit The Mudpuddle Shop </span> <div><span style="color:#000000">Concerts, jams, songwriting workshops, Etch A Sketch Art. </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">37433 Niles Blvd Fremont CA 94536 </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000">Shop Concert Line (Msgs Only): (510) 794-9935 </span></div> <br> <span style="color:#000000">Get Muddy. ~ Michael</span>
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</tbody></table>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593792012-08-14T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:55:59-08:00Mike & Mudpuddle Shop In SF Bay Newspapers.<p>MIKE, SHOP, & CLANCY THE DOG IN THE NEWSPAPER: My shop & myself & Clancy the dog had a feature in the Argus, Daily Review, Oakland Tribune, SJ Mercury, CC times - heres' the link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_21192315/folk-musician-sings-fremonts-niles-district It's an interview and photo(s) of yours truly hanging in the Mudpuddle Shop, talking life, career, Etch A Sketch, Niles roots... hopefully a coherent and somewhat fashionable piece. I used to deliver the Argus and The Daily Review and Tribune as a kid. Big thanks to Darren, Anda, and Rob for covering the Mudpuddle :-). I also want to thank a differernt local paper, the Tricity Voice, who've been great year in and year out in their coverage of the Niles/Fremont/Newark/Union City areas, especially running band pics & stories for Plaza Concerts; here's ther link: www.tricityvoice.com/ - thanks for covering the arts & Niles!!</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593692011-04-08T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:29:52-08:00Mudpuddle Memeberships Are Taking Off!<p>Thanks again to those who've become Mudpuddle Members! Cheers to another five years of concerts, jams, workshops, art & shenanigans. Wanna be a member? it's easy and cheap! (it's also the vehicle to which the shop stays open, otherwise, it's a goner!) Stay tuned for more concerts, songwriting workshops, jams and song circles, and other art events -- evening and day events are in the works, along with Niles & Art related products (especially products & services from participating Mudpuddle Members). Look for some pirate radio (the legal kind) and concert recordings once we get the technology figured out. To help the space be more active and vibrant, we hope members take advantage of the activities offered, and even help create some shop use of their own if you're so inclined. Members will have a discounted rate to rent the space. That will be in the fine print soon enough! What's the membership cost? 5 bucks a month donation is an annual membership of $60 for the year, or, $10 a month is $120 for the year, etc. You pick what you can afford. What are the perks? Well, you belong to an art & music community, and you'll get to be in on all the Mudpuddle calendar events and products. PLUS you get a laminated Mudpuddle Membership card that says you're special. We'll figure out more perks as we go :-). If you're reading about this for the first time, well, you've missed so much! 300 jams, 50+ concerts, poetry workshops, guitar lessons, etc. This is one small way of keeping the arts alive in Niles, and in NoCal at large.</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593782010-01-11T16:00:00-08:002023-12-10T09:08:55-08:00A little recap of 2009!<p>Happy New Year, 2009 was a doozy. On the home front, due to my longtime dear friend and landlord Mary Hewitt passing away, I lived nowhere in particular from June till September (google her name, and you'll see what a saint she was). So, I spent a couple spells on the Delta for some vacation time, spent a month on a floor down the street from my old place (thanks Cas!), a few trips to the Sierra Nevada Mtns for gigs, a couple trips to Tx for gigs. Then Sept - Dec I flopped at the Fritz House -- God Bless The Fritz Family. I also slept in my shop twice in that time out of necessity, that was an adventure. But considering where I've slept during tours and years past, a cot in the shop is the Marriott. So, the house, and the apartment in the back of Mary's house that I rented for 10 years, went under remodel then up for sale in June. Mary's kids needed to sell the house, so I stuffed most all my stuff into a 'Pod' in the driveway, and waited for the rental unit to be available somehow again by the new owner, or go away for good. It was a 'patient' seven months. Then my brothers and Dad and I bought the old house, and I moved in on Xmas Eve, '09. Not too furnished in the furniture dept yet, and no furnace, but I'm again living a block from the shop, and a block from the brand new Niles Town Plaza too! Got to play the ribbon cutting for it last month - 500 people turned out for that! Now if only they'd finish it :-). Looking forward to some sunny days there on the grass there with Clancy. Did I mention Clancy? A friend and volunteer for Golden Spike, Dan Mills, finds and fosters dogs from the pound every couple months, has been trying to get me to adopt one of his saved doggies for the past two years. I finally caved -- I couldn't resist the black lab he introduced me to in August. For the last 3-4 months, me and Clancy were then adopted into the Fritz House Of Sand (with 4 cats, 2 other dogs, and six humans). What a fun ride that was! Anyway, Clancy is now snoozing on the little couch in my shop, sleeping off his meal. Aside from frisbees, he eats anything in the yard -- avocados, ginkgo berries, branches, and sheet rock that the electricians drop -- suffice to say he's looking very healthy. In 2009, musically, I made some money and some headway. Not a lot, but I'm happy that in a recession, I don't rely on a corporate paycheck to work and play. I didn't tour a ton, but I played a decent number of nice house concerts and venues, and I played some fun festivals - Kerrville and the American River Music Fest were great highlights. I recorded a dozen rough tunes for a new CD, but never officially released the CD, that'll have to be a project for 2010 -- "Kickin Tires". I went to some fun music conferences in the NY Catskills and LA too, saw dear old friends and made some new ones. In September I won Song Of The Year for the West Coast Songwriters' Association and got to play the it at the new Freight & Salvage during their opening week. Making music is rewarding, but it's the other music people who really make it fun - a loving and creative bunch of friends in this Americana niche. The older I get, the more luck I feel to have people like that in my life. Last couple years I promised myself I'd move to an Oakland loft or get into some other fresh town for the music scene. While I didn't move out of Niles, I did promote a lot of music here with other musicians and friends, and jammed a TON at my shop on Niles Blvd, we just brought the party here! The Golden Spike Train Volunteer program I run turned a new leaf (Golden Spikers are the Nilesians who help me populate town with walkie talkies to help the visiting Niles steam train riders get to the train on Sundays via shuttles and underpasses). Now, with the "Golden Spike Music Program" in place, December had me and my assistant Susan booking over 50 acts to town on the holiday trains and on the sidewalks of Niles - it made for a very happy time in Mayberry and kept me busy and close to home. When I do get the Niles home under control, I think my 'second home' will be a shared and cheap house boat somewhere near Jack London Sq and the Alameda marinas. Stay tuned! 2010 looks like a future I never thought I'd have as a musician... home ownership scares the crap out of me honestly, but it is very settling too. My Dad and I are about to build a kitchen table from some of the old wood under the house. And I look forward to some jams in the living room and porch, more furniture for the dog to eat, some dimmers on the living room lights, some shutters on the big windows (a neighbor drove by the other night, saw me in the window, and texted that the jam looked like it was in a very bright fish bowl). Here's to good fishin' in the fishbowl, ~ Muddy Mike</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593742009-08-12T17:00:00-07:002019-12-18T13:51:15-08:00Gigs and Fests in August & Sept '09
<p>Plenty of gigs & festivals below - all around NoCal in the coming weeks, and also a trip to Texas on Labor Day Weekend for the Kerrville Folk Festival! This coming Friday Aug 14th is a Santa Clara concert at Mission City Coffee Co for a co-bill with Calaveras! Sat Aug 15th is an Oakland songwriters night at Left Coast Cyclery hosted by the Celebrating Songwriters Concert Series. For the wine country lovers, Aug 22nd is the 4th annual "Cur-ville" in Kenwood near Santa Rosa (the name sake honours the biggie in TX). There are a few more bay area gigs in Martinez, Lafayette, Saratoga as WCS ramps up for the September Music conference and "Song of the Year" awards - including the Finale Showcase on Monday Aug 31st at the BRAND NEW FREIGHT & SALVAGE! The conference is Sept 11 & 12, and then it's up to the Sierra Nevada for the American River Music Festival Sept 18-19-20 (headliners include Jackie Green annd Jimmy LaFave! I'll be doing a songwriter's workshop with old friend Keith Greeninger). And for those of you who have still not seen the indie film "Weekend King", it's coming back to the Edison Theater in Niles on Friday Sept 25th (filmed in Niles, with a cameo and songs in the sound track!
-- Hope there is a gig near you this month, see you somewhere! ~ Michael</p>
Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593762009-08-03T17:00:00-07:002022-05-30T04:45:37-07:00"Scarecrow" win's Song Of The Year"
<p>Good news, my new song "Scarecrow" won "Song Of The Year" last night for the East Bay chapter of the West Coast Songwriters Association. The WCS competition is a bit different than it used to be. In the Olden days, 3 writers won during one round of competitions, and then played the conference in September. Now the monthly open mic competitions have expanded to Portland, L.A., & out in central CA too, so ten winners from each of the ten open mics win an award (I think it's a Song Of The Year?), but then those ten winners have a finale performance later in the month, Monday Aug 31st at the NEW
Freight & Salvage Coffee House. Of those ten, three will then be picked to perform at the conference in front of a few hundred music industry pros and songwriters. Not sure if there's a separate award name for that now, but it is one heck of an honor to play at the Sunset Concert - it's a magical event! Also a perk of this year's round of songs - the year's ten best will be part of a song compilation CD!</p>
Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593772009-07-14T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:56:34-08:00Homes and Gigs. And Mike is actually writing this!<p>Hi everybody, June was a month of couches, floors, and singing by rivers, and July has been much the same. I've let some of my payroll people go, but I do hope to have Allison and/or others back in the loop soon to help me update this web stuff and get more gigs and CDs rolling. When Mary passed away, we all thought the "in-law" apartment in Niles I was renting might be available to me within a couple weeks, but alas, my stuff is still in a Pod, and likely will stay there into Sept as the house is fixed up some. Once sold, the house won't be mine to move back into anyway, so I'm squatting on all kinds of floors, mainly Kass' place, down the street while she and her boyfriend are off traveling. Thanks Kass! The Delta trip was awesome, two weeks living there in cabins with my mom and brothers didn't suck! Then July 4th had me up on the shores of S. Lake Tahoe for a wonderful house concert at the Frost's place. My God what a peice of heaven that place is.</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593752009-07-04T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:32:11-08:00Kidney Stones Hurt!<p>Hey, did I mention I passed a Kidney Stone in June? Sure did, at the very end of a family gathering in the Delta. That's the bad news. The good news is I peed it out and it cannot hurt me ever again.</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593732009-05-11T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:30:30-08:00TV Time in Texas!<p>Michael is visiting Texas to meet with the stars and the producers of the TV show "Texas Country Roads." The show is going national, changing it's name to "On the Road with Bob Phillips" and Mike will be featured in the very first episode! Clips for the segment were filmed in Mike's hometown of Niles earlier this year.</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593722009-04-26T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:31:39-08:00Michael proves tough to beat<p>Michael has entered and won several West Coast Singer Songwriter competitions around the Bay Area. He has qualified to enter the Annual Songwriter Showcase at Berkeley's Freight and Salvage where he will compete for the title of "best song of the year." We all know how good Mike’s writing and playing is and it’s great that he’s getting recognition for the professional community and his peers.</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593702008-11-02T16:00:00-08:002023-12-10T08:31:47-08:00A few Obama Mudpuddle Jam Pictures Posted<p>The Obama Mudpuddle Shop Jam was a Blast! Go see the pictures at the bottom of my picture page here if you want. Thanks so much for everyone who showed up. Nothing more empowering than watching this election from the bottom up. Crossing fingers - get to the polls tomorrow!!</p>Michael McNevintag:michaelmcnevin.com,2005:Post/61593682008-10-20T17:00:00-07:002023-12-10T08:27:24-08:00New Mudpuddle Web Site as of Today!! October 21st 2008, my first bloggie thing in here.<p>Hi Mudheads! Well, after many years attending to a site I barely knew how to work, my muddy associates, Allison & Susan, helped me create a new site. I like the old one too, but this one is affiliated with our CD seller so we're going to load it up with pictures and words and see how it goes. I'm heading to AZ this coming Thursday for the Far West folk alliance conference, I hope my emails and content are up and running before then! so far so good I think. If anyone has anything to add - pictures or comments - we'd love to hear from you. peace, Michael PS - Don't forget to vote for Obama.</p>Michael McNevin