From butchross at butchross.com Tue Jan 4 10:20:28 2022 From: butchross at butchross.com (News, info and tourdates for Butch Ross) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 10:20:28 -0500 Subject: [ From Butch Ross ] Local shows TONIGHT! and QuaranTUNE 6.0 registration TOMORROW. Message-ID: TONIGHT!!! January 4, 2022 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Songwriter's Corner at The Woodshop w/Richard Daigle and Ryan Oyer 5500 St. Elmo Avenue, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee No dulcimer, just trading old songs with these great songwriters. Come see the me I was before that radioactive spider bit me. TOMORROW!! January 5th - QuaranTUNE 6.0 Workshop https://www.virtualdulcimerfest.com Teaching 4 workshops, I'll list below, NEXT THURSDAY! January 13th - Cherry Street Tavern w/Shawnessy Cargile. 719 Cherry St. Chattanooga, TN I'm a guest at Shawnessey's January residency. Come hear his great songs and see all the toys I got for Christmas! Happy New Year everybody! I hope your holidays were as great as mine. And also that they were .000001% as hectic. As I prepare to tell you that December was the most insanely busy month on record, I'm reminded that that's what I've said about previous Decembers as well. And in all cases, it was true. In mid-December I played 10 shows--plus their requisite rehearsals--in 10 days. All different kinds of gigs and almost all in person. At one point, I learned 23 songs in a single week! And no, I'm not complaining, I'm bragging. This is right where I like to be. January, then should be a well-deserved break. But no dice! Starting tonight, I'll be playing in town at the Woodshed in St. Elmo with fellow songwriters Richard Daigle and Ryan Oyer. In 2020 I was back at my parents house while my dad recovered from heart surgery (he's doing fine BTW) I got to thinking about songs I had written back in the day about people and places around where I grew up. As tonight will be songwriters talking about songwriting, I thought it'd be a great opportunity to revisit those songs. Then tomorrow is the opening of registration for QuaranTUNE 6.0 (available classes should already be online). It's a veritable who's who (and who?) of dulcimerica. I'll be premiering four new classes. 1. 5? 2? Eyes of Blue (intermediate) - Technically called "has anybody seen my girl?" But I never remember it as that, and neither do you. :-) 1+ fret required. 2. Get Off On The Wrong Foot (absolute beginner) - A non-traditional approach to traditional dulcimer. A great way to get started, or to supplement what you already know. 3. The Roots of the Roots of Rock-n-Roll (novice) - Everything comes from somewhere! Solearn the tunes that were the basis of early rock-n-roll. 4. Playing In One Key While Tuned To Another (upper intermediate) - Learn to play in one key while tuned or capo'd to another, more importantly, learn WHY you would want to. 1+ fret and capo required. Next week I'll be playing locally with my buddy Shawnessey Cargile, but more on that (and a myriad of other things) then. C-ya out there (and in here). --Br www.butchross.com