DOVER SOUL MUSIC SERIES

Here's a new one....




This is probably one of my worst poster's ever, but I have to get something out there. I will do a new one when I get home from rehearsal tonight. It's just horrible, I'm sorry folks.

BOURBON's - Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006

Located right downtown Portsmouth, NH below the Muddy River Smokehouse. Michael Crane will join us one last time before he heads back to Philly and another talented singer/songwriter, Cara Connolly will perform as well. Show starts at 8pm and it's $5 at the door, 21+. Come enjoy downtown Portsmoouth in the summer-time. You will not want to leave.

-d

IT'S IN THE HISTORY BOOKS...

What a complete and absolute success!!! Over 200 people and only one small incident. Every minute of music was amazing! Thank you to all the bands who participated in the Festival this weekend. BRAVO!!! You were all beyond my wildest expections.

Thank you to all the boys up at Fletchers for all your hard work. This could NOT have happened without the hours of labor that you volenteered. Every smiling face you saw was a direct result of your hard work!

Jerry Richardson and Dann Foster for providing and maintaining an absolutely flawless sound-system. The mix was full and clear, on-stage and off.

Sean Parcells for showing up and running the board with Jerry for 12 hours! WTF buddy?!

Hal for running the front gate... I really didn't know you were up there that long dude, I'm sorry.

Matt Stanley for being so famous.

Paul and Judy Valerie for cooking warm and good food for everybody!

Thank you so much, Bob Fletcher for providing your land to promote a safe and clean environment to showcase New Hampshire Talent.

And finally, Thank you to the crowd, for dancing and listening and staying so cool! Your energy was amazing! It was great to see all those old friends and new faces.

Anyone I miss, I'm sorry. I'm a little fried right now. Good night!

-d

PS - photos will be up soon. I shot all film, so it'll take a while to process it all.

Vesion 2

This is how it went down....

Saturday;

The Mystery Button 1:00
Derek Astles and John Holden 2:30
Dan Blakeslee 4:00
Lamont Smooth 5:30
Turtlebone 7:00
Beechwood 8:30
Mini Jacket 10:00
The Vipers 11:00

Sunday:

Tyler Road 12:00
Dave Carroll And Friends 1:30
The Vipers 2:30
Mini Jacket 4:00
Michael Crane 5:30

DIRECTIONS

DOVER SOUL MUSIC SERIES

We have just been invited by Tim Deal to play Dover Soul at 364 Central Ave. in Dovah' on SEPTEMBER 6th. We're totally pumped! Tim is part of
www.nhedge.com and he does a weekly Podcast of the previous weeks live acts. We're happy to be building a name for ourselves in such a great music town. Thanks again Tim from all of us.

-d

FESTIVAL DATE CHANGE

The Festival is moving to Saturday and Sunday rather than Friday and Saturday. The dates are August 26 & 27th. This will allow more time for all the bands that I have scheduled. Write me if there's a problem.

MUSIC FESTIVAL UPDATE 2...

Bands that are either confirmed or really, really close.

Lamont Smooth
Beechwood
Mini Jacket
Turtlebone (Tentative)
Michael Crane
Derek Astles & Friends
Dave Carroll and Steve Cybolski (Tentative)
The Mystery Button


That's what I got. I hope you are all planning accordingly and plan of having the best night of your summer, right there under the stars and the new moon. We're calling it "Fletchers's New Moon Festival". Since I'm putting it all together, I can do that...

I mean this with all my heart, friends:

Please come and experience an evening of music, unlike anything you'll see again. Come hang out and share in the grooves with a bunch of your friends you forgot you had. I'll be there and I think a lot of other people will be too. New Hampshire's Best up and coming band will be there...
With tents and fires and guitars.

Don't let me down folks.....


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Bourbon's - Aug. 31, 2006

MJ will headline a show at Bourbon's in Portsmouth on Aug. 31, 2006. The room is downstairs at the Muddy River Smokehouse and it has recently been placed under new management by a very talented and well-connected duo. From what I hear, it is a really great place to be and we feel lucky to have gotten a gig there so soon. We would like to say Thank You to Tim Deal and Lori Nolan for their hard-work.

UPDATE:

Michael Crane is going to be home from Philly and is opening for us at this show.

Bourbon's is located downstairs at the Muddy River Smokehouse, 21 Congress St., Portsmouth. Call 430-9582.

NEW HAMPSHIRE MAGAZINE'S BEST OF NH 2006!!!

Band on the Rise: What are the marks of a band that can actually break out of a local scene? It’s gotta be good, honest, original and able to touch some mysterious cultural nerve — and it’s gotta be lucky. There’s just so much going on out in the music world that lightning must strike to really set a band on fire. Well, we wish The Band June (www.thebandjune.com) good luck and a bolt of lightning, because they’ve got the other qualities in spades. Based in Bow where singer, songwriter and guitarist Mechelle Zydenbos lives, the band tours widely and even made an appearance this year at NYC’s famous CBGBs. Like the farmer says, there’s no better way to get struck by lightning than to be outstanding in your field.