Fuel TV caught up with Joshua and crew in Salt Lake City for the Dew Underground Tour.

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Hi. Happy Easter Bunnies. We will be playing this Sunday at World Cafe in Philly and then on Monday at the Highline Ballroom in NYC with "The Duhks". Please come out and say hello. Also the folks at sugar hill records are giving away some tix here: http://theduhks.sugarhillrecords.com/contest.html

We (The Joshua James Brothers)
are looking for a bass player.
One who :

1. Has his/her own gear
2. Lives or is willing to live in the SLC/Utah Valley area of the state of UTAH.
3. Is willing to tour 6 months out of the year (possibly)
4. Is willing to sleep at rest areas while on tour
5. Is willing to eat next to nothing while sleeping at rest areas on tour.
6. Is willing to play folk rock n roll music
7. Knows how to play the bass well
8. Can possibly sing backup voices.
9. Wants to be in a band
10. Likes good music
11. Is easy to be around
12. Is loveable.

if interested please write me,
we are hoping to fill the bill soon.
love,
sincerity,
brimstone,
joshua

visit the Joshua James Store
and buy The Sun Is Always Brighter
either on CD or Vinyl, and get a

FREE FREE FREE

copy of Fields & Floods (plus another surprise)

happy holidays friends.
hear christmas songs HERE

love forever
singing,
joshua

We (The band and I)
are looking for a:

guitar/pedal steel playing (that could maybe play a bit of piano) fiend.
that is willing to play/tour/practice/be happy.

We can offer friendship/warm goods/etc.

Please contact me if interested either write a message to me,
or send email to:
northplatterecords@gmail.com

We (six of us) are headed out to the east coast, mid west, west coast, south land, etc. to share songs across the country we are in desperate need of places to stay while on the great highway for we will have no money for hotels and such things, if there are any kind folks out there with whom we could lay our heads it would be overly appreciated. We will be playing in the following cities:

6/14 Dallas, TX (The Loft)
6/15 Austin, TX (Stubb's)
6/16 Houston, TX (Warehouse Live)
6/18 Memphis, TN (Hi Tone Cafe)
6/19 Birmingham, AL (Workplay Theatre)
6/20 Knoxville, TN (World Grotto)
6/21 Atlanta, GA (Smith's Olde Bar)
6/22 Nashville, TN (3rd and Lindsley)
6/24 Orlando, FL (The Social)
6/25 Miami, FL (Studio A)
6/26 Tampa, FL (Orpheum)
6/27 Jacksonville, FL (Jack Rabbits)
6/28 Athens, GA (Melting Point)
6/30 Charleston, SC (Village Tavern)
7/1 Chapel Hill, NC (Local 506)
7/2 Asheville, NC (Grey Eagle)
7/3 Charlotte, NC (Evening Muse)
7/6 Arlington, VA (IOTA)
7/7 Baltimore, MD (8x10)
7/8 Philadelphia, PA (World Cafe Live)
7/9 Poughkeepsie, NY (The Loft)
7/10 Hartford, CT (Webster Underground)
7/11 Buffalo, NY (Canal Concert Series)
7/12 Albany, NY (Valentines)
7/13 Allston, MA (Great Scott)
7/14 New York City, NY (Cutting Room)
7/16 Grand Rapids, MI (The Intersection)
7/17 Pittsburgh, PA (Club Cafe)
7/18 Indianapolis, IN (Radio Radio)
7/19 Chicago, IL (Beat Kitchen)
7/20 Ann Arbor, MI (The Ark)
7/22 Milwaukee, WI (Shank Hall)
7/23 Minneapolis, MN (Varsity)
7/24 Omaha, NE (Waiting Room)
7/25 Kansas City, MS (The Record Bar)

7/26 through 8/14

will include dates in Colorado, Utah, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, so keep your eyes and minds open. (please)

If you could reach a helping hand in any of the stated dates it would help out very much, please just send me a message so that we might be able to make plans accordingly.

love,
sincere,

joshua (and five willing friends)

i received this in the mail today from a friend (Jamie)

it read:

"
here's a story i wrote while listening to your songs.

I remember everything about the day Scotty told us that he was going to war. I remember my mom answering the phone, a smile sliding across her face at the sound of his voice and then quickly disappearing; her face twisting as she began to sob. I remember my dad rushing over to her from the other room, prying the phone from her grip and pulling her shaking body into his. He put his ear to the receiver and I watched as his eyes widened with understanding. He looked down at my mom, now nearly limp in his arms, then back at the phone. And in a near whisper he told his son how proud he was.
I remember being paralyzed in my chair five feet away, my heart in my stomach as I pretended not to know. My dad looked over at me, surprised to see that I was in the room. She's here, he said and he held out the phone for me to take. Your brother, he told me, as if I didn't know.
I remember the goose bumps as I heard his voice, so calm. Hey kid, he said. My voice squeaked as I tried to answer and a sudden rush of terror and tears tore through my body. I kept my sobs silent so that I could hear every word he said. He told me to be strong and not to worry. He told me to take care of mom because we both knew what a mess she could be. He told me to keep doing well in school and to not let boys distract me. And if anyone hurts you, he said, I will fly back over and kick his ass. I smiled, and the moment I did I wanted to cry all over again from missing him. His voice cracked as he asked me to write him and then he hurried off the phone with a quick I love you.
I remember pretending that the war wouldn't change him. My brother was too good for that. He would come back and we would play football and he would give me a hard time about whatever "douche bag" I was dating at the time, threatening to beat him up if he ever hurt me. I kept pretending, even after his letters got darker and told of wanting to "blow the whole damn country up just to get back home." I would pretend that he was joking when he wrote those things. My brother, always kidding around, I would think to myself, half convinced.
And I kept pretending through the letters, through his new foul and derogatory language. I clung to anything I could find, any words of love or hope that would let me keep pretending. But I couldn't pretend anymore when he came home, angry with alcohol and with scars that refused to heal. I couldn't lie anymore after I found his body dangling from our tree in the backyard, a note blowing in the breeze next to him. Please leave me hanging here."

Fields & Floods reviewed:

http://youcrazydreamers.com/2007/11/20/joshua-james-announce
s-fields-floods-official-release/

http://buffalojames.blogspot.com

 

this will hopefully be our online journal of our events of the great highway and its beautiful people/homes/venues/food/thoughts/desires/temptations/and sins.

love sincere

joshua