yes indeed...
many of you are already aware that i'm about to embark on one hell of an adventure. i won't be in contact with the "outside" world from may 14-21 (roughly) and june 22nd-august 12th. after that, i won't be online very often either, but i will be checking email and (hopefully) updating my blog from time to time (http://joncrocker.blogspot.com). I won't be on myspace or facebook very much at all, and i won't have cell phone service either.

i will still be making music, of course, i just won't be playing shows (for the most part) or doing much recording.

i apologize to those who came to my recent shows that i didn't make it to. i will do my best to make it up to you somehow.

love,

jon

here are the dates i have booked so far:

may 30th (fri): limerick, ireland at baker's
may 31st (sat): wexford, ireland at st. joseph's community center
june 1st (sun): dun laoghaire, ireland at the purty kitchen
june 2nd (mon): dublin, ireland
june 3rd (tues): richhill, northern ireland at groucho's music lounge
june 4th (weds): belfast, northern ireland at lavery's back bar
june 5th (thurs): mullingar, ireland at the yukon bar
june 6th (fri): athlone, ireland at the shack
june 7th (sat): ballymahon, ireland at skelly's
june 8th (sun): somewhere in western ireland?
june 9th (mon): somewhere in western ireland?
june 10th (tues): somewhere in western ireland?
june 11th (weds): dublin, ireland at thomas read
june 12th (thurs): dublin, ireland on radio (early)...do a late show?
june 13th (fri): plymouth, england at the voodoo lounge
june 14th (sat): london, england at ryan's bar
june 15th (sun): cambridge, england at the man on the moon
june 16th (mon): burninating the lake district with ste!
june 17th (tues): burninating the lake district with ste!
june 18th (weds): st. helens, england at fluid (live lounge)
june 19th (thurs): preston, england at TBA
june 20th (fri): bolton, england at TBA
june 21st (sat): burton on trent, england at the appleby
june 22nd (sun): northwest england somewhere (help?)
june 23rd (mon): liverpool, england at parr street
june 24th (tues): huddersfield? leeds? (help?)
june 25th (weds): york, england (help?)
june 26th (thurs): leeds, england (help?)
june 27th (fri): bridlington, england at the queen's hotel
june 28th (sat): wakefield, england at TBA
june 29th (sun): south england at TBA

so if it's booked, it has a venue name listed. if it's in the works, it says TBA. and if it says "help," or something of the sort, that means nothing is booked yet and whoever i've contacted about booking is shunning me for some reason (in other words, i'm open to suggestions and any assistance). so there you have it!

stay tuned for more shows in ireland and the UK in august, september, and october. there will also be walking treks in scotland, england, and wales (and maybe ireland), and some shows in germany in early october as well. w00t.

love,
jon

hello friends, fans, family, enemies, well-wishers and ill-wishers:

due to a number of reasons, i've decided that my current habit of endless touring is a bit much for me. read on if you want the explanation...
it may be a bit hard for me to organize this in a coherent manner, as i'm just getting over a particularly drunken weekend that included dozens of punk bands, too much indian food, rain, drinking tea with a one-armed man who had just kicked his prosthesis around a bar while playing an accordion and singing about the imminence of death, and being peed on by an irishman. so try to bear with me.
i'm getting old. well, maybe not old, but older. i'm 25 now, soon to be 26, and there is a growing part of me that feels like it needs to be rooted somewhere. exactly where that is to be, i do not yet know. but i do know that i have not felt properly rooted since the mid-1980s, and, while this has allowed me to move about the country (and world) with relative ease, i do think it is time to start thinking about finding a place where i feel that i truly belong. when i started touring, a part of me knew that while i may be on the road to share music and good times with as many people as i can, i am also looking for that one place that feels just right. so far, i have found many awesome places, but none that feel quite like home (though maybe some could be, with a little work...).
in response to these feelings, i've decided that instead of touring for 10 months out of the year, i'm going to start cutting down...maybe to 6 months, and hopefully i'll eventually be able to get it down to 3 months of the year. this may sound funny to most (as so many do not travel much, if at all), but i do think i'm addicted to this freedom, and will probably never be able to quit moving around altogether. but with that extra time i hope to work, save up money (as it is currently my ultimate goal to have my own organic farm, and i will need money for that), volunteer on farms (gotta get me educated), spend time with friends and loved ones (and jake, of course), and perhaps think about starting my own family (wish me luck with that one...ha!). and as my grandmother is convinced that she is dying, i'd like to be around to see her off. but i will still be making music and playing shows (though less frequently), so don't think of this as a retirement, but more of a slowing down with age.

i suppose i felt the need to post this blog because i feel that my touring habits over the past few years have built up expectation that i can no longer meet, expectations that i'll get to certain towns or cities twice or more every year. so now i may only play in your area once a year, or even every other year (big loss, eh?). but that also means that you may just see me wandering around your town, looking for a place to rent, as i might have come to the conclusion that it could just be the right place for me to be. and if you see me announcing even more ridiculously long tours, then it probably means that i did my best to get settled, gave up hope, and will probably try again when these feelings come back (let's hope this wll not turn out to be a vicious cycle).

whatever the case, i hope to see you all again, sooner than later, but not never.

love,
jon

hi folks-

you may notice that i've got some new songs up. i've replaced saturday with tuesday (though scroll down my page for a link to a free mp3 of saturday, if you'd like), and i've also added THREE songs (including a re-done "i just can't say no") from the forthcoming re-release of "the dust will settle." it should be coming out next year, i hope (it will include new versions of 5 of the original songs from the old release, plus 6 new songs). enjoy!

love,

jon