EXCITING NEWS!

The release of the Chimera E.P. is less than 2 weeks away.  In the meantime, this
week and next week, there will be one new song from the E.P. and one out-take up on
the Myspace page .  The Chimera tracks will be listen-only but the out-take track
each week will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD (but only for one week).

This week the E.P. track up on myspace is Wagon Wheel.  This is a song originally
started by Bob Dylan and then finished by Ketch Secor of the band Old Crow Medicine
Show. My version of it was originally recorded in the studio in 2005 and then
finished in 2006 and it features some of my old friends, Sebastian Renfield, Jesse
Freidin and Merrill Garbus.  

The free track this week is a live version of Come Back Home featuring my good
friend, Gregory Alan Isakov.  Greg is one of my favorite songwriters and I have had
the pleasure of playing many shows with him over the last few years.... including a
show at Atwoods in Cambridge, MA this fall where we recorded this track.  The only
reason this track didn't make it on the E.P. was because I didn't want to have 2
versions of the same song on it.  That and the fact the waitstaff were a little over
zealous in their table clearing, resulting in a lot of clatter....

I hope you enjoy them. 

There will be 2 different tracks up next week. 

Stay tuned. 

Also, t-shirts and posters are still available here:
http://www.backstreet-merch.com/bands/cpka/



Upcoming Shows:

* = trio show - featuring Lyndell Montgomery on bass/fiddle and Julia Read on
fiddle/vocals!


Thurs. Jan 8th
Rolling Stones Tribute Show
The Iron Horse
Northampton, MA
w/ various other western mass musicians. 
7 pm sharp!  (I am on at 7:10. )
I will be playing one Stones song (Play With Fire) and one original.  

Tues. Jan. 20th
Chimera EP - CD Release!!!
AND...        
Inauguration DAY!!!

*Tues. Jan. 20th
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

*Wed. Jan. 21st
Southpaw
Brooklyn, NY
With Erin McKeown

*Thurs. Jan. 22nd
The Tin Angel
Philadelphia, PA
Nicole Reynolds opens.

*Fri. Jan. 23rd
Jammin' Java
Vienna, VA
Nicole Reynolds opens.

*Sat. Jan. 24th
Club Caf?
Pittsburgh, PA
Judith Avers opens

*Tues. Jan. 27th
"Take a Chance Tuesday"!
The Ark 
Ann Arbor, MI
FREE SHOW!

*Wed. Jan. 28th
The Beat Kitchen
Chicago, IL
Nicole Reynolds opens.

*Thurs. Jan. 29th
Caf? Montmartre
Madison, WI
Nicole Reynolds opens.

*Fri. Jan. 30th
Hotch-a-Do
Milwaukee, WI

*Sat. Jan. 31st
Indy Indie Concert Series
Indianapolis, IN
Judith Avers opens.

*Sun. Feb. 1st
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH

Fri. Feb. 13th
Smith College
Northampton, MA
With Andrea Gibson!

Fri. Feb 20th
Me and Thee Coffeehouse
Marblehead, MA


Please note that more show details can be found at chrispureka.com.

Thanks for listening!


-Chris




www.chrispureka.com
www.myspace.com/chrispureka
booking: fauxpasproductions@gmail.com