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It was a loverly week of DADDY stuff at the AMA (Americana Music Association) Festival here in Nashtown last week. Will and I did a day of video and radio stuff Friday and then Friday night played the Basement at 11 PM. (I dug the guy before us, Patrick Sweany, a lot. Google dat mannnn!)
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One thing among many that I love about Daddy gigs is that we go a little further “out there” each time. I do believe we are on the way – as a musical unit – closer and closer to our ultimate ideal: a jam band for people who like ragtime.
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If you read this in time, and live in or near Bowling Green, Ky, I’m playing the Java City at noon tomorrow (Tuesday) in the Helm Library on WKU’s campus. It’s an hour-long set in a building I spent much time in studying a quarter century ago.
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Last time I played there I had some hippie types sitting cross-legged down in front, which is like the coolest thing I could hope for. Hippies sitting cross-legged at your gig means you’re happening when playing a college. Peace, brothers and sisters.
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And if you live in or near Pasadena, Tesas, I’ll be playing Kenny Pipes’ “Almost Austin House Concert Series” this Saturday the 26th. (Email kpipesjr@aol.com or call 713-947-8752 (Kenny), for reservations. Showtime: 8:00 pm.)
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My last gig there inspired the only hate mail in Kenny’s eight years of concerts. Apparently, that night I was comedically riffing on my new religion I’m founding, Tommy Womack’s Fuzzy Buddhist Methodism, at length, and then I have one song (“Alpha Male & The Canine Mystery Blood”) that questions the Resurrection, and another (“The Highway’s Coming”) that questions the Rapture and, well, it’s obvious that I’m some sort of spiritual deviant, right?
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Well, this one concertgoer certainly thought such after my performance. She dispatched a strongly worded e-mail to Kenny calling me a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and other unclean things.
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It’s MY first hate mail too, by the way. I’m almost surprised it took this long for me to get one.
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Tomorrow afternoon is my first Leadership Music function. It’s a 2 ½ hour orientation for the new class at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel at 4 PM, followed by a reception with LM alumni.
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I’m excited and nervous. For a guy like me who’s been iconoclastic to a fault, the notion of being invited to participate in this kind of a program is sobering.
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I’ve got a chance to make a lot of first-impressions in the next 24 hours. I’d appreciate your prayers in those regards. Dis could be a really good ting. I could learn a lot from these folks – and pass the savings on to you.
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God bless,
Tommy