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      Take their chairs away . . . .


Loving Luna ~ Joining the Tribe
First of all, I love Luna Guitars!!! Just this past month, Dennis from Luna Guitars and I had a blast getting together to hang and talk about everything music. I am truly touched to of been asked to join the Luna family. This week, they added me to their artist page and I am excited to be sitting next to other great Luna players!!! Click my picture on the artist page to check out the Q and A . Looking forward to doing great things together with Luna and excited for the events taking place NEXT month in San Francisco at the Haight Ashbury Street Fair with the Luna Booth as well. You can check out info for the dates below!

Daddario / Planet Waves ~ All Things Strings with Waves
D'addario / Planet Waves have always been well known standards and used by many great artists around the world. They have been so generous and supportive and I am proud to of been recently added to their list as of sponsored artists. Here is a link to a short BLURB.

America's Blood Centers ~ Speakers Bureau 'Conversations About Life'
In just a few weeks, America's Blood Centers will be launching their National Speakers Bureau 'Conversations About Life'. As one of the select five key speakers for this group, I am honored to be performing and speaking at some incredible programs to come!! Stay tuned for the informational link! To DONATE to save a life and to follow the updates for ABC events you can attend in your city: visit here http://www.americasblood.org

Visiting the GreenJackets and Gordon Troups w Shepeard Blood Center
This June, my band and I will travel to Augusta, GA to join Shepeard Blood Center and the GreenJackets for special performance after their homecoming game on Friday June 15th reaching over 5000 folks in appreciation for all those who donated blood in April and May to save a life (game starts: 7pm, performance around 10p). You can still donate blood to get a ticket by logging in here to find a place to donate: http://www.shepeardblood.org. We will also be visiting the Gordon Troups. Donate Blood and Save a Life because 1 donation saves 3 local lives.

Gearing up to release New Album (produced by Mikal Blue) coming soon
Looking forward to spending time taking photos with Songwriter / Photographer Neal Casal (guitarist; Ryan Adams). He has just released a new record called Sweeten the Distance. Gonna be a great record release show to attend at Zoeys this coming Wed with Shane Alexander opening. Get tickets to see their performance here. Had a great time this past month shooting with Larry Stone (check out his photography blog: 12 North here) and a very special thanks to Vanessa Platkias for the beautiful video for my cover of 'Song For You' written by Leon Russell.

Excited to be working with a great group of folks for the release Chris Talley, Dave Zand, Danny Jacobs, Dani Maatouk (thanks to James Jordan) and Bob Bradley. Stay tuned!!!


JUNE PERFORMANCE DATES (see shows link)
Jun 02 . 8pm - Kulaks w Larry Schallert, Studio C CA
Jun 08 . 5pm - Pacific Blood Center Event, San F CA
Jun 10 . 1pm - Haight Ashbury Street Fair, San F CA
Jun 14 . 11am - World Blood Donor Day, Augusta GA
Jun 14 . 12:15pm - WHHD Radio, Augusta GA
Jun 14 . 8pm - Fort Gordon Troups Performance, GA
Jun 15 . 7pm - Concert at GreenJackets Stadium, GA

NEW ABLUM COMING SOON
MUSIC AVAILABLE . . .

Donate blood in April or May and get your ticket for the GreenJacket's Baseball Game and join me, Jenni Alpert and my band, for a special free concert directly following the game - log on here to find a place to donate: http://www.shepeardblood.org/ . Greenjacket's Stadium for Shepeard Night at GreenJackets Stadium hosted by Shepeard Community Blood Center in Augusta, GA Fri June 15th (game starts: 7pm, performance around 10p).