Cracks in the Finish
Posts from August 2013
A blog by Jorma Kaukonen
Ruthie Foster comes to town as August winds down
Thanks to Michael G. Stewart for the beautiful foto.
A couple of years ago I was on a Columbia Artist Management tour with Robben Ford, Ruthie Foster et al and Ruthie and I talked about having her come and perform at the Fur Peace Station in scenic Darwin, Ohio. Well, it took a couple of years but she finally made the trip and she play two in incredibly powerful and moving sets to a completely sold out house. Ruthie is ...
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Visions Of Mid August
So last weekend, as I mentioned, Tom Rush was the featured artist in our concert series. Back when I was just getting started, Tom was one of the Big Dogs… having already made several albums for a major label. We wanted to follow in his footsteps of course… and all these years later, here we are.
The weekend over, Zach and I did a boatload of riding, and there’s more to come.
Of course there was and is plenty of time ...
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American Summer
I’m sitting here backstage at the Fur Peace Station listening to Tom Rush play Jazzman. A concert at my home… so to speak. Life is good indeed…
Sitting here thinking about what has transpired so far this summer and I though I’d share it in pictures.
This never ceases to move me!
Tom is still playing… I’m still digging it. I’m going to play with him second set… and summer’s not done yet!
Good times….
Kickstarter To The Vineyard
Vanessa and I and indeed the whole Fur Peace Ranch family of projects and programs owe a great debt of thanks to David Wolff and Peter Goodman who, in the early stages of our Kickstarter program really got the ball rolling. These gentlemen saw our vision and were instrumental in our achieving our goals. What they got for being so fearless… was a private show for them and forty of their friends at David and Lindsay’s place in Chilmark ...
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