more photos from my Sunshine State sojourn:
my second day trip on the trail, I didn’t get out of the city of Inverness… started out at the Courthouse Museum, then had a long conversation with the bookstore owner, and a coffee from Deco Cafe.
The Citrus County Courthouse Heritage Museum
Elvis’ movie “Follow That Dream” was shot in this courtroom, and in the surrounding countryside.
That evening, we ate a good dinner at Neon Leon’s Zydeco Restaurant in Homosassa, serenaded by one-man band Cajun Dave.
The restaurant is run by Mitch Simmons, nephew of Leon Wilkeson, bassist with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Michelle Dalziel welcomes me to the open mic at The Levee, last night in Dunnellon, Florida.
Welcome me back to blogging!
I took a few days off between Christmas and New Years, and flew down to Florida with She-Who-Knits, staying with her sister and brother-in-law and visiting her Mom in the nursing home. A bit late, we could have used the time off during the big snow a week ago, but the change of scenery, and of temperature, is welcome.
Monday evening, after a good home-cooked lasagna, we drove up to Dunnellon for an open mic at The Levee, hosted by Michelle Dalziel. I met Michelle at Marci Geller’s house, when Lucky 13 inaugurated their Sonic Underground house concert series, and invited Michelle to play. Cathy Kreger of Lucky 13 met Michelle online, where they both gave concerts in “Second Life.” It’s all about the networking! Anyway, after a featured set by Seth Parker, Michelle gave me the stage for a good half hour or so, and I was well-received. Despite a lingering cold, and a few Killian’s Reds, I gave it my best. Pictures to follow.
Today, after a late breakfast and a lazy morning, I was dropped off in downtown Inverness and hiked a few miles on the Withlacoochee State Trail, then into Fort Cooper State Park, for a dose of history and nature.
Tonight, a movie, book, and bed.
with Rough Folk
Saturday, Oct. 31 @ 11:00am-1:00pm
Northport Farmers Market
Main St. by the water
Northport, NY
free
with Rough Folk
Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 7:30pm-9:00pm
Pisces Cafe
14A Railroad Ave.
Babylon, NY
buy some good food and drink
piscescafe.net
solo
Saturday, Nov. 8th @ 5:00pm
Patchogue Autumn Arts Festival
Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts
71 E. Main St.
Patchogue, NY
free
patchoguetheatre.com/110809.htm
solo
Saturday, Nov. 21 @ 12:00pm
Patchogue Folk Festival
Live In The Lobby
Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts
71 E. Main St.
Patchogue, NY
free
patchoguetheatre.com/112109.htm
www.hankstone.net
www.roughfolk.com
www.roughfolk.com
“I need to go outside the lines, if they do not recognize my dreams”
Oct 25 2009 11:00A
Hank Stone @ Sayville Green Market Sayville, New York
Oct 31 2009 11:00A
Rough Folk @ Northport Farmers Market Northport, New York
Nov 5 2009 7:30P
Rough Folk @ Pisces Cafe Babylon, New York
Nov 8 2009 1:00P
Hank Stone @ Live In The Lobby/Patchogue Theatre/Autumn Arts Festival Patchogue, New York
Nov 12 2009 8:00P
Hank Stone @ NERFA [North East Regional Folk Alliance conference] Kerhonkson, New York
Nov 13 2009 8:00P
Hank Stone @ NERFA [North East Regional Folk Alliance conference] Kerhonkson, New York
Nov 14 2009 8:00P
Hank Stone @ NERFA [North East Regional Folk Alliance conference] Kerhonkson, New York
Nov 15 2009 8:00P
Hank Stone @ NERFA [North East Regional Folk Alliance conference] Kerhonkson, New York
Nov 21 2009 12:00P
Hank Stone @ Live In The Lobby/Patchogue Theatre/Patchogue Folk Festival Patchogue, New York
Dec 2 2009 8:00P
Hank Stone @ Pisces Cafe Babylon, New York
Dec 13 2009 1:00P
Hank Stone @ Grey Horse Tavern Bayport, New York
Waldo Cabrera of My Long Island TV was on hand at Canvas gallery in Huntington back in June, and caught me doing “Toodle-Oo”:
http://www.mylitv.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b32ce8b1a1724dbf5217
Waldo also caught me with my trio, Rough Folk, at the Huntington Folk Festival:
http://www.mylitv.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8638c39b206ec30ab166
Then I was one of 4 featured songwriters at Music From The Hive. Joanne Amante captured 2 songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr8uKV_0K3s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjDWpNEnFtI
Enjoy!
Once again, the shores of the Great South Bay were host to a great music festival. I was only able to get there Saturday afternoon, but that was just the right time to catch up with friends like Chris Peters, Toby Tobias, and Amy Tuttle, and to be asked onstage with Miles To Dayton, just before Tom Paxton.
Toby Tobias rocks the Great South Bay festival
Amy Tuttle & Chris Peters
- Jon Preddice with Ruby
- Krista Preddice and Ruby
- Reckoning rocks the fest
Tom PaxtonNow in its third year, Make Music New York, “the largest music event ever to grace Gotham” (Metro New York), is a unique festival of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City, all on Sunday, June 21st, the first day of summer. MMNY takes place simultaneously with similar festivities in more than 327 cities around the world — a global celebration of music making.
From 11 in the morning to 10 at night, musicians of all ages, creeds, and musical persuasions — from hip hop to opera, Latin jazz to punk rock — perform on streets, sidewalks, stoops, plazas, cemeteries, parks and gardens. From high school bands to marquee names, MMNY is open to anyone who wants to take part, enjoyed by everyone who wants to attend.
Hank Stone
will be appearing at
Battery Park,
by the flagpole next to the playground
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
As I finally figured out the “sticky post” option, this will serve as my “main page” now.
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Hope to see you at a gig!
Julia Joseph at Eclectic Cafe/March 2009
Randall Williams...
...at Our Times Coffeehouse, March 2009
The next Friday, the 20th, brought me to Our Times Cafe, in the Secular Humanist Society’s building, for my “friend and mentor” Randall Williams… he who introduced me to partial capos, he who learned to sail, solo in Sweden, and wrote a book about it, he who is a conservatory-trained classical-turned-folk singer, he who has traveled the world and learned to speak and sing in many languages, gave an intimate performance for a small crowd, by stepping (barefoot) off the stage and away from the amplifiers, encouraging us to sing along… again, I had to leave at the halfway point, but half was good enough.
