drew kennedy,

I hope everyone had a restful/respectful 3 day weekend. I split my time from Friday to Monday between music (on Friday, I played in Austin with Rodney Hayden, and on Sunday, I played in Houston at the outdoor amphitheater at Sienna with Sheila Marshall) and friends (a wedding and a cookout). It was a nice mix of work and play. I managed to dodge thunderstorms wherever I went, even though they were all around me, so that added an extra sense of accomplishment to what was already an accomplished weekend… I hope the rivers that trek through our fair town, however, managed to collect some water.

This week, I’ll be playing two shows in the Houston area– Wednesday night at 9 PM at the Continental Club (on Main Street, downtown) and Thursday night at 7 PM at Main Street Crossing in Tomball. The latter will be yet another installment of the New American Voices Tour. I’m looking forward to both of them.

On Friday night, we’ll load up the land yacht and head for Jackson, Mississippi, by way of Dallas, where we’ll be playing with the always killer Josh Grider Trio. If you’re in that area of the world, and you’d like to catch the show, shoot me an email ( info at drewkennedymusic.com ) and I’ll give you the scoop.

In record news, I should be picking up the final mixes any day now, and I’m excited to sit down and give them a listen. I’ll report back as to what I discover once I get to wrap my ears around the whole thing.

If you make it out to any of the shows this week, say hello!

dk

This website is an experiment. I’ve grown pretty bored with your average, every day “band” website. Most of them have some fancy whistles and bells, and look really great, but then after you recover from your anime-induced-like seizure, you get the same information you’ll find on every other site on the net- a bio, tour dates, and that’s about it.

I’d like to do something slightly different. It was an idea that I had after Rodney Hayden and I kicked off our New American Voices Tour. The guys that helped us put it all together built us a pretty incredible website– it allowed people to chime in via twitter with thoughts, and it allowed me to post pictures directly to the website while I was out on the road. I loved the idea. It was interactive, and it was cool. It allowed for the content of the site to evolve on a regular basis. That’s what I’m going to try and do here.

I’ll be stopping by to blog… which are often times not about music.

You’ll be able to see my twitter posts… which are often times not about music.

You’ll be able to see my pictures from the road… which, as you have already guessed, are often times not about music.

But, you’ll also be able to stay up to day with all of my music stuff, too, including information about the release of my new record, An Audio Guide To Cross Country Travel.

Wait until you hear this thing. I’m pretty excited about it.

So, let the games begin.

dk