new things soon...

lots of new things are on their way.. new songs, videos, big news, all sorts of things... until those things are ready to be received, you should come hang out with myself and the band this saturday @ the earl. we're playing with an amazing band from san francisco called sleepy sun.. the writing is on the wall for these guys, and you need to come to this show! i'll be playing solo for the first part of the set, and then for the 2nd half, i'll have a few folks help me out for the last few songs.. these guys are joining me on the road in october for our mini tour.. this is a pretty interesting lineup, and this will most likely be the last show in atlanta at a decent sounding place until we get home from the mini tour, so come hang out and have a drink with us! the flyer is here..

ol silver

the house show wednesday night was awesome! thanks to everyone who came and hung out. made some new friends from asheville, who i'll be seein' soon, and everyone who was there was awesome. hopefully there will be more house parties like that soon.

i have a show this tuesday, the 25th, at 529 in east atl. i'll be opening for jana hunter and the crazy dreams band. if you're in the area, come hang out, as i'll be playing heaps of new material, and towards the end of my set, there MAY be some special guests..

i'm recording some new things, which i plan to post here for free in the near future.. for now, here's a free download of "silver sage of the sky" from the BURLAP EP, which is now out of print. more soon! enjoy!

"silver sage of the sky" mp3

house show...

so i'm playing a few songs to get things going at this house show tomorrow night. i'm going to use this as a chance to test out some new material, as i have it in bulk. hah. i'm going to try to get someone to film a little of my set, so maybe i'll have some videos to post in a few days... friends from austin are in town, and new friends from asheville. if you're in atl, stop on by. 585 wells st. it's over by turner field, and it's a warehouse kinda thing. that's all i know.

here's the flyer.

#11

11. meet more creative people (film people, music people, spoken word people, art people, whoever! get in touch! lots of projects in mind!)

10 things i need to do...

1. order koozies
2. read more
3. paint more
4. book more shows
5. drink less beer
6. jog more
7. eat more green beans
8. record new songs
9. talk more
10. get a cdl and become a trucker

i'm real serious about everything but #5. is that bad? hah.

in the dark

everybody's on the way out,
but i have just arrived,
everybody's got their tale, to tell,
but everybody's chasin' theirs,

please,
please,
wait on me,
i'm not there,
i'm here,
stil searching,
in the dark,

i found myself in these strings,
but i can't seem to find anything anymore,
there's a vacancy here, with me,
just sign your name if you know it still,

the king's,
withdrawn,
from the throne,
the golden crown,
is out on loan,
but he's almost here,
in the dark,

new new new

i've been working on alot of new things.. videos, songs, ideas, and all sorts of things.. i've been trying to put together the newest reincarnation of the whispering drifters, as it is, and always will be, a revolving door of members. right now, there are three people who have a hand in the newest lineup, and we'll be adding a 4th soon i think.

working on a mini tour in october also.. we were asked to play the arts outside festival, which is about an hour outside of austin, tx, so we're booking a few dates around it. lots of amazing artists are playing this festival (the lineup should be released soon) and it's going to be a great time! right now, only one show is confirmed outside of the festival, but here are the dates...

oct 7th - jackson, ms
oct 8th - shreveport, la
oct 9th - rockdale, tx - arts outside fest
oct 10th - rockdale tx - arts outside fest
oct 11th - houston, tx - bohemeos
oct 12th - new orleans, la

if anyone can help with any of those dates, namely the first 2, please get in touch.. we'll have some new merch on this mini tour too. all the same merch we had on the last tour, but we'll also have "who the fuck is damon moon?" colapsable beer koozies. hah. get 'em while they last!

been working on quite a few new songs, and an idea for a new EP that should be out for our january/febuary us tour if all goes as planned..

i have a few shows coming up, all of which i'm pretty excited about..

08.19.09 - 585 wells st., atl, 30312 - house show with cartright (austin), tony wain and the payne (asheville), brian lord (dj for 529's country night), and word on the street is that there's another artist or two TBA.

08.25.09 - 529 - with jana hunter, and the crazy dreams band

09.05.09 - the earl - with sleepy sun, and the fringe factory girls

09.21.09 - tasty world - with smoke and feathers (austin) and others TBA

also, i signed my first liscencing agreement earlier tonight. the song "dream forty one" from my first album, meridian road, will be appearing in a film called "person of interest". the film will be making the rounds at all the festivals this year, starting with sundance from what i understand. so if you go to any of the major film festivals, be sure to watch out for it. more to come on this as it is revealed..

i'll end this post with a video i made today. it's a song called "restless roads end" and it now has three different versions, and i have yet to record or release any of them. while we were on tour, we camped somewhere outside of new orleans, and actually recorded a version of this song in our tent. as soon as i track down the session for it, i'll post it here. anyway, here's todays video...