Last night was the monumental Denison Witmer cd release/tour kickoff show at The Fire in Philadelphia. Thanks to all of the people who came out to see Denison with Adam Arcurago and Audible. If you didn’t go to the show, Denison was joined by Steve Yutzy-Burkey on guitar/bass and Scott French (aka Psychotron) on drums. Philadelphia Songs finally made it through customs after subjecting both Denison and I to great amounts of stress. First, the cds were delayed because of the tragic flooding in Prague. Then, the cds arrived last Friday, just after customs closed for the three day weekend. Our shipment was lucky enough to be picked for a detailed inspection on Tuesday and then sat in a warehouse for three days awaiting inspection. After trying many different avenues, a Supervisor in customs had sympathy on our plight and arranged an inspection yesterday afternoon. Denison was able to arrive just in time to pick up the cds before the warehouse closed. For me, this was just the beginning of the excitement. I arrived at the show, quickly packed up several boxes and sent them off to our distributors, the kindly folks at Redeye. After the show, I hauled myself to midtown Manhattan and dropped off cds for Josh at Fanatic. The radio/press campaign start today for the record.
So, anyhow, that’s my high drama story. It was a great night all the same.
Denison is hitting the road on 12 September and show have his live tour-only cds with him then. The cds/booklets are done for this, but the covers are being embossed at the moment. And tour-only means just that, you can only get the from him on tour.
The magical Joey Sweeney was at the show last night after band practice. The Trouble with Sweeney are set to do several dates with Denison in September as part of a 2 1/2 week tour and will be going out for several dates in October and some West Coast touring in November. The Trouble will be playing at the Northern Liberties festival on Saturday. It’s free. Come on out to the rock.
I’m going to Brooklyn on Monday at see The Microphones at Pete’s Candy Store. Love that Phil Elvrum.
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