January 25 - Gigs and the hunt for crutches! - January 25, 2010
Hello everyone!
I'm sorry I didn't get out last week. I suffered some kind of injury to my ankle/instep (honestly, I don't remember injuring my foot but stranger things have happened) and can't walk! Scott is on the hunt for some crutches for me. I don't know how long I'm going to need them (or maybe a stylish new cane) but it won't stop me from playing this week!
Tuesday, January 26 from 5:30 to 8:30 we are at Viaggio Italiano in Sonoita. We missed playing last week because of the very dramatic weather we were experiencing. And with all the drama with my foot, well, I can't wait to get back. I just NEED my comfort food!
We are at Amado Territory Steakhouse on Friday, January 29 from 5:30 to 8:30 at the Amado Territory Ranch. Jeff and Cathy have come up with a terrific new lunch menu! Nothing on the lunch menu is over $9 and they feature a daily $6 special. I've also noticed a few changes on the dinner menu.
Also, this Friday evening at Amado Territory Ranch, Straw House Gallery is hosting an Artist's Reception for watercolorist Ruth Ann Heitzler. Join us for dinner and then pop by the gallery on the other side of the beautiful natural pond.
Again, we'll be starting the Sunday afternoon open mic and music jam some time in February as the weather during the day warms up. All you closet musicians - I want to hear from you! And those of you who know any closet musicians, pass the word! All sorts of magic happens when you get a bunch of acoustic musicians (all levels) together.
Don't forget that Amado Territory Steakhouse will be featuring a special menu on Valentine's Day and Scott and I will be featuring our more romantic tunes. Thank you Julie B for reminding me that Sweet Baby James is a waltz. Great save! And Peter, thank for all your waltz suggestions. We are busy downloading and learning!
We are at Stables Ranch Grille at beautiful Tubac Golf Resort and Spa on Saturday, January 30 from 5 to 9pm. We had to cancel last week because I couldn't walk, but we'll be there this week.
I also want to remind you about Valentine's Day at beautiful Tubac Golf Resort and Spa. They are offering an incredible Love is in the Air couples special during the entire month of February. Stables Ranch Grille has worked up a special menu (at a wonderful price I might add) so make your reservations early!
The 51st Annual Tubac Festival of the Arts will be happening February 10-14. This event is sponsored by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce. We'll be playing Friday, Saturday and Sunday on and off from around 11am to 4pm right next to Manos Gallery at La Entrada. If you haven't yet been to the Tubac Festival of the Arts, put on your walking shoes and come join us. Now, I can't wander too far from my little stage (thank you for that cool little space Mary Hellen) but you can wander all over Tubac. There is so much to do and see. Both Manos Gallery and Feminine Mystique Gallery have artists doing demos in and around the outside spaces. I get to also visit my favorite little shops in Tubac like Tumacookery and Yard Woman, just making the rounds during my breaks. It's a wonderful way to find deals on everything from kitschy stuff to fine art. Oh, and EVERYBODY's out and about. You're bound to see someone you know. It's a great time!
And if you're staying in this weekend, don't forget to tune in to Ed Smith's Friday Night Rhythm Revue on KBRP Radio Free Bisbee. This week he's featuring 60's Soul.
Ah! I just heard from Scott. One of his work-mates donated a new pair of crutches to the cause! I'm ambulatory again. Come out and play. I'll be there!
Love to you...
Are you looking for a place to stay this New Year's Eve? 
We are at 
Sunday, December 20 from 7 to 10pm we are at Mischief at Hot Licks in 
Well, next week is Thanksgiving. As I live in a near-constant state of bliss these days, I also live in a near-constant state of gratitude. The only time I ever remember being this happy was when I was living alone in a little cabin in western New York in a little burg named Prattsburgh. I was just 30 and truly living by myself for the first time. I only spent 3 1/2 years at that little cabin but in those 3 1/2 years, I grew up. I didn't have a TV or even radio so I read - voraciously. I hiked around the cabin and with my trusty 
The little cabin hasn't changed much. My friend 
Now, 20 years from that little cabin, I find myself still living in the country on a little farm in Palominas just outside of Bisbee, still identifying and studying medicinal plants, still playing music and occasionally writing, still - in some small ways - living in that little cabin, and once again filled with gratitude. I am so lucky and so happy to be alive.
Hello Everyone!
Hello everyone!
One might think this is a scary or gruesome moniker to go with a scary and gruesome day, but the reality is that Day of the Dead is a grand celebration of the folks who have passed on. We honor the dead and include them in the festivities. We build altars, have small celebrations in the graveyards. Some of us even picnic at the grave sites and set a place for the departed.
I remember that the nuns gathered us together and marched us to the graveyard where we were to help clean up any forgotten graves and decorate them with flowers. It was a very somber mood as we walked toward the graveyard, two by two, but when we arrived, what I found there was just the opposite of what I expected. Instead of people standing around the graves, quietly mourning, there was a carnival-like atmosphere and people were celebrating! They were playing music, sharing meals, vendors were selling sugar cane and candy apples, graves were being decorated with marigolds, balloons and altars that included little paper maché skeletons in dioramas that depicted the deceased in every day situations with furniture and tiny pieces of pottery. I remember seeing small bottles of tequila among the flowers on certain graves, as well as plates of food left as an offering. I also remember a little gray-haired nana talking softly to a grave, half-praying and half-telling the deceased the news of the year, sometimes crying and at times laughing softly as if sharing a private joke.
Justin Luria and Jennifer Wilhelm are doing such a great job. It's a funny thing about the Shady Dell. We look forward to being there every Sunday. We're not always able to make it on Sunday mornings, but we're there every chance we get. It has become somewhat of a tradition for us. You see, by Sunday morning, we are just spent, plain and simple. We roll out of bed, clean ourselves up a bit and head to Dot's Diner. Ian (the cook) and Charlene (our usual Sunday waitress) fix us up with the BEST breakfasts (or lunches depending on when we actually arrive) and ALWAYS with a smile and a great cuppa joe. Jennifer and Justin pipe vintage music (and vintage radio commercials, too!) throughout the park and into Dot's as well. We almost always see them when we visit. They are the kind of business owners who are present, and with an eye for detail that just screams, "Look around! Get lost in the era!" And you will! Just remember, if you stay there, tell them I sent you!
Well, now that we've had a few weeks to recover from our trip, what continue to come to mind are thoughts of 
The idea sat with us for a while, but it finally took hold. When we finally did start playing together, it just felt so right.
We're leaving for Rentiesville, Oklahoma on Wednesday, 9/2 and returning on Wednesday, 9/9 BUT we WILL be at 
In my late '20's I moved to the 
For a few years, Todd and I often played together wherever we could find work. One summer, we landed a job playing on the dock at 
I eventually moved to Douglas, Arizona to be near my grandmother after my Tata died. I moved to 
In 2006, I was asked to audition to play at 
Country and Western is also hugely popular but Vintage C&W is really where my interest lies. And before I forget, tonight from 7pm to 9pm (Arizona time), one of Bisbee's own, Mr. Ed Smith, "...will be a guest on Roxane's 
I've been asked many times if we play in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area (my brother lives there and we'd love to spend more time with him and his bride), or if we work in or around Tucson. We have been so tied to our beautiful little communities that it never occurred to us to seek any engagements elsewhere. Scott and I have begun to think that perhaps we should look to play in larger cities, at least once a month but we have no idea where to look for these venues. Of course they are all listed in local papers and online, but the rub is: How to find venues that are suitable for our kind of entertainment? Then it dawned on us that YOU, our listeners might have a better idea of where to play!
