Happy New Year. Sorry We Have to Head South So Soon. Bye!
Greetings from the outskirts of Jacksonville, Florida, on day three of our 2015 Further West Tour of Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, and maybe more. Following our recent "tour-within-a-tour," or "tourette," model, during the New Mexico portion, we will spend five weeks on our second You're Getting To Be a Hobbit With Me tourette of New Zealand.
We would, once again, like to thank our truly excellent fans, sympathizers and hangers-on for allowing us to meet our $15,000 goal by way of our "Let's Put Hungrytown On the Map" crowd funding campaign. Making good on our promise to actually record an album in the brief period between October 7, 2014, the day we returned from our last tour, and this one, while still making a living, we actually recorded an album in the brief period between our last tour and this one, while still making a living. The recording is now being mastered and production will begin shortly thereafter. This has been a hectic, frustrating, glorious and action-packed time, and probably deserves its own set of statistics:
- Shows performed: 23
- Friends we got to hang out with for more than one hour: 7
- New songs written: 4
- Albums recorded: 1
- Crowd-funded cash raised to produce and promote aforementioned album: $15,263
- Electric percolators ruined: 1
- Photos with celebrities: 0
- New microphones purchased: 1 (Shure SM7B for those so inclined)
- Visits to our beloved Dam Diner: 7
- Number of new tires purchased for Blue Meanie: 4
- Number of days without telephone and/or internet service thanks to Fairpoint Communications: 85
- Domestic squabbles caused by stress plus Ken's snoring: 2,000
- Books read: Rebecca: 7; Ken: 0
Our 2015 Further West Tour photo album is still embarrassingly small. If you want something to do, please visit our 2014 More or Less at Home album, or get a puppy.
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New year making you yet more aware of your mortality? Visit Hungrytown.net and Facebook.com/hungrytown, and notice how we manage to act like children from year to year, while still getting visibly older.
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Sunday, January 18, 2:00 PM
Sunday Special Concert Series
Indian River County Main Library
1600 21st St.
Vero Beach, FL 32960
772-770-5060
Tickets: Free
Wednesday, January 21, 7:00 PM
Collier-Seminole State Park
Screen Room
20200 E. Tamiami Trail
Naples, FL 34114
239-394-3397
Tickets: Free w/ park admission
Friday, January 23, 1:00 PM
New Port Richey Library
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL 34652
727-853-1279
Tickets: Free
Saturday, January 24, 2:00 PM
Orlando Public Library
101 E. Central Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32801
407-835-7498
Tickets: Free
Wednesday, January 28, 7:00 PM
Lake Griffin State Park
3089 U.S. 441/27
Fruitland Park, FL 34731
352-360-6760
Tickets: Free w/ park admission
Saturday, January 31, 1:00 PM
Eastpoint Branch Library
160 Hickory Dip
Eastpoint, FL 32328
850-670-8151
Tickets: Free
Tuesday, February 3, 3:00 PM
Destin Library
150 Sibert Ave.
Destin, FL 32541
850-837-8572
Tickets: Free
Wednesday, February 4, 6:00 PM
Mary Esther Public Library
100 Hollywood,Blvd.
West Mary Esther, FL 32569
850-243-5731
Tickets: Free
Thursday, February 5, 6:00 PM
Robert L.F. Sikes Library
1445 Commerce Dr.
Crestview, FL 32539
850-682-4432
Tickets: Free
Friday, February 6, 7:30 PM
Back Door Coffeehouse
3200 West Arlington
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-264-6908
Saturday, February 7, 7:00 PM
Barton Library
200 East 5th St.
El Dorado, AR 71730
870-863-5447
Tickets: Free
Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 PM
Fort Stockton Public Library
500 N. Water. St.
Fort Stockton, TX 79735
432-336-3374
Tickets: Free
Thursday, February 19, 6:30 PM
Artesia Public Library
205 West Quay Ave.
Artesia, NM 88210
575-746-4252
Tickets: Free
Tuesday, February 24, 7:00 PM
Village of Corona Public Library
481 Main St.
Corona, NM 88318
Tickets: Free
Friday, February 27, 7:00 PM
Four Corners House Concerts
Farmington, NM
Doors: 6:00 PM. For reservations and information, please contact Charles or Cynthia at 832-630-3022 or gypsyfire@gypsyfire.com. Tickets: $10 suggested
Saturday, February 28, 7:30 PM
First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque Coffeehouse
3701 Carlisle Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
505-884-1801
Tickets: $15
