Don’t miss this last-minute show. Dana is big-league good and you will have a great time! He’s worked with Pete Seeger, and luminaries such as Dr. Jane Goodall; Dana and Dr. Goodall’s recent release, Circle the World, is a beautiful mix of Jane Goodall telling stories of chimpanzees and working for peace and environmental justice and Dana’s inspiring ballads.

Dana is best known for his dynamic performances and outrageous hit songs “Cows With Guns,” “RV” and “Ride The Lawn.” A global radio and web hit, “Cows With Guns” was #1 for the year on Dr. Demento, #2 on the Australian Country charts, #1 in Seattle and spent six months on the Irish Top 40.

Dana’s music style includes a bit of everything; his biggest radio hit, “Cows With Guns,” receives crossover radio play on country, rock, alternative, community, college and oldies radio stations worldwide. He has eight releases to date, including his latest, Three Legged Coyote, released in November 2009. He has shared the stage with many notable performers including Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Pete Sears of Jefferson Starship, Stephen Stills, River Phoenix, Nickel Creek, Country Joe McDonald, Utah Phillips and John Trudell.

“Every movement has its minstrel. The unions had Woody Guthrie. The peace movement had Phil Ochs. The environmental movement has Dana Lyons.”

-Captain Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Dana Lyons in concert, Thursday, August 18

Potluck 5 p.m.
(Please bring a covered dish and your favorite beverage. No desserts please.)
Showtime 7 p.m.

Suggested artist donation: $15
To reserve seats in advance, please make a check payable to Dana Lyons and mail to:
7245 Lapwai Lane Darby, MT 59829
Questions/Directions: Contact 349-2943 or jay@jaytoups.com
Thanks for supporting acoustic music in the south valley. It’s appreciated!


Red House Records Recording Artist Carrie Elkin will make her first appearance at Lapwai Lane Shredders Club.
Potluck 5 p.m.
(Please bring a covered dish and your favorite beverage. No desserts please.)
Showtime 7 p.m.
Artist donation: $15
To reserve seats in advance, please make check payable to Carrie Elkin and mail to:
7245 Lapwai Lane Darby, MT 59829
Thanks for supporting professional acoustic music in the South valley.
Directions/Questions: jay@jaytoups.com | 406 349-2943

Storyhill is a powerful singer-songwriting duo that brings infectious melodies, smart story songs and heartbreaking harmonies together in a perfect package. Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson began performing together as teenagers while living in Bozeman, Montana. That was over 20 years ago, and the rest is music history! Fresh from their first appearance on A Prairie Home Companion, Storyhill will make its first appearance at Lapwai Lane Shredders Club for a special holiday house concert.

Storyhill has recently released “Shade of the Trees” which hit the #1 spot on the Amazon folk charts. Come see this amazing duo and pick up your copy. They also make great Christmas gifts! (No, not Chris and Johnny, their recordings…:-)

“It is difficult to describe the feeling I get when listening to your music. Like feeling full; but in my heart, not my stomach. Thank you.” – Claire, comment on Storyhill web site

Storyhill: A House Concert for the Holidays
Sunday, December 12
Potluck 5 p.m. (Bring a delicious covered dish and your favorite beverage. No desserts please.)
Showtime 7 p.m.
Artist donation: $20 Advance only (45 people)

To reserve seats, make check payable to Storyhill and mail to:
7245 Lapwai Lane
Darby, MT 59829

Directions/Questions: jay@jaytoups.com | 406 349-2943

More information about Storyhill | Listen to Storyhill’s recent performance on A Prairie Home Companion

More about Lapwai Lane Shredders Club

Lapwai Lane Shredders Club Summer House Concerts

Sunday July 11:

Raina Rose Trio w/ Anthony da Costa

www.rainarose.com

Potluck: 6 p.m. Showtime 8 p.m.

Friday August 27:

Mitch Barrett

www.mitchbarrettmusic.com

Potluck: 6 p.m. Showtime 8 p.m.

Shows are $15 in advance, $20 door

More info

This show has been postponed due to a prior date cancellation!

Cliff Eberhardt

Cliff Eberhardt knew by age seven that he was going to be a singer and songwriter. Growing up in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, he and his brothers sang together and their parents played instruments. His dad introduced him to the guitar and he quickly taught himself to play.

At fifteen, Cliff and his brother Geoff began touring as an acoustic duo, playing the Eastern club circuit until Cliff turned twenty-one and moved to Carbondale, Illinois. There he found space to develop his own voice within a vibrant and supportive music scene that included Shawn Colvin. After a couple of years there and a short stay in Colorado, Cliff moved to New York in 1978.

Because the clubs were great (the Bitter End, the Speakeasy, Kenny’s Castaway, Folk City) and the company amazing (John Gorka, Suzanne Vega, Lucy Kaplansky, Julie Gold, Steve Forbert, Christine Lavin, and Shawn Colvin), New York was an ideal musician’s boot camp. Though he put in long hours as a taxi driver, Cliff worked steadily on his music throughout the 80’s, doing solo gigs and studio work, and playing guitar on the road with Richie Havens, Melanie and others. Singing advertising jingles for products like Coke, Miller Beer and Chevrolet (“The Heartbeat of America” campaign) allowed him to devote more time to his songwriting.

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The son of a friend and neighbor passed away yesterday from MRSA. Jesse Dylan Baird, a.k.a. Diggs Dynamite, died in a Los Angeles hospital after struggling with this deadly superbug for a couple of weeks. A lifelong musician, singer, songwriter, drummer and guitarist, Jesse was working on a new CD project. I worked with him on a few technical issues related to the project briefly last summer when he was visiting his parents here in Darby.

Here’s a sample of Jesse’s music. It was fascinating to hear some of his brand of rough and tumble music, almost like he was from another planet where being “larger than life” was a matter of survival. Jesse was a hip guy who lived large and will be missed by a lot of people, me included.

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Jay Toups today announced the cancellation of his upcoming fall 2009 tour of small clubs across England, Italy, Germany and Poland.  Citing the the economic downturn, and the heavy environmental, economic and personal overhead of flying and driving just to make people’s tails wag, Toups was paradoxically upbeat with his explanation.

“I regret that I won’t be connecting live with my European fans anytime soon,” said Toups. “Perhaps when clean, green time travel technology matures, I’ll try again. But till then I’ll try to make it up to listeners online with free original guitar music, new songs, videos, and for other pickers, improving my free CAGED guitar lesson with video.

“I like touring and playing live shows just as much as the next act, said Toups. “But it’s expensive and a big pain in the ass to travel for hours and hours just to bask in the spotlight of some noisy club or tavern full of people drinking and expecting me to be their sonic wallpaper for an hour or two. I’d rather stay home and let whoever in the world wants have a listen.  Or even a cool gig.  Online fans are also true fans, and I think many struggling artists aren’t paying close attention to their internet audiences.”

Staying put and making a difference. It’s what Toups has been doing since 1998.  “For me,” he quipped, “it’s all about staying home. It’s the only way to play the music game and win.”


Paul Stowe put on a wonderful 2 hour show, featuring a bunch of songs from Matching Ties‘ new recording, Across The Sea. (Click for audio stream of samples from the new recording.) Even though he played solo he filled the room with excellent guitar accompaniment and a bunch of new songs, many of which he wrote. It’s gratifying to see an old friend continue to grow as an artist, and he’ll be back at some point in the future for another show, for sure.

©1997-2011 Jay Toups :-)