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OK, how about the REAL concert lineup?
Last week's post was all fun and games, though I hear we really did fool some people! Below is the real lineup for this year's Twisted Folk concerts.
Visit twistedoak.com/concerts for more information about all of these great musicians!
May 4 – Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
June 8 – David Lindley, with special guest, Joe Craven
June 29 – Mumbo Gumbo
July 5 – Uncle Bonsai
July 13 – Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks
July 27 – Jeffery Broussard and The Creole Cowboys
Aug 2 – The Deadly Gentlemen
Aug 16 – Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore
New this year - we have a season pass!
Apr 10, 2013 at 12:06 PM
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Twisted Oak Winery is pleased to announce the lineup for our 2013 Twisted Folk concert series. We believe we have come up with a very eclectic lineup everyone will enjoy! (Please share this info with all of your friends!)
May 4: Le Petomaine - Master of the, uh, toot. Flatulent with feeling, Le Petomaine blasts out a selection of traditional favorites. Upwind seats $30, downwind $5. A selection of cabbage dishes will be available for purchase, including our popular "Brussel Pops".
June 8: A Mighty Wind - Accordion & Bagpipe Ensemble. Music guaranteed to cause goosebumps! No cats will be harmed during the performance, despite what you hear. Not responsible for spontaneous incontinence, please plan ahead.
June 29: Crying Spiked Fists - Gothic Folk Angst, at its finest. Playing their big hit "Foggy Mountain, Broke Down, Burn it All, Because it's All About Me".
July 5: Metal Mania - Heavy metal Ultimate Battle of the Bands contest. Sign up now. Get your big hair on! Big metal-y prizes! No survivors!
July 27: Def Poultry - Award-winning cluck poetry! Come out for an evening of Fowl-flavored readings. Don't stay cooped up at home!
Aug 2: Showtune Showcase - Open-mike night. Wear your best sequins. Best Ethel Merman wins a prize.
For more info about these concerts and other Twisted events, please visit twistedoak.com/concerts
TV/Radio/Print Media/Interview/Groupie requests: please contact Maria Camillo mcbooking@gmail.com
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Holy *%#&@! a blog post!
Twisted Few Library Wine Special
Almost have all of the orders for our special Twisted Few library sale boxed up. If you are a Twisted Few member and don't know what I am talking about, please check your email from last week, or drop us a note at tastingroom@twistedoak.com!
(Photo of some of the library wines we pre-tested for the sale. Someone's got to do it.)
Darol and Rushad a-jammin
At the concert last Friday, Darol Anger (fiddle) and Rushad Eggleston (cello) ended the first set with a great instrumental tune called The Phoenix. Also appearing are Emy Phelps on guitar and Sharon Gilchrist on bass.
Next show is September 7th featuring Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg - you should come!
How about a concert video?
I hope you have made it out to some of our little concerts up on the hill at the winery. The other night we had a surprise guest - Joe Craven's daughter Hattie belted out a great rendition of "Hey Soul Sister". Enjoy!
Private Chicken - On Mars?
"The Adventures of Private Chicken... as clucked to SGT F"
SGT F is now a team commander and is moving around a lot more, he says "things are going to get crazy around here... but I won't forget where I came from either...."
“Uh, Sergeant, why is the room so dark?”.
“Hush Private, no talking! I all ready told you we were going to the movies. After the work we have done the last two weeks, it’s time to relax a little bit“.
“Are we going to see Chicken Little? Such a brave chicken.”
“No, we are not going to see Chicken Little; we are going to watch John Carter."
“Is it a scary movie? You know I get scared easily.”
“No Private, it is not a scary movie; you’ll be fine”.
“Well, can we have popcorn or candy?”
“No Private, we can not have popcorn or candy. You will not have fancy reclining chairs or even a real theater. You will, however, enjoy the fact that occasionally we can go to the movies and kind of forget where we are for two hours (and enjoy the fact that they are fairly current releases).”
“Kind of like of when you put me in the closet Sergeant?”
“I told you Private to never discuss the closet. Now shut up and enjoy the movie..."
DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY PRIVATE!
"The Adventures of Private Chicken... as clucked to SGT F"
You think you are the “Foster Imposter?” Your plumpness is not from working out!
Private Chicken has been putting on a few ounces (hey, when you only weigh a couple of pounds, ounces count!) Our motto here is simple; you either go home weighing three hundred pounds or you go home lifting three hundred pounds. And we prefer the latter over the former (actually, so does the US Army…)
Working out accomplishes several things. One, it relieves a lot of stress (deployed, no family, extremely long hours, dangerous environment etc.) Two, it breaks up the time you are here. As long as you stay busy, time will go by faster (“SGT F, what is this 'time' you talk about?” TIME?! I HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD!! KEEP PUSHING MAGGOT!!). Third, and probably most important, you are required to maintain physical readiness at all times. So the gym really helps in that regard.
Private Chicken has advised me that he sucks at push-ups (he has no arms, people…) but he has gotten really good at shooting hoops (as he says, “straight from the coop - to shoot some hoop” - I don’t know what has gotten into him lately…) What he really excels at is running - go figure. But now that he has worked it out, I will probably allow him some leisure activity - maybe say a movie…?
SGT F is a Twisted Few wine club member, serving in the US military someplace in Afghanistan, with his (t)rusty sidekick, Private Chicken. SGT F sends us periodic transcriptions of Private Chicken's tour of duty. (You can find previous installments here.)
Have a Cigar!
"The Adventures of Private Chicken... as clucked to SGT F"
SGT F is a Twisted Few wine club member, serving in the US military someplace in Afghanistan, with his (t)rusty sidekick, Private Chicken. SGT F sends us periodic transcriptions of Private Chicken's tour of duty. (If you missed the first episode, here it is!) Your next installment...
Now, this is the life! Welcome to the third deck of the US National Support Element, or NSE for short. Here, we are able to relax (as much as possible) and enjoy the wonderfully crappy air. Every Tuesday night is cigar night (where we get to sit around smoking cigars - NOT drinking brandy and congratulating ourselves on being masters of the universe….). This is one of the few things we get to do that breaks up the monotony of being here (Private Chicken, you just got here - you don’t know about monotony yet - remember last week's theme…?)
No, the Private is not smoking his cigar - he has no way of holding a lit object. He is enjoying the camaraderie of the fellow soldiers and wondering why there are no chickens to be found anywhere (I just haven’t got the heart to tell him yet….) On some days, the view can be pretty nice but since they burn everything here (and I mean everything…) the air is downright awful - I did not know we were surrounded by the mountains till my second week here… [Actually, sounds just like growing up in LA - El Jefe]
The Private is missing California and his other family, but knows there is a mission to accomplish (embrace it, Private - embrace it…). He has been getting a little soft so next week we will show you where we go twice a day - the gym…..
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