It’s fun how fast time can fly by when you are busy. Sometimes fun, other times stressful it all somehow speeds up when you have lots going on. I can’t help but look forward to the next shows. When I’m playing music time seems to disappear along with a lot of the daily struggles and worries. In the moment, playing music, is the best for me.
Very excited about Harvest Fest at Toms River Brewing on Saturday, October 5th! We have a great day of vendors, the band, a food truck and of course seasonal brews. The band and I start at 4pm and we hope to be outside, feel free to bring your own lawn chairs as seating is limited.
If we need to play inside the tap room we will hopefully pack it full of kind people grooving to the Grateful Dead! The vendors will be in the brew room. Either way it’s an exciting start to the fall season.
The following Saturday I’m playing solo acoustic at Icarus Brewing Company. The new location is big, loud and a lot of fun! Join me from 6-9pm for set of Dead, Floyd, Phish and a few other gems I’ve been learning.
A couple other dates of note this October: Friday 10/18 at Half Moon Point, 7:30 till last call and the following day in Lavallette at Soups of the Shore Festival Saturday 10/19 11-2pm, it’s a Jersey Shore Soup Contest with local restaurants. Come taste and vote!
Oh yeah about Hallowe’en I read that it used to be a day of fasting and prayer ahead of All Saints Day in Christian religion. So funny that now it’s about costumes, candy and for some wild parties. My guess is there is also some older tradition that these fun activities are drawn from, I guess I will look into that next October!
The live gigs slow down a bit as the nights get longer and colder November through March. Looking forward to recording more new music and hopefully sharing it over the winter and spring! Peace, Dave