Final Seattle show, as a resident
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The day is finally upon us. My last Seattle show as a local. Luckily we can do it with singing and celebration! I assembled an all-star cast to make this a very special “going away party”. I am proud to be sharing the bill with long-time friends and frequent collaborators, Eric Howk (The Lashes/Palmer AK), Noah Star (USE/Wonderful), Josh Ottum (Friends for Heroes/Mr Pleasant).

I will be joined by my all-star band featuring Ty Bailie on Keys, Ryan Richter on Lap Steel, Brendan Bosworth on bass, Brian Bosworth on drums and the beautiful girls of the vocal group, The Chromettes - Mia Katherine Boyle, Alicia Dara, and Fiia McGann.

And that’s not all - your $10 at the door also makes you eligible for free drinks all night!

Give me the chance to sing for you one last time before I return to Seattle with a southern accent and a belly full of comfort food!

Love,
Shane


UPdates & DOWNtime
Friday, October 30, 2009
With the big Neumos/Cave Singers show and the Tractor/solo Dolour show behind me I’m excited to have some free time to work on new songs. As ever, each new song is taking me to new places.

While recording Shouting at a Silent Sky I didn’t write hardly anything. I wanted to stay in the “Silent Sky” mood as long as I could to see those songs through to the end. When I finished the album in February, I opened the floodgates for songs to start pouring - but it was more like a trickle. I’d write a little something here, a little something there - waiting for that cornerstone song to show me where where the music wanted to go. Finally by summer something was developing, and now I am well on my way to finding that next sound. Without counting my chickens before they hatch, I just wanted to let you know that during this (probably brief) downtime I am cooking up some new jams for y’all. Also, I am constantly looking for new ways to connect with the fans, be it Facebook, iLike, Twitter, ReverbNation. We also hope to play some more out of town shows before the year is out.

Keep checking here for developments on all of the above.

AND - have a spooky Halloween,

XO Shane


Dolour Revisited
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
File this under: “never say never”.

I’m playing an acoustic set of Dolour songs tomorrow night at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard. Opening for longtime friend and collaborator (he played lead guitar on the Years in the Wilderness) Josh Ottum’s CD release show. You can read my blog and suggest songs at Dolour’s myspace page.

If you wanna meet up before the show, I’ll be spinning records at Hazelwood on Market Street in Ballard (just blocks from the Tractor) from 7-8pm. Come on over, I’ll be playing lots of great R&B and Country, and Rock and Roll. See you tomorrow night!

Xo Shane