The Music of Joni Mitchel and L. Cohen House Concert

Subscription Concert #4

Saturday, March 7, 2009
7pm Potluck
8pm Concert

The Home of Lori and Ron Olfers 1217 Marly Way
Only 100 tickets available for this special acoustic performance.

Guest Vocalists include: Kim Miller, Karen Mal, David Newbould and Stephen Zirkel

Listen to the guest artists below:

Will Taylor and Strings Attached will bring alive new interpretations of two master Canadian songwriters.

While Joni Mitchell never held claim to the #1 spot on the Billboard charts (her highest was #7 – can you name it? See the * at bottom for the answer!), we suspect you have a place in your hearts for all the words to many of the songs you’ll hear, including…

• Early Hits: Circle Game, Chelsea Morning
• From “Blue”: All I Want, River
• From “Hejira”: Coyote,Blue Hotel Room, Hejira
• … and many more.
  

In 1988 Strings Attached Bassist Steve Zirkel was one of several Austin jazz musicians to be choosen by Cohen to join his band for a world tour. For Steve the experience reached a pinacle when they returned to Austin to perform on Austin City Limits in what many consider to be one of the best ACL shows.

Some Songs we'll be doing:
So Long Marianne

• Hallelujah
• Famous Blue Raincoat
• Night Comes
• Story of Isaac
  

P.S. * The answer? Joni’s highest charting song was Help Me off of “Court and Spark” which hit #7 on the Billboard charts.

Videos from the Strings Attached Folk Alliance Trip 2009

Booking contact:
Val Denn Agency • One Congress Plaza • 111 Congress Avenue, 4th Floor • Austin, Texas 78701
Austin office: 512-391-3855 • Home office: 512-847-3855 • email: Val Denn

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Strings Attached News

Strings Attached Season 8 Buy Season Tickets Here Season Eight of the Strings Attached series has been announced. This year we're going to change things up a bit. Instead of three shows on three nights, we're only going to do one or two shows on Saturday and one Sunday matinee at the Uptown Theater Marble Falls. For the most part the shows this season will be encore performances of shows from previous seasons—a best of Strings Attached, if you will. One show will be determined by fan input, but more about that later. The venue has also changed. This year we will be performing at Momo's and Threadgills. The first three shows of the season will be at Momo's. Because of its smaller size there will be an early and late show for those concerts. The remaining shows will be at Threadgill's and will have only one performance (unless we sell out, in which case we may add a second performance). [The Sunday matinee is not part of the season tickets. Tickets for those performance can be obtained from uptownmarble.com.] Here are the dates (all are Saturdays unless otherwise noted): December 19 (Friday) - Hits of the 60s & 70s, | Momo's (8 PM and 10:30 PM) January 17 -Strings Attached Fan pic show, Momo's (8 PM and 10:30 PM)| February 21 - The Songs of Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, Momo's (8 PM and 10:30 PM) March 28 - The Beatles' Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper albums live, Threadgill's (9 PM) April 18 - The Music of Led Zeppelin, Threadgill's (9 PM) May 3 - The Music of Peter Gabriel, Threadgill's (9 PM) June 20 - The Music of Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Ray Wylie, and Jimmy La Fave, Threadgill's (9 PM)| July 18 - The Music of Shawn Colvin, Patrice Pike, Ian Moore, and Darden Smith, Threadgill's (9 PM) August 15 - The Music of Pink Floyd, Threadgill's (9 PM) Guest performers will be announced later. Momo's, 618 W 6th, Suite # 200 (upstairs), Austin, TX 78701 Threadgill's, 301 W Riverside Drive, Austin, TX 78704 Season ticket holders will get reserved seating and $5 off each regular ticket price ($45 for the season). If season tickets sell out, there will be no reserved tickets available on an individual basis. So get your tickets now. Here are the advantages of buying season tickets. Strings Attached Music Studio Open House Private music lessons from Will Taylor - guitar, violin, viola, piano and more. TWO SUNDAYS WITH LIVE MUSIC, FOOD AND GOOD COMPANY October 19 and 26th 3pm - 8pm 3900 Brookview Road Music by the Strings Attached String Quartet Visit with Will Taylor and folks about private music lessons. For more info call 512-775-2371 Will with Carolyn Wonderland Will is ready to teach you or your child violin, viola, guitar or piano. What's life without risk? Take the plunge! Are you one who goes to concerts and passionately thinks, "I want to do that?" Then why not let me turn that spark into a fire for playing music. Better to have played music then never played at all. Ya Think? Will with Shawn Colvin With my teaching it is my goal to find a good balance between passion and discipline. Why in the first place would you or anyone want to play an instrument? Well for me #1 is IT's FUN. What does FUN = for you? Its why i've been at it for almost 30 years and why I continue foward to this day. This passion has led me to create experiences with artists on all levels. From Grammy Award winners like Shawn Colvin to relatively unknow Genius like Libby Kirkpatrick and song circles from Kerville to classical chamber music get togethers at my home. A life in music never ever gets boring or predicatable. Its fun to make music with friends, make new friends with music, and take you and others minds and souls to otherworldy places. I'd like to know why you like music and why you play or want to play an instrument. If you're interested in continuing or starting a journey with me, Call me at 775-2371, email me here, or post a note. OR come to the open house Sunday. See videos of me playing here.

What I see is not what I'm looking at. . .

Yesterday I was winding down 290 toward Dripping Springs en route to my bi-weekly men’s group meeting. Just after the Y in Oak Hill, I was filled with a questionable feeling: was this the right way? I have been up and down this route numerous times for at least 20 years, and yet something about it seemed unfamiliar; or to put it another way, the route seemed fresh. I told this to a friend and she remarked that maybe my mind had been somewhere else all the other times and that I had never really paid attention to the route. This whole situation reminded me of an anonymous quote: "What I see is not what I'm looking at but what I'm looking with."

At this point you may be wondering, "What does this - if anything - have to do with Strings Attached?"
Maybe something, maybe nothing.

I feel like we've been traveling this road to success with noses to the grindstone, and now that I've had a moment to reflect and look around, I realize it’s time to take Strings Attached down a side road that leads to a brand new mountain vista lookout, one that will enable all kinds of creative developments that will excite our listeners into new avenues of transcendence and community.

For the past twenty years I've worked tirelessly to bring creative, challenging music in many forms to the Central Texas area: original jazz, classical cross-over, tribute shows, collaborations with some of the best singersongwriters from Eliza Gilkyson to Ray Wylie Hubbard. I believe our existing body of work proves that it’s not a question of "can they pull it off?” But something has to change. I want this expression which has taken on a life of its own, to grow . . . to move to the next level.

This year I say goodbye to the job of Strings Attached secretary (yes, that would be me), which has amounted to almost 90% of what I do: managing the organization along with all the help from our committed volunteers. I, and any folks who want to join the planning committee, will begin the formation of Strings Attached, the Arts Organization. (Click here if you're interested and fill out this form)There's no reason why we can't take this winning formula and join the ranks of all the other great major arts institutions like the Symphony and ALO. We make great art – art that I believe is an authentic expression of this diverse city.

So this time next year I will use most of my creative energies dreaming up kick-ass show ideas that are truly world-class.

To create the space necessary to take Strings Attached to the next level, this year's season will be a retrospective of the last seven years: The Best of Strings Attached.

December 19th -> Hits of the 60's and 70's
January 17th -> Strings Attached Fan pic show (vote here)
Tell us what show(s) or artists you'd like to see back.

February 20th -> The Songs of Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell
March 27th -> Beatles Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper Albums Live
April 17th -> Zeppelin Show
May 2nd -> Peter Gabriel Show
June 20th -> The Music of Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Ray Wylie and Jimmy La Fave
July 18th -> The Music of Shawn Colvin, Patrice Pike, Ian Moore and Darden Smith
August 15th -> Pink Floyd's Dark Side and more . . .

Season Ticket information will be available in the next newsletter post.

Much love to all of you who continue to support what we do!

Will Taylor

Austin musician Will Taylor teaching music to all kinds of folks

Will is ready to teach you or your child violin, viola, guitar or piano.

What's life without risk? Take the plunge!

Are you one who goes to concerts and passionately thinks, "I want to do that?"

Then why not let me turn that spark into a fire for playing music.

Better to have played music then never played at all. Ya Think?
Remember fear is temporary, regret permanent.

With my teaching it is my goal to find a good balance between passion and discipline.

Why in the first place would you or anyone want to play an instrument?

Well for me #1 is It's FUN.
What does FUN = for you?

Its why I've been at it for almost 30 years and why I continue forward to this day.

This passion has led me to create experiences with artists on all levels. From Grammy Award winners like Shawn Colvin to relatively unknown Genius like Libby Kirkpatrick and song circles from Kerville to classical chamber music get togethers at my home. A life in music never ever gets boring or predictable.

Its fun to make music with friends, make new friends with music, and take you and others minds and souls to otherworldly places.

I'd like to know why you like music and why you play or want to play an instrument.

Please comment below

If you're interested in continuing or starting a journey with me,
Call me at 512-775-2371, email me here, or post a note.

See videos of me playing here.

Strings Attached Sgt. Pepper video playlist

Upcoming Calendar - Read below or checkout our online google calendar.

May 16		Subscription Concert #3 - Songs of Paul Simon Church Show
May 17		Subscription Concert #3 - Songs of Paul Simon House Concert
May 18		Subscription Concert #3 - Songs of Paul Simon Marble Falls
June 27		Subscription Concert #4 - Beatles Abbey Road Church Show
June 28		Subscription Concert #4 - Beatles Abbey Road House Concert
June 29		Subscription Concert #4 - Beatles Abbey Road Marble Falls
August 01		Subscription Concert #5 - Songs of Strings Attached Church Show
August 02		Subscription Concert #5 - Songs of Strings Attached House Concert
August 03		Subscription Concert #5 - Songs of Strings Attached Marble Falls
September 19		Subscription Concert #6 - Songs in the Key of Life Church Show
September 20		Subscription Concert #6 - Songs in the Key of Life House Concert
September 21		Subscription Concert #6 - Songs in the Key of Life Marble Falls

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