02
Jul
2008
The Mississippi Valley Blues Society has announced that it's taking the IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival to the streets of downtown Davenport July 3 through 5. The festival is being relocated from its LeClaire Park "home location" because of flooding. Acts scheduled for the tent stage will perform at the Adler Theatre, and the main stage will be located at Second Street and Pershing Avenue. For more information, see the official festival guide inside this issue or visit (http://www.mvbs.org).
Justin
Townes Earle's debut EP, last year's Yuma,
was a thrown-together affair, but it was a conscious component of his
development.
We've
got some show updates to report this week. There's much to be
excited about here at Daytrotter central, which reads, "The Quad
Cities."
Chronicle Books has just issued three fantastic new rock-and-roll books, aimed at teen and pre-teen girls who wanna rock, inspired graphic artists, and anyone who's bowed down at the sexy "graphic-ication" of rock-and-roll poster girls. Featuring a foreword by Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney and contributions by Beth Ditto of Gossip, Hilken Mancini of Fuzzy, and Sarah Dougher of the SG's, Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls is an amazing companion to the not-for-profit Portland, Oregon, "summer camp" that began in 2001. Playfully illustrated and smartly empowering, the nearly 200 pages can take a young girl from rock dreams to putting out a CD and going on tour, holding hands through picking an instrument, writing your first song, forming a band, and booking an all-ages show.
All
of us at Daytrotter and everyone at the Capitol Theatre would like to
thank those who came out to our Friday the 13th concert featuring The
Botticellis, Driver of the Year, and Europe-bound Eyes. We had a nice
crowd for the short amount of time that we had to promote the show,
and we hope that the fun times had by all will bring you out more
frequently, as we'll continue to present shows as often as we can.
We can do them more if the interest is there. The Capitol show gave
us a glimmer of hope.
The All Music Guide's review of the Botticellis' debut full-length begins by noting that "you'd never know from listening that it took the Botticellis four years to craft their debut album Old Home Movies. It sounds like the work of one sun-soaked late summer afternoon spent playing tunes with friends and family."
Another
busy week is in store for us here in between and during the
thunderstorms and tornado warnings. Once again, the offer stands for
anyone who wants to buy merchandise - CDs, vinyl, T-shirts - from
any of the bands recording with us who aren't playing a show in
town to write (daytrotter@gmail.com), and we'll make an arrangement
for you to meet up with the group. They'll be more than happy to do
so.
