Harbes Farm, July 29

Those huge storms that soaked central Suffolk County yesterday and never made it to the North Fork forced cancellation of our gig at the lovely Harbes Farm in Mattituck. We were all set up and ready to play and banjoman Warren McKnight kept building us up to the big crowd on hand. Then, at one o'clock (showtime), it started to rain very lightly. What sealed the deal for us was a truck driver from Selden who showed us the Doppler radar on his cell phone, depicting a line of slow-moving thunder storms forming all the way from Queens to Rocky Point.

Long story longer, we cancelled based on this information and the light rain, and it proved to be a disastrous move but one we felt compelled to make to protect our equipment. We hope the good people at Harbes understand our position given that there is no shelter there but a huge maple tree under which we play.

Incidentally, the corn and lemonade there are like nothing else found on the North Fork...

antares cafe

Enjoyed a night of occasional music at Antares Cafe in Greenport Saturday playing with folk-rock partner Rick Hall. Highlights included him dueting with his brother Mike on a self-penned song, "Mosquitoes," plus our renditions of "Ghost Dancer," "The Hector "("*The Drek of the Edmund Fitzgerald"), and "Goodbye to the City." The latter three are originals from my three CD's to date. We also played our rendition of "Amy" for the waitress of the same name. On Saturday, August 25, I'll be co-hosting a songwriters' night there featuring David Nyce and Shanna Young, among other local talents.


*so named by Andy Suntup

EARTHTONES “Summer” Schedule 2007

Saturday, June 2,
Antares Café
Manhasset Avenue, Greenport,
Brewer Shipyard
(second right after the blinking red lighton Sound Avenue in Greenport)
3:30pm to 7:30pm

Sunday, June 10
Private Party

Saturday, June 23
Osprey’s Dominion Vineyards
Main Road, Peconic,
1:30pm to 5:30pm

Saturday, July 7
Corey Creek Vineyard
Main Road, Peconic,
2:00pm to 6:00pm

Saturday, July 14
Scrimshaw Restaurant on Preston’s
Wharf in Greenport
Partners in Rhyme:
Billy Hands, the Axlegrease Poet of Orient, teams up with Glenn Jochum and Rick Hall for a meet-the-artists book and CD signing and night of verse and song.
8:00 pm to 12:00am

Saturday, July 21
Antares Café
3:30pm to 7:30pm

Saturday, August 11
Peconic Bay Winery
Main Road, Cutchogue,
1:00pm to 5:00pm

Saturday August 18
Rte. 48 Vineyard,
Route 48, Cutchogue,
2:00pm to 6:00pm

Sunday, August 19
Trinity Church
Greenport, Songs of War and Peace
(with assorted performers),
12:00pm to 2:00pm

Friday, August 24
Inn at the Blue
East Marion,
8:00pm to midnight

Saturday, August 25
Antares Café
Twenty Minutes of Fame
(Songwriters Showcase)
3:30pm to 7:30pm

Saturday, September 15
Corey Creek Vineyard
Main Road, Peconic
2:00pm to 6:00pm

Sunday, September 23
Bedell’s Vineyard
Main Road, Cutchogue,
1:00pm to 5:00pm

Saturday, September 29
Riverhead Railroad Festival
and Hobo Homecoming Gathering
Griffing Ave, Riverhead
1:00pm to 1:40pm

Sunday, October 28
Bedell’s Vineyard
Main Road, Cutchogue
1:00 pm to 5:00pm

July 14 Scrimshaw Restaurant, Greenport

Anyone who got to see Billy Hands, the Axlegrease Poet of Orient read his work, or to see the crew of Hands, Rebekah White, Chris Linn Young, George Cork Maul, and yours truly reprise The Peculiar Journey of Art Strange was in for a treat. And Chris further blew minds with his Child of The Media...

Jamesport vineyard gig on July 15

My band Inner Sleeve and I would like to thank Kelly for taking such expert care of the fans who strolled into Jamesport Vineyard and mentioned they were there to support our music. She's the hardest-working woman in show business... this was a great gig from many standpoints — we seemed to have our sound working well, the bad weather held off as we all baked in the mid-July sun, and after we played Feel A Whole Lot Better by the Byrds, the crowd started to come to life...