porterdavis visual recap

porterdavis live at Piney Woods Performances 8-8-08

photos courtesy of Ashlee Newman Photography

porterdavis back on the rug. Wow. Simply incredible.

Be sure and take a moment to check out the videos from the evening on the main page here at the Piney Woods Performances blog.

Below, photography by Ashlee Newman Photography

Below - Simon Wallace on the harmonica. If Simon blowing on the bass harp doesn't get you grooving in some fashion, I recommend you see your general practitioner to find out what's wrong. (Check this out -- "Janey")Below - The evening wouldn't be complete without backing vocals on "Smack you Back" by Kenny Pipes. Smash the mailbox again... Apart from being one really nice guy, Kenny is the man behind the Almost Austin house concert in Pasadena, Texas. Be sure and check out the great artists he presents there. And his pot-luck dinner generally puts ours to shame!

The next three photos below - Many thanks to Ashlee Newman Photography for capturing the moment from the back of the rug. As you can see, everyone in attendance certainly enjoyed a wonderful evening of music. You can tell that goes for the musicians as well as the audience.




Below - Mike Meadows on the spoons. Mike is an amazing percussionist. He borrowed my djembe and Katren remarked "I didn't know that thing could sound like that!" (So I'm not a great djembe-ist...) Check this out to see for yourself -- "Sunshine"

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Sam Baker at Piney Woods Performances
6/28/08

Sam Baker performs live at Piney Woods Performances: "Slots" 6-28-08

Please take a moment to enjoy this video from a few rows back at Piney Woods Performances (courtesy of Dave and Amanda): Sam Baker performing "Waves" at PWP 6-28-08

Below: Sam Baker pastel on paper by Joy Wren

Below: 2 photos courtesy of Dave and Amanda

Graham Wilkinson

5/17/08 at Piney Woods Performances

with special guest James Levy

Below: "Graham" by Joy Wren

Above: "Graham Wilkinson at Piney Woods Performances" pastel on paper by Joy Wren

Below: "James Levy" by Joy Wren

What a treat. Graham provided two fantastic sets of original music to an extremely appreciative Piney Woods Performances crowd. Check out some of Graham's tunes for yourself at: www.myspace.com/undergroundtownship

Somewhere between these two photos Graham explained his inspiration for "Child of Light". Unless you happened to stroll in the same Austin back alley, odds are you'd never come close to guessing...

Below - As an unexpected bonus, the PWP enjoyed 4 songs from James Levy, hailing from Brooklyn, NY. Check him out at www.myspace.com/levy
Take special note of the guitar below. James is left-handed. So he turned the guitar upside down and played it backwards. Had it not been pointed out, it's likely we wouldn't have noticed. How's that for a PWP original moment?

Below - As Graham began the first song of his second set he blew out a string. Maybe it was due to James' upside-down tuning, maybe it was due to the passion Graham played with. So a five-minute break was in order and then Graham got back into the groove.
Graham tried out some new tunes to our delight. Many so new he needed to review the words...


For those in attendance, Graham left us behind an unreleased collection of songs as a special thank you to the PWP audience - you will soon find that arriving in yhour mailbox (details to follow). For those not in attendance this time, don't miss the next show! Graham has already agreed to come back for some more fun at PWP!

THE GORDIE TENTREES TRIO

Traveling all the way from the Yukon to Conroe

The Gordie Tentrees Trio wowed PWP with two fine sets of Canadian Roots Music

3/1/08

Above - Do you think Ken was feeling it?

Below - Some of the beautiful PWP attendees (and Jon & James & David & Billy...)

GORDIE TENTREES TRIO RECAP
3/1/08
The Gordie Tentrees Trio
http://www.tentrees.ca/

Hear some roots music by visiting www.myspace.com/gordietentrees

SUSAN GIBSON RECAP

Susan Gibson returned to the rug 2/9/08

for an unprecendented third incredible performance.

Above - "Susan Gibson" pastel by Joy Wren

Above - Michael Pope opened the evening with several songs from his cd.

Below - Susan shows off her tattoo after detailing the events surrounding obtaining it.

Above - Susan treating the PWP audience with her wonderful songs.

Below - Susan sharing another story behind the song.

The intimate PWP setting and its music-first focus affords musicians the opportunity to detail events in a way that simply is not possible in other atmospheres.


Check out http://www.susangibson.com/ or
www.myspace.com/susangibson

to hear Susan for yourself!

porterdavis recap

below - pastels by Joy Wren

photos from porterdavis live at Piney Woods Performances 11/10/2007

(click on thumbnails to enlarge)

Wow. What an incredible performance.

Mike, Dan & Simon (left to right) are three extremely talented individuals. If porterdavis is ever playing anywhere near you, make sure you go see them. They are freaking fantastic live. And they're nice people to boot.

above - Dan treats the audience to "Carter's Tune" from the 2001 Lovebang Records release, Daniel Barrett - Shadows.

Thankfully he told the backstory after he finished the song...

below - Mike plays an assortment of percussion instruments, uniquely and exceptionally.

porterdavis trivia - Mike's favorite cd at the time of their PWP show - "Transatlanticism" by Death Cab for Cutie

below - Simon on the harmonicas. Yes, at times he plays two at a time. The man takes playing the harmonica to a whole other level.

above - A typcial moment of jam. I wish you could hear it.

below - Dan makes his way into the crowd.
Kenny (to Dan's left) loved every moment of it and Stephen danced in the back row.

below - Dan and Simon work their way back into the audience.
No way they could leave Stephen back there dancing alone...

below - post show good times in the game room.
Simon tries on the "I'm a Texan" cowboy hat.

above - the conclusion of the first of the 3 last songs.

below - poterdavis doing what they do so well.

below - Mike tries a bit of Dalise's Custard Pie. Gimme some of it. Mmmm. Mmmmm.

above - told ya it was an "I'm a Texan" hat

below - again, I wish you could hear it...

all remaing shots below - I'll just let them speak for themselves. If you were there, you remember. If not, you missed out. We'll try and get them back very soon - don't miss it next time.