Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers: Home

First, a big thanks to all the folks who came out to hear the Blue Dawg String Band at the Saturday Market and signed our mailing list. For your info, this covers news for both the band and for Lucy and Marshall as a duo.

We're very honored and excited to be playing at the Etta Baker Tribute in Morganton this Friday. Thanks to the Charlotte Folk Society for including a nice article in their June Newsletter. I spoke with one of Etta's children and they will have some of her CDs available for sale at this event. This concert will have some of the best Piedmont blues you may hear this year, and it's free!

The next evening the Blue Dawgs will be playing at the first ever evening event at Hagood Mill, along with some other fine old-time bands from this region. The Blue Dawgs now have a MySpace page if you want to be a friend: www.myspace.com/bluedawgstringband

Marsh and I have a couple fun gigs in early July, too, at the Market and in Laurens. Hope to see you soon!

Hello Friends and Fans,

Wow, it's hard to believe Festival Season is already here! We went to our first festival of the year, Bear on the Square, in Dahlonega, Georgia this past weekend. And, this coming weekend, we will make our annual pilgrimage to Merlefest for Lucy's big emcee gig and lots of great music. Fiddler's Grove, Mount Airy, Wayne Henderson's festival, and the Grayson County Fiddler's Convention are on our agenda through the end of June.

This past month saw the debut of our new string band, the Blue Dawg String Band, with partners Don and Barb Massey and Pete and Jodi Dodd. We had a great time playing at Hagood Mill with them. We also had a fabulous time at the Village Cup, helping Brooke Mitchell and Daniel Lauer celebrate at her wedding shower; in fact, it was so much fun we're headed back there at the end of May. Marshall also performed this past month with Square Root, at Barefoot Annie's on April 12.

Coming up this next month, we are playing at the Coffee Underground on May 16, along with the Blue Dawg String Band. And, we'll be returning to one of our favorite places, Barefoot Annies, on Saturday May 17. The Blue Dawg String Band will also be downtown at the Greenville Market on Saturday morning May 31.

Barefoot Annie's will be moving later this Spring/ early Summer about a block away from the current location to the other side of Curtis Street in Simpsonville, at the former location of Jam Penny Tea Room. We're looking forward to playing in the new spot, too! The address will be changed on the calendar as soon as that is official! Congrats to Barefoot Annie!

On a bittersweet note, the WOLT radio show announced this past weekend that the series of music shows has been postponed until at least September. We were at the last show of the season at WOLT this past Sunday and played a bunch of early blues from Greenville and nearby. (a change from the originally planned theme) The Intersection plans to be back; stay tuned & we'll let you know!

Thanks for all your support.

Yes, the college basketball playoffs are upon us, although that isn't really the reason we didn't book a lot in March (though we are both basketball fans).

Marshall & I just had a wonderful time playing at the Hometown Opry at WKBC radio in N. Wilkesboro. Held at Minton Music and Pawn, this radio show on a tiny am station has a great, loyal audience of folks who come out every Friday morning 7-9 am to hear live music. DJ Steve Handy always has a lot of enthusiasm and makes his guests feel right at home.

At Barefoot Annies this Saturday, we'll warm folks up for St. Patrick's Day by playing mostly Irish tunes. Coming up in April will be the public debut of the Blue Dog String Band, sharing old-time music out at Hagood Mill, and Marshall returns to Barefoot Annies with Square Root.

Also, Lucy will be starting a 6-part series about the history of traditional music from this region. It will be a combination of talk, live music, and recorded music on Sunday nights from 7 to 8 pm, broadcast on The Intersection with Johnny Price and Debra Capps on WOLT-FM 103.3 in Greenville. It is webcast, so you may be able to tune in over the internet.

Thanks for your support. Hope to see you at a show!