Hey Everyone,
April has arrived and that means the band will head out for yet another big tour which will take us to Missouri, Illinois, Florida, Texas, Arkansas, Michigan, Germany and Kentucky. Super excited about heading back to Germany for the Grolsch Blues Festival in Schöppingen. We are one of the headliners with other great artists such as Ronnie Baker Brooks and Lucky Peterson. We are also really happy to be returning to Texas. Its been quite a few years and playing Antones in Austin and Big Beat Dallas will be quite a treat.
March was an easy month in terms of several local shows in Michigan. We played at an amazing venue called Founders in Grand Rapids to a crowd of 500. Great hospitality and incredible sound! We had our own personal server called Adam and he couldn't do enough for us. And he refused to be tipped for his service!!!!. We also had an intimate concert at The Gateway in Clarkston put together by music promoter/ supporter: Craig Carrick. A beautiful Flower shop/ nursery and concert venue. Very unique and such an enjoyable. soul satisfying evening was had by all. We had a huge turn out for our Fundraiser for the Friends of Grass Lake Township at the Dale Fisher Gallery/ Eagle Farm. The show was completely sold out and we raised $6400 + and residents donated over 300 pounds of food to the local food pantry. The last week of March we headed to Martins in Roanoke, Virginia and got to hang out with some old friends. Then on to two new venues - Jonathan's Landing in Delaware - where we had a nice full crowd and then the legendary Madam's Organ in Washington DC. Madam Os definitely lived up to her reputation!!! We finished the month of March with a fun show at Sweet Nolas Southern Food lounge in Winchester, Virginia.
We hope to see you out on the road this spring and summer!!
Thanks and Peace,
Peter D. Harper,
Harper and Midwest Kind
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Harper and Midwest Kind March Blog 2018
Howdy all,
Happy March. Finally Spring has arrived. Our show at the Winter Bluesfest - at The Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall Michigan was sold out. Local guitarist Jake Kershaw opened the show and really rocked the crowd. The Franke Center is an amazing listening room, please try to check it out if you are ever in the area, its worth it. A massive winter storm hit Michigan in early February so we decided to leave a day early for our tour South. Really glad we did because we would have been snowed in. As it turned out, we had great weather and roads all the way to Florida and Alabama and back.
Our tour to Florida and Alabama was great. Fantastic weather and full to capacity at most shows. We performed at several new venues - Arts Garage in Delray Beach and the Barrel Room in Fort Myers - both excellent music venues. Plus some of our old favorites - the legendary Bradfordville Blues Club in Tallahassee, Capitol Oyster Bar in Montgomery Alabama where Bass player James Norris celebrated his birthday with a dozen sumptuous oysters!! Guanabanas in Jupiter for Valentines Day - and of course, I had to sing "Feels Like Sunday Morning" for all the valentines. An absolutely packed Englewoods on Dearborn, finishing off with the incredible Little Bar in Goodland. We ended the month with a very cool show at yet another new venue - The Third Base in Springfield, Illinois.
Big news - a tour to Texas in May with dates in Dallas and Austin, Texas. please spread the word cause we haven't toured Texas in years!!!! Also in August we will be touring to Reno Nevada and Northern California. We have to send out a big thank you to Randy Christian for getting us the show at Antones in Austin and Leslie Marble for helping us out with the Poor House Bistro in San Jose. See you out on the road this spring!
Peter D. Harper,
Harper and Midwest Kind
#harperandmidwestkindwintertour
HarperWebsite Didgeridoo/HarmonicaWorkshops HarperandMidwestKindYoutube HarperandMidwestKindFacebook HarperMusicPage HarperandMidwestKindReverbnation
Happy March. Finally Spring has arrived. Our show at the Winter Bluesfest - at The Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall Michigan was sold out. Local guitarist Jake Kershaw opened the show and really rocked the crowd. The Franke Center is an amazing listening room, please try to check it out if you are ever in the area, its worth it. A massive winter storm hit Michigan in early February so we decided to leave a day early for our tour South. Really glad we did because we would have been snowed in. As it turned out, we had great weather and roads all the way to Florida and Alabama and back.
Our tour to Florida and Alabama was great. Fantastic weather and full to capacity at most shows. We performed at several new venues - Arts Garage in Delray Beach and the Barrel Room in Fort Myers - both excellent music venues. Plus some of our old favorites - the legendary Bradfordville Blues Club in Tallahassee, Capitol Oyster Bar in Montgomery Alabama where Bass player James Norris celebrated his birthday with a dozen sumptuous oysters!! Guanabanas in Jupiter for Valentines Day - and of course, I had to sing "Feels Like Sunday Morning" for all the valentines. An absolutely packed Englewoods on Dearborn, finishing off with the incredible Little Bar in Goodland. We ended the month with a very cool show at yet another new venue - The Third Base in Springfield, Illinois.
Big news - a tour to Texas in May with dates in Dallas and Austin, Texas. please spread the word cause we haven't toured Texas in years!!!! Also in August we will be touring to Reno Nevada and Northern California. We have to send out a big thank you to Randy Christian for getting us the show at Antones in Austin and Leslie Marble for helping us out with the Poor House Bistro in San Jose. See you out on the road this spring!
Peter D. Harper,
Harper and Midwest Kind
#harperandmidwestkindwintertour
HarperWebsite Didgeridoo/HarmonicaWorkshops HarperandMidwestKindYoutube HarperandMidwestKindFacebook HarperMusicPage HarperandMidwestKindReverbnation
Harper and Midwest Kind January Blog 2018
Howdy everyone,
We are nearly into February and the touring has started again thick and fast. For our Toronto Fans the scheduled show for next Friday has run into a scheduling conflict. We hope to rebook this date at a later time, very sorry for any inconvenience caused. Our fundraiser in December at The Dale Fisher Gallery in Grass Lake Michigan for the non profit group: Friends of Grass Lake Township raised over $5000 which was way beyond expectations and an amazing event to be apart of.
January saw us facing a two week arctic blast but we managed to perform to some great crowds who braved the icey cold weather to come out to see us at our favorite Michigan clubs - "Tip Top Deluxe" and "Trinity House Theatre"and a very new venue - "20 Front Street" in Lake Orion. We made our debut at "World Cafe Live" in Philadelphia and "Kettleworks" in Columbia PA. "Kettleworks" was a complete sellout - we hope to return later in the year. At "World Cafe Live" we hung out with our dear friends: Lori and Steve owners of "Camp Jam in the Pines". We hope to make a return visit to Camp Jam in September. Just this past weekend we performed in Connecticut at a great new venue "Woodbury Brewing Company" and returned to an old favorite - "Black Eyed Sallys".
January was also a very frustrating month - with our heating furnace breaking down during the big freeze and a sewage explosion for the second time in our basement and Bobbi poured a cup of tea over her new Mac Lap Top for the second time as well. When it rains it pours, as they say LOL!!!!. I am just very thankful for my wonderful friends who came to our rescue and you all know who you are. Im still working on a new CD and our guitarist Mike Howe has just completed his solo CD. The festivals are starting to roll in. We plan to tour to the West Coast next summer, more dates to be announced very soon. We Hope to see you out on the road this winter and spring!
Peter D. Harper,
Harper and Midwest Kind
#harperandmidwestkindwintertour
HarperWebsite Didgeridoo/HarmonicaWorkshops HarperandMidwestKindYoutube HarperandMidwestKindFacebook HarperMusicPage HarperandMidwestKindReverbnation
We are nearly into February and the touring has started again thick and fast. For our Toronto Fans the scheduled show for next Friday has run into a scheduling conflict. We hope to rebook this date at a later time, very sorry for any inconvenience caused. Our fundraiser in December at The Dale Fisher Gallery in Grass Lake Michigan for the non profit group: Friends of Grass Lake Township raised over $5000 which was way beyond expectations and an amazing event to be apart of.
January saw us facing a two week arctic blast but we managed to perform to some great crowds who braved the icey cold weather to come out to see us at our favorite Michigan clubs - "Tip Top Deluxe" and "Trinity House Theatre"and a very new venue - "20 Front Street" in Lake Orion. We made our debut at "World Cafe Live" in Philadelphia and "Kettleworks" in Columbia PA. "Kettleworks" was a complete sellout - we hope to return later in the year. At "World Cafe Live" we hung out with our dear friends: Lori and Steve owners of "Camp Jam in the Pines". We hope to make a return visit to Camp Jam in September. Just this past weekend we performed in Connecticut at a great new venue "Woodbury Brewing Company" and returned to an old favorite - "Black Eyed Sallys".
January was also a very frustrating month - with our heating furnace breaking down during the big freeze and a sewage explosion for the second time in our basement and Bobbi poured a cup of tea over her new Mac Lap Top for the second time as well. When it rains it pours, as they say LOL!!!!. I am just very thankful for my wonderful friends who came to our rescue and you all know who you are. Im still working on a new CD and our guitarist Mike Howe has just completed his solo CD. The festivals are starting to roll in. We plan to tour to the West Coast next summer, more dates to be announced very soon. We Hope to see you out on the road this winter and spring!
Peter D. Harper,
Harper and Midwest Kind
#harperandmidwestkindwintertour
HarperWebsite Didgeridoo/HarmonicaWorkshops HarperandMidwestKindYoutube HarperandMidwestKindFacebook HarperMusicPage HarperandMidwestKindReverbnation
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