New Ry Cooder Track & Doohickies

[honeyboy]

'Quicksand' is a new single composed and recorded by Ry Cooder, as he works on completing a new album with Bob Dylan and a host of others.



[url=http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=128079790&m=128080011
]Hear it here.[/url]

Find out more about why he wrote it here..

All proceeds from sales of the track will go to the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund.

[pascal]

Hat off sir Cooder!
Very nice song, the Master is back to his original roots.

[growler]

Honeyboy ............ Love the CD artwork ....... brilliant

Regards

Growler

[honeyboy]

Growler,

The charity single artwork was done by Victor Valdez.



In 2004, Cooder hired San Antonio artist Vincent Valdez to paint a mural on a vintage 1953 Chevy ice cream truck. The commission was part of Ry Cooder's 'Chavez Ravine' project.




See and hear Victor Valdez talk about the Ry Cooder Ice Cream Truck project here..

[growler]

Honeyboy ............ that was damn interesting, looked at both , what an amazing artist he is , it was great to actually see the close up detail of his work with him talking about it.

Thanks for posting that

Regards

Growler

[percythewonderant]

For the next Do Hickies project I'm thinking of replacing the plastic wheel trim on my vintage Kangoo!

[honeyboy]

Percy,

When is the next Doohickies gig?

[percythewonderant]

We have a couple of formal gigs booked in October.
'We are using these summer months to work on our public image'

Actually we are in the process of building a website, putting together a 'press pack', designing some handbills ' and we need to find some time to put a demo CD together .

As we are grown ups and have family commitments holidays etc., actually getting us all in the same place at once, is a bit difficult during the summer months.

As it was sunny, Pete, (the Harp player), and I sat in the Garden of a local pub last Sunday.
As the promised entertainment hadn't turned up we volunteered to fill in. We knocked out a few numbers like 'Can't be Satisfied', and 'The Long Black Veil', We were just busking, and having fun. People seemed to like us!, including Colin the owner of the pub who booked us for another date there.

But I haven't got the wheel trim sorted yet!

[percythewonderant]

The Doohickies dooin' an 'old folk number' Slide free....



If some of the set with me slide playing slide comes up I will post it when it is available.

[honeyboy]

Excellent stuff Percy.

I think we now need a 'Doo Hickies' thread..

[percythewonderant]

Thanks H,
and thanks for posting the links to your material on soundcloud
I won't start a separate thread, until I've got some slide material to post, it seems unethical somehow, but that could be soon.
I am really enjoying playing with the Dh's. Its a comfortable band to be in.

If anyone out there is thinking of hiring a band for a function of any sort - Remember our slogan

'No Gig Too Big No Hall Too Small'

I just realised that if our highly esteemed moderator reads this I might get zapped for advertising. No No I'm just reminding people of our slogan......

Perce

[Stevie]

Really enjoyed that Perce.

[honeyboy]

Percy,

If you are looking for a decent Doo Hickies web site framework, you could consider using FourFour.

Roy Rogers uses it for his website, and it is free (advertising supported) in its basic incarnation..

It has got everything a band needs, and is reasonably easy to setup. Check it out..

[percythewonderant]

Thanks guys,

I will pass the FourFour info on to Pete Doo-Hickie who has full command of the www end of our barn! (Like the Beatles we all live together but in our case its an Atcost Barn).

Me - I've just got Logic Studio so studio so I'm living amongst the XLR spaghetti but it does mean that I should be able to get something out to the world soon.

Tips will be gratefully received.

[Michael Messer]

Percy, it is great to see you playing in the band. It sounds really good

Shine On
Michael.