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jun 9
 Missin' you, Jim Hinde.
mar 27
 Here's a shot from the Denver "Melvin Seals & His Funky Friends" show...
feb 29
 OK well, just reflecting on the recording process here. Working on a solo acoustic album... I'm engineering it myself which makes me a bit schizophonic. Never done it like this before. I'm emphasizing the capture of sweet live recorded takes, getting good tones, keeping the magic of performance without getting too nerded/wigged out by the computOR and learning ProTools concurrently. This is challenging.
A true surprise is that twice since I've started this project I've finished a track which has led me to start writing a new song, taking it all the way to completion - wow! Kinda wreaking havok on the production schedule but adding an unexpected creative element that is very edgy and exciting.
Looks like this record is gonna have two tunes that came out of nowhere during the sessions unannounced... bonus.
feb 19
 "A weekend of performances has been donated by some of Portland's most
popular bands and Laurelthirst mainstays to help raise money for a new
and better PA sound system.
The Laurelthirst is a one-of-a-kind establishment and is arguably
Portland's Art & Music Lover's Public House. It is a special place
that's easy to talk about, yet hard to explain where some of the best
music you'll ever hear happens for free - no cover charge every week,
all year 'round.
A diverse culture is represented by those who perform and are regular
(and not so regular) patrons of this establishment as it is has become
a community family room, bar and concert stage. This history reaches
back almost 20 years. Passion lives, breathes, plays and drinks here
among the publicans and thrives with its nurturing.
For this we musical artists have been thinking about the fact that
with the calibre of audiences we get to play for and the high musical
experiences we regularly achieve, we all would benefit immensely from
more sonic fidelity in the now "non-smoking" music room at "The
'Thirst".
With that we have proposed to help management not only replace the
existing system but bump it up to a greater aesthetic standard and
treat everyone's ears to the potential level of musical
peak-experience that higher-fidelity delivers. What happens onstage in
the Laurelthirst music room feels worthy. We want to make things sound
better, that's all.
Margins are tight in this business and when faced with the potential
of making greater art for art's sake The Laurelthirst Public House
crowd, musicians and management see this as an opportunity where
everyone wins and we just get the job done by "pulling together what
we can as a community."
feb 3
 It's a good time to focus on completing some new recordings. Strings For Industry has been putting together an album which should be released sometime first half of this year. Piano Throwers are culling some live material for a release and I have begun tracking for a new Scott Law project as well.
The new Scott Law CD will focus on songs and instrumentals that I've come up with and can present in an elemental format. I'm going for "big air" here, with lots of room and a spare but substantial tonal signature and vibe. What's also compelling for me is that I'm not only producing (with valued input from family and respected cohorts) but engineering the tracking session as well... this is new, unfamiliar and exciting territory. I'll be keeping a blog about this as it unfolds so - stay tuned.
jan 22
 Thanks to all the folks who participated in setting up and attending the inaugural Banjo Killers roadtrip last weekend in Washington. What a blast! Tony & I really had a good time playing and the community vibe was a treat to be a part of. (photo by Chris Broderick)
jan 1
 Happy New Year!
dec 4
 I just returned from my first European tour with Honkytonk Homeslice! My circadian rhythm is a bit turned around at the moment but that gives way to more odd waking hours savoring what turned out to be an exquisite experience. We had very successful shows, met lots of great people and felt very appreciated by our brand new audiences over there. I want to personally thank the home team of crazy Americans who joined us in Amsterdam, Apothecary Travel, Dave Swift and our agent Michael Cole who was a fabulous host to us throughout our journey!
nov 15
The Homeslicers head to Europe for eight gigs and more intrepid international road-tripping. First stop, Amsterdam... then to the English countryside and London. We will be joined by Jason Hann - Percussion (SCI) and Tyler Grant - bass (Drew Emmitt Band) for the Holland itinerary.
nov 14
Piano Throwers bring it to you Wednesday night at the Laurelthirst Public House!
oct 31
Goodfoot All-Stars play Halloween @ The Goodfoot Lounge. Get your spooky on!
oct 26
House Concert in Seattle with Scott, Forrest Gibson & Grant Dermody. Call 206 725-9939 for reservations and address info! Tix are selling fast.
oct 10
Piano Throwers Wednesday night at the 'Thirst!
oct 5
Piano Throwers live recording at Mississippi Studios on Friday, October 5th!
sep 22
Scott plays electric guitar with Tony Furtado Band Saturday night at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle.
sep 19
Piano Throwers at Laurelthirst 9pm.
sep 8
Everyone Orchestra this Saturday at Macdonald Theater in Eugene.
aug 24
Northwest String Summit with STRINGS FOR INDUSTRY and many other great acts play all weekend at Horning's Hideout!
aug 8
Tony Furtado, Scott Law & Tye North play Laurelthirst next Wednesday!
aug 1
Happy Birthday, Jerry Garcia (1942-1995)
jul 27
Scott & Tye will help facilitate The Power of Sound Playshops this weekend at SCI's Horning's Hideout event!
jul 22
Scott Law, Tony Furtado & Tye North play "Church" 6-8pm Sunday, at the Laurelthirst (spelling the Freak Mountain Ramblers).
jul 20
10K Lakes Festival this weekend with Everyone Orchestra!
jul 11
Strings For Industry plays Music on Main Street series in downtown Portland (Broadway & Main) 5pm on Wednesday, July 11th.
jun 30
Portland pisanos Tony Furtado & Scott Law spark up the acoustic fire at The Swingside Cafe's summer patio stage in Freemont - Saturday, June 30th @7pm.
jun 16
The Pig rides tonight! DUCKY PIG returns Sat. 6/16! Featuring Tye North (son), Roger North (father), the legendary Lewi Longmire & Scott Law...
jun 13
Laurelthirst with the PIANO THROWERS tonight (wed 6/13)!
jun 9
Wakarusa this weekend in Lawrence, Kansas!
jun 2
Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band) joins Honkytonk Homeslice as our special guest at the Stage Stop in Rollinsville, Colorado this Saturday night (6/2/07) at 8pm!
may 26
Honkytonk Homeslice plays Strawberry Festival in Yosemite, CA on Saturday, May 26th!
may 3
Goodfoot All-Stars James Brown Birthday Tribute - Thursday night!
apr 25
Piano Throwers are joined by Darol Anger for a night of live multitrack recording at Mississippi Studios - 8pm!
mar 3
GoodFoot All-Stars reconvene Saturday night! Tye North - bass/vocals, Asher Fulero - keys/vocals, Carlton Jackson - drums/vocals, Scott Pemberton - guitar/steel, Joe Cunningham - saxophone, Scott Law - guitar/vocals.
feb 15
HONKYTONK HOMESLICE on tour February 15-25... please check the schedule and come to some shows!
feb 2
This just in - Piano Throwers play Laurelthirst this Friday, February 2nd!
jan 27
Piano Throwers play Goodfoot Lounge!
jan 10
Happy New Year - Piano Throwers Wednesday, January 10 at Laurelthirst Public House!
dec 24
Happy Holidays! See you December 31st at the GoodFoot Lounge...
dec 23
Laurelthirst Public House hosts Piano Throwers family invitational jam!
dec 19
Scott plays Mississippi Station tonight with friends!
dec 16
Piano Throwers play River City Saloon on Fri Dec. 15 and Tractor Tavern in Seattle on Sat Dec. 16!
dec 7
Scott plays with Tony Furtado Band for a live recording at Mississippi Studios tonight 9pm!
dec 6
Scott & Tye play Happy Hour at Laurelthirst tonight 6-8pm!
dec 5
Come celebrate Tye's birthday at Mississippi Station Tuesday, December 5th @ 8pm.
nov 30
Scott plays solo at Fiddler's Inn - Thursday night in Seattle!
nov 28
Tony Furtado & Scott Law play some rip-roarin' tunes at Mississippi Station 8-10pm on Tuesday evening.
nov 22
Piano Throwers with special guest guitarist Scott Pemberton joining us tonight at the GoodFoot Lounge - 9:30pm!
nov 21
Tony Furtado & Scott Law play some rip-roarin' tunes at Mississippi Station 8-10pm on Tuesday evening.
nov 18
Tony Furtado and Scott Law play Happy Hour at Laurelthirst Public House on Saturday, November 18th/6-8pm!
nov 1
STRINGS 4 INDUSTRY: (Darol Anger, Tony Furtado, Tye North & Scott Law) join DAVID GRISMAN QUINTET in Beaver Creek, Colorado for a special "Get Out the Vote" concert at the Vilar Center for Performing Arts.
oct 28
PIANO THROWERS play the Branborg Winery in Elkton, OR (outside Eugene) for a Harvest/Halloween costume celebration on Saturday night 10/28. There is lodging and fine dining available to make a stellar weekend getaway.
oct 19
 This week's Seattle Acoustic Shows: Fiddler's Inn Thursday, 10/19 & Swingside Cafe' Friday, 10/20.
oct 14
Scott and Tye North open the show for Big Island Shindig's CD release party at the Hawthorne Theater in SE Portland! 9pm
sep 30
Piano Throwers @ Goodfoot on Saturday, September 30th! (With Zboniks featuring Zach Najor & Scott Pemberton)
sep 21
Two Seattle gigs Thursday & Friday 9/21 & 22. Saturday 9/23 in Hood River, Oregon with Zac Najor (Greyboy All-Stars, ZBonik), Asher Fulero (SLB, Surrounded By Ninjas) and Tye North (Leftover Salmon, Piano Throwers).
sep 16
GoodFoot All-Stars Tonight!
Tye North: bass, vocals
Asher Fulero: keys, vocals
Scott Pemberton: guitar, pedal-steel
Scott Law: guitar, vocals
Carlton Jackson: drums
Joe Cunningham: saxophone
sep 13
Piano Throwers will be performing our regular "second wednesday" gig at Laurelthirst ... Come all ye rounders!
jul 29
Piano Throwers at Portland Brewfest.... Crank tunes, drink beer! Wahooooooo!
jul 26
Wednesday night join us for intergalactic rock/funk & hillbilly/jazz! More new originals and crazy covers coming your way!
jul 21
 We'll be cranking it up at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle with Lake'Ch on Friday, July 21st. Please join us for this show, as it's gonna be a rocker with the band coming off an excellent High Sierra Music Festival weekend...
jun 21
 SLB plays two sets on Thursday June 29th, on Grandstand (2pm) & Big Meadow stages (6:15pm). We figure we'll just do a whole show... two sets, two stages. See you there!
apr 17
 The past few weeks have been spent in the mountains of Colorado diligently working on the upcoming Honkytonk Homeslice album release for SCI Fidelity records. Billy, Jilian and I had a really fun time capturing performances of our music with the help of ace LA-based production engineer, Jim Watts. His expertise and creative recording techniques allowed us to be very comfortable in the studio environment, much as we are at live shows. I think that will come through when you hear it!
We also got huge support from our families and friends in making this recording possible. Big love and thanks to them for that!
feb 16
 Hey ya'll, I just returned from a great Rocky
Mountains tour with Honkytonk Homeslice and Railroad Earth. Bright
spots included wonderful "Joint" sets each night with all members of
both bands playing each other's material together. I got to play "Owl"
every night which was alot of fun for me, weaving clean electric guitar
lines through the deep, swampy bluegrassy drive of RRE. Billy played
acoustic and spanked some slide booty on his lap steel while Jilian's
strong and sweet voice soared soulfully in the mix. The nine piece
third-set powerhouse was awesome. A sold-out Saturday night Denver show
(800+) made us really feel the love.More Recordings: I'll be in the studio with Seattle singer-songwriter Jim Page at the end of February and then in Colorado recording a Honkytonk Homeslice studio album in March. Look for those later this year... More SLB coming soon - stay in touch!
oct 19
Thursday & Friday in Seattle at Fiddler's Inn (10/19) and Swingside Cafe' (10/20).
sep 24
 It was truly fine to play a part in the “Comes a Time” Rex Benefit/Jerry Garcia Tribute at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. The warm, last rays of summer blazing a golden light upon the bowl full of bouncing people singing along with us is a very sweet memory, as were those memories that we celebrated that day. It seemed perfect. All the friends I saw and the music that I heard gave me a bit of that ol' Grateful Dead feeling from my own back pages.With nostalgia for the past, we were also right there and present, doing our thing as we know how and having a time of it. That's a good place in the world to be and with Billy, Kang, Keith and Jason, I felt right at home... definitely honored to have been there on that stage. Listen to Scott play 'Casey Jones' with members of String Cheese Incident
jul 19
 So here's a twist of fate... On July 5th I returned from dinner to find a message on the answer machine from Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh. Skip ahead to Saturday, July 16th where I find myself for the first time at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado playing Jerry Garcia's Doug Irwin guitar ("Wolf" - named for the inlay behind the bridge). It was a pre-sound check gathering with Phil Lesh and Friends for the Unbroken Chain Foundation to help raise money for the many good causes they support. I was picked by Phil along with one other performer for the Wolf Scholarship given to deserving musicians of Phil's choosing. Other people bid at auction for this unique chance.Oddly, or not; I had actually just finished reading Lesh's new book the morning it was announced that Garcia's instrument had been put on loan to UBC. They were to open bidding for this event and also present the scholarship opportunity after reviewing the first wave of submissions. Historically I've not been much of a contest enterer but for some reason I was compelled and overnighted a pre-copy of my new disc and a personal letter to Phil. Out of 65 entries reviewed, two were chosen by him and I got to be one of them! Wow... that makes me feel really good - and it was damned fun! Playing with Phil was incredible. We did Eyes of the World and Black Peter together. Jerry's guitar was like a dream... I hope we get to do it again sometime. Listen to Scott play 'Black Peter' with Phil & Friends!
jul 7
Strings For Industry plays High Sierra Festival July 7 & 8! |