Lots of music happening this month with different musical configurations.  First, thanks to all of you who signed up for news of the BattleAxe Band, more on that in a minute. 

September started with the BattleAxe Band at the Saturday Market to a wonderful crowd. Marshall headed up to the Rockbridge Festival the next weekend, enjoying the company of old time music enthusiasts.  On September 17, we had a great evening playing music at the always wonderful Cafe @ Williams Hardware.

We ended the month playing a contradance with Briggs and Nancy Hamilton as the Wolf Moon String band. The dance was a benefit for Furman's Environmental Action Group, and they were raising funds to help stop mountaintop removal.  A fun evening with wonderful instruction/callling by Tamara McGovern and sound by Danny Henderson.

October brings new adventures--the BattleAxe band will be playing October 8 at the TD Saturday Market, on October 15th at FALL FOR GREENVILLE (not on the FFG website, but this is a Do Not Miss event!), and on Oct 22 at the Cafe at Williams Hardware.

Lucy and Marshall will be starting recording for a NEW CD this month, too. A Children's music CD; let us know if you're interested and we'll start a list of pre-orders.   We are honored to be providing music for a friend's wedding. Marshall is also making plans for both individual and band competition at Brevard's Halloweenfest; Lucy is as yet undecided....

Thanks for all your support live and through emails.  Hope to see you at a show soon!

We're happy the weather is just a bit cooler. We had a great time at the Appalachian String Band Festival this year, seeing old friends and  new, and picking up a few new tunes as well.

Hope many of you are planning to attend our benefit concert at the Handlebar this evening.  It's to help our friends raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.  The group we're helping, the Hobnobbers, will participate in the MS 150 bike ride coming up later this fall. 

Lucy & her gal pals (the Battleaxe String Band) are playing at the TD Bank Saturday Market this weekend.  They are a terrific group of musicians and excude a lot of good energy.  Come on out & enjoy the fun!  Lucy, Amy, Michele & Nancy always put on a great show.

We'll be back at the Cafe @ Williams Hardware on Saturday September 17 from 6:30 to 8:30pm.  It's a great venue with good food and a fine selection of adult beverages.  A family friendly environment & a pleasant place to spend an evening.

On September 30, we're helping folks at Furman raise money for their Environmental Action Group (EAG) by playing a benefit contra dance with our friends, Briggs & Nancy Hamilton. Together we are the Wolf Moon String Band.  So, if you're organizing a dance & want some good music, give us a call. 

 Hope to see you all soon.  Have a great Labor Day weekend and a great month!

Great to see folks at the Wayne Henderson festival last month. It's held the 3rd Saturday in June, at Grayson Highlands Park, one of the prettiest places for a festival!

We have a lot of opportunities to play music this month, and there is no admission charge for any of them! What a great bargain. So come on by, whether at the market or the Cafe, we'd love to see you.

One new place we're playing is at the Tater Shed in Simpsonville. It's named after the place where sweet potatoes used to be stored. It's an outdoor venue, but if we have yet another late afternoon/evening thunderstorm, they do have a rain location close by so either way the show will go on!   It's near Simpsonville City Park and the new Fine Arts Center in Simpsonville.

Marshall is pleased to be teaching at the Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) camp the last week in July. He'll be helping some of the youngsters to become better guitar pickers.

For musical theatre lovers, the header comes from Lucy's childhood, when her parents would take her to musicals on a regular basis. She had seen well over 50 plays, musicals, musical comedies before she reached high school.

May had some musical magic in it. At the end of the month, Lucy and Amy Buckingham played at a quickly organized house concert in Pittsboro NC, at the home of Lucy's longtime friend and music buddy Laine Lipson.   The event was enough of a success that the Lipsons plan for more house concerts, and possibly return visit from Lucy with Marshall and perhaps the BattleAxe Band.

Marshall and Lucy also enjoyed playing at Carl Sandburg Home for their annual folk festival, followed by a short hike and a great set by John McCutcheon.

Marshall held the inaugural jam of Fiddlin' at Frodos, at the Frodo's Pizza at Cherrydale, which was well attended. What's not to like?  A jam that includes food and beer options!  The next one will be on June 23rd.

Much of June we will be spending at a number of summer festivals.  So, we don't have many set performances this month, but invite you to come and enjoy the informal jam sessions.  July is looking like fun, so stay tuned!  We have three shows in two days on the weekend of July 8 & 9.

Thanks for your support of live music.

We just got back from a wonderful few days at Merlefest, the Southeast’s finest Americana music festival.  Duly inspired, we are looking forward to some fun events this month and hope you all will come out and share them with us.

Lucy will be teaming with Amy Buckingham, Michele Turner, and Nancy Hamilton (aka the Battleaxe Band) for a performance at the Café @ Williams Hardware on Saturday May 7 from 6 to 8pm.  This dynamic group has won the Hagood Mill Upcountry Folklife Festival band competition the last two years.  Featuring instrumental excellence and strong vocal arrangements, they are sure to provide a fine evening of entertainment.

Marshall and his buddies with Square Root will be playing at the Carolina First Saturday Market in downtown Greenville on Saturday May 14.  Lucy will join in for a few tunes later that morning.  Come on by and say howdy and we’ll play you all some tunes.

On Saturday May 21, Marshall will be joining Briggs and Nancy Hamilton for a partial reunion of the Piedmont String Sawyers.  Marshall, Briggs and Nancy will be participating in the Annual Enchanted Chalice Renaissance Faire at the Greenville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.  Should be a good time!   We’ll be playing from 5:00 to 5:45pm.  Other music will be taking place throughout the day.

The Jam at Jim’s will be taking place on the second and fourth Thursday (May 12 and 26) from 7 to 9 pm at Jim Clinton’s Violin Shop in Taylors, for those who have a hankering to play along on some old time tunes.  Come on out and share a tune!

And on Monday May 30, Lucy and Marshall are pleased to be returning to the Carl Sandburg Home, as participants in their annual Folk Festival. We’ll be playing at 11 am, John McCutcheon will be performing at 2pm and the festival is FREE.

Hope to see you all sometime this month!

Lucy & Marshall

We've been away from public performance for a while now, but that is definitely changing! We spent some of the cooler weather working on a few new tunes and songs (not as much as we hoped, but its all good). Marshall spent a weekend at a fiddle workshop taught by Betty Vornbrock so he is working on some new tunes and enhanced bowing techniques as well.

April already started out with Marshall doing a musical program at Hunt Meadows Elementary School and with a trip down to Greenwood to accompany Jennie Wakefield teach some dance students the delights of contradancing.  We arrived at the dance workshop early enough to see some instruction in African dance as well, which looked like a heck of a lot of fun.

Coming up we'll be playing for a couple private events for Upcountry Friends and Interim Hospice, then back to the Cafe at Williams Hardware for a show on April 16th. And go ahead and mark your calendars for same place to see a rare public performance of the BattleAxe Band on May 7th!

Marshall and Square Root will be celebrating early spring produce by playing at the Easley Farmer's Market on April 23rd, and Lucy will be returning to emcee at Merlefest at the end of the month.

The Jam at Jim's (oldtime edition) continues on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month, and there is some talk that an Irish session may be added on the alternate Thursdays. Stay tuned for more on that development!  All are welcome; an informal place to play tunes.

Thanks for supporting live music! Hope to see you at a show (or a jam).

We had a great time playing Christmas tunes, then "Breaking up Christmas," and now happy to be moving on to new tunes and old.  We're also watching the weather closely as The Big Snow of 2011 is predicted to be here soon, so checking the radar frequently.   No worries, though, we've stocked up on bread, milk, and coffee.

This month there's a lot of variety to choose from--participate at the Jam at Jim's, dance at Furman, listen and dine in Traveler's Rest, and/or check out the art on Pendleton Street. Come to one or all!

And if that isn't enough, we encourage you to listen to the Oldtime music at Hagood Mill on January 15th hosted by and including music by our friends Bob and Amy Buckingham.

Hope everyone has a wonderful, prosperous 2011, and hope to see you at a show!

Just a quick update for where we'll be playing--2 times this Saturday, and again at the beginning of October.

We had a really nice time at the Fraley Fest at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill KY this past weekend. Beautiful place and a nice little festival. Highly recommended.

Thanks to all who came out to the Benefit Concert for the National MS Society--we raised over $1000.00 toward helping folks with MS. And thanks to those who came to our other shows, too. Always nice to see familiar faces along with making new friends.

As always, thanks for supporting Live Music!

Gosh it's hot! Good time to be inside if you haven't acclimated to this weather.  We got home Sunday night from a week in Clifftop, WV at the Appalachian String Band Festival, with daytime temps in the 80s, and needing blankets at night. It was glorious.

Anyway, have some fun shows coming up this month and over Labor Day weekend.   Square Root will be at the Easley Farmers Market this Saturday, so you can stop by and see Marshall and Gregg while you're buying produce if in the area.

Saturday night is our special house concert/MS fundraiser at the Goodwins. It is ALMOST SOLD OUT, so if you haven't yet made your reservation, please call or email Gale SOON!  For those who have already responded, thank you so much for your support.

With Marshall out of town for a few days, Lucy will be playing with 2 different configurations of the Saluda River Gals--at Scratch for their Pizza Palooza! party and then again at the Carolina First Saturday Market in downtown Greenville.

We close out the month back at the Pumpkintown Opry, a really fun evening with dinner (usually chicken, ribs, salad, dessert) and a variety show with music, skits, dancing wait staff.

Over Labor Day we're excited to be playing at the Cafe at Williams Hardware in Travelers Rest.

Hope to see you at a show!  Thanks for supporting Live Music.

 Gale and Dexter live in a lovely house in the shadow of Paris Mountain. They can accommodate up to 75 folks, so please make a reservation, as we think the spots will fill up quickly!  The entrance fee is a check made out to the National MS Society.  There will be a basket at the door for donations.

When: August 14th, 2010

Time: Door open, gather for food and friendship 7pm

         Music starts at 8 pm

         Optional jam session after the concert (bring an instrument)

Where: 275 Phillips Trail, Greenville SC 29609

What to Bring: Donation to National MS Society, Beverage of your choice

RSVP:   galegoodwin@gmail.com

If you can't make it but wish to make a contribution, you may make a donation online.

Donate on Lucy's site online at:

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/Lucy_Allen or

Donate on Marshall's site online at:

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/NCPBikeEvents?px=8467298&pg=personal&fr_id=13801

Thank you! Hope to see you at the show.