Starting next weekend I’ll be on tour, playing bass with Joe Jack Talcum (Dead Milkmen, Butterfly Joe). We’ll be skipping down to Athens, GA for the Athens Popfest and back. Here are the dates and venues if you’d like to check us out!

• August 7 @ Cedar Park, 50th and Catharine Streets, Philadelphia PA
• August 9 @ Sun Music Hall, Floyd VA
• August 10 @ JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E Martin Luther King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN
• August 11 @ Athens Popfest, Little Kings Shuffle Club, 223 W Hancock St (corner of Hull & Hancock), Athens, GA 3061
• August 12 @ The Whig, 1200 Main Street, Columbia SC
• August 13 @ 37th & Zen, 1083 W. 37th St. and Hampton Blvd., Norfolk VA
• August 14 @ Trio Bar & Grill, 3707 Marietta Avenue, Columbia PA 17512

Thanks to Bobby, Tom, and Darry for having me over to Right Coast Recording to hang out, geek out on gear, and sit in on a session. What a great room. Killer gear, great people, and great sounds. Good things are happening over there and I’m sure I’ll be back to do some tracking myself. Be sure to check them out at www.rightcoastrecording.com.

After a few years of talking about it and trying to make out schedules work, I’m finally getting down to the business of making the first Jack Dillman studio record. Jack is a staple in the Lancaster music scene, a talented songwriter, and a good friend. We did some pre-production work over the weekend and we’ll be slowly selecting and refining the songs for the album and getting everyone on board for the recording sessions. More to come. We’ll keep ya posted.

Some good things happening. Joe Jack Talcum’s album “Live in the Studio” is out now.

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Stinging Nettles have added a new guitar player and things are sounding groovy. Studio is in a transitional stage but I think some good things are coming ahead.

Stinging Nettles "Tread Softly"

Stinging Nettles’ album “Tread Softly” hits stores today. You can purchase a copy at CDbaby or download the full album or single tracks at DigStation. If you’re in the Lancaster area you can purchase a copy at Mr. Suit Records. You can also preview three full tracks at the Stinging Nettles myspace page.

Here’s a streaming audio version of the first single “Ocean Nose”:

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Stinging Nettles is a fuzz-folk/indie trio based in Lancaster PA featuring the songs of John Huebner. The record was recorded and mixed by me here in my studio and mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Mastering.

We are mighty proud of this album. (I play bass in the band as well) I hope you can check it out for yourself, pick up a copy, and support independent music!

Here’s one of the first reviews of the record from The Sentinel in Cumberland County, PA