Bulletin Blog

..as seen in HometownHeadlines.com…

FRIDAY

Friday night Thunderbolt Patterson returns to Old Havana to deliver their excellent rock and blues sounds. They never cease to amaze me.

Another Fine Mess can be heard blasting out of McCrobie’s, and the Schroeder’s Courtyard offers another new band, Free Will Offering.

SATURDAY

It’s the Chiaha Harvest Festival this year which I have attended as long as I can remember. It’s always a really nice time with some good eats, many artists and craftsmen, and great acoustic based music. It makes for a great fall afternoon.

On Saturday there are many impressive musicians including nationally touring autoharp guru Bryan Bowers, Calhoun’s beloved Faye Pierce, and the expert blues guitar slingers Delta Moon.

There will be a concert benefiting the Aids Resource Council in the Schroeder’s Courtyard featuring local world/rock fusion band Devidasa, who I really enjoyed hearing last time. Good opportunity to get your donations worth.

Downstream will be bringing some heavy sounds to McCrobie’s as well.

SUNDAY

The Chiaha Festival continues on with more great art and music. I particularly enjoy the dog costume segment of the day. There will also be two great local songwriters performing, David Elliott and Calvin Snow, as well as the Thunderbelt Patterson powerduo, and Chattanooga favorite Jennifer Daniels, whose music career is constantly on the up and up. She’s great.

This entry submitted by Jeff Caldwell of Jump the Shark…

I am sorry to say our bass player & friend “Randy Baker” has had to quit the band
…. based on some family & personal issues.  We wish him the best!

The band is moving forward! If you play bass & can sing lead & background vocals and
are at least 21 years old…. (or know someone who is) send us an email!

    
“JUMP THE SHARK”  Wants you!

BTW… the shows booked at the moon roof will go on as planned ….. They’ll either
be solo acoustic shows with Jeff Caldwell OR both jeff’s playing together doing that
      “El  Jefe”  thing!      Staying  positive!   Staying focused!

New recorded music coming in 2009…… for real!

October is a busy month. There are SO many things happening around town and it’s hard to choose between them! Since the late ’80′s, October has been recognized as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the local shelter that provides services for victims of domestic violence schedules events during the month to promote this campaign.

This year, as part of our 30th Anniversary celebration, the Hospitality House for Women, Inc. is hosting it’s first annual fundraiser concert in the Courtyard at Schroeder’s Downtown on Saturday, the 18th. We hope you can come out and join us for a song or two.

We are fortunate to have Renee Mixon and Devidasa agree to play for us. We are looking forward to a great evening of music and fun. Throughout the evening we’ll be doing $1 raffles of gift certificates from generous businesses like H&R Block, Purple Mountain Natural Foods, and Santa Fe Cattle Company.

The cost is $5 for adults; kids are FREE – a steal for such a worthy cause!  We’ll be there from 5pm until closing time (11pm).

Domestic violence infiltrates our lives and our community on multiple levels. Through our efforts to raise awareness, we hope to help victims find safety. Please come hear some great music, find out more about what we do, and show your support.

Yay! October is here, one of my two favorite months, with April being the other. This is the time that you start crunching on leaves with every step, the air gets cool, folks start getting spunky, and Halloween festivities unfold. This is when you start breaking out the arsenal of Tim Burton classics, as well as old Bela Lugosi films. And let’s not forget the godfather of visual storytelling, Alfred Hitchcock. As a Netflix subscriber, some of my best deliveries thus far were the collection of short stories from the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Of course, don’t forget to read some Edgar Allan Poe by candlelight. Whatever you do, and no matter how much stress you’re under from the country’s unclear future, just don’t forget to take it easy and let your freak flag fly all month long!

This picture is from my barnyard animal costume days in the late ’90′s