Hello, South Charleston! Here's come the Joe Dobbs Book Tour TONIGHT!

Hi friends,

We had a GREAT launch of the Joe Dobbs Book Tour last night in Ashland with a packed house at the Paramount -- what a hoot! -- and now we're eager to move on to South Charleston tonight.

One slight change in the plan. We said earlier that tonight's show at The Daily Cup (246 7th Ave. in South Charleston)  would be 6:30. However, the good people at the Cup have asked us to move that up to 6 p.m. and we're happy to do that.

If you not been to the Cup before, it's easy to get to. Coming from the west (Huntington/Ashland), just take I-64 and get off at the MacCorkle Avenue exit (the one at the end of the new big bridge) and go east. You’ll pass a Krispie Kreme on the left. Keep going for a couple blocks and turn right onto E Street. Go two blocks and turn left onto 7th Avenue and it’ll be about two or three blocks farther. Here's a map too.

Meanwhile, if you can't make it to South Charleston tonight, there will be one more chance make the tour. We'll be at Huntington's Heritage Station, 210 11th St., at 10 a.m. Saturday. Put it on your calendar!

We continue to get great press attention this week in advance of the tour:

* Dave Lavender wrote an excellent story in this morning's Herald-Dispatch. Click here for a .pdf of it.

* Doug Imbrogno also wrote a wonderful piece in The Charleston Gazette on Wednesday. Click here to see Doug's story.

We also featured the tour in this week's Flood podcast, along with a great fiddle tune. Click here to hear that.

The Joe Dobbs Book Tour Starts TONIGHT in Ashland

Hi friends,

Just a quick reminder that The 1937 Flood kicks off the Joe Dobbs Book Tour at 7:30 TONIGHT at the Paramount Arts Center's Marquee Room, 1300 Winchester Ave., Ashland, Ky. The whole band will be on hand with music and good times. And Joe will not only play, but also read excerpts from his new memoir, A Country Fiddler, as well as visit with readers and sign copies.

And if you can't make it tonight, remember, the tour has two more stops this week:

-- 6:30 p.m. Friday at The Daily Cup, 246 7th Ave. in South Charleston.

-- 10 a.m. Saturday at Heritage Station, 210 11th St., Huntington.

We've had a great press attention this week in advance of the tour:

* Dave Lavender wrote an excellent story in this morning's Herald-Dispatch. Click here for a .pdf of it.

* Doug Imbrogno also wrote a wonderful piece in The Charleston Gazette on Wednesday. Click here to see Doug's story.

We also featured the tour in this week's Flood podcast, along with a great fiddle tune. Click here to hear that.

Hope you can join us on at least one of the stops on the tour and celebrate the JoeFest!

Come to the Joe Dobbs Book Tour This Week in Ashland, South Charleston and Huntington!

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood features a track from the new Flood CD and news of three back-to-back Flood concerts coming up later this week.

Flood co-founder Joe Dobbs has written a highly-acclaimed memoir called "A Country Fiddler," which is causing quite a pleasant stir in the music community. Now to help spread the word,

The Flood is launching its three-day "Joe Dobbs Book Tour" this week. The tour kicks off this Thursday evening in Ashland, Ky., with a 7:30 show at the Paramount Arts Center's Marquee Room. On Friday at 6: 30 p.m., we're in South Charleston at The
Daily Cup. And then on Saturday we wrap up the tour with a morning show -- 10 a.m. -- at the wonderful old Heritage Station in downtown Huntington.

See our web site -- 1937flood.com -- for all the details.

Meanwhile, to get us in the mood, here's a track featuring Joe from The Flood's latest "Wade in the Water" CD. Click here to hear the tune!

Remember that the tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood features a tune we're prepping for a series of special concerts we have set in July.

Our good friend and Floodster Emeritus Jacob Scarr is pretty busy with his new life -- college in Colorado and at home right now working a 40-hour-a-week summer job in Charleston -- but Youngblood's still got time for his old buddies. He sat in with us last night. And Jacob's going to be on hand as a guest performer at all three of the free concerts next month in our Joe Dobbs Book Tour.

Oh, wait a minute -- you didn't know fiddlin' Joe Dobbs has written a book?! Well, we'll be telling you all about it in the weeks ahead. For now, though, just mark your calendar for the days between July 12 and July 14 when The Flood will be playing shows in Boyd County, Ky., and Cabell and Kanawha counties in West Virginia to help spread the word about Joe's new book. Meanwhile, click here to hear the tune from last night's rehearsal!

Remember that the tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.

This Week's Freebie from The 1937 Flood

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood features our first go-around on a tune we hope to develop over the weeks ahead.

Yesterday was West Virginia Day, the 149th anniversary of our state's birth, and that was much on their minds last night as Michelle, Randy and Charlie got together for one of The Flood's occasional vocals-only practices. They found themselves thinking of little-known West Virginia tunes, like this rare gem from the great singer/songwriter Holly Near.

 Now, obviously, this arrangement is nowhere near ready for general consumption -- we're eager to hear what Joe and Doug, Dave and Sam bring to it in the weeks ahead -- but one of the things we'd like to do with these little podcasts is to sometimes document the evolution of an arrangement. So, with that mind and for the record, here's our first take on "West Virginia Friend."Click here to check it out!

Remember that the tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.

Party with Us In Romney, WV, This Sunday Afternoon, June 17

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood features a tune we're preparing for a special show this Sunday in Romney, West Virginia!

The city of Romney -- population 5,873 -- is West Virginia's oldest town, celebrating its 250th anniversary this year. In fact, the Hampshire County community's main week of celebration kicks off this Sunday and The Flood is honored that we're invited to be part of it.

 We head to Romney this weekend to play a free concert at The Potomac Center at No. 1 Blue Street at 5 p.m. this Sunday. Check out our web site -- 1937flood.com -- for the details.

 Oh, we're so pleased that our old buddy, singer/songwriter Paul Martin, is joining us for the trip and will be a guest artist at the concert. Here's a sample -- at a recent Flood rehearsal, Paul led us on a moving rendition of a great Bob Dylan standard.Click here to check it out!

 Remember that the tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.

Come Party with Us at Tamarack This Sunday!

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood features a tune we're preparing for a special show this weekend.

Tamarack is a West Virginia treasure. Based in Beckley, W.Va., it is a rich deposit of Appalachian crafts, food, music and just plain pure joy. And The Flood is honored to regularly be invited to perform there in the Gov. Hulett C. Smith Theatre, one of our all-time favorite venues.

We're heading back there this Sunday, June 10. At 2 p.m., The Flood will be back on stage for our 8th performance at Tamarack.

And we're especially happy that our long-time buddy, guitarist Jacob Scarr -- home from college in Colorado -- will on hand to sit in with us for this very special show. Come on out and party with us at Tamarack, this Sunday afternoon! Visit us on the web at 1937flood.com for the details.

Meanwhile, here's a tune from last night's rehearsal as we prepared the set for Sunday's show. Click here to check it out!

Remember that the tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.