Photographer extraordinaire Max Ellis snapped this shots in London, during the April 2010 UK Tour.

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Legendary Radio Personality Bob Harris played a cut from Stand Up Man last night on his show - Bob Harris Country. He played Just Pretend You Love Me Tonight. He also ran through the list of UK Dates we have coming up in April. Needless to say, we’re all thrilled. Thanks Bob!

Here’s the play list

Oh so happy to announce that we’re going to be bringing some Americana back to the UK. Please spread the word and let’s jam these little joints.

As always, please check with the venues before coming down - things can change.

April 17 - 9pm
12 Bar Cub
26 Denmark Street, London, WC2H 8NL
Tel: 020 7240 2622
Web: www.12barclub.com

April 18 - 8pm
The Windmill
22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ
Tel: 020 86710700
Web: www.windmillbrixton.co.uk/main.php

April 21 - 8pm
What’s Cookin’ - The Sheep Walk
692 High Road, Leytonstone, London, E11
Tel: 079 0421 0218
Web: http://www.whatscookin.co.uk/wchome.html

April 22 - 9pm
The Beehive
55 Prospect Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 3JS
Tel: 0179 352 3187
Web: http://www.bee-hive.co.uk/

April 23 - 8pm
The Prom
2 The Promenade, Gloucester Rd, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8AL
Tel: 0117 942 7319
Web: http://www.theprom.co.uk/

April 24 - 8pm
The Blue Cat
17 Shaw Road, Stockport, SK4 4AG
Tel: 0161 432 2117
Web: www.bluecatcafe.co.uk

April 25 - 8pm
The Bassment
16 Wells Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1HZ
Tel: 01245 358480

These fine publications have noted Stand Up Man as a Best of 2009 pick!

TWANG NATION - #10

THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEONE COOLER THAN YOU - #18

AMBER WAVES OF TWANG - #10

TROTSKY’S CRANIUM - #16

A new online magazine called, “Raised Country” asked me to write a story about my youth in Alabama. They’ve published it as

“The Country” means a hundred different things to a hundred different people. To me, it has always meant freedom. There’s something about the lack of people and the open space that gives you an opportunity to stretch out and have an adventure.

As a teenager that meant the ability to get into trouble without having someone on your back.  Blow something up. Build a potato gun and shoot it at cars that whizzed by on Hwy 36.  Build a tree house in the woods and use it as a base of operations for pine cone battles, runs to the bootlegger, or a place to stash our Playboy or OUI Magazines (which we pronounced as “O-U-I”, having no idea that it was French).

The country meant that in the summer you said goodbye to your mom at 7am and you got home when the streetlights came on. What you did in the intervening 13 hours was between you, your little brother, and whatever gang of boys you were running with that day.  You were 12-years-old. You solved your own problems. You made your own fun.

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The boys and I are very proud to get this kind review for Stand Up Man in Britain’s main Country Music magazine, Maverick.

Check it out.

Here’s a couple of specialty stations giving Stand Up Man a spin

HILLBILLY ROCKHOUSE

Countrymusic24 Radio - Berlin Germany

Live stream www.countrymusic24.com
Thursday, Oct./22/2009 - 8.00 p.m.
Host - Gerd Stassen

http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/column.asp?xid=329

CST’s Take: West Coast (albeit with deep south roots) rockin’ country, with wit, twang, and hooks applied in the perfect measure to sell the stories

As many of you know Bliss is one of LA’s leading music journalists. She did a piece on me for the Pasadena Weekly. Click to read the entire piece.

Taproot Radio is a Chapel Hill, NC based podcast dedicated to Roots Music, Alt Country, Americana and the like. Calvin Powers is the creator of the show, and we had a nice half hour interview, which he has worked into his program.

Calvin is quite well known in Americana circles as the consummate tastemaker. He reviews lots of lesser known artists and is a great resource for digging up new bands. I’m honored to be featured on his show.

You can listen to the show on this page.