Dear Friends:

I have been asked by Levon Helm’s family to sing at his funeral service Friday.  I know many of you are fans of Levon and can understand how honored I am by this request.   Unfortunately, there are no flights to get me back to Chattanooga in time for Trigger Hippy’s show tomorrow. While I will not be at Rhythm & Brews Friday night, you will be in the capable hands of Steve, Jackie, Will and Nicky G.  They’ll take good care of you.

I apologize to those of you who were hoping to see Trigger Hippy’s full lineup, and I hope you know that only a special circumstance like this would cause me to cancel.

Please send your prayers to Levon’s family. And, Chattanooga I will see you next time we come thru…

Love-Joan

We’re a week out from our first show in Savannah.  Looking forward to our eight day run thru the Southeast.

You know who you are- and if you don’t: http://triggerhippy.net/tour

You’ll notice a couple more festivals have been added and there are plenty more dates soon to follow as well.

If you can’t make any of the shows, maybe our first free download will ease your pain – we’ll have it up after the weekend.  Stay tuned for the where and the how and join our newsletter (look left) for even more immediate notification.

For those of you interested in up to the minute reports from the road, follow us here: http://twitter.com/#!/triggerhippynet

Of course, if you’re more interested in one obsessed fan’s roller coaster ride with his beloved SF Giants, simply follow Jackie here: http://twitter.com/#!/jackie_greene

Hope to see you at the shows!

Greetings from the land of busted brackets.

Hope this finds you all in great spirits!

We’ve been recording and putting together new tunes recently –  we’re excited to share them with you soon.

Our excitement carries mixed emotions, though, as Audley Freed will no longer be playing with us.

Juggling schedules and commitments with new projects is a bitch, and Audley felt it best to step aside.

The upside to the downside is that our good friend, Will Kimbrough, will be joining us for the shows in April.  If you already know Will, you’re aware of his many talents.  If you don’t, we know you’ll dig him when you see him.  A great player, great writer, and overall great dude.

The fact that I still owe Will a small fortune from the summer of 1988 – Mr. Crowes Garden opened for his band, Will and The Bushmen, for a week of dates and somehow, um, err, uh, you know……. ran out on our bar tab night after night leaving the headliner to cover us – has absolutely nothing to do with him joining us for these dates.  In fact, it’s a testament to his being a gentleman that he has never slugged me over it.

Will, the first drink next month is on me.  We square now?

SG

We’re excited to announce a run of dates in April through the Southeast to DC–they’re all in the Tour section of the site. We’ll have firm set times and more soon, so be sure to check back and please start spreading the word.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

TH