Heine Brothers Coffee

Hi,

My students and I do a regular gig at Heine Brothers on Herr Lane in Westport Village.

Jen Dye sent me some vids of our last performance April 23-

Snow by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show:

SNOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76OPCrZGZdY&feature=related

WAGON WHEEL http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=30bANTf7N7I

Most of the songs I play with my students, they bring in the song they want to perform and the next week I have to learn it - haha! My band, Bluegrass Messengers, did a show with the Old Crow about 10 years ago in Winston-Salem- they are great, very popular too.

Coem out to the next Heine Brothers show featuring one of my bands and my students May 14th at 8:00 Westport Villiage- it's fun.

Richard

Kentucky Dance- Full view- Professional reproduction

Hi,

On the left is the full-view of my new painting, Kentucky Dance (Click to enlarge). Hope you enjoy it. I've rekindled some of my interested in painting after taking off 6 months to do other things.

Richard

Kentucky Dance- Close up- professional reproduction

Hi,

On the left (Click to enlarge) is a close-up of the dance and jam, the final professional reproductions of my new painting, Kentucky Dance. If you're interested in getting a copy- several people have expressed an interest- just email me at Richiematt@aol.com

At some point I'll go over the steps I took to create the painting and show you the original cabin in Kernersville, NC.

Richard

Kentucky Dance

Hi, On the left is my finished painting, Kentucky Dance. (Click to enlarge) The cabin is actually from Kernersville NC.

My only regret is there's no banjo in the painting- haha

Bluegrass Messengers Schedule March 2011

Hey everyone,

Here's the new schedule for March 2011. Come on out and see a show. Bring your friends!

The March 12 show will feature my students and other band members of my various bands.








BLUEGRASS MESSENGERS SCHEDULE



Friday March 4, 2011 8:00 Bistro 42; 6021 Timber Ridge Dr. Prospect, KY 40059 (502) 632-2552

Sun. March 6, 2011 at 6:00- 8:30 Bard's Town 1801 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205 (corner of Bardstown Rd and Speed Avenue)

Thursday March 10, 8:00- 11:00 Gerstles 3801 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY info 502-742-8616

Sat. March 12, 2011 at 6:00 Heine Brother Coffee (Herr Lane) Westport Village (Other performers 7:00) Call (502)290-5090

Sat. March 13, 2011 at 3:00 (Private perf) Belmont Village Of St. Matthews; 4600 Bowling Blvd. Louisville, KY 40207

March 17, 2011 7:00- 10:00 Gerstle's (St. Patty's Day) 3801 Frankfort Ave Louisville, KY
March 18th, 2011 8:00- 10:30 Pirate's Cove Charleston IN

Sunday March 20, 2011 Epworth UMC (5:30 dinner/evening show 6:00) Louisville, KY

Fiddler Magazine article out: Clayton McMichen- Early Years

Hi,

On the left is my painting tribute to Clayton McMichen, "Pretty Little Widder." [click to enlarge]. The first part of my article Clayton McMichen: The early Years just came out in Fiddler Magazine. (Click to enlarge)





The article has interviews with Clayton's daughter Juanita (also Harry Bickle) and tells of his childhood, first band (Home Town Boys- with Lowe Stokes), up to the Skillet Lickers. It's a shortened version of my article which was about 25 pages long!! Hopefully they'll run the next part which features the last interview with Sim Byrant (who was 101 when I did a series of phone interviews with him), now deceased and the Louisville days with the Georgia Wildcats.

You can get info on picking up a copy from Fiddler Magazine:
http://www.fiddle.com/

McMichen moved to Louisville and was based here (in this area) for the rest of his life (around 1934 until 1970). He owned the Spring Street Bar and Grill a few houses away from my house on Spring St.

That's all for now,

Richard

Another Boring Night At Home

Hi,

Everyone thinks I have an exciting life- playing music, writing books, doing research on the origins of songs, writing articles, teaching, doing artwork, researching performance and the subconscious mind etc. etc. etc.

It's time to look at the other side of a bluegrass picker, my home life. Here's a photo (Click to enlarge) of the little lady serving up a fresh plate of vittles- she sure likes to cook!!

After cooking up a hearty dinner she like to relax on the couch fer a spell. Here's another photo (Click to enlarge) of her- she sure looks a bit peaked after laboring in the kitchen all evening over a hot stove. Whew!


She's a good little woman, she can knit and sew my britches. I just wish she'd keep her shoes off the furniture (Click to enlarge). Here I caught her putting her foot on a chair!



Nothing much going on at the Matteson house tonight, that's for sure. Y'all come back now. Come on in anytime and set a spell. She can rustle up some vittles and I'll pick you a tune on my guitar. Hope she can keep her feet off the furniture!

Richard