Inkwell: Authors and Artists

    

Live set recorded at KDHX in St Louis last September:

<http://kdhx.org/music/live-performances/david-gans-9-9-14>
  

    
Iowa -- you gotta go to at least Dubuque, which is very nice.
  

    

This tour had no time for anything but getting there, playing, and getting on
to the next gig. I didn't see much of Ames, let alone any other towns.
  

    
I used to every summer play with a string band at the Mill in Iowa
City back in the late 70's up until 1980. Great audience, good beer
on tap. The green room was full of posters of familiar acoustic acts
from previous shows, and lots of familiar signatures on the wall
(which was tan, not green!)
  

    

I am playing another gig in Iowa at the end of June: The Bunker Mill Bridge
in Kalona. Benefit for restoration/preservation of the bridge.
  

    
David, do you do all your own booking, or does somebody arrange your
tours for you?
  

    

Mostly I do it myself. When I tour with the Rumpke Mountain Boys, their
booker handles things.
  

    
Any adventures on the booking and planning side that you are free to
tell about? I know that can be an adventure, too, and I was just
wondering if you have a place you are telling that part of the
story. 
  

    

Oh, what a tedious tale that would be!

I am starting to be approached by various venues, inviting me to play, which
is really nice.

I get a lot of gigs by posting on Facebook, e.g. "Looking for a house concert
or other opportunity in the _____ area on these dates." That has gotten some
good results.
  

    
Excellent.
  

    

There's a catch-22 in this biz. In order to get the good gigs, you need a
booking agent with clout. But booking agents won't take you on til you're
getting good gigs.
  

    

Last night's improvisational performance of The Known Unknown, recorded w/ 4
mics at Second Act on Haight Street.

<https://soundcloud.com/dgans/sets/tku_150327>
  

    


The Known Unknown
4-microphone recording of 4/18/15 at Second Act in SF

<https://soundcloud.com/dgans/sets/the-known-unknown-41815-at-second-act>
  

    

<http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmurrysville/yourmurrysvillemore/8207954-
74/gans-dead-songs>

Nice writeup in Pittsburgh
  

    
That is nice!
  

    
a good honest interview!
  

    

And here is a terrific recording of a show I did in Pennsylvania last
Saturday:

<https://archive.org/details/dgans2015-04-25.schoepsMK41v.sbd.flac16>
  

    
<https://www.facebook.com/90142700662/photos/a.10152526843765663.1073741827.901
42700662/10153848066475663/>

View from the green room.
  

    
A very green place indeed.  
  

    
Peaceful! that's where I want my ashes scattered
  

    

Amusing TV appearane from a web TV station last month:

<http://original.livestream.com/biznessnetwork/video?clipId=pla_753b6e66-bfe8-4
116-923b-1aa87a9b7c85>
  

    

Special offer for two CDs:
"The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best" and
"Desert Wind, Rollin' River."

Two CDs for $25, and I'll pay the postage.

<http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/archives/8650>

Details on these and other releases at <http://www.dgans.com/discography>
  

    

I took "Be Like Earl" on the road and changed it enough that I decided to re-
record it. Here's the new version:

<https://dgans.bandcamp.com/track/be-like-earl>
  

    
Thanks.  Sure miss him.
  

    

I do too.