Four dates only. Make that five…

The Small Ensemble is my new baby blue grass band. No, we’re not really blue grass at all, but we do use similar instrumentation. And we’re all acoustic. No drums or bass. This will not be a greatest hits set, we will be leaning heavily on recent and new material. Which isn’t to say we don’t play any old songs – we’ve already figured out 3 songs from Rattlesnakes – but we will not be attempting to reproduce the youthful attitude of the older material. I’m really excited with my first new band in a very long time. If all goes to plan, they will feature prominently on the next album, and we will tour in this format on the back of the release.

LC – Steel string guitar and banjo.

Matt Cullen – Steel string guitar and banjo.

Mark Schwaber – Nylon and steel string guitar, mandolin.

January 2010

Warm-Up show
Thur 01/21/2010
The Brass Cat
Cottage Street
Easthampton, MA 01027
8.00 PM sharp! No opening set.
Cost:$10.00
Online Tickets:
Tickets for sale at the bar also.

Tues 01/26/2010 07:30 PM
Club Cafe
56-58 South 12th Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PA 15203
Cost:$15.00
Online Tickets:
Website: http://clubcafelive.com
Box Office: (412) 431-4950

Wed 01/27/2010 09:00 PM
The Winchester Music Hall
12112 Madison Ave
Cleveland, Ohio OH 44107
Cost:$15.00
Website: http://www.thewinchester.net/
Tel: (216) 226-5681

Thur 01/28/2010 08:00 PM
Magic Bag
22920 Woodward Avenue
Ferndale (Detroit), Michigan MI 48220
Cost:$18.00
Online Tickets:
Website: http://www.themagicbag.com/
Event Hotline: (248) 544-3030

Fri 01/29/2010 08:00 PM
Old Town School of Folk Music (Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall)
4544 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, Illinois IL 60625
Cost:$28 (concessions available)
Online Tickets:
Website: http://www.oldtownschool.org
Box Office: (773) 728-6000

First set will be me solo for 1/2 hour – for sure in Cleveland, Fernwood and Chicago. At Pittsburgh there is an opening act www.billtoms.com