Saturday, August 19, 2017

Time To Be A Hobo

Since my high school days I've wanted to be a hobo. A sober hobo.Other kids had big plans to have a career doing something, but I wanted to be a hobo and I still do. It seems like a simple life. Wake up in the morning at your campsite, lounge around and come up with a plan to meet your needs. Travel onwards and elsewhere if you desire.
    Well, I've been out of high school for over twenty years now and I've never actually hopped a freight train, but I've lived as close to being a hobo as I can. From performing my music on the streets all over the world, living out of a van that's powered by vegetable oil, to camping out in Golden Gate Park to sleeping on the ground in Belgium. 
  
        In two days I'm leaving for a two month tour around the USA! I will be traveling and living in my 2013 Toyota Prius. As many of you know, I used to tour around in vans. However, now, after all my experience in touring, the most important features of a tour vehicle are reliability and fuel economy. My Toyota Prius provides both. I can even sleep in it with the heat or air conditioning on because it turns itself off and on automatically! This is me getting as close as I can to being a hobo right now and still being able to have a semblance of a music career. 
I have a new album out ! It is called 2017. It is all banjo songs.The first song is a funny song I wrote called "Crappy Holiday". Check out the great video my friend Chad Farran made of it here: https://youtu.be/-pQ8Ri63X3Q
      The rest of the new album is especially unique for me because I covered 5 songs with the banjo; "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne, "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd, "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty, "Norwegian Wood" by The Beatles, and "Rocky Top" by the Obsorne Brothers. I think "crazy Train" is a great song for our current state of affairs. 
      Within the next few days you can listen to my new album on Spotify or any of your favorite streaming sites. Until then listen to it and or buy it here now: www.fastheartmart.com/music  
     As many of you now I also released my first book, about my musical travels in Europe last summer, a few months back. The book is available here: http://a.co/euOkQ9u 
      Anybody who has read the book can write a review for it on amazon. It is especially helpful if people write a review because if I get 10 reviews or more then Amazon will put my book in a more visible place for the rest of the world to see. So please buy AND review my book here: http://a.co/euOkQ9u 
      On this tour I hope to sell 50 books and 100 CDs (pictured above)! I'd also like to see old friend and make new ones. I'm getting more shows all the time, but all my official tour dates so far are below:
8-18 Fri. San Diego, CA Nate's Garden Grill Last Show in San Diego for 2 months!
WEEK 1
8-21 Mon. Albuquerque NM : Java Joe's 11-1
8-21 Mon Santa Fe The Bridge @ Santa Fe Brewing Co.
8-22 Tues. Albuquerque NM : Java Joe's 9-11am
8-22 Tues. Albuquerque NM KUNM Radio appearance 2pm
8-22 Tues 3-6pm ABQ, NM Albuquerque Northeast Farmers' & Artisans Market (busking)*
8-22 Tues. 7-930pm Pete's House Concert (contact fatheartmart@gmail.com for details)
8-23 7-10pm Wed Madrid, NM Mineshaft Tavern
8-24 8-11pm Thurs. Taos, NM at Taos Mesa Brewing (downtown)
8-25 Fri. 6-18pm Longmont, CO Still Cellars Distillery w. Ben Hanna
8-26 8-10pm Sat. Wichita, KS The Donut Hole
8-27 Sun. Gabe's Iowa City, IA 8-10pm 
WEEK 2
8-28 Mon. Bloomington IN Players Pub [almost booked?]
8-29 Tues. Bloomington IN
8-30 Wed. Original Farmers' Markets 930am-130pm (busking)*
8-30 Wed 4-7 pm Indianapolis IN Crooked Creek Farmers' Market
8-31 Thurs. Indiana OR Ithaca Or Syracuse
9-1 Fri. Syracuse OR  Ithaca NY
9-2 Sat Rochester Public Market 9am-3pm (busking)*
9-2 Sat. Rochester, Boulder Coffee Co.  7-9pm 
WEEK 3
9-3 Sun. Ithaca Farmers' Market (busking)*
9-4 Mon. drive to Boston MA
9-5 Tues Boston Public Market at Dewey Square 12-2pm (busking)*
9-6 Wed Boston MA
9-7 Boston MA Public Market at Dewey Square 12-2pm (busking)*
9-7 Thurs. Hard Rock Cafe Boston MA 5-8pm
9-8 Pivot Ground Cafe Kingston, NY
9-9 Sat NYC NY 6-7pm at Shrine
9-10 Sun. NYC NY 7-8pm at Silvana 
WEEK 4
9-11 Mon Day Off OR Philly Or?
9-12 Brookland Washington DC Farmers' Market 4pm-sundown (busking)*
9-13 Wednesday. Wash DC OR Baltimore? OR Day Off
9-14 Thurs. Richmond, VA OR Day Off
9-15 Fri. Burke, VA  Green Dragon House Concert (contact fatheartmart@gmail.com for details)
9-16 Adams Morgan DC Farmers' Market
9-16 Sat. Occoquan, VA Down Under Lounge 8-11pm
9-17 Sun. Dale City Farmers' Market 7am-2pm (busking)*
9-17 Sun. Manassas VA and or Fredericksburg VA? [looking for an evening show] 
WEEK 5
9-18 Mon Day Off Or Wilmington NC
9-19 Tues Asheville or somewhere in NC?
9-20 Wed Asheville, NC French Broad Food CoOp Wednesday Market 2-6pm (busking)*
9-22 Thurs Asheville, NC Bywater
9-22 Fri. Asheville, NC
9-23 Sat. Asheville, NC Flood Art Gallery
9-24 Sun Asheville, NC OR?
Week 6
9-25 Mon. Knoxville, TN AND OR Nashville or somewhere in TN
9-26 Tues. Hot Springs AR
9-27 Wed. OKC or somewhere in OK
9-28 Thurs. Amarillo, TX or Las Cruces, NM
9-29 Fri. Las Cruces, NM or Silver City NM
9-30 Sat. Silver City NM OR Bisbee AZ
10-1 Sun Bisbee, AZ Poco 12-2pm 
WEEK 7
10-2 Mon. Phoenix AZ OR Tucson AZ
10-3 Tues drive OR Balinas, CA?
10-4 Wed house concert in Santa Cruz [almost booked]
10-5 Thurs. house concert in Oakland [almost booked]
10-6 til 10-8 Fri - Sun Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco
WEEK 8
10-9 til 10-10 Mon. and Tues. Days Off and Drive days
10-11 Wed. Eugene OR
10-12 Thurs. Portland OR Skyline Tavern 7-10pm
10-13 Fri Olympia WA
10-14 Sat. Seattle WA
10-15 Sun. Seattle WA
WEEK 9
10-16 Mon. Spokane WA
10-17 Tues Missoula MT
10-18 Wed Salt Lake City Utah
10-19 Thurs. Salt Lake City Utah [SoFar concert BOOKED]
10-20 Fri. Nevada City, CA
10-21 Geyserville, CA [BOOKED details coming soon]
WEEK 10
10-30 Mon. San Diego, CA De Oro Mine Co 7-9pm
- Any dates without a venue name are still being booked and I may need your help finding a show there.
- helping to promote any of these shows will be rewarded with a free book or CD.
- * note: any busking dates are subject to change based on weather and available spots that day. Bring a chair and hang out!
- if you would like Fast Heart Mart to play any particular song(s) from the FHM repertoire, please send request ahead of time to fastheartmart@gmail.com
- you'll see quite a few farmers' markets on this schedule. I like playing them. They are outside during the day when the sun is up and I don't have to stay up late to play them.  
for detailed info visit: www.fastheartmart.com/shows    
I hope to see you at one of these many shows! Please write back and say "hello" as I love hearing from you :)

Fast Heart Mart,
August 17 2017   

PS Send me a photo of yourself in front of a landmark of your area of the world with a copy of my book in your hands and I'll post it on my social media. 
PPS My SITES: 
    Youtube: single: https://youtu.be/4v678YKrt-w
YoutUbe playlist
    Bandcamp: www.fastheartmart.com/music