Monday, September 4, 2017

Un-Labor Day

Hello everyone! It's Labor Day in the USA. I'm not sure why though because hardly anyone works today. Shouldn't it be called "Un-Labor Day"?
It's typically what people in the USA consider to be the end of summer because all the kids are back in school and people are preparing for fall and winter. Either way, I hope you are having a good day off!
I have been on the road for over two weeks now and I am loving it! SO much so that I am seriously considering buy an RV so I can do this more often. However, I still have another 6 weeks on this tour left and I may have a change of heart by then, but I don't know. I love waking up in a different city. I love visiting my friends all over the country. I love singing for crowds who have never heard me and making new fans. I love singing my old songs for fans who have been cheering me on for over a decade now. I love driving through the big open sky of Kansas in August. Yes, this tour has been a lot of fun so far and I am earning pretty good money, especially with the sale of my new book and CD.
The book about my musical tour of Europe last summer is for sale at the shows and on online here. Please write a review on Amazon if you have read it because it will help the book be more visible online: http://a.co/euOkQ9u

My new album titled "2017" can be listened to on Spotify now or any of your favorite sites. Check it out and let me know what you think about it.  You can listen to it free and/or buy it at this link: www.fastheartmart.com/music

 It would be nice to have a bit more room than my Toyota Prius offers while on tour. Here is a silly video of all the trash falling out of my car in Indiana after it piled up for 12 days: https://www.facebook.com/fastheartmart/videos/10155664381466779/

Thanks to everyone who has helped me book all the shows on this tour so far!  Thanks to everyone who has come out to the any of the shows! I'm two weeks in and I still have a lot more shows to go, including this Thursday Sept 7 at The Hard Rock Cafe in Boston 5-8pm, then on to New York City for two shows in Harlem!

 The current list is below. If you see any dates with nothing beside them it means they are free and I may be able to use some help finding a place to play.
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. St. Bab's  Cape May, NJ w. Clavicles 7-9pm
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 10pm-midnight [LATE SHOW]
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 Mon. Day Off and Drive day?
10-10 Tues. Day Off and Drive day?
10-11 Wed. Eugene OR
10-12 Thurs. Portland OR Skyline Tavern 7-10pm
10-13 Fri Olympia WA
10-14 Sat. Seattle WA house concert (contact fastheartmart@gmail.com for details)
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
Thanks as always and please keep in touch because I enjoy hearing from you :)

Fast Heart Mart
Sept 4 2017
All my sites are here:
Website: www.fastheartmart.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fastheartmart 
Youtube: single: https://youtu.be/4v678YKrt-w
YoutUbe playlist
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fastheartmart
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2zRHjtxvGU17HLTp1tzLPX
Bandcamp: www.fastheartmart.com/music