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Our first house concert...
I (Bart) approached Susan in November of 2004 about an idea I had read about
on the internet. I read about how people are able to bring in small artists to
their town and enable them to play a wonderful evening of music. Susan and I are
always on the lookout for great new music, but this idea was a bit different. A
house concert allows a smaller artist to come to your town and still make a nice
profit for themselves, the house concert host isn't out a bunch of money, and
everyone gets to enjoy some great music in a personal setting. Susan signed onto
the idea, and Pops and I agreed on a date in March of 2005.
I had found Pops Walker through CD Baby. CD Baby is a great independent artist
web site that sells their CD's for them. You are able to hear lengthy samples of
the music, and the ordering/delivery process is top notch from CD Baby. I really
enjoyed his brand of driving acoustic folk/blues, and I thought it would make
for a great evening of music that everyone could enjoy.
Travis was one of those pure dumb luck accidents that landed in my lap. Pops was
going to drive down with his lady, Bobbi, but that wasn't going to work. He
needed someone to help him make the long drive from Virginia to Panama City, and
he called to ask if he could bring another performer. It sounded great to me,
and Pops ended up picking Travis up in North Carolina. They both made their way
to Panama City, with a brief stop to enjoy the "wonderful" people in Columbus,
Georgia (they actually had a flat tire).
The house concert worked like this. Pops came down on Saturday, we put him up
for the night in our house. The concert was to be featured on our back deck. We
would feed Pops and take care of him while he was in town. Thus the only
expenditures the artist should have is traveling expenses. All Susan and I spent
money for was some things to munch on during the concert, and some extra food
for the artists. Everyone else who came for the night threw $10 in the pot that
night. I have to say that I'm pretty proud that we had just under 50 people come
to our first house concert. It made it a great success all around.
Finally, everyone that could play an instrument got theirs out after the
official portion of the concert was completed. Thus began the jam that went late
into the night. I can't imagine having a house concert at our house, without the
subsequent jam.
I want to thank everyone for coming, and Susan and I hope to have some more
artists come to Panama City for everyone's enjoyment.
What follows are a bunch of photo pages of the evening's entertainment. All
pictures are the property of Mic & Geri Dottorelli. Thanks to them both for all the great
pictures (they truly are part of the magic behind the scenes that makes Music
Under the Moss so special).
Here are some pictures:
Pops Walker
Travis Nevels
Music Jam
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