Another Shitty Winter Day 

Good morning! 8:43 and 20 degrees here- I'm sorry, make that 19 degrees. At least it's a sunny shitty Winter day.. This lifelong foe of cold weather has all his supplemental heat ready to go, in addition to a working furnace.  I have to leave the house at some point today to pick up my laundry, and tomorrow to make the 8-block drive to Boone's. Otherwise, I'm sitting tight...

Music news. Two jobs this month. The first is this Friday at Boone's, 5:30 to 7:30, with Ocean State. And then on the 20th, I have a duo gig at the 3sixteen Wine Bar in Chatham with José Gobbo. Both of these events will be fun once I get there. 

These are the only Winter gigs I'm doing! I have one more date on the books, which is May 6th, back at Boone's with a trio. I picked January 20 as a date because I thought we might be into our January Thaw. Might have to bite the bullet on that one too, but time will tell. Like I said, though, it'll be fun once I get there. 

Here is another place you can go on YouTube to hear some of my wares. Still planning on getting into some more trouble here in the Music Lab.

Strangely enough, the things of mine that seem to get more streams are the quirky offbeat stuff . I've tried to make albums I thought would sell better, with other people and recognizable tunes, but they tend to just sit there. The Sam Crain Quartet, released last April, has made a grand total of 29 cents in streams. Go figure. 

That's all I've got for now in the way of news. Thanks as ever for stopping in and wading through it. Happy Hump Day to you! For now, I've got some other fish to fry, so I'm outa here. More later.  PS Today's pic goes back to 2014 or so. Christy Bennett and myself at the Walnut Street Winery. She is based out of the Chicago area and is in a terrific group called Fumèe. Their guitarist, Casey Nielsen, is definitely worth hearing. 

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