The Old Firehouse - Edom, TX - Folk Music Concert Calendar

Saturday, Sept 27, 2014
Doors Open 7pm, Concert Begins at 7:30 pm

Admission: $15 at the door

Advance Admission: $12 until Friday 4pm before the concert
by cash or check made out to The Old Firehouse,
by Credit Card $13.50 (includes $1.50 service fee)
(please call us at 903-852-2781 to arrange)
or
via Paypal $13.50 (includes $1.50 service fee) click button below:

Advance Seats Remaining For This Concert: 50

Randy Brown
(www.brownrandy.com)

This Concert is Sponsored by Dragonhead Retreat

Randy Brown Imagine if Charles Darwin met Guy Clark and Van Morrison at an MIT barbecue in honor of Albert Einsteins birthday and you'll have some sense of the smartly clever mind and music of Randy Brown, who once again returns to The Old Firehouse.

The winner of the 2014 BW Stevenson Songwriting Competition, 2009 Texas Independent Music Expo (TIME) and the 2007 New Traditions Songwriting Contest (Nacogdoches, TX), Brown is also a two-time regional finalist in the prestigious Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition and received an honorable mention citation in the 2011 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival songwriting competition.

Brown, who describes himself as a late-blooming songwriter with far too much thinking time on his hands, has independently released two solo recordings. His latest album is a philosophically interconnected collection of songs which seek to define his own experiences with faith, humanity, science and the search for meaning, while maintaining a healthy sense of humor and a respect for the mystery that surrounds him.

Saturday, Oct 25, 2014
Doors Open 7pm, Concert Begins at 7:30 pm

Advance Seats Remaining For This Concert: 50

Andy Gullahorn
(www.andygullahorn.com)

This Concert is Sponsored by Glynn & Windell Horton
(get your tickets early. Andy sold out last time!)

Some people were born to be on stage. Some people were made to have their name in lights. Some people were born incredibly attractive. Andy is not any of those people.

Andy was born and raised in the rich musical climate of Austin, TX where he later spent a number of years as a staff writer for publishing companies while playing guitar on the road for singer/songwriter Jill Phillips (who he happened to be married to).

Andy has a unique ability to level the playing field between performer and audience by mixing vulnerable personal stories with his self-deprecating humor. He writes songs to "let people know they aren't alone" or "at least let them feel better about their lives by sheer comparison."

As a songwriter and performer, Andy has been described as a surgeon who uses laughing gas to deaden the pain before he cuts you open. Whether he is writing about marriage, honesty, faith, community or his friend's lawnmower accident, Andy's songs all come from the same desire. "I really want to write songs that can act as healing agents," Andy says. "Sometimes that healing might come through laughter and sometimes it comes from exploring deep sorrow. I try to be up for whatever it takes."

He spends his time playing concerts and house shows across the country, accompanying other artists on the road, and providing his three kids with plenty of stories to tell their counselors in 20 years.

Andy was a Kerrville New Folk Winner in 2010 and was a runner-up at the 2009 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival.

"Only a very few writers can create songs that are hilarious, inspiring, happy, sad – and sometimes all at once. Andy writes and performs these songs with unselfconscious precision
and grace.”
– Pierce Pettis

“Andy Gullahorn is my favorite new musical discovery of the past five years. He’s a brilliant writer, a fine musician and a generous spirit.”
– David LaMotte

Saturday, Nov 15, 2014
Doors Open 7pm, Concert Begins at 7:30 pm

Advance Seats Remaining For This Concert: 50

Adler & Hearne
(www.adlerandhearne.com)

This Concert is Sponsored by Glynn & Windell Horton

In concert, Lynn Adler and Lindy Hearne blend their voices and instruments in a spirited signature sound that reflects the duo’s second-nature connection through song. The two met in Nashville while on solo musical journeys. Years later their paths merged in Texas, where they formed the duo Adler & Hearne, along with their indie label Spring Hollow Records.

Adler & Hearne's music has grown deep roots in the sandy soil and piney woods of their Spring Hollow Organic Song Farm. The duo’s musical formative years share common experiences in folk, gospel and classical music – organic influences that inform their singing and songwriting. But the subject matter of their songs knows no bounds, nor does their musical style. Their live sets range from crooning songs of love and longing, losing and finding – to covering touchy subjects with unexpected musical overtones – to camping it up with modern day spirituals steeped in dry wit. And they pride themselves on their multigenerational audience appeal.

We welcome them back to The Old Firehouse and once again expect a full house.

Saturday, Dec 13, 2014
Doors Open 7pm, Concert Begins at 7:30 pm

Advance Seats Remaining For This Concert: 50

Dana Cooper
(www.danacoopermusic.com)

Out of the heartland of America, stomping grounds of Truman and Twain, “powerhouse” troubadour Dana Cooper dedicated himself to a life of music over 40 years ago. This song poet engages and inspires audiences around the world with his quick wit, insightful stories and commanding presence

Cooper eventually moved to Texas writing, performing and recording with Shake Russell in the late 70s and with his own power trio, DC3 during the early 80s. Returning to his roots as a solo performer Cooper relocated to Nashville in 1988. He has become an integral figure in the Music City songwriting community collaborating with renowned writers such as Tom Kimmel, Sally Barris, Kim Carnes and Don Henry. Cooper has been invited to participate in songwriting workshops from Belfast to Copenhagen to Austin.

We welcome his return to The Old Firehouse...you will too!

“This veteran song poet is a self-contained road warrior--a man of many tunes and tunings, and a right hand few guitarists will ever know.
His music is vital, and live you see him channel all his energy into the song. The songs are smart, but they come from his heart.”
—Frank Goodman, puremusic.com

“He’s clever, deep, crafty, poetic, melodic, ironic, and hilarious-- in short, the best.”
—Kate Wallace Trinity Backstage

“...the kind of idealistic Whitmanesque songs of experience that not many people are singing these days. Put all this together and you
have something that sounds suspiciously
like wisdom.”
—James M. Manheim, Ann Arbor Observer

SAVE THE DATES
ADDITIONAL CONCERTS THIS SEASON

Decembersongs 2014 - Dec 21, 2014
Special Holiday (and Solstice) Concert with
Amy Speace, Rod Picott and Wild Ponies (Doug & Telisha Williams)

Chris Rosser - Jan 24, 2015

Jefferson Ross (sponsor: Glynn & Windell Horton) - Feb 2015

Pierce Pettis - March 2015

Jennifer Hajj - Apr 11, 2015

ATTENTION: Singer/Songwriters
If you are interested in being considered to perform at The Old Firehouse,
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The Old Firehouse - 8241 FM 279 - Edom, TX 75754
903-852-2781
info@theoldfirehouse.net

PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES
Season 4 September 2012-May 2013

Nick Annis 5/11/13	Ellis 4/13/13

Joe Nerney with Seth Glier 3/9/13	Seth Glier & Joe Nerney 3/9/13

Seth Glier 3/9/13	Pierce Pettis 2/16/13

Michael Hatley 10/27/12	Namoli Brennet 11/17/12

Chris Kokesh & LJ Booth 10/27/12	Chris Kokesh 10/27/12

Randy Brown 9/29/12	Mills Bryant 9/29/12

Mills Bryant & Randy Brown 9/29/12	Randy Brown 9/29/12
Season 3 September 2011-May 2012

Ann Armstrong & Steve Hughes 5/12/12	Ann Armstrong 5/12/12

Steve Hughes 5/12/12	Loretta Callens 5/12/12

Tom Prasada-Rao 4/14/12	Dirje Smith accompanist for Tom Prasada-Rao 4/14/12

John & Dirje Smith fill in the sound for Tom Prasada-Rao 4/14/12

Jefferson Ross 3/3/12	Jefferson Ross 3/3/12

Karen Mal 2/4/12	Karen Mal 2/4/12
	Two Record Crowds in a Row! The Old Firehouse Concert Series continues to grow!
Karen Mal 2/4/12

Jill Phillips & Andy Gullahorn 1/14/12 Our first "sellout" crowd	Andy Gullahorn 1/14/12

Jill Phillips 1/14/12	Andy Gullahorn & Jill Phillips 1/14/12

Adler & Hearne 12/10/11	Lynn Adler 12/10/11

Lindy Hearne 12/10/11	Dave Sherman 12/10/11

Dave Sherman 12/10/11

Danny Schmidt 11/19/11	Carrie Elkin 11/19/11

Sam Baker 11/19/11	Danny, Carrie, & Sam in the Round

Namoli Brennet 10/22/11	Namoli Brennet 10/22/11

Bill Nash 9/17/11	David LaMotte 9/17/11

David LaMotte & His Improvised Drum 9/17/11	Perhaps our New Mascot?
Our First & Second Seasons September 2009 - May 2010, September 2010-May 2011

Our wonderful volunteers!	Neal Katz - Opening Night -9/20/09

Nick Annis - Opening Night - 9/20/09	Dana Cooper -011/22/09

Peter Mayer - 2/5/10	Beyond the Pale - 2/27/10

Our supportive audience.	Randy Brown - 3/21/10 it snowed!!

Andy Gullahorn - 4/11/10	BettySoo

Tom Kimmel	Tom Kimmel accompanied by John & Dirje Smith - 9/19/10 Beginning of our Second Season

Rose Cousins - 10/23/10	Rose & Edie - 10/23/10

Rose & Edie - 10/23/10	Edie Carey -10/23/10

Tim Chauvin - 11/13/10	Tim Chauvin -011/13/10

Vanessa Peters - 11/13/10	Greg Greenway - 12/12/10

Greg Greenway - 12/12/10	Eric Tate & Chuck Costa - 1/22/11

LJ Booth - 2/27/11	Chris Kokesh 2/27/11

Chris Kokesh & LJ Booth - 2/27/11	Pierce Pettis -03/19/11

Pierce Pettis - 3/19/11	Pierce Pettis Playing to a Full House - 3/19/11

Johnsmith - 4/10/11	Chuck Brodsky - 5/14/11
	Thanks for making our second season a great success!
Chuck Brodsky - 5/14/11