Lot of work.

I love putting on shows. Nothing is as exciting as being in front of a crowd of people doing what you know to do - Talkin' to the People - but, damn, it's a lot of work.

It is happening again on February 6, 2009, at the Warehouse in Tallahassee. I am calling it the "Pretty Big Band Show". We will have 10 or 12 folks with us for this one, not as big as the band I had for the March '08 show, but still a pretty big band.

Helping me in the rhythm section is Steve Redmond on drums.
On guitar we have TD Giddings, Jimi McKenzie, and Eric Pfeufer.
Bill Landing is on sax, and the highlight is the choir with:
Kathi Giddings, Deborah Lawson, Steffi Tassos, and Katie Crozier.
Bob Weiss will be doing a set of classic R&B and also singing lead on a couple of my songs. And, a couple of brilliant young musicians have been invited to join us for a few songs and have tentatively accepted; Alphonso Horne on trumpet, and Erma Kyriakos on violin. Adding to my own material are songs by TD, Kathi, and Jimi.

We start out at 8pm with a set from the Jones Brothers Band. Next, the Jim Crozier Band kicks out a set mostly from the "Down to the Village" CD with some new stuff in the mix - expecially: "Talkin' to the People". Rounding out the evening is the Bone Dry Band, featuring material from from our Suburban Woodville neighborhood.

Love to you all, hope you can make it, I know it will be worth the trip!

Jc

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Jim Crozier Band at Bird’s

Friday, January 02, 2009

Check out this event: Jim Crozier Band at Bird’s Hosted By: Jim Crozier When: Friday Jan 02, 2009 at 9:00 PM Where Bird's Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack 325 N Bronough St Tallahassee, Florida|10 32301 United States Description: Jim Crozier Click Here To View Event

Thanksgiving

I've got the fire going good - I will BBQ the turkey in a while.
My daughter, Katie, got in last night, with her dog.
Both grandmas and my son will be here this evening.
It will be a wonderful ThanksGiving Dinner.
And then Jean and I will disappear to St Augustine Beach for the rest of the weekend.
I give thanks!

jc

Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival

On November 15, I had the thrill of joining hundreds of other songwriters as a guest writer at the annual Frank Brown Songwriters Festival on Perdido Key in FloriBama land. Jimi McKenzie shared a writers in the round session with James H Williams and a very young Monroe Hamit for an hour at the Perdido Key Resort in the Sandcastle Room. The real thrill was that we were followed by a group of writers that included Tim Johnson, Steve Williams, Thom Shepherd, and Lance Miller. Since they have a bunch of hits among them, we ended up with a pretty good crowd!

And wow, Reneda and her team really treat us like royalty!

jc

Good Rehearsal

Last night, the newly reconstructed band "Bone Dry" assembled for the first time - this is going to be a great show.

We got through 26 of the 29 songs on the list.

It was the first time that some of the cats had met each other.

Ya'll gotta make it! 621 Gallery, Railroad Square, Tallahassee, Oct 10, 6pm.

This is only a part of the Charles Hook Memorial Weekend, he would have been 60 the day before. Sculptor, Charles Hook was a friend and teacher to us all.

jc

"Bone Dry" returns to 621 Gallery

New Orleans Blues, Americana Country, Florida Rock, Original Songs. "Bone Dry" returns to 621 Gallery on October 10, 2008 (6 to 9pm)for the Charles Hook Memorial Weekend . Bone Dry is led by TD Giddings - guitar and vocals, with Jim Crozier - bass and vocals, Kathi Giddings - vocals, Eric Pfeufer - lead guitar, Bill Landing - sax, and Lex "Luther" Coleman - drums. Guest appearances likely. 621 Gallery is in the Railroad Square Art Park in Tallahassee, Florida.

New web site

I have been working on my web site at jimcrozier.com

Still mostly just a place to post stuff to reference from other places, but still an improvement!

jc