Christian Kiefer http://xiankiefer.wordpress.com I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:00:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/8ca2ab2df07976540d44617cdb0718aa?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Christian Kiefer http://xiankiefer.wordpress.com House show! http://xiankiefer.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/house-show/ http://xiankiefer.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/house-show/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:00:57 +0000 Christian Kiefer http://xiankiefer.wordpress.com/?p=523 ]]>

House of David

If you’re in Sacramento and/or the Bay Area we hope you’ll join us
for a special house concert at David’s in Davis, CA featuring
Christian Kiefer, Stephen Yerkey, and Richard March. We’ll be trading
songs, telling stories, and doing alot of harmonizing. Friendly for
the kids but music for the grown-ups.

The model at David’s is kid-friendly so bring them. We start early.
Food (great Indian food) at 6pm (for FREE!), we start playing at 7pm
and are done at 9pm or so. Don’t have kids and want to stay late and
get hammered? Feel free. David is just that friendly. Last time a
contingency of fine drunkards camped in the backyard for the evening.
Really.

But that was all after the kids had gone home. Speaking of which:
Babysitters will be around to take your kids to the park and entertain
them. How’s that?

Here’s the address:

718 Hacienda Ave, Davis 95616

If you’re coming, please RVSP to david@christiankiefer.com so we can
keep some kind of head count happening.

Chicagodents

By way of keeping you informed of other goings on, the band just
returned from Chicago where we played our Presidents songs at the
Hideout and at the Taste of Chicago in Grant Park with help from Tim
Rutili (Califone), Tim Kinsella (Joan of Arc), The Gunshy, The Bitter
Tears, Jon Langford (Mekons, Waco Brothers), and so many others I
can’t even remember.

More shows like this in the works but likely not until next year.
Keep your ear to the rail.

Coming Up

Vinyl release by the Tetuzi Akiyama / Tom Carter / Christian Kiefer
trio is on the way, also from Digitalis. It’s called THE DARKENED
MIRROR and features some guest work by percussionist Chip Conrad and
bassist Scott Leftridge.

Other stuff in the works too, which I’ll let you all know about as
it comes up, including a double batch of new songs, some of a more
rockist vein than I’ve done in the past.

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We’ll be bringing the Songs for Presidents show to Chicago for July 3 (the Hideout) and 4 (Grant Park for Taste of Chicago) with a horde of special guests.  E-mail david@christiankiefer.com for more information.

Presidents-CHICAGO

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May 15, 2009, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Davis Senior High School Library
315 W. 14th Street, Davis, CA

Live “Songs for Presidents” show with Davis High guests Doodle, Shiva Shahmir, and The Cast Shadows helping us out.  Educational outreach!  Woo!

 
E-mail david@christiankiefer.com to rvsp so we can make sure we have it covered!

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My first serious attempt at doing my music live came with a trio format we called Men with Guns.  Me on guitar and banjo; Chip Conrad on drums; Scott Lefridge on bass.  It was a good format–loud, weird, clanky, junky, too loose.  That’s us below, playing at a dive bar called Kimo’s in San Francisco. 
We’ll be bringing that trio format back to Sacramento this Friday (May 1) at Luna’s (1414 16th Street).  Stephen Yerkey and James Finch, Jr. are opening.  Should be a good, loud, weird, clanky, junky, too loose night, particularly since we’ve made a concious decision not to rehearse ahead of time.  Keepin’ it real since 1849.  That’s us.
Kimos, San Francisco, way back when...

Kimos, San Francisco, way back when...

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Cubby holed old furniture salvaged. In my world, all surfaces are tables here.

Cubby holed old furniture salvaged. In my world, all surfaces are tables here.

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Hi all:

Just a reminder of the show dates comin’ up!

April 22, 12:00PM
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Live daytime, outside show for whoever wanders by

 

April 25, 3:30pm
House show, Sacramento, CA
Benefits the American Cancer Society
E-mail ross@rosshammond.com for location and information 

 

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April 25, sometime in the evening…
House show, Marysville, CA
E-mail jesseharris87@sbcglobal.net for location and information

 

 

May 1, 9:00PM
Luna’s Cafe, Sacramento, CA
w/Kevin Lee (Silver Darling) and James Finch, Jr. (Jackpot)

June 6, 9:00PM
Luigi’s Fun Garden, Sacramento, CA

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For those interested in the show in Washington, DC back in January, Jeff Hutton’s photographs have been collected in a fine book with texts by Christian Kiefer, J. Matthew Gerken, Jefferson Pitcher, Stephen Kilroy (of Middle Distance Runner), Scott Leftridge, and Tim Fite. It more or less tells the story of the album and features new live photographs of us and the various guests involved: Nellie McKay, Tim Fite, Hiss Golden Messenger, Joe Pug, Denison Witmer, Laura Burhenn, Middle Distance Runner, Jukebox the Ghost, The Potomac Buccaneers of Leesburg Virginia, and These United States. Did I miss anyone? Probably. Click below for a preview of the beast (although note also that the preview is of the Intro section, which only has our press photos–the show starts later in the text).

Of Great and Morta…
By Jeff Hutton
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Lots of local (to us) shows up and coming…

April 15, 7:00AM
Rotary Club, Rocklin, CA
Lecture on Presidents project

 

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April 18, 7:00PM
House Show, Davis, CA
E-mail david@idhsales.com for location and information

 

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April 22, 12:00PM
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Live daytime, outside show for whoever wanders by

 

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April 25, 3:30pm
House show, Sacramento, CA
Benefits the American Cancer Society
E-mail ross@rosshammond.com for location and information

 

 

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April 25, sometime in the evening…
House show, Marysville, CA
E-mail jesseharris87@sbcglobal.net for location and information

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May 1, 9:00PM
Luna’s Cafe, Sacramento, CA

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June 6, 9:00PM
Luigi’s Fun Garden, Sacramento, CA

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Spice Today’s Old Lonesome Sound compiliation is up and running. Yours truly, Radar Bros., These United States, et al. and for FREE.

Here: http://www.splicetoday.com/mixtape/a-splice-original-compilation-the-old-lonesome-sound

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& Jefferson Pitcher is flying into town just to play with us.  Oh!  Hell yes!

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