LINCOLN CROCKETT: News

Hi Friends,

In the morning I fly back to my beloved Pacific Northwest.  I could not be more excited.  It's been a long journey, I've done a lot of healing, and I return ready for the future.  And the future begins...

... In Bellingham, WA this Thursday at the Green Frog!  Then on Guemes Island this Friday!  In Bellevue Thursday 8/12!  And FINALLY Portland Friday the Thirteenth where I'll be joined by songwriters Brad Creel, Alexa Wiley, Will West and Garett Brennan, plus guitarist Jim McKeon and bassist Tyler Smith!

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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Lincoln Crockett - 9 pm
Green Frog Acoustic Cafe and Tavern

902 N State St
Bellingham, WA 98225
US
360-756-1213

Price: $5

Friday, August 6th, 2010
Lincoln Crockett - 5:30 pm
Anderson's General Store

7885 Guemes Island Rd
Anacortes, WA 98221
USA
360.293.4548

Price: no cover 

Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Singer-Songwriter Showcase - 6:30 - 8 pm
Crossroads Bellevue

156th Ave NE & NE 8th Street
Bellevue, WA 98008
US
425-644-1111

Price: free

Friday, August 13th, 2010
Lucky Lincoln And Friends - 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Alberta Street Pub

1036 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR 97201
US
503-284-7665

Price: $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Matt Miner presents this special return show, sponsored by Paperjam Press. Tickets available thru Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/120087.

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Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

Hello Everyone,

It's nice to be on sabbatical, but I am excited for every chance I get to do what I love.  That's why I'm excited about the next month.  This Saturday I'll be playing a houseconcert with Parthenon Huxley here in Maryland.  June's houseconcert in Virginia was a smash success (Thanks, Jeff & Erin!) and I'm ready for more.  Sunday I'm returning to play for the people at CommUnity On The Hill in Washington, DC.  Next week I fly to Minnesota with my family and play twice, before returning to the Northwest in August for four more dates culminating in my long-anticipated return to Portland, Oregon on Friday the 13th!  There's so much I want you to know about the shows so please visit the calendar, find a date near you and read more about it.  I can't wait to play for you again.

I've finally added a Healing tab this month to lincolncrockett.com.  Folks who know me already know this has always been a part of what I do.  Now you can learn more about what underlies my songs and my thinking, and learn about another way we can connect. 

If you read to the bottom there's an extra special secret I'll share with you.

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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Lincoln Crockett, Parthenon Huxley - 8 pm
Houseconcert at the Crockett's

5808 Sonoma Rd
Bethesda, MD 20817
USA
301.530.9284

Price: $20

A true homecoming show, and I'm excited to be joined by Parthenon Huxley a world-class musician we discovered living on the same block! According to my parents, "We learned about Parthenon Huxley when our grandson fell for the enormous inflatable, animatronic Halloween decorations four doors up the block. It turns out that our neighbor spent nine years as lead guitarist for a latter day version of the world-famous, multi-platinum selling British symphonic rock group ELO. "P. Hux" has a long recording history as a solo artist beginning with his Columbia Records LP "Sunny Nights" which Rolling Stone called "a monumental debut." Huxley went on to win Album of the Year Awards in the indie press for his albums "Deluxe" and "Homemade Spaceship." Parthenon has collaborated with and shared the stage with countless famous names including Crosby, Stills and Nash, Cheap Trick, Brian Wilson, Aimee Mann, Joan Jett, David Lee Roth, Bo Diddley, Linda Ronstadt, Foreigner and many more. A masterful guitarist, singer and songwriter, P. Hux has been dubbed a "pop visionary", "rock's most underrated pop genius" and a songwriting "master." Visit www.parthenonhuxley.com to get to know him more!"

Please RSVP in advance. Seating is limited, first come first served. Doors open at 7:15 pm for gathering and hors d'oeuvres. Please bring wine/beer/drink of choice. To reserve a space, RSVP to margssc@verizon.net, or call. For the uninitiated, a house concert is a chance to experience music in a warm and intimate environment. You're invited into someone's living room to share in a performance by one of their favorite musicians. It's a chance to meet the performers and have them sign their CD. A house concert is also a great social evening of friends and neighbors. The proceeds of houseconcerts go to the musicians and make up a vital part of the livelihood of an independent musician.

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Shhhh: the secret is Cross-eyed Rosie and I are putting together a special reunion show in Portland in September!  I'll tell you more next month.  Meanwhile I hope you're enjoying your life and that we can see each other soon.

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

I've just added a new HEALING tab to lincolncrockett.com.  Some of you already know me as an energy healer from our friendship, conversation, Sisters Folk Festival Songwriting Accademy, special performances for spiritual organizations and other places.  As I've gotten to know my audience over the years its become clear that people want to know more about it.  You can expect to see this influence more of everything I do in the future.  Click on the HEALING tab now to learn more!

Peace & Be Well,

Lincoln

Hi Beautiful People!

I'm happy to let you know about two houseconcerts I've been asked to perform back east, of the USofA, that is. Erin and Ben's house is coming up this month on Saturday, June 26 in Falls Church, VA! And my folks have asked me to perform for them again, this time a double-bill with our neighbor Parthenon Huxley, Saturday, July 17! If you or someone you know will be in the area, we hope you'll join us!

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Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Houseconcert - 7 - 9pm
Erin & Ben's House

3115 Hall Ct
Falls Church, VA 22042
USA
410-948-5658
Price: $20

We're gonna cram this house fulla joy! RSVP required, seating is limited. First come, first serve tickets. Please RSVP to Erin Nomiyama nomiyama@gmail.com or 410-948-5658.

Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Lincoln Crockett, Parthenon Huxley - 8 pm
Houseconcert at the Crockett's

5808 Sonoma Rd
Bethesda, MD 20817
USA
301.530.9284
Price: $20

A true homecoming show, and I'm excited to be joined by Parthenon Huxley (www.parthenonhuxley.com). According to my parents "it turns out that our neighbor spent nine years as lead guitarist for a latter day version of the world-famous, multi-platinum selling British symphonic rock group ELO. "P. Hux" has a long recording history as a solo artist beginning with his Columbia Records LP "Sunny Nights" which Rolling Stone called "a monumental debut." Huxley went on to win Album of the Year Awards in the indie press for his albums "Deluxe" and "Homemade Spaceship." Parthenon has collaborated with and shared the stage with countless famous names including Crosby, Stills and Nash, Cheap Trick, Brian Wilson, Aimee Mann, Joan Jett, David Lee Roth, Bo Diddley, Linda Ronstadt, Foreigner and many more." Wow!

Please RSVP in advance. Seating is limited, first come first served. Doors open at 7:15 pm for gathering and hors d'euvres. Please bring wine/beer/drink of choice. To reserve a space, RSVP to margssc@verizon.net, or call.

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A little on house concerts for the uninitiated: A houseconcert is a chance to experience music in a warm and intimate environment. You’re invited into someone’s living room to share in a performance by one of their favorite musicians. It's a chance to meet the performers and have them sign their CD. A house concert is also a great social evening of friends and neighbors. The proceeds of houseconcerts go to the musicians and make up a vital part of the livelihood of an independent musician. If you'd like me to perform at a houseconcert of your own, please contact me at link@lincolncrockett.com.

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As you may recall, our hero (that's me!) was last seen departing US shores for Asia, with broad and garrulous adventures of self-discovery ahead. My family and I have since racked up miles and smiles during four months in Thailand, and it seems just barely made it out before the worst of the government protest violence recently in Bangkok. We are glad to be back, and will be visiting our family for the next two months, before returning to Portland, OR in August to make a home.

As soon as I hop off the plane in Seattle there will be music, beginning with dates in Bellingham (8/5), Bellevue (8/12) and Portland on Friday the 13th! I'll let you know more in future LinkLists, along with other information and special announcements soon. Meanwhile, visit the website, keep listening to the music, and I'm excited to have the chance to play for you again! I'm eternally grateful.

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

Hi everyone, greetings from mid-February on sabbatical in Thailand (more on that below):

My extended break began full-force and radical after the farewell show in November as my wife, Alicia, and I packed up our belongings and squeezed them in a 10x10 box. This was equal parts painful and liberating. We felt burdened by day to day upkeep of a modern American home, but in love with the same burden. The contents of our little mountain cabin fit so well that we kept more than we expected. Lotsa flotsam and jetsam - a couch, a desk, dining table and chairs, houseplants, our beloved mountain truck 'The Mule' - we gave away, loaned out, stashed and stored with friends and family. We were ready to look for a larger home anyway, but our son was the most sad to leave. Hopefully the worst that can happen to him, other than expensive therapy bills, is a tendency to feel rootless and inclined to travel... just like his mom and pop! (oh boy...)

We boiled everything down to a backpack each by January. When I say we're taking a sabbatical from everything, we mean EVERYTHING. Several people in my life have expressed drooling envy at this, but I have a confession: I'M A HOMEBODY!! I love: 1. a fridge with my food in it, and 2. a bed with my sheets on it, somewhere out there, knowing I can return to it. I think I got myself into deeper water than I was expecting, but lesson learned. All the more likely that you'll hear me back doing music sooner.

On that note (pun relished), I can feel the music rising in me again, like sap. Perhaps wiser musicians anticipate the need for creative rebirthing periodically, but I came to this the old fasioned way - burnout. On this trip I have brought my mandolin (very well insured!). I pick it up when the muse strikes me, utterly without pressure or need driving me. I've been finding new nooks and crannies. Just last night Alicia asked "Did you write that? That was beautiful," after one of dozens of little, aimless meanderings around the fretboard that stay with me day after day. Perhaps one or two will grow into 'Gone Away Pt.2' or something fun. Right now I'm sensitive to the wind whispering in my heart, listening for the way forward from here, just as I've always done.

By the way, I've been listening to the new disks, IN PICTURES and PLAY IN THE YARD all the time, have you? These songs are my own messages in a bottle from the deep inside to the light of day. When I finally decided on sabbatical I had to come to terms with not being able to release and tour a new disk as I'd been hoping to do. Thankfully, this and my limited time available set just the boundaries I needed to know what to do, and just like with ANGELS AND DEVILS ALIKE, the results have exceeded my expectations. Some of these songs I've played out once or twice, some only for friends, some, like my new favorite "Summerbird", have never been heard. On IN PICTURES Tom Frisch and I captured them in all their glory, the best I ever played them, and still managed to find new sounds and new instruments. PLAY IN THE YARD, meanwhile, makes me smile everytime. Playing with Jim, Tyler and Andy behind me was like heaven to a normally solo performer. Like, dude, imagine - Tyler was there holding down JUST THE BASS NOTES!!!! Unbelieveable. I could go on and on and on and on, but my wife has taught me better manners. Get the disks and hear for yourself.

Have I mentioned I hadn't enjoyed a real vacation in, like, what feels like a decade? Guess where we have gone now! (OK tons of you know already, but, ta da) I'm in Bangkok, Thailand right now, feeling grateful that U.S. cities have good sanitation, and grateful that Thai food is so amazingly good. Its been great to be warm in the winter, to be well cared for at all of our stays, to get in my first ever tropical island beach time, and to have a change to decompress and take a long look at life. What do I want in the future? What did I like about what I doing? Is this really the life I sought? What of all these answers is something permanent and lasting, and which were just circumstantial, satisfactions that might be found in greater measure in a different presentation. Is music the highest expression of the joy I feel bubbling up inside me? What new risks might I be inclined to take in the future? What do I really need, and what do I really NOT need to be happy!?

The answers are coming. They change shape a little everyday. Geographically speaking we're going on to India next - a place Alicia has always wanted to go and who's modal music has thrilled me since George Harrison. Its time for more new things. What new things are you getting into these days? Do you still feel the 'Recession', or are you ready to think of it as 'The Progression' to something better and closer to your heart. Have you been working at your dreams lately? I'd love to hear about it. Drop me a note here thru link@lincolncrockett.com or sign in on the guestbook. Meanwhile, enjoy the music, and as I told a friend recently, may all the happiness you can stand be stalking you in broad daylight.

Peace and be well,
Lincoln

ANNOUNCING TWO NEW ALBUMS!!

www.cdbaby.com/cd/lincolncrockett3
www.cdbaby.com/cd/lincolncrockett1
Hi Everyone!

I am pleased to announce the release of not one but TWO full-length collections of music: IN PICTURES and PLAY IN THE YARD. As I embarque on my sabbatical, these albums are my way of saying thank you to all of you who have supported me on this adventure these past few years, seeing shows, buying disks and letting me know how the music has touched you. You've been asking for more and I couldn't leave you hanging! These albums are digital download only, and are available right now through www.CDBaby.com.

IN PICTURES is a stripped-down, solo trip through live favorites recorded for the first time like 'Takin' A Break' and 'Why Do We Hurt The Ones We Love', alongside rarities like 'Sight Of Love' and 'Ya Gotta Know', and favorite new songs that have never been heard before like 'Summerbird' and 'Hard Heart'. Like ANGELS & DEVILS ALIKE before it, its meant to be heard tip to tail, but you'll love your favorites on their own. Find it and more about it at www.cdbaby.com/cd/lincolncrockett3
PLAY IN THE YARD features my musical brothers Jim McKeon on guitar, Tyler Smith on bass and Andy Love on drums, captured together at a weekend cabin retreat. Kicked off by a duo version of 'Glory Halelujah', we streched out and rocked out new songs like 'Mississippi Moonrise', solo favorites like 'Psychopaths', older songs like 'Dog', and even the Cross-eyed Rosie song 'Moonbeams & Kerosene'. I love these recordings. Find it and more about it at www.cdbaby.com/cd/lincolncrockett1
This week my family and I are hopping a jet one-way to Thailand, and if you're lucky I'll get bored of beaches quickly and turn to Facebook and video blogging hundreds of new songs. But in my heart my #1 goal is to de-stress and spend time getting to know my wife and son again, so for now, enjoy these new disks as my personal messages to you, and we'll see each other ahead on greener shores.

Thanks Everyone!

With love and gratitude,

Lincoln

Hi Everyone,

First off, MY APOLOGIES to anyone who missed me at Artichoke Music's Friday Night Coffee House. I had to cancel due to me being home achy and sick. Not lonesome, just all broke, if ya know what I mean. I'm bummed, and sorry about not getting the word out in time. Artichoke is always an epicenter of beauty, I hope you enjoyed it without me!

Due to a scheduling conflict we've also cancelled Monday's appearance at Solstice Woodfire Cafe. They will be having music and I hope folks in the region will consider going and support this wonderful place.

But all is not lost, I am still around, the biggest and best is yeat to come, and MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS IS IT!!! I am beside myself with excitement.

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Lincoln Crockett & Enemies, Chris Kokesh CD RELEASE!! - door 6pm, show 7 - 10pm
Mississippi Studios
3939 N. Mississippi St.
Portland, OR 97227
US
503-288-3895
Price: $12

See You With Love,
Lincoln

Hi Everyone,

November is the final month of shows for me as I head into sabbatical, so below is a list of every time I'm playing music publicly between now and the goodbye show at Mississippi Studios in Portland on Sunday, November 29th! That evening is also Chris Kokesh's cd release show for her new disc OCTOBER VALENTINE, so get your tickets now at http://www.mississippistudios.com/, they'll be a sellin'!

I'm also wrapping up not one but TWO full-length albums of download-only music that I can't wait to tell you about, but you're gonna have to hold your breath 'til their done. In the meantime I hope to get to play for you soon!

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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Family Friendly Show with Mo Phillips - 6 - 8 pm
Mississippi Pizza Pub

3552 N Mississippi St
Portland, OR 97220
US
503-288-3231
Price: $5- Kids under 12 free

Don't make the yungun's cry but this is my last family friendly show before sabbatical. *sniff* Carry on, Mo Phillips (www.mophillips.com)! This show will also have a camera present, as we are begining filming Mo's new kids show, "Puddletown." So wear your finery, or come totally as is, which is usually pretty darn fine.




Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Hillsboro Parent Preschool Benefit
Cornelius Pass Roadhouse and Brewery

4045 N.W. Cornelius Pass Rd.
Hillsboro, OR 97123
US
(503) 640-6174




Sunday, November 15th, 2009
10 am
Abundant Life Center
Vancouver, WA
US


Super supportive of my music over the years and just a gleaming gem of consciousness in, yep, for real: Vancouver!






Friday, November 20th, 2009
Friday Night Coffee House - 7 - 10 pm
Artichoke Music

3130 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214
US
(503) 232-8845
Price: $5

I'm the featured artist for the evening, playing at 9:30 and planning to dig up some new and rare songs. Still the epicenter of true folk music in Portland, Artichoke's Fri Night's are (oxymoronically) chill and warm. Lotsa love.



Monday, November 23rd, 2009
6'ish to 8'ish pm
Solstice Woodfire Cafe

415 W Steuben Street (Hwy14)
Bingen, WA 98605
US
509.493.4006
Price: tipping encouraged!

My last *sob* time through Solstice's warm, welcoming, woodfired world. . .



Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Lincoln Crockett & Enemies, Chris Kokesh CD RELEASE!! - door 6pm, show 7 - 10pm
Mississippi Studios

3939 N. Mississippi St.
Portland, OR 97227
US
503-288-3895
Price: $12

THIS IS IT!! THE LAST, GREATEST SHOW EVER!!! (before the one I play on some faraway beach on my sabbatical, anyway) Chris Kokesh (www.chriskokesh.com) will be releasing her long-awaited, first full-length cd OCTOBER VALENTINE! I'll be releasing TWO new as-yet-unnamed, download-only collections of songs, AND I'm pulling together my dream band - ENEMIES features the truly world-class Portland area blues, bluegrass, funk, folk & jazz musicians who have accompanied me since I put out Angels & Devils Alike, including Chris Kokesh! THIS is the music that is inside my head and heart. DO NOT MISS THIS!!!


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Gonna miss you all while I'm Takin' A Break,
Lincoln

Hi Friends and Folks,

After an exciting run through Washington last week with Chris Kokesh (www.chriskokesh.com) I'm ready for more. So this Thursday I'll be at the monthly Family Friendly Show in Portland with Mo Phillips (www.mophillips.com), reminiscing in the Edgefield Winery on Friday, and on Saturday joining Chris again in Ridgefield, WA at the Birdfest and Bluegrass Festival!

AND next week at Alberta St will be the LAST TIME I WILL PLAY A FULL SOLO SET IN PORTLAND before sabbatical! The evening will feature amazing solo artists in their own right, Nathaniel Talbot (www.myspace.com/nathanieltalbot) and Jamie Stillway (www.jamiestillway.com).

Please note that the Mississippi Studios show in November is still on but the date has been moved to Sunday, November 29.

Hope to see you soon.

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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Family Friendly Show with Mo Phillips - 6 - 8 pm
Mississippi Pizza Pub
3552 N Mississippi St
Portland, OR 97220
US
503-288-3231
Price: $5- Kids under 12 free
www.mophillips.com - latest cd's have the craziest kids songs you ever did hee-yar...


Friday, October 9th, 2009
7 - 9 pm
McMenamin's Edgefield
2126 S.W. Halsey St.
Troutdale, OR 97060
US
(800) 669-8610
Price: free + tip
down in the Winery, and the Labyrinth Conference will be going on. Should be very INT-teresting...


Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh at Birdfest and Bluegrass - 4 pm
Old Liberty Theatre
Ridgefield, WA 98642
US
Price: $10
http://www.ridgefieldfriends.org/birdfestandbluegrass.html There will be birds, bluegrass music and jamming all day in Ridgefield!


Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Lincoln Crockett, Nathaniel Talbot, Jamie Stillway - 9 pm
Alberta Street Pub
1036 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR 97201
US
503-284-7665
Price: $5

This is a special night and I hope you'll join us. This will be THE LAST TIME I WILL PLAY A FULL SOLO SET IN PORTLAND before sabbatical. I'm excited to be joining up with Jamie (www.jamiestillway.com) and Nathaniel (www.myspace.com/nathanieltalbot) again, like good old times...


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Sunday, October 25th, 2009 Washington, DC
Solly's U Street Tavern
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 New York, NY
Googie's Lounge above the Living Room
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 Portland, OR
Mississippi Pizza Pub
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 Hillsboro, OR
Cornelius Pass Roadhouse and Brewery
Sunday, November 15th, 2009 Vancouver, WA
Abundant Life Center
Friday, November 20th, 2009 Portland, OR
Artichoke Music
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Bingen, WA
Solstice Woodfire Cafe
Friday, November 29th, 2009 Portland, OR
Lincoln Crockett & Enemies, Chris Kokesh CD RELEASE!!
Mississippi Studios

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It is a pleasure and an honor,
Lincoln

Cheers, Everyone!

I'm gonna miss playing for you on my sabbatical, but I am not going to go without a chance to see everyone one more time. Chris Kokesh (www.chriskokesh.com) and I are starting with a run through Washington next weekend and we hope to get to spend and evening with those of you up that way. Lotsa details below.

And I'm looking forward to seeing my Gorge-ous neighbors at Solstice Woodfire Cafe next Monday. Join us!

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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Lincoln Crockett solo Every Fourth Monday - 6'ish - 9'ish
Solstice Woodfire Cafe

415 W Steuben Street (Hwy14)
Bingen, WA 98605
US
509.493.4006
Price: free, tipping encouraged!



Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - 9 - midnight
Conor Byrne Pub

5140 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
US
(206) 784-3640
Price: $5

Chris has a new cd coming out soon and you know my plans so Seattle, this is THE best time to catch us!!



Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Doors at 7:15pm, show at 8pm
House Concerts at Toolshed SoundLab

Port Townsend, WA 98368
US
(360) 385-7696
Price: $10-15 Requested Donation

Supersweet spot in a supersweet town. Potluck dessert / drinks for the break are welcome (something small and easy). Please e-mail for reservations: George Rezendes grezendes@mac.com



Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - 9 pm - midnight
Green Frog Acoustic Cafe and Tavern

902 N State St
Bellingham, WA 98225
US
360-756-1213
Price: $5

Chris made new friends up there earlier this year touring with Jonathan Byrd, now finally Chris & I arrive together.


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The online Calendar has been updated with even MORE information. So excited to make music for you every chance I get. See you out there!

Yours,
Lincoln

Hi Everyone!

I'm fresh back from the Sister's Folk Festival and I can do nothing but gush. For those who have never been, it's an epicenter of beautiful music, and follows on the heals of the Americana Project Song Accademy, where I was honored to be a staff member. (www.sistersfolkfestival.com) Great to see so many friends there, and hope the rest of you will join in in the future!

The *NEW* CD Baby is here: THE best source for indedpendant music has launched a new artist info site with a robust resources section, new product offerings, AND a brand new storefront with new functions and features! New ease of downloads & updated info will be coming for my and Cross-eyed Rosie's cd's. Expose yourself to new music!

"I'm Just Taking A Break":

After an eye-opening two years since the release of ANGELS & DEVILS ALIKE, I've decided to take a sabbatical of indeterminate duration and destination, to take stock, take time with my family, take a load off, take some adventures. So every show between now and my departure takes on a new light. I'll be taking one more run through Washington with Chris Kokesh and playing a few more dates in the Portland area culminating with an EXTRA SPECIAL SHOW at Mississippi Studios on November 27th!! More details on that show in the future...

THIS WEEK: John Henry and Chris Kokesh have invited me to be the special guest at their Harmony Thursdays series at Alberta St. Pub in Portland! AND Jim McKeon and I will be playing our last purely duo sets at Hotel Oregon on Friday. Gonna be some great music...

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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Harmony Thursday - 6:30 pm
Alberta Street Pub

1036 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR 97201
US
503-284-7665
Price: $5

John Henry and Chris Kokesh have been excited to be bringing harmony back in this long running series! Lincoln will be the very special featured co-host this week. The show will be recorded for a future podcast!


Friday, September 18th, 2009
Lincoln Crockett w/ Jim McKeon - 7 - 10 pm
McMenamins Hotel Oregon

310 N.E. Evans Street
McMinnville, OR 97128
US
(503) 472-8427
Price: free + tip

With Lincoln heading on Sabadical soon, this is THE last chance to catch Lincoln and Jim's amazing, brotherly, psychic, musical chemistry as a duo.

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It's been wonderful getting to play for you all. I will have more dates updated on the calendar soon. I hope to get to see you again before I'm off, AND I'm working to leave you with some new recordings. Take good care of yourselves and see you soon!

Gratefully Yours,
Lincoln

Hi Everyone,

It's time for Chris Kokesh (www.chriskokesh.com) and I to return to the The Mint, in the Dalles, OR, which has become a hotspot for music in the Gorge. We have a great time everytime. AND Saturday we're zipping back out to gorgeous Enterprise, OR for "The sweetest little music festival in Eastern Oregon", The Juniper Jam! Click on the links and have a look around, if you're in the area we'll look for you there!

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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - 6 - 9 pm
The Mint

710 E 2nd St
The Dalles, WA 97058
US
541-296-4707
Price: free + tip


Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - 2 pm
Juniper Jam Music Festival

Wallowa County Fairgrounds
Enterprise, OR 97828
US
541-426-3390
Price: $10

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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
NW Emerging Artists Stage (Depot Cafe) - 1:30 - 2:15 pm
Sisters Folk Festival

Sisters, OR 97759
US
Price: this stage is free! (festival is $45-85)

THE world-class folk music festival for the Northwest. There's magic at Sister's... AND look for me helping out at the Americana Song Academy the entire week prior!

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Thanks, All, C U Soon!
Best,
Lincoln

Greetings, Fellow Travellers,

Zipping through an orbital run this weekend, I'm reaching into my homespots, Guemes Island and Port Townsend. These regions of the Northwet are gorgeous. Bellinghampsters and Seattle-ites, this is as close as I'm coming for a full show this summer!

Upon returning to my also Gorge-ous homezone I'll be sitting down for my Monthly Solstice Cafe set, Monday!

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Friday, August 21st, 2009
5:30 - 8 pm
Anderson's General Store

Guemes Island, WA
USA
360.293.4548

Price: free + tip

All part of a great weekend of music at Anderson's. Saturday is Spoonshine (www.spoonshine.com/)!


Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
3 - 6 pm
Port Townsend Brewing

330 10th St # C
Port Townsend, WA
USA
(360) 385-9967
Price: free, tipping encouraged!


Monday, August 24th, 2009
7 - 9 pm
Solstice Woodfire Cafe

415 W Steuben Street (Hwy14)
Bingen, WA 98605
USA
509.493.4006
Price: free, tipping encouraged

Every Fourth Monday of the month.

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[psst - you just might be able to find me picking at the farmer's market in B'ham, early Saturday morning, listen for the twinkly sounds...]


All the best to all of your and yours! C U Soon!

- Lincoln

Hi Everyone!

Just a quickie to let everyone who'll be in the Portland area Thursday know I'll be making music all afternoon, at the Eastbank Farmer's Market AND with Mo Phillips at our monthly Family Friendly show. If you're looking for some extra goodness in your day, come join me.

Also: In addition to last week's reappearance of the Guestbook on www.lincolncrockett.com, there is now an mp3 player spinning my tracks for you AND a new photo interface to make it easier to enjoy a short trek through the years with me. Manga!

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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
3:30 pm
PSU Eastbank Farmer's Market

SE 20th and Salmon
Portland, OR
Price: tipping encouraged!


Thursday, August 13th, 2009
6 - 8 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Mo Phillips Family Friendly Show

Mississippi Pizza
Portland, OR
USA
Price: $5- Kids under 12 free

Mo (www.mophillips.com) may be THE finest purveyor of dementedly genius, grown-up kids music in the NW. Tonight he will be joined by Bob Harp (www.bobharp.net), and I will roll in for the second set to close out the show!

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Great to see so many of you at Alberta St Pub in Portland last Saturday, Charlotte, Rosie, Ellie and I had a great time sharing music with you. Let's do it again soon! Be Well,

Lincoln

Hello Fine Folks,

The GUESTBOOK is finally back at lincolncrockett.com! Come say hello! The good people at HostBaby.com have beat off the mad spammers and made it possible for me to return it to action--> www.lincolncrockett.com/guestbook.html
I love playing with Chris Kokesh (www.chriskokesh.com) and I get to do it TWICE on Friday. We'll be kicking off the 2009 Bite Of Oregon in Portland in the morning, and in the evening serenading our friends in The Dalles at The Mint.

On Saturday I'm excited to have my friend and fellow singer/songwriter Charlotte Thistle (www.agirlwithaguitar.com) joining me at Alberta St Pub in Portland. Charlotte had me up to Seattle in April and we had a blast with her band. This week I'll be playing a solo set and Ms. Thistle has invited a fiddling friend to join her and kick off the night.

Today it is finally cool outside! Ah well, I'll have to jump in Trout Creek another day. There's also even more hidden goodies going on on the calendar at my website, and much more will be added soon.

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Friday, August 7th, 2009
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh at the Bite of Oregon
Tom Mccall Waterfront Park
Portland, OR
USA

Friday, August 7th, 2009
6 - 9 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - The Mint
The Dalles, OR
USA
541-296-4707
Price: free + tip

Saturday, August 8th, 2009
7 - 9 pm
Lincoln Crockett, Charlotte Thistle - Alberta St Pub
Portland, OR
USA
Price: $5

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Hope you're having a wonderful summer. Best and c u soon,

Lincoln

Hi Everyone,

The weather has been beautiful here in Trout Lake and I'm ready to play some music for you my neighbors and you who are lucky enough to make a trip out the Columbia River Gorge-area this week.

Thursday, alt-folk troubador and old mountain-music appreciator Garett Brennan (www.threepin.org) and I will be playing together at Everybody's Brewing in White Salmon. Garett just released a new disk, Huckleberry Tree, with his band The Great Salt Licks, which features top-shelf pickers like Tony Furtado, Scott Law, Jackstraw's Jon Neufeld and Foghorn Stringband's Sammy Lind. There ain't much dust at Everybody's, but we're gonna kick it all up.

Saturday I'm doing a double header of my two favorite places: at 3pm I'm offering a set right here at the wonderful Trout Lake Arts Festival, and at 7pm I'm gonna give some of my soothing solo boogie at McMenamin's Edgefield. If you can fit either of these places into your weekend it'll truly make your summer day. More info below!

I'm putting some energy into recording some new music for you, and I'll let you know when things will be appearing as the year progresses. Also, the online calendar is nearing the end of it's previous update, but the sun hours have been long and office hours have been short. Be patient and I'll keep you updated with more soon!

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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
9 pm
Lincoln Crockett, Garett Brennan - Everybody's Brewing
151 E Jewett Blvd
White Salmon, WA 98672
USA
Price: free + tip

Garett (www.threepin.org) has an orchard above Hood River and a solid stack of songs for homepickin'. Lincoln has a cabin in Trout Lake and a solid stack of songs for stickin' in your head. Let's get it together!


Friday, July 17th, 2009
5 pm
Westwind Frame and Gallery Customer Celebration

The Dalles, OR
USA
(541) 298-2552
Price: private

Marty and her crew are ready to celebrate how much they love what they do!


Saturday, July 18th, 2009
3 - 4 pm
Trout Lake Arts Festival
490 Sunnyside Road
Trout Lake, WA 98650
USA
509.395.2488
Price: free

The 14th Annual Trout Lake Festival of the Arts presents a weekend of art and music in beautiful Trout Lake Valley located beneath Mt. Adams. Fifty artists will be jury selected to display fine art in the rustic barn, outdoors, or garden setting. In addition to the art, visitors enjoy continuous live music, outstanding variety of foods, local brews and wine. There is no admission fee and plenty of free parking.


Saturday, July 18th, 2009
7 - 9 pm
McMenamin's Edgefield Winery
2126 SW Halsey St
Troutdale, OR 97060
USA
(503) 492-3086
Price: free + tip

In the summer I may be outside at the Red Shed, or if there is a wedding scheduled there (happens often!) I will be down haunting the Winery hall.

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Be well and wonderful and I'll see you soon,

Lincoln

Hi Everyone,

After locking ourselves in Mo Phillips' (www.mophillips.com) home-basement studio last week you'd think we wouldn't want to smell each other again, but in fact we're getting married. Ok, no, but his disk of kids tunes grown-ups will love is sounding great and we are playing our every-2nd-Thursday-of-the-month Family Friendly show in Portland this Thursday! As Mo sez "its a seat-o-the-pants rocket ride into glorious and melodious mayhem."

Jim Mckeon, guitar whiz for Portland's The Rocktet (www.myspace.com/therocktet) and I will also be making sweet music again for our friends out at McMenamin's Hotel Oregon in McMinville, OR on Friday. Hmmm, Jim & Mo... is this a bromantically-themed week of music?

Saturday night I've been invited back to Twilight Pizza Bistro, a heaven-sent haven for folks who like good food, drink and music in Camas, WA. Appearantly there's a pizza theme going in here too...

I'll be playing songs for my friends at Vancouver's Abundant Life Center Sunday morning as well. Its a special place there! Thanks as well for the great feedback about the new www.lincolncrockett.com, its been a long time coming!

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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
6 - 8pm
Lincoln Crockett & Mo Phillips Family Friendly Show
Mississippi Pizza
Portland, OR
USA
Price: $5- Kids under 12 free


Friday, July 10th, 2009
7 - 10 pm
Lincoln Crockett w/ Jim McKeon - McMenamin's Hotel Oregon
310 N.E. Evans Street
McMinnville, OR 97128
USA
(503) 472-8427
Price: free + tip


Saturday, July 11th, 2009
7 - 9 pm
Twilight Pizza
Camas, WA
USA
360 - 833 - 9222
Price: free + tip


Sunday, July 12th, 2009
10 am
Abundant Life Center
Vancouver, WA
Price: free

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Be well and wonderful and I'll see you soon,

Lincoln

Hi Everyone

It's official: Chris (www.chriskokesh.com) and I are having a love affair... with small western towns. No really, did you know Pendleton, Oregon's motto is "The Real West"? (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton,_Oregon) How can you not love that? I'm excited to spend my first time there at the Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co - which has also featured the likes of Scotland Barr, Hillstomp, David Greer & Weinland - this Wednesday. Tell your Pendleton family!

Thursday we'll be nestling in at the foot of the Wallowa's for the Enterprise Courthouse Summer Concert Series. There are great things happening in small towns, as Chris sez below.

YES!! I have been dreaming of this day for too long: the day I get to tell you that www.lincolncrockett.com has been brushed up and given a new coat of paint. New, fun pics, new songs and more fresh content will be finding it's way in over the next couple of weeks, so keep droppin' by.

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
6 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co

403 S Main St
Pendelton, OR 97801
USA
541-276-1350
Price: free

A great line-up of musicians have played at this historic location. And then there's us too!


Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
5:30 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Wallowa County Courthouse

101 S. River St.
Enterprise, OR
USA
Price: free

As Chris says so well on her site: "Small town, big things happening. (Isn't that always the case?) Check out all the great events put on by the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance."


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Be well and wonderful and I'll see you soon,

Lincoln

Hi All,

I'm off down the hill right now to Bingen for my 4th Monday solo slot at the ever-excellent Solstice Woodfire Cafe. Commute time one way? 25 minutes! Yeah!

I'm taking couple-week breather from shows to get some work done, get some playing done, and record with Mo Phillips. If you're missing me already you've gotta try this:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=lincoln+music&w=91859144%40N00&s=int
That will take you to the flickr page of photographer and friend Carolyn Ganus of Lucky Planet Photography (www.luckyplanetphotography.com). Carolyn has amassed a huge collection of pics and clips of me over the past several years. She is also a wonderful capturer of the best of the PacNW beauty and lifestyle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/luckyplanet/
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
6 - 8 pm
Solstice Woodfire Cafe
415 W Steuben Street (Hwy14)
Bingen, WA 98605
USA
509.493.4006
Price: free + tip

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Be well and wonderful and I'll see you soon,

Lincoln

Hi Everyone,

As we spin out another set of days on this lucky planet a weekend approacheth! And you'll have 4 chances to catch me, each in different settings...

Thursday for the kids: Mo Phillips (www.mophillips.com) is on fire, and he's writing songs about it. His massive and childishly free creativity already recently released "Train Beard", his first kids album, but he's even got another coming (shh: I'll be on it!). Bring your kids grown and small as we gloriously goof at our family friendly kids show.

Friday for Washington: Chris Kokesh (www.chriskokesh.com)? Do I have to talk about what a heartachingly beautiful songwriter, singer, fiddler, guitarist or woman she is? Nah. But we are playing at the Upstage together with Blues, Swing, & Hillbilly Jazz whiz'z Southbound. Seattlites, this is worth the trip!

Saturday for heartwarming: Chris and I will be sharing intimate show at a very lucky house near Lewis & Clarke College. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Call or email Rene at zingarellir@aol.com. (Call early as the last house concert sold out!).

AND Sunday for hardcore fun: I love what I do, and lately I have been having an even greater time than normal playing solo, there's great juju around. So when Jason Spooner (www.jasonspooner.com) invited me to join him at his swing thru Portland I snapped it up. Travelling with is band, Jason is an award winning singer/songwriter from the other Portland (Maine that is) who writes seriously easy music to like. To boot, Alberta St Pub has really become a supreme listening room, pig kitsch and all.

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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
6 - 8pm
Lincoln Crockett & Mo Phillips Family Friendly Show
Mississippi Pizza
Portland, OR

Friday, June 12th, 2009
8pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh w/ Southbound - The Upstage
Port Townsend, WA
Price: $8

Saturday, June 13th, 2009
7 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Summer Fun Houseconcert
1460 SW Coronado Street
Portland, OR
USA
(503) 452-4404
Price: $17


Sunday, June 14th, 2009
7pm
Lincoln Crockett and Jason Spooner at Alberta Street
Portland, OR
Price: $5

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Thanks for all the support, you're wickedly wonder-full people, all. Best and C U soon,

Lincoln

Hi all,

I like to think I work weekends but I LOVE my job.

The everongoing regional tour continues! This Friday the fam and I piling in the car to play some music and hang out with the vortex of good people on Guemes Island, WA. Road trip!

[Insider's tip: If you're up early (not too early, mind you) on Saturday morning in Bellingham you may catch me with my case out at the Farmer's Market. I'll be playing wacked-out bluegrass and folked-up lovesongs to the morning street.]

Then zoom! Saturday evening Nicolas Miranda and I will be joining the luminous lasses of Chickweed (www.myspace.com/chickweedmusic) in Portland at Mississippi Pizza. Nicolas and I are 2/3 of Lucky Finn (www.luckyfinnmusic.com) and have a #%$-eatingly good time playing music together. He & I stretch it one way, Chickweed stretch it another, but its all on the bluegrass tree... somehow, I swear...

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Friday, June 5th, 2009
5:30pm
Anderson's General Store
Guemes Island, WA
Price: free + tip


Saturday, June 6th, 2009
9 - 11:30 pm
Lincoln Crockett w/ Nicolas Miranda, Chickweed - Mississippi Pizza
Portland, OR
USA
Price: $5

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Thanks for all the support, you're wicked wonderful people, all. C U soon,

Lincoln

Hi Everyone,

I'm already getting a little giddy to hook back up with Jim McKeon for this weekend's two shows. Jim and I haven't sat down for one of our multi-hour musical 'discussions' in almost two months, so we'll have a lot to catch up on and you're invited.

Friday we'll be getting together in the Dalles at the Mint, which correct me if I'm wrong, but it may be the coolest place in town and has always been fun. Saturday I'm excited to be playing as close to home as it gets, and to give you a good reason to come up to see beautiful Trout Lake, WA in late spring.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and that we'll see you!

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Friday, May 29th, 2009
6 - 9 pm
Lincoln Crockett w/ Jim McKeon - The Mint
710 E 2nd St
The Dalles, OR 97058
USA
541-296-4707
Price: free + tip

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
6 - 9 pm
Lincoln Crockett w/ Jim McKeon - Trout Lake Grange
Hwy 141, on R in town
Trout Lake, WA 98650
USA
503.998.3352
Price: $8 at the door, kids 12 & under

After the fantastic show with Lucky Finn in January, I'm excited to be hitting it so close to home! Pot Luck begins at 6, music at 6:30. - Bring your own food, drink & plates - kids and dancing are encouraged!


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It's my unadulterated pleasure to make music for you, thank you for your support! Happy springtime and I look forward to playing for you soon.

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

Hi Washingtonians,

Due to the cancellation of this weekend's WI-Fest we've also cancelled my Friday show as well. Joy to everyone on this beautiful weekend and we'll let you know as soon as I'm on my way up again this summer!

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
7:30pm to 10:00pm
CANCELLED - Cafe Luna
9924 SW Bank Road
Vashon, WA 98070
Price: free + tip

Following the cancellation of Satruday night's WI-Fest we've been forced to also reschedule Friday's show as well. We'll let you know when we're coming back up!


Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
7 pm
CANCELLED - Whidbey Island Arts & Music Festival

565 Camano Avenue
Langley, WA 98260
USA
360/221.8268, 800/638.7631
Price: $15 all seats

Due to poor ticket sales, bummer. Hope to see you up there again soon!

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All the Best and see you soon,
Lincoln

Hi Everyone,

After a fantastic Central Oregon run last week that exceeded our expectations, Chris Kokesh (www.chriskokesh.com) and I are thrilled to be folking-out again this week, Thursday in Silverton, Oregon at the Oregon Garden Resort and Friday at the not-to-be-missed Old Liberty Theater show in Ridgefield, WA!

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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
6 - 9 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Oregon Garden Resort
879 W Main St
Silverton, OR 97381
USA
503-874-8100
Price: no cover

Chris sez "This resort has a beautiful lounge with a big fireplace. Great for those cold, rainy May evenings... (C'mon, it could be raining!)" - Ha!


Saturday, May 16th, 2009
7:30 pm
Chris Kokesh & Lincoln Crockett - Old Liberty Theater
115 N. Main
Ridgefield, WA 98642
USA
360 887-7260
Price: $15

Chris and I are part of the 3rd Annual Concert Series at this fantastic historic theater! Tickets can be purchased by phone 360 887-7260.

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A big, warm thanks to all of our friends, new and old, who came out to last week's shows in Bend, Sisters, Madras & @ Edgefield - you made the evenings special! Looking forward to seeing you all again soon,

All the Best,
Lincoln

Hi Everybody,

TOUR THIS WEEK--> Chris Kokesh (www.chriskokesh.com) and I are excited to be going on a duo tour of Central-Oregon / Portland this week! We're starting this Wednesday in Bend, rolling through Sisters Thursday, Madras on Friday, and finishing it of in Edgefield's winery on Saturday. We hope that your or your friends will be able to join us at one of our stops.

MORE UPCOMING SHOWS--> Chris and I have a number of other energizing shows ahead you can find at www.lincolncrockett.com/calendar.html and I want to give you special heads-up about our show at the Old Liberty Theater's 3rd Annual Concert Series in Ridgefield, WA on May 16, and the Summer Fun Houseconcert on June 13. These are exceptional chances to catch us at our finest! More details below this week's tourlist.

FIVE FOR FRIENDS--> Spreading the word is the #1 thing you can do to support an artist's music, so I'm inviting all of you who have my cd, ANGELS & DEVILS ALIKE, to share it with your friends by making 5 copies - that's right, I'm encouraging you to copy it five times! - and pass them on: to a friend, a co-worker, a music industry insider, your grandmother, a complete stranger. Your enthusiasm is infectious and helps introduce me to new listeners. Thanks to those who've already done so, this is your cheeky amnesty card. I still thrive on album sales, so if you don't have a copy yet - or your new friend wants to show their support - you can find cd's at www.cdbaby.com/lincolncrockett2 or on itunes!


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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
8 - 11 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Silver Moon Brewing
24 NW Greenwood Ave
Bend, OR 97701
USA
541-388-8331
Price: $5


Thursday, May 7th, 2009
7 - 9 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Three Creeks Brewing Co
721 Desperado Court
Sisters, OR 97759
USA
541.549.1963
Price: $5


Friday, May 8th, 2009
Concert to Benefit the Friends of Jefferson Co. Library - 7:00PM
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Jeferson Co. Library Annex
134 SE "E" St
Madras, OR 97741
USA
Price: $10/person, $40/family
For information or tickets contact the Jefferson County Library at 541-475-3351 or Lorene Forman at 541-475-6397.


Saturday, May 9th, 2009
7 - 9 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - McMenamin's Edgefield Winery
2126 SW Halsey St
Troutdale, OR 97060
USA
(503) 492-3086
Price: FREE + Tip


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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
7:30 pm
Chris Kokesh & Lincoln Crockett - Old Liberty Theater
115 N. Main
Ridgefield, WA 98642
USA
360 887-7260
Price: $15
Chris and I are part of the 3rd Annual Concert Series at this fantastic historic theater! Tickets can be purchased by phone 360 887-7260.


Saturday, June 13th, 2009
7 pm
Lincoln Crockett & Chris Kokesh - Summer Fun Houseconcert
1460 SW Coronado Street
Portland, OR
USA
(503) 452-4404
Price: $17
Near Lewis & Clarke College. Limited seating. Reservations required. Call or email Rene at zingarellir@aol.com. (Call early as the last house concert sold out!).


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It's my sheer pleasure to make music for you, thank you for your support! Happy springtime and I look forward to playing for you soon.

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln