Tom plays “Drop Down Mamma” at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC, 2016
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Birthday Bash & First Annual Farewell Tour
This year, Tom celebrates his birthday and the launch of his First Annual Farewell Tour!
Tom hasn’t been backed by a full band in decades and he’ll be breathing new life into old favorites that need a band, debuting some brand-new songs, telling stories that are mostly true or better-than-true!
Saturday, February 8th (Tom’s Birthday)
Portsmouth, NH (Tom’s Birthplace)
With Guest Artists
Joyce Andersen
Matt Nakoa, and
The Rushmores!
Guest Artists
Joyce Andersesen may need no introduction. She’s a very talented, high-energy multi-instrumentalist who will be doing some songs on her own and backing me up on a few more — I can’t wait!
Matt Nakoa has been on stage with me for the past 5 years. An amazingly talented young man. (I expect I’ll be opening shows for him before too long.)
The Rushmores are a group of very talented musicians that live in the area and get together from time to time (on my birthday for the past few years, and at random other times) and do songs that I’ve recorded — their own arrangements, mind you, they’re not trying to mimic my versions of the songs. For this show, however, we will be trying to get as close as we can to my original recordings.
Photo Credit: William Campbell
Tickets
Tickets are avaliable through PortsmouthTickets.com.
Venue
South Church, 292 State Street,
Portsmouth, NH
7 PM, Saturday, February 8th
Accommodation
If you’re coming in from out of town (and many will be) you can search for local hotels at https://www.kayak.com/Portsmouth-Hotels (or whatever booking platform you favor).
We do have a deal at the Hilton Garden Inn at 100 High St, Portsmouth, NH, for a discount on a few rooms. Click on the link and Or call (603) 431-1499 and ask for Amanda or Keelynn — tell ‘em you want the Tom Rush Concert rate. First-come-first-served!
Tom Rush – Phil Ochs Memorial Concert, 1976
Tom Rush singing “No Regrets” as a tribute to Phil Ochs at the memorial concert at Felt Forum in NYC, 1976.
Another Kitchen Table Recording: For Siena
Gang,
Just a brief one — it’s getting increasingly hard to find things to joke about given what’s going on in this great land of ours right now. I may have to convert to being a Protest Singer after all!
Here’s a sort-of-new song (sorry only for email list subscribers!). I wrote this as a poem for Siena when she was little and soon forgot all about it.
Another Song & “The Cable Guy Comeith”
Gang,
Just settling into my summer writing retreat, getting things hooked up. Have you ever noticed that every single cable guy who comes to do an install or repair says he can’t believe the last guy did it that way? I suspect surgeons feel the same but have the good sense to keep it to themselves. Presidents, on the other hand, behave more like cable guys.
Gearing up for my annual trip to the Other Coast — 5 shows in CA, one in AZ, back home. I thought things were supposed to slow down at a certain age. I guess I’m not there yet.
New Song
April 2019
Gang,
Just a quick note. I’ve been doing a lot of writing in the past weeks and have even more new songs to try out on audiences this weekend and next (along with the old favorites, of course. (A song is never “done”, in my mind, until it’s tried out on a real, live audience — the only kind I play for.) Here’s a clip from one of my favorites, done at the kitchen table: Nothing But A Man. This only for you folks on the email list, because you’re special!!
Daylight Savings and other myths
Gang,
It is unclear to me why Daylight Savings Time starts when we actually have more daylight. So I’m thinking, “Ah! They’re going to save up the extra daylight and then move it into the winter months when we really need it!” Read the full story . . .
Birthday Resolutions
Gang,
Sorry for the long silence. I thought life was supposed to slow down at a certain point, but that doesn’t seem to be happening.
My life as a sit-com: This may be an extreme case of TMI, but I have a colonoscopy scheduled for tomorrow. I’ll be staying tonight with a friend in the Boston area and he’s hosting a huge Super Bowl party — lots of food, lots of beer! My instructions are adamant that I can’t have solid food or alcohol all day today. And, the best part — I have to start drinking the dreaded prep poison, 8 oz every 10 minutes, starting precisely at kickoff. You think Tom Brady has challenges — I’ll be doing more running than he does!
Holiday Cheers!
Gang,
I hope you all survived Thanksgiving (and avoided talking politics with Uncle Stan), and Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday. It’s been a busy week! But now you can relax because all your holiday preparations are done, right? Right? Well, OK, neither are mine. Read the full story . . .
I Voted!
Gang,
I voted and hope you did too. If you didn’t you have forfeited all rights to bitch about what happens for the next two years. The rest of us will retain the right to bitch no matter what happens. Read the full story . . .