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- June/2008 - Hello world. Wazz happenin'? We're REALLY looking forward to this - DAM will share the stage with a couple of Austin's finest bands;... the Belleville Outfit and Aussie transplants (and Grammy™ nominated) the Greencards! 
Join us will ya? - Saturday, June 21, 2008 * the Belleville Outfit's 4th Annual Extravaganza * at... the Music Camp - click here to find out the skinny. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS SECURELY ON LINE Tickets are $15.60 in advance and $20 CASH ONLY the day of show. We're honored and tickled to be asked back for the 4th year in a row and really appreciate the Outfit's Rob Teter for remembering us senior citizens...er, not speaking here of the perennially young Annabelle of course! Also on the bill will be our long-time pals Wes Wyatt and Bob Hinch (anybody remember Perry Road?) along with Carroll Foster and their acoustic unit the Gene Wyatt Trio, honoring the late, legendary picker Col.Gene Wyatt. And, Shane Pruitt's band too. - Jan./2008 - Come on out! Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 The Showroom at Hub-Bub, with our guest - all the freakin' way from Nashville - Greg Trooper and a DAM special guest we've collared just for this show. Brandon Turner on stunt Telecaster! (Fayssoux said it was OK to borrow him for the gig) - Sept./2007 -  GEEZE!!! Where do people find the time to write in their blogs? I can't
find time to write here in anything less than a 2 month stretch...and this music thing is pretty important to me.Suffice to say, it's been ages since I've dropped any news in here. The new CD 'Distractions' has been out for nearly four months now. It spent 12 weeks on the Roots Music Report Top 50 for folk radio reporters. That's the best and longest any of our CDs has ever charted. It has received excellent reviews, both here and abroad, and generous radio and web stream support. I gotta' say, I feel like folks out there are finally "getting it." It's been a looooong haul but, things are coming around. Here are some highlights from the release: "...fans of Buddy & Julie Miller will enjoy...a real 'grower'" - Benny Metten, CtrlAltCountry, Belgium "...a fascinating variety of roots shadings." - Salvatore Esposito, Ilpopolodel Blues, Italy "Lucinda Williams would feel especially good singing 'Willie' and it seems like Chrissie Hynde does the vocals on 'She Gives Good Brain.' 'Distractions' is not an everyday album, it needs more than one listening before you get a euphoric reaction, but it will get there." - François Braeken, Rootstime, Belgium "...a stellar collection of folk-rock and Americana." - Tad Taylor, Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, South Carolina "...a really solid new cd." - Kim Clark, WNCW 88.7fm, North Carolina Special thanks to these radio stations that have supported the CD with playlisting, spins, features AND chart reporting. Show 'em your love and PLEASE make donations to the non-commercial stations: KSIL 105.5fm Silver City NM, WETS 89.5fm Johnson City TN, WRRW 109.9fm Williamsburg VA, WGWG 88.3fm Boiling Springs NC, WUSC 90.5fm Columbia SC, WFDU 89.1 (thanks Ghosty!) Teaneck NJ, WNCW 88.7fm Spindale NC, Inner FM 96.5fm Australia, WVGN 103.7fm Virgin Islands, The Miller Tells Her Tale Podcast Scotland UK ...there are others but, regrettably not all stations publish their playlists to the web and it's too time consuming and expensive to call all the stations that we mailed CD packages to (those long-distance charges rack up quick and the Music and Program Directors are busy people). PLEASE let us know if we've missed your station. - May/2007 -  Ready for your listening pleasure and mass consumption! The new DAM Combo CD 'distractions' is available here now and will "officially" hit the streets May 15th.The CD has received excellent pre-release radio support from Mark Lyvers' show on WUSC 90.5fm in Columbia SC, WGWG 88.3fm in Boiling Springs NC and Ray Pieters show "Somewhere Between" on WebRadio Golden Flash in Belgium with more to follow. 'distractions' ended up being a very apt title for the new CD. We started tracking it with Scotty Hawkins on drums in Feb. of 2004 and have continued to work diligently - OK slowly - on it with guest sessions by Larry Hoskinson on stunt guitar and Mike Bagwell on pedal steel. There have been numerous distractions while recording the CD but, all of them have been good, positive things and I'm happy that we took the time with the CD because it's only gotten better and stronger with the extra time and efforts that Don, Annabelle, myself and our guests have put into it. So, over 3 years down the road... it's now ready for YOU! How 'bout some MP3 song samples? Here ya go: "Soapbox Mercenary" "Distractions" "This Place" RADIO & PRESS MEDIA SUPPORT: Please contact us to request review and air copies. info@RunningTimeMusic.com 864-542-1000 Running Time Music P.O. Box 2503, Spartanburg SC 29304-2503 * Click here for a PDF of the CD's one-sheet: the DAM Combo "distractions" PDF - March/2007 -  Got a call about 3 weeks back from a documentary producer for our
excellent, 11 station, South Carolina Educational TV system, SCETV. Seems he'd stumbled across
Betsy Teter's Hub City book 'Textile Town' while doing research
for the documentary "When the Mill Closes Down." Any'who, long
story short he wanted to use DAM's "They Closed Down the Mill" song (from DAM's 2003 release 'Another DAM CD') for portions of the soundtrack.So, if anybody out there still has a VCR please think about watching the program "When the Mill Closes Down" on SCETV Thursday March 29 and taping us a copy. 
Also - speaking of Hub City - WGWG Program Director Jeff Powell and DAM's Matt Ranck will do a chat-up after the Saturday March 24th screening of the film,
"Before the Music Dies" at Hub-Bub's Showroom. It's an extremely well done documentary film about
the current state of the Music Business (yup folks - that's an oxymoron). Please come out and join us
- January/2007 - Hey all, Matt here. Geeze! It's been 6 months since I've had an opportunity to 
update the news here. Actually, there's been plenty of news - just not enough time to write in this space! Recently completed projects include producing records for both
David Childers (released January 22nd) and David Ezell (released during November) for the BackShop CD series.
Both records have been very well received by both radio (if we've missed your station for service on either release please click here and e-mail us your station name, contact and mail to address) and fans.
The BackShop Concert series also started up again in September with an outstanding performance by veteran songwriter/ r ian Steve Young and then followed by performances by Chuck Brodsky and John Brannen in October and November. In February the BackShop will host RB Morris & Hector Qirko - we're off to a great season. Come on out and join us sometime! - July/2006 - I'm delighted to announce that Running Time Music has just released 'Greg Trooper the BackShop Live.' Produced by DAM's Matt Ranck. The CD was recorded earlier this year and is already selling quite well. A third of our initial inventory was sold to European distributor Lucky Dice before the CD was even released! Greg is a highly acclaimed songwriter and performer who has released 8 (now 9!) records during a career spanning more than 20 years. His songs have been covered by Vince Gill, Steve Earle, Maura O'Connell, Billy Bragg and others. 
The new LIVE CD is available now. One guy,
one guitar and a room full of happy folks all
captured - as it happened in January of this
year - on a couple of high quality mics. Twenty
tracks of songs and banter predominately covering
material from 'Floating' and the recent 'Make It
Through This World' (..and a few gems from
earlier records).
Ready to buy the CD now? Click here to purchase securely on line. Full song sample? Click here - "Green Eyed Girl" Greg Trooper Live! For you folks in Europe the CD will also be available from our EU distributor Lucky Dice Music mid July. ALSO! ***** The DAM Combo will be sharing a show with Greg Trooper on Sat. July 22nd at Club 299 at the Mariott here in Spartanburg SC. 299 North Church St. - Ph: 864-596-1211 - May/2006 - Hey cats and jammers! Next event on our radar is a night at the Music Camp with the DesChamps Band and Texas songbird Toni Price (accompanied by Warren and Marshall Hood!). It will be the blast of the year. Come on out Sat. June 24th - $10 a head for great music (...and a place to camp if you so desire). Make sure ya grab me by the ear and say "HEY!" - March/2006 - Since the beginning of the year Annabelle and Matt have been working on their concert series at the BackShop. Some of the shows are being recorded for live releases and have resulted in some really cool, intimate recordings. To date we've had 6 great, sold out shows featuring Greg Trooper, David Olney, David Childers, the DesChamps Band, David Ezell and Bill Noonan. The next show is slated for October 2006 and will feature Chuck Brodsky for a 2 set show. Get some more info by visiting the BackShop site or contacting Annabelle at :e-mail annabelle@running-time.com) or 864-542-1000. - December/2005 - The Get Matt Outta' Jail - Muscular Dystrophy Assoc. Benefit at the Backshop with our guest Bill Noonan 
- Annabelle's famous Chili and cornbread to be served. $10/person. Proceeds go directly to the MDA. At the BackShop Studio. (this ain't a private show but, we need to know who's coming. PLEASE Contact 864-542-1000 or
e-mail annabelle@running-time.com) - 7 pm, the BackShop, Spartanburg SC.
- October/2005 - 
Presenting a concert to raise funds for those hurt and displaced in the Gulf Coast by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Saturday October 15, 2005 2pm-midnight, at the Music Camp in Spartanburg SC in coordination with the American Red Cross, Piedmont Chapter(SC), and sponsored in part by Sertoma Intl. Downtown Club (Spartanburg, SC). Tickets are $10. ALL PROCEEDS TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. featuring: Sugar Hill Records Recording Artist GREG TROOPER and Chuck Brodsky, The Col. Gene Wyatt Trio, Fayssoux McLean & Brandon Turner, David Ezell, Bill Noonan, Rob Teter, the DAM Combo - Herald Journal 10/14/05 Q&A article on DAM - - September/2005 - Hey DAMsters! Quick note on one of a few Gulf Coast benefits that we wanna' encourage you to attend and DONATE to. Saturday 9/10/05 the City of Spartanburg is hosting the Spartanburg Bands Together Concert. All proceeds go directly to the American Red Cross and will be held at Barnet Park, 3-10 pm, in Spartanburg. There are 26 bands (and growing!?) that will perform and DAM will be there. - February/2005 -  New videos are up on the DAM video section of our visit
to WEBB TV in NC. 'Back Up Again', 'They Closed Down the Mill' and even a cool cover of a tune I think you'll remember. We're joined on that one by pals Randy Saxon (David Childers & the MDJ), and Nancy Owen and Phil Ruff (Mama Said). Check 'em out and let us know what ya think!. - December/2004 - DAM's "Cradle & the Star" from their release 'Another DAM CD' has been included on the WGWG 88.3 fm Christmas release, `WGWG Holidaze'  . The CD features 16 tracks of traditional and original holiday tunes from a wide variety of regional artists. For a donation of $15 you'll get this professionally created CD. AND, you get a tax deduction as well - good for the radio station, good for your tax return!
ALSO included is David Childers' version of the 16th Century traditional tune "The Holly & the Ivy." The tune was cut at the BackShop with DAM backing David and is not available anywhere else. The CD includes tunes donated by Michael Reno Harrell, Beth Wood, Malcolm Holcombe and a bunch of other fine folks. You can find out more about `WGWG Holidaze', or place an order, by visiting WGWG.org It will be available through December 21, 2004 - plenty of time before Christamas for mailing to family and friends (AND they're offering multi-order discounts starting at 5 copies). Please support this excellent, non-commercial radio station with your purchase...and tell 'um DAM sent ya! - December/2003 - Ctrl. Alt. Country CD review of 'Another DAM CD' Hasselt, Belgium - by: Benny Metten - 3.5 stars "This is heartfelt, roots based music echoing back, with great vocal harmonies, to the hills of Kentucky; but with an eye and appreciation for contemporary subject matter and the best of rock and roll." - David Childers Through December of 2003 these fine radio stations had either added or featured something on "Another DAM CD."
WHAY 98.3fm - Whitley City, KY WSGE 91.7fm - Dallas, NC WYDH 105.9fm - Atmore, AL WELY 94.5fm - Ely, MN KAXE 91.7fm - Grand Rapids, MN WGWG 88.3fm - Boiling Springs, NC WNCW 88.7fm - Spindale, NC WEPR 90.1fm - Greenville, SC Radio Milo 103.1fm - Mol, Belgium Radio ATL 105.9FMfm - Bree, Belgium Thanks gang! - May/2003 - In May of 2003 the song "They Closed Down the Mill" and it's lyric were featured during Walter Edgar's interview of Betsy Teter about Textile Town on his radio show Walter Edgar's Journal. The program was carried on the five member stations of the South Carolina Educational Radio Network. "If home is where the heart is, then the DAM Combo sounds just like down home to me, but maybe more fun than Mama would allow. This is the stuff...original and real." - Michael Reno Harrell - April/2003 - April 25 WNCW was cool enough to invite DAM to their Studio B for an interview and set of tunes. Click on on of the station letters below to hear the RealAudio clips of the half hour gab-n-gig (broken into four parts so the file won't be too large). W ~ N ~ C ~ W Interviewer-Charlie Purdue, Engineer-Dennis Jones. Thanks also to Scott Harris and Dennis O'Bryant for thoughtfully snagging an air copy of the interview and sharing it with us. - March/2003 - 
"Another DAM CD!" - eleven tunes covering love, betrayal, friendship, aging,
unemployment and large undomesticated pets - and then some.One of the tunes, "They Closed Down the Mill" - about the sudden shuttering of the  100 year old Spartan Industries - has it's lyrics featured in Textile Town
a 400-page illustrated history of cotton mill life in the Carolinas. More than 40 distinguished
historians and writers have contributed to this work. Other songwriters closing out each of the chapters in the book include: Si Kahn,
Dorsey Dixon, Dave McCarn,
and Ella May Wiggins (those last
three are long dead - from the 1920s and 30s. Si of course is still
alive and pickin'.)
Along with Don, Annabelle and Matt for the joy ride on this CD are Michael Reno Harrell on mandolin and drummer Kevin Heuer. Michael Reno, a wonderfully gifted songwriter and performer, lends a fine turn at the mandolin on "Cradle & the Star" and Kevin was the touring and session drummer for Bill Mallonee (yes, Vigilantes of Love). We've got the "big smack" on this one folks. |
