Eric's House Of Ego

I am heading up to Mahtowa in just a bit. I do have to detour south. Some of my camping stuff is stored in my studio, which is at work, and I forgot to put it in the car last night. That adds an hour to my day. Grumble

I will not have much access to the net this weekend. About the only place I will have access is if I stop at one of the Iowa rest stops (they all have wireless now).

Think about me around 5pm tomorrow. I'm onstage then (or thereabouts, depends on if things run on time)

Have a good weekend.

The Highway 61 Folks Festival is this weekend.

If you are in Minnesota, it's about 2 hours from Minneapolis, a half hour south of Duluth right off 35.

I'm posting the second song I am doing tonight on my myspace account. Ghosts has been up there a week now (and only 4 people have listened to it). I think it is the second best serious song I have written (after Hides). The song I am putting up there tonight will probably never exist anywhere else, so grab it while you can.

If you love great folky stuff, great singer-songwriter stuff, or if you just want to hang out with me. Get your tent and come on up. It's free, even the camping.

I am the last person to go on in the Highway 61 Folks Festival Songwriting Contest

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I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

I am right after Bill Gausman, who is the only other person to bring funny songs to the contest. I think they might be surprised at a serious song this year.

I'm fiddling with the front page of my website. Comments are welcome.

I am now officially a finalist in the Highway 61 Folks Festival songwriting contest. I am the ONLY person in the contest every of it's 5 years.

I just finished about 90% of one of the songs that I will be doing in the contest. I think it's gonna be just darn funny. I have another new song that I hope to have done by that point, we'll see.

The Duckon show will be with Andy Anda on fiddle. The shows that Andy and I play together are always really special and this is the first time we have had a chance to do this at a Chicago con. janmagic has asked that the show be all serious songs. I am so looking forward to this. No one ever asks for my serious stuff.

More later.

I just got my copy of The Highway 61 Folks Festival CD.

If you want the song How Can I Miss You now, rather than wait for my new CD to get done (which could be some time ya know) you can support this wonderful little festival and buy the CD from them, since it's on there.

Dear Eric,

On behalf of The Highway 61 Folks Festival Committee I am happy to inform you that your song, "How Can I Miss You"  has been chosen to appear on the Highway 61 Folks Festival 4th Annual Songwriter's Compilation CD.

I can honestly say that we had a great time listening to the 50 songs that were performed at this year's Festival and, after much debate; we finally decided that 17 songs would be included on this year's collection.

Tomorrow I leave for the Highway 61 Folks Festival for the weekend.

I am in the songwriting contest, where I fully expect to have my ass handed to me for the 4th year in a row, and I'll love it. The folks around there are incredible songwriters.

Sunday I am hosting the open stage. My friend Isaac and I have worked up some stuff for the occasion, and a bunch of the locals will be performing as well. It's going to be great.

So if you find yourself about a half hour south of Duluth MN on saturday or sunday ... come and watch

Then I have almost 2 months with no road trips ... at least at the moment ... that will change.

Since it's this weekend.

I am at Demicon in Des Moines.

Friday Night at 9 (I think, check your program) I am onstage with Sass, that being the wonderful duo of Susan Urban and Sandy Andina. We have a 2 hour slot and have not discussed exactly what we are doing with it yet. It may be the three of us standing up there and cracking ourselves up, or we may do two shows, theirs and mine. Either way it will be fun.

The following weekend I am in Mahtowa MN for the Highway 61 Folks Festival. I am in the songwriting contest on saturday and hosting the open mike on sunday. My friend Isaac is going as well and we are working on some songs to do together tonight.

It is, as always, the best day of music I see all year. Come on up.

I got a nice mention in the Duluth Reader the week after the festival.

http://www.readerweekly.org/Reader/Mix/226/226-Folk-Festival.html