FPR News February 2012

In This Issue Welcome Back Pete! Valentines' Day Gift Certificates and Specials Spotlight On: Geoff Achison and Clive Carroll Wanee Update Our Neighbors FRESH CATCH! Jorma is currently overseas finishing up his short run in Japan and China! At the end of February Acoustic Tuna embarks on a three week tour! 02/08 Jorma Kaukonen Billboard Live Osaka, Japan 02/09 Jorma Kaukonen Billboard Live Tokyo, Japan 02/11 Jorma Kaukonen Yugong Yishan Beijing, China 02/12 Jorma Kaukonen Yuyintang Shanghai, China 02/22 Acoustic Hot Tuna Camden Opera House Camden, ME 02/23 Acoustic Hot Tuna Infinity Hall Norfolk, CT 02/24 Acoustic Hot Tuna The Colonial Theatre Keene, NH 02/25 Acoustic Hot Tuna The Egg Albany, NY 02/27 Acoustic Hot Tuna Ram's Head Tavern Annapolis, MD 02/29 Acoustic Hot Tuna The Birchmere Alexandria, VA 03/01 Acoustic Hot Tuna Jefferson Theatre Charlottesville, VA 03/02 Acoustic Hot Tuna Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA 03/03 Acoustic Hot Tuna Whitaker Center Harrisburg, PA 03/05 Acoustic Hot Tuna The German House Rochester, NY 03/06 Acoustic Hot Tuna The Ark Ann Arbor, MI 03/08 Acoustic Hot Tuna The Englert Theatre Iowa City, IA 03/09 Acoustic Hot Tuna Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL Two Shows! 03/10 Acoustic Hot Tuna Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN 03/11 Acoustic Hot Tuna Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI 03/15 Acoustic Hot Tuna 20th Century Theater Cincinnati, OH 03/17 Acoustic Hot Tuna Fur Peace Station Pomeroy, OH SOLD OUT! Fur Peace Station Upcoming Performances March 17, 2012 John "The Hurl" Hurlbut and Acoustic Hot Tuna SOLD OUT! March 31, 2012 JUST ADDED! Geoff Achison & Randall Bramblett Band Buy Tickets FPR Workshops March 16-19, 2012 Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady: Double Dose Workshop: Jorma and Jack will combine their teaching efforts and give this rare guitar/bass class. Guitar and Bass classes will be held separately at times, other times the classes will join up for a unique duo workshop that brings together the music the classes have worked on. ENROLL NOW! Barry Mitterhoff: Mandolin: Bluegrass and Beyond This workshop will provide technical and academic instruction in a variety of styles associated with the mandolin. The legacy of the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, and its impact on Swing, Jazz and Blues will be covered. The course will be tailored to student experience and thus accommodate a range of experience. The format will consist of class lectures and hands-on exercises and may be complemented with individualized instruction. ENROLL NOW! March 30 - April 2, 2012 Jorma Kaukonen: Acoustic Guitar: Movin' On Down The Road: Level 3 For players with a well honed thumb, and fingerstyle experience, Jorma will employ his effective teaching technique of presenting his songs by breaking them down into comprehensible parts. He will demonstrate the variety of licks, runs and embellishments that provide style and nuance, and also represent a vocabulary of tools that may be used in various keys. This is an excellent repertoire- building workshop, and will encourage skills that can also be applied to original music, improvisation and arranging. ENROLL NOW! Geoff Achison: Electric Guitar: Electric Blues Level: 1/2 Tap into your Soul! Geoff Achison shows how to get the most out of your instrument. From basic blues chords and simple scales you'll discover how monster music can be made. Flat-pick & finger style, dynamic rhythm and lead techniques are covered as well as some hot jamming tips. ENROLL NOW! JUST ADDED! Pete Huttlinger: Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Pete brings plenty of material for his class to learn but has oft been known to stay up late into the night in his cabin, candle burning, (Figuratively only. No fires in cabins please) sipping his water and eating a very fine camp cookie, writing new arrangements for the class or for individuals. It's a class experience with plenty of one-on-one instruction. Bring your guitars. Bring your enthusiasm. Pete provides the rest. ENROLL NOW! Live From Fur Peace Ranch Broadcast Dates and Performers: Check http://woub.org/listen/furpeaceranch for upcoming performers and broadcast dates. ATHENS, OH 91.3 FM WOUB-FM Friday nights at 7:00 PM Sunday 12:00 AM Monday 1:00 AM CINCINNATI, OH 89.7 FM WNKU-FM Sundays 09:00 PM ITHACA, NY 90.1 FM WITH-FM Saturdays at 10:00 AM You may also listen to WOUB-FM's live stream. Or visit WOUB's Archives. Audio files are updated weekly (excluding repeats). Due to right's restrictions, most programs are only available online for four weeks. WOUB welcomes your feedback! Drop them a line: radio@woub.org. Contact Your Local NPR station and let them know that Live From The Fur Peace Ranch! is available to them for free through Airplay Direct. ITunes New Releases New to iTunes this month: Jorma Kaukonen with Barry Mitterhoff 11/04/2011 Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA Another great show from the Fall 2011 Jorma / Barry Tour... Features songs off the 2011 Hot Tuna release "Steady As She Goes" such as "Childern of Zion" "Goodbye to the Blues" as well as classics like "Good Shepherd" "Come Back Baby" Jorma Kaukonen with Barry Mitterhoff 07/11/2003 The Red Mill Museum, Clinton, NJ From the Jorma / Barry 2003 Summer Tour, this is the headlining set from the Black Potatoe Music Festival. The night is filled with many songs from the 2002 "Blue Country" release like "Blue Railroad Train", "Prohibition Blues" and classics like "True Religion" and "Genesis". Acoustic Hot Tuna: 02/12/2004 Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX A great Trio show featuring Jorma, Jack & Barry with Cindy Cashdollar joining in mid-set! Featuring "New Song (For the Morning)" "Been So Long" and with Cindy "Uncle Sam Blues" and "Red RIver Blues". Jorma's iTunes directory Hot Tuna's iTunes directory January/February Birthdays GE Smith Country Joe Don Edwards Marty Balin Sonny Landreth Buddy Cage Larry Campbell Happy Birthday Everyone!

FPR News February 2012 The Path to Freedom....... Aloha.....from the beaches of Maui. I know what you're thinking....most of you anyways. It's freezing cold...ice, snow and frigid temps.....gee thanks, Vanessa. Well, I'd apologize but I just cannot bring myself to say that I am sorry that our workshops are going great and yes, the weather has been picture perfect. We sure picked a great one this year. Blue skies, whales breaching from sun up to sun down and beautiful surf aside, the classes and the students are all that we'd hoped they would be. For those of you that managed to sneak away from your lives to join us....a big, big thank you. Jorma took a big gamble on this trip and decided to teach his first ever song writing workshop. Based on the premise that all of us have songs trapped within us waiting to come out. His mission is to help each student find the way to liberate these messages and to learn to express him or herself freely from the heart. I have known Jorma for over 23 years and there were many years where his own words were trapped and he could not find the path to free them into songs. I couldn't understand it.....then. I mean he wrote 3rd Week in the Chelsea, Genesis, New Song for the Morning, Been So Long and countless other heartfelt songs. But years later I look back and know why it was so hard. For him...it was about the way he was living his life. It's not always that way for songwriters. Some songwriters write their best material when times are tough. Without reading too much into it and telling his story....Jorma was experiencing a writers block. It Whale Tail! (black speck in middle) wasn't until he unearthed the things in his life that had kept him from being truly free from his bondage of self, that he was free to write again. We are in the perfect place to help set someone else's words free. We'll be leaving this week...back to the mainland, back to the cold, back to the beauty of home. Stay warm everyone. We'll be seeing you soon........ Vanessa Pete Huttlinger Returns to Fur Peace! As many of you are aware, Pete Huttlinger had to cancel his workshops with us last year, as well as his touring schedule, due to a major health problem. We are pleased to announce that Pete is back on his feet again, and even training to walk a half-marathon! He reached out to us a week or two ago to thank Fur Peace and all of our students for their donations and well wishes and to let us know that he is back playing again and would be interested in returning to Fur Peace next year. (Pete, you see, understands that we begin booking the following season in the spring time). An unfortunate turn of events occurred and Bill Payne needed to cancel his workshop . . . so Hurl said, it may be late notice, but we just received a nice letter from Pete, let's see if he would make his return to the Ranch now instead of later. Success! Pete will be making his return to the Ranch to teach an Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop (level 2/3) on March 30 - April 02, 2012. Join us as we welcome Pete back to the fold! Enroll Now! Valentines' Gift For Your Guitar Player As we recoup, recover, and roll-over into February . . . Valentines' Day fast approaches! Give the gift of Fur Peace Ranch! We have gift certificates available in the Company Store for merchandise. We also have gift certificates available for our workshops. If you are interested in purchasing a workshop gift certificate, please call the office at 740-992-2575. Our Valentines' Day Specials: Now through February 29th! Fur Peace Ranch Camp Fire Coffee Fur Peace Ranch Whole Bean 12oz. bag "Campfire Coffee". At long last, you can enjoy the great coffee that we serve here at the Ranch. Fur Peace Ranch Campfire Blend is locally roasted to order, by Silver Bridge Coffee in Gallipolis, Ohio. This delicious roast is a full bodied Organic Fair Trade Mexican blend chosen by Jorma himself. Fur Peace Ranch Campfire Coffee Regularly: $12.00 Now: $9.00 Izze's Super Girl Power Tea: Jamming, playing or working, Isreal Love's Super Girl Power Tea will give you the energy you need to get it done. Not for girls only. Boys will love it too! 16 Tea Bags. Ingredients: Organic Chamomile, Organic Hibiscus Flowers, Licorice. Isreal Love's Super Girl Power Tea Regularly: $9.00 Now: $6.00 Ras Hurl's Blessings Tea: This Ital (natural) tea has no caffeine and is a very nice blend of Jamaican Sorrel and Ginger. Enjoy this tea hot or cold. We have packed this tea in a tin, featuring amazing artwork by Kevin Morgan. So bless up and drink up! IRIE!!! 16 tea bags. Ras Hurl's Blessings Tea: Regularly: $9.00 Now: $6.00 Travel Mugs: The sleak FPR SSNH16OZ travel mug keeps your hots -hot- on the go. (SSNH16OZ = Stainless Steel, No Handle, 16 oz.) Fur Peace Ranch Travel Mug Regularly: $8.00 Now: $6.00 FPR Playing Cards: Cut the deck to the Queen of Spades with our lovely playing cards! There's 4 Jacks in every pack! Fur Peace Ranch Playing Cards Regularly: $8.00 Now: $6.00 Sweatshirts Keeping warm was never so fashionable until now. The 80% cotton, 20% polyester blend will keep Jack Frost away. Slightly oversized fit. Unisex styling Fur Peace Sweatshirts Regularly: $50.00 Now: $40.00 Peace Shirts Peace reigns on the front, while the back has the FPR Logo. Fur Peace Shirts Regularly $21.00 Now $16.80 2010 Pick-n-Putt Denim Jackets FPR's Motorcycle Club's 9th Annual commemorative jean jacket. Denim jacket with 9th Annual Pick-N-Putt design embroidered on back. FPR Pick N Putt 9th Annual Denim Regularly: $90.00 Now: $85:00 Spotlight On: Geoff Achison and Clive Carroll Geoff Achison Geoff Achison...one of the hottest Blues Guitarists Down Under makes his way back to the US and back to Fur Peace. This will be Geoff's 15th time to the Ranch! Geoff was here in the beginning . . . 15 years ago when we first opened our doors. He will teach his top shelf blues style of guitar. Geoff has toured the globe in his pursuit of the perfect guitar tone. His dedication to his playing not only won him an endorsement deal with the Gibson guitar company's acoustic division but he remains the sole Australian endorsee for Gibson Guitars. Geoff received the Chain Blues Music Award in Australia for 'Group Of The Year' (Souldiggers) and in 2008 Guitar Player Magazine readers poll voted Geoff one of their 'Top Ten Hot New Guitarists'. Early in his career Geoff was honored with the IBC's Albert King Award for the most promising guitarist. Jorma Kaukonen, George Porter, Geoff Achison - Live at Fur Peace Ranch Don't miss the opportunity to take a class from Geoff on his only trip to the US this year to teach Electric Blues. He will be at the Fur Peace Ranch from March 30th - April 2nd teaching a Level 1/2 class. Geoff shows how to get the most out of your instrument and from basic blues chords and simple scales you'll discover how monster music can be made. Flat-pick & finger style, dynamic rhythm and lead techniques are covered as well as some hot jamming tips. Geoff will show you how to tap into your soul to find the honesty and truth in your own guitar playing. Geoff Achison will also be headlining our Saturday night performance on March 31 with the Geoff Achison & Randall Bramblett Band! It is our honor to celebrate Geoff's 15th return visit to Fur Peace! Enroll Now! Clive Carroll Clive Carroll makes his first visit to the Ranch to lead a workshop on Composition and Arrangement For Solo Guitar April 27-30th. This workshop is for everyone who is interested in creating pieces and arrangements for solo guitar. Clive will be demonstrating various techniques and compositional devices, which can help the metamorphosis from an initial idea into a complete work. The sessions may be approached from a wide variety of genres including, traditional styles from the British Isles, swing, 'classical' works and music from the 60's to the present day. Coupled with the group sessions, Clive will also be working with each student individually, as this will allow time to focus on very specific areas such as personal style, melodic & harmonic structure and voice independence. He was recently described as "probably the best and most original young acoustic guitar player and composer in Britain" by Acoustic Guitar Magazine. The music press describes him as an 'Incredible acoustic talent' and 'Peerless - no other word for it...' Born into a musical family at the height of the 1970s, Clive's musical career really began at the age of two, when his father presented him with a homemade banjo, he got his first guitar at the age of 9. It wasn't very long before he was playing regularly with the family band. At this early age Clive was exposed to a variety of music - everything from traditional Irish to rock, pop and soul. Clive later enrolled in London's prestigious Trinity College to study composition and guitar, graduating in 1998 with a First Class Honours Degree. However, all the time he was playing the works of Bach, Dowland and Albeniz clutching a nylon string classical guitar, the lure of the steel string instrument was working its charm. Soon after graduation, Clive was given the opportunity to play at a gig with UK guitar maestro John Renbourn (of Pentangle), who, on hearing him play, immediately suggested that Clive record an album. The album's 2000 release didn't go unnoticed by mentor and friend John Renbourn, either, because the pair spent the next two years on tour together in Europe and the United States. Clive relates that he "learned the subtleties of working as a soloist and the importance of changing the music every night to keep it fresh." His next solo album, 'The Red Guitar' appeared in 2004 and this time it was guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel's turn to invite Clive to tour with him. "Tommy is an amazing performer, and when you're learning how to deliver a solo show, there's no better teacher." After years of traveling with guitar giants Renbourn and Emmanuel, it was time to go solo and so in 2006 Clive embarked on a series of tours under his own name, accepting an invitation to appear at the highly-regarded International Guitar Night of America along the way. Clive will be making his debut at Fur Peace April 27-30, 2102 ENROLL NOW! Clive will also be performing in the Fur Peace Station Concert Hall on April 28 as part of the Guitar Masters Show with Laurence Juber, and Frank Vignola with Vinny Raniolo. FUR PEACE RANCH ON-THE-ROAD AT WANEE FESTIVAL 2012! APRIL 19-21, 2012 LIVE OAK, FL Fur Peace Ranch will be going On-The-Road to the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, FL April 19-21, 2012 to host a special series of workshops, lectures and Q & A sessions with Wanee Performers. If you haven't seen the line-up of this year's performers here's a quick run down: Hot Tuna Electric, Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Bruce Hornsby, Mickey Hart, Buddy Guy, Leftover Salmon, Ray Manzarek and Roy Rogers Band, Gov't Mule, and two nights of Furthur and The Allman Brothers Band. A full listing can be found here. More information available here! Congratulations to Our Neighbors at Millie's! Last but not least, are you familiar with the 'foodie' magazine Saveur? Every year the 1st issue of the year is called, The Saveur 100-The New Classics, Our favorite tools, tips, ingredients, cookbooks, restaurants and more. This year, along with the best po'boy in New Orleans, the best restaurants in Stockholm, Zurich's best wine bars & best dumplings from the Republic of Georgia is #21 - Millie's Restaurant & Bakery - "Since 1980, pie lovers have beaten a path to rural Middleport, Ohio for owner Millie Duncan's coconut cream, butterscotch cream, chocolate cream, peanut butter, pumpkin, custard, pecan, cherry, and other astoundingly delicious pies. The banana cream, exceeds the benchmarks for excellence: a flaky hand-rolled butter crust, ripe banana, rich custard, and a meringue topping that doubles the pie's height." Jorma has taken many a guest to Millie's, and many of the repeat offenders meet-up there for a delicious home-style breakfast before kicking off a weekend at the Ranch. Next time you're down to the Ranch for either a workshop or concert, be sure to beat your own path to Millie's and have a piece of pie for dessert! We promise you won't be disappointed!

2012 Workshop Incentives! 1st 2012 enrollment - Regular Price 2nd 2012 enrollment - save $75 3rd 2012 enrollment - save $100 4th 2012 enrollment - save $200 Offer Expires: November 09, 2012