Hellllooooo various and assorted music-loving type people!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The last few weeks have been truly wonderful and it’s all your fault. (That’s a good fault, of course.) The Roxi Copland PacNor’West Tour was a smashing success with great crowds in Seattle, Spokane, Portland, Olympia, and Aberdeen. So, I’m sending many thanks to you, my lovely fans, for helping make the tour so damned fun. You rock and it’s that wonderful rockitude that makes it possible for me to rock for you. Rockitude? Did I just say that? Is that even a word? It is now and you can tell all your friends that you’re bilingual in Roxese.
Anyhow, if you missed the shows, that’s unfortunate, because they really were a good time. But, hey, don’t take my word for it. Check out CrossCut’s write up of the Seattle show. Also, you might enjoy this photo that ran on the front page of the Aberdeen, WA newspaper – the Daily World.
I realize after reading about all that great fun, you’re now wondering when you’ll have a chance to see another Roxi Copland show. Well, as the title says, I’m jet settin’ all over the place in November. Roxi shows will be happening all across North America–spanning two countries and a multitude of states and provinces, thousands of miles (that’s 1.6 x thousands of kilometres for my Canadian fans). I’ll be hopping around between Vancouver, Des Moines, Chicago, and New Orleans. Why all this traveling? 1) Gotta record my new acoustic album! And where else would I go but Steve Capp’s in Norwalk? 2) Gonna take a little time off in the Big Easy. 3) And most important: coming to share new tunes off the upcoming album with you! Check out the public shows below–including the very super special Des Moines SECRET FREE SHOW that I’ve been promising for so long:
- Nov 7 – Chicago, IL, USA. The Elbo Room at 9pm. $5 cover, 21+.
- SUPER SECRET SHOW FOR EMAIL LIST MEMBERS ONLY (Join)
- Nov 22 – Vancouver, BC, Canada. With Sheena Marie at the Backstage Lounge at 9:30. $7 cover, 19+.
If you’re anywhere within 1/2 a day’s drive of any of those cities on any of those dates, I expect to see you there. Make two or more shows and you get a free combo pack featuring selected albums, a signed photo, a t-shirt, and my undying love for your willingness to travel. Hell, if you make all three shows, I’ll play a free house concert for you (assuming you pass the friends and family sketchometer test). ‘Cause, seriously, that woud be super impressive.
Cheers,
-Roxi
My flight with Chuck Wicks
Most of you know I travel pretty frequently while doing this music thing. Fortunately, I love to travel. And I also love running into a variety of interesting people while on said travels. Yesterday I hopped a flight which took me from Seattle to Minneapolis, then from Minneapolis to Des Moines, Iowa. As we were taking off the guy in the seat next to me was arguing with someone on his cell about a rehearsal, and I thought ‘neat -a fellow musician!’ I proceeded to ask him what he played, at which point he introduced himself as Chuck Wicks. Which sounded vaguely familiar, but didn’t really ring any bells until he started to tell me the names of a couple of his recent hits, which include ‘Stealing Cinderella’ & ‘Hold That Thought’. I’m not a huge country connoisseur, but I’ve definitely heard those tunes on the radio. We chatted about hunting (he insisted on showing my an iphone video of his latest whitetail kill), the music biz & who has the cutest dog (I do, obviously, although his spaniel comes in a close second). If you’re a country fan, I recommend checking out his stuff. And I promised Chuck I’d put in a plug for his latest video promoting his new single, entitled ‘Old School’, so I’m about to do just that. If you’ve got a minute & want to help out a fellow singer-songwriter, head to GACtv.com & put in a vote for ‘Old School’ – it’s at #12 right now on the Great American Country chart & he’s hoping to head up to #1. Best of luck Chuck!