Take Solace’s Bluegrass Adventure

Take Solace will be at the Bluegrass Adventure in Algoma, Wisconsin on Friday, September 14th at 5:00 PM. We’ll be playing for a good two hours on stage and the whole weekend around the campsites. There are a lot of people that we haven’t seen in a while and are anxiously awaiting jamming with them! (We’ll see you soon Eisenman and Banjo Dan).

So drive on up north and bring your tents and Jack – we’re gonna party bluegrass style!

Bluegrass Adventure

Show: 9/14/2007 – 5pm

N7809 Willow Drive Algoma, WI (map)

See Take Solace’s shows for more information.

Take Solace with Art in a Bar

Take Solace will be at the Art Bar again this Saturday (6/9/2007). We’ll be starting around 9PM.

Take Solace with Sweetheart Tripwire Friday!

Take Solace, an indie folk rock band in Milwaukee, will be playing with Sweetheart Tripwire at The Main Stage in Waukesha on Friday, May 25th. I think the show will be starting around 9. So be there around 8:45PM.

The Main Stage
716 Clinton St.
Waukesha, WI 53186 (MAP)

Oh, and check out our new song before you go.  Learn the words and sing along: The Mountain Is Going Away

Take Solace at John Harbors, April 14th 2007

On Saturday, April 14th 2007 Take Solace will be at John Harbor’s Main Street Coffee House in Menomonee Falls. We’ll play around 7PM or so. You can come and get a nice sandwich and drink some excellent coffee while you watch us play. They have beer and wine too. We’re planning on bringing little take home gifts for those that make it.

Here’s the address:

John Harbor’s Main Street Coffee House
N88 W116521 Main Street
Menomonee Falls, WI

http://johnharbors.com/

It’s near the corner of Appleton and Main Street in Menomonee Falls. It’s on a corner a half block East of Appleton Ave on Main Street (right across from that bank).

Take Solace to Appear at the Art Bar

Take Solace will be playing at the Art Bar in Riverwest again on March 24th around 8PM. They liked us so much that they are having us back. There will be a pub crawl going on in Riverwest so there should be a good crowd. We’ll probably have another original song or two to debut too (depending upon my workload until then).

Please show your support by showing up and bringing some friends. Take your camera too so we can get some cool pictures and post them up at takesolace.com/exhibitions/.

The Art Bar is pretty close to the corners of Humboldt and Burleigh – just go West (away from the lake) on Burleigh a couple of blocks from Humboldt and the Art Bar will be on the North side of the street.

722 East Burleigh Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
GOOGLE MAP to the Art Bar


Bluegrass Adventure Show – Friday 8PM

We got bumped up to 8PM on Friday for the Bluegrass Adventure Gig. This should make it easier for a lot of you to make it to the show. It’s at Booner’s Bar in Euren, WI so if you can get to Euren you can find Boomer’s bar. It’s the only thing in the town I hear.

We’re playing as Crabgrass. So buy a T-Shirt cause we’ll be on the back.

More information here, here, and on the BA site.

Here’s a Map to Booner’s Bar in Euren, WI.

More On La Fiesta

La Fiesta de Gringo is fast approaching. It’s this Saturday already! The festival will start around 2:30pm and will be going strong for at least 12 hours until 2:30am. Crabgrass, Sweetheart Tripwire and other crazy compilations of musicians and artisans will be rocking all night long. Matt has been preparing for a while and will have plenty of drinks, food and fire to go around. He even has a logo:

Now isn’t that a special logo? It’s so.. gringish.

We’ll be camping out and cooking s’mores too. I’m going to try and beat my 12-s’mores-in-one-night record.

Invite all your friends, friend’s moms and friend’s mom’s moms. It’s a simple equation: more people = more rock!

Oh, and here’s some required reading for you. There will be a quiz.

Retro Fiesta: A Gringo’s Guide to Mexican Party Planning

La Fiesta De Gringo

We will be playing at another music festival in East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday, August 26th called “La Fiesta De Gringo“. It’s going to be an outdoor concert with camping, fires and loud music. Sweetheart Tripwire has tentatively accepted the gig as well. I’ll keep everyone updated of who, what and when.

Ugly Duckling Open Mic

Last night Dave Pawl, Chris Lubinski and I played at an open mic night at the Ugly Duckling Pub in Oconomowoc. They have this jam fest every Thursday night from 7 until all the musicians get tired. There were a couple guys there that were just made to play their instruments – from a guy on a lap-steel to an award winning harmonica player to a saxophonist. A lot of mix-and-matching was done between people with some really groovy results. We played a couple songs together then I did a couple acoustic songs by myself that turned out all right.

The set up there is pretty good. Ron, the guy responsible for setting this all up, has all the equipment there so if you want to play you just have to show up. He’s got acoustic, electric and bass guitars, drums, and mics all ready to go. It’s a pretty nice setup and is especially convenient for those of us who have spotty equipment. I brought my Washburn ES335 copy and it cut out half way through a song on me – and in the process adding some juice to my vocals. We are known there as the “shocking lips” now – maybe we can be a Stones cover band…

Ugly Duckling Pub (located inside the Olympia Resort & Spa)
1350 Royale Mile Road
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 53066

Map to the Ugly Duckling Pub

More on the Great Bluegrass Adventure

I wrote on this a while ago but on September 15 and 16 there’s going to be a hugely sweet bluegrass festival at Booner’s Bar in Euren, Wisconsin called KEVIN & MICHELLE’S GREAT BLUEGRASS ADVENTURE. This is the first annual bluegrass adventure so you better be there and claim your bragging rights to say you danced in Euren.

Crabgrass will play on Friday night so keep your ears peeled. We’re going to camp out and jam too, so bring your banjos and washboards.

Also including:
Bill Jorgenson With The Ryan Thompson Band
Oak Street Ramblers
Whippoorwill
Frogwater With Lil’ Rev
Prairie Smoke
Edye Lenore With Bill Jorgenson And Ryan Thompson

Check out their site for more information: KEVIN & MICHELLES GREAT BLUEGRASS ADVENTURE VOLUME 1