June 2009
More Mountain Aid Photos
Longtime DonnaFans.com contributor John Yust was at Donna the Buffalo's recent Mountain Aid gig, and shares with us 9 photos of DtB playing on 6/20/09 in Silk Hope, NC. John's images include several of the band performing Walk the Way the Wind Blows with Grammy-winning singer Kathy Mattea, whose latest CD, Coal, was released by Captain Potato Records in April 2008. These photos are in addition to 16 previously posted photos of this show submitted by Kelly Farkas. Thanks for the great photography, guys! (posted 6/30/09)
Get Ready For Great Blue Heron!
Donna the Buffalo's festival season swings into high gear on Fourth of July Weekend with their annual appearance at the Great Blue Heron Fest in Sherman, NY. This festival runs 7/3 through 7/5 and will feature Rusted Roots, Sim Redmond Band, the Horse Flies, Slo-Mo, and many others; for more info visit www.greatblueheron.com. (posted 6/30/09)
Just Added: Photos From 6/20/09 Silk Hope, NC
Donna the Buffalo has a longstanding history of playing gigs to benefit a worthy cause. The latest of these was Mountain Aid, which took place 6/19 - 6/20 at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival Farm and raised funds for the Pennies of Promise campaign to build a new school for the children of Marsh Fork Elementary in Raleigh County, WV, which sits in the shadow of a Mountain Top Removal coal mine, just 225 feet from the coal silo and 400 yards downstream from a leaking dam holding back nearly three billion gallons of toxic sludge. The band's set at this show included In This Life, It's Love Time, I'll Be Gone, Funky Side, the new Tara Zydeco song, and Magic of Love. For the encore, DtB did Walk the Way the Wind Blows with Grammy-winning singer Kathy Mattea, who hosted the festival, and then ended the night with a rousing version of Seems to Want to Hurt This Time. Kelly Farkas attended Mountain Aid, and generously provides us with 16 photos of Donna the Buffalo performing in Silk Hope, NC on 6/20/09. Kelly's images include many fantastic portrait-style shots, and one of the band with Mattera. Thanks for the photos, Kelly!
(posted 6/27/09)
New Photos: 6/19/09 Spartanburg, SC
On Friday, 6/19, Donna the Buffalo performed at a brand new festival called The Music Camp, which took place on the banks of the Pacolet River just north of Spartanburg, SC. Donna played the first day of this two-day event, which also featured The Duhks and Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Saturday's lineup included The Infamous Stringdusters, The Belleville Outfit, and Boombox. DonnaFans.com contributor Kimmy Tiedemann was at this event, and kindly share with us 4 photos of Donna the Buffalo playing on 6/19/09 in Spartanburg, SC. Thanks for the photos, Kimmy!
(posted 6/25/09)
DtB To Perform At The Music Camp & Mountain Aid This Weekend
Donna the Buffalo hits the road this weekend for a pair of gigs in the Carolinas. On Friday, 6/19, the band will play at The Music Camp, a festival in Spartanburg, SC. See details at http://themusiccamp.net. On Saturday, 6/20, Donna the Buffalo will perform at Mountain Aid 2009, a festival that will raise funds for the Pennies of Promise campaign to build a new school for the children of Marsh Fork Elementary in Raleigh County, WV, which sits in the shadow of a Mountain Top Removal coal mine, just 225 feet from the coal silo and 400 yards downstream from a leaking dam holding back nearly three billion gallons of toxic sludge. The concert, which will take place 6/19 - 6/20 in Silk Hope, NC, will also feature Kathy Mattea and Ben Sollee. Tickets are $22.50 in advance, $30 day of concert, and camping is $10 for tent camping, $40 for vehicle camping. For more information, visit the Mountain Aid site at http://www.mtnaid.com. (posted 6/18/09)
Just Added: Photos From 6/13/09 Niagara Falls, NY
Donna the Buffalo resumed its tour by performing at the Centennial Stage at the Hard Rock Cafe in Niagara Falls, NY. This show was part of the Centennial Celebration of the The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, which created the independent International Joint Commission (IJC) to prevent and resolve boundary waters disputes between Canada and the United States. In addition to favorite tunes like Family Picture, Conscious Evolution, and Arrows Pointing Sideways, this show included the band's first-ever performance of the Star Spangled Banner. Gene Martin explains: "They shot off fireworks before Donna's set was finished so there was some confusion if they should stop playing until the fireworks were done or to play one. So while discussing it, Jeb started singing the Star Spangled Banner and the rest of the band and then the crowd joined in, too. A special Jeb moment." Frequent DonnaFans.com contributor Karen Landau was on hand, and provides us with 5 photos of DtB playing on 6/13/09 in Niagara Falls, NY. Thanks for the photos, Karen!
(posted 6/15/09)
First Photos: Tara Nevins With BK3
The recent tour by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann's trio, BK3, with special guest Tara Nevins has created quite a buzz, with a certain contingent of DtB fans especially excited at the prospect of Tara singing and playing on songs made famous by the Grateful Dead. DonnaFans.com contributor Mike Poole was at this show and kindly shares with us 12 photos of Tara performing with BK3 on 6/5/09 at the Music Farm in Charleston, SC. The band's two-set performance on this next-to-last date of the eastern leg of the tour included versions of the Dead's Alabama Getaway, Peggy-O, China Cat Sunflower, Franklin's Tower, He's Gone, Scarlet Begonias, and Bertha, as well as the Max Creek song Chains of Life and the Nevins composition If You Only Could. You can check out Tara absolutely tearing it up on fiddle during the band's peformance of Franklin's Tower at this show on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL6CIiwI5Qw. DonnaFans.com contributor John Yust also attended this show, and said, "The whole show was every bit as good as what people have been posting." If you weren't at one of these gigs, you still might be able to catch Tara performing with BK3--thought Tara's time with the band is officially over, rumor has it that she may sit in with Kreutzmann's trio for a song or two when both BK3 and Donna the Buffalo perform at the All Good Festival in Masontown, WV on 7/12. Thanks for the photos, Mike! (posted 6/10/09)
Tara & BK3 Play With Phish's Mike Gordon In NYC
On Wednesday, 6/3, Phish bass player Mike celebrated his birthday with a public party at City Winery in lower Manhattan, performing two sets of music with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, Max Creek guitarist Scott Murawski, and Tara Nevins. Tara has been touring as a special guest with Kreutzmann's trio BK3, which usually features bassist James "Hutch" Hutchinson. The band performed Doin My Time, Eyes of the World, Cumberland Blues, Peggy-O, Tore Up Over You, Come Together, Skin It Back, US Blues, Express Yourself, Quinn The Eskimo, and Mercury Blues. Gordon was playing a wild new bass given to him for his birthday by Phish keyboardist Page McConnell. Check out a video of Tara singing Peggy-O at this peformance at www.youtube.com/watch?v=pal6fDg4nfg.
(posted 6/4/09)
Watch Tara Sing He's Gone With BK3
If you've always wanted to see Tara Nevins sing a Grateful Dead song, now you can: A video of her singing He's Gone with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann's trio, BK3, on 5/29/09 has been posted to YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkR4T31otcs. The video was shot by Doug Baker and posted by Gene Martin; the pair also posted Tara singing If You Only Could from the same show. There's still time to catch Tara singing this and other Dead songs live: she'll appear with BK3 on 6/4 in Carrborro, NC; 6/5 in Charleston, SC; and 6/6 at the Wannee Festival in Live Oak, FL. Thanks for the videos, guys!
(posted 6/2/09)
