: APRIL :

Life has brought me back to Sacramento and it looks I will be stationed here for some time. The band is mostly here at this point (Kellen, Jason and Jonathan). Though it is not the same line-up as last year. Eric Frank (guitar, vocals) has spent the year working with his band LINKS quite a lot and Max Haymer (keys) moved out to New York after we recorded the Paradise Sessions.


First Full Band Rehearsal with Arlyn Anderson (right) on Guitar.

We had our first show on Monday night with Guitarist Arlyn Anderson at CSU Monterey Bay. I can't start to say how excited I am to have Arlyn playing with us. There were times on Monday where I couldn't help but smile. Marlana Sheetz also stepped in on some back up vocals. We are all starting to talk about recording again as I have another batch of new songs. More details coming soon about these recordings. We will be looking to our fans in a big way for these recordings - so stay tuned.

Also look for a Dawson and Marie (my acoustic side project) album in the coming months.


Found at CSU Monterey Bay : I call it the "Hula-Hooping Pedestrian"

We have some summer tour dates starting to get posted around Northern California. We will be doing many of these shows with my sisters band Big Tree.

As part of the tour, we are proud to announce that we are opening the first evening of the 3rd Annual Summer Solstice Festival right outside of Placerville, CA this year. The Solstice event is located right off of Highway 193 on the River by Chili Bar, at the Nugget River Park. It's five minutes from downtown Placerville at a private campground that is a gem on the South Fork of the American River.

We will be playing on Friday, June 19th at 6pm.
Tickets are only $8 in advance or $10 at the door.
Tickets can be bought at Solsticeproduction.com & at Ravens Tale Books in Placerville.
And anyone under 16 is FREE!

Friday Night Features:
Andrew Heringer Band
& Mind X

Saturday Night Features:
Izabella
Five Eyed Hand
Kate Gaffney
Jonny Mojo
Garrin Benfield

For questions contact:
530-644-6093 OR SOLSTICEPRODUCTIONS@COMCAST.NET

more soon,

-ADH.

...and the driving continues.

The driving has gotten ridiculous. This week I am up in Oregon. Eugene, OR currently. I got my oil changed three weeks ago and it's time for another oil change.

I have started to use my twitter account more and more to post pictures and updates from the road. Add me at twitter.com/andrewheringer. Jonathan and I played dates in Arizona last week. Our favorite stop was in the town of Jerome, AZ. It is a little old once copper-mining town now artist town. I hope to make it back there someday. We also played in Scottsdale and at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.


Jerome, AZ

After Flagstaff, we stopped in Vegas for a night so Jonathan hit the strip. Our funny story from Vegas was that we parked in front with the complimentary valet. The baggage guy comes over. He talked to Jon and throws the guitars, some recording equipment i didnt want to leave in the van and clothes on to a cart. Before I know it he is gone. I figured he must have sorted things out with Jon. We go up to the room and the stuffs not there. I start freaking out a little. After a number of trips down to the baggage area and walking numerous laps around Harrah's - I realize that the baggage guy had thought we were the main Musical Entertainment at the Casino and about an hour later the guitars and all show up at the room. You can imagine, I was a little worried there for a while with my two main acoustic guitars missing. I have learned my lesson and will keep them with me.


Bruce gets a bath in Arizona

I have some T-Shirts up at the new online store. I wrote this on my twitter, but seriously next time I need to do my research. It all started when my friend Alex Dita (who has take most of our pictures over the last couple of years) joked about having an I LOVE MOLLY SHIRT based off my song Molly. I thought it was clever and went with the idea. I still like the idea mind you but I really had no clue that "Molly" was also a term for the drug Ecstasy. Oy. Anyway - many people are buying the shirts and I am pretty sure they aren't druggies. I don't think most people think about Molly as a drug reference but maybe I am wrong...


this filly is named Hank.

Baskets

i have been writing a lot of songs on the acoustic in the last couple of months. I don't know what the next recordings will be at this point - but there is a good chance parts of it will be extremely stripped much like this. Enjoy Baskets... feedback welcome.







Baskets

We started out simple
I loved when you smiled
You loved when I sang
And maybe it was us we were fooling
we thought there was nothing
That would get in our way
But slowly we built up our worries
We stacked them between us
hoped they'd go away
now sometimes I wonder where you are
I used to know that every
second of the day

It seems that we cant find a way
To take us as simple as we came
Did we make it so complicated
that we couldnt be together anymore

I wish we could take all our worries
and put them in baskets
and wash them away
I wish we could still have those moments
Where nothing else matters
Besides you and me

It seems that we cant find a way
To take us as simple as we came
Did we make it so complicated
that we couldnt be together anymore

I will always wish the best for you
I will always wish the best for you
Even when its years since youve gone
I will always wish the best for you
I will always wish the best for you
Even when youre out on your own

I will always wish the best for you
I will always wish the best for you
Even when we dont speak for months
I will always wish the best for you
I will always wish the best for you
Even when new lovers come

I wish we could take all our worries
and put them in baskets
and wash them away

-Andrew

Union Mine High School : Vote Sean & Luke

As a Union Mine High School Alumni - I have a strong connection with my alma mater and there is an important vote coming up... the only one that really really matters is for the Rally Commissioners.

And really, my good buddies Sean and Luke are the only real choice for the Rally Commissioners. Because they are educated in the art of the Theater Arts and Dramatic Improvisation (which I can vouch for) they know know to entertain the masses. Plus they look sharp in those ties and glasses. VOTE SEAN AND LUKE.







http://www.seanandluke.com

-Andrew

Spring Acoustic Tour

Hitting the road for the next month playing with drummer Jonathan McHenry playing stripped down acoustic sets.

ACOUSTIC TOUR DATES:

3.12 - Cupertino, CA : Britania Arms : 8:30pm
3.13 - Santa Cruz : 99 Bottles : 9pm
3.14 - DAWSON & MARIE show : Sacramento : Luna's Cafe : 8pm
3.17 - Los Angeles : Genghis Cohen : 10pm
3.19 - Irvine, CA : Anthill Pub : 9pm
3.21 - Scottsdale, AZ : Angel's Serenity : 7pm
3.24 - Jerome, AZ : Spirit Room : 7pm
3.25 - Flagstaff, AZ : Northern Arizona University : 12pm
3.28 - Monterey, CA : Monterey Live
4.02 - Salem, OR : Boon's Treasury : 8pm
4.04 - Lincoln City, OR : Living Room Concert : 8pm
4.10 - DAWSON & MARIE show : San Francisco, CA : Living Room Concert : 8pm

note that some shows are with my side project "Dawson & Marie" : http://myspace.com/dawsonandmarie

we have been doing some recording over the last month with Dawson and Marie and hope to have an EP out in the next couple of months.



Jon and Marlana ruin all my photos during recording

A Crazy 4 Days

This photo of me miniature golfing has nothing to do with the last four days but shows my love for the sport (though it often leaves me frustrated).






Highlights from last weeks touring include but are not limited to:

Wednesday : Santa Clara University
- the entire crowd singing "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind
- playing for a crazy fun audience. the clapping during morgan the conqueror was ridiculous

Thursday : in San Luis Obispo
- woke up at 7am to leave Monterey and get the crew to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for an 11 am show.
- Hung out at Avila Beach during the day
-played Churro St. at the Farmer's Market. It was a little cold...
- drove back to Sacramento that night thinking we would be on Fox 40 the next morning.

Friday :
- 5:30 am : get a call that we are not on playing on TV at 8am which is good because I really needed sleep.
- Amazing Show Friday night with Matt Masih and Still Time. We had 250+ in Marilyn's on K
- There will be some video from this show posted very soon!

Saturday :
- House Concert in Sacramento



Goodness... with the combination of 5 shows, lots of driving, lack of sleep and not enough vocal rest... it was a long 4 days.

San Francisco & the Record Shop

Our San Francisco show at Grant & Green will be one to remember for some time. We played our set and right before our buddies in Matt Masih & The Messengers were about to play something very, very strange happened. I started coughing. And there was a strange taste in my mouth/feeling in my lungs. I look up. And everyone around me is coughing. Most of the people rush outside of the venue. It turns out, thanks to the knowledge of my friend Glenn Miller, what we experienced in the place last Friday the 13th had been tear gas. Why someone choose to set off tear gas is completely beyond me but it sure makes for one hell of a story.

Before the show we spent some time poking around a record store that was around the corner from the venue. Viewing these record covers really reminded us how ridiculous some album covers can be. Here are a couple of our favorite covers:





next week we play in Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo and Sacramento. Here are some details:

Santa Clara University
9pm : at the Bronco : free

San Luis Obispo : 2 shows
UU Hour at Cal Poly : 11 am : Free
&
Farmer's Market : 6:30pm : Chorro St.

Sacramento at Marilyn's on K
9pm : +21 : $8
with Matt Masih and Still Time

Tell your friends about the shows
Thanks for your continued support!

-Andrew