Bob Heyer: News

I have recorded the first installment of an internet radio show called "Blues 101- the Gristle and Hamhock" The first show featured the great Texas bluesman, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins.

It will be airing periodically on a link from the following site:www.centremarkettheatre.org
or you can go to
the site of West Liberty State College's Smart Centerwww.smartcenter.org and click on Radio Science News. Then click on Audio Streaming Project.

The second show was recorded tonight, October 19th and both the first and second show will be broadcast tomorrow evening and throughout the night. Show number 2 was dedicated to guitar legend, Albert King.

Cabin Fever will be appearing at two different events in conjunction with Oglebayfest this year.

The first will be on Friday October 3rd. We will be playing for a square dance from 7:30 to 9:30 at Site One
in the park.

On Saturday, we will be appearing in Glessner Auditorium from 4 to 7 p.m.
Both events are free to the public.

On September 27th, the Cabin Fever String Band will do two shows in Chandlersville, Ohio as part of the 2nd Annual Salt Creek Bluegrass Festival.

Other bands include: Wills Creek, Almost Famous, and Stoney Creek.

Beginning tonight September 9th, a monthly bluegrass jam at the Schrader Environmental Education Center will be held.The jam is the 2nd Tuesday of the month from September to May and begins at 7:00 p.m.

I will be appearing at the Stonewall Jackson Jubilee in Jane Lew, West Virginia on Labor Day weekend.

Joining me will be guitarist, Chris Zambelli.

This is a large festival which will feature WV musicians from across the state. There is a concert stage and lots of on-grounds jamming as well as a large arts and crafts show and many other activities.

A last minute appearance was scheduled for the main stage at the Augusta Festival on Saturday August 9th.

I did a few songs with the banjo and then Chris Zambelli joined me for the rest of the set.

Chris and I were meeting at the park to practice some new material for the Labor Day Stonewall Jackson Festival. As it turned out, he got there about 15 minutes before I was to go on stage.
Sometimes the things that you don't plan turn out really well.

I will be doing what has become very rare in recent years, a solo show, this coming Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Artworks Around Town Art Gallery in the Center Market District of Wheeling.

The show is free to the public.

We will be playing a dance on August 15th with caller, Bob Tomlinson, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Belmont, Ohio.

As always, dancers and non-dancers alike are welcome.For those of you who would like to dance,but don't know how, Bob will do teaching walk throughs for beginners

Join us if you can! The dance is from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

The Mountain Moon Coffeehouse series will kick off its 23rd season on November 1,2008. The concerts are held in Wheeling at the Stifel Fine Arts Center and begin at 8:00 p.m.

November 1, 2008- Peach's Little Band

December 6, 2008- David and Jack Morris

January 3,2009- Cabin Fever String Band

February 7, 2009- Allegheny Drifters

March 7,2009- Zeke Hutchison and Tom Hampton

April 4, 2009- The Druckenmillers

Reservations for seats can be made by calling (304)242-6855

For a number of years, the Cabin Fever String Band has been playing the Saturday evening slot at the Ohio Hills Folk Festival at Quaker City, Ohio. Our good friend, Nancy Carpenter who had organized the music tent for a number of years, passed away just before last year's festival. We are going to dedicate our show this year to her. We play from 8 to 11 p.m. with a break for the fireworks. Hope to see you there on July 12th.

The next concert for the Cabin Fever String Band will be on July 8th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Garden Park in the Warwood section of Wheeling. The concert is free to the public.

On Sunday June 8th, we will be playing a two hour concert at a beautiful open air amphitheater located at Oglebay Conference Center and Resort. The concert is free and last from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!

I plan on making what has become an annual trip to the West Virginia State Folk Festival in Glenville,WV which is held on June 19 to 21st.

The festival is held on the campus of Glenville State College and in the downtown area of this small West Virginia town located in Glimer County.

It is one of the oldest continuously operating folk festivals in the country. There are contests for the fiddle and banjo, nightly concerts, square dances, and lots of jamming. If you want additional information, they have a web site which will answer your questions.

Hope to see you there.

We will be opening for Don Rigsby and Midnight Call
on Friday night.

The Cabin Fever String Band will expand to six members for this special show of mostly new material. Joining us on the acoustic bass will be Jeff Strautman.

I received a call from an old friend last Friday. Jeff Smith and I worked together a few years back in a collaborative project based on his book-
Where The Roots Reach for Water. He read parts of his book interpersed with traditional Appalachian music. We performed this program twice. Once was at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling. The other time was at the Ashland Arts Center in Ashland, Ohio. Jeff said that he's been listening to That Lonesome Road as part of his inspiration for this story.
If that was not honor enough, I appear as a character in the story. In case you are curious-the character is a bearded musician named Bob who sings songs like "Shady Grove" and "Wayfaring Stranger". The story is a work in progress. I'm interested to see how it all turns out.

The next concert scheduled for the Mountain Moon Coffeehouse at the Stifel Fine Arts Center in Wheeling,WV features the southeastern Ohio band, Bluegrass Xpress, on April 19th. The show begins at 8:00 p.m.
For ticket information call (304)242-6855.

Last night was a real treat for me to share the stage with some great musicians at the Mountain Moon Coffeehouse in Wheeling.

Tom Hampton(Peach) and Greg Dearth who played in The Hutchison Brothers Band in the 1970's were the featured performers at last night's show. My good friend, Jim Simpson, and I joined in to play a few with these fellows. We finished our portion of the set with a J.D.Hutchison song "Ain't I Been Good to You?"

The Hutchison Brothers were the band of choice in this neck of the woods during the mid-70's. Peach and Greg are both excellent musicians who were an integral part of the band then and are still wonderful musicians and really nice people to boot.