We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be playing this weekend at the Raven Cafe, Saturday, June 9, at 2:00 PM as part of the First Inaugural of the Chaparral Music Festival in Prescott. The Raven Cafe is located at 142 N. Cortez St. in downtown Prescott (map). We’ll play a 45 minute set and Deb has promised to debut at least one of her brand new songs.
There will be lots to see and do, workshops to participate in and musical acts playing in the Elks Theater, the Raven Cafe, and the Prescott Public Library. And it’s cooler in Prescott.
This is exciting for us! Our friend and webmistress, Cheryl Colan, went on a camping trip with us to the desert and video taped our newest song, “Little Iraq”. The song was inspired by a camping experience several weeks prior to the filming, when we embarked on an impromptu Birthday Camp in the desert just north of Phoenix.
It started out innocently enough - hiking among the saguaros, throwing the frisbee for Yippy and a gourmet campfire meal. But from dusk to noon the next day we witnessed an assault on the desert unlike anything we had ever experienced. Drunken fishermen drove throughout the night around Lake Pleasant in their diesel trucks (one right through our camp); the moon kicked up a small arms barrage that lasted until 3AM; and the next morning, after the sheriff had tried to ticket us for an unrestrained dog, a horde of off-road vehicle enthusiasts descended upon the river bottom we were camped in. When we were finally driven out, we passed hundreds of people with all manner of armaments from pistols to shotguns to AK47s, standing upon mounds of spent shell casings firing into the desert - a most impressive display.
At one point we climbed a small mountain only to command a 180 degree view several miles deep of churning dust accompanied by a soundtrack that bore a striking resemblance to Apocalypse Now. It was then that we dubbed the place Little Iraq. And it pissed Don off enough to go home and write this song.
D-Squared will be playing the beautiful El Pedregal Plaza Stage at The Boulders, in Carefree, AZ, Sunday, April 15, 2007 from NOON to 3PM. William Meldrum, our favorite percussionist in the known universe, will be joining us for this show so we expect to have extra fun. April is a beautiful time in the desert so forget about your taxes and come join us. Admission to the event is FREE. http://www.elpedregal.com/events_at_el_pedregal/#
We just want to remind you folks that might be around the Prescott area next weekend about our Folk Sessions show at 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 16th at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Hall, 882 Sunset Street (map) in Prescott behind True Value Hardware (www.folksessions.com). We are sharing the bill with keyboardist Jonathon Best and it promises to be an exciting night. We will play the first set where we’ll be debuting Don’s newest song, “Little Iraq”, written just a week ago in honor of his 55th birthday.
And for those within the listening range of KJZA 89.5 FM, you can catch us tonight at 7:00 p.m. on the Folk Sessions Live! radio show hosted by Tom Agostino and Alexa McDonald. The same show is broadcast again later the same evening at 10:00 or 11:00 p.m.