This October I’ll be playing a string of shows in Texas and Louisiana with my stringband friends in Skillet Licorice. This band has been a years-long exploration and celebration of the fiddle music of the East Texas Serenaders. ETS was a stringband from Mineola and Lindale, Texas that played sophisticated fiddle music that bridged the sounds of hillbilly, ragtime, classical, and early jazz music in the 1920s. We’ll be playing festivals, concerts, and square dances, and traveling through many of the same towns they would frequent. In an unbelievable stroke of serendipity, on Oct. 21st we will perform in Mineola for the unveiling of a new historical marker commemorating the Serenaders and their contribution to American music. For the most up-to-date info on shows, and links to tickets, visit Skillet Licorice’s site. Please help us spread the word!

10.17 Austin, TX Batch10.18-19 Driftwood, TX Austin String Band Festival 10.20 Crockett, TX Camp Street Cafe 10.21 Mineola, TX East Texas Serenaders Historic Marker Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 10.22 Mineola, TX Lake Country Playhouse 10.23 Dallas, TX Poor David’s Pub 10.24 Marshall, TX Rueggenbach Brewery 10.26 New Orleans, LA Saturn Bar 10.27 New Orleans, LA St. Roch Tavern