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In a rare BAND show, come celebrate the New Year in Saranac Lake!

As a part of First Night Saranac Lake, I’ll be playing two sets at Pendragon Theater with two great friends: Jeff Kimball on keys, accordion, and electric and acoustic mandolin; and Brendan Coyle on drums.

It’s $10 to get a button which gets you in to see a dozen different performances all over town! Go to http://www.firstnightsaranaclake.org for more details!

Shortly, I’ll have some reflections on 2008 and some news on 2009, including some giveaways and a NYC gig! Have a happy and safe holiday, everybody!

With apologies to Greg Klyma, and anyone who was interested in the show at the Brick Box on Friday, Nov. 21st, I need to cancel…

I hope to set something up local very soon.

Hi folks!

Times are tough for musicians… Venues across the US have cut back on live music. Because of high gas prices and economic hardship, attendance at shows is dropping, and restaurant and club managers are increasingly seeing live performance as an economic risk. It’s hard to guarantee a musician a reasonable fee when the venue isn’t even sure they’ll have a full dining room or listening room. I’ve seen this first-hand. One terrific local venue canceled their entire summer entertainment schedule (me included), and has only reinstated it with fewer dates at half of the budget.

Do YOU want to support your local or touring musician, in a no-risk, personal way? One really great opportunity to do this- HOUSE CONCERTS! If you have an averaged-sized living room, and friends and neighbors who’d come over and share a couple of hours of great music, then YOU could be a house concert host!

Below is a YouTube video about house concerts. Check it out…

Want more details?

If you think you might want to host a Phil Henry house concert, well, then...

Why not email me?