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Have you spotted Phil Lee on the road we need your report
Sightings of the lesser spotted Phil Lee have been rare in recent years, particularly this year, while he has been holed up in the studio with Richard Bennett and plethora of Nashville's coolest cats producing and perfecting this wonderful album.There have been more sightings across the country in recent months, some say due to the cold Nashville winter getting to his tiered old bones and forcing him to go where the weather suits his clothes.
While he gets into training to stave off the fear of deap vein thrombosis on the flight to Europe this summer for Festivals, Radios Shows, Concerts and House Concerts.
We need to know where and when you have spotted him with a description to please.
Rob Ellen
Tags: king, lee, love, mighty, of, phil
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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly Haiku on -
Who: Mighty King Of Love
What: hillbilly rockin'
When: February 2009
Where: Hotel room, Memphis, Folk Alliance
Why: why not?
How: better than the rest! -
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Sausy minx, was he singing at all?
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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly Haiku on
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bwaaaah! ummm, yeah! sangin' and twangin' for all the folks at Folk Alliance. including a transcendent version of Babylon with Peter Cooper and Eric Brace. ;-)))
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Permalink Reply by The Medicine Show on
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AhPeter and Eric quality you don't have to like them both you know?
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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly Haiku on
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Not exactly a road sighting, but I did spot the mighty king of love in this righteous DJ tribute video:
Maybe if we could get him off the i-phone and to a real computer he might share some memories of Duane with us. I would love to hear his stories.
Have a good weekend, y'all. Play some Phil Lee music. LOUD. -
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Permalink Reply by The Medicine Show on
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There is a cowboy hat with legs here on Eric Braces site could that be Phil Lee? http://community.nodepression.com/photo/with-phil-lee
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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly Haiku on
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why, i think it might be... yes! it IS Phil Lee! and that looks like Tom Mason on guitar. and none other than Tommy Womack in the hat there in the audience. wow. :-)
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Permalink Reply by The Medicine Show on
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Nice House concert footage of Phil here.
http://community.nodepression.com/video/the-mighty-king-of-love-phil -
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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly Haiku on
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Speaking of house concerts, here is a retelling of our fun weekend with Phil and Jan King as told by my good buddy Jay Johnson of Honky Tonk House Concerts in Streetsboro, Ohio.
I Saw Him Three Times Before He Died...
…on the “I Saw Him Before He Died Tour” so let’s take a brief look back at the Phil Lee in Ohio weekend before we turn our attention to the July 11th Eric Taylor show at Honky Tonk House Concerts, and he’s still not dead! I snuck out of work about an hour and a half early on Friday, June 5, 2009, to make my way to Kent. Phil Lee was appearing at the first after-work party of the season in the courtyard of the Kent Stage and the Sky Blue Cowboy himself, Jim Dime, was opening so I didn’t want to be late. I ran into Phil and his lovely guitarist (who I and several others developed a crush on over the course of weekend. I won’t rat out the others, but I confessed my crush to Tammy and she was cool with it. In fact, she had one too! Think wholesome, not twisted, you losers!) Jan King on the sidewalk next to the Kent Stage. I escorted them to the courtyard, a veritable garden spot reminiscent of a tropical paradise created by Tom Simpson. I know it probably looked like a bit of an alley to those of you that lack vision. I took Jan King next door to meet Brandroid and show her the headquarters of the official corporate sponsor of Honky Tonk House Concerts, Spinmore Records!
Back in the courtyard we ran into Tom Ball, of his own mind fame, and his way better half, Christine. I started drinking warm beer like it was going out of style because I couldn’t wait for Tom Simpson’s way better half to get back with the ice. My beer guzzling frenzy was soon interrupted by one of the weekend’s highlights, the opportunity to hug on Rico and Pineapple Denise, of Hillbilly Haiku House Concert fame. Our friends had driven all the way from Nashville to take in the festivities! If it looked like dear friends that hadn’t seen each other in way too long greeting one another, it was! Jim Dime played a fine opening set rife with Hank Williams and originals that sounded like stuff we listened to on “Hi Fi night” back in the day. I love Jim’s voice and the man himself is all around solid. You can trust him with your gal or your new Cadillac. Soon Phil Lee and Jan King took the stage and mesmerized the small, but enthusiastic crowd with a “typical Phil Lee show.” Don’t be mislead by the “typical Phil Lee show” description because typical for Phil Lee includes humor, choreographed dance steps, great guitar work and songs culled from a satchel full of ‘em that scale the rarified air the heights of which only great songwriters can attain. Most songwriters get a kink in their neck from craning it to see the heights to which Phil’s songs aspire and attain. Personally, the Friday highlight was “Carl’s Got Louise.”
We (Phil, Jan, Tammy, PBR and me) adjourned to the Roadhouse in Streetsboro for dinner after the show. PBR? Well, you know my affinity for giving people nicknames ala Old Paul, New Paul and the Dancin’ Girl? PBR is some scalawag from Pittsburgh named Brad. Pittsburgh Bradà PBR. It makes sense to me… Plus, he brought me a case of Iron City Saturday night, but I digress… We learned two things at dinner. First, well, I forget the first. But second, Phil’s stage name from his “blue movie” days was “El Longo Prongo.” That little tidbit came to light after the waitress delivered me the biggest onion ring I ever saw causing me to exclaim “look at this onion ring! It’s like a porno onion ring!” I ate it.
It was good to see so many familiar faces Saturday night at the honky tonk house. Susan, who I’ve yet to hang a moniker upon, PBR, The Dancin’ Girl, Donna, Cindy, Larry, etc. Maybe “Tallboy” can suggest a nickname for you, Susan? Tallboy is the name by which Steve will henceforth be known here in the honky-tonk house. It’s derived from the relative size of a 16 ouncer (a pounder or tallboy) as compared to a 12 ouncer. Every moment of Saturday’s show was a highlight for me from the first note Chris Castle played to the last manic note Tony Schaffer plunked on the piano at the end of a raucous jam session. Andy Ruddock, of Brown Dog Films, was there and filmed some great high definition video of both Chris and Phil. …and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention what a great fucking guitar player Joe Linstrim is. This email to Phil’s manager, Mary Sack, sums up many of my feelings;
There are times when the sense of excitement and anticipation for an upcoming concert are truly unfair to the artists inasmuch as often the show itself cannot live up to the expectations of the mind’s eye. It happens with many significant events in life such as weddings, graduations, etc. That was the fear heading into the Phil Lee at HTHC weekend. The reality was that the reality of Phil Lee and Jan King outstripped anything we could’ve imagined. Our minds simply weren’t fertile enough to conceive of what a satisfying musical experience awaited us. Chris Castle, Tony Schaffer and Joe Linstrom played a terrific opening set causing Phil to quip that “it clearly says in my contract that the opening act has to suck!” I don’t know what more can be said about Phil and Jan- their chemistry is palpable. They had people laughing, crying (me during “I Hope That Love Always Knows Your Name”) and occasionally jaw-dropped awed during some of their guitar work. At the end Chris, Joe, Tony and Bob (an audience member) joined Phil and Jan for a set of rock and roll. I got drunk and threatened Phil with bodily harm if he wouldn’t play a Chuck Berry song, but that’s a regular occurrence at HTHC and Phil took it in the spirit of love with which it was intended.
We were running on empty by Monday’s show at the Town Fryer, but we couldn’t pass up a chance to see GS Harper, Andrew Zeager, Jan King and Phil Lee. Susie Porter was her usual gracious, welcoming self and we had big fun, but couldn’t stay for the whole show on a school night.
The Mighty King of Love (in high definition)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_zoYx7MfXk
Great Balls of Fire – Phil Lee, Jan King and the Ohio Sly Dogs (in low definition) with the Phil Lee Dancers, Tammy, Donna and Tallboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dBijIxPk_4
The Wild Side of Life - Phil Lee, Jan King and the Ohio Sly Dogs (in low definition)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyZDymfLtNQ
See you July 11th for Eric Taylor! Have a great Sunday! BJAB! (Buy Jay A Beer)
www.honkytonkhouseconcerts.com
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The Mighty King Of Love www.phillee1.com starts his European Tour on the Medicine Show 4th August More chances to see him before he dies
Phil Lee I Saw Him Before He Died Tour 2009
Tuesday 04 August 2009 the medicine show Ullapool Loch Broom FM live radio www.themedicineshow.eu
Tuesday 04 August 2009 The Argyll Hotel Ullapool Argyll Street Ullapool Ross-shire Scotland IV26 2UB
www.medicinemusic.co.uk 9pm
Wednesday 5th aug Hootananny Inverness Church Street Inverness Scotland IV1 1ES
www.medicinemusic.co.uk 8pm tbc
Saturday 08 August 2009 Belladrum Grass Roots Stage Beauly Belladrum Estate By Beauly Inverness-shire IV4 7BA www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk noon varios prices
Monday 10 August 2009 House Concert North Shields 9 Tynemouth place Tynemouth Northumberland ne30 4bj ne30 4bj http://thekatyfreeway.com By Don and aplication see web site. 8pm
Tuesday 11 August 2009 Acoustic Music Club Stanley Live Acoustic Club, South Causey Inn, Beamishburn Road, Stanley - DH9 0LS £6 8pm
Wednesday 12 August 2009 confirmed The Green Note London 106 Parkway London tel: 020 7485 9899 NW1 7AN www.greennote.co.uk £8/£10
Friday 14 August 2009 confirmed Radio Reverb Live Brighton Live Radio Show http://www.radioreverb.com/index.php?id=contact
Saturday 15 August 2009 Grub Café East Grinstead 110-112 London road east Grinstead rh19 1ep http://www.grubonline.co.uk By Donation
Sunday 16 August 2009 BBC Radio Kent Live (Dave Cash) Tunbridge Wells BBC Radio Kent - Live Radio Show - Kent www.bbc.co.uk/radiokent
Monday 17 August 2009 Minster Folkand Blues Club Minster Minster Working Mens Club, Isle of Sheppey Kent ME12 2HW 8pm £6
Tuesday 18 August 2009 The Basement York York 13-17 Coney st York, United Kingdom YO1 9QL http://www.myspace.com/basementcityscreen £6/£8
Thursday 20th Bob Harris Session Broadcast BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 Radio Broadcast www.bobharris.org
Friday 21st Sunny Govan Radio Live Glasgow Sunny Govan Community Radio Live radio, Glasgow, G51 1HJ www.sunnygovancommunitymedia.org/index.html
Friday 21st Victoria Hotel Largs 80 Gallowgate Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LZ http://www.tamskinnerpresents.co.uk/future_gigs.htm
Saturday 22nd Victoria Hotel Largs 80 Gallowgate Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LZ
Sunday 23rd Victoria Hotel Largs 80 Gallowgate Street Largs Ayrshire KA30 8LZ
Monday 24rth Coffee Shop Cromarty Buildings Strathpeffer Ross-shire www.medicinemusic.co.uk by DONATION
Tuesday 25th /travel Ireland
Wednesday 26th tbc Ireland
Ireland
Following the release of Daddy's For a Second Time (a collaboration with Will Kimbrough on the 17th of July through Proper here in The UK Tommy Womack embarks on a solo UK
Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack both boast amazing underground resumes. Kimbrough (2005 Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year) and Womack (Two-time winner of the Nashville Scene Best Song Award) first came together in 1992 in the bis-quits. They discovered a musical and personal kinship which they have struggled amongst other commitments – to get back to. With the breakup of the bis-quits in 1994, Kimbrough went on to be lead guitarist in Todd Snider & the Nervous Wrecks, since producing several of Snider’s records, and toured extensively with Rodney Crowell. Tommy Womack is touring Solo in the UK In August starting at Belladrum Festival on August 7th. Publicity Rob Ellen www.medicinemusic.co.uk
(TOMMY ONLY) Friday 7th August 2009: INVERNESS - The Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (0870 169 0100 Ticketmaster / 01463 234234 / www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk) £various, afternoon
VENUE ADDRESS:
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
Phoineas House
Belladrum Estate
By Beauly
Inverness-shire
IV4 7BA
Scotland
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Saturday 8th August 2009: LEIGHTON BUZZARD - The Wheatsheaf (01525 374611 / www.thewheatie.co.uk) 8pm, £FREE
VENUE ADDRESS:
The Wheatsheaf
57 North Street
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 7EQ
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Sunday 9th August 2009: BURTON ON TRENT - The Wetmore Whistle (01283 515762 / www.wetmorewhistle.com) 2pm, £FREE
VENUE ADDRESS:
Wetmore Whistle
Burton-on-Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 1SH
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Monday 10th August 2009: DAY OFF
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Tuesday 11th August 2009: LEICESTER - The Musician (0116 251 0080 / www.wegottickets.com / www.themusicianpub.co.uk) 9pm, £5
VENUE ADDRESS:
The Musician
Clyde Street
Leicester
LE1 2DE
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Wednesday 12th August 2009: BASFORD (Nottingham) - The Lion (0115 9703506, www.thelionatbasford.co.uk) 8.30pm, £FREE
VENUE ADDRESS:
The Lion
44 Mosley Street
New Basford
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 7FQ
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Thursday 13th August 2009: TAMWORTH (Staffordshire) - Tavern in the Town (01827 63507) 8.30pm, £FREE
VENUE ADDRESS:
The Tavern In The Town
Corporation Street
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 7DN
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Friday 14th August 2009: LOUGHBOROUGH - The Three Nuns (01509 611989)
VENUE ADDRESS:
The Three Nuns
Church Gate
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 1UD
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Saturday 15th August 2009: COVENTRY - The Beer Engine (02476 228 154) 8.30pm, £5
VENUE ADDRESS:
The Beer Engine
35 Far Gosford Street
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 5DW
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Sunday 16th August 2009: LEICESTER - Summer Sundae Festival @ De Montfort Hall and Gardens Granville Road (0116 233 3111 / www.summersundae.com) £various, evening
VENUE ADDRESS:
Summer Sundae Festival
De Montford Hall and Gardens
Granville Road
Leicester
LE1 7RU
Saturday 5th sept tbc Holland -
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Permalink Reply by The Medicine Show on
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Me Tom Mason and Phil on the euro tour which one is Phil? -
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Permalink Reply by The Medicine Show on
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Hey I found him here http://www.nodepression.com/photo/2342817:Photo:71677?xg_source=act... with Bob Harris
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