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Read Me Out Loud - Lizzy Ross
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“Folksy, jazzy, bluesy in all the best senses of the words... a voice like cigarettes and the smoothest whiskey you’ve ever tasted.”
-Stephen Markley, Chicago RedEye
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Real. Music. Video.

by lizzy on January 25, 2012

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WE’RE MAKING A MUSIC VIDEO!!!!(&*&^@!!!!!!

We’re joining forces with Keith and John at the fabulous Carolina Reprographics to make a music video for my original song Black River. This will be our first music video ever, and it will be awesome.

Come be a part of it! We’re looking for 100 or so intrepid friends and fans to help us make it happen. On March 10th we’ll all come together on the Haw River at Saxapahaw, NC, and become an army of vengeful souls (great way to spend any Saturday!). The song references “a thousand sunken angels,”  (like the hot ladies pictured above) but I think 100 will be just enough for our purposes.  It’ll likely take about an hour, and that will be the last day of shooting, so there’s rumor of a wrap party at the Eddy Pub immediately following the shoot. Hmm… I wonder who started that rumor…

If you’re interested, drop me a line at info@lizzy.net. Also check out the facebook event here.

In other news, how bout them electric guitars? I’ve been searching the triangle high and low, salivating over my dream date – a Fender Telecaster with one humbucker and one single-coil pickup, seafoam or surf green, maple fretboard, made in the U.S.A. So far craigslist hasn’t thrown one on my doorstep, but I’m (irrationally) optimistic. In the meantime, I’m still loving my acoustic and playing a loaned electric guitar from my exceedingly generous dad.

Speaking of acoustic… you can catch me solo this Friday, January 27th at the Casbah in Durham, NC. I’ll be opening for the Jon Shain trio and sharing the stage with them for a few numbers. With any luck, my friend Omar will join me on the fiddle. I’ll be playing a few new tunes as well as some of my favorites from Read Me Out Loud.

Next up it’ll be the whole band at the Whiskey in Wilmington, NC on Thursday, Feb 2nd (we are so excited to go to Wilmington!). The band will be back in Durham Feb 4th at the Pinhook.

If not Durham or Wilmington, hope to see you in Saxapahaw. Let me know if that Tele turns up on your doorstep.

Love

Lizzy

Hobbes

by lizzy on January 18, 2012

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Today I meant to write about all the things I didn’t have time for last week, but…

Hobbes, our jaguar in a house cat’s body, died yesterday. He was 12 years old and had been sick for a while. Blogs are perhaps not the most conducive to eloquent thoughts on death, but it felt strange not to mention the loss of a good pet and friend.

Hobbes exuded confident scorn in the face of vicious dogs, lorded over our daily doings from his fridge-top-perch, and was a sucker for snuggles. In mischievous moments he was apt to knock over a vase or pee on clean laundry… and even my mom is sad that he’s gone.  She speculates that, for Hobbes, heaven is a basket of freshly washed sheets. I imagine a tropical jungle with bowls of cat food interspersed (he wasn’t much of a hunter).

Hobbes was named after the Calvin and Hobbes character, who was in turn named after the philosopher Thomas Hobbes.  Thomas Hobbes’ attributed last words were, ” I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.”

Hobbes the cat has night vision. Even in the dark, he’ll be able to find his way to that heavenly laundry.

Busiest (and best!) week ever.

01.12.2012
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…ok, that’s hyperbole, but it’s a really, really good week! I have a million things to tell you about, but I am running around like a crazy woman with a few wonderful new projects.  I PROMISE I will write a billion word essay (um… hyperbole strike two) and tell you all about it next week.  [...]

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How to get to Memphis

01.04.2012
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I’m going to Memphis. How? With a rusted out 1993 Volvo 240 and some Craigslist driving buddies. Sound dodgy? It might be. But I’ve got to get to Memphis for the 2012 International Folk Alliance Conference. The folks at FAI were kind enough to grant my broke self a scholarship, and now all I have [...]

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NYE at the Southland Ballroom, “Used To Wish” Video

12.28.2011

I’ve had a few bad New Years’ Eves. The low point? One year my mom and I watched 4 Pink Pather movies in a row. Both my mom and Inspector Clouseau are awesome, but that’s still no  way to welcome a new era. Thank god I finally got it straightened out. This New Years’ Eve, [...]

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Black River Acoustic and ticket giveaways!

12.09.2011

Hi guys! I woke up this morning to a roaring river. The creek in our back yard BLOWS UP when it rains, and suddenly I can’t think straight for the noise! It is with this in mind that I made an acoustic video of Black River (track #1 on Read Me Out Loud).  Enjoy!   [...]

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