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Below are newsletters from the past year or so. We'll always post them here after they've gone out electronically to our fans and friends.

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Enjoy, and thanks again for visiting!
Your Jaybird Pals,

John, Trisha, Greg, Nick and Jim

 

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jaybirds summer newsletter

August 19, 2010

Greetings Jaybirds fans, friends and family!

Long time no hear from! We know, we know….

There’s lots of news to share and upcoming dates to tell you about it, so we’ll dispense with the funny stuff and get right to it.

News around the nest:

Jim tells us he’s been having an extra busy summer touring north, south, east and west with the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, sharing stages with the likes of Steve Earle, Del and Ronnie McCoury, Darol Anger and many others. He’s also excited to announce the release of his brand new follow up instructional DVD “The Art of Rhythm Guitar: Walks and Runs.” It’s available now at http://www.jimnunally.com/walksandrunsdvd.html. Check it out! Learn to play just like Jim!

Trisha’s been busy cooking up this year’s harvest of blackberry and raspberry jams and will be selling it by the caseload at upcoming shows. More exciting even than that is the official release of her brand new solo CD, “A Story about You and Me,” coming up on Sept. 21! Digital downloads should be available on her website, www.trishagagnon.com sooner than that, and pre-release copies will be available at all upcoming shows. Come on out and get yours—be the first kid on your block to own a copy!

John’s been busy working up new material for another John Miller/John Reischman recording as well as new material for the next Jaybirds CD. He tells us he had a great time teaching at the Mandolin Symposium with David Grisman, Mike Marshall, et. al., earlier this summer. And he’s also enjoyed getting his house painted (jaybird blue, we think), watching the paint dry, practicing his bird calls….

Greg was excited to see the latest Mighty Squirrel record, “Sqworld Record,” climb as high as #2 in Washington State and #31 nationally for roots music radio airplay, several weeks running earlier this summer. Check it out, hear some samples and get your copy here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/MightySquirrel. Other than that…Greg enjoyed a return visit to the Squaw Valley Writers conference where he slept too little and had entirely too much fun.

Nick’s been roasting coffee, swimming in the river, and writing and recording new tunes. He’s looking forward to hitting the road. Not sure if he’s cooked up any batches of Jaybirds roast coffee yet…but keep an eye out. It’s a work in progress.

Now here’s where you can catch us in the next several weeks. Come on out if you can. Send your friends if you can’t. We’re always glad to see you!

Your Jaybird pals,

Olympics Newsletter

February 22, 2010

Greetings Jaybirds Friends, Fans and Family,

A belated Happy 2010…and welcome to the new decade! As some of you may already know, 2010 is not only the year of the Tiger (as well as the International Year for The Rapprochement of Cultures), it also marks an important Jaybirds milestone being the year of our tenth anniversary as a band! We’ll be celebrating this summer with gifts of tin, aluminum and diamonds for one another. Feel free to “chip” in with a stone or some fishing gear, wind chimes, fireplace accessories or tins of beans. We’re not picky…though we like to pick.

Meanwhile, some news from around the nest:

Quiet times for Jaybirds from California to BC—not much to report from John, Jim or Nick except the usual ongoing musical endeavors (that’s “endeavours” for those of you north of the border) and roasting of gourmet coffee beans. Production on Trisha’s new CD continues apace. We’ll let you know as soon as it’s available for purchase.

Greg reports that the new Mighty Squirrel CD, Sqworld Record, is out and available for purchase or download at CD Baby. Click above to hear some samples. The Squirrels are excited!

Despite our best efforts petitioning for a new biathlon winter Olympics event involving two-finger banjo picking and rifle shooting, we were unable to convince anyone on any of the Olympic committees of the athletic merits and challenges of said event. We were, however, invited to play background music (without shooting) for select winter Olympic events around the Vancouver area. For more info see below.

Come on out and see us if you can, and remember to drop in and pay us a virtual visit too!

Your 60's Jaybird pals,



Greg, Nick, Jim, Trisha, John

Season's Greetings!

December 21, 2009

Greetings Jaybirds Fans, Friends and Family,

Just wanting to wish you all the happiest of happy holidays on the very shortest day of the year, and to thank each and every one of you for your part in making 2009 so full of touring, playing, talking about rhythm and jam, and driving down that long lonesome road. Without you all…well…OK, we’d still play music. It just wouldn’t be near as much fun. So thanks for everything!

Of course, we also don’t want to miss the opportunity to remind you that it’s never too late to stuff a stocking with a favorite Jaybirds CD, or throw down some Chanukah gelt on a favorite Jaybirds book or instructional DVD for some menorah magic. Drop by www.thejaybirds.com to visit with us anytime and find links to our products. No jam links yet, sorry! But you probably couldn’t fit that in a stocking anyway.

Also, a little advance heads up about where you can hear us as the calendar rolls around and the days begin to lengthen.

But first, these individual news items:

John and Jim will be teaching at the first ever California Bluegrass Association Winter Bluegrass Camp, February 15th-18th 2010, at the Walker Creek Ranch near Petaluma, CA. More info about that, right here: http://cbamusiccamp.org/

Jim will be playing in assorted other musical contexts including the DGBX, Roland White Band, Nell Robinson, and in his duos with Keith Little and Dix Bruce. For more information about any of that, drop by his website and be sure to check his schedule, www.jimnunally.com.

Read an excerpt from one of Greg’s more recent short stories (link to the full thing, too!) at this blog site from the Vermont Studio Center where he spent an incredibly quiet week in December: http://foundersblog.vermontstudiocenter.org/2009/12/

Trisha is hard at work on her new CD. Almost done! Special surprises in store! But don’t worry, we’ll tell you when and where to buy your copy just as soon as it’s available.

And here’s the early update on where we’ll be in the early months of next year....

Our hats off to you, for all that you do! Drive safe on New Year’s Eve. Hope to see you all soon!