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The Jim & Shelly Show
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:15 am
by Silencio
In the spirit of self-promotion, here's an update:
Shelly Dixon and I are continuing to rehearse our duo act, and it goes swimmingly. We're on target to get out and about in late January, doing a cool, introspective set that lives somewhere in the center of a triangle bounded by folk, rock and jazz.
On a personal note, I'd like to say that Shelly is a swell singer, but she's also one of the warmest and bravest people I've ever met, and I honestly consider it an honor to be backing her up. This is a voice that Fort Wayne has missed, and I'm proud to be helping to bring it back.
Rock, rock on.
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:17 am
by Oliver's Army
Is that the name of the duo?
Nothing snappy like "Wally and the Beav"?
(Shelly being Wally, of course.)
hehehehe
She's a sweetheart of a person too.
Let us know the first gig date and we will be out
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:48 am
by Silencio
We talked about going out as "Freebie and the Bean," but that didn't feel right.
Wiseguy.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:25 am
by Silencio
It's official:
The Jim And Shelly Show will debut Wednesday, February 27th at Dupont Bar & Grille.
They do an evening of three performers on Wednesdays, I'm told, and so we'll only be playing one set, probably the 10 o'clock hour. This is a great chance for us to get our feet wet, run through an hour's worth of songs and start feeling it.... you know, keepin' it real.
Come out and have a cold one and hear the lovely and talented Shelly Dixon give some songs a neck rub, while I provide some minimal harmonic structure.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:04 am
by Oliver's Army
Isnt that a smoking bar?
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:12 am
by HillgrassBluebillyFTW
Oliver's Army wrote:Isnt that a smoking bar?
yup yup
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:15 pm
by Jeff
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:03 pm
by Silencio
The act will be billed as "Shelly Dixon."
Whattya think... is that "catchy" enough? Gosh, I hope so.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:09 pm
by bassjones
Got my attention
Better than "The old fart and the hot young chick"...
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:12 pm
by Silencio
Well, I really wanted to come up with one of those wicked cool, ultimately-catchy "Present Participle/Somebody's Name" things, but the only one that hasn't been taken turned out to be "Lambasting Carlton."
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:14 pm
by Oliver's Army
Its a keeper.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:15 pm
by Silencio
Oliver's Army wrote:Its a keeper.
Exactly. It's her songlist, and she'll continue to gig long after I'm gone, so it only makes sense.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:35 pm
by Jeff
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:35 pm
by Lou B do B dooo
I got a text from Shelly last night that said the show was off. Do you have anything else in the works?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:03 pm
by Silencio
Oh, yeah, that would have been this week. Damn it.
No, I bailed on the act three weeks ago: I have a chronic disease that was in remission when we began, but has since has become enough of a problem to make it difficult if not impossible for me to perform live, so... to my utter disappointment, we aren't working together anymore. I didn't want to be that guy that does three shows and then says, "I'm out."
Shelly did sing a couple of jingle projects for me since the beginning of the year, though (and just killed the last one she did), and we got to be friends, so it wasn't a total loss.
But it would have been a real joy for me... the rehearsals were great, we were breaking in some real cool songs, and I think the world of Ms. Dixon.