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News from the FreeNote Front:

WILLIE McBLIND PLAYING SHOW IN HOBOKEN, NJ ON FRIDAY, 3/26!

READ THIS BRAND NEW REVIEW OF WILLIE MCBLIND'S BAD THING CD IN BLUES REVUE - ON THE STANDS NOW!

CLICK HERE TO READ REVIEW ~

ROAD REPORT : FreeNote @ Great American Guitar Show, PA November 7th~

Jon Catler and Babe Borden had a great time meeting folks at The Great American Guitar Show sponsored by Bee-3 Guitars in King of Prussia, PA on November 7th.

Catler demonstrated his FreeNote 12-Tone Ultra Plus Guitar to a captive crowd. Plus, our man Darren was on hand to show off his handiwork. CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT FREENOTE GUITARS ARE CURRENTLY IN STOCK - BUY NOW!

photo of Darren by Babe Borden

NOW FOR SALE! Wille McBlind's new release, Bad Thing ~ Go to the FreeNote Store to order your copy ~

Willie McBlind on MySpace~

Mark your calendar - Jon Catler will perform Raga Darbari on electric sustainer guitar with La Monte Young and the Just Alap Raga Ensemble, Friday, November 13 and 20, 9pm, at The Dream House in NYC in celebration of Pandit Pran Nath's 91st Birthday Memorial - More info at MELA Foundation

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, Dream House, 1962–present. La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and The Just Alap Raga Ensemble performing Raga Sundara, ektal vilampit khayal by La Monte Young in Raga Yaman Kalyan in a setting of Imagic Light, June 27, 2008. Dream House: Seven + Eight Years of Sound and Light, 275 Church Street, NYC.

Photo: Jung Hee Choi, © Jung Hee Choi 2008

Hot off the press!

READ REVIEWS OF THE NEW WILLIE MCBLIND CD ~ CLICK HERE

Willie McBlind reviewed in Downbeat Magazine - click here to read

FreeNote Guitar reviewed in Guitar Player - click here to read

Matt Blackett  of GP calls it "fascinating.....powerful.....addictive" - Click here.

Thanks to all of you who attended MicroTime Tour this June as we rocked the blues scene with Willie McBlind and 13 O'Clock Blues Band in NYC, Jersey City and Boston, landing on the Upper West Side for Willie McBlind's record release event at The Triad on June 19th.

CLICK HERE FOR UPCOMING SHOWS~

photo: Joseph A. Rosen © 2009 The Triad, NYC

Youtube of Willie McBlind Live at Blue Apple Blues Festival, NYC~

RADIO NEWS:

~ Jon Catler of Willie McBlind was interviewed Saturday, 9/19 by Doc Sigmier on KHEN, 106.9 FM, on his Sonic Gumbo show in Salida, CO - check out Doc's show which runs 3-6pm every Saturday (5-8pm EST) - click here to listen online to KHEN!

~Willie McBlind was featured on John Schaefer's NEW SOUNDS on WNYC, 93.9 FM, Wednesday, 6/17 on his program NEW AMERICANA - CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE ARCHIVED PROGRAM

~Babe Borden was interviewed live on air 6/9 by Peter Black on his Wide World of Blues, WATD, 95.9 FM, Boston's South Shore station, in advance of the MicroTime Tour to Boston highlighting tunes off the new Willie McBlind Bad Thing CD ~ CHECK OUT WIDE WORLD OF BLUES ~

Other FreeNote news.......

Check out the new 13 O'Clock Blues Band page with a video clip from Blue Apple Blues Festival~

pictured from left to right: 13 O'Clock Blues Band featuring Jon Catler, Mat Fieldes, Lorne Watson, Dane Johnson, Joe Liebhart and Babe Borden. photo: Joseph Rosen © 2008

More cool pics by blues photographer Joseph Rosen from the 2008 Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival event at Crash Mansion in NYC on 4/3/08 ~

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