My father had a way with words, and when one is known for having “a way with words,” it could be a very good thing, or it could be “something completely different.”
My father would say, “Measure twice, cut once.” He would say, “Don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya.” And, when I’d speak with him about Joy on Fire, he’d say, “Well, it sounds like you and your friends have been as busy as a one-armed paper-hanger.”
Indeed, we have.
Joy on Fire has been “Gittin’ it Done,” so to speak. We’ve played a ton of shows in support of our Procrastination Records release Fire with Fire and, in doing so, we’ve returned to many of our favorite places: Metropolitan Kitchen in Annapolis, The Crown in Baltimore, The Pour House in Raleigh, Galaxy Hut in Arlington, Cloud Club in Boston, Radio Bean in Burlington, and Shrine in Harlem just to name a few.
We’ve also played some great new places that we love, like the Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield MA, The Terrace in Princeton NJ, The Footlight in Bushwick Bklyn, and Gasa Gasa in New Orleans.
Add to this our blazing performance at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, which was just … Wow! And we were lucky to have the amazing band photographer Brian Jenkins shoot the show (see photos in post, more to come soon!).
In addition to promoting Fire with Fire, which is Joy on Fire record #2, we’ve been in various studios working hard on Joy on Fire #3 and Joy on Fire #4 (titles and more info to come). Also, there are two amazing new Joy on Fire videos – and another fantastic video coming soon.
So, yeah, you’ll see us slow things down for a minute in September, but before then, we’ll finish out summer 2018 with another string of “Heavy Duty” shows (Dad liked all things Heavy Duty. Heavy Duty is good. In fact, we secretly nicknamed him Heavy Duty when I was young.).
Friday August 17 – Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, Greenfield MA
Saturday August 18 – Radio Bean, Burlington VT
Monday August 20 – The Middle East, Cambridge MA
Friday August 24 – Cafe Nola, Frederick MD
Sunday August 26 – Galaxy Hut, Arlington VA
Hope to see you out there!!
-Chris