It's Called a Fiddle.

Well, I think it’s time for another update. Since I wrote last the boys have been taking Texas by storm. They played a show at the Carousel Lounge in Austin on a Wednesday night to a rather small crowd but considered it a success in any case as they were very well-received. On that Friday they ended up playing a house party for a bunch of University of Texas students, making plenty of new Texan friends in the process. After Austin the Brothers headed even further south and ended up in the little town of Port Aransas, not too far from Corpus Christi.

I can’t tell you how positive their reception has been in Port A. I’ve been receiving tens of emails through their website and MySpace with praise and support for those Shoemaker boys. They split their time playing at the Tarpon Ice House and the Gaff; they played their farewell show last night. I just spoke with the Brothers, and they apparently packed the place out—there people standing shoulder-to-shoulder and sitting on the floor, just to try and squeeze in and watch. They hit the road this morning, and Louisiana is their next stop, I do believe.

Booking has been going very well, and we’re working on garnering support for their New York shows at the end of the month. So tell any and all of your NY-based friends to do their best to make it out! All show times and locations are listed on their official website (www.ShoemakerBrothers.com), as well as their MySpace and Facebook pages. These boys are going to need all the support they can get, so we can make sure New York greets them with Open Arms on Round Two. And even if you can’t make it out to the shows, be sure to catch the live, streaming webcast of their show from Arlene’s Grocery on Wednesday, April 1. Check it out at www.musikville.com. If you haven’t seen the guys play in the past few weeks, you’ll definitely be blown away by the level they are presently performing at.

We are presently in the process of organizing their summer schedule, so be sure to keep checking the website to find out when they are going to be in your area next. Boise is scheduled between May 13-16, Seattle between May 20-3, Oregon Coast between May 24-27, and then to California and beyond.