Join us at this fantastic venue. Portland is always a great town to play in and we can't wait to get back there!

It's all glamour in the music business! Poor Man's Whiskey has been
exploring some of the more exotic locales in northern California of
late. Thanks to those of you who came out to the shows, and as for the
rest of you... uh... I can't figure out how to end this sentence...

Last week found us in lovely Chico, California, where we shared an
evening with Blue Turtle Seduction and Hot Buttered Rum. Four hours
each way in the van for a 40-minute set. Ouch! There's that glamour for
ya! The good news is that we had a great time and it was mostly worth
the pain we felt the next day. The bad news is that a few band members
who shall remain nameless brought a suitcase of Budweiser along to the
show not realizing that UC Chico is a dry campus. Sorry Chico kids! We
meant absolutely no offense, we're just a bunch of beer-drinkin' fools.
Next time, we'll only bring hash, honest! (p.s. what was that in that
Nalgene bottle Nat? Hot Buttered Sumthin'! Yowza!)

Now Poor Man's Whiskey takes our beer drinking seriously, so in the wake of the Chico debacle we've
invested in a product that we're hoping will help us not to offend, er,
college students (!?) with our wild ways. We are proud to introduce to
you The Beer Belly (http://www.thebeerbelly.com). This is absolutely
essential gear for musicians, sports fans, hunters and fishermen
alike. After all, as a wise man once said, "hunting sober is like... fishing... sober..."

Closer to home, we played a good old-fashioned hoedown in Woodside, CA,
the night after Chico and Eli Jebidiah had his chance to begin to fine tune
The Beer Belly. Funny that Eli couldn't seem to make it to the stage
to finish off the last few tunes of that set. A coincidence to be
sure. Good work Eli! Glad to see that we've all got our priorities
straight.

Another day, another show. The boys returned home to Santa Rosa for a
great night of music with our most hardcore (in more ways than one)
fans at the Russian River Brew Co. This memorable evening was made even
more so by fantastic contributions from THE man, Tony Robinson, who sat
in on bass for most of the second set, as well as some killer stummin'
by guitarists Adam Traum and Eric Stieg. Not to be outdone, Eli,
having recovered from his Beer Belly coma only 24 hours earlier, ended
the evening with a 15 minute, SCREAMING guitar solo over Whiskey Creek
that contained a total of three notes, bent to never-before-seen levels
of wank. My ears are still ringing.

Back in the present, we're all catching our breath and getting
ready to do something special at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2007. Be
there! And don't forget your Beer Belly!

P.S. A shout out to MacMurray!

When PMW isn't on the road, passed out or raiding your refrigerator, we
spend a lot of time just outside of Healdsburg at the MacMurray Ranch
playing various functions for visitors from all parts of the world and
all walks of life. It's an incredible place and a great opportunity for
us to get a little closer to our audience, try out some new material
and eat really good catering. More than once we've found ourselves at
the end of the night playing the audience right out of the ranch and
into the bus. I can play my full-size upright bass on a bus! Can you do that?

Seriously tho, we'd like to give a big shout out to Kate MacMurray, the
awesome crew at the ranch, and the Wine Ambassadors and our friends at Gallo. It's been a great season
and we look forward to seeing you again real soon!