Cooke Street Carnival this Saturday

Man, I really, really love hanging and playing at the Cooke Street Carnival. It's going to be this coming Saturday from 1pm-6pm on Cooke Street in Raleigh, NC. I'll be out with a table and playing off and on most of the day, and will be debuting the 919Gear line of shirts and stickers too. Come on out, bring the kids, grab a beer, and have a great time. See you there!

Floyd Council Memorial Project

You know Pink Floyd, right? Well, one of the namesakes for the band (Floyd Council) was born and raised not 30 miles from Raleigh, NC. He's in a unmarked grave (for now) but my buddy Bullfrog Willard McGhee and company are doing some fine work to raise awareness of this fine musician. Go onto facebook and "like" this page now if you know what's good for ya.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Floyd-Council-Memorial-Project/244974602206838?sk=wall&filter=2

Cigar box guitar players you should check out

OK, here's the drill. Drop what you're doing and check each one of these guys out. They've all got different styles but they all blow my damn mind.


Hollowbelly: This cat's from across the pond. I love his stuff. Raw as hell. 


SeaSick Steve: Originally from Mississippi but kicking ass overseas now. I try to rip off as much of his stuff as possible with little success.


Bluesbeaten Redshaw: younger player from the UK. I really dig this kid.


Shane Speal: self-appointed "King of the Cigar Box Guitar", Shane's probably done more than anyone else to promote building and playing cigar box and other homemade contraptions with his website Cigar Box Nation. I need to get up to his family's pub in Pennsylvania and play sometime.


Johnny Lowebow: great one-man band and inventor of the 2-neck LoweBow.


Bill Jagitsch (Bluesboy Jag): winner of the Arkansas River Blues Challenge multiple times and cigar box guitar builder extraordinaire.


Here's a little ditty from HollowBelly. Enjoy. 

919 Y'all and I Love BBQ Onesies Available now

919 y'all and I Love BBQ onesies

Look peeps, don't roped into buying some lame burp cloth for the next baby shower. Get them started off right with a genuine 919 Y'all or I Love BBQ Onesie instead. 100% cotton. $12.00

Style

919 Y'all $12.00 I Love BBQ $12.00

Size

6 months 12 months 18 months 12 months 18 months

Book a gig with Johnny Swank

I'm booking gigs for the fall now. If you'd like me to come out, gimme a holla holla. I'm booking house parties as well, so for a mere pittance and a tip jar, you too can have the Johnny Swank experience in your own home for a party!

Take care,

-Johnny Swank

919 Y'all Shirts now Available

OK Peeps, you asked for it, you've got it. The 919 Y'all shirt I've been sporting at gigs the last few weeks is now available to the public! 100% cotton, printed with water-based ink. KIDS AND WOMEN'S SIZES NOW AVAILABLE!

Sizes

Kids S $12.50 Kids M $12.50 Kids L $12.50 Women S $14.00 Women M $14.00 Women L $14.00 Adult M $14.00 Adult L $14.00 Adult XL $14.00 Adult 2XL $15.50

Send a Message - Nick Driver Band CD Release Party

Had the honor of sitting in with the Nick Driver Band at their CD release party at Shakedown Street in Raleigh last weekend. Fun, fun stuff. Love that band, and Nick and I are bouncing around some ideas for an acoustic EP for later this year. Stay tuned!