Travel Adventures, New Photos, Radio Push Update, Live Clips from WHQR Show

Hey fans,

What great adventures we have been having since we last posted news!

 At the end of October and beginning of November we were off Ocracoke for about two weeks with shows at the Pittsboro General Store in Pittsboro, NC, an opening for a fabulous new exhibit at the NC Museum of History in Raleigh, NC, and a performance for the 40^th anniversary of the Green Grass Cloggers at Wright Auditorium on the campus of UNC-Greenville.  After that weekend we returned to Durham for the NC Arts Market (an opportunity to hobnob with performance presenters from across the state and visit with many wonderful fellow musicians.)

At the NC ArtsMarket, Gary with Laurelyn Dossett (songwriter extraordinaire! She wrote "House on a Hill" which we recorded on Catharsis)

            At the end of the week, we scooted down to Wilmington, NC for a live performance at the Public Radio WHQR’s studio entitled “Soup to Nuts” . . . we think we were the nuts part?!  The next night we joined John Golden and Geoff Morris for a concert at the Scottish Rite Temple.  We have included some clips from the live WHQR show on our website homepage.  It is a lot of fun so take a listen by going to our home page at http://www.molassescreek.com and scrolling down the page to the playbox.

            Returning back to the island, we had a week to prepare for Thanksgiving and the day-after Thanksgiving Ocrafolk Festival Fundraising show at the Ocracoke Community Center.  This evening was a wonderful success, raising almost $3000 for next year’s event.  In addition to Molasses Creek, on hand to grace the stage were Donald Davis, Jef the Mime, April Trueblood, Jubal Creech, Capt. Rob and Sundae Horn, and the Ocracoke Jazz Society.

 

            December 3 and 4, Justin Casey (of Carolina Still) traveled to Ocracoke with his fine folks to photoshoot the band for the upcoming National Radio Release album.  Justin will be designing March release, so it was imperative we had his eagle eye from start to finish on the project.  

Fencing Fiddler Dave

  On Friday, we did a test run on the Ocracoke beach with friend and photographer Jennifer Kidwell who also helped over the weekend with styling the band.  Saturday was sunny, although a bit blustery and cold as can be seen by the shivering blue Louie in the outtakes.  

Lou solves the problem of playing in the cold!

Justin & Gerald

Marcy

Gary

We came away from the weekend with some great photos, and are now entrenched in the studio and behind the computer, finishing up loose ends for a go-to-press date of January 6.   

 

But the winning cover shot is  . . . .Marse!

If any of you fans are interested in contributing to our quest to take the national stage by storm, you can earn some great reward prizes for your contributions.  Just click here, or follow the link on our website to “Support Our 2012 Radio Quest!”  Thanks so much!

Leaping Louie!

Upcoming performances

 December 30 ~ First Night Williamsburg, Molasses Creek will perform at the Williamsburg United Methodist Church Old Fellowship Hall at 7, 9, and 11 PM. For more information on the performers, directions, and how to purchase your admission button, visit http://www.firstnightwilliamsburg.org. Come on out, it is great fun!