Notes from The Underground (or the tube, actually)

Hello music lovers.
I am at about the 1/2 way point of the European cd release tour for Poor Man's Paradise and it is going great, or smashingly (as they say in the UK).

I played last night at a great folk room called the Green Note in historic Camden Town - smack dab in the middle of London. It was a great show - and I hooked up with an old friend, another great American musician - Kevin Montgomery. (www.kevinmontgomery.com). Kevin just finished a pretty amazing 50 states in 50 days tour of the US, so it was great to catch up with him.

And here is a little tip for other musicians coming through London - they love the mandolin. Maybe it's the troubadour/bard history of England, but they simply LOVE the mandolin. My solo mandolin version of 'Old Folks Blues' from the new record was called brilliant by at least 6 different people.

I also recorded a live set that will be broadcast on the radio by the great Barry Marshall-Everitt. His show www.totalrock.com is one of the great roots music and Americana stations broadcast out of England. We also shared some good old fashioned lamb stew with wis wife, the incredibly talented Bex Marshall.

Another great night of music was up in Northeast London. I worked with some great promoters - Stephen and Allison who put on a weekly night at a great pub called The Sheepwalk. The night is called What's Cookin'. If you are in London on a Wednesday - you must go to this night. Great bands, great people, and a great music loving and listening audience. I was also excited to play here because it is just a few miles away from St. Albans (which i, of course, mispronounced) - the home of the great British rock band, The Zombies. I debuted a Zombies cover tune for them to pay my respects to the British and thank them on the night of my first UK show on my own.

And this morning, I flew to Gothenburg, Sweden. I am excited to be back here, having played here with Shooter Jennings in April of '07, (and it is just as cold as I remembered it). I am loving the traveling and the playing, and the whole making friends and fans around the world idea - but it would be nice if I could bring the weather of L.A. with me everywhere I went.

And the next phase of the tour is 5 shows in Norway and Sweden with the great Swedish band, Little Green, playing as my back-up band. Then back to Spain where I will be joined for 4 shows by some old friends and musicians from L.A. so we can bring the TRK experience to the good people of Spain in all it's glory.

Thanks for reading - and enjoying the music.
Please check out the specific tour dates on my myspace page or regular website.

And please check out www.tedrussellkamp.com
It is now the only place in America where you can officially buy the new CD ! ! !
The official release date in the US will be Feb 17. So be the first one on your cyber-block to get online and get the new disc. (I worked very hard on it to try to make it very good).
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thanks so much
Hej Da (which is Swedish for good bye - until next time)
Ted