New Compilation - New shows

Hello again friends,

It has been a pretty full year already.
We are having a great time on the road with Shooter.

My next record is almost done - I am hoping for an April release on Dualtone Records.
The album will be called 'Get Back To The Land' - and I think it's my best work yet.

I have been getting a lot of emails from friends and fans who are getting tired of waiting for a new record so I put together a 2 CD set - available as a download only from CDBaby.

It is called 'California Country Soul' and each disc has 13 songs - 8 old and 5 new.
I also set it up so you don't have to buy the whole thing, just the songs you don't have already.

The links to the CD baby pages are:

www.cdbaby/com/cd/calicountrysoul

and

www.cdbaby/com/cd/calicountrysoul2

I also have seom new shows to tell you about:

2 upcoming solo shows:
9/22 Club Habana - 177 meeting St. Charleston SC
10/4 Lucky #34 Bar - 807 S. Columbus St. Lancaster OH

Here is the TX tour I am putting together for December:
12/12 Home Grown Texas Radio with Rick Star - live on the air afternoon show
12/12 Sisterdale Saloon Sisterdale, TX - evening show
12/14 Roots and Branches KNBT live on the air and show at Tavern in the Gruene Gruene, TX
12/17 Woody's Tavern - opening for Bart Crow Band, Ft. Worth, TX
12/18 Gruene Hall, New Braunfels, TX - afternoon show
12/19 John T. Floore's Helotes, TX

and here are the first confirmed dates for a European tour in January:
1/25 De Rode Pimpernel den Bosch, Netherlands
1/28 Tortuga - Grafenwohr (Bayern) Germany tortuga-grafenwoehr.com
1/29 Real Music Club Lauchhammer, Germany

Thanks again,
have pleasant tomorrow
Ted

Europe was a Success! back home...

Hello again good people of cyberspace.

I am writing again to let you know that my tour in Europe was a huge success.
3 weeks. 6 shows with a full band. 10 more solo - just me, a guitar and a mandolin.

Sweden was wonderful - I played with a great band from Gothenburg called Little Green www.myspace.com/littlegreenswe. We played Gothenburg, Stockholm, a great Country festival in Sunne and some other great club dates. There is a great article about our show in Uppsala on www.countrywood.se


Finland was unbelievable. I played a great concert in Helsinki and then one of the classic rock clubs there too - the Liberte. I also met up with some of the great musicians and DJs that will help make my next rip there great.

Then onto the Netherlands where I did some great shows with a wonderful Dutch singer/songwriter Eric De Vries. I played live on the great radio show with DJ Gerrit Vermeij at www.muziekvenster.nl. And I recorded a live studio performance with on Ditch national Radio with DJ Paul Harvey which will air on Roots Radio 6 on 3/21. I even met up with some cousins I have never met before. My Dad's family moved from Holland to the USA after World War II. So it was an inspiring homecoming of sorts.

And my shows in Belgium were wonderful. I played a really cool little honky tonk in Lauwe and an incredible show just outside of Brussels at the historic Toogenblik. Youtube videos are up from that show already - and there was a great review of the show that is online as well at www.rootstime.be.

Here are some of the youtube clips of my performance taken by Roen Het Zwoen:
Arms of a Stranger www.youtube.com/user/RoenHetZwoen#p/u/15/V1nxhg-7h40
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1nxhg-7h40&feature=related
Long Distance man www.youtube.com/user/RoenHetZwoen#p/u/16/KKUyOxdFpDU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUyOxdFpDU&feature=related
Last Time I Let You Down www.youtube.com/user/RoenHetZwoen#p/u/18/5eFNEw33wak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eFNEw33wak&feature=related
Let Him Roll www.youtube.com/user/RoenHetZwoen#p/u/10/tSf2lhf3yC0
Let love Do The Rest www.youtube.com/user/RoenHetZwoen#p/u/21/ZJAgXK7EyRw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJAgXK7EyRw

and here is a link of Eric De Vries on youtube:
Summer's Gone www.youtube.com/watch?v=81tZOlVZHUQ&feature=related

and one of Little Green too:
A Heartbeat Less www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asi44C_dCoQ

Thanks you to all the promoters, DJs and friends that made the trip possible. And thank you to all the friends and fans in the US that wrote some great and supportive emails to me while I was away.
You all are the reason I am traveling and making music. So Thanks!!

I also have a new last minute L.A. show to mention -
3/5 Friday 9pm - midnight at The Prince Of Whales in Playa Del Rey
335 Culver Blvd, Playa del Rey, CA 90293 - 310.823.9826 www.princeowhales.com

and the new Shooter Jennings record comes out on 3/2/10 ! The record is a real departure from our earlier stuff and we are all very excited about the new sound and the new songs. Our calendar is starting to fill up and it looks like this will be another great year of touring. So please stay tuned on www.shooterjennings.com fro our tour dates.

And my new record is still in the works. I am hoping to have it out by the Summer or early Fall.

Thanks again, one and all,
singing off
Ted

Europa! Europa!

Hello again, good people of the internet.
I am back overseas and I wanted to share a little of what's ben going on.

My tour started out with a LONG flight from LAX to Amsterdam, then a short one to Sweden.

I did my first show here in Gothenburg with some great promoters called Woody West. And I performed at a very cool rock club called Pustervisk, the same venue where I played with Shooter Jennings my first time in Sweden a few years back, so it was a homecoming of sorts. We also did a great in-store at an (almost) Vinyl only record store call Dirty Records. Almost 50 people came to the in-store and I almost spent as much as my plane ticket over on cool obscure bootlegs. (They are real music lovers over here and I got sucked right in).

Next onto Amal Sweden, where we played in a great club called the XO. It was a dreamy snowy Christmas Card kind of town. I had played here last year, and we had a great crowd, and got some good youtube footage, so I will let you know when that gets posted.

Then onto the town of Sunne, Sweden for a country music festival. This was my first Country Fest in Sweden. It was a wild one. They imported A LOT of Jim Beam to have authentic bourbon on hand. They served up 'American style chili' and hot dogs and beans, and it felt as much like a Wild West costume party as a music festival. I played well, and my band Little Green, did wonderfully. We did Swamp Water Whiskey and Down in Mexico - two of my songs I have never really done live. They both play up the romantic imagery of wildness in America (running moonshine, singing the blues, and getting in trouble in Juarez) so I thought a European audience would enjoy them - and they did.

And today I did an on the air interview on Swedish National Radio. Later I fly to Helsinki for my first shows in Finland which start tomorrow.

Then back to Sweden for some more shows here, and then Holland and Belgium.

Thanks again for supporting the cause.
Making music across the pond...
Ted
www.tedrussellkamp.com

www.passionati.com feature and Charleston show

Hello one and all,
It has been a busy fall so far. out on the road with Shooter and JJ Grey and Mofro and all is well.

I just did an interview with Duncan Alney that is now online at a new music and culture website called Passionati.

so please check it out at www.Passionati.com

and I have a solo show coming up this Sunday Night.
October 11. I go on at 9 pm at:
The Club Habana - at 177 Meeting St., Charleston SC 29401 (843) 853-5900

I will play acoustic guitar and mandolin, and will play a bunch of the old favorites as well as debuting a handful of brand new songs.
The opening act will be the great Jesse Prichad, who will also accompany me on guitar and violin.

Other exciting news:

I am now finishing up the boking and planning for my next tour of Europe.
In January and February of 2010, I will be playing a run of shows in Sweden, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

And, my next record is almost done and I am hoping to release it early in the new year.

so please check out www.tedrussellkamp.com for all the updates and to sign up on the email list.

thanks again
Ted

Ted to guest on the Electric Rodeo on Sirius XM

Hello cyber friends,

I will be the special guest on the Shooter Jennings Electric Rodeo show on SiriusXM Radio this weekend.
If you have been a fan of Ted and Shooter and our music (or his insanely cool radio show) - please check it out.

We spoke and interviewed each other on the air and played a bunch of the songs from my new record, Poor Man's Paradise, in the play list. We also included a lot of the songs and artists that we have bonded on: Kris Kristofferson, Jessi Colter, Leonard Cohen, J.J. Cale and many more.

It is on Sirius XM - the Outlaw Country Channel - and the show airs on both Saturday and Sunday nights this weekend 6/27 and 6/28.

In other Ted news, Poor Man's Paradise was on the Americana Chart for 3 full months and had a great run staying in the top 20 for much of that time receiving a lot of airplay around the country. So thanks to all the great stations that have been supporting the record and spreading the word.

If you want to hear or get the record or any of Ted's other albums, you can hear them on the myspace page or go to www.tedrussellkamp.com

We are looking forward ot being back on the road with Shooter playing the Warped Tour this summer. And I have recorded some new basic tracks for what may become my next record, so I am very excited to be recording and working on the road the way I have done my last records.

Thanks again for supporting the cause,
Viva la Musica
Ted

Ted in TX, L.A., Charleston and #18 on the Charts

Hello again to all the music lovers of cyber space,
Life has been good here in sunny California.

Poor Man's Paradise is now #18 on the Americana Chart. The DJs are spinning it around the country and the word is spreading.
So thanks already for supporting the cause.

I have some shows coming up - a short Texas run and then an L.A., show this week.

Sun 5/3 - Continental Club on South Congress in Austin -
I play from 8-9pm as the opener for Redd Volkaert and his band Haybale - www.continentalclub.com
Mon 5/4 - Mandatoryfm.com, live on the air performance and interview at 3pm
- KHYI in Dallas 6pm, live performance and interview on the air
Tue 5/5 - KNBT's Roots and Branches Radio show. 7-9pm live on the air with Ray Wylie Hubbard
Wed 5/6 - John T Floore's live performance from 6-9pm 14492 Old Bandera Rd Helotes, Texas 78023 - www.liveatfloores.com
Fri 5/8 - Prince of Whales - 9pm-midnite, 335 Culver Boulevard, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293

And, Ted would like to thank Justin and Tom and everyone who came out to the solo show last weekend that Ted just did in Charleston at the Club Habana, quite possibly one of the coolest bars in Charleston, if not the entire US! And the great Jesse Prichard played the solo opening set and then joined Ted for his sets of music.

We also just started our Shooter jennings tour for the year. We have two great new additions to the band: Bobby Emmet on keys and John Schreffler on guitar. We are also playing a bunch of songs from the next record, and it is very exciting bringing the new material to life live. So please check ShooterJennings.com for the tour dates.

Yee-haw!

thanks again
www.tedrussellkamp.com
www.myspace.com/tedrussellkamp

Upcoming Ted shows - L.A., Chattanooga, Charleston, Austin

Hello music lovers,

The CD Release of Ted's new record, Poor Man's Paradise, is official and going strong. The album is now #27 on the Americana Chart, going strong and rising. It is getting played on radio stations around the US and Europe and the rave reviews are coming in.

The disc is out and in stores and is available on iTunes, Wal Mart.com, Amazon, CDbaby and on Ted's website - www.tedrussellkamp.com
If you have it already, please go back to the online retailer and feel free to write a review of the album (hopefully positive) so more people will be inclined to check it out.

The L.A. CD release party, the Texas tour and the Southeast tour, which included great shows in Nashville, Knoxville, Charleston and Charlotte went great.
The shows with Wink Keziah and Delux Motel, North Carolina's finest old school honky tonkers, have already made local history. Lives have been changed People have been (country) rocked. Faces have been melted.

Next up, Ted has a batch of L.A area shows as well as some in Austin, Chatanooga and Charleston:

Sat 4/4 - 10pm Pokey's - 918 Sahara Dr. Cleveland TN 37312 $5 cover, be there by 8pm, 423 790 9630
Ted and the band will play two full sets at this very cool little club outside of Cattanooga.
Tues 4/7 - 10pm Ronnie Mack's Barn Dance at El Cid - El Cid 4212 W Sunset Blvd, L.A. CA 90029 (323) 668-0318
Ted and the band will play a 6 song set as part of this historic L.A. Country Rock Showcase
Fri 4/10 - 9pm - Prince Of Whales - 335 Culver Boulevard, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 310-823-9826
Ted and the band will play all night at this very cool and mellow beach bar.
Sun 4/12 - 3 pm Redwood Lounge - 316 W 2nd St . Downtown L.A. (213) 617-2867 www.theredwoodbar.com
Ted and the band will play a 50 minute set at one of the coolest bars in L.A. as part of their Sunday Americana brunch series.
Sun 4/26 - 9pm Club Habana - 177 meeting St. Charleston SC 29401 843 853 5008 www.clubhabana.net
Ted will play solo at this great intimate club with local legend jesse Prichad
Sun 5/3 - 8pm Continental Club - 1315 S Congress Austin 78704 512 441 2444
Ted and the band take the stage early and are opening for the Texas legend, Redd Volkaert and Haybale.

Ted also has a new video that is up on YOUTUBE. It is a new Outlaw Country version of the Gnarls Barkley song 'Crazy'.
here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okCzqtpIU5I
and the song is available as an iTunes exclusive.
just go to iTunes and search for ted russell kamp crazy.

Ted was also the February artist of the month on www.Lonestarmusic.com
Ted, in fact did an in-store performance at Lonestar as part of the TX tour, and he broke the record for on-line listeners with 5,600!
So big thanks go out to LonestarMusic and the the music lovers of TX in general.

And please check out the new TRK website to listen to the music and sign up on the email list: www.tedrussellkamp.com
or become my friend on facebook or myspace. God knows we could all use a few more friends.

And if you want to receive the brand new Ted blog from the road, please sign up on the site's blog page:
www.tedrussellkamp.com/blog/

Thanks again
and have a pleasant tomorrow,
Ted