SOME NEW MARK OLSON DATES POSTED ON THE TOUR PAGE!
Victoria is currently writing songs, with hopes of
recording sometime in the next few months
The Creekdippers will tour Europe in June & July 2005
(watch here for tour dates!)
The Creekdippers hope to tour Australia / New Zealand in September or October 2005
Here's the setlist from the February 18th Olson / Louris show in Ames, IA.
Mark Olson asks to rejoin Jayhawks? Check out this pre-show article from a Madison, WI newspaper!
Olson & Louris to record new album? Check out this article from Billboard.Com!
Pre-show article from Central Iowa's "City View" paper.
Scott from the Vic-List
reports that Vic put on a great show at McCabes last night. She was backed
by Josh Grange and Don Heffington, with Michelle Shocked and David Williams
also making appearances. Mark Olson was not there.
A few more Olson/Louris dates added to the Tour
Section
A recording of the 2004 New Year's Eve show with Mark Olson, Gary Louris, and members of the Jayhawks, is starting to circulate, and (as of this posting) is currently available as a bit torrent at www.easytree.org and bt.etree.org. The best way to get a copy is to look for offers on the Vic-List or Bunkhouse Trading Post Yahoo Groups. (Note: Live music bootlegs should only be traded freely - never sold or paid for!)
Mark Olson / Gary Louris Reunion Tour Dates added to Tour
Section
Lyrics & Guitar Chords added for "Betsy Dupree"
Happy belated birthday to Victoria Williams (Dec.
23rd)!
Mark Olson will be playing in Minneapolis on New Years
Eve, with Tim and Karen of the Jayhawks. Check here for all the info!
Victoria Williams will be playing McCabe's in January. Click here for all the info.
Check out this interview from the Tuscon Daily Star
where Mark talks about a potential Jayhawks reunion tour!!!
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/caliente/36787.php
Here's another recent interview from ASU's newspaper
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/98/9/04_7.html
US Tour Dates - Starting Tonight in Tuscon!!! Check out the tour section!
The Creekdippers will be playing the Louisana Folk Fest, Sept. 12th in Monroe, LA. More info as I can get a hold of it!
The latest Creekdipper record, Mystic Theater, is now available through Amazon.UK. Here's a link - Mystic Theater @ Amazon.co.uk. They also carry the import only "Creekdippin' For The First Time" compilation.
"Political Manifest", as well as the rest of the Creekdipper catalog, is now available through Paste Music. Here's a link - http://www.pastemusic.com/artist/10045
The Creekdippers' new album "Mystic Theater" is now available through Glitterhouse Records! This album is a truly collaborative effort between Victoria Williams and Mark Olson, featuring lead vocal turns by each. Hopefully this will be available soon in the US, but for now, Glitterhouse is the only way to get it. Their US shipping rates are reasonable!
Don't forget - the other new Creekdipper album, "Political Manifest" is now available through Miles of Music and House of Mercy!
The Creekdippers' new record, "Political
Manifest" has its own website at www.politicalmanifest.com.
You can read some of Mark & Vic's thoughts on the record, view lyrics,
and download some MP3 clips (these are on the lyrics page).
The Creekdippers will stop by KFAI radio in Minneapolis
Wednesday, March 24th sometime between 3pm & 6pm to appear on the
"Jackson's Juke Joint" program. At this time I'm unsure whether or
not they will perform, or if it will just be an interview. You can stream
KFAI radio through their website www.kfai.org.
In addition to "Political Manifest", Mark
Olson will have a second album, "Mystic Theater", out sometime
this Spring through Glitterhouse
Records, with US distribution hopefully sometime after that.
Added another Minneapolis date to the tour dates.
The Creekdippers will play a few shows in the
Minneapolis / St. Paul area this month, before launching their extensive
European tour. See the tour section for info.
The Creekdippers' new CD, "Political Manifest"
will be available March 23rd through Miles
of Music & House
of Mercy. You can pre-order it now through Miles of Music! To the best
of our knowledge, this will not be available in stores at this time.
There will be a series of Sweet Relief benefit concerts in April at the Troubador in Hollywood. A ton of great artists will be featured including Michelle Shocked, Grant Lee Phillips, Concrete Blonde and lots more! Check out the info at www.sweetrelief.org.
Original Creekdipper Mike "Razz" Russell has
another band, The Baptism River Ramblers, who have a great CD out called
"Bring Me A Little Water", featuring a nice mix of stripped down
folk and gospel with some instrumental numbers, some vocal numbers, some
covers, and some original pieces. It can be ordered directly through www.mercyrecordings.com,
and is also now available through www.milesofmusic.com.
The Mercy Recordings site also has a number of other recordings featuring
Razz, including a compilation of hymns which also features Gordon Gano (The
Violent Femmes), Slim Dunlap (The Replacements), and Dave Boquist (Son
Volt). You can legally download some live BRR tracks by going to www.houseofmercy.org,
click on "audio archive" and dig through the archives a bit -
you'll find quite a few tracks with Razz.
The MP3 Rarities seem to disappear off
the server periodically. I suspect my hosting company removes them due to
the large amount of bandwith they require (even though I am supposed to have
unlimited space and transfer). I finally have a broadband connection again,
so at least it doesn't take me so long to get them up and running again!
Attendees of the recent Creekdipper performance at
McCabes Guitar Shop report on new Creekdipper songs about folks like Donald
Rumsfeld, GW Bush, and Sen. Robert Byrd. Mark Olson confirms the new
Creekdipper record is done and is called "Political Manifest". No
word on a release date or label.
February 5th, 2004
The 2004 Spring European Tour is starting to come
together. Check the tour section for current dates!
Here are links to a couple of reviews of the recent Randy Newman
tribute concert at UCLA. The reviews briefly mentions Victoria's
contributions. To read the Variety review, you have to register with the
site, but it is free. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2076757
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117922929?categoryid=34&cs=1
Fargo
Records, a French record company, has released "Creekdippin'
For The First Time", a compilation of the best tracks from the first three
Creekdipper albums, along with three bonus tracks. The record is available
through Amazon UK
and Glitterhouse Records - both will ship to the States.
Mark has completed most of a Creekdippers record which
he hopes to have out sometime mid 2004. He will no longer be on Dualtone and
is currently looking for a new label.
Victoria is also in the process of writing and
recording for a new record and is also without a label.
Vic and Mark will continue to do some one-off dates in
the US and plan to head to Europe in April.
All the old MP3s are back
on-line! New ones coming soon.
Vic will take part in a tribute concert for Randy Newman at UCLA. Check out the details in the tour section.
Two new Los Angeles area dates have been announced for Victoria & Mark Olson & The Creekdippers. Check them out in the tour section.
Lost Highway Records has released "Lost and Found Vol. 1", a compilation CD which features the track "Falling Star" from the first Jayhawks album, the long out of print "Bunkhouse LP". The album also features rare and album cuts from Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams, Johnny Cash, and others.
Vic has contributed a song to the forthcoming Sister Rosetta Tharpe tribute CD "Shout, Sister, Shout".
Vic covers "My Lord and I". Other contributors include Joan Osborne, Michelle Shocked, and Marcia Ball. The official website can be found here: www.mc-records.com/html/rosetta_release.html. The CD releases August 12th and can be pre-ordered through Amazon.Com by clicking below:
Mark Olson and the Creekdippers contributed "Cactus Wren" to the soundtrack for the film "All The Real Girls". The movie premiered at the 2003 Sundance Festival and played mostly in arthouse theaters this past spring. The DVD should be available sometime in August. A soundtrack CD is available, featuring artists such as Will Oldham and Sparklehorse, as well as the Creekdippers. Check it out at Amazon.Com by clicking below:
