Wintertide Meltdown III + Signal Brewery + Album Painting DRRaw!!!

The band is taking a brief January reprieve...it's too cold to lug heavy equipment around!  We will be kicking back into gear though, beginning on Saturday, February 15th, with our third annual celebration of the frigid season,  Wintertide Meltdown III  

We are changing locations this year from Sharbot Lake to the Gananoque Legion, and we'll be changing things up a bit, performing sets as both Dead Root Revival AND Foley Mountain Playboys(for those of you not familiar, Foley Mountain Playboys are a band featuring members of DRR plus Kevin Bowers(guitar) and Kevin Davidson(fiddle). We perform mostly original songs steeped in country/bluegrass/americana). Local collective The Openers will be kicking things off. This time,  Dale Driver(guitar) and Mike Corrigan(drums) will be joined by the immensely talented Jason Mercer on bass, and the legendary guitarist/songwriter Kevin Head. 

3 bands for $20!! DEALS!!

TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1131067456209

We hope you make a plan to join in on the fun. 

 

DRR at Signal Brewery

For our fans in the Quinte region, we will make our return to the area on Saturday February 22nd when we perform for the first time at Signal Brewery in Corbyville. It's our first show in the Belleville area since last July, when we performed at Empire Rockfest. Spread the rock and roll word and let's have ourselves an incredible rock and roll experience!

TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1131016854859

 

Album Painting DRRaw!!!

Some of you may have heard that we will be giving one of our fans the unique opportunity to own the original painting of "The Controller's Exam" album cover. We are selling a limited number of tickets(100 tickets. $30 per ticket, 2 for $50) for the painting DRRaw.

****PRIZES!!****

1st Prize - "The Controller's Exam" album art original painting (est. $2000 value)

2nd Prize - Dead Root Revival - The Controller's Exam - Double Vinyl, Tom Savage - 21st Century Lo-Fi Vinyl, DRR Hoodie($130 value)

3rd Prize - DRR/Tom Savage CD collection($100 value)

With your purchase you'll also release a digital copy of our new live album and an 11x17 poster featuring the album art plus album credits and track listing. 

The original painting will be on display for fans to view at our Gananoque Legion and Signal Brewery concerts. 

You can purchase your raffle tickets at these shows or by sending an e-transfer to deadrootrevival@gmail.com (please add a note with your contact info for the draw). 

Winners will be drawn at our next Kingston show in April(Details TBA).

 
Rock and Roll,
Tom

Pumpkin Pie Coffee House Music Series/ Follow, Spin, and Win Contest

Things are revving up for what will be a busy summer of performances. Had a great holiday weekend of music that finished off with a double gig Sunday with The Tony Silvestri Band! First up, we fulfilled our duties as "The Seed-To-Sausage Band" in Tichborne at their annual "Day Of The Pig" celebration, then our caravan headed down Crow Lake Road to Westport (which was an absolutely beautiful drive) to The Cove for a show. Great crowd, as always, with folks coming from Kingston, Belleville, and Perth to take in some Holiday tunes ( and enjoy a fantastic Beef Brisket). Thanks everybody for helping to create the good energy in the room. We appreciate your support!

For those of you who may not know, The Tony Silvestri Band is a band within a band. Bonz, Richard, and I also perform as the Tom Savage Trio on occasion. 

But really, it's a band within a band, within a band, because Tony performs with us as well at shows that focus on my original material. If you have heard Everything Intertwined, you'll know the expert job that Tony did with his keyboard work on that album.

For those of you in and around the Kingston area, this Saturday is a great opportunity to see the band within a band...within a band, in action! We are performing at the Battersea United Church as part of the Pumpkin Pie Coffee House Music Series. This is a great listening room to perform in. The quiet that the audience provides really allows us musicians the freedom to work with the dynamic range of the songs in a way that is sometimes not possible in a barroom setting. Really looking forward to this. AND THERE IS HOMEMADE PIE!!!

  Tickets are $15, available at:

  Ormsbee's Mercantile, Sunbury
  Brian's Record Option, Kingston
                         or
  Reserve by calling 613-353-2889
  email: pumpkin.pie.music@gmail.com

Follow, Spin, and Win

I also wanted to let you know about a contest I'm running to help promote my Spotify page. Over the next couple Fridays, I'll be drawing winners of a Tom Savage - Everything Intertwined T-shirt, CD, and Poster.

All you have to do to be entered in the draw, is to follow me on Spotify, then share this link via facebook, twitter, or instagram. Be sure to tag @tomsavagemusic so I know you've shared. If you've followed me on Spotify already, and want to be entered in the draw again for the following Friday, simply share the link again and I'll put your name in the hat.

Last week's winner was Shelley Bishop, who already had a shirt, so she gave it to Bonz, who quite shockingly, did not have one yet.

See you on the road!

Tom

CBC Searchlight : Surf on over and vote for "Couch Surfin"

With the debut album from the Foley Mountain Playboys coming out this spring, we thought we'd throw our hat into the ring for this year's CBC Music Searchlight competition, to hopefully create some advance buzz about the album.

I don't think there is a hope in hell a country song will win this contest, but I hope you guys will prove me wrong, because it would be an outstanding thing! It would give recognition to a whole scene that is largely ignored by the CBC, or any other radio for that matter, with the exception of  community and university radio, and stations like CKUA in Alberta. And no, I am not talking about Pop-Country. That genre is well represented in the mainstream.

It seems like everyone in Canada and their dog is in this contest, so we won't be inundating you with "vote for us" posts, but we would appreciate your support. Apparently you can vote up to 10 times a day,  so if you're into it, vote a bunch! Sharing this very blog post would be helpful as well.

To the other bands competing in the contest, if you vote for us, we will vote for you. Just tweet to us @FMPlayboys with your links (after you vote for us), or post them on the Tom Savage Music Facebook page,  and we will head on over and vote for you. A little mutually beneficial promotion never hurt anyone.