An Exercise in Thankfulness

Hello friends,

Just a quick note with some thoughts, a question, and few new upcoming concerts. I woke up this morning thinking about some of the music and relationships that have moved me, so I started this list. I was tempted to paw through our CD racks downstairs to jar my memory, but decided it would be a better exercise to simply list the musicians who come to mind. Here are the first forty in the order that they came to my mind...

Rich Mullins

Night Ranger

David Wilcox

Bruce Cockburn

King’s X

Lost And Found

U2

Aaron Strumpel

Tracy Howe

Charles Wesley

Over The Rhine

Storyhill

Billy Crockett

Pierce Pettis

Jonathan Rundman

Phil Madeira

Ashley Cleveland

Buddy Miller

Julie Miller

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Glen Phillips

Antonio Vivaldi

John Mellencamp

John Gorka

Cloud Cult

Collective Soul

Peter Gabriel

Prince

Paul Simon

Fleming and John

Lenny Kravitz

Bill Mallonee

Death Cab for Cutie

Bruce Springsteen

Martin Sexton

Kurt Elling

Everything but the Girl

The Choir

Blaine Howard

Harry Belafonte

If you were to make a list like this who would be on it?

As we’ve been preparing for this next recording, We’ve been thinking about how we can thank folks who pledge toward our goal of two new recordings in the next 20 months. We’ve decided to schedule a series of “Thank You Concerts” for folks who pledge via our kickstarter.com page. These five concerts will be open to anyone who pledges $10 or more... honestly, I can’t imagine turning folks away from an evening of shared experience. We will open these concerts to everyone, but your support is always welcomed. The dates and locations are at the end of this message and I will be posting more details as soon as they’re set. It will be helpful to know in advance if you can come so that we make sure there’s enough room for everyone. If these shows aren’t close to you, we’d love to organize a concert in your area. Contact us for more info.

As you may know, pledges toward our goal at kickstarter.com are not processed unless we reach our goal, so these Thank You Concerts may be completely free if we don’t reach our goal by May 10th. That’s OK. We make music because this is what we are called to do. With eight years and 400,000 miles of your support behind us and many more ahead, it feels like the right time to say “thanks”.

Under the Mercy,

Joel

joel@tangledblue.com

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1103349008/new-music-for-worship-by-tangled-blue

Thank You Concerts:

Friday, April 23 - St. Louis, MO - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113516565340653

Saturday, May 8 - Sioux Falls, SD - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115892525089428

Friday, May 21 - Minneapolis, MN - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116055051744484

Friday, May 28 - Eau Claire, WI - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116240555054490

Friday, June 11 - Bismarck, ND - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116029545075146