Alexinder Gunn: News

its a long road to Kerrville, TX. many hours of counting the stripes on the highway and the scars and tire marks left behind from poor misfortune, and things change, and time wears on. my body is tired and my mind becomes diluted at times, but i can see truth. its been, well, i dont even know how many days its been. Time doesnt mean a lot here. the only thing that really matters is Music. and Music will unfold a great journey. I've been working on Stage Crew, almost every day. its a fun job. but its long. its hot in Texas, i dont have many clothes that are not covered in sweat, im excited to go to Austin, its going to be good. i cant stop thinking about it. my life is opening up before me, and i see my paths, its going to be a hard road, but im willing to walk it. but only time will tell.

Getting ready for Key West, on February 1st 2010 i'll be heading down to Florida to go on tour with 'Lullabies for the Damned' a new band including myself, Raymond Husmann, Dave Vining, and Patrick Vining. Dave playes lead Electric guitar and the Dobro, Patrick plays Bass and Acoustic Guitar, Raymond plays Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals, and I play Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals.

little time and $6 in my pocket is where i am right now, not the best way to be ready for at least a month of travel, all the shows i play and odd jobs i have found have only been able to keep food in my stomach and cigarettes in my pocket for the past 2 years. and a lot of the money i've made has gone to keeping this website going, constantly getting shut down for late payments, trying to live souley on music is not easy, especially in Fredericksburg, VA. there is almost no money in this scene, and almost no respect for musicians by the venues. i think its about to cave in.

Its been a while, being stuck in Virginia is not fun. its been over a year now since i've had a formal job, and since then i haven't had more then $50 in my pocket. right now i have $2.
but in the last 2 months things have been picking up a little, i played a show at borders bookstore last friday and a man cam up and asked me for a cd, he handed me some money and said keep the change, he left right after and my friend Lynn asked me if he just handed me $100 bill, it was folded up, i didnt remember what they looked like anymore, opened it up there it was $100 from a stranger, someone who said only a few words to me, not even a name. so now i am able to go back out on the road, out to Okemah, Oklahoma. for the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. this time last year i was gearing up for the ultamate ending to an amazing journey from Virginia to Texas to Minnesota to Oklahoma. After coming home from that things didnt go so great for me, but now the sky seems to be opening back up. Oklahoma Here i come.

in a few hours it will be exactly one week to my 21st birthday.

i got the good news that i will be in the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival this year, i have been to the festival twice before just to watch and it is amazing, this is a dream come true.

im going to be heading off for Texas in mid May for the Kerrville Folk Festival. it will be my first time going to that one, im just going to watch and make friends, it should be epic. i cant afford to drive back to Virginia in between Kerrville and Woody Fest so i am trying to book shows for the month of void, hanging out in Kerrville, Austin, Okemah, Tulsa, and anywhere i can set up a tent on the way, im looking for players, pickers, poets, travelers, vagabonds, train hoppers, beatniks, Peaceniks, hipsters, gypsters, and tramps to help pass the time on the road, the space between sunup and sundown, the relentless, ongoing, unforgiving Texas heat, the rolling Oklahoma Hills, and oil wells,

is this train Bound for Glory?

is Released!!!!! right now im in Pennsylvania playing some shows here and in New Jersey, checking out open mic's to fill in some days i dont have shows, meeting some cool people and seeing some interestings things and places. i have a show tonight at the court tavern in New Brunswick, NJ. it should be fun. i havent had to sleep in my van yet witch is good because it got cold real fast, its close to 0 but there are strong winds that cut a chill straight to the bone.

wish me luck
peace
-Gunn

For Folk Music is Dead the Album! it will be Released in early February

ive been working hard on recording, mastering, and producing my first solo album, but it does bring to mind my first cd, "Mercy", and that is one reason my new cd is called "Folk Music is Dead" i call myself a folk singer yet my first album was more or less a rock cd, but by all means i am no rock-n-roll singer/musician. i was put under the fire with that cd, in many different ways, even to the extent of having most of the credit for making/ writing/ singing/ playing on the album striped away from me, along with other things. but with the changing of the tides and my own state of mind, in which the final result of "Mercy" pushed me into and i am very greatfull that it did, "Folk Music is Dead" has no outside musical involvement or influence. and i promise that "Folk Music is Dead" will be much better then "Mercy" because i wont let you or myself down again.

so far i have 8 brand new songs ( never been recorded or released) and 5 songs that i have handed out and released on my website that i will be re-recording. and i hope to release it before christmas


p.s. after the final songs ends .... listen

Home of Woody Guthrie.

i got some recordings that i will be putting up as soon as i can.

if you like folk music, look in to going to the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.... its a Free Festival, the only thing that costs money is getting there... and camping/hotel room...... oh and food.. but the music is free..... which is the best part.........

check it out...

peace

on the road to the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, 20 plus hours of driving, first stop Nashville. i hope my car can handle it...

i've been in the process of recording some songs, some to be sent to songwriting contests and others to be sent to folk festivals. and they will all be open on here for anyone who wants to hear them.

its getting harder to get shows since i have very little time to research places, so if you know of any coffee house type places or anywhere with acoustic music please let me know.

anyways, im late for work.
- Gunn

i just wrote one last night, reflecting things going on.
"The Storm never Ends"

its damn hard.
"I Believe the Road"

Who are you figting for?
"This is my War"

Your Disease
"Lucid Dream"


Oh and washing cars for 8 hours a day 5 days a week is not fun. i want to quit my day job.... and that one is not a song, at least not one writtin by me :)

i currently have the # 1 top rated song on Noisehead.com "Rain" please help keep that going, go to http://www.noisehead.com/ you can register as a listener or a musician. listen to and please rate my songs, so you can help keep me on the top.

thanks and peace
-Gunn

Currently i have been going around to a lot of open mics to try to spread myself out some. i've been going mostly to northern Virginia but i plan to head up to Maryland and down to Richmond as soon as i can get some money together. if anyone knows of a really good open mic please send me an email or just leave a comment on my gestbook. anyways, just to let you know, i'm not that fond of open mics, but they are the stepping stones into the music Biz. and im still steppin'

Peace
-Gunn

if you have gone to OfftheTrackRecords.com i appologize for the site not being updated in a long time i have no controll over that site, but to fill you in Alexinder Gunn and the Hole in the Wall Band are no longer playing together, the old Headquarters of me and the band, Bella Bagel Cafe, has been shut down by the Aquia Towne Center for Aboslutely no reason. the folks that put the shop together are currently looking to relocate

View Alexinder Gunn's EPK

i have many new songs that have not been recorded, that i will be playing at the New Deal Cafe on Feb. 23