http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:32:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's that time of year again. Here's how it works: Bryan hosts this songwriters circle, you see ... and every year they make a compilation CD. Then they have a CD release party. And at that party, there's a cover charge (a lousy five bucks) and sell the CDs (also a lousy five ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2008/12/04/guitars-for-kids-benefit-5/ Yes, it was wonderful, as always. And we saw a jillion friends and played music for hours and hours and hours. But after campsites were relocated to Winfield City Lake, it was just ... weird.I want my Pecan Grove back next year, please. The Buddha boys on Stage 2 for the ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2008/10/02/winfield-was-weird/ Against all the better advice, the Walnut Valley Festival will let the Buddha boys on Stage 3 at Winfield again this year. This is just because of Bryan’s latest win in the Walnut Valley Festival’s New Songs Showcase. His song “Two Flattop Guitars” was a winner in the Songs About ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/stage-3-here-we-come-again/ It was a heckuva lot of fun. The first set was just Bryan and Dennis, the Buddha regulars. And it was a weird set list -- full of cover tunes and old, odd or underserved selections from the Buddha repertoire. Fun stuff. Then we were joined by bassman Dan Russell and ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2008/06/01/back-porch-buddha-v30-artichoke-may-31-2008/ The multi-headed Buddha is back.This incarnation features the infamous Rob Farmer on drums and bassist-philosopher Dan Russell.Catch us all at the Artichoke this Saturday, May 31. Dennis and Bryan will start the show with a duet set, and they'll unleash the beast when Dan and Rob join the second set.Listen ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2008/05/26/back-porch-buddha-v30/ On a boat, that's how. With my good friends Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Shawn Colvin, Shawn Mullins, Edwin McCain, Brandy Carlile, The Duhks and I'm just getting started. Miss Juli and I heard so much good music ... check it out for yourself at ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/how-i-spent-my-winter-music-vacation/ The Buddha boys made another video -- this time it's Neighbors, from The Incredible Adventures of Back Porch Buddha. It was fun to shoot ... very low-tech, and I think the neighbors were appropriately troubled. Thanks to Nikki and Juli for the kickass front-porch cinematography. buy cialis pillsbuy cialis online pharmacybuy ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/what-would-the-neighbors-say/ Well, that was fun.I mean it. This year's Walnut Valley Festival was just plain fun. It always is, of course, but 2007 was one for the books.First off, Dennis and I played Stage 3 for the third consecutive year -- we sang "One Candle" in the Saturday edition of the ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2007/09/17/winfield-2007/ The Buddha boys will be onstage at Winfield again this year, owing to Bryan's win in the Walnut Valley Festival's New Songs Showcase. His song "One Candle" was the Saturday winner in the Songs for a Better World category. This is the third consecutive year that Bryan has had winners in ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2007/09/01/winfield-update-stage-3-again/ Our new CD, The Incredible Adventures of Back Porch Buddha, is done. Ready. Finished. Available for buyin'.And it's pretty damn dandy, if I may say so myself. 18 songs, just as performed in concert. 10 of those songs are previously unreleased (well, to be fair, 3 of those were "released" ... http://www.bryanmasters.com/wordpress/2007/09/01/incredible/