Jonathan Ramsey

Friday, 9 May, I’ll perform 9PM to 1AM at the beautiful Castletown Geoghegan in Belleville, Illinois. So, come out for a free and all ages show. This is a last minute addition, so don’t look through your Blackberry calendar trying to figure out how you forgot to enter it. Just call your friends, and head over to the Irish jewel of the Metro East.

Believe it or not, I’m in the running to be on the main stage at Dfest. Currently, Stephen Speaks is kicking everyone’s ****, with over 6,000 requests, and I’ve only just begun. It’s probably a mistake, but let’s make it the biggest mistake they’ve ever made!

You can help me by clicking on the Demand It! button, and voting for me to be on the illustrious Dfest Main Stage.

Thanks so much! If you’ve already voted, because you’ve seen this on MySpace or on Facebook, thanks a million!

That’s right! I can’t believe I hadn’t posted it here, yet. Tonight, I’ll be in Belleville, Illinois, at the lovely Castletown Geoghegan for an ALL AGES, NO COVER show. If you haven’t been to Castletown Geoghegan, you don’t know what you’re missing. It’s a nice place just to enjoy a pint, or a soda, and you can partake of some very nice Irish and American fair. [I’m quite a fan of the fish and chips!]

So, Metro East and Saint Louis Metro folk, call your friends, and head over to Castletown Geoghegan for a night of fun, and help me rock Belleville.

It’s been a while since I’ve put a new free MP3 up. So, here’s a snarling tribute to Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne, Follow Me Up To Carlow. This is Podsafe, and released under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial, Attribution, Share-alike license. That means you can copy it, give it to your friends, make videos with it. If you do something fun with it, let me know. I’d like to see.

Follow Me Up To Carlow Play MP3

If you’ve been to one of my shows, and have photos of you and your friends, me, the weird knothole in the floorboard, or building photos, that you wouldn’t mind sharing with the world, email them to me, and I’ll put them in my galleries, here, and on MySpace. Send them to photos@jonathanramsey.com.

Thanks!

I was checking out my friend Eolai’s blog, earlier, when I realized how important it is that you all check it out. I especially enjoy his coverage of Irish film and video, in whatever denomination it occurs. This week, it’s Best Short Film at the Irish Film and Television Awards, Joyriders.

Eolai’s ironic wit just makes me yearn for my own family’s lost sarcastic patriarchs. The younger of us haven’t preserved that tradition as well as they did, and Eolai reminds me of its place in my mind. Of course, Eolai’s wit is less likely to warrant some good old American therapy, so serve it up.

Check out Eolai at Irish KC.

My daughter had a photo session with Saint Louis photographer, Laura Siebert. She was incredibly nice, and did a great job with Cohen. Krysta and I watched as she led Cohen up and down the streets of the erstwhile garment-, now artist- district of downtown Saint Louis.

Notably, she has an extensive wardrobe for all ages in her loft studio. In fact, one of Cohen’s outfits was all but one piece from Laura’s wardrobe rack. It was so fun to watch Laura and Cohen work together.

If you seek a talented photographer with an incredible rapport with children and families, I highly recommend Laura. If you don’t live in, or near, Saint Louis, Missouri, it’s a quick flight from anywhere, Man!

Check her work out at, and contact Laura, via her websites:

• Eye Smiles Photography - Children and Family.
• Commercial Children’s Photography.
• Laura’s Blog.

Tonight, I’ll be at the Cruisin’ Route 66, that swingin’ joint near Webster Groves, near Shrewsbury, and near Affton, Missouri. It’s about two miles east of the Crestwood Center, and a couple miles west of Ted Drewes. They have a great, and very affordable menu, and great bartenders. Of course, tonight, they’ll have me, and a few hours of rowdy Irish music.

So, call your friends, and have them meet you at Cruisin’ Route 66. We’ll have a big blowout with music and kicks-getting.

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Come out to beautiful Belleville, Illinois, for an evening of great food, drink, or whatever turns you on, plus a large helping of Irish Music, featuring myself. That’s this Friday, just west of the little circle where Main Street meets IL-159.

I’ll try to record this one, since my voice didn’t take long to recover from Saint Patrick’s Day. Speaking of Saint Pat’s, I need to post my debriefing, notes, errata, and whatnot about the fabled day of green, and how it went down, last week. Sneak peek: it was awesome, if wet!

Plus, this week, or on Friday itself, I’m determined to get my own damn photos of the Castletown Geoghegan, inside and out. Maybe I need to set up a nice gallery of venues. Perhaps said gallery requires an accompanying set of venue tribute songs.

Come out to O’Malley’s Irish Pub, this Saturday, and celebrate the continuing countdown to Saint Patrick’s Day 2008. Your publican, Tommy, will have the grill rolling in the evening, and plenty of good times. Of course, Saint Louis’ most famous unknown Irish musician, myself, Jonathan Ramsey, will be there performing.

See you there!