Archive for the 'old time' Category

PSA: Dill Pickles at Fergie’s Pub, June 19 and 26. HAPPY HOUR!!

Posted by Brendan on June 15th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, alcohol, old time

That’s right folks: the fabulous Dill Pickles will be rockin’ Fergies Pub from 6-8 PM this Friday June 19 and next Friday June 26 as well.
Come enjoy some good old time music and drink a shitload of beer.

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New Songs at Pickle Land

Posted by Brendan on May 26th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, old time, youtube

Pickle Parking
Pickles parking
I wrote a large post about my weekend, but decided it sucked.
Instead, go check out new tunes at The Dill Pickles home on the web. We’ll have a facebook page in a few weeks too!

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Old Time Pickin’

Posted by Brendan on May 11th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, old time, photoblog

Shot by Ray Skwire

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Dill Pickles at the Spruce Hill May Fair, Saturday May 9

Posted by Brendan on May 5th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, country music, family, friends, old time

The Spruce Hill May Fair is an annual event in West Philadelphia that’s always lots of fun. As the flier says, we’ll be playing at 2:00 PM or so. Other bands include:
Adimu Kuumba;
the Oubliette Ensemble;
Unidos de Filadelfia; and
the Cobalt Blues band.
Hope to see you there!

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Upcoming Shows…

Posted by Brendan on April 28th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, economy, food security, old time

The Dill Pickles, who you love, will be at the Narberth Music Festival on May 17. Having spent quite a bit of time in Narberth recently, I can tell you it’s a really sweet little town, and represents a quick and easy escape from sweltering in the city. Also, the show is for a [...]

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Stick Out Your Cans…

Posted by Brendan on April 27th, 2009 filed in biography, country music, friends, old time, youtube

…here come the garbage man!
More live Dill Pickles from the NarbEarth Day Festival! And at the risk of sounding like an arrogant self-absorbed prick, check out my bass break.

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Dill Pickles Live!

Posted by Brendan on April 24th, 2009 filed in old time, youtube

Live in Narberth PA, 4/18/09

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Dill Pickles Play NarbEarth Day

Posted by Brendan on April 18th, 2009 filed in old time

Poster here (warning pdf)
Directions here. Put out your cans, here comes the garbage man!
We’d lovde to see you!
Music here.

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Old Time: Not Just for White Folks

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in old time, pop culture

I love this band. They are awesome. The african american string band tradition has been largely forgotten and/or buried, and it’s great to see [relatively] young people bringing it back.
Old time is not a crime!

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Bass Bags and Bike Wheels

Posted by Brendan on March 25th, 2009 filed in bicycling, bluegrass, direct action, old time, plain pitiful, poverty

Hey! Someone sent me a present!
i just got my first sweet little donation toward my bike wheel and/or bass bag!
But one gift, generous as it is, won’t help me solve global warming by biking or help bring old-time and bluegrass music to the teeming masses by protecting my bass.
So again I ask you: click [...]

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