Here’s what’s happened so far… got through customs in a flash, slept
13 hours at Jimmy Napes‘ house, went to a Fall Out Boy concert at Wembley
Arena, courtesy of my lovely booking agent Marnie at Primary (who also
apparently book Fall Out Boy), played a sold out show in London in a
giant old church with 50 foot ceilings and craaaazy reverb to a
superlatively courteous crowd of 600 sitting in the pews and in the
rafters, sold and signed almost 100 CD’s  and 1 shirt right after my
set, saw Beth Rowley play, who is literally one of the greatest voices
of my generation, went to a great late night Indian dinner with Vashti
and her family and friends (she was the other opener in London), wrote
and recorded a new song with Jimmy Napes which has hit written all
over it, rented a tiny but not piece of shit car and made it safely
all the way to Manchester, checked in to my hotel, got them to switch
my room to one that wasn’t directly beneath their nightclub, played
another sold out show in the Opera Hall at the Royal Northern College
of Music to another exceptionally quiet and responsive crowd sitting
in 50 or so ascending rows of theater seats in a perfectly
acoustically engineered hall, sold about 85 more CD’s and one shirt to
the mass of people that swarmed the merch table after my set, watched
an even more amazing performance by Beth Rowley, and found out that
most of the rest of the shows are in concert halls and theaters
similar to this one. I’ve sent home for more CD’s to be shipped
because I sold out of my two older albums already (I was figuring on
about 5-8 CD sales per night). My coat is warm and has a hood that
keeps my coiffure in order in this rain, my car has bluetooth so I can
talk on the phone, my new guitar sounds amazing, and tomorrow I get to
see Amber Rubarth and Jay Nash and play a house concert with them.

Complaints: I’m a tad bit hungry at the moment but will eat this here
banana, my bed is a twin, the pound crashed against the dollar, the
hotel parking is across the street and is 20 pounds but they told me
it would be 7, I’m on the 6th floor and the elevator goes up to 5.

Pretty damn good overall, although I miss YOU!

joey

Some exciting updates about my imminent UK tour opening for Beth Rowley.

On October 26th I’m playing a House Concert in York with my two good friends and amaaazing American songwriters Jay Nash and Amber Rubarth!! If you’ve never been to a house concert, I think it might be the best way in the world to see acoustic music – it’s very intimate and relaxed, and Jay and Amber and I will all play together and sing harmonies and it will be beautiful. Get tickets for this one here: www.houseconcertsyork.co.uk

Then, on November 10th, 11th, and 12th, I’ll be in Sweden!!!

In my life I never thought I’d play music on an island in the Baltic Sea. But, after two shows in Stockholm on the 10th and 11th, I will fly with Jay Nash and Annika Fehling to Visby on the island of Gotland which I’ve heard is one of the more beautiful places on earth. Check out my MySpace for all the details of the show there…

Also, thank you to everyone in Southern California (where I live but seldom find myself these days) for coming to Zoey’s this Saturday. I played with Amy Kuney who is ridiculously good, and nice, and I will be back as soon as I’m in the US again.

That’s it for now.. keep updated here and at www.myspace.com/joeyryanband

Equal love to all of you

Joey

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HOTEL CAFE this FRIDAY

I’m leaving the country again for a month next week, but I’m doing a big show at the Hotel Cafe in LA before I go. It’s this Friday, 8/8 at 9pm. It’ll be a great one to catch, especially if you haven’t seen a show for a while. Stay for GREG LASWELL too at 10pm, I hear great things and you don’t even have to pay again.

ZOEY’S in VENTURA this THURSDAY

But first, I’m making my monthly jaunt up to Ventura to the best little room on the west coast.. Zoey’s is nurturing some of the best acoustic artists around and it will be an honor to play with Chris Pierce, Amy Kuney and Cory Milano. We start up at 8pm, call (805) 652-0091 for reservations. 8/7 at 8pm

FACEBOOK MUSICIAN PAGE

I’ve finally come round to realizing the amazing connecting power of Facebook. I’ve created a musician page which will be continually enhanced over the coming weeks, so if you consider yourself a FAN of mine, go to my Facebook and declare it to the world. Yessss…..

AND ALSO…

My latest album “…with its roots above and its branches below” is now available in limited edition signed cd form at JoeyRyan.net – if you dont have it yet,ORDER IT HERE and tell a friend ~ or if you’re in the UK you can pick it up from UK iTunes with bonus UK tracks including Let You Go and Honest Manfrom the Extra Hollyoaks ads.

That is all for now, hope to see you soon in your country or mine. I love you all with equal enthusiasm,

-Joey

p.s. THANK YOU so much again to everyone in London and beyond who came to the UK shows this month. I’ll be back soon for you so keep spreading the word, I can’t tell you how much it means to me.

This is Joey Ryan signing on.

Greetings from Earth.

–∫•ΣΥ