Dutch Henry Revisited

I posted about DH in the peonies, frogs, and wine blog before. At that point I hadn't gone out to see them.

Well........... I've seen them several times since, and..... they are so very talented and professional and passionate and creative. Without sounding like a sales pitch, I'll stop there.

Dutch Henry has what I see as a Blue Rodeo, Allman Brothers, and unique sound. The uniqueness is no little thang with the zillions of musical groups out there.

I've heard word that a demo CD exists but I wasn't lucky enough to be around when it came out. DH is working on a full-length CD however, so soon I'll be able to crank it when I'm 'cruisin along in my automobile'.

The latest time seeing the band was Thursday night, at a local blues plus venue, with a group called 500 Miles to Memphis (see previous posting). Our town is known for music festivals of all sorts during the summer. There's a Summer Celebration, which is 10 days of mostly old-but-gold or been-off-the-charts-for-some-period-of-time groups. There's a Christian Music Festival. There's an Irish Music Festival (YES!) http://www.michiganirish.org/

I say why not have a festival of original country, rockabilly, alternative musicians?? Heritage Landing is an excellent place to do it. They're setting up a campground nearby, which would be perfect. We could call it Altapalooza or some such thing...

Back to DH. They are playing in a nearby town this Friday night. Funk the homework. I'm there.