Hello, beautiful!  ;)

Really excited to announce that the upcoming tour for Writing The Rails: Detroit is now coming together and is shaping up quite nicely!  Many, many thanks to Nicole and the CEO of Biggby Coffee along with the numerous stores that have been willing to help us in this endeavor.  I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank Darren from The Belmont in Hamtramck, MI for his quick response to the Main Show of the tour:

GIGS for Writing The Rails: Detroit as of Feb. 8, 2010:

Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010
BIGGBY COFFEE
1741 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-222-7030
Showtime: 4 pm ($5 sugg. donation)

Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010
THE BELMONT
10215 Jos Campu Street
Hamtramck, MI 48212
313-871-1966
Showtime: 10 pm (with Craig Surbrook)

(We HAVE to have 30+ for The Belmont gig in order to get paid.  PLEASE - spread the word and help us to pack the place for a great cause!)

Other stores from Biggby Coffee have yet to be confirmed.  Please stay tuned to this site (and/or follow us on Twitter:  www.twitter.com/writingtherails OR Facebook: www.facebook.com/writingtherailstour)j

See you at the show!

Peace, love, music, laughter and life,
D Kav

Hello!

I was hoping to post information about Writing The Rails: Detroit sooner. However, due to complications, the details have yet to be finalized. I highly assure you: WTR IS going to happen Wed. Feb. 10th through Sun. Feb 14th and we WILL be going through Michigan - touring from Chicago to:

Kalamazoo - Wed. Feb. 10th
Ann Arbor - Thurs. Feb. 11th
Royal Oak - Fri. Feb. 12th
Detroit - Sat. Feb. 13th

We are 90% sure that it will be a coffee shop tour. The franchise/company is being confirmed as I type this. Once the details are confirmed, you WILL get the news. Stay tuned here and at www.writingtherailstour.com for more info.

As always, each tour that Writing The Rails embarks upon will benefit a local charity. The charity that we are raising money for on the forthcoming trip: Friendship Circle of Michigan. FC recently won a $100,000 prize through the Chase Community Giving contest via Facebook. Many congrats on your 4th Place prize, FC! Folks, $100,000 is a lot of money - but it is merely a start for the expenses, staffing, and what FC needs to keep their services going. For more information, check out their web site at: www.friendshipcircle.org

Again, you can follow all of the happenings on Writing The Rails: Detroit on FB and Twitter:

www.facebook.com/writingtherailstour
www.twitter.com/writingtherails

Peace, love, music, laughter and life,
D Kav

p.s. I’m posting this as a blog as well at www.davidkav.com. Click on the blog section and feel free to leave any comments if you feel inclined to do so (I’m very, very new to the world of blogging. Please be gentle. ;D)

David Kav here. I’m getting more and more excited for the upcoming tour and that I’m raising money for a great cause and a great organization with such noble hearts…and Awesome creativity! Check this out! Friendship Circle took 190 volunteers to a Detroit Pistons game and they literally FROZE in the food court. At the end of the video, they reveal why they do so. PLEASE - vote for FC to help them win $1 Million via Chase Community Giving and spread the word. Voting ends Jan. 22nd.

www.voteFC.com

Check out the vid of the FC/Pistons vs. Knicks game.  They reveal at the end as to why they had been FROZEN.  Great cause, great people, awesome creativity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ony1kKgAZCo

Hello!

Happy New Year to you all!  A LOT of changes in store - but not without a lot of work ahead of us.  Regardless, 2010 is going to be a very, very promising year for Writing The Rails as a whole.  We thank you for your faith and support in our cause thus far!

We are proud to announce that Natiiv Arts and Media has just acquired Friendship Circle as a new client.  The timing couldn’t be better.  Why?

Friendship Circle has just launched a National TV Campaign to raise funds and awareness for their organization.  Along with that, they are currently participating in the Chase Community Giving contest via Chase Bank.  $5,000,000 will be given away to charities to help them in their causes.  Writing The Rails is asking you to help us out greatly as a team by help FC with your votes:

http://votefc.com/

After casting your vote, PLEASE spread the word (and the URL above) via FB, Twitter, MySpace, your web site, word of mouth, anything and anyway about Friendship Circle and their contention for the grand prize of $1,000,000.  As always, any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Just to clarify, Writing The Rails: Detroit is a GO!  We’re happy to announce that the tentative dates for the forthcoming tour are Wed. Feb. 10th through Sun. Feb. 14th.  The musical line-up will include, once again, David Kav along with Rev. Billy Simmons and (quite possibly) Stereo Sinai.  We are almost certain (schedules pending) that Theresa Carter (i.e. The Local Tourist) will be joining us again along with Stephanie Taylor (i.e. @chemgk - on Twitter.)  More details TBA.

How can you stay current?  Become our fans/friends at both FB and Twitter respectively to stay up to date (or check back here regularly.)

www.facebook.com/writingtherailstour
www.twitter.com/writingtherails

Please support the artists who make Writing The Rails the success that it is now:

David Kav: @davidkav on Twitter, www.facebook.com/davidkav, www.davidkav.com
Rev. Billy Simmons:  @revbilly on Twitter
Stereo Sinal: @StereoSinai on Twitter

Theresa Carter: www.thelocaltourist.com, www.facebook.com/thelocaltourist, @thelocaltourist on Twitter

Stephanie Taylor: @chemgk on Twitter

Leah Jones: Natiiv Arts and Media (page on FB) @leahjones on Twitter

Thank you thank you thank you for all of your support and love thus far!  We wouldn’t be where we are without you!

Peace, love, music, laughter and life for 2010 and beyond,
David Kav

Hello!  Hope you are having a Wonderful Holiday season!  :D

A clip of the song “The Fall” written while on the road from the Inaugural Writing The Rails tour to Memphis.  Featuring the virtuoso Rev. Billy Simmons on lead guitar.  Music by David Kav/Billy Simmons.  Lyrics by David Kav.  Copyright 2009 Writing The Rails All Rights Reserved.

Show was taped on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at Subterranean in Chicago.  Show originally aired Wed. Dec. 16, 2009 AND Sun. Dec. 20, 2009.  More at www.enchufate.com

Many, many MANY thanks to Beatriz Castillo and to the Whole Crew on E>N>E Chicago Rocks!  Rev. Billy and I had a BLAST!

Peace, love, music, laughter and life,

D Kav

David Kav is featured on ENE Chicago Rocks on Channel 25 TONIGHT (Wed. Dec. 16th) at 8 pm and on Sun. Dec. 20th at 5 pm.  Featuring the awesomeness of Rev. Billy Simmons on lead guitar!  ALL NEW Writing the Rails tunes played and an exclusive interview with Beatriz/”Mean Little Bee”

More info at www.enchufate.com

(Many, many, MANY thanks to the E>N>E Chicago Rocks crew and to Beatriz for a wonderful taping and for having Writing The Rails on your show!)  :D

Here we are being “Local Tourists” in Memphis! As tourists we had to try Memphis barbecue, so we went where the locals go. Now we know why.

He was followed by the belly dancing troupe, Dancing With Jasmine.

David takes the stage at the St. Jude Marathon Expo to entertain the runners as they pick up their registration packets.

By David Kav

For those who follow me on Twitter personally (www.twitter.com/davidkav) you know that I Tweet A LOT.  Today, however, not so much.  Many reasons for that.

Day 6 was the Final Day/Event for the Inaugural Writing The Rails.  Theresa and I had a very pleasant late breakfast with our gracious hosts and friends, Rich and Suzanne Varnon.  CK’s Coffee Shop.  As I told them, it felt like the scene from “My Cousin Vinny” where Vinny and his wife was “deciding on the ‘Breakfast’…What’s a grit?” scene.  After I brought that up, that conjured up a GREAT order of grits (I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that there was some GREAT Soul Music playing in the background during our food and conversation.)  Turns out that this fueling up would be necessary in more than just the physical sense.  We came back to the house, showered up and headed out to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Took us a bit of time to find Jessica Overton, the Special Events Coordinator.  No problem.  A friendly intro and set-up…went over the Federal Regulations/Hospital Rules…and the Private Concert was underway.

An amazing experience.  Started out slowly.  However, Jessica had me walking around in the style of the old troubadour.  It really challenged me to use my “inside voice.”  I got over the challenge quite quickly.  I was playing a lot of Christmas Carols (some I had to remember “on-the-spot.”   Lots of help from the volunteer staff and from the In-Patients.)  A new song was sparked out of the event.

After the show and the presentation of the check, Theresa and I left with very few words.  Jessica told us that we couldn’t take any photos or videos inside the hospital (although we got her to admit that “I WISH we could” and we totally understood why we couldn’t.)  However, we were allowed to take photos outside of the hospital.  In a matter of seconds, Theresa and I silently agreed that it would be “disrespectful” to do so.  Can’t explain it better than that.  I will say this - many tears were shed between both of us from the moment we left the hospital until we shot the video recap at the Riverfront.

Theresa and I walked with arms around each other as we left the Riverfront after vid shoot (vids to be posted soon.)  Theresa said it best,

“We are bound forever.”

Indeed.

This has been an amazing experience.  It has been a privilege and an honor to be the One Man with the One Guitar for this Debut Tour.  There will be MANY more tours to come.  And, on behalf of both The Local Tourist and I:  We WILL be back, Memphis!  You will be missed.