Stony Man

Huh? What’s all this noise about?

It’s the Stony Man CD release extravaganza!

When is it?

Jan.31. 2009 (Saturday) 8:00 PM!

Where is it gonna be?

At the Third Floor Gallery of the Fredericksburg Athenaeum!

Huh? Where’s that?

Up on the third floor! At 810 Caroline Street!  In historic Downtown Fredericksburg VA!

Well, okay then, what’s gonna be there?

Well first, all of your friends. You know, just the ones you really like a lot. Then, some really great new tunes. You know, the really good ones. And your old favorite tunes are gonna be there too. And food. And refreshments. And prizes.  And fun. And T-shirts. And bumper stickers.

Plus, you’ll finally be able to get the new Stony Man CD, ‘Turn Your Radio On’. You know the one.

It’s been sweeping the nation. Well, okay, it’s been sweeping the neighborhood.

So how do I get tickets?

That’s the easy part. Just show up with $15.00, the tickets are at the door!

Mark it on your calendar thingie, you’d hafta be crazy to miss this!

After, like, a really long time, the new Stony Man CD “Turn Your Radio On” is here. Really. I’m not joking. In fact, I’m actually looking at great big boxes full of them. So now, you can get one too. Soon, you’ll be able to go right to CD Baby, and say “I want Stony Man”, and they will know just what to do. Until then, just e-mail us at kentipp@cox.net. We’ll know just what to do too.

First, about a zillion years ago, a bunch of tectonic plates smash into each other, and a big mountain range pops up in Virginia, on the Skyline Drive, over near Criglersville, sort of between Sperryville and Luray. They call one of the mountains Stony Man. Then, way up in Michigan in the late 1890’s Orville Gibson gets this idea to build a mandolin. He does, and then wants a bigger one. So he makes a mandola, and then he makes a mando-cello too. Then, a guy named Marconi builds a radio. Somebody else invents the record player, then somebody else discovers the CD. A little while later, Stuart, Kent, and Henry start a group called Stony Man. Then they make a CD, and call it “Turn Your Radio On”. Oh, somewhere in there somebody else comes out with electricity, railroad trains and the internet. Then somebody else invents CD Baby.