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This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Triple Feature

Check out Mike (Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / Threads) hosting Tent Show Radio. This week there are 3 episodes!

During intermission Michael Perry shares a humorous or heartfelt (or both) story drawn from his beloved books and offbeat life experiences.

Episode 1: Midwest folk group Good Morning Bedlam showcases their exciting sound & soaring three-part harmonies, then, acoustic musician Gareth Pearson, known for his distinctive fingerstyle techniques, captivates with his creative and innovative arrangements.. You can steam the episode here.

In Episode 2, experience the authentic ebullience of revered guitar master Tommy Emmanuel. Have a listen here.

On this third episode of Tent Show Radio, experience a musical and cultural journal through the past 50 years of Pride Anthems. You can listen to the episode here.

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Stream all 3 episodes here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.

Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/.

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Free Episode of Michael Perry’s Voice Mail #212: Tractor Time

…one more round.

Howdy folks:

Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 211. This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike. Click this link to listen.

Last week I climbed into a big ol’ tractor and helped my brother with the planting (short video here). I was in a troubled state of mind, and that tractor helped. It also brought back a flood of memories, many of which I revisited in the book Coop, the memoir from which today’s reading selection is taken. Above all, I was a fortunate boy. And last week on that tractor I once again felt like that fortunate boy.

Thank you for listening. See y’next week.

Mike

 

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Michael Perry on the Andy Andrews Blue Plate Special

A few weeks back, I flew down to Alabama to spend time with my friend, Andy Andrews. We recorded a wide-ranging and entertaining discussion in his studio. The whole thing wasn’t half as serious as this video still would indicate.

 

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This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Three Episodes

Check out Mike (Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / Threads) hosting Tent Show Radio. This week there are 3 episodes!

During intermission Michael Perry shares a humorous or heartfelt (or both) story drawn from his beloved books and offbeat life experiences.

Episode 1 pays tribute to the late John Prine with highlights of some of his best performances under the Big Top. You can steam that episode here.

Episode 2 features the critically acclaimed, chart-topping, international outfit Gaelic Storm, bringing their unique, high-energy Celtic sound to the Big Top stage. Have a listen here.

In Episode 3 experience the show that started it all as Big Top’s famed house band the Blue Canvas Orchestra present “Riding The Wind.” Created in 1985 by Warren Nelson and Betty Ferris, “Riding The Wind” was the first show performed on the Big Top Stage and 38 years later it remains a season highlight. You can listen to the episode here.

Follow this link for all the available viewing options.

Stream all 3 episodes here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.

Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/.

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Danger Fingers

Sometimes when I see a picture of me yapping I can tell exactly what part of what story I was telling. Here I am referring to the fellow on the cover of Danger: Man Working (he’s doing something dangerous with dangerous machinery) and how he was one of those old-timers I knew growing up who when you asked him, “Bob, what’s 2+3?” these were the fingers he held up.

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Michael Perry on THE CULTURE BUZZ – The Jesus Cow

Michael Perry joined THE CULTURE BUZZ with John Busbee.

Michael Perry, New York Times bestselling author, humorist, singer/songwriter, and amateur snow plow driver, dips his pen into his well of creative ink for The Jesus Cow, a novel about the sudden change in the life of Harley Jackson. Irresistible fun.

“A fun commentary on small-town America and today’s insatiable appetite for goofy stories to fill the Web.”
— New York Post (Required Reading — lead pick)

You can listen to the interview here.

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3 Day Tour

Our merch dude Tony snuck up and got a shot of our soundcheck last night. Home now in the quiet. Thank you all.

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Long Beds Packed Up and Rolling

Van fulla gear and off we go. Stoughton Opera House tonight, Viroqua Temple Theatre Friday night, Mabel Tainter Saturday night SOLD OUT–but Mike will be doing a 1 pm library event at the venue prior.

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Free Episode of Michael Perry’s Voice Mail #207: Andy and Alabama

Took us a few years, but here we are.

Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 207. This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike. Click here to listen.

In today’s episode I share the story of heading down to Alabama to tell stories and sign books in roadhouses and meet a friend I’d never met before. It all began thanks to a tornado and a guy who used to live under a bridge. And although we didn’t read Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, we coulda, and probably even finished it during the three hours we found ourselves adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.

It’s not my usual episode, but I hope you’ll enjoy tagging along as I introduce you to a fellow who went from living under a bridge to selling 20 million books.

A fish. The fish.

None of this would have happened if Andy hadn’t stopped by Arcadia Books.

All about Andy Andrews. And Andy’s books.

All about Mike’s books (including the Montaigne one).

A special thank you to Austin Andrews who opened for us at the Flora-Bama. Stunning singer/songwriter. Hear three of his songs here.

Bill-E’s, the place with the amazin’ bacon.

Mike’s recent YouTube visit with Andy:

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The desk in Andy’s studio.

I made the desk!

Tellin’ stories in the Flora-Bama roadhouse.

Signin’ books over there by the foosball table…

…and the pool table.

MARGINALIA

From Andy’s book The Bottom of the Pool (which I marked up on the flight home).

So good to know I’m not the only one. This section of Andy’s book could have been pulled right from the “Confound the Fool” chapter on absentmindedness in my Montaigne book.

Andy’s books are different than mine. But I learn from them if I read with personal intent.

The man in the boat beside me. Thank you, friend.

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This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Riders In The Sky

Check out Mike (Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / Threads) hosting Tent Show Radio. On this week’s episode, enjoy masterful musicianship and quick-witted humor from Grammy Award winners Riders In The Sky!

During intermission Michael Perry shares a humorous or heartfelt (or both) story drawn from his beloved books and offbeat life experiences.

Regarded as one of the “most historically significant acts in the history of American music” by Billboard magazine, the GRAMMY award-winning quartet of Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim, and Joey the Cowpolka King, have kept the heritage of Western music alive as they have entertained audiences across the world for more than 40 years. Riders In The Sky kick off each performance with their trademark greeting, “Mighty fine and a great big Western ‘Howdy,’ all you buckaroos and buckarettes,” their live shows showcase each player’s masterful musicianship with an added dose of broad, quick-witted humor as they pay tribute to the classic cowboy songs of the 1930s and ‘40s.

Since their start in 1977, Riders In The Sky have released more than 40 albums, starred in the anthology television series “Tumbleweed Theater,” wrote and starred in their NPR syndicated radio program “Riders Radio Theater,” hosted their own children’s program on CBS, and have made more than 7,000 appearances all over the world. The Grand Ole Opry and Western Music Hall of Fame inductees have become well-known to new generations for their work with Disney & Pixar, notably their tune “Woody’s Roundup” from Toy Story 2 and the full-length GRAMMY award-winning companion albums for Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.

Follow this link for all the available viewing options.

Stream it here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.

Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/.

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