That kind of sums up my weekend which was graced with a good movie, hearing some fine blues at Speiskammer by Howell Devine and playing a sunkissed gig at the Lagunitas Taproom in Petaluma. It always takes me a day or two to get back to the world after a weekend like that. RE: the movie. Have you seen the latest Wes Anderson flic Moonrise Kingdom?
It will take you back to your 10-12 year old self, when you’re not-quite-grown-up but still a kid and have started to get big clues that there’s more going on around you than you thought and that you have a choice in some matters. Especially if you like somewhat fantastic books. Anyhow, if you haven’t seen, today’s day of the “Full Buck Moon” may just be a perfect opportunity. RE: The Moon, from Farmer’s Almanac: “July is the month of the Full Buck Moon.
Bucks begin to grow new antlers at this time. This full Moon was also known as the Thunder Moon, because thunderstorms are so frequent during this month.”
Deborah Crooks (www.DeborahCrooks.com) is a writer, performing songwriter and recording artist based in San Francisco whose lyric driven and soul-wise music has drawn comparison to Lucinda Williams, Chrissie Hynde and Natalie Merchant.
Singing about faith, love and loss, her lyrics are honed by a lifetime of writing and world travel while her music draws on folk, rock, Americana and the blues. She released her first EP “5 Acres” in 2003 produced by Roberta Donnay, which caught the attention of Rocker Girl Magazine, selecting it for the RockerGirl Discoveries Cd. In 2007, she teamed up with local producer Ben Bernstein to complete “Turn It All Red” Ep, followed by 2008’s “Adding Water to the Ashes” CD, and a second full-length CD “2010. She’s currently working on a third CD to be released in 2013.
Deborah’s many performance credits include an appearance at the 2006 Millennium Music Conference, the RockerGirl Magazine Music Convention, IndieGrrl, at several of the Annual Invasion of the GoGirls at SXSW in Austin, TX, the Harmony Festival and 2009’s California Music Fest, MacWorld 2010, Far West Fest and many other venues and events. She toured the Northwest as part “Indie Abundance Music, Money & Mindfulness” (2009) with two other Bay Area artists, and followed up with “The Great Idea Tour of the Southwest in March 2010 with Jean Mazzei.
