Linda Stout

Here's an e-newsletter of Sept. 9 sent in the wee hours of the morning: I have a Dam Show I hadn't planned on. I hope you are as compulsive about checking e-mail as I am. The promoter just called me; I'd been on the schedule, but they'd forgotten to call. I'm really happy to do this, this weekend: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10 The Dam Show, Route 872, near Austin, PA This is Potter County, and they call it "God's Country." It is just beautiful, wooded and hilly. This two-day music and light festival at the former Austin Dam site starts at 2 p.m. Saturday. I'm honored to be among the other performers, Red Headed Stepchild -- http://www.redheaded-stepchild.com/ -- and can't wait to hear them live; Kathryn Koch is just a happening singer. And there's a 93-year old belter, somewhat local there, named Brother Dietz; I asked my parents, ever the music critics, and they said he's really entertaining, has a fun band, so hope I can arrive soon enough to see him. Among many others, Buddhahood from Rochester, and Steve Quelet (http://www.stevequelet.com) a darn good songwriter and his duo partner songwriter and sweet harmony singer Eppie Bailey) and Larry Herstritt, http://larryherbstritt.com, a film orchestrator and songwriter who ended up back in his hometown of Coudersport, PA, by way of LA and Nashville; I met this talented man at a show where we both played last year. You've heard many of his songs including "I Just Fall in Love Again," an Anne Murray hit. Thank you, thank you to you many lovelies who came out in big numbers to the Music on the Lawn Concert in Wellsville, NY, that Matt Robbins and I played recently. It was special, so fun and great to see so many people. More on the dam: http://www.coudy.com/Austin/Austin-dam.htm