All The Latest from Tin Pan Folk
​& Americana Artist Breadfoot 

June 2025 Edition
Yeah. Late again. Got a pretty good excuse though. Really. Ah, come on. Seriously was knee deep in pulling together an application for a new award / grant. Specifically, the Fred Ebb Foundation Award. Now we all know Fred Ebb. He was half of Kander and Ebb. Who where a pretty darn dynamic songwriting duo. They produced the music and lyrics for two of my faves, Cabaret and Chicago. And the movie version of Cabaret? Forget about it. Prolly one of my more favorite films of all time. Just love Liza as Sally Bowles.

Anyways. Yeah. Sent in my application. Was super excited to be trotting out the new demos for this one. Was bummed that I could only share 4. Went back and forth on which one I was gonna cut. In the end I dropped ‘Good Damn Night.’ Perhaps I should have left the one slower number in but hey, it’s done. Least I presume it it. Have yet to receive a notification email from the foundation confirming receipt. Might be I’ll follow up in a day or two. Worked hard to pull it together and get in on the first day so…

...but yeah. Was great to get to use those new demos. Think considering time and resources, we did a good job with em. When I writing I was following two major tenants. One being what Sondheim said about writing for the character. And this in my mind is not restricted to the words. The music plays a part. And if done right has potential to tell us even more about the character or the situation playing out in the number. So yeah, being able to flesh em out with guitars and drums was huge. Just wasn’t coming through in the bare bones banjo and vocal versions, ya know?

Right so, other news. Oh yeah, had fun getting all SUNNYLAND with it on WHUP 104.7FM the other night. Old bud Bob Johnson co-hosts a show on the station called, ‘Pass The Hat.’ Bob had caught the February 8th reading and was blown away. Approached Taz Halloween who played Rory after and asked if we might come on the show. So yeah, that happened on the other Friday. Uh, May 30th. Was good time. Was even able to get one of our UNC student actors Kong Moua, to join us. We played several numbers live, shared a couple of the newly recorded demos and then treated the listeners to a musical retrospective of my earlier recordings.

Uh, okay that might be it. Check out the pics in the side bar. Also links to music and the archival video for the Feb. 8th staged reading.  And as ever follow along on Instagram and Facebook for more regular updates.

Cheers!
XOBF
Pics from our live radio appearance on WHUP 104.7 FM Pass The Hat Show. Had a blast with Kong and Taz. And Bob and Kirk are the best hosts. Even gave us chocolate and bourbon. Yessir!
Vid from the live stream on Pass The Hat. Kicked a couple live numbers and even shared a few of those new demos. Go on get ya some. 
Here ya go folks. Almost as good as being there. Archival video of the Saturday Feb. 8th staged reading of 'SUNNYLAND - A Rock Banjo Opera.'
And if ya wanna do a deeper dive. Here's the SoundCloud Playlist where I parked some of the original  sketches for SUNNYLAND. Go get ya some.