We had a great time playing at the Haverhill Farmers’ Market on June 27.  Join us there on Aug. 22, 10am-1pm for a return engagement.  Good people, good food, good music!

Vagabond guitar player and Speed the Plough hero Bill Perry, can be found a various farmers markets around southern NH and northeaster MA. Patrick Hornig and Dave Medvitz were able to join him last minute on Thurs. June 18 at the Manchester NH farmers market where Dave got to show off his new banjo. Bill has a few more dates upcoming so drop by for some good produce and good music:
Wed. June 24, 4-6:30 pm, Farmer’s Market, Elkin Library parking lot, Canterbury, NH (Dave will join hime)
Sat. June 27, 10am-1pm, Farmer’s Market, Bailey Blvd (near the police station), Haverhill, MA (Dave and Patrick along for the ride)

On Friday, July 18, the Plough got together for a potluck lunch and a rehearsal in anticipation of our upcoming gig in Newburyport on the 27th. Plenty of originals were on hand, ranging from Tom’s couscous and Patrick’s hummus, to original fiddle tunes by Patrick and Dave and a new song from Tom. The Curvy Road to Canterbury is a nice tune in 6/8 written by Patrick inspired by his drive home. Mel’s Fancy is another 6/8 penned by Dave and named for fellow fiddler, Melinda Kerwin. Creation Stories is a song Tom wrote in observance of the seasons, and all these new tunes are on the set list as well as available on our CD.

…describes my ability to keep the website up to date.

In the past couple of months:

Bill, Patrick and I played a show at a nursing home in Londonderry, NH. They tried to keep Bill, but we wouldn’t let go of him that easily. It is always gratifying to play for such an appreciative audience.

Yesterday, Tom, Bill and I played at one of our favorite venues, Alfalfa Farm Winery in Topsfield, MA. We had a gorgeous day and a great crowd, and we realized the three of us had never played out as a band before. We pulled some interesting material from the bottom of the archives, but we played well and the audience enjoyed it.

Sorry for the tease, but this is a photo, not a video. You’ll have to find the video on Facebook.

Next on the calendar is Yankee Homecoming in Newburyport at the end of July. We’ll post more about that in the weeks to come.

Our first CD, Speed the Plough, is now available through CD Baby.

Patrick has recently released a CD entitled “Can’t Stop Lickin’ with his band. The GrassDawgs.

And Bill and Dave have recently collaborated with Ed Rioux and Bobby Fowkes to form Stormy Seas.  Their newly released CD is called “Gloucester Boy.”