Hat On, Drinking Wine

Matt Robert – Wednesdays at Nu Cafe

Hat on, Drinking Wine — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:18:28 +0000

Join me on Wednesday evenings 6-8 at Worcester’s Nu Cafe for a couple of sets of new and old originals drawn from a long career as a solo artist and as a member or a number of local bands.

I also play covers drawing on a range of eras and styles, like jugband blues, jazz, American and British folk. You’ll hear Washington Phillips, Huey “Piano” Smith, Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armnstrong, Blind Blake, Robert Johnson, Mississippi Jon Hurt, etc.

You may also hear modern acts, like Wilco, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Son Volt, Grateful Dead, Cake, Beatles, Gram Parsons, Ryan Adams, etc, etc.

I play standard and open-tuned guitar and slide, mandolin, banjolin, banjo, and harmonica.

Nu Cafe is a great recovered factory space with lots of booths and tables, great coffee, tea, smoothies, sandwiches and baked goods, and free wi-fi.

I continue to raise money at these shows for The Worcester County Food Bank, 474 Boston Tpke, Shrewsbury, MA 01545-3948
(508) 842-3663.

David Goldberg Photos from Ralph’s 11/12/2011

Hat on, Drinking Wine — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:35:51 +0000

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Hat on, Drinking Wine’s Final Show: Ralph’s Diner – Saturday, November 12

Hat on, Drinking Wine — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:17:42 +0000

Come help us burn it up and tear it down as we celebrate five years of HODW before we go on hiatus. Our good friends Belit and Mocha Java join us. Come early for some pizza, etc.

Hat on, Drinking Wine Returns to Worcester Art Museum Thursday, September 15

Hat on, Drinking Wine — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:07:35 +0000

Join HODW for their third return to Worcester Art Museum’s Third Thursday concert series. Tour the galleries and/or enjoy rootsy music from one of Worcester’s premiere original music bands, Hat on, Drinking Wine.

http://www.worcesterart.org/Events/third_thursday.html

HODW to Rock Ralph’s With PO Boyz Roadkill Orchestra and Comanchero – Friday, September 16

Hat on, Drinking Wine — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:02:22 +0000

In their first trip back to Worcester since their stunning set at Paulie’s NOLA Fest, the Po Boyz headline a night of country funk and righteous B3 rock with Boston’s Americana Nuevo act Comanchero (with a new CD in hand) and Worcester’s Roadkill Orchestra and Hat on, Drinking Wine.

Ralph’s Rock Diner

148 Grove St. Worc.

(508) 753-9543

www.ralphsrockdiner.com

Po Boyz:http://www.poboyz.net/fr_home.cfm

Comanchero: http://comanchero.drupalgardens.com/

Roadkill Orchestra: www.facebook.com/theRoadKillOrchestra

Hat on, Drinking Wine on Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/plastic-flowers/id389131323

Friends of Newton Hill Concert Series – Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Hat on, Drinking Wine — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:43:59 +0000

This Tuesday, HODW returns to the Friends of Newton Hill Summer Concert Series for another night under the stars at Newton Square (Junction of Pleasant, Highland, and June Streets, Worcester, MA).

From 6:30-8:30 HODW will roll out two sets from their first two CDs, as well as a handful of new songs, including Ed’s “Dance With Me (Blue Joey and Wild Kate)” and Jim’s “Molly.” We’re excited, too, about a few new arrangements we’ve worked up of some recent, unrecorded songs, in preparation for heading back in the studio to begin work on our third CD.
This free concert features pizza and beverages courtesy of Blue Jeans Pizza (all proceeds to FNH), as well as the “World’s fastest ice cream sale” and raffles from generous local businesses. OR, pack your own picnic. No alcohol, please!