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Hey, Everybody!
Good news! On my way to Beaumont, Texas to perform at the historic Jefferson Theatre on Janis Joplin’s birthday, I was quite pleasantly surprised to get an email from my publicist, Mark Pucci in Atlanta, letting me know that Lone Star: Songs and Stories Straight from the Heart of Texas is a top album pick for 2016 in Deep Roots, an extraordinarily comprehensive and highly credible Manhattan-based music magazine that I have admired for quite some time, the brainchild of veteran Rolling Stone music writer, David McGee:
http://deeprootsmag.org/2017/01/16/albums-of-the-year-2016/
Then, out of the blue I received an email from a talented friend in Nashville letting me know that Lone Star was also a critics’ choice on TWO “top ten” lists for 2016 in the top-tier, subscription-only UK magazine, Country Music People:
In the January issue, each of their CD reviewers has a page showing their Top 10 of 2016. Reviewer Kelly Gregory placed Lone Star: Songs and Stories Straight from The Heart of Texas at Number 8 of her 10, with the comment: "An utterly brilliant and unique album from one of Texas' finest and underrated singer-songwriters."
And reviewer Paul Riley also has the album at Number 8, with the comment: "Underrated Texas singer-songwriter, Glenna Bell, charms us with more tales from the Lone Star State."
And THEN someone sent me this great pic from my hometown newspaper, the Beaumont Enterprise, commemorating my appearance at the Jefferson Theatre:
And THEN, like magic, I sat down and wrote a brand new song that I love!
What a wonderful year this is turning out to be. I’m really looking forward to seeing it all unfold as I enjoy Super Bowl LI from a close distance here in my hundred year old woodframe house at the shadowy-sunshiny edge of the city, reading Patti Smith’s M Train—a gift from Big Kev—in my cozy old bed as a blimp floats by my upstairs window against the sparkling backdrop of the downtown skyline. How surreal. And the fireworks have been spectacular!
The next shows are here in Super Bowl City with Greg Henkel on his incredible viofiddle. I’ll be doing some material from my recent “Janis Joplin experience” and of course the originals, too:
Dean’s Downtown: February 12 from 8-10 p.m.
La Carafe: February 21 from 9-11 p.m.
Looking forward . . .
Y’all come!