Philip Nelson and Distilled Spirits
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House Concerts

We not only perform the music we love, but we love music in general. We wanted to be a part of the post “Get a record deal” era where very few people can make a living selling CD’s anymore. The good news for fans, and honestly for a larger number of musicians, there is that the emphasis for making a living returns to performances. Barbara first heard about house concerts on NPR and, admittedly, it took awhile to convince me about the concept, but convince me she did.

The full schedule of both house concerts and our peformances is here

The great thing about house concerts is how intimate they are. You are right there, not tens or even hundreds of feet away. The can feel when you are tapping your foot, laughing a little at some humor in the song, sing along. You can feel how moved the audience is by the intimate connection. This is a real and organic thing, and because of it, even very well known performers like the late Prince, Bela Flek, Cee Lo Green, and Darryl Hall will go out and do house concerts. We get 25 to 50 people we like in our house, and get totally immersed in the music of the performers. All the good food, wine,beer and conversation between sets doesn’t hurt either. When it’s not during the performances, it is a great party in our house.

Enjoy some more snapshots from our concerts The Novelists

Shawn and Jordyn

Cameron and Ryan

Shawn and Jordyn

Jackie Allen

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