I have this little red mason jar on my desk, in fact, I stuck my gum on it cause I wasn’t done chewing it and wanted some coffee.  I am sure the jam tastes amazing.  I’ll have to wait until tonight to find out.  It’s gonna be a country biscuit night, and I got the Red Raspberry Preserves to prove it.  The jar has a little ribbon around it that is tied in a bow.  It screams, “I love you and care about you from 1,000 miles away”.

Sometimes I make myself too busy to do those kinds of nice things for people.  I should do a better job at that.  I can be pretty self absorbed sometimes.

Preserve your relationships with the people you love.

-Red

See you out at ribfest this Saturday, August 30th at 12:30 PM.  Admission is free before 1 pm.  We go on at 12:30 pm.  

Rib America will be openning the VIP section during the Rick Stump show only, so make sure that you are there early to get a seat.

Also, I will be releasing the new Rick Stump T-Shirt on Saturday ($15 or 2 for $25) so meet me and the entire band at the merchandise tent after the show for signatures and meet and greet.  Love you all and can’t wait to see you out this Saturday.

Local Forecast= 83 and Sunny.  

I had a blast playing for you guys and meeting some of you last night.  You are an awesome group of people and your generous hospitality was much appreciated.  Thanks for coming up to meet me after the show and allowing me to take part in a special evening.  Aaron and John David brought it as usual.  I hope to play for you all soon.

thanks again,

-Rick

Summer is here and I have posted more shows. Love to see you out at some of the hottest local Indy music venues. Check the Tour tab for dates and join me and others out on the circuit. I am excited to get out and play some new stuff. I was starting to get a little cabin fever, as you may have felt yourself. Indy winters are lonely and long but the gorgeous summer nights help us forget in no time.

-See ya out there,

Rick

Just got news that I’m going back in the studio. I’m going to be doing the soundtrack for The Land Before Time XII (12). Look for it out in stores this fall. The animation of the dinosaurs is supposed to be 3D and some publicists speculate that this has a shot at being the 4th best Land Before Time ever released straight to video.

Happy April-

More Info:

The Music Mill

Just a reminder to get your tickets to the Leap Day Show with Me and John David Webster. We have about 100 tickets left and they won’t be here for long. If you need to purchase tickets over the phone to be placed in Will Call, please call (317) 418-4647. You can purchase tickets and hold them to pick up at the event. Tickets are $7

You can also come to Heartland Church this Friday from 7-10 PM and receive a free pass to dinner and meet and greet before the show.

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

- Edgar Allan Poe

This Is My (All Time Favorite Poem) from one of my favorite poets

I just wanted to give you a little info on the LEAP DAY SHOW with John David Webster. I was watching my horoscope and was excited to hear that the lion would be bringing out her cubs with the first turn of Orion in the Western Hemisphere. I later heard that Neptune was thought to be hiding from the goat king with the full lunar equinox. I thought to myself, “This can only mean one thing…a leap day show is inevitable”. Trust me, this only happens like ever 500 years.

So here is the scoop. Tickets are now on sale for the show $7. It is Friday February 29th, at 8 PM. Doors open at 7 PM (seating is 1st come 1st serve)

RICKS BLOG SECRETS- I WILL BE HAVING A MEET AND GREET DINNER WITH JOHN DAVID WEBSTER BEFORE THE SHOW AT 6:30 PM. IT WILL BE AN INVITE ONLY MEET AND GREET. HERE’S HOW YOU GET YOUR INVITATION: COME TO HEARTLAND CHURCH AND PURCHASE YOUR SHOW TICKETS ON FRIDAY FEB, 15TH BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7PM AND 10 PM, AND RECIEVE AN EXCLUSIVE INVITE TO THE PRE-SHOW SOUND CHECK AND MEET AND GREET DINNER. I KNOW THIS DEAL SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, BUT IT’S SNOT.

FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE TICKET OFFICE VISIT: heartlandchurch.tv and click on driving directions. The band and I will be waiting for you.

Cool, well I hope to see everyone out to the show on Friday Feb 29th. It will be awesome!

-Richard Paul