Actual Blog...

Terry Anderson pointed out to me that an actual blog is an actual blog....

where people can return with their own ramblings about your ramblings...

Ok, so go here!

The Yayhoos in the Movies + "Hammer" cd shipping now!

Hello music fans,

Lots of Yayhoos stuff going on.

Our new website is up and running at www.yayhoos.com
On the "CD's" page, not only can you get a copy of our new album
"Put The Hammer Down" but you can now get our first cd "Fear Not The Obvious" and we also have the Terry Anderson & Eric Ambel solo records there too.
We'll have some of Dan Baird's stuff there by the end of next week. May have to wait a little longer for the Keith to bust out with his solo stylings....

Months and months ago I got an e-mail about an independent film that was thinking of using "Baby I Love You" from Fear Not.... in their movie. Sounded interesting. Terry's song "Hunt You Down" had been used in the movie Roadhouse 2 so it wasn't like it was impossible to imagine. Then last week I got another e-mail saying the deal went through and "Baby I Love You" was indeed going to be in the new James Gunn movie "SLiTHER". Well, I saw the movie this Sunday and really enjoyed it. Its a wild ride with a lot of thrills and plenty of laughs too. I was blown away by the way they used the Yayhoos song. You gotta go see it! www.slithermovie.net/

Now that new Yayhoos cd is "officially" released on June 20 but if you read the small print on the website then you know that you can only get it at www.yayhoos.com now (we ship worldwide and fast too). You can listen to any of the tunes from any of the cd's.

We also have some gigs coming so stay tuned and check out
www.yayhoos.com

thanks a ton,

E/Roscoe 4.5.06

Tony's OK don't worry about it.

That gun his uncle had under the bed was just a pea shooter. Tony's way too fat from pounding all that shushi for a little bullet to get too far. Turn your TIVO on, set the VCR, Check ON DEMAND.... your sunday night doesn't have to by ruled by HBO.

Tomorrow, Sunday night March 19th I'll be over at Banjo Jims www.banjojims.com/ which a lot of you know as the old "9 C" (Called 9 C cause its on the corner of 9th Street and Avenue C) The block has changed a lot...its practically restaurant row....but the new owners have got the "9 C Vibe" back in spades. I'll be playing a solo show with Mike Ferrio of Tandy www.yellowslipper.com. Mike is really really good. HBO Repeats the show starting tuesday anyway so come over to Banjo Jims.

Exciting Yayhoos News

The new Yayhoos CD on Lakeside Lounge records is called "Put the Hammer Down"

the official "release date" is June 20 but you can check it out now at
www.yayhoos.com. We have full length lo-fi samples of the songs, a few tour dates and more info to come. You can pre-order the cd now and your copy will be on its way to you shipping on March 28th!

Keith, Dan, Terry and I really hope you enjoy it.

now if you don't mind I'll excuse myself, I've got a bike to ride.....
E/Roscoe  3.18.06

Lets Get It On! (2006 is ready for you)

2005 is history.
Finished many things including a very long tour with Steve Earle and the Dukes and my first mini Alleycat Race (New Years Eve NYC Alleykitten) last year.

2006 should have all kinds of stuff in store for us all.

Marlboro, New York.
Falcon Music... Ever heard of it?

Well, I hadn't until I went up there (in the general direction of Woodstock..sorta) last summer to play with Mary Lee's Corvette. Turns out Tony Falco "music fan" is a guy who bought an old church and had the thing completely disassembled then used all the materials to build his own personal music palace/fun spot in his back yard.

Yeah, its one of those house concerts. But don't get me wrong when The Roscoe Trio shows up we may be packing some mighty small amps but we wont be quietly singing songs of woe. We'll be slashing and burning and yelling to the once sanctified rafters at least part of the time. Come get some joy and get it on.

Saturday Night Jan 14. At the Falcon in Marlboro NY. 7pm sharp with a set by
the Jon Notar Jazz Ensemble For more info contact Tony at falcon.arts@verizon.net

Remember...

New Years Resolutions are made to be broken.

best to you all,
E/Roscoe

Jan/10/06

Lily w Christmas Present

Saturday Night Williamsburg Celebration!

Hey music fans,
I'm gonna take a break from working on Tammy Faye Starlite's new record Saturday night to play a set at this special show for a good friend in Williamsburg.
please come.
best,
E/Roscoe  12/16/05

here's some info from A-Bones guitarist Bruce Bennet.......
Friends - Apologies for the spam. This Saturday the A-Bones and I will be joined by a cavalcade of no 'counts as we raise a glass, a pick and an earplug in affectionate tribute to our pal Megan Dooley.

Megan has been a loyal friend and supporter to many of us in the greater l.e.s./Brooklyn aging hipster new-a-garage-a-rock-a-punk-a-psyche-a-skiffle-a-roll-a-surf-a-frat-a-billy-a-wave-a-etc. scene since the halcyon Great Jones days of the late eighties. She took the cover photos for a bunch of A-Bones stuff (meticulously documenting yours truly's absolute lowest hairstyle point), memorably immortalized the late, great Hasil Adkins at his most seasonally festive(see below or attached), and was herself the subject of the Raunch Hands "Kiss Me Stupid" l.p. (per the tribute from Raunch hands frontman and benefit mastermind Mike Chandler below).

Megan's recent fight with cancer has been a success, though at considerable personal loss and financial cost. Come out to Trash Bar in Colonial Willimsberg Saturday night and help us help her navigate the emotional perils of the holidays in good company and with a little extra dough in her pocket for the slavering medical bill-bearing wolves at her door.

Sat 12/17
MEGAN DOOLEY HOLIDAY BENEFIT BASH!!!
A-BONES - http://nortonrecords.com/
ERIC AMBEL & THE ROSCOE TRIO
(www.ericambel.com/)
EDISON ROCKET TRAIN (featuring Sharky from Raunch
Hands - www.rockettrain.com/)
CHANDLER and the CHASERS (with Michael Chandler from
Raunch Hands)
plus DJ TIM WARREN (Crypt Records)
at Trash Bar - 256 Grand Street, Williamsburg
Doors 8PM (OPEN BAR 9-10PM)
$12 Cover/Donation

If you missed this gig and would like to donate to Megan's Med Fund you can send a check payable to "Anna Guagnini Special Account" to Sarah & Kurt Wolf 448 E 20th St #9E NY NY 10009

Wild Sunday Evening House Party!

Hello Friends and Music Fans.

I survived the very last leg of the Steve Earle & the Dukes "Revolution" tour that took me to the beginning of Summer in New Zealand and Australia... You know, pretty beaches without guys saying dude, great weather, strange hopping four legged creatures and hard working crew guys.

Back stateside stuff is happening.

Yayhoos news....
About to start final mixes on the Yayhoos next record (for release in spring of '06) titled "Put The Hammer Down". If you'd like a taste check out our version of the O'Jays "Love Train" on the new Bloodshot Records 11th anniversary sampler called "For A Decade of Sin".  Also avialable on the iTunes Store

New Roscoe Track...
Also just out "Lowe Profile:a tribute to nick lowe" I've got the lead off track on this cool double disc compilation of cool Basher tunes. Lots of cool people on it. Greg Trooper, Steve Wynn, Dave Alvin, the Brilliant Mistakes.. It is available now...

At the intersection of Cycling and Art...
I recently interviewed Bicycle Portrait Artist Taliah Lempert for one of my favorite websites www.fixedgeargallery.com
While I was there I left my custom painted Todd Hanson DeBernardi Track Bike for Taliah to
paint while I went to Australia.

Check it all out.

And.......
A crazy gig this Sunday Dec 11th.

I'll have the Roscoe Trio with me at Drew Eckmann's place in Ringwood, NJ this sunday evening at
5pm. Drew throws a great House Concert. I heard about his gigs from Marah and Willy Nile who both
told me they had smashing fun there.. The show starts at 5pm and its $20. BYO
for more info e-mail Drew at Drew.Eckmann@Newsweek.com

I'm sure glad to be back in NYC.
I know you've already got the Roscoe CD's but the 3 pack makes a great Christmas gift and
we are still running the deal at www.ericambel.com/EricAmbel-Music.htm

Holiday Best to all,

E/Roscoe 12/8/05

Friday Night, for the pals....

I've got some pals headed into NYC this week from a few different spots on the globe..what you gonna do? Book a gig for Friday Night (10.28) at the Lakeside Lounge thats what!

In a week or so I'll have to say goodbye to my bike (which took me on the 11th Annual Tour De Bronx last weekend) and New York City 'cause I'm headed to Australia and New Zealand with Steve Earle and the Dukes for the last blast of the "Revolution Starts....Now" tour so, we are gonna crank up the
band this Friday Night Oct 28th. Keith Christopher is back in town so you can
come down to the Lakeside and welcome him.

You know that in addition to being part of the Roscoe Trio Keith is a Yayhoo don't you? Well, the new Yayhoos record isn't out yet but you can get a taste since we have given our version of the O'Jay's classic
"Love Train" to our friends at Bloodshot records for their 11th Anniversary Compliation titled "For A Decade of Sin"

Please come and join Keith, Phil Cimino, Chip Robinson and myself at the Lakeside Lounge. The gig is free. Lets get it on... www.lakesidelounge.com

thanks music fans,

E/Roscoe 10.25.05

NOS '99 KHS Aero Track took me on the Tour De Bronx Oct 23

"Weekend America" Fixed Gear Bikes, Rock n Roll, Radio!
This Saturday October 15th

Not exactly sure how to explain this one but the "Weekend America" program as part of American Public Media followed me around this summer through some cycling adventures including my trip to the 1st Annual International Fixed Gear Symposium in Traverse City, Michigan. (where in addition to riding around some beautiful country I played a solo acoustic set for my fellow bike nuts)

I did a couple interviews from my home with a sound crew and a photographer that took pics of my bikes

and recorded some bike sounds. They also spoke to some bike shop pals of mine and grabbed a bunch of my solo records and obtained a bootleg of my Fixed Gear Symposium solo set.

Anyway, it seems that the producer of the segment is a recent Fixed Gear cycling convert who likes music (may have found me through my recent Bicycling Magazine essay) and thought following me and my dual obsessions of rock and roll and Track Bikes would be an interesting ride.

The show will be on many NPR stations this Saturday Oct. 15th.
listen here

You can also get the show as a Podcast
I hope you enjoy the show.

best,
E/Roscoe Oct 13 '05

Bowling, Beer, Baltimore!

Hello friends,

the Roscoe Trio is headed down the I-95 on Friday to play a wild one
at Seidel's Lanes in Baltimore. This show is being thrown by the good folks
behind Roots Cafe. Your $10 admission includes duckpin bowling!
8:30 4443 Belair Rd. Baltimore, MD venue (410)485-5171 / info (410)880-3883

more info
I know a lot of you occasionally cruise the website at www.ericambel.com
for various forms of entertainment. You may have seen some very wild custom built Telecasters on the site or if you've seen me playing with the Yayhoos, Steve Earle & the Dukes or my own band Eric Ambel & the Roscoe Trio. They were painted by Todd Hanson of Hanson Graphix in Wauseon Ohio. Todd is a deep music fan that I was introduced to by Brian Henneman of that little old band from Festus, MO.

Todd recently noticed my Gearhead Redirection in the 2 wheeled realm and once again worked his magic on vintage steel trackbike frame for me. Now, you could see this stuff on my site...you probably know that.... but the news is that Todd Hanson (who is so famous in the Pinstriping world that he has his own signature brush) just got his own website!!

Go now!

www.hansondidit.com/

..and we hope to see you in Baltimore on Friday Night for the Rock and Roll.
best,
E/Roscoe Oct 12 '05

Thanks and......

Hello music fans. Had a fantastic time last saturday night at the Lakeside with my band functioning as Chip Robinson's Heavy Beat Outfit and then coming back 20 minutes later as a smoking verision of E & the Roscoe Trio.  I'd really like to thank all the cool people who have been coming down to the shows and pushing us to kick it hard and have a good time.  We'll be back soon and I hope to book Chip's band some more soon also.

Long May You Run....

I've gotten a lot of great help from a lot of great people on the bike scene in the last couple years.  I realized I never really had a hobby.  Its great to get away from music for a little while and ride that bike.  Hard to explain how good it is.  Well, its only natural that I eventually had to get a set of tools and learn a little about workin' on my own bikes.  First job was to restore the Red Fuji Track to its original shape. 

Last Night I sold the Red Fuji Track that introduced me to the Fixed Gear Scene and took me to so many cool places (lotta bikes in the basement....).  So theres now another Williamsburg hipster on the loose riding fixed today..

long may you run Red Fuji!

9-21-05

Red Fuji back to original spec

Burning Down the New England House This Weekend!

Hello music fans.

Back from the midwest trip to the fantastic 1st International Fixed Gear Symposium (pics here )
Had a great trip even with a blown radiator and a total hardrive meltdown on my lap top.

I'm gonna be doing a couple house concert gigs this weekend in New England with my band Eric Ambel & the Roscoe Trio.

We'll be in Attleboro, Mass at the Lillypad Lounge on Friday night (info GTTOOO@COMCAST.NET) Aug 26th and in Wakefield, RI at the Roots Rock House Concert (info rootshoot@cox.net) on Saturday night August 27th.

Chip Robinson, Phil Cimino, Winston Roye and I would love to see you at one of the gigs.

If you aren't in the New England area this weekend and you still want to have some fun I suggest you let your computer transport you back in time and listen to some fantastic radio at http://thehound.net/. Jim "the Hound" Marshall is my partner in the Lakeside Lounge and before he stocked our incredible jukebox he had his own show for 10 years on WFMU in East Orange, Jersey. I had my own portion of the show called the "State of The Vibe Report". You can listen to shows or you can use the site to find great crazy records by title or artist. You gotta dig the Hound!

I've been unable to edit my website since the crash but I hope to be back on it next week.

best to you,
E/Roscoe

8/25/2005

nice blacktop they got up there in Michigan!

Traverse City ...get Moving!

Hello friends,
Back from producing Sugar Mountain in Galecia, Spain. Much riding and rock and roll over there and here too. If you've been reading these notes you know that I've gone at least a little nuts for the bike.... Well, this weekend I'm gonna be at a very  cool event in Traverse City, Michigan.

Its the 1st Annual International Fixed Gear Symposium. A 3 day bike bash being thown by the guy behind the Fixed Gear Gallery   website/forum
Rides, contests, raffles, food, rides and lots of fixed gear bikes.... track bikes, conversions.

I'm playing solo acoustic on Saturday night on the lawn on the Commons.

here's the info on the Symposium

Grab you track bike/fixed gear bike and get moving! If you don't have one.... you can get one at....

Trackstar
NYC Bikes
Bike Works
Sids on 34th

thanks,
E/Roscoe

8-10-2005

Published Magazine Writer??!!! What the...? Huh?

Hey friends and music fans,

turns out these road ramblings I've been sending out on those internets have landed in the
inboxes of some folks at Bicycling Magazine, the worlds largest cycling mag. The fine folks there
grabbed one of my stories from the road and some photos from my website and
put it in my favorite spot in their big August '05 Tour de France/Lance's Last Stand issue. The
magazine hits the stands
on Monday. Its really knocking me out to think that I went from no bike at all to riding fixed gear
and getting published on the back page "Mania" essay in Bicycling in exactly 3 years! (Started on
the Jackson Browne/Steve Earle/Keb Mo tour)

They grabbed some cool pics taken by my excellent guitar tech Brent Willis, a couple I took and
one by Steve Lowery. Pics of Steve and I on stage, My guitar rig with the fabulous Dr Z amps and
the Todd Hanson painted Telecasters built by Stonetree Guitars and 5th Ave Fretshop. Also my
pedalboard laying the same CBGB's stage that I first stood on 23 years ago.

I've added a new Bike Pics page to the website with a bunch of pics from the last year.

Thanks to all of the people who came from all over the country last weekend to see the Yayhoos
play at the Lakeside Lounge in New York City. Its was a fun ending to our week in the studio.
Hope to have more news for you about our upcoming studio record in a month or two.

My second solo record Loud and Lonesome has been added to iTunes and the latest Kucklehead
should be up there in the next week or two.

Now I'm headed for sleep early 'cause I'm getting up at 4:45 to get over to Prospect Park
tomorrow morning for the race!

best to you music fans!

E/Roscoe

5/25/05

EARLE/Bike/STUDIO/Bike/YAYHOOS

Hello friends...
lot of diverse action since my last written ramblings...

the very last gig of the Steve Earle & the Dukes tour was May 28th in Barcelona. After watching
Sonic Youth pound out some savage rock and roll we all (band and fabulous crew) waved
goodbye. Stayed in Barcelona for a few days of the finest pork and seafood and some fantastic
road cycling in the mountains both west and south of town. And also played a solo acoustic gig
with Mary Lee Kortes to a very appreciative crowd of fierce smoking music fans.

Came back to NYC for a couple days and went into Cowboy Technical Services Recording Rig
(http://www.ericambel.com/CTS-news.htm) to record one song (Cocaine Eyes) for a Neil Young
birthday compilation and another (12 Step Program to Quit You Babe) for an upcoming Nick Lowe
tribute disc. Also got a chance to mix a track called "My Love is Real" that Ryan Adams recorded
with me a while back that is to be included on Bloodshot Records upcoming 10th Anniversary
comp. The comp will also feature a couple other tracks that I produced at CTS. Chip Robinson
with my band doing Bob Dylan's "I and I" and the Yayhoos studio recording of "Love Train"

I really meant a couple of days because after a couple of days of recording and mixing and
bouncing back and forth over the Williamsburg Bridge I was back out to JFK with my Stonetree
Telecaster and the red Fuji Track bike headed for a very very tiny town near the East coast of
England called South Thoresby which is near Alford which is near Lincoln. I spent the week
playing guitar with some cool cats on the next Thea Gilmore (http://www.theagilmore.com)
record at a studio that the folks with the fancy coffee joint in Alford told me was frequented by
The Darkness. Pretty funny sitting in the tiny town square with an old guy from town talking
about fixed gear bikes and Track Racing. Getting up early was its own reward riding on the
pretty single lane blacktop farm roads dodging pheasant and quail and the odd tractor or two.
I'll let you know when Thea's new record is released.

So many miles both blacktop and air later I'm back in NYC trying to get ready for the arrival of
the Yayhoos this week. The Yayhoos will be over at the studio with our new Super Analog 16
track 2" headstack working on finishing up our upcoming release that Keith Christopher has
titled "Put The Hammer Down". The Yayhoos will also perform at the Lakeside Lounge on Sunday
night the 19th of June at 9pm. There is no Guest List but thats really OK 'cause except for New
Years Eve its always free to get into the Lakeside Lounge in NYC. (www.lakesidelounge.com)

best,
E/Roscoe
Sunday June 12

S A T U R D A Y Night...

Hello music fans,
on Saturday night April 30th I'm making the excruciatingly long 2 and a half block commute from
my appartment to the Lakeside Lounge for a special performance by my band Eric Ambel & the
Roscoe Trio. Joining me will be Keith "just got a computer" Christopher, Phil "High School
Parking Lot" Cimino and Chip "Shade Tree Bike Mechanic" Robinson. Since we haven't played
since last fall the whole ordeal should be pretty fresh. We are gonna attempt a live recording.
The gig is free. We may start as early as 10:30pm.

Of course as is my pattern I booked this gig before I realized that the next day was the Bike New
York 5 Boro Bike ride. I never sleep much before those long rides anyway. Its the only time of
the year that you get to ride with 30,000 enthousiasts over the Verrazano Bridge before huffing
down hot dogs in Staten Island. About 48 miles door to door for me. I'll be riding my red Fuji
Track fixed gear rig.

I'll also be playing Wed night May 4th at Satalla (http://www.satalla.com/html/home.html) solo acoustic
on a bill with my good friend Greg Trooper who has a great new CD out that was produced by
Dan Penn.

Of course I'll be packing cd's for sale for your friends at both gigs. (yes I know you've allready
got all 3 cd's!)

And just because you are so kind as to read this note I've put a live recording of one of my new
songs up on the Performances page of www.ericambel.com. Scroll down to "Listen". The song is
called "Ain't Havin' No Fun"

Also on the performances page are the Steve Earle & the Dukes Italy/Spain dates.

E/Roscoe

4/27/05

So I Made It....

...Home.
I made it home. Back to New York City, the East Village specifically...after leaving town Oct 8th
to go to Nashville to get ready for the Steve Earle and the Dukes "Revolution Starts...Now" tour.
When I left town the first time the Yanks and the Red Sox were starting to do battle....Last week it
was pretty damn crazy to still be on the tour bus watching the Yankees and the Red Sox starting
to do battle...Damn.

We played 102 gigs since October... the last 3 months alone the tour bus covered over 19,000
miles in the US and Canada.

The cool statistics for me were that I rode my bike in 32 American States, 7 Canadian Provinces
and 6 Countries in Europe and the UK. Since October I put over 1,100 miles on my red Fuji track
bike.

Well, after traversing the whole of Canada there was plenty of foul weather riding in the
northeast and into the midwest on the tour in March.

It got interesting about the time we got to Minneapolis for a day off on March 26. Pat Earle and I
had been hitting bike shops all over North America in search of spare parts, rides and good
vibes. Usually this search entails asking my buddies on www.fixedgeargallery.com for refferals..
sometimes its just lookin' at the Yellow Pages when you drag your ass into the hotel at 5am.
Anyway, I found several joints in Minneapolis. We went out and hit a few, had some lunch..rode
around... "Hey, I know of one more" One on One Bicycle Studio was just a few blocks from our

hotel. Sign out front said "bikes, art and
coffee...parking in rear". We went around back and were greeted by and older guy who started
explaining our fixed and single speed bikes to a lady "you mean they don't coast??"

Went into the place and it was all shop in the back...bikes and art in the middle..some new super
fancy stuff and some pretty vintage track bikes on the wall.
The Expresso Machine had been modified and painted Bianchi Celeste Green. Fantastic.
Great vibe in the place. After some coffee the guys said "have you seen the basement?" After I
had gone downstairs and exclaimed "Holy SHIT" I knew those guys were standing at the top of
the stairs laughing. 2,500 square ft basement...couple beautiful vintage track bikes at the foot
of the stairs then bikes and bikes and parts and parts...organized towards the front...kept going
towards the back till it disintegrated into huge piles of frames and parts in the back.
Insane...Cool....Great.

Easter Sunday brunch with some internet pals had me feeling like this tour actually could be
completed. Great riding in Minneapolis. Next day was a surprise.. Sioux Falls, SD... fantastic
bike path all the way around the Town.. pretty town too. Reminded me of Laramie, WY (where I
went to the U of Wyo and played trumpet in the marching band. Its funny that they call 'em the
Black Hills... the rocks are red.
After that we were in Boulder CO. Super cycling mecca...great trails..great hills..big bike shops...
Bought the last piece of Bling I needed for the red Fuji Track..A silver Dura Ace seat-post made
from Easton tubing...

In Denver as I was coming out of the hotel a guy noticed my fixed gear, stopped me and told me
where to go... Left out here..you'll T-bone into a park with a 3.2 mile loop. Washington Park in
Denver is a great little spot. Turns out the guy used to write for Velo News. And on the way back
we lucked into the best hamburger I've had in 5 years... As Lou Whitney would order "Mustard,
Onion and Pickle Only". Thats the burger I order when I start thinking about my own music....

By the time we got to a run down Holiday Inn in Lawrence KS spring was in swing. Great riding in
Tulsa and the hills of Fayetteville AK brought us to St. Louis where I got together with an old
college buddy for a bike adventure. We found the currently in restoration Penrose Park
Velodrome! Did a couple laps (including a spill down the bank) then went to the Mississippi River
path. Rode over 14 miles north before cutting into Illinois and finding a Waffle House. Another
day and we were back in Nashville where it all started.

Gotta say. Nashville is a damn good bike town. Best bike town with out a bike map.. Hopefully
they'll get a map together soon. They've spent enough dough on bike route signs!

Two Nashville shows later I packed my bike in the flight box and with the help of my pal Kenny
we went to the airport.

This is a long damn story...
Well, It was a long damn tour.
New York City is a great place to leave but its an even better place
to come home too. You live someplace 25 years it becomes home.
Thank you Joan Jett for bringing me here.

Last few days have found me back in the studio producing tracks for both Jim Koepel and The
Dirty 30's from Cape Girradeau MO.

E/Roscoe

4/16/05

the Red Fuji Track Bike......east of Boulder, Colorado

Rounding the bend on the Earle tour 

Last night we had a crazy gig in a real mess of a funky club in Moncton New Brunswick. Got
there late because of a real live crazy snowstorm that slowed us down coming from Montreal.
We got there late and the club was a mess.
Crappy dressingroom, funky set up, coverband lighting rig, small stage...all the stuff that gets
you kinda wrankled after a 16 hour bus ride in the blowing snow...

After a couple weeks in Canada.....and some great gigs w great crowds it was lookin like maybe
we somehow had been lured off course into some kind of frozen hell....
then we started playing...and all of these people that had been shoehorned into this shithole
started to respond...it was so strange that it took a while to realize we were having a great time?

Thank you Moncton!

So, the tour is about 2 months deep with one month to go... we play Hallifax tonight then turn
the corner and head down to Maine.

We are gonna hit a lot of US towns in a bunch of different areas in the next month.

Please go to http://www.ericambel.com and navigate your way to the Performances page to see

the list of dates.

While you are there I've included a new audio treat.

I've got a clip of us playing the Beatles "Revolution" last December in Brussels for your audio amusement.

I wish I had more bike adventures to report. Did get some great rides in since my last report, a
lot of them snowy (fixed gear rocks in the snow). Great riding and a fantastic bike shop in
Portand OR (http://www.veloshop.org/welcome.php). Also went on a great ride through
Vancouver's Stanley Park with the guys from Rocky Mountain Bikes (http://www.bikes.com/
index.aspx). Steve got a great new ride from them. Skipped the skiing in Banff so Pat and I
could ride out to Vermillion Lakes and back...up to the Banff Centre for a Cappiccino and back to
the gig... Canada is a great place to cycle. Edmonton, Calgary.... All the towns have great
paths...Streetcar tracks in Toronto are kind of trecherous though...

I'll miss it but hopefully I'll be back, maybe in mosquito season?

Besides the Merchandise Table at the Steve Earle and the Dukes gigs where you can say hello to
11th Street Irishman/bartender Kenny, the only place to get an Eric Ambel cd is
http://www.ericambel.com

but you knew that....

thanks,
E/Roscoe 3/9/05

...Yeah I play guitar......
.....and I ride a bike.

We've been having a hell of a time out here on the Steve Earle & The Dukes Tour. on a non music
related but every bit inspirational note I'd like to tell you about some of my adventures on my
tricked out Fuji Track bike....(scroll down to find out about us on tv tomorrow night)

Yeah I play guitar and I ride a bike, a fixed gear track bike. The guitar takes me and the bike to
some very great spots to ride. In the last year the guitar has taken me lots of places including
Europe, the UK and Scandinavia. Phenomenal places. Some bike friendly some not so..

In the last week the guitar has brought me to a few very fantastic spots. After some nice riding
around Austin TX where the shiny high flange Phil Wood track hubs on my new wheelset
impressed even the most jaded bike shop guys. We took off for this gig outside of San Antonio
in a little town called Helotes TX. The Floore Country Store is an ultra Texan experience. Hank
Sr. played there. Willie's been playing there since he had a flatop haircut. When I woke up from
the bus nap on the way down I got out to find us parked at a historic roadhouse that just
happened to have a bike shop next door. The place was littered with bikes and there were tools
sitting outside on a big wire spool table. Went inside to find a messy museum of bike history.
Old cruisers, WW2 bikes, new Alum/carbon roadies and a couple Chicago era Schwinn Track
Bikes and a pretty Campy equipped Italian job.

I asked the owner Hank the usual "where should I ride" question.
He looked at my bike and told me "Go down here to Scenic Loop and make a right. Go up the hill
about 6 and a half miles till you get to Braddock at the top. Take your back wheel off and flip it
over to your highway gear and come on down".
(My bike is a 'fixed gear' which means there is no coasting..its got a 'flip flop hub' which means
there is a cog on each side... one gear is easier than the other...)
On the way I passed Llamas and a carport with 3 vintage Mustangs including one Shelby.
Fantastic, sexy, curvy, undulating, smooth blacktop. Damn.

Superbowl Sunday found me, the guitar and the bike in Santa Fe NM. A little late to ride. Did get
out the next day just to feel the altitude burn... I had been excited about riding there but the
weather was just sloppy and the roads were a mess.

On a very pretty sunny Tuesday morning I opened the bus bay in Tuscon to set up the bike and
found that Santa Fe had ripped a hole in one of my tires. Yellow Pages guided me to a helpful
shop 500 yards away! After those guys hooked me up with a new tire they sent me on a
fantastic ride on some very pretty roads North East of town. A loop that was probably 70% uphill.
Tuscon has a great city bike map and lots of bike route/bike lanes.

Then yesterday the bus stopped in Solana Beach CA. Right on the historic 101 Pacific Coast
Highway. Everybody knows how damn 'scenical' this stretch of road is...but man-o-man... on a
bike? Holy Moly.... little towns...bike shops...all kinds of riders...fish tacos... surfers... fantastic..

well any damn way..

The Steve Earle & The Dukes tour is probably coming your way.
I've got most of the dates at http://www.ericambel.com/Performances.htm

And..... We'll be appearing on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (formerly known as the
Kilbourn show..) this friday night Feb 11. 12:30 EST
details here.....
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/

All 3 of my cd's are available at www.ericambel.com and also at the Steve Earle gigs.
RIP Jimmy Smith

E/Roscoe 2/10/05

Hello Music Fans!

Steve Earle & the Dukes start their '05 March across the US and Canada with Allison Moorer
tomorrow in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Neighborhood Theater...

You can find all the dates at http://www.ericambel.com/Performances.htm
Check back because new additions are coming fast and furious...

The January 05 issue of MIX Magazine has a great profile on Eric Ambel, Tim Hatfield and their
vibe laden recording spot Cowboy Technical Services written by Jeff Forlenza.

You can save 8 bucks and read the article sans pictures at
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_eric_roscoe_ambels/

Visit the Cowboy Technical Services Recording Rig home at...
http://www.ericambel.com/CTS-Home.htm

New photos and other stuff at...
http://www.ericambel

.........factiod....
favorite record of '04
Dan Reeder's self titled debut on Oh Boy Records..
not since Bob's "Time Out of Mind" have i heard a record that got the "amen brother' response so
consistently.....

Check it out.
http://www.ohboy.com/danreeder.html

Aloha,
E/Roscoe  1/19/05

Its darn near a boxed set!

Thats right, you could do a pal a real solid this holiday season by popping for a set of all 3
Roscoe titles. Have you looked at 'em? Stood 'em on the shelf together and looked.... the colors
sorta fade into each other... they have Roscoe's handwriting on the spines, hell even Stubbs
Farlow is there.

All "Roscoe's Gang" "Loud & Lonesome" and "Knucklehead" really need to qualify as a super duper
trump card over the top memorable for years gift item is a simple bow wrapped around all 3 of
'em.

Instant record collection notcher upper... you get the Country Rock 'Scoe of "Roscoe's Gang", the
mad as hell Neil vibe of "Loud & Lonesome" and the rock and roll that Mick and Keith used to
make when they still rode the same plane on "Knucklehead"

Hell, you know all about it 'cause you probably have worn out a couple copies of these records....
all the more reason to treat your self to some new copies also... re-mastered with photos and
stories from various fazes of Roscosity (spell check did not like that at all!)

Any-damn-way....

at www.ericambel.com I'm runnin the deal where if you buy all 3 of these internet only super
fancy digi-pak (that means the cool cardboard not the plastic jewelcases that break and spit out
those little maggotlike nuggets of plastic...) re-mastered $15 cd's you get $5 bucks off....

Thats $40 bucks for the darn near a box set of all 3!

(we ship very fast too!!)

Hope you have as great as a holiday as you can stand...

I'm in Stuttgart with a day off on the Steve Earle & The Dukes tour. We've been tearing it up and
we have 10 gigs left on this run.

hope to see some of you out here...

merry christmas,
E/Roscoe 12/2/04