JON JOHNSON BENEFIT SERIES, 2/8 - 2/11 2007, MASTER THREAD: News, Posters, Lineups, Press Info... Options

[Dakota]

This is last minute, but perhaps of use to people performing - Jon had a big stack of song lyrics in his guitar case that he would sing and play often. We just got around to listing those:

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Jon Erik Johnson's stack of songs

In the Jailhouse Now No. 2,Jimmie Rodgers
Workin' Man Blues,Merle Haggard
Your Cheating Heart,Hank Williams
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,Hank Williams
"Hey, Good Lookin'",Hank Williams
Oh Boy,
The Long Black Veil,I. Stanton & W. Walker
Lovesick Bluse,Friend & Mills
There Stands the Glass,"R. Hull, M.J. Shurtz, and W. Pierce"
Walking the Floor Over You,Ernest Tubb
Hard Times,Stephen Foster
I'll Fly Away,Albert E Brumley Version: O Brother
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear,
Bowed My Head And Cried,Gene Clark
North To Alaska,M. Phillips
Maybe Baby,Norman Petty & Charles Hardin
Rave On,Buddy Holly
In The Pines,Alan Riggs
River of Jordan,Hazel Houser
Knoxville Girl,
Pretty Polly,
Tupelo County Jail,
Will The Circle Be Unbroken,
Angel Band,J Hascall & W Bradbury
Home of the Blues,"Cash, Douglas, & Alpine"
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank,Mike Scott
I'll Nover Go Around Mirrors,Sanger Shafer & Lefty Frizzell
Never Grow Old,
"Cry, Cry, Cry",Johnny Cash
I Saw The Light,Hank Williams
"Mother, the Queen of My Heart",Jimmie Rodgers
There's a Tear in My Beer,Hank Williams
Take a Messate to Mary,Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
Stand By Me,C.A. Tindley
Farther Along,Rev. W.B. Stevens
The Family Bible,
Think It Over,Buddy Holly & Norman Petty
Rockin' Alone (In An Old Rocking Chair),Bob Miller
Apartment #9,Johnny Paycheck & Bobby Austin
Not Much of a Man,Jon Johnson
And a Bang on the Ear,Mike Scott
The Bottle Let Me Down,Merle Haggard
Sing Me Back Home,
I Don't Have You,
That'll Be The Day,"Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, & Jerry Alison"
Love Is Only Sleeping,(The Monkeys?)
Walking In Jerusalem,Trad. Arranged by Bill Monroe
Waitin' For The Train,
Which One Is To Blame,"R. Charlebois, S. Dull, & R. Stewart"
Serious Drugs,
Any Way You Want Me,Schroeder & Owens
"Blue Days, Blue Nights",
Divorce Me C.O.D.,Merle Travis & Herbie Stone
Lyin' Eyes,
Far Away Eyes,M. Jagger & K. Richards
Take Me Home Country Roads,"Danoff, Nivert, & Denver"
Cool Water,Bob Nolan
Lost Highway,Leon Payne
When They Ring the Golden Bells,Daniel deMarbell
"Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts",Bob Dylan
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,Bob Dylan
I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail,Davis & Taylor
Peace in the Valley,T.A. Dorsey
Stand By Me,C.A. Tindley
Satan's Jeweled Crown,
California Cottonfields,Dallas Frazier & Earl Montgomery
I Am a Pilgrim,Traditional
"Wine, Women, & Sin",
"Good Christian Men, Rejoice",John M Neale
The Gospel According To Matthew,
E-Mail,
Celebration Service of Family & Freedom,
The Fightin' Side of Me,Merle Haggard
I'm Movin' On,Clarence E. Snow
Faded Love,John & Bob Wills
I Don't Hurt Anymore,Don Robertson & Jack Rollins
I'm Looking for Someone to Love,
Sin City,Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad),Glenn Martin & Hank Cochran
Just Someone I Used to Know,Jack Clement
Okie From Muskogee,Merle Haggard & Eddie Burns
Heartaches By The Number,Harlan Howard
Playboy,Eddie Miller & Bob Morris
Love's Gonna Live Here,Buck Owens
Long Gone Lonesome Bluse,Hank Williams
Trademark,P. Wagoner & G. Walker
"Cold, Cold Heart",Hank Williams
"If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time",Frizzell & Beck
Crazy Arms,C. Seals & Ralph Mooney
Everybody's Had the Blues,Merle Haggard
Together Again,Buck Owens
Move It On Over,Hank Williams
El Paso,Marty Robbins
Big Iron,Marty Robbins
If I Give My Soul,Billy Joe Shaver
Not One More Dollar,
Heartaches For a Dime,Harlan Howard
Pan American,Hank Williams
Miss the Mississippi and You,Jimmie Rodgers
"Rock Bottom, Population 1",Robbie Fulks
Hogtied Over You,Tennessee Ernie Ford
Streets of Bakersfield,Homer Joy
(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone to Kill,Johnny Paycheck & Aubrey Mayhew
He's In a Hurry (To Get Home to My Wife),Joe Poovey
San Antonio Rose,Bob Wills
I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am,
Muleskinner Bluse,Traditional
She Don't Care About Time,Gene Clark
That Glorybound Train,
If We Make It Through December,Merle Haggard
Your're Still On My Mind,Luke McDaniel
Sweet Jessie Brown,Dale Watson
The Emptiest Arms In The World,Merle Haggard
Summertime,George & Ira Gershwin
Queen Elvis,
Irma Jackson,Merle Haggard
Sink the Bismark,Johnny Horton & T. Franks
I've Got a Tiger By the Tail,B. Owens & H. Howard
I'm Ragged But I'm Right,George Jones
Stand By Your Man,Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette
Color of the Blues,G. Jones & L. Williams
"Excuse Me, I Think I've Got a Heartache",B. Owens & H. Howard
Tall Tall Trees,George Jones & Roger Miller
Luxury Liner,Gram Parsons
Return of the Grievous Angel,Gram Parsons
Cold Lonesome Wind,Wayne Hancock
You Wouldn't Do That To Me,Jim DeWan
Better Off Without a Wife,Tom Waits
Three Days,Willie Nelson
The Last Heart In Town,
Hey Norma,
The Buck Starts Here,Robbie Fulks
?,
?,Elvis Costello Home Page
He Stopped Loving Her Today,George Jones?
When I Stop Dreaming,Emmylou Harris singing
Loose Talk,F. Hart
Wreak on the Highway,
Martin's Song,Marc Olson & Gary Louris
I Ain't Got Nobody,
Truck Drivin' Man,Terry Fell
My Baby's Gone,Hazel Houser
Me and Paul,Willie Nelson
Streets of Baltimore,Tompall Glaser & Harlan Howard
Mama Tried,
Hungry Eyes,Merle Haggard
Anchored In Love,
By The Mark,Gillian Welch
Orphan Girl,Gillian Welch
I Like the Christian Life,
Someday Soon,Ian Tyson
I'll Be Lonesome,Robbie Fulks
Juanita,Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman
Let's Invite Them Over,O. Wheeler
Wishful Thinking,Wynn Stewart
Footprints in the Snow,Monroe?
The New Soft Shoe,Gram Parsons
Dark End of the Street,
I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me),Buck Owens
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You,B. Wills & L. Ross
I'm Gonna Love You Too

[Mike Qube]

[PANDA]

This is last minute, but perhaps of use to people performing - Jon had a big stack of song lyrics in his guitar case that he would sing and play often. We just got around to listing those:

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Jon Erik Johnson's stack of songs

In the Jailhouse Now No. 2,Jimmie Rodgers
Workin' Man Blues,Merle Haggard
Your Cheating Heart,Hank Williams
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,Hank Williams
"Hey, Good Lookin'",Hank Williams
Oh Boy,
The Long Black Veil,I. Stanton & W. Walker
Lovesick Bluse,Friend & Mills
There Stands the Glass,"R. Hull, M.J. Shurtz, and W. Pierce"
Walking the Floor Over You,Ernest Tubb
Hard Times,Stephen Foster
I'll Fly Away,Albert E Brumley Version: O Brother
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear,
Bowed My Head And Cried,Gene Clark
North To Alaska,M. Phillips
Maybe Baby,Norman Petty & Charles Hardin
Rave On,Buddy Holly
In The Pines,Alan Riggs
River of Jordan,Hazel Houser
Knoxville Girl,
Pretty Polly,
Tupelo County Jail,
Will The Circle Be Unbroken,
Angel Band,J Hascall & W Bradbury
Home of the Blues,"Cash, Douglas, & Alpine"
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank,Mike Scott
I'll Nover Go Around Mirrors,Sanger Shafer & Lefty Frizzell
Never Grow Old,
"Cry, Cry, Cry",Johnny Cash
I Saw The Light,Hank Williams
"Mother, the Queen of My Heart",Jimmie Rodgers
There's a Tear in My Beer,Hank Williams
Take a Messate to Mary,Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
Stand By Me,C.A. Tindley
Farther Along,Rev. W.B. Stevens
The Family Bible,
Think It Over,Buddy Holly & Norman Petty
Rockin' Alone (In An Old Rocking Chair),Bob Miller
Apartment #9,Johnny Paycheck & Bobby Austin
Not Much of a Man,Jon Johnson
And a Bang on the Ear,Mike Scott
The Bottle Let Me Down,Merle Haggard
Sing Me Back Home,
I Don't Have You,
That'll Be The Day,"Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, & Jerry Alison"
Love Is Only Sleeping,(The Monkeys?)
Walking In Jerusalem,Trad. Arranged by Bill Monroe
Waitin' For The Train,
Which One Is To Blame,"R. Charlebois, S. Dull, & R. Stewart"
Serious Drugs,
Any Way You Want Me,Schroeder & Owens
"Blue Days, Blue Nights",
Divorce Me C.O.D.,Merle Travis & Herbie Stone
Lyin' Eyes,
Far Away Eyes,M. Jagger & K. Richards
Take Me Home Country Roads,"Danoff, Nivert, & Denver"
Cool Water,Bob Nolan
Lost Highway,Leon Payne
When They Ring the Golden Bells,Daniel deMarbell
"Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts",Bob Dylan
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,Bob Dylan
I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail,Davis & Taylor
Peace in the Valley,T.A. Dorsey
Stand By Me,C.A. Tindley
Satan's Jeweled Crown,
California Cottonfields,Dallas Frazier & Earl Montgomery
I Am a Pilgrim,Traditional
"Wine, Women, & Sin",
"Good Christian Men, Rejoice",John M Neale
The Gospel According To Matthew,
E-Mail,
Celebration Service of Family & Freedom,
The Fightin' Side of Me,Merle Haggard
I'm Movin' On,Clarence E. Snow
Faded Love,John & Bob Wills
I Don't Hurt Anymore,Don Robertson & Jack Rollins
I'm Looking for Someone to Love,
Sin City,Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad),Glenn Martin & Hank Cochran
Just Someone I Used to Know,Jack Clement
Okie From Muskogee,Merle Haggard & Eddie Burns
Heartaches By The Number,Harlan Howard
Playboy,Eddie Miller & Bob Morris
Love's Gonna Live Here,Buck Owens
Long Gone Lonesome Bluse,Hank Williams
Trademark,P. Wagoner & G. Walker
"Cold, Cold Heart",Hank Williams
"If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time",Frizzell & Beck
Crazy Arms,C. Seals & Ralph Mooney
Everybody's Had the Blues,Merle Haggard
Together Again,Buck Owens
Move It On Over,Hank Williams
El Paso,Marty Robbins
Big Iron,Marty Robbins
If I Give My Soul,Billy Joe Shaver
Not One More Dollar,
Heartaches For a Dime,Harlan Howard
Pan American,Hank Williams
Miss the Mississippi and You,Jimmie Rodgers
"Rock Bottom, Population 1",Robbie Fulks
Hogtied Over You,Tennessee Ernie Ford
Streets of Bakersfield,Homer Joy
(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone to Kill,Johnny Paycheck & Aubrey Mayhew
He's In a Hurry (To Get Home to My Wife),Joe Poovey
San Antonio Rose,Bob Wills
I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am,
Muleskinner Bluse,Traditional
She Don't Care About Time,Gene Clark
That Glorybound Train,
If We Make It Through December,Merle Haggard
Your're Still On My Mind,Luke McDaniel
Sweet Jessie Brown,Dale Watson
The Emptiest Arms In The World,Merle Haggard
Summertime,George & Ira Gershwin
Queen Elvis,
Irma Jackson,Merle Haggard
Sink the Bismark,Johnny Horton & T. Franks
I've Got a Tiger By the Tail,B. Owens & H. Howard
I'm Ragged But I'm Right,George Jones
Stand By Your Man,Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette
Color of the Blues,G. Jones & L. Williams
"Excuse Me, I Think I've Got a Heartache",B. Owens & H. Howard
Tall Tall Trees,George Jones & Roger Miller
Luxury Liner,Gram Parsons
Return of the Grievous Angel,Gram Parsons
Cold Lonesome Wind,Wayne Hancock
You Wouldn't Do That To Me,Jim DeWan
Better Off Without a Wife,Tom Waits
Three Days,Willie Nelson
The Last Heart In Town,
Hey Norma,
The Buck Starts Here,Robbie Fulks
?,
?,Elvis Costello Home Page
He Stopped Loving Her Today,George Jones?
When I Stop Dreaming,Emmylou Harris singing
Loose Talk,F. Hart
Wreak on the Highway,
Martin's Song,Marc Olson & Gary Louris
I Ain't Got Nobody,
Truck Drivin' Man,Terry Fell
My Baby's Gone,Hazel Houser
Me and Paul,Willie Nelson
Streets of Baltimore,Tompall Glaser & Harlan Howard
Mama Tried,
Hungry Eyes,Merle Haggard
Anchored In Love,
By The Mark,Gillian Welch
Orphan Girl,Gillian Welch
I Like the Christian Life,
Someday Soon,Ian Tyson
I'll Be Lonesome,Robbie Fulks
Juanita,Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman
Let's Invite Them Over,O. Wheeler
Wishful Thinking,Wynn Stewart
Footprints in the Snow,Monroe?
The New Soft Shoe,Gram Parsons
Dark End of the Street,
I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me),Buck Owens
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You,B. Wills & L. Ross
I'm Gonna Love You Too

I am going to try really hard to get as much of that as I can -to spin at the Baseball tavern tomorrow night
anybody have requests let me know

[Dakota]

I am going to try really hard to get as much of that as I can -to spin at the Baseball tavern tomorrow night
anybody have requests let me know

Awesome! Thank you so much, Panda!

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Request to the bookers: is there an updated schedule of set times and order of bands/performers for the shows, at least as it tentatively stands at the moment? Understood that it will probably be changing right up to the last minute.

And do we know some listing of performers in the pick-up bands?

Thanks!

[mercyjames]

And do we know some listing of performers in the pick-up bands?
Thanks!

Harrisongs performed by:
rodrigovanstoli, mercyjames, luca brazzi, Bad Jake Olson, Tom From Out of Town, Anna and perhaps openbar as well.

I was hoping we could go on first in the "Friends" section as we'll have the most stuff probably.

[Mike Qube]

Harrisongs performed by:
rodrigovanstoli, mercyjames, luca brazzi, Bad Jake Olson, Tom From Out of Town, Anna and perhaps openbar as well.

I was hoping we could go on first in the "Friends" section as we'll have the most stuff probably.

Plan on 11pm and then when you're done other people can come up as they wish do their songs.

[smcd]

I am going to try really hard to get as much of that as I can -to spin at the Baseball tavern tomorrow night
anybody have requests let me know

I have a lot of that stuff. Let me know if you need something specific.

[lusting_kay]

I have some bad news...or good news depending on who you are...

We have to back out of the show

Eli just got his diagnosis from the Doc...step throat.

So rather than trying to play and getting everyone sick, we felt we should step down. I am really sorry about this...I hate to cancel on a show, especially one like this.

[Dakota]

My parents, Maj. (Ret) Arnold (Arnie) Johnson and Rev. Dr. Mary Johnson, will be attending the Sunday Feb 11th show at the Abbey, from around 4pm to 8pm. They are super wonderful people and feel free to say hi to them and let them know how much everyone respected and loved Jon, but please also be careful to not tire them out. It's been a very rough haul lately on our whole family.

Mary was supposed to have cancer surgery on Feb 8th and so they weren't going to be able to attend any of the shows. Her surgery has now been moved two weeks later on, so they are now pleased to make a little bit of the shows.

[mercyjames]

I have some bad news...or good news depending on who you are...

We have to back out of the show

Eli just got his diagnosis from the Doc...step throat.

So rather than trying to play and getting everyone sick, we felt we should step down. I am really sorry about this...I hate to cancel on a show, especially one like this.

That sucks. I was hoping to catch your set too.

[mhaverty]

I'm sure the Tavern will have some redsox tickets for the raffle, right Harvey? Martin

Yes Indeed. And some gift certificates.

[MFD]

Yes Indeed. And some gift certificates.

Thanks Harvey.

He's the man at the BBT.

Martin

[Herb]

I am not too sure who organizes all these, but I saw Jon was a fan of the Felice and Boudreaux Bryant/Everly Brothers song Take a Message to Mary....my brother and I have been singing that since we were kids, and we would be happy to do that one for him.

[Mike Qube]

I am not too sure who organizes all these, but I saw Jon was a fan of the Felice and Boudreaux Bryant/Everly Brothers song Take a Message to Mary....my brother and I have been singing that since we were kids, and we would be happy to do that one for him.

Come on over to the Abbey. There will be a sign up sheet for stage time.

This post has been edited by Mike Qube: Feb 8 2007, 09:29 AM

[Herb]

Come on over to the Abbey. There will be a sign up sheet for stage time.

Is that tomorrow or Saturday?

[MizValentine]

Is that tomorrow or Saturday?

It'd be the Sunday show, starts at 4pm.

[DJKyttyn]

Wow - i picked up the gift basket from Shellsbells over at Dellaria yesterday - it's huge and gorgeous and loaded with awesome stuff! about $150 worth of high end hair and body products- there's gotta be at least 20 bottles and jars of shampoos, styling products, lotion, etc in there!

Thanks so much to her and everyone else that's donated. I'm compiling a master list right now, will post it as soon as i assemble it.

if anyone wants to donate their CDs or Tshirts, please PM me. I'd like to get enough to present people with a bundle of them, instead of individually.

still taking other donations too of course. you guys have been very charitable so far, and for that i thank you very much!

[mercyjames]

if anyone wants to donate their CDs or Tshirts, please PM me. I'd like to get enough to present people with a bundle of them, instead of individually.

I will donate my pants.

[Mike Qube]

I will donate my pants.

I will frame them and hang them in my kitchen.

[Dakota]

http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/...rticleid=181815

Hotline: Community rocks for a friend
By Michael Marotta
Thursday, February 8, 2007 - Updated: 09:06 AM EST

The late Jon Erik Johnson was a musician, teacher and moderator of the Noise Board, a local online community. But long before his unexpected passing Jan. 17 at age 43, many in the rock community knew him as a friend.

"He was absolutely the kind of old-time gentleman that doesn’t come around much anymore," said longtime friend Jordan Valentine of the World’s Greatest Sinners. "He had such a deep-seated sense of humor, a love of knowledge and family and a passion for music that was very spiritual."

Johnson influenced several lives in the Hub music community, whether it was playing upright bass for Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys, reaching out to other musicians in need or debating on hot-topic Noise Board issues.

Now the community is responding with a series of four benefit shows. Three are at the Baseball Tavern, and the series wraps up at the Abbey Lounge. Proceeds from the four-night, 23-band benefit will pad the Jon Erik Johnson Memorial Fund, which is up to almost $4,000 from Noise Board donations alone.

"What I didn’t realize until we started working on these shows is how many lives he touched in Boston and elsewhere," Valentine said. "So many musicians have shared stories of Jon’s unwavering support, and particularly his way of showing encouragement in a way that stuck with them."

Beyond that, Johnson also "really loved a good party."

So, that’s what’s in store for the next four days.

Thursday, the Dirty Truckers, Nate Gibson, Ellie Vee and Joe Wizda of the Charms, John Carlevale and His Old Time Trio and DJ Andrew of the Allrighters perform at the Basement, downstairs at the Baseball Tavern, 1270 Boylston St.

Friday night, Black Fortress of Opium, the Radio Knives and the Swinedells perform alongside the Rudds’ and Neighborhoods’ Cheap Trick tribute, with Valentine spinning soul and r & b.

On Saturday, Awakening Stick, 1977, Two Saints, the Curses and the Skels round out the Tavern series.

On Sunday, the benefit jumps the river as the Pug Uglies, Lusting Kay, Jeff Morris, Sasquatch and the Sickabillies, Bread and Roses, Classic Ruins, the Allrighters, Brimstone Assembly and the Steamy Bohemians descend on Somerville’s Abbey Lounge (3 Beacon St.) for a blowout bash that kicks off at 4 p.m.

"My hope is that these shows will be the kind of nights that Jon would have been proud of and enjoyed," Valentine said. "They’re meant to be a celebration of a life well-led."

All shows are 21-plus, with covers of $8 to $12. For information on the Jon Erik Johnson Benefit Concert Series, go to www.thenoiseboard.com.

[Dakota]

And if anyone has a Boston Herald from Thursday with the above article, could you save one and get it to me some time? I'll be at the Abbey on Sunday, for example. Thanks.

[DJKyttyn]

UPDATE
Tonight, between the raffle,RD's DVD sales, and donations, we collected $275!

not sure what the sales were from the past 2 nights, but we've sold almost 600 tickets so far!

thanks to everyone that's contributed so far, and good luck in the drawing tomorrow (tonight?) at the Abbey!

[Mal]

UPDATE
Tonight, between the raffle,RD's DVD sales, and donations, we collected $275!

not sure what the sales were from the past 2 nights, but we've sold almost 600 tickets so far!

thanks to everyone that's contributed so far, and good luck in the drawing tomorrow (tonight?) at the Abbey!

I sold a little over $200 of raffle tickets on Friday night.

[DJKyttyn]

I sold a little over $200 of raffle tickets on Friday night.

awesome!

all told, we sold 830 raffle tickets, and raffled off over 30 prizes tonight. We also sold 30 copies of the DVD's Rotten Drunk made, and took in $65 in direct, unsolicited donations in the last 2 nights

thanks everyone!

[Chachi in Charge]

awesome!

all told, we sold 830 raffle tickets, and raffled off over 30 prizes tonight. We also sold 30 copies of the DVD's Rotten Drunk made, and took in $65 in direct, unsolicited donations in the last 2 nights

thanks everyone!

OK, so now I know who DJ Kyttyn is, nice to put a face with a screen name! You were clearly doing a terrific job selling the tickets and handling the raffle.

I only made it out for a bit on Sunday night, having no idea the raffle was to be that night. But actually won a $25 gc to the Baseball Tavern from tickets purchased on Friday night. Anyway, forgot to claim it so please give it to someone that can put it to good use, I rarely make it down there anyway.

I didn't know Jon Erik personally but very impressed how all of this was put together and pulled off. There are many good people on this board.