Free download of new song “One Time” – Enjoy and share!

We just put the finishing touches on a new song and we are giving it away! The song is called “One Time” and it will air on 92.5 FM The River in Boston Tuesday, June 8, at 10 p.m.

To celebrate, we are offering the world a free download of the song.

“One Time” got a standing ovation when it debuted at the Parish Center for the Arts in Westford, MA back in April. See why!

Download your copy today! Just click on the download button and save the song to your computer (or right click on the icon and select “save target”). AND, if you like it, please, please pass it on.

Give it to anyone you think would enjoy it.We will make it easy – just use the button below to post on Facebook or Twitter or send through email…

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Thanks and enjoy!
Amy

“One Time” Lyrics 
by Amy Black

Don’t know what you see in him, I just don’t understand
And why is it as time goes by, he is still your man
You might think he loves you, but baby that ain’t love
Time for you to make a break and show what your made of

You’ve got to stand right up, look him in the eye
Say, “Baby, baby, this bird’s gotta fly”
You’ve got to walk away, shut that door
Time for you to make a break and show what you’re good for

You’ve got to say, “Goodbye!” You’ve got to get on with your life
Cause you’ve got a lot to give
And baby, baby, oh you know you only live one time, one time
One time, one time
One time, one time
So, take my advice
Get on with your life

Go on girl, get out of here

© 2010 Amy Black Music

New Hampshire bound – Concord show on 3/18

We are busting through the border and heading to New Hampshire for a show at The Draft on Thursday, March 18. It’s a smaller crew  – Amy, Bob (guitar), and Andy (bass) , plus a new friend on fiddle. There’s a rumor that Fred (harp) might show up as well. If you are in the Concord area or don’t mind driving, come on out and see us.

New gig: Benefit BBQ for children with autism

The band and I will be playing at a great event coming up on April 26 at Romaine’s Restaurant in Northboro, MA. Richard Romaine and friends are a throwing a big party to raise money to help children with autism. While I would like to say that they best part is the band, I have to admit that all-you-can-eat BBQ sounds pretty darn good!

Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children.

For more details on BarbeCure, check out www.barbecure.org

New Bull Run show and new music: March 28!

Amy Black and the Red Clay Rascal’s next show is on March 28 at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, Mass. We should be safe from snow at that point. Of course, you never know in New England!

I’m fired up about this show. We are going to perform some new music (new to us at least). You can expect to hear many of the songs we’ve been performing including: Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt’s Love Me Like a Man and Angel from Montgomery, Move it On Over by Hank Williams, The Johnny Cash trio Big River, Folsom Prison and Walking the Blues.

Plus, you’ll hear newly added songs by Patty Loveless, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Susan Tedeschi, Alison Krauss & Robert Plant and more from Bonnie and Emmylou.

It’s going to be a great night of music. I can’t wait for it and I hope you will be there to enjoy! Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. You can buy yours by calling 877-536-7190. Visit the Bull Run website for more information.

If you haven’t checked out our YouTube channel, you can now. You’ll see several videos from the Bull Run performance in September and from our recent December performance at J.P. O’Hanlon’s.

Best wishes for a GREAT 2009!

Amy

New show, December 6 at J.P. O’Hanlon’s

Looking to get out of the house and have some fun? Come out and see me and the band on December 6 at J.P. O’Hanlon’s in Ayer, Mass. It’s a great venue, everyone gets a good seat and you’ll love the food. Please call 978-772-9282 to reserve your seats. Seating is limited (only 60 seats). I look forward to seeing you there.

Going electric at the Acton Jazz Cafe blues jam

If you’ve been to one of my shows, you’ve heard Fred Bement go to town on the harmonica. The guy can play! Well Fred recently connected me with a friend of his who was interested in collaborating. His name is Jeff Purchon. He’s the nicest guy and is an incredibly talented guitar player with some heavy duty experience under his belt. Here’s a little blurb from his resume…

Jeff moved to London to become professional guitarist at age 21. He toured with Noel Redding (ex Jimi Hendrix), Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull) and in his career has jammed / gigged with Robert Palmer, Ginger Baker, Buddy Miles, Steve Holly (Wings) and many others.

Jeff has recorded in major studios including Abbey Road, Sun Studios (London), De Lane Lea, Roundhouse, Trident, Air London etc. In the 80’s in the US he founded and toured with Memphis Train, a Boston-based blues band playing at the Crossroads music festival in Nashville, House of Blues and other prestigious gigs.

These days Jeff still jams in three continents with various bands depending where he is. At the last Austin NAMM show in 2007, Jeff played with Buddy Miles and Vernon Reid of Living Color.

Pretty impressive.

This past Thursday night I joined Jeff and four guys that he pulled together-Ron Pastore on bass, Glenn Watkins on keys, Stanley Swan on drums, and another guy (name escapes me) on the organ-and over an hour we worked on four songs. We headed over to the Acton Jazz Cafe’s blues jam and rocked the house.

One of the guys recorded a few of the songs and sent them around today. While the mix isn’t great (and I was struggling to hear myself in the monitor), you can get a good sense of how we sounded.

Here’s Love Me Like a Man written by Chris Smither…

I should have more recordings to share (from the practice soon). I will post them here as well.

I hope to do something with these guys again at some point and will let you know when I do!