September 6, 2006

Dear Friend,

We have good news for all Kimmie Rhodes fans worldwide! We have a new CD, available now, one that has been in the making for many years and is rich with great songs and great performances. "Small Town Girl" began ten years ago as a song idea and blossomed into a musical and a soundtrack CD featuring guest performances by Joe Ely, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Joe Sears, Gabe Rhodes, Jamie Rhodes, and even a guitar solo by Willie Nelson. These songs reflect the best of Kimmie's insightful lyrics and beautiful melodies. A stellar cast of musicians includes Johnny Gimble, Gabe Rhodes, Wes McGhee, John X. Reed, and Marcia Ball.

For a look at the artwork and sample MP3 files and to purchase the CD please go here:

http://www.kimmierhodes.com/smalltowngirlCD.html

Also, for those of you in the area, we are staging "Small Town Girl", the play, in the historic Crighton Theatre in Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston this September 15-16. For tickets please call the box office at (936) 441-SHOW (7469) Extension 201 Hours: M -F 3:00 - 6:30 PM or email them at <tickets@crightontheatre.org>.

Here's what Kimmie wrote in her liner notes for the new "Small Town Girl" CD:

One morning in the summer of 1996 I walked into my writing room and sat down at my desk intending to write an autobiographically bent song called “Small Town Girl”. Three weeks later, to my surprise, I held in my hands the script to a play and seventeen songs, a musical fairy tale based on my version of reality as a child and a hidden desire to right my world. This soundtrack collection is a musical journey begun many years ago with Joe Gracey, using a four track tape machine, recording me and some friends gathered around my dining room table. A few years later we cut more songs at Pedernales Recording Studio and also at Jack “Cowboy” Clement’s studio in Nashville while we were doing the sessions for my “West Texas Heaven” CD.  Recently, with the help of Gabe Rhodes, we finished recording the last of the tracks here in Austin in our home studio, Sunbird Music. It is the liberty of an artist to control through the medium things we could never otherwise change and a stunning and humbling experience for a small town girl to witness a stage flooded with colorful lights and graced with actors and musicians in glittery costumes bringing to life a happy ending. My most heartfelt thanks to Joe Sears for showing me the way and to all my friends and family who were willing to come and play along.

Kimmie Rhodes
August 2006


Touring News

Kimmie, Joe Gracey, and Gabe Rhodes are playing dates in Britain and Ireland in October and November. Here is the list of confirmed dates:

21 october: the Cluny, Newcastle
22 october: The Bein Inn, Perth
26 october: Little Civic, Wolverhampton
27 october: The Koffeepot, Sheffield
29 october: Anchor Inn, Barcombe (Brighton area)
30 october: The Borderline, London
2  November: Marketplace Armagh
7  November: Hospice Benefit Concert, Rathfriland
8  November: Ballybofey, County Donegal
9  November: Errigle Inn, Belfast
11November: Seamus Ennis Center, Naul


For updates/changes/additions, please see http://www.kimmierhodes.com/touring.html

Ten Summers CD

Don't forget about Kimmie's "Ten Summers" CD- it is a reprise of some of her best music from the past ten years of her career. If you are looking for a way to introduce a friend to her music, this is the perfect present! http://www.kimmierhodes.com/tensummerssalepage.html

Jackalopes, Moons & Angels available again!

The first compilation of Kimmie's earlier songs, "Jackalopes, Moons & Angels" is available again for purchase on Kimmie's website. For a look at this CD, please go here: http://www.kimmierhodes.com/jm&angels.html