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	HOUSE OF BLUHM SOUND CLIPS	Letter From a Bus You Can't Dive In Spooked Cat Blues The Hand Dear Wild Animal Black Telegram Squeaky Wheel For A Secret Cow Hollow Folly Shorebird Dora Lee
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This album was co-produced by Jackie Greene and Tim Bluhm. Musicians that play on the record include Jackie Greene, Mike Curry, John Hofer, Steve Adams, Dan Lebowitz and Nicki Bluhm.

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WATCH A VIDEO OF 'THE WAY THE STORY GOES" LIVE FROM THE ALLADIN THEATER IN PORTLAND, OR ON APRIL 6th, 2008

April 20, 2008 - Denver, CO
I have been spending a lot of time in airports lately, hanging around, waiting to get on planes, trying to get to the show. I like to to watch people and listen to what they say. But the thing that always hits me the hardest these days is the sheer volume of people that are continuously traveling around this country. So many of us, in fact, that the system is pretty much broken, and it's getting worse all the time. Everywhere we look there is overwhelming evidence of the peril our planet is in, and it's almost all caused by people. There are just so many of us here now that we all have to be very careful about our choices. That's the reality. Often I wish I could just be a farmer or something, grow vegetables in the backyard, shop at the local food co-op, buy only second-hand clothes and furniture and stuff, and stop contributing to our problems. But I am not a farmer, I am a musician, and I have to travel to earn a living. I am afraid of being a hypocrite, of believing one thing and living another. What I can do is use the songs to convey a message, a feeling of concern and love for our environment. I feel like I have to do that, but I am kind of a subtle guy. I don't like to hit anybody over the head with ideas. Those thoughts and intentions are in there, and hopefully they are helping.
There's a lot going on right now. I am out on tour with Jackie Greene, in support of my new record HOUSE OF BLUHM. I will be meeting up with the Hips in Philadelphia and New York for some co- bill shows with New Monsoon. The Hips are playing some festivals coming up and also trying something new. Matt Butler of the Everyone Orchestra will be conducting the Hips at the Moe's Alley shows in June. Matt does this amazing thing where he conducts musicians from the edge of the stage, holding up a dry-erase board with specific instructions to various members of the group, who have to execute these instructions on the fly. It is scary and fun and very unique. The idea is that Matt and we will weave Hips songs in between these improvisational segue ways. I am really looking forward to it. I'm pretty sure Steve Poltz is going to be there with his amazing rock band as well.
I have been busy producing too. Nicki Bluhm's record TOBY'S SONG is coming out May 7th (Cafe DuNord). The record I have been working on with Joey Barro (The Antiques) is done and will be coming out on Banter Records very soon. He doesn't know what it's going to be called yet. Also, Dave Brogan's (Animal Liberation Orchestra) record is almost done and hopefully will be out soon as well. The newest Mother Hips single "Childish Dreams" has been released, backed with The Bees' "Papa Echo." The vinyl sounds very very good. The split single idea is working out really well and I think there will be another one of a different nature coming out before long.

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VIDEOS!

LOGICAL EXPLANATIONS:
Home Recording with Tim Bluhm
JULY 29th, 2005

TIM BLUHM w/ PAUL HOAGLIN
THE BRUCE LATIMER SHOW
BROADCAST JANUARY 13th, 2005

CALIFORNIA WAY
Fog City Records is proud to announce the debut solo acoustic release from Tim Bluhm. Song Listing: California Way, Shiny Leather Shoes, Angry Waters, Rose, Tear It All Down, Transplant Song, Saint Andrew, Hell Is The Highway, Tiara Dievers, Countrywide, Envelope Please, Ribbons, The Way The Story Goes. THIS ENHANCED CD ALSO INCLUDES BONUS VIDEOS FILMED IN STUDIO, IN CONCERT AND BACKSTAGE. California Way was released on January 25, 2005. Order

WELCOME
Hello and welcome to the website. If you move the cursor over the different panels you will see how it works. I have a new record out on San Francisco's Fog City Records called CALIFORNIA WAY. The songs on the record are mostly new recordings of old songs that never got recorded, with a few new songs thrown in. It is a really quiet album. You can hear some of it if you go to the Music and Video section of my site. It is an "enhanced" CD which means there are some videos that you can watch on your computer. In support of this release I am playing some shows up and down California, probably by myself but possibly with a friend or two. There is a freedom to playing alone that is fantastic but it can get lonely too. It looks like the Involvement will be playing some shows this winter and the Mother Hips will be playing some shows in the spring.

Feel free to write to info@timbluhm.com and don't forget to put your email address on the email list if it isn't there already. Thanks to Fast Atmosphere for helping me create this site. We hope you like it.

Best regards-
Tim