FODFest 2008

I first met Todd Mack when I was writing The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Bass Guitar. Todd owns and runs Off The Beat ‘N’ Track Recording Studio and he helped me to produce the audio CD that accompanies the book.

Todd is also a musical artist, with a long history of performing, songwriting and recording. Before moving to the Berkshires, Todd was centered in Atlanta, Georgia. In one of those funny turns life takes sometimes, Todd met a then-relatively recent refugee from the Berkshires named Danny Pearl, who had moved to Atlanta as part of his new job at the Wall Street Journal. Todd and Danny ended up being band mates for a while.

You undoubtedly know how Danny’s story went. He was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. And that’s how most of the world knows him.

But Danny was a musician. And maybe this would be a good time to let Todd tell a bit of the tale:

I’m honored to have been asked again this year to be part of FODFest. You can find the details for this year’s show up on the Gigs and Performances page.

As Todd mentions, FODFest is in its fourth year and it’s a pretty ambitious schedule. Check it out:

FODfest 2008 Tour Schedule:
10/10 – Mahaiwe Theater, Great Barrington, MA
10/11 –Narrows Arts Center, Fall River, MA
10/12 – Acoustic Café, Bridgeport, CT
10/13 – Sullivan Hall, NYC
10/14 – IOTA, Washington, DC
10/15 – The Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
10/16 – The Handle Bar, Greenville, SC
10/17 – Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
10/18 – Smith’s Olde Bar (Atlanta Room), Atlanta, GA
10/ 19 – The Basement, Nashville, TN
10/20 – Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA
10/21 – White Eagle Pub, Portland, OR
10/22 – Axe and Fiddle, Cottage Grove, OR
10/23 – Somewhere in CA, TBA
10/24 – Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA
10/25 – Somewhere in CA, TBA
10/ 26 – Hotel Café, Los Angeles, CA

And if you’re in my neck of the woods, please come and take part in this event. Hope to see you there.

Let me also make the following acknowledgements:
FODfest ’08 Sponsors & Supporters:
Bergdorf Goodman – www.berdorfgoodman.com, Skyline Music – www.skylineonline.com, Off the Beat-n-Track – www.offthebeat-n-track.com, The Daniel Pearl Foundation – www.danielpearl.org, WKZE, Elaine Mack, Rachael Solem, anonymous, Shaula Yemini, Dan Hofmann – HIP Digital Video – hipdv@excite.com, Dutchess Sign, Elaine Lanyi, Michael Citrin, Jeff Diamond, Joe & Linda Gold, Bryan Gruley, Anne & Ernest Schnesel, Debbie Zecher, Joe Rose, John Van Vlack, Bob & Roberta Silman, Beansprout Productions, Will Curtiss, Helene & Mark Kaplan. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, Robin & Michael Strauss, Pete Nugent, Nancsea Fischer, Glen Caroline, Arlyn & Owen Hoberman, Kim Angelis, Derek Nicoletto

For more info, please visit any of these sites: 

http://fodfest.org
http://myspace.com/fodfest
http://youtube.com/fodfest

And I also want to add that FODfest, Inc. is a Massachusetts non-profit corporation. Donations are gratefully accepted at http://fodfest.org/Donate.html

Thanks for reading.

Peace