Well we now have a new web site,http://www.thefeelgoodtour.org/
And we hope to bring 100 instruments with us in Oct.
Below is where I will be next month but keep an eye out on my web site,http://www.bill-hudson.com/ as to any changes.
Still Pickin'
Bil Hudson


Oct. 11 Dana's Uptown Grill-Newburgh,NY-8:30PM- for info please call (845) 569-9422
October 18-Seany 's 101, Millbrook,NY
(Special Event evening 9:00PM start time) for info please call 845 677-2282

Oct. 25 Dana's Uptown Grill-Newburgh,NY- 830PM for info please call (845) 569-9422



Nov. 9th -HarvFest 08- Richmond,Va. For more information please contact: maida@ideastations.org
Directions to our facilities are on our site.
http://www.ideastations.org/popup/drive1.html

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THE FEEL GOOD TOUR GOES FOR ANOTHER LOUISANINA TOUR March 30th-April 5th

Roanoke, Va. March 24, 2008 for the 11th time Musicians will be heading down to the Gulf Coast from New Jersey and Virginia their mission is still the same. They will be bringing musical instruments for the schools in the hard hit areas. With now over 150 musical instruments already being given
The Feel Good Tour was started soon after hurricane Katrina and Rita by singer/songwriter Bill Hudson and Guy Nouri President of dragonfly.com with a simple mission of playing music for free to those in distress.
Accepting donations of musical instruments in general and school band instruments in particular, The Feel Good Tour aims to re-supply as many school children with something to play as possible. Donations have thus far come from as far as Alaska, Chicago, Ill., New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
, The Feel Good Tour started as a mission to use music as a healing force to ease stress and anxieties for Gulf Coast residents in the wake of the devastating hurricanes of 2005. Fellow musician Al Coffey was soon brought
on-board, and, after their first trip, gathering instruments for school kids in that area soon became a major focus. The mission continues.
“Bill Hudson has told me about people coming to New Orleans from all over USA, These perilous times are bringing out the best in America� Pete Seeger


"I'm glad to have been allowed to participate in The Feel Good Tour. Bill and Al should be thanked for giving a musical breather to the people whose homes and lives have been upset, and also those who volunteer so much of their time and energy to help with this ongoing crisis."- Musician- Guy Davis

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Ok, we are again heading down to the Gulf Coast Dec. 7-14. We are asking if anyone out there has any musical instruments for the kids, then let us know. Feel free to contact me and we can go from there.
Also here is a radio story a friend of our did down in New Orleans, http://wwoz.org/community/streettalk/

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We will be bring along with us some more musical instruments this coming Oct... Thanks to The Guitar and Amp Center in donating brand new banjo. We would also like to thank Guy Davis for sending some musical instruments our way, thanks Guy! So keep them coming folks!
http://feelgoodtour.blogspot.com/
We now have 1 banjo
1 Guitar
2 Clarinets
1 Accordion
What we have given so far:
5 trumpets
1 accordion
6 clarinets
1 electric guitar
3 acoustic guitars
6 harmonicas
1 cello
4 electronic keyboards
11 violins
3 flutes
2 trombones
2 drums





Below is an e-mail I got from a very kind person whom I have never met. It's funny but we have no idea if what we are doing is working or not. Reading this e-mail sure made our day!
"I am a native Texan and lost my home as a result of Hurricane Rita, which was one month after the horrific hurricane Katrina. During Rita, lightening struck one of our large trees and landed on our power line and we lost our home to fire. It took an entire year to rebuild our home, and the finished product is even better than it was pre-fire, but the trauma of losing everything was more than my 18 year old daughter could bear. She was never able to go back to our home site where she had been living since she was born, so I decided to sell the home and relocate. I am forwarding an essay she wrote for the church bulletin to thank our community for their help after the fire and in reading her essay you may find the feeling of gratitude that the thousands of Louisiana Katrina victims would extend to you if they knew how to contact you. You touched so many lives in such a positive way. Thank you!"

Aprille Chaffin


http://www.getdragonfly.com/ are sending entertainers to the devastated areas in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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Dear Folks,
Below is what we are sending out. Also if you go to my site you will see you can download the Feel Good Tour posters. For more info please go to, www.Bill-Hudson.com

Hurricane Katrina Concert Line-up and Venue
Roanoke, Virginia—April 6, 2006— The Feel Good Tour, which provides free concerts for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, announced today that Bluesman Guy Davis (www.guydavis.com) will be in Slidell, LA on Sunday May 21 at 5-7 PM for a concert appearance as part of the Feel Good Tour (http://feelgoodtour.blogspot.com/)
“Guy Davis perseveres as one of the few contemporary African-American musicians to embrace the acoustic blues . . . the feel of his originals is timeless." Billboard
The show will be at Heritage Park 1701 Bayou Lane in Slidell, LA; admission to the concert is free. For information please call 985 646-4381
On May 22 Guy Davis will be performing at the Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church on 1320 Gause Blvd. West in Slidell, LA for “A Night for the Volunteers”
Show begins at 8:00PM and the show is free. For information please call: 985-641-6400 and visit, http://www.peacelutheranslidell.org/
Musicians from Virginia started the Feel Good Tour. Wanting to help the displaced people of Louisiana, they got a few musicians together and traveled down to Louisiana, stopping at local gatherings and campfires to play music for local residents to lift their spirits. The Feel Good Tour is sponsored by Guy Tech USA.
For the Feel Good Tour web based multi-media presentation, click here: http://www.getdragonfly.com/tours/feelgoodtour/

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OK, that that the summer is coming on it will be a busy one for me. If you go to my web site, www.Bill-Hudson.com , you can now see me online live with my drummer, Jeff Madian. This was our local TV 7 and it's called Musical Monday's. Keep in mind this is TV and we only did a verse and a chores. TV being TV is always short and sweet.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=3378353

Still Pickin'
Bill Hudson

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You can now hear a brand new tune from Bill's new CD On the Road. Hear the song Cookin' in the Kitchen, http://www.bill-hudson.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=11

On March 29th I will be “Featured Artist Of The Day” on www.wholewheatradio.org , feel free to check out a very cool web radio. Tell’em I say hello!







OK, folks new web site is updated, www.Bill-Hudson.com and the cool part is, you can login and put in your won two cents.
And yes still recording my CD but so far here are the songs we have:
On the road
Don't Blame me
Lilith's Utopia
Bld. of Broken Dreams
I'm Alive
Cookin' in the Kitchen
Jessie Lament (produced by Michel Johnathon, Poetman Records)
Mean Women Blues
Wounded Knee (first appeared in Broadside magazine, http://metascholar.org/MOSC/essays/broadside.htm
Down and Dirty
Turn the Key
Sherry’s Song
Train Town
Turn this World
Hope all is well out there and hope the spring comes very soon.
Still Pickin’
Bill Hudson

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OK, folks new web site is updated, www.Bill-Hudson.com and the cool part is, you can login and put in your won two cents.
And yes still recording my CD but so far here are the songs we have:
On the road
Don't Blame me
Lilith's Utopia
Bld. of Broken Dreams
I'm Alive
Cookin' in the Kitchen
Jessie Lament (produced by Michel Johnathon, Poetman Records)
Mean Women Blues
Wounded Knee (first appeared in Broadside magazine, http://metascholar.org/MOSC/essays/broadside.htm
Down and Dirty
Turn the Key
Sherry’s Song
Train Town
Turn this World
Hope all is well out there and hope the spring comes very soon.
Still Pickin’
Bill Hudson

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OK, folks new web site is updated, www.Bill-Hudson.com and the cool part is, you can login and put in your won two cents.
And yes still recording my CD but so far here are the songs we have:
On the road
Don't Blame me
Lilith's Utopia
Bld. of Broken Dreams
I'm Alive
Cookin' in the Kitchen
Jessie Lament (produced by Michel Johnathon, Poetman Records)
Mean Women Blues
Down and Dirty
Turn the Key
Sherry’s Song
Train Town
Turn this World
Hope all is well out there and hope the spring comes very soon.
Still Pickin’
Bill Hudson

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T. O. S


TIME ON STAGE


When all is said and done and a musician has his or her CD’s, press packs, good photo’s, good plain on advertisements, and is ready to hit the road. The one of the most important of all of it is how you deliver your music on stage. One can have all the pops and whistles but at the end of the day its how you come across with your music to the audience. And you have give or take about 30 seconds. That’s right, right off the bat you have to deliver.
This is a lession I have learned time and time again from some damn good acts and have sat back and watched what they do. From Bruce Springsteen to John Hammond to Pete Seeger, they all come out of the shoot and do not give the audience a second.
With Pete, he use to ask me sometime if I could drive him to a gig, so he could get some rest. Even if I was driving 13 hours there was no way I would say no. If it was 5,000 people or 50 right away Pete would make contact. Now you may be wondering out there how Pete gets people to sing in a language that they don’t speak? The one thing I always seem to notice he does not give the audience a break. This goes back to my 30 seconds. And the audience gets it and jumps right on in. Pete does not let go until he leaves the stage
. With Bruce, at a Clearwater festival we were lucky to have him come and play a few tunes. I was doing my set and noticed some guy setting up about 20 guitars on the stage. I finished doing my set and was back stage with Bruce as he was getting ready. Now keep in mind this is not a real big festival but that did not matter to Bruce. He acted like this was his first gig and you can tell he not only wanted to do his best, he wanted to give his 100% and more. And boy, did he deliver! This was the first time he sang “My city in ruin”. The point is Bruce did not wait for the 30 seconds.
Now with John Hammond, I opened up for him once and have seen him before perform. And John also goes right for it and does not hold back to warm up the audience. He also comes right out of the shoot and gives the audience one help of a ride, right from the get-go.
So you may be saying to yourself,” well these are all famous people and that is why they the audience is reacting”. There is a sense of truth in that but that does not last long. And after that the act has to give the goods to the audience.
“So, how am I an unknown act to learn this Bill?” Well there is only one way and that is play as much as you can out there and I mean a lot. In your area there is an open mike. http://www.openmikes.org/
Well, go to them as much as you can. Now you may be thinking, “Hell, Bill I have been to a few of theses and it’s a bunch of drunks. I can’t hear what I am doing”. Well I hear you on that but always do your 100% no matter what because you never know who is listening. I have been to Italy on tour 2 times and have had two money people wanting to help me with my music because of open mikes. So like I have said you never know, so always be ready to give it your best. Another words, be not complacence! No matter now big a fish you are in your pond.
Now as with the audience you may be thinking how do I keep their attention? Well one way is what I call, “working the room” Another words make sure to make eye contact with each and every person. And I mean every person, from left to right and back again. Keep in mind at the end of the day you are really singing to that one person. So make eye contact and sing to them. Make sure you are clear in what you are saying and believe me you will see their eyes open up.
Now all this being said there are no set rules in this but in a way we are all learning a trade. And the best way to learn a trade is get your hands dirty.

Still Pickin’
Bill Hudson
www.Bill-Hudson.com

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