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Sunday, December 21, 2008
AUSTIN UPDATE
Austin Update Well, the last seven months I’ve been swimming’ some of the deepest, most turbulent
waters yet on the River of Life and I’ve never felt more alive. I don’t miss that shoreline a bit! It took me
years to realize that happiness doesn’t come in achieving your dreams, it comes in chasin’ em’. Spent the better part of the summer meetin’ folks, promoting “river of Life” to Americana
radio and playin’ shows around Austin and San Antonio. Carrie and the kids joined me at the end of June. River charted
in the top 100 for a few months on the AMA Americana Chart, peaking at 54. I was a little disappointed at first. I really
believed I would Brake the Top 40. But, as I started looking around at all that had happened over the last year, I was quite
surprised. I played on Americana Crossroads in March, I’ve shared the bill with some of Texas most amazing Songwriters
at the world famous Cheatham Street Wherehouse and the Amsterdam Café in Austin. Even got to play the Café at
Casbeers in San Antonio after a live performance and interview with Jim Beale on KSYM. Tom Fahey at Americana OK named “ROL”
album of the month in October. Was featured again on the Coming Home Radio Show with Dave Wheaton. Not bad for a Hillbilly
Singer from Michigan, huh? Carrie the kids and I made it out of the Travel
Trailer just before Thanksgiving. We were all very ready, believe me! We moved the Innsbruck to the Shady Oaks RV Park in
Wimberley Texas, 30 miles South of Austin, just before the kids started school in the Fall. We looked around quite a bit but
there was something about the Wimberley valley that we all just fell in love with. There’s no describing’ the
Texas Hill Country. It was Small Town Too. Austin was a little overwhelming for the rest of the family. I got a job with an Austin Area Electrical Contractor at the end of June. I’m the Field Superintendent.
It’s a new set of challenges, which keeps it interesting. There a good bunch and work with me on the music side of things.
No matter how much I’d like to walk away from the trade, it does always seem to take care of me. As
for the future, well we’ll just have to see. I rebuilt the Buick6 as soon as I got to Texas. Got a great group of guys
that are ready to make a new record and see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into. Check out www.ajdowning.com for changes coming soon. I’m setting in up to be a little more user friendly for keeping’
in touch with Y’all out there in cyberspace. For all you folks out there that have supported me and my lunacy over the
last year, I Thank You from the deepest part of my heart. For those of you that didn’t, STICK IT IN YER’ EAR!!
12:57 am cst
WWW.AJDOWNING.COM RERELEASED!
Stop by and check out the new look and up to date information!
Peace, AJ
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"A.J. Downing reminds me of a modern day Hank
or Woody, writing and singing those soulful songs, not so much becausehe wants to, but because he has to . . . because it
is his mission in life. When you hear that sincerity in his voice, you know immediately that he is the real deal." Kent Finlay Cheatham Street Warehouse




 
Stations Playing AJ Downing WMKY Americana Crossroads, Morehead,
KY Listen Online (606) 783-2001/ (800) 286-9659 KSYM
90.1 San Antonio, TX Listen Online (210) 486-KSYM WYCE 88.1FM, Grand Rapids, MI Listen Online (616) 742-9923 WDBM 88.9FM, East Lansing,
MI Listen Online (517) 349-4752 WQBR Bear Country Radio
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AM, Phillipsburg, PA 814-342-2300 WDVR 89.7FM and 91.9FM, Trenton, NJ Listen Online (609) 397-1620 KVMR 89.5 Nevada City, CA Listen Online (530) 265-9073 KRCB
91FM, Santa Rosa, CA Listen Online (707) 584-2000 | (800) 287-2722 KVNF 89.5
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WETS 89.5 FM, Johnson City, TN Listen Online Email Only WFDU 89.1 FM, New York, NY Listen Online Email Only WHEE 1370 AM, Martinsville, VA WIKX 92.9 FM, FT Myers, FL Listen Online (800) 749-9290
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