MASON PORTER

Local artist Sean Poole did this amazing painting of us at Snipes Farm last Saturday. He’s got alot of great paintings on his website and his myspace page for sale.

Mason Porter painted live by Sean Poole

Sean mid-painting…

We want to thank everyone who made it out to the Bucks County Bluegrass Festival. We had a great time at the festival and we’re happy to say our presale was a success as well. Also, we want to thank every on up at Snipes for they’re great hospitality and for putting on a great event.

We have a few weeks to chill now but our fall is getting quite busy already!!!

We’re starting things off at MilkBoy Coffee on Saturday Sept. 6th.
It’s an amazing lineup with Painted Blue, Wissahickon Chicken Shack and ourselves.
Presale has begun already on TicketLeap or hit http://milkboycoffee. com for more details.

Plenty of dates on our tour page right now and new ones getting added all the time so stop by and say hello.

Todays the Bucks County Bluegrass Festival. A number of people asked us about some more info on the event. Here are a few links will help you. Our set is at 5:30. Also playing Cabinet, Free Grass Union, Pluckin’ Grassholes, and more.

http://www.myspace.com/musicatsnipes
http://www. snipesfarm. com/
MORRISVILLE, Pennsylvania

Saturday August 9th we’re joining Cabinet, Free Grass Union and many other fine bands at the Bucks County Bluegrass Festival at Snipes Farm in Morisville, Pa just north of Philadelphia. It’s guaranteed to be a great night of music followed by all night jam sessions in the campground.

TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 in advance and you can buy them here. As always they are a little more more expensive at the door.

This our last show of the summer, next show is not until September at MilkBoy

Thanks to Bob, and everyone at the Endless Summer Jam Fest! We had an awesome time last weekend!

This Saturday the 26^th we’re playing at the Endless Summer Jam Festival! The festival takes place at the Paradise Lake Campground in Hammonton, NJ. The festival is a little different that the other’s we have been playing this summer as it is not a bluegrass festival. So if you’re a MP fan but are not into a full weekend of bluegrass this is the festival for you. Some of the headlining bands include The Juggling Suns, Monacy, Bodega, and a about 40 bands altogether. Our set is at 2:30 on Saturday and we’ll be jammin’ in the campground all weekend!

Tickets are available for the whole weekend for $65 from us in advance. Just EMAIL US FOR A DISCOUNTED TICKET. (Tickets are more expensive at the door.) masonporter @ gmail . com

Also, we’re at the Bucks County Bluegrass Festival two Saturdays from now (8/9) and we have tickets for that too! This is our last show until September.

We been having a pretty great time playing different festivals this summer (thanks OATS and NEPA!) and getting to meet a lot of new folks and spread our music around. We’re really grateful for all the support people have given us and we thank you! We have a couple more festivals coming up in July and August.

WE HAVE TICKETS AVAILABLE TO BOTH. PLEASE EMAIL US at MASONPORTER at GMAIL . COM FOR TICKETS

Next Saturday the 26th we’re playing at the Endless Summer Jam Festival in Hammonton, NJ. Some great jam bands such as Juggling Suns, Monacy, Bodega, and a total of around 40 bands will be there.

The following weekend, August 9th, we’re playing at the Bucks County Bluegrass Festival at Snipes Farm in MORRISVILLE, Pennsylvania. Act’s include Cabinet, Free Grass Union, Pluckin’ Grassholes, and more.

More details and these festivals are available on our Tour page.

We are very excited to announce the official release of the debut Mason Porter CD!!! In January Mason Porter spent a few days at MilkBoy Recording Studio in Ardmore, PA. We came away with a six song EP that we couldn’t be happier with. We brought on board our friend Tom Hamilton (American Babies, Brothers Past) as producer for the project. In combination with engineer Cody Cichowski they did an amazing job getting us to play and sound our best. Cody and Joel Metzler mixed the CD at MilkBoy this past spring.

The CD is now available at CDBaby.com, here on the Mason Porter website and at our shows. A little later this summer the CD will be available on Itunes and a number of other popular download sites.

The track list is as follows:
1. After The Day Is Done
2. If Whiskey Don’t Kill Me
3. Cold Rain
4. Ruby
5. The Ballad Of Ann Cotton
6. Coming Home

This is really a milestone for us and the list of people we want to thank is very long. First and foremost our families and friends who give us constant support. We are forever grateful for them and we could never do this without them. The folks at MilkBoy (Cody, Joel, Tommy, Jamie, Tom, Patty, Joe, Tim , etc.). Tom Hamilton. All of the venues who have welcomed us in the past year especially MIlkBoy Coffee, the Brickette Lounge, Steel City, The Fire, Dawson Street Pub, and the Tin Angel. All of the bands we have been honored to share the stage with especially our friends Hoots and Hellmouth and Wissahickon Chicken Shack.

Tonight is Blob Fest in Phoenixville! We’re playing two sets in the street across from the Colonial Theater starting at 6:30.

The reenactment of the famous “running out of the theater” scene is at 9:00 just following our show.

Here is some more detailed info on Blob Fest from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Thanks to Mike Wuerstle, The Grillbillies, and everyone who we got to meet and hang out with at OATS last weekend. We had a super time Thursday and regret not getting to stay the whole fest.

Also, our CD is out and we’ve been selling them at shows, info on how to purchase it online will follow in the next day or two.

We’re getting ahead start on our holiday weekend Thursday evening at the O.A.T.S. Bluegrass Festival in Benton, PA. We’re providing entertainment for the Grillbillie picnic! If you don’t’ know who the Grillbillies are, come on out to O.A.T.S. and find out for your self, because they are about the greatest bunch of bluegrass lovin’, good time havin’ folks that you can meet. Marc Silver and his band will be joining us too!

The festival runs Thursday though Sunday and has some great acts including. Dan Paisley and Southern Grass (Fri, Sat),
Hillbilly Gypsies (Fri, Sat), NewFound Road (Sat), Special Ed and the Short Bus (Sat) and tons more.

See the website for more info http://www.oatsfestival.com/

Thaaaaaaaaaannnnnkks!
We want to send a big thanks to Wissahickon Chicken Shack, Adrien Reju and to all of the wonderful people who helped us pack the Tin Angel on Saturday night. We were only a few seats away from a sell out crowd!

More Mason Porter shows coming up, check out our tour page.

We have a great show coming up at the end of the month at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia. We are encouraging people to buy tickets in advance.

Joining us are two amazing artists; Wissahickon Chicken Shack and Adrien Reju.

And yes, our new CD has arrived and it will be available at the show!!!