Hey y’all! Sorry for the late notice, but we’ve been busy of late, and this tour has come together pretty quickly. We won’t wait until tomorrow to post these dates. Here’s where you can see AP for FREE and pick up a copy of Resurrection Letters, Vol. II!

• Sat 11 Oct: Chattanooga, TN
• Sun 12 Oct: Mountain Brook, AL
• Tue 14 Oct: Tupelo, MS
• Thu 16 Oct: Knoxville, TN
• Fri 17 Oct: Conyers, GA
• Sat 18 Oct: Bowling Green, KY
• Sun 19 Oct: Nashville, TN
• Mon 20 Oct: Columbus, OH
• Tue 21 Oct: Elmhurst, IL
• Wed 22 Oct: South Bend, IN
• Thu 23 Oct: Rockford, IL
• Fri 24 Oct: Oshkosh, WI at noon, Plover, WI at 7:00 p.m.
• Sat 25 Oct: Frankfort, IL
• Sun 26 Oct: Gaylord, MI
• Mon 27 Oct: Maumee, OH
• Tue 28 Oct: Worthington, OH
• Wed 29 Oct: Elizabethtown, KY

Go find yourself a show!

Update, 12 Oct: Full list of shows is now available.

EP and Ben are in the studio working on Eric’s next record, and you can help make it happen. There are still patronage spots available, but you don’t want to miss out because you’re waiting! And hey, with Christmas approaching … maybe you can tell someone who’s looking for a gift for you that, “Hey, don’t just give me a gift … give one to Eric, too.”

As a reminder, here’s what you get for helping Eric make the record:

• 2 autographed CDs
• 2 tickets to a show near you or in your town
• A photo of you holding those precious CDs posted on my website
• Your name (and thanks) in the album liner notes

I’ve helped make it happen. Have you?

• EP in Allen, TX on 24 Oct
• EP in Marshall, TX on 25 Oct

We’ve posted this elsewhere, and chances are that you’ve seen it, but if you haven’t … like last summer, Andy O has put out a for-free EP where he solicited his fans for ideas for the songs. And yes, Virginia, you can download it for free. But we ask that you give a donation to Andrew if you like it [and we're pretty sure that you will]:

Just one new add this week, but that’s okay … you can make it more!

• EP in Lincoln, NE on 30 Nov. Since Eric will be in town then, you folks that book shows in the Lincoln area might see if he’ll play two or three shows while he’s out your way!

People ask us every year, so we’ve gone ahead and asked for you:

• Garett Buell - drums
• Todd Bragg - perc
• Cason Cooley - bass
• Gabe Scott - utilities
• Andrew Osenga - guitar
• Ben Shive - keys
• Andy Gullahorn - guitar
• Jill Phillips - vocals
• Bebo Norman - guest
• Andrew Peterson - guitar / vocals

If you follow along, that’s pretty much who was out last year.

Eric writes about progress on his next record:

Ben and I drove the two minutes it takes to get to nearby Portland Brew where we hashed out budget stuff, and then whittled the song list from 14 down to 10 (maybe 11) songs that we feel are the strongest of the bunch. I have no idea what I’m doing by telling certain songs that they’re not up to snuff and are being cut from the team. [I'm an LSU football fan, so, voila, there's your sports analogy. Down, set, hike.] We compared calendars and got a general idea of nailing down some work days. Tracking (drums and bass) day looms near. That means I need to get these songs in really good shape before then.

Remember, if you want to help make this record a reality, donate towards making it happen and receive a lot of cool stuff in return. Side benefit of helping make Eric’s record happen: he’s gonna wanna play near you if he can. He might even email you for ideas. I don’t have a recent progress towards the goal, but I know that he’s sold a goodly number of these. If you’ve been hesitating, best not hesitate much longer—don’t want to miss out!

No new dates last week made me a sad panda.

• EP in Knoxville, TN on 27 Sep.
• DW in Charlotte, NC on 23 Nov.

• EP in Oak Ridge, TN on 28 Sep
• Andy and the Andys in Canton, GA on 1 Nov

AP, in conjunction with christiansupply.net, has done a podcast about Resurrection Letters, Vol. II. You can download stuff and hear the whole record. I’ve got my MP3 copy [from Centricity, in exchange for pitching ideas for marketing], and I can tell you that I really like it so far.