working on some new instrumentals, recording, and spending the month of january doing some serious practicing!......next live shows FEB. 08

THANKS to everyone who came out to the Bigfoot show at Passim on 11/24....it was great to see you all there, and to have so much fun while learning about
Cryptozoology...........hope to see you at JOHNNY D'S Tues. Dec. 4th!!......

11/07working on some instrumentals for a new instrumental cd, probably out in 08....and getting ready for the last two big super deluxe shows of the year...more info HERE

there is a little blurb in this month's IMPROPER BOSTONIAN about me......it goes like this: "A virtuoso Dobro player in an age that doesn't know what a Dobro is (it's a resonator guitar, sometimes played on the lap), Thayer is both a prolific songwriter -he put out three albums in a year- and an underground treasure. Folky without being folksy, with nods to blues, Eastern music and Run-DMC, he's as often found at the Harvard Square T as at clubs like Skybar or the Middle East" - The Improper Bostonian 10/24/07

here's a shot of me playing at the BOSTON BLUES FESTIVAL sept. 22nd 2007. luckily the barriers were there to prevent moshers in the pit from storming the stage.
don't worry about that guy in front, he's a photographer........

here's a shot of Boston's Blues Mafia, as they compare laminates...........

9/4/07 had a great time playing at the campfire at Passim, as always, ........lots of fun listening to Mickey Ehlrich and Joe Kowan. or as some of you know him: "Doublesided Joe". unreal.......

8/18/07 laying low.....approaching another lap around the track.....birthday.........playing a lot, have a handful of new instrumentals written, working stuff out,.......thinking about some more recording, trying not to be disgusted by the president, the administration, and endless war.......

THANKS SO MUCH to all who came out to the cd release show at Passim Sat. July 21st......we had a great time playing for you all, and it was great to see so many people there...... thanks to Pierce Woodward for an awesome opening set, and to Josh Kantor, Rob Laurens, Susan Levine and Danielle Miraglia for lending their mighty talents to the show.....!!!

more video of yours truly from my friend Thompson http://lettersofmarque.blogspot.com/2007/07/lloyd-thayer-passim.html...check out his website, which features a couple of video clips of me playing at the annual street performers benefit show at passim, including this clip of 'see you tomorrow blues'......

special last minute add on show, THURSDAY JULY 5th at tt the bears......opening up the one night only PERMAFROST RE-UNION SHOW!!!!

here's the link if you want to download "The Bumper Pool Diaries" thru ITunes....http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=258841093

the new cd "The BumperPool Diaries" is now available at CDBABY......click here to order.......

6/5/07 copies of the new cd, "The Bumper Pool Diaries" have been sent to cd baby, ordering info should be available soon.....cd release show , SATURDAY JULY 21ST 8PM CLUB PASSIM......Pierce Woodward opens......see you there!!!!

copies of the new cd "The BumperPool Diaries" will be available at this weekend's Nameless Coffeehouse show(sat. june 2) and monday June 4th at the show in Concord.....more info here.....
on line orders should be available in a few weeks........
**new harmonica class starting TUESDAY JUNE 5TH at PASSIM SCHOOL OF MUSIC.......both beginner and advanced beginner, all are welcome.....more info here....

5/20.....new cd "The BumperPool Diaries" being copied. should be available SOON....stay tuned for details...!

5/5/07......new cd is mixed and mastered........just have to finish the cover and drop it off.......added some new shows including another hosting spot at the nameless coffeehouse in june, and the cutting edge of the campfire during memorial day weekend.......more info here

seven songs mixed on the new cd.......moving toward the finish line......May.........The CD release show will be JULY 21st at CLUB PASSIM.....saturday night. mark yr calendar........

VOTE for me and i'll set you free......starting the first week of april in the Boston Phoenix Best of Boston Poll....here is the DIRECT LINK to the page that you can vote for me on. Voting closes APRIL 18th, so fire away!!!
http://www.thephoenix.com/bmp/boston/9/default.aspx#vote
if for some reason you get lost, just go to bestmusicpoll.com, and find me under BLUES....

THANKS to everyone who came out to the Johnny D's show tues, 3/27....great night....
really grateful you could be there with us.......it was a real pleasure to hear both Bill McQuaid and Martin Grosswendt.....i wish all gigs could be like that.....
thanks.....

i just found out i've been "nominated" for a Boston Phoenix/WFNX Best of Boston Award......
you will be able to vote for me on line April 2nd......more details to come..!
(when i find out, you'll be the first to know...)

gearing up for JOHNNY D's show MARCH 27TH....COME ON OUT......!!!

why do i love the NAMELESS COFFEEHOUSE so much.....?
not because it's forty years old and still running....but because i get to see folks like my friend George,
shown here belting out some high end first position blow bends on his harmonica in the key of C

THANKS to Glenn Jones for inviting me to play at his cd release show at P.A's lounge.....it was a great show, and it is also a great CD....go and pick up a copy today.....

thanks to people who listen.......fame, stardom, entourages, egos......the music business.
i love music, but i hate the music business. peace.

special last minute add on show. p.a's lounge TUESDAY MARCH 20TH Glenn Jones
Cd release show....details here

gearing up for BLUES BLOWOUT show at JOHNNY D's Tues...MARCH 27th 8:30pm
with Bill McQuaid and Martin Grosswendt...!!! don't miss this great show....!

got some interesting emails about the Phoenix article.....and it brought back some memories of an article i wrote some time ago here.......

article from the Boston Phoenix, Feb. 6th, 2007.....thanks TED!!!!
or you can read it on line here http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid33133.aspx

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Cd release show for "Birds" at P.A's lounge.....Thanks to Glenn Jones, Freedom for Gus and Matthew Joy for performing as well....
more shows to come in Feb.....

article/interview from the Boston Herald on "Birds/cd" release show etc....
January 23rd, 2007...

"Birds" is now available for download at iTunes....