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MUSIC ICON DONOVAN TO HEADLINE DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION BENEFIT CONCERT ON MARCH 19 AT THE EL REY THEATER IN LOS ANGELES

(Los Angeles, CA) -- Legendary folk-rock-pop troubadour DONOVAN ("Mellow Yellow," "Sunshine Superman," "Epistle to Dippy," "There is a Mountain," "Wear Your Love Like Heaven," "Hurdy Gurdy Man," etc.) will headline a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation on Friday, March 19 at the El Rey Theater. Doors will open at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $25 (General Admission) $110 (VIP seating and a meet and greet with Donovan after the show) and can be purchased through Ticketmaster.

"The Beatles and I brought back from India the lost art of meditation. Now with David Lynch, we pass it on to thousands of students world-wide . Join us to help save the world! Change Begins Within!", Donovan tells us as he prepares for the big night. Donovan will be joined by his daughter Astrella Celeste and backing band Jerry Vivino, Scott Healy & Mike Merritt (from the Conan O'Brien late night band), Danny Saber (on guitar) with special guests Jack Maness (Sublime), The Global Sound Lodge featuring Lanny Cordola & Matt Sorum (of Guns n Roses, Velvet Revolver, The Cult), Amrita Sen and more TBA. Mathew St. Patrick, from Six Feet Under, will host the evening performances.

WHO: Donovan And Friends

WHAT: A Benefit Concert for The David Lynch Foundation

WHERE: The El Rey Theater, 5515 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles.
WHEN: 7:30 pm-- Doors open. 8:30 pm - Bruce Nathan (Every Boy) on vox Billy Masters (Suzanne Vega) on guitar Adam Topol (Jack Johnson) on drums Chris Joyner (Sheryl Crow / Wallflowers) on keys Jeff McElroy on bass 9:00 pm - Blessed the Strange 9:35 pm: Jack Maness (Sublime) 10:00 pm - Donovan & Friends - Donovan will be joined by daughter, Astrella Celeste, Jerry Vivino, Scott Healy & Rick Reed (from the Conan O'Brien Late Night Band). Throughout Donovan's set, he will be also be joined by special guests, Lanny Cordola & Matt Sorum (of Guns n Roses and Velvet Revolver), Peter Noone (Herman's Hermit), POE, Amrita Sen, Danny Saber (Black Grape/Alice Cooper), Poe, and Carla Olson (Textones) 11:30 pm - The Paris Escovedo Project

If you're on the West Coast, come on out. Almost sold out!

March 19 in LA-Donovan & friends live w everyBoy!

Desparately need some help--searching for a Vet/video director

Hey all,

My song, Welcome Back Vet , has caught the eye of the charity Welcome Back Veterans They wanna feature it in the redesign of their website and make it a mainstay of their efforts to help make a difference for our returning servicemen and -women. Even more exciting is they'd like to make a video for it to be at the center of their efforts.

So, here's my plea: help me find a war vet director to make this with me, Major League Baseball, the McCormick Foundation, and the Entertainment Industry Foundation.

It's for charity so it will have to be donated time, but the exposure will be fantastic and the cause is noble to say the least.

Please pass this along to any vets you might know who might be able to help directly, through their contacts, or anyone else you think might be able to help us to find an amazing director who also happens to be a veteran. It's an amazing opportunity for us all to do something extremely positive. Please help me find that person. I know he or she is out there.

I can't tell you how much your support means to me on this.

Thanks in advance.

Peace,

eB

Special thanks to my friends Jim and Paul from Co-Op Branding who came up with this genius idea.

Have you heard? eB's playing w Donovan!

Download PSA-DLYNCH-DONOVAN

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"For those of you into the college rock/indie rock scene, you absolutely should give everyBoy a listen. Kudos, everyBoy, you’ve got a strong product on your hands. "

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Welcome Back Vet

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Hey all,

The cold winds are really blowing here in NYC. It's great to be back home nonetheless, back to the routine of making this dream happen. Many good things are happening on that front from placements around the web to our upcoming college tour to the new tunes almost in the can and the one that's here.

On a very cold day like this one, my mind turned to those who are really cold, those who don't even have the luxury of warming up. One of the virtually unspoken tragedies of this perpetual war (and all before it) we're fighting in foreign lands is what happens to the vets who survive but who come back to a home they have trouble fitting into. As a final but often unending gift from the military our brave young men and women too often come back to end up in the prison system, on the street, divorced, and generally wounded in ways that may not ever be cured completely. The sacrifices they make are too great.

This song may do nothing other than tell the story of one such vet who finds himself homeless on Xmas eve. That would be enough. If it inspires conversation about what we can do to share the burden all the better. If it means something to you, spread the word and join us on our mailing list at www.everyboy.net.

More soon. Be well.

Peace y'all,

eB

eb goes live in the Netherlands

RobKast Radio #170

Let It Go, Chinese Wine, and Keep On Keepin On are up on Robkast Radio! Rockin the NL day and night! Check it out and support our buddy Rob, a fellow journeyer. Subscribe to his podcast or download.

http://www.robkast.nl/podcast.xml

Thanks and praises to all who helped make this happen and who continue to help eb climb this mountain.

Still a difficult thing for me to do

I am stretched thin at the moment, all good things luckily, but I just haven't found the time or space to be able to update this blog on a regular basis. I am going to try to make this one of my priorities over the next few weeks and see how that works. I would love for us to make this a dialogue, one in which you guys ask me questions about what's going on as well. I can write this as a less interactive format but why? I mean eb's really about sharing good music and vibes with you all who have already shown yourselves to be interested in what eb is about.

It's a difficult thing to report on all that's goin on and actually have time in my days to get all that needs to keep happening happening. I never really know where to draw the line. It can't be that exciting to read only about the things happening in my career, can it? 

Things have been going well. I signed 2 separate licensing deals (with another being reviewed now) & have a management company that wants to put us on the road in the spring. We could defo be coming to a college near you.

Hope to have the new tunes ready for John Holbrook to mix by the end of next week. The final mixes should be ready in time for Christmas. Ho ho ho!

Recording the last of the lead vocals tomorrow for the Spirit tune, "Nature's Way. 

More soon.

Be well,

eb

Headed up to continue recording new tunes

I'm really psyched to head up to Art Farm to record vocals for several reasons, not the least of which is the chance to eat more of the awesome Mexican food from a tiny little shack that knows how to do it right, called Mexicali Blues in New Paltz. They have this wasabi hot sauce that could be the best hot sauce I've ever eaten. They also had unbelievable fish tacos. We're sort of planning the whole thing around that yumminess, which at first glance may seem really weird (it sure did to me), but upon further reflection what better way to assure being in a good place for the tough job of laying down the best vocals you have in you than to feed your belly with food that also sates the soul. Makes perfect sense in a weird way now, at least to me.

So far, we've laid down 2 new original tracks and 2 covers, one a Ron Sexsmith song called, "First Chance I Get", and the other an old Spirit tune called, "Nature's Way". I really love doing covers and will probably do an un-funkified Prince tune as the next one. I think all 4 tunes sound great already and are gonna sound incredible once John Holbrook has performed his mixing magic. I'm hoping all will see the growth of the eb sound and still like it. I know I do and I am proud of how far we've all come in so short a time frame. 

We played a good show for CMJ on Saturday at Fat Baby. There were issues with the vocal levels--what else is new in NYC clubs--but I didn't really fight it. I just sang as well as I could and didn't really over push to compensate for the low volume. I mean I could tell my voice wasn't necessarily cutting thru the mix, but I just kind of relaxed and took care of what I needed to do. It was a terrible rainy night and many of those who came drove or took the train for two hours or more to get there. So, besides not being able to hear my vocals very well, several of them only caught a few minutes of our show, since the sound guy cut us at about 30 minutes because he was late and didn't wanna get behind schedule. Don't know exactly how that's our problem, but it seems to be the way things go in the NYC club scene. My parents were 2 of those who made the trek in the rain, their first time attending an EB show. It was great to have them there and it means the world to me they are trying to understand what this business the fates have thrown me into is all about. They had a good time and wanna come back again. Hard to beat that! Thanks to all who made such effort to come out and see us.

Will try to include u all in what goes down in the studio as close to real time as possible, but the cell service is abominable up there so I may not be able to do so. My offer of exclusive, unreleased tracks is still on the table for those of you who become members of my blog here. 

Gotta run. More soon.

Be well all,

eb