Man do I love riding on the train!
@robreich introduced me to this piece in maybe 2005, we used to play it as a duet for accordion and guitar. Since then old lockdown days I’ve been teaching myself the mandolin, really a perfect instrument for travel!
If you want to hear me play this one live I’ll be performing it with @gauchojazz tomorrow (Sunday) May 17th at @brendasfrenchsf 5pm-8pm! Craig Ventresco and myself on guitars, ukes and mandolin and Ari Munkres on bass!
Well, like all things, my Dave Ricketts “Poor Decisions” tour has come to a close. It was only gonna be $100 less to fly than it was to get a sleeper car on the train so I went for it. One last adventure before returning to my home in San Francisco! I play tomorrow, Sunday, May 17th noon-2pm at @arbor_sf , followed by a concert with @jimmytouzel at a senior center and then I join @gauchojazz back at the legendary @brendasfrenchsf 5pm-8pm!
I’d like to thank:
@michaeljosephharris and the @hotclubofbaltimore
Marcus Milius and @themilkmanandsons@thecatbarbrooklyn@henrypublicsaloon@fredsdoghousebk@archerbar@laurelthirstpub@pour_decisions_pdx
For having me out to play!
Incredible to see so many old friends and to make new ones and new memories in four different states across over three thousand miles.
Most of all it was great to see my home town of Catonsville, Md. where all my hopes of being a musician began.
When I was back in Baltimore/Catonsville a couple weeks ago, I stopped to make a small memorial to my good friend @robreich . Yesterday was the anniversary of his passing, not a day goes by that I don’t think of him or hear something in my playing that was inspired by years of working along side such a gentle genius. 🎶♥️🌻
@gauchojazz will be playing at a new time tonight at @decodancesf , 8:30pm-10:30pm! I am still out of town but the wonderful and charming Bill Reinhardt will be subbing for me, a grand time to be had by all 🎶💜
Tonight is my final gig of the seven gigs in ten days, “Pour Decisions” tour!
Last Stop:
Pour Decisions in Portland, Oregon!
Paul Brainard on pedal steel!
Been having a blast in Portland, last night I got to meet the local legend Portland Elvis, what a treat! Tomorrow, Thursday May 14th, will be the final date of my Dave Ricketts “Pour Decisions Tour”, I will be playing at @pour_decisions_pdx , four states in less than two weeks! The pedal steel player in the video above, Paul Brainard, will be joining me, I hope you will too! Show is 6pm-8pm!
I’ve got a connecting flight in Seattle before I land in Portland, Oregon at 1pm. Performing tonight at 9pm at @laurelthirstpub , I love these times where I perform on both coasts inside twenty-four hours. Special thank you to my east coast friends, @michaeljosephharris and the @hotclubofbaltimore , Marcus Milius and @themilkmanandsons in NYC! Looking forward to playing some country-blues tonight at @laurelthirstpub , James Mason on fiddle, @russellgores on upright bass and the wonderful Paul Brainard on pedal steel!
New York was wonderful as always, I want to remind you all though that my little tour is not over! I’m on my way to Portland, Oregon!!
Playing tonight May 11th 9pm at @laurelthirstpub !
Great Band!
James Mason-fiddle
Paul Brainard-peddle steel
@russellgores upright bass
@ravedicketts -guitar and vocals
Happy Mother’s Day!
@gauchojazz will be playing today at @brendasfrenchsf 5pm-8pm!
I am still out on tour in New York and will be leading Marcus Milius’s band, @themilkmanandsons at @henrypublicsaloon in Brooklyn!
Tomorrow, Monday May 11th I’ll be in Portland, Oregon leading my northwest band at @laurelthirstpub , show starts at 6pm!
Day drinking with Marcus Milius of @themilkmanandsons at @mcsorleysoldalehouse this week in NYC. Marcus and I will be playing tonight 6pm-8pm in Williamsburg at @fredsdoghouse on Grand St., across from @stmazie
Come hear what happens when the cats get in the dog house🎶 🐈⬛ ♥️
It is my pleasure to tell you all that Marcus Milius and I will be playing 12:30pm-2:30pm at @mcsorleysoldalehouse in NOHO today, May 8th, 2026! I’ve been been playing there since 2009 nearly every time I come to the city. There are few things as real in old New York than McSorley’s. It was around before the Gilded Age, it was around before the civil war, this bar is maybe even twenty years older than the oldest song I know (excepting Bach) and it’s been said that they’ve never even changed the furniture! So old it’s new, come in to town and hear our sound!
