Julian Dawson News and Tour Dates
Tour Dates 2023
18/11 Maximal Rodgau (D)
02/12 Bad Rehburg (with Sebastian Krueger) (D)
Tour Dates 2024
04/05 Wolfenbuettel Blue Note
13/06 Braunschweig Museumsgarten
21/06 Blacksheep Festival (with band)
29/06 Kellinghusen
Ulmenhofschule
04/07 Kempen Paterskirche
(70th Birthday concert)
19/07 Fabrezan Centre Des Arts (F)
03/09 Kirkel Bildungszentrum
05-08/09 Dresden Concert & Book Readings
13/09 Hatzenport
19/09 Cologne Kulturkirche
20/09 Coswig Simonettihaus
27/09 Riegel Kumedi Theatre
01/10 Landsberg Stoppok Artgenossen
02/10 Landsberg Stoppok Artgenossen
12/10 Gronau (Leine) Gronauer Lichtspiele
19/10 Essen Stoppok Artgenossen
More dates to be announced
Latest News
3… 2…1… Lift Off – We’re back!
Welcome back to my Website (or Homepage) – it’s been a while! After a very long gap, here we are again with a new look, a new layout and bags of new energy.
Together with my technical wizard Dave Andrews, we’ve re-designed the site and made it user-friendly for both tablets and mobile phones. The information is all current, and I will be posting my news on a regular basis and keeping it up to the minute! Look out for additional items – we’ll be adding photos, videos, concerts and other delights…
It’s good to see you, dear viewer, and I hope you’ll visit the site again on a regular basis.
Greetings to all,
Julian
Trips to London, Nashville and New York
Here’s a spot of catching up on my recent activities:
After a lightning visit to London for the premiere of the new Nicky Hopkins film (The Session Man) at the end of October, I played my last solo show of 2023 in Rodgau and it turned out to be one of the most enjoyable. My guitarist friend Ali Neander (a local hero as a member of the well-known Rodgau Monotones) paid a surprise visit and we played an impromptu five song set together…Big fun!
On December 2nd I joined the brilliant (and world famous) caricaturist and portrait artist Sebastian Krueger for a mixed evening of music and painting, to launch his latest gallery show in Bad Rehburg. We had a full house and both really enjoyed the mixed media experiment. I had recently attended Sebastian’s annual week-long painting workshop, to reconnect with my younger art school self, (when music came second to drawing and painting). I really enjoyed rediscovering the visual arts side of my life and look forward to doing much more. Sebastian and I are also planning more events together.
Two days later I was on a plane to Nashville, to record once more with my producer friend Dan Penn and a band of brilliant local musicians in Dan’s basement studio. I was especially pleased to have the legendary Spooner Oldham joining us on piano for a day. The finished songs from the session will appear some time in the future.
Meanwhile, I am in the middle of a new album project to be released to tie in with my 70th (!!!) birthday next summer.
In January I recorded for a week in Hannover’s Magic Mile studio, with an international band line-up and came out with eight songs!
On February 20th I was honoured to be asked to contribute on harmonica, as part of an 11 piece group playing Robbie Robertson’s music from ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ live, as a surprise for director Martin Scorsese, who was visibly moved. He was receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Berlinale Film Festival.
After an hour’s sleep, I jet-setted off the same night (!!) to New York, for a session with my producer friend Stewart Lerman and ace guitarist Steuart Smith in Stewart’s studio in Hoboken, New Jersey: three more songs for ‘the project’.
It’s gearing up to be a really special album, with many close friends from the past guesting on various tracks and a mix of old songs, new songs and cover versions. Watch this space!