March Entertainer

News! Peterson Entertainment Official Website Greetings Friends, Family and Fans, You are receiving this as a subscriber to the Peterson Entertainment Monthly Entertainer, if you wish to be removed from future mailings, simply click the link at the bottom of the page. The winter days are flying by and we're closer and closer to better weather. Don't forget to stop by the Peterson Entertainment website! http://www.petersonentertainment.com Peterson Entertainment is pround to announce the signing of "Lazarus Rose" to the label! Lazarus Rose is a Christian Rock band performing mostly original music, their self-titled CD is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/lazarusrose. Please check it out and buy a copy! We're in process for getting it up on Itunes, Rhapsody, Emusic and more. Stayed tuned and we'll let you know about more places to get it in the coming months! Peterson Entertainment has launched a new spin-off: http://www.myboutiquebasket.com Our gift site is a wonderful way to give a thoughtful thank you or a special something to customers, prospective clients, family and friends. Gift baskets, custom orders, creative creations and more! Mellow Open Mic Mondays at the Rock Bottom are the place to be in Portland, OR. Will West & the Friendly Strangers kick off the night and then Portland's singer/songwriters step-up to showcase their talent. Tonight (and most of March) has Noah Peterson and Drew Norman as the Friendly Strangers. Will & The Friendly Strangers are also planning a NW tour for late August and are looking for house concerts and great venues to play along the way! Send an email if you'd like to have us for your event. The 2nd Annual Jazztravaganza is set! The Noah Peterson, Michael Winkle and The Gordon Lee Trio are the talent, June 4th is the date, Jimmy Mak's is the place and all we need is you! Mark your calendars for a special night! More info to come. House Concerts are IN for 2009! Call us today to book some jazz, zydeco, folk, singer/songwriter, blues or gospel to perform for you and your friends, block parties, BBQs our a house concert, we do it all. We'll bring the party to you!

Goodies to Eat More Goodies to Eat Dirty Martini: we like our cocktails (enjoyed responsibly!) here's our current rage. 2 Servings 6 shots Vodka .5 tsp Dry Vermouth 1.5 tsp olive brine (juice) 4-6 olives Let's talk ingredients first, there are some choices that really impact the quality of your drink. As I don't have a liquor sponsor, I can only say, choose your favorite brand. While we tried a number of combinations, we always preferred the dry vermouth over the sweet. However, let your palette be the judge. Some perfer to keep their Martini's, all gin. By all means, keep it gin. We did most of our variations with Vodka. Yum. Olive brine - we use the juice that comes with the olives. We prefer queen, green garlic olives (stuffed or not) for olives and juice. However, if you REALLY like this recipie you can go to http://www.garliclady.com/ and get a GREAT olive brine mixer. (Olives sold separately) Fill your martini glass with ice and water to chill it. In a shaker with ice (a few cubes is fine, more is better) add vodka and olive brine, shake vigorously until well-chilled. Empty martini glass of ice and water, add vermouth - splash it around the glass and add vodka from shaker. Garnish with 2-3 olives and have my trio over for a house concert! Enjoy!

Editorial Blog - Editorials and More Hey Everybody! We're moving the editorial to the blog. Here's a sample: You’ve got to get this new record by folk godfather (and Victory contributor) Dick Weissman. It’s a double album: Disc one is all lively and inventive banjo instrumentals that muscle up right alongside Pete Wernick’s and Tony Trischka’s similar releases this year. Weissman’s a little different, playing open-backed from deep within the folk roots, growing up and into jazz and classical branches, where the others are climbing in off the bluegrass limb. Weissman also plays a mean guitar, and with it in hand reveals a Southwestern trope. http://petersonentertainment.blogspot.com

Art of Curing Cancer Benefit Will West & Noah Peterson perform THIS Wednesday at Crush, 6:30-9pm for The Art of Curing Benefit for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. Crush is located at 1412 SE Morrison, Portland, OR. Please RSVP to anglemurph@yahoo.com and please try and come out for this special event.

TOUR DATES DATE CITY Address VENUE Time 3/9/09 Will West & the Friendly Strangers in Portland 210 SW Morrison Rock Bottom Brewery 9pm 3/11/09 Will West/Noah Peterson Duo in Portland OR 1412 SE Morrison Crush 6:30pm 3/15/09 RTH - Praise Team (gospel) in Portland 2700 NE 127th Russell Academy 11am 3/16/09 Will West & the Friendly Strangers in Portland 210 SW Morrison Rock Bottom Brewery 9pm 3/22/09 RTH - Praise Team (gospel) in Portland 2700 NE 127th Russell Academy 11am 3/27/09 Will West & The Friendly Strangers in Hillsboro 10000 NW Old Cornelious Pass Rd Rock Creek Tavern 9pm 3/29/09 RTH - Praise Team (gospel) in Portland 2700 NE 127th Russell Academy 11am 3/29/09 The Group - Gospel Brunch 2025 N Kilpatrick The Kenton Club 3-5pm