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June 6:
Port Angeles, WA
June 7:
Everett, WA
Vancouver, WA
June 13:
Portland, OR
June 14:
Olympia, WA
June 23:
Moscow, ID
June 24:
Sandpoint, ID
June 25:
Spokane, WA
June 26:
Missoula, MT
(tentative date)
June 30:
Helena, MT
(tentative date)
August 7:
Bellingham, WA
August 24:
Woodinville, WA
August 28:
Tacoma, WA
September 13:
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, ID
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Howdy Friends and Family,
Crude Awakening Oil Train Tour
I’ve been touring hard the last few months doing two simultaneous tours: “The Great Salish Sea Tour” (releasing my new album) and “The Crude Awakening Oil Train Tour.” Matt Krogh (of ForestEthics) and I are conducting the oil train tour to raise awareness about the proposed increase of explosive oil trains through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana (not to mention throughout much of the U.S. and Canada). The oil from these trains would be exported through proposed expanded oil ports on the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. This is the same type of oil that exploded in Quebec killing 47 people a year ago. Not only do these trains pose the danger of blowing up entire neighborhoods, the exported oil in tankers poses a much greater risk of oil spills in the Salish Sea (the inland sea of Washington and British Columbia).
How We Will Beat the Proposed Increase in Oil Trains
(Same way we are beating the proposed coal export trains)
Two years ago there were six proposed coal ports in Washington and Oregon. Today there are three. Three down, three to go. The reason three coal ports were canceled is because of the huge public opposition to the coal trains coming through our communities. Investors pulled out of the three coal port projects, causing their cancelation.
A massive fire sparked by the derailment of a train carrying crude oil
burning in the eastern Quebec town of Lac-Megantic Saturday, July 6, 2013.
Wikimedia Commons, Surete du Quebec
The oil trains are even more dangerous to our communities than the coal trains. Once the public realizes that there are “bomb trains” coming through our cities next to elementary schools, hospitals, and homes, we will be well positioned to halt the increase in these trains. Our region should not have to bear the incredible risk associated with exploding oil trains and oil spills so that big oil companies can make a mint exporting American oil to Asia. While of course the Pacific Northwest still uses oil, we are working successfully to reduce the amount we use, and want to carefully regulate how that oil is brought into our region. Matt gives a Powerpoint presentation on the oil trains and tankers. I sing a few comedy songs and attempt to rally the troops.
The Great Salish Sea Now Available on iTunes
My latest album, The Great Salish Sea, is now available both on CD and as a download on iTunes (and also on CD Baby).
Listen to The Great Salish Sea
Purchase The Great Salish Sea on iTunes $9.99
Hope to see you at one of the shows,
Dana
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CONCERT DETAILS
NOTE: For shows with details to be announced (TBA), please check Dana's website calendar. He will update it as details become available. http://cowswithguns.com/shows/
June 6, 2014 (Friday)
Port Angeles, WA
Great Salish Sea CD Release Concert
Time: 7:30pm
Elwha Klallam Heritage Center
401 East 1st Street
Cost: $10 suggested donation for the concert
(Matt Krogh of ForestEthics will be speaking as part of The Crude Awakening Oil Train Tour on Saturday, June 7 at 11am at Landing Mall on the Port Angeles waterfront. The topic will be "How fossil fuel exports threaten our inland waters.")
June 7, 2014 (Saturday)
Everett, WA
Crude Awakening: Oil Train Tour (concert by Dana, info and talk by Matt Krogh of Forest Ethics)
Time: 7:00pm
Firewheel Community Coffeehouse
2727 Colby Avenue
Come learn about the proposed oil export trains, filled with explosive North Dakota oil (the kind that blew up in Quebec, North Dakota and Alabama last year, killing 47 people) which the oil industry wants to ship through our towns so they can export it through the Salish Sea. Come learn how our region is organizing to stop these oil trains and how you can help. And enjoy some tunes while you’re at it.
Cost: $10-20 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
June 12, 2014 (Thursday)
Vancouver, WA
Crude Awakening: Oil Train Tour (concert by Dana, info and talk by Matt Krogh of Forest Ethics)
Time: 7:00pm
Shanahan's Pub
209 W. McLoughlin Blvd.
Come learn about the proposed oil export trains, filled with explosive North Dakota oil (the kind that blew up in Quebec, North Dakota and Alabama last year, killing 47 people) which the oil industry wants to ship through our towns so they can export it through the Salish Sea. Come learn how our region is organizing to stop these oil trains and how you can help. And enjoy some tunes while you’re at it.
Cost: $10 suggested donation
Info: 360-699-5061
June 13, 2014 (Friday)
Portland, OR
Crude Awakening: Oil Train Tour (concert by Dana, info and talk by Matt Krogh of Forest Ethics)
Time: 6:00pm potluck, 7:00pm concert & oil train presentation
18th Avenue Peace House
2116 NE 18th Avenue
Come learn about the proposed oil export trains, filled with explosive North Dakota oil (the kind that blew up in Quebec, North Dakota and Alabama last year, killing 47 people) which the oil industry wants to ship through our towns so they can export it through the Salish Sea. Come learn how our region is organizing to stop these oil trains and how you can help. And enjoy some tunes while you’re at it.
Cost: $10-25 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
June 14, 2014 (Saturday)
Olympia, WA
PS I Love You Puget Sound Festival
Time: 3:30-4:15pm (festival runs 11:00am to 10:00pm)
Percival Landing Park Sound Stage
405 Columbia Street NW
(If it rains, will be held next door at the Olympia Center)
June 23, 2014 (Monday)
Moscow, ID
Crude Awakening: Oil Train Tour (concert by Dana, info and talk by Matt Krogh of Forest Ethics)
Time: 7:00pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse
420 E. 2nd Street
Come learn about the proposed oil export trains, filled with explosive North Dakota oil (the kind that blew up in Quebec, North Dakota and Alabama last year, killing 47 people) which the oil industry wants to ship through our towns so they can export it through the Salish Sea. Come learn how our region is organizing to stop these oil trains and how you can help. And enjoy some tunes while you’re at it.
Cost: $10-20 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Sandpoint, ID
Crude Awakening: Oil Train Tour (concert by Dana, info and talk by Matt Krogh of Forest Ethics)
Time: 7:00pm
Farmin Park
On Oak Street between Third and Fourth Avenues
Come learn about the proposed oil export trains, filled with explosive North Dakota oil (the kind that blew up in Quebec, North Dakota and Alabama last year, killing 47 people) which the oil industry wants to ship through our towns so they can export it through the Salish Sea. Come learn how our region is organizing to stop these oil trains and how you can help. And enjoy some tunes while you’re at it.
Cost: $10-20 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Sponsored by the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper
Info: 208-597-7188
Photo by Alex Garland
June 25, 2014 (Wednesday)
Spokane, WA
Crude Awakening: Oil Train Tour (concert by Dana, info and talk by Matt Krogh of Forest Ethics)
Time: 7:00pm
Saranac Building Roof
35 West Main Avenue
Come learn about the proposed oil export trains, filled with explosive North Dakota oil (the kind that blew up in Quebec, North Dakota and Alabama last year, killing 47 people) which the oil industry wants to ship through our towns so they can export it through the Salish Sea. Come learn how our region is organizing to stop these oil trains and how you can help. And enjoy some tunes while you’re at it.
Suggested donation: $10-20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
June 26, 2014 (Thursday) - tentative date
Missoula, MT
Tentative date for Crude Awakening: Oil Train Tour (concert by Dana, info and talk by Matt Krogh of Forest Ethics)
June 30, 2014 (Monday) - tentative date
Helena, MT
Tentative date for Crude Awakening: Oil Train Tour (concert by Dana, info and talk by Matt Krogh of Forest Ethics)
August 7, 2014 (Thursday)
Bellingham, WA
Elizabeth Park Concert
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Elizabeth Park
Come on down for one of Bellingham's sweetest outdoor concert series. The park is in the Columbia Eldridge neighborhood, bounded by Washington, Walnut, Madison, and Elizabeth streets. Bring a blanket/chair and your picnic dinner!
Free (though donations accepted to keep the concert series going)
Sponsored by the Eldridge Society for History & Preservation
August 24, 2014 (Sunday)
Woodinville, WA
House Concert at Beth's: Fundraiser for Food Bank
With Celtic Fire and Emerald City Voices
Time and details: TBA
August 28, 2014 (Thursday)
Tacoma, WA
I Have a Dream Speech Party
Time: TBA
Polly's House
1312 - 120th Street South
Lovely gathering and house concert at a home with permaculture gardens in the heart of Tacoma. Come celebrate the anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech (also Polly's dad's birthday!). Dana will sing a concert. There will be time for folks to give their own inspiring speeches. Potluck and more!
September 13, 2014 (Saturday)
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, ID
Wilderness Gateway Compound
Mile marker 122 on Highway 12
Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act in one of the first wilderness areas protected in the United States, the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, which is located on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest in Idaho along the wild and scenic Lochsa River.
Details: TBA
Info: Brett Haverstick, Education & Outreach Director, 208-882-9755
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