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July 2008
Greetings friends,
I hope it’s been a good season for everyone and that you are all enjoying summer music and fun outdoors.
I will be traveling the next few months and hope to meet some of you at my shows. In late September I’ll head to the beautiful state of Virginia where I’ll be performing at Ashland Coffee & Tea, the Williamsburg Library and Court Square Theater in Harrisonburg. For you local folks, I’ll be doing a benefit concert for breast cancer at Pioneer Place in St. Cloud, MN on September 4 and will be in Grand Marais September 21. In November, I’ll be at Mama’s Coffeehouse in Bloomington Hills, MI.
The rest of my traveling will be flyovers, which is too bad since there are some beautiful places where I’ll be performing on the Rhubarb Tour in August with A Prairie Home Companion. I hear a few state fairs are involved, which will give me a chance to compare the best part about fairs—the food. I look forward to the next fried delicacy on a stick.
I feel especially fortunate to be playing the new Pat Donohue Signature Series guitar from The Martin Guitar Company as I write this. My Martin OM-30DB custom guitar blends the OM shape, scale and 14-fret configuration with dreadnought body depth, wide string spacing, and an extra wide neck. The bass resonance is phenomenal. The instrument is a joy to play. Plus, it has all the cool appointments reminiscent of Martins from the early 20th century, like premium woods, a mahogany modified V-neck, and beautiful inlaid abalone fretwork, including my initials. Each guitar has a personally signed label inside.
I am honored beyond belief to have been asked to design my dream guitar and am forever grateful to Dick Boak of The Martin Guitar Company and John Woodland of Willie’s American Guitars, who believed in this project from the beginning.
Wishing you all happy days and cool nights. Hope to see you soon. Thanks always for your encouragement and support.
—Pat
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