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09/13/2024

What a thrill to learn that I've been named a finalist in two International Western Music Association award categories, Entertainer of the Year and Male Performer of the Year. Five finalists are in each category, and they are not only friends but also spectacular musicians and performers. I'm honored to be among them. Congratulations Doug Figgs, Kristyn Harris, Syd Masters, and Carlos Washington (Entertainer of the Year finalists) and Doug Figgs Jim Jones, Syd Masters, and Carlos Washington (Male Performer of the Year finalists.) Can't wait to see everyone in Albuquerque.

09/12/2024

Let's head down to Woodland Park on September 21 for a grand old time. Donna and Tom Hatton have put together a marvelous to-do, and asked Ernie and me to pick and grin for a while. It'll be fun...and that Yummy Pie Social looks pretty intriguing. Hope to see you there.

09/11/2024

I'm off to the Hole in the Wall this weekend to spend time with my dear old compadres in the shadow of the Great Red Wall. Returning to some great shows and a lot of travel in the next few weeks. Looking forward to a wonderful fall. More info. on public shows coming up shortly.

09/10/2024

Around 14 years ago, I was approached by some regional National Parks Service Staffers to be involved with a tenth-anniversary tribute to the victims/heroes murdered on United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. I wrote a song that I loved, and they did, too. Some of my fine musician friends and I went into Jeff Graves' Roundtree Studio and did a nice little demo. My friend Tom Mullen (who sadly passed over three years ago) assembled a moving video collage. I put together a business plan with suggestions concerning final recording and video with a preliminary budget. The project was sent off to the bigwigs in D.C., who responded by using a heartfelt little emo ditty from another bigwig's daughter (or perhaps granddaughter) at the nationally televised tribute. My prayers still go out to those who died that awful day, as well as to their friends and families. God bless 'em.

In honor of the heroes on Flight 93, September 11, 2001.

09/09/2024

My old friends Tom and Donna Hatton are putting on a fine to-do in Woodland Park, Colorado on Saturday, September 21. They're wonderful poets/performers/singers who host this annual event that I've been unable to attend until this year. Ernie and I are rarin' to go! All the info's in the article below. Hope to see you on Saturday the 21st for a fine day of Western pleasure! Woodland Park, Colorado on the solstice...what could be better?

A reverence for history and a literary touch to memory, the 5th annual “A Cowboy’s Legacy in the Shadow of Pikes Peak” is a tribute to the past as western

09/09/2024

The Hole in the Wall Gang was founded by the great Red Fenwick and his compadres in 1977, and this week we celebrate our 47th annual Ride at the Great Red Wall near Kaycee, Wyoming. Gordy Meldrum and I are gonna head up Friday to warble around the campfire, puff on one'a Rex Hardin's cubans, and knock back a shot of Old Yellowstone in honor of Red. Fred Powell is gonna hitch a ride as our honorary navigator. Hi-yo boys...cinch them nags up tight!

09/07/2024

So, I'm going to have to resort to old-time solutions. I've contacted Madame Cookie La Benoit LaRoux of New Iberia Parish, Lousiana, and have commissioned a curse on the slimy sumbitches who keep trying to peddle T-shirts by pretending to be me. I chose M. LaRoux's Cough & Contagion Package #4 which will cause the perpetrator's bowels to bind up, their sinuses to explode, their fingernails to fall out, and their mothers to admit they never loved them. Plus, every song they hear will sound as if it's being sung by Stevie Nicks. If that doesn't do it, I'll commission M. LaRoux's curse #7, and even I can't imagine how bad that'll be. Thanks for reporting the slimeballs.

09/06/2024

Well, you probably know I've been T-Shirted. The vermin have decided to use my name to spread havoc. Seems like it should be fairly easy for the Facebook overlords to handle this type of thing, but apparently not. In any event, like most of you, I'm NOT selling T-Shirts, and I'm not a "she." Just in case you were wondering.

09/04/2024

I'm really looking forward to playing a house concert at the Drinkard Home in Niwot, Colorado this Friday, September 6 at 7:00 p.m.. It's an intimate little affair with a maximum of 50 attendees, and a select few seats are available. I'm going to premiere several new songs from my forthcoming Ghost Smoke recording. I hope you can join us. Check in with Lawson Drinkard at [email protected] for info.

09/02/2024

Our elderberry bush is full of ripe berries. Wish I knew how to make elderberry jam or elderberry wine. In the meantime, the birds are pooping purple all over the neighborhood.

08/31/2024

Yep.

08/31/2024

It's always nice to perform for friends close to home. I've been so busy outside the Denver/Boulder/Longmont area that I'm excited to play for a wonderful house concert series next Friday in Niwot, Colorado. On September 6, I'm honored to appear for the first time in concert at Lawson Drinkard's House Concert in Niwot, Colorado. This will be an intimate show for only 50 attendees. All the info's below in a note from Lawson. Please check in with him to save your seat and we'll have a grand old time in Niwot! Hope to see you!

Dear Music Friends:
Here are the details! When you respond to this e-mail ([email protected]) I’ll put you on our list. However, to confirm your seat(s) please send a check to me for $25 per person made out to Jon Chandler (send to Lawson Drinkard, 6666 Apache Ct., Niwot, CO 80503), or send the money to me by Venmo (-Drinkard). Your seat is confirmed when I receive your check or Venmo payment. I will confirm when I receive it. Except for some extraordinary emergency, payments will be non-refundable. One hundred percent of the proceeds from our house concerts go directly to the artists.
Our home will accommodate around 50 people (sitting close together) for concerts. It will be first come, first served. We’ll have to close registration when the first 50 folks are confirmed.
Here are the rest of the details:
Date - Friday, September 6, 2024
Time - 7pm - Our front door will be open and you are welcome anytime from 6:30 pm on.
Location - 6666 Apache Court, Niwot
Chairs - We have around 25 chairs so if you have a folding chair please bring it (or risk sitting on the floor!).
Snacks and Drinks - You are welcome to bring snacks to share but please don’t feel obligated. Suzanne and I will have some water, tea, glasses, and an ice chest. Please bring along whatever else you’d like to drink before and after the concert, and between sets. We ask that only water be taken to seats that are on the carpet.
Masks - You are welcome to wear masks if that is your preference but they are not required. If the weather is not too hot we’ll open the windows, but if it is we’ll have the AC running.
Parking Parking is on the street. Please make sure not to block the neighbor’s driveways and don’t park in our driveway. We have a few folks coming who need to park close to the house and we save those spaces for them
We hope you’ll be able to join us and look forward to seeing you on September 6th.
Lawson Drinkard

08/24/2024

Pat's brother Gary will be laid to rest in a few short days in Hastings, Nebraska. Through all the sadness, it's important to remember that he had a wonderful life filled with family and friends.

View Gary R. Talich's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

08/22/2024

I’m pretty sure the world doesn’t work the way it used to because stories like that of Gary Talich have become so rare. Gary was truly a self-made man who unexpectedly passed away this afternoon in Hastings, Nebraska. He was Pat’s oldest brother and one of her life’s brighter lights. Growing up as a kid sister on a quintessential Nebraska farm, Pat endured the teasing and taunts from her brothers Gary and Rob and also felt their fierce love and loyalty. As the eldest sibling, Gary was the first to make his way out into the world, a young kid without a dime in his pocket who somehow managed to work his way into an accounting position in a small town, and from there to a larger company, where he spent his career perfecting and marketing products essential to livestock feeders. By the time he retired, he had grabbed the brass ring that would have seemed unattainable to a young accountant so long ago. He was part of a generation that did such things without complaint or expectation...they just worked their tails off. The love of his life, his wife Donna, passed exactly eight months ago. Today, his body rebelled, but who am I to say that perhaps he just felt it was time to join her? Maybe. Maybe not. Next week, Pat and I and Rob and Dawn will gather with Gary’s kids and their kids along with a ton of family and friends to celebrate what he did and who he was, and to return him to that rich Nebraska loam. Ashes to ashes. RIP, Gary.

08/21/2024

Okay...It seems my first pass at promoting this show may have wound up in the "cloud" somewhere, probably having cocktails with Russian disinformation and "who really wrote the Beatles songs" posts. In any event, on Friday, September 6, I'm delighted to appear for the first time in concert at Lawson Drinkard's House Concert in Niwot, Colorado. This will be an intimate show for only 50 attendees. All the info's below in a note from Lawson. Please check in with him to save your seat!

Dear Music Friends:
Here are the details! When you respond to this e-mail ([email protected]) I’ll put you on our list. However, to confirm your seat(s) please send a check to me for $25 per person made out to Jon Chandler (send to Lawson Drinkard, 6666 Apache Ct., Niwot, CO 80503), or send the money to me by Venmo (-Drinkard). Your seat is confirmed when I receive your check or Venmo payment. I will confirm when I receive it. Except for some extraordinary emergency, payments will be non-refundable. One hundred percent of the proceeds from our house concerts go directly to the artists.
Our home will accommodate around 50 people (sitting close together) for concerts. It will be first come, first served. We’ll have to close registration when the first 50 folks are confirmed.
Here are the rest of the details:
Date - Friday, September 6, 2024
Time - 7pm - Our front door will be open and you are welcome anytime from 6:30 pm on.
Location - 6666 Apache Court, Niwot
Chairs - We have around 25 chairs so if you have a folding chair please bring it (or risk sitting on the floor!).
Snacks and Drinks - You are welcome to bring snacks to share but please don’t feel obligated. Suzanne and I will have some water, tea, glasses, and an ice chest. Please bring along whatever else you’d like to drink before and after the concert, and between sets. We ask that only water be taken to seats that are on the carpet.
Masks - You are welcome to wear masks if that is your preference but they are not required. If the weather is not too hot we’ll open the windows, but if it is we’ll have the AC running.
Parking Parking is on the street. Please make sure not to block the neighbor’s driveways and don’t park in our driveway. We have a few folks coming who need to park close to the house and we save those spaces for them
We hope you’ll be able to join us and look forward to seeing you on September 6th.
Lawson Drinkard

08/20/2024

A couple of wonderful shows coming right up. I'll be at the Hideout Music Barn in Buena Vista on Sunday with Ernie Martinez in tow! It's always great to play Tom McFarland's wonderful venue and we're looking forward to a great show. All the info's on the flyer below.

On Friday, September 6, I'm delighted to appear for the first time in concert at Lawson Drinkard's House Concert in Niwot, Colorado. This will be an intimate show for only 50 attendees. All the info's below in a note from Lawson. Please check in with him to save your seat!

Dear Music Friends:

Here are the details! When you respond to this e-mail ([email protected]) I’ll put you on our list. However, to confirm your seat(s) please send a check to me for $25 per person made out to Jon Chandler (send to Lawson Drinkard, 6666 Apache Ct., Niwot, CO 80503), or send the money to me by Venmo (-Drinkard). Your seat is confirmed when I receive your check or Venmo payment. I will confirm when I receive it. Except for some extraordinary emergency, payments will be non-refundable. One hundred percent of the proceeds from our house concerts go directly to the artists.

Our home will accommodate around 50 people (sitting close together) for concerts. It will be first come, first served. We’ll have to close registration when the first 50 folks are confirmed.

Here are the rest of the details:

Date - Friday, September 6, 2024

Time - 7pm - Our front door will be open and you are welcome anytime from 6:30 pm on.

Location - 6666 Apache Court, Niwot

Chairs - We have around 25 chairs so if you have a folding chair please bring it (or risk sitting on the floor!).

Snacks and Drinks - You are welcome to bring snacks to share but please don’t feel obligated. Suzanne and I will have some water, tea, glasses, and an ice chest. Please bring along whatever else you’d like to drink before and after the concert, and between sets. We ask that only water be taken to seats that are on the carpet.

Masks - You are welcome to wear masks if that is your preference but they are not required. If the weather is not too hot we’ll open the windows, but if it is we’ll have the AC running.

Parking Parking is on the street. Please make sure not to block the neighbor’s driveways and don’t park in our driveway. We have a few folks coming who need to park close to the house and we save those spaces for them

We hope you’ll be able to join us and look forward to seeing you on September 6th.

Lawson Drinkard

08/19/2024

Getting ready for one of my favorite summer shows at The Hideout Music Barn in Buena Vista. Ernie Martinez will join me for a great afternoon of pickin' with an occasional grin thrown in for good measure. Buena Vista is gorgeous this time of year, so take a drive on up to the base of Mount Princeton and join us at The Hideout Music Barn. Hope to see you there.

08/11/2024

Two great shows this week! Tonight at beautiful Four Mile Creek B&B in Glenwood Springs at 6:00. Friday at the iconic Society Hall in Alamosa. Hope to see you in the mountains!

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08/09/2024

COMING SOON! GHOST SMOKE, a newly compiled anthology of my Western words and music, will be released in August. The 19 cuts include four brand new Jon Chandler songs of the West and the first commercial release of the promotional anthem Back to Cheyenne. All the info. up soon on www.jonchandler.com. A true labor of love...hope you enjoy GHOST SMOKE.

08/08/2024

I've had a soft spot for Alamosa, Colorado since I was a kid. It was a place to stop, rest, and camp during countless trips to the San Luis Valley to fish the Rio Grande and its tributaries and a place where my dad worked as a drywall finisher during a remodel of Adams State College (now University). It's the hometown of my sister-in-law Eleanor, and these days, it's the closest town of any size to our cabin home near San Luis. We spend a lot of time there. On Friday, August 16, I'm honored to return to one of Colorado's treasured venues, Society Hall in Alamosa. A spectacular listening room as well as an inspiring place to play, there's a reverential aspect to Society Hall that makes a totally unique, and I love performing there. If you're out and about experiencing Colorado on the 16th, try to drop by Society Hall. I'd love to see you.

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08/07/2024

I'm thinking everyone ought to hop in their vehicles and make their way to Glenwood Springs this Sunday to experience one of the best meadow/house/barn concert venues in the land! I'll be at Four Mile Creek Bed & Breakfast concert series in Glenwood Springs at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 11. It's a breathtaking place, and we're planning on doing the show outside in a gorgeous adjacent meadow. In case of rain, we'll move it into the B&B's beautiful Red Barn. The show is donation-based, and a fine time is guaranteed for all. For info., call Jim at the B&B. Hope to see you in Glenwood Springs on the 11th!

Creekside Cabin The Creekside cabin is a charming and cozy, log cabin with a full kitchen and bath. It has a queen size bed and a full size futon bed/sofa (all in the same sleeping area). Enjoy sleeping to the sound of Four Mile Creek right outside the windows. $160/night (up to four guests) Garden....

07/30/2024

Some great shows coming up in August, beginning with the North Central Kansas Free Fair on Friday, August 2. The following weekend, I'm delighted to return to the Four Mile Creek Bed & Breakfast concert series in Glenwood Springs on Sunday, August 11. This is a great venue, and we're planning on doing the show outside in a gorgeous adjacent meadow. In case of rain, we'll move it into the B&B's beautiful Red Barn. The show is donation-based...basically one of the best house/yard concerts you can imagine. I can't wait. For info., call Jim at the B&B. Hope to see you in Glenwood Springs on the 11th!

Creekside Cabin The Creekside cabin is a charming and cozy, log cabin with a full kitchen and bath. It has a queen size bed and a full size futon bed/sofa (all in the same sleeping area). Enjoy sleeping to the sound of Four Mile Creek right outside the windows. $160/night (up to four guests) Garden....

07/29/2024

I had a great time Saturday performing for the Colorado Cowboy Gathering's summer to-do. So good to see familiar faces and old friends for the first time in a long time. Thanks to the Gathering Board for reaching out and hosting a fine concert!

07/27/2024

An early afternoon concert tomorrow at the Colorado Cowboy Gathering's summer to-do. Drop by at 1:00 and see what it feels like to leave a show when it's still light outside. 🤠 It'll be a wonderful gathering of friends. Hope to see you there!

07/25/2024

There's nothing like a county fair in the Midwest to make you feel absolutely American. They are wonderful celebrations of community and culture, and I'm delighted to take the stage at the North Central Kansas (NCK) Free Fair in Belleville, Kansas at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 2. I'll be joined by Ernie Martinez and Lindsey Brown at this wonderful venue. Can't wait to be in the country's center to experience regional food, entertainment, carnival rides, and agricultural competitions/exhibits, plus the fairgrounds are home to Belleville High Banks, the world's fastest half-mile dirt track. My cousin Marcia Blecha and her husband Kelvin have long been associated with the NCK Free Fair and I'm grateful they arranged this appearance. Looking forward to spending time with friends and family from Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa! As a bonus, Pat gets to experience Czech Day at the fair, a tribute to her Bohemian ancestry! Take a weekend trip to this beautiful part of the country and join us as we bring our Rocky Mountain Western Music to the Great Plains!

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07/23/2024

The Colorado Cowboy Gathering presents Jon Chandler in Concert!

I'm honored to perform for the Colorado Cowboy Gathering's summer to-do this Saturday afternoon. I've long been affiliated with the Gathering, and it will be great to see old and new friends on Saturday afternoon. All the info's below. Let's get together on Saturday!

07/20/2024

La Veta Mercantile. Tonight. 🤠

07/17/2024

LA VETA MERCANTILE. SATURDAY EVENING! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

07/16/2024

What a ball the past couple of days. On Sunday, Ernie and I played a last-minute show in Castle Rock, CO in place of our pal Syd Masters, who is thankfully recovering from a road skirmish with a drunk driver. (See you in Red River in a couple of weeks, Syd.) Serendipity struck, as the show turned out to be at the spread of my friends Lisa and John Anderson. Lisa's dad, Col. Dale Boggie, was a close friend and true American hero, and I was honored to sing and represent the Hole in the Wall Gang at his funeral a couple of years back. I've known her husband John for at least two decades, and it was fantastic to see them. Then...last night was the fourth annual cul-de-sac gathering of friends and neighbors ramrodded by Jackie Swensson in her lovely Aurora neighborhood. Several Merritt Hutton High School alumni were in attendance including Jackie, her sister Linda, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton, and yours truly. Go Mighty Trojans!

07/15/2024

I can't wait to spend Saturday evening at the La Veta Mercantile in La Veta, CO. The Mercantile is my favorite small venue, and La Veta one of the prettiest spots on God's green earth. I'll be onstage at 7:00, and a fine time is guaranteed for all. Hope to see you on Saturday in the shadow of the Spanish Peaks....