06.19.04 | KERRVILLE POSTPONED: SUN JUNE 20 The much anticipated engagement at the HILL COUNTRY OPRY has been postponed. Manager James Harvey's father passed away suddenly and the opry will not be open over the weekend.
Our condolences to James Harvey and his family.
We will be rescheduling so check with the venue or come back to Rita's site for any update. : http://www.hillcountryopry.com 06.17.04 | THE HEAT CONTINUES With the sun setting in the west, and the Gulf of Mexico as a backdrop, Rita and her band played in the 105 Degree heat in Corpus Christi.
next stop....Alpine and The Railroad Blues Club. ( a mere 850 Km drive.) 06.16.04 | Texas Heat Well, it's hot in Texas......the weather AND the music.
Saturday at Threadgills, (Austin) Kim Deschamps sat in with Rita and the band. Kim, of Cowboy Junkies and Blue Rodeo fame, is now living in Austin.
If you are in the Austin area, check out Kim and the Charlie Robinson Band.
Sunday, Rita was in College Station, George Bush's home town. Sunday was his 80th birthday and he went skydiving in the College Station area to celebrate.
Tuesday, at the Texas Art Venue in Conroe Texas was scheduled to be an acoustic duo performance, but the whole band played for the night... A good time was had by all.
Travel day today.....tomorrow Rita and her band play at the Cole Park Amphitheatre in Corpus Christi. As the oroganizer of the event said.." bring a change of clothes, lots of towels and sunglasses. We have cooling fans on stage as well."
To put things in perspective, Texans consider 90 degrees to be cool. 06.12.04 | Threadgills It's Sat, June 12 and Rita is now setting up at Threadgills South, in Austin for her performance tonight.
One of the great venues in Austin, tonight's show will bring back memories of Janis Joplin and hopefully create memories of Rita Chiarelli. 06.09.04 | MESSAGE BOARD Please don't be shy....post your comments on the board..... just click on interact.....and then message board.
Share your best concert moments, or why one of Rita's songs means so much to you....It might mean a lot to some other fan as well.
Check out the new CD tracks from "NO ONE TO BLAME" on the website.....Rita's personal tribute to the blues. If you check the message board, Jon Norton, Music Director, WGLT in Illinois says "THE NEW ALBUMS SMOKES."
What do you fans think?? Check the tracks...let her know !
