Small Potatoes

Small Potatoes

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Christmas in the Ashram 25/12/2023

Brought to you by our friend Roger, who risked his life driving through an ice storm from Helena, MT to the The Dalles, OR--one of our favorite places with some of our favorite people. Great song brought to you by Chris Rosser, Rich's hair, or lack of...brought to you by chemo (no worries, all gone). HOHOHO!

Christmas in the Ashram performed by Small Potatoes (Rich Prezioso & Jacquie Manning) in The Dalles, Oregon on November 14, 2014.

Christmas in the Ashram 25/12/2023

Christmas in the Ashram performed by Small Potatoes (Rich Prezioso & Jacquie Manning) in The Dalles, Oregon on November 14, 2014.

Monday Live with Small Potatoes 20/11/2023

But wait, there's more!

Tonight--at 6pm CT (Mon 11/20) we'll be joining Muriel on her Monday Live stream--

Monday Live with Small Potatoes Small Potatoes, my special guests for the upcoming Saturday-After-Thanksgiving concert will join me live! Join Jacquie Manning, Rich Prezioso and me as we ch...

Nov 25 Concert - Muriel Anderson 20/11/2023

And this week! Sat--ohboyohboyohboy! Live and Livestream

We're special guests at Muriel's annual Thanksgiving Concert

Nov 25 Concert - Muriel Anderson Annual Saturday-After-Thanksgiving Show, Live & Online Buy In-Person Tickets Buy Livestream Tickets Join me online or in person in my hometown of Downers Grove IL for my 32nd annual Saturday-After-Thanksgiving concert! This year Capt’n Bryan and I announce the exclusive pre-release of our CD with ...

15/11/2023

My God we've got a gig! Got a few actually! Come on out if you can--

This Friday, Nov 17, 7pm

Highland Avenue Coffeehouse--Church of the Brethren
783 W. Highland Ave, Elgin IL

Small Potatoes-- I Brought My Father With Me 18/06/2023

Have a Happy Fathers Day

Small Potatoes-- I Brought My Father With Me For Father's Day, this wonderful song by Michael Peter SmithJacquie Manning: vocal, guitarRich Prezioso: guitarSmall Potatoes recorded live at Lange Winery, ...

Off Square On Air | Small Potatoes | February 24, 2023 | Hybrid! - Off Square Music 22/02/2023

This one's going to be interesting...Have you heard the story of how Jacquie met Jackson Browne in the men's room?

Off Square on Air--A concert/interview/podcast taping where we interview each other--live and streamed!

Friday, Feb 24, 7pm (CST)
Stage Left Cafe-- 125 Van Buren St. Woodstock, IL

Off Square On Air | Small Potatoes | February 24, 2023 | Hybrid! - Off Square Music Off Square On Air - 2-hour concert/interview show. Wed., Feb. 24, 7:00 pm CST, featuring Small Potatoes (Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso).

17/02/2023

We've got a show coming up on Sunday!

Lake County Folk Club
Sun, Feb 19 7:00pm
10 S. Seymour Ave, Grayslake IL
https://thelakecountyfolkclub.org/feb-concert.html

OHBOYOHBOYOHBOY!!

13/01/2023

SPUDS--Small Potatoes Upcoming DateS

Got a gig tomorrow (Sat Jan 14th)
..if you're in Chicagoland

Edgar's Place Coffeehouse 7:30pm
UU Community Church, 70 Sycamore Dr, Park Forest, IL
https://www.uuccpf.org/calendar/edgars-place/

ps Rich is giving guitar lesson via Zoom these days. You too can make your guitar look like this...

Small Potatoes- A Merry Christmas from the Cabin 25/12/2022

This little Christmas video came up on the memory machine thing yesterday. btw--the tune is "In The Bleak Midwinter" ...it's up to 2 degrees this morning!

May your days be merry and bright

Jacquie: dulcimer
Rich: guitar

Small Potatoes- A Merry Christmas from the Cabin A little Christmas video collage over "In the Bleak Midwinter"Jacquie: dulcimerRich: guitarhttps://www.smallpotatoes.comhttps://patreon.com/smallpotatoeshttp...

07/12/2022

Us Again...this time from home--this coming Saturday!

Blackhawk Folk Society Second Sat Virtual Concerts
Sat, Dec 10 7pm (Central Time)

Click here for Zoom and YouTube Links https://www.blackhawkfolk.org/concertsinthepark

02/12/2022

Time Flies!! That SMALL POTATOES live concert at the inimitable TWO WAY STREET COFFEE HOUSE in Downers Grove, Illinois is TOMORROW!! Come on out and join us at the site of the very 1st SMALL POTATOES listening room concert some 30 YEARS AGO!
The address is 1047 Curtiss St Downers Grove IL and doors open at 7:30 for the 8pm show. And if you can't make it for the live show FEAR NOT! Thanks to the wonders of computer science this concert is also LIVE STREAMED -- check the Two Way Street website: www.twowaystreet.org for details.
Pleeeeeeze join us❣️

Small Potatoes--When the Last Leaves Fall (Mackie Redd) 23/11/2022

There aren't many leaves left on the trees around here (there were when we posted this on our Patreon page a few weeks ago...) but here's a lovely song from our friend Mackie Redd.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Small Potatoes--When the Last Leaves Fall (Mackie Redd) a song we've loved for a long time, by our friend Mackie Redd. Recorded 11/9/22https://www.smallpotatoes.comhttps://patreon.com/smallpotatoeshttps://www.fac...

Bound for Glory - The Documentary 25/10/2022

Jacquie just found this great short documentary (made in 2012) by two Ithaca College students on Phil Shapiro and WVBR's Bound for Glory, the long running live concert/broadcast from Cornell University that we've been lucky enough to be a part of for about 25 years. We sort of remember doing the interview...sort of...but it's wonderful to see the final product ten years later.

Phil is a character and one of our favorite people on this thing we call the folk circuit. We've talked a whole lot about BFG--the songs and stories on our CD "Alive" were drawn from five different appearances on the show. Here's a little slice--

ps it is quite an honor to be featured in this video along with Bill Staines and Garnet Rogers!

pps You can follow Bound for Glory here--https://www.facebook.com/groups/fobfog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF3N2xA5RB8

Bound for Glory - The Documentary Bound for Glory, North America's longest running live radio concert broadcast, is the subject of this short documentary by Brad Kolodner and Aya Hoffman, two...

30/09/2022

JIM POST MEMORIAL GATHERING IN GALENA

I am a little tardy at posting this but you still have plenty of time to respond if you wish. Again, a memorial for Jim Post will be on Monday, Oct. 10th at Turner Hall in Galena, Illinois from noon to 7:00pm. Yes, Galena is a bit of a trek, but it is a lovely drive and both Galena and Jim are worth it.

BYOB potluck, Jim stories and music. Anyone wishing to participate musically or otherwise please let me know or leave a comment, so I can pass it along to Bruce and the organizers. There are several obits on line but I personally think the best one is here:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2022/9/23/23367059/jim-post-folk-singer-reach-out-darkness-mark-twain-friend-lover-so-groovy-now-galena

14/09/2022

I just heard from my friend, Bruce Kort, that the irreplaceable Jimmy David Post left us this morning to sing with the "thousand-voiced choir, singing higher and higher and higher..." RIP, my old friend.

02/09/2022

Ok, the picture is the wrong season -- but the right people!
SMALL POTATOES is playing a real LIVE, in the flesh, CONCERT
this SATURDAY, SEPT 3rd, in DeKALB IL at the "FARGO VENUE",
641 E. Lincoln Hwy (Rt 38), starting at 7:00pm. This is the very first of the “1st SAT. CONCERTS” put together by Dave DK Kolar.
We are sharing the evening with our dear friend PATTI ECKER
(the other person in the picture who is not Jacquie or Rich).
This will be a sort of adventure for all of us since 641 E. is actually a Skateboard Shop with a very cool Skateboard Park right behind. But fear not, just to the RIGHT of that (645?) is a big, lovely room with a gorgeous blue floor that really wants to be filled with friends and music. So come on out to DeKALB on Saturday and ...
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!

Small Potatoes-- I Brought My Father With Me 20/06/2022

I Brought My Father With Me

Probably should have started putting this together before yesterday, but...you know...

Some pictures to go with this live version of Michael Smith's great song, recorded at Lange Winery in Dundee OR. 4/30/05

Happy Belated Father's Day

Small Potatoes-- I Brought My Father With Me For Father's Day, this wonderful song by Michael Peter SmithJacquie Manning: vocal, guitarRich Prezioso: guitarSmall Potatoes recorded live at Lange Winery, ...

26/05/2022

Here's a photo of us at the Kerrville Folk Fest which starts this weekend. Can't make it to Texas?

SMALL POTATOES -FRIDAY- LIVE AT WESLEY'S PLACE!!
Yes, BIG excitement from the SPUD RANCH! Rich & Jacquie are playing a real, live, in the flesh GIG in LA GRANGE, IL on Friday 5/27/22! We will be playing all of your favorites plus a few new ones.
The live music ball is rolling, albeit slowly (this is our second live concert this month -- woo-hoo!). We truly hope that you can join us -- we miss everyone SO much. The doors open at 6:30 and we start at 7:00.
Wesley's Place is in the UMC Chapel at 100 W Cossitt Ave (just a few miles east of Downers Grove). Wesley's serves snacks and soft drinks (being in a church and all) but there are also plenty of great looking restaurants and bars in the neighborhood. WESLEYSPLACEMUSIC.COM
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

15/05/2022

"Suggested minimum $20.00 And if you want to be nice you can do TIPS."

From our new friend Riley (age 9). We think she has a bright future in promotion.

12/05/2022

We're going to be in Louisville...Kentucky that is, this Saturday! (May 14th), playing at one of our all-time favorite house concerts. In fact, Margie's was the last show we did before Covid. It will be wonderful to be back.

If you find yourself in the neighborhood please consider stopping by, but space is limited so email for reservations.

Sat. May 14 House Concert, Louisville KY
6:30pm food, 7:30 music
email [email protected] for reservations

(Photo: 2003 Kentucky Music Weekend)

Making a May Basket 01/05/2022

Happy May Day! Thought we'd re-post this little video Jacquie made for our Patreon subscribers a few years ago, teaching us how to make a May Basket.

We should also remind you that our Patreon page has a whole album's worth of unreleased recordings (with one more coming later today...), plus videos and other goodies, all for as little as $2 bucks a month. Such a deal!

Enjoy-- SPUDS

Making a May Basket Jacquie made this little instructional video last year for our Patreon subscribers. It's May!SPUDSYou can find out more about Small Potatoes here...https://...

Maple Street Concerts 18/02/2022

Wait, what's this? A real live gig??!!

Yes indeed--tomorrow, Sat. Feb 19, we'll be at the Maple St Chapel, in Lombard IL. It's been quite a long time since we've playing in this lovely old building. Please come on out if you can!

Sat. Feb 19, 7:30pm Maple Street Concerts
200 S Main St, Lombard IL

Maple Street Concerts Home page of Maple Street Concerts, a venue from Lombard (Chicagoland). Concert Venue. Acoustic/ folk concerts. Monthy Sept - May.

Photos from AMP Concerts's post 10/02/2022

We just got this set of pictures from the AMP house concert series in Albuquerque NM -- a short 20 years ago -- Time Flies!

Thanks to Neal Cooperman for booking us and to Charles Banks for the pics

18/12/2021

Small Potatoes Last Minute Holiday Show

Live from the Cabino

16/12/2021

Hey! It's the Small Potatoes Last Minute Holiday Virtual Potluck and Birthday Party! 7pm Central time tomorrow--Friday, Dec 17th.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85385989837?pwd=SjdQTEVMaW8xOVZrSDUzQjZCSWEyUT09

Plan A was to to do this as a house concert in lovely Cobden IL--our annual Cousin Andy's birthday bash for Vern Crawford, but circumstances have changed, so we're going to Plan B--streaming it from the Cabin in our backyard instead.

You can join us on Zoom (link above and below) OR assuming we click the right buttons you can just watch it here at 7pm Central time tomorrow--Friday, Dec 17th. (that 6pm time below was for the live potluck...)

Time: Dec 17, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85385989837?pwd=SjdQTEVMaW8xOVZrSDUzQjZCSWEyUT09

Meeting ID: 853 8598 9837
Passcode: wDYeD4

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Small Potatoes Last Minute Holiday Show