Welcome to our site, fans and new friends. We're Too Blue, and we get a kick out of writing, playing, singing, recording and performing our own unique blend of bluegrass & swing music. Located in NY & CT, our members are:

What's New with Too Blue

Upcoming Performances 2008

• Sun. May 25: private engagement

• Sat. May 31 : private engagement

• Fri. June 13: Liquid Lunch, Shelton CT
Too Blue plays at the Liquid Lunch every 2nd Friday of the month.
Listening room, coffees & lite fare. BYOB. 7:30 - 9:30 pm
434 Howe Ave. in downtown Shelton, CT.
www.liquidlunchrestaurant.com

• Sun. June 15: Taste Budds Cafe, Red Hook, NY
Noon - 2 pm. 239 Linden Ave. (845) 758-9500
www.tastebudds.com

• Sun. June 22: Concert, Greenwich CT
 Seaside Garden at Greenwich Point Park, Tod's Driftway, Old Greenwich. 5:30 - 7:00 pm.
www.friendsofgreenwichpoint.org

• Sun. June 29: Concert, Monroe CT
7 - 8:30 pm.

• Sat. July 5: Millbrook Farmer's Market
Sheep and wool day! Millbrook NY. 10 am - noon

• Fri. July 11: Liquid Lunch, Shelton CT
Too Blue plays at the Liquid Lunch every 2nd Friday of the month.
Listening room, coffees & lite fare. BYOB. 7:30 - 9:30 pm
434 Howe Ave. in downtown Shelton, CT.
www.liquidlunchrestaurant.com

• Sun. July 13: Concert, Redding CT
6 - 8:00 pm. Outdoor concert. Rt. 107, Redding, in front of Town Hall.
www.townofreddingct.org/Public_Documents/ReddingCT_ParksRec/new/index3

• Fri. Aug. 8: Liquid Lunch, Shelton CT
Too Blue plays at the Liquid Lunch every 2nd Friday of the month.
Listening room, coffees & lite fare. BYOB. 7:30 - 9:30 pm
434 Howe Ave. in downtown Shelton, CT.
www.liquidlunchrestaurant.com

• Fri-Sun. Aug. 15-17: Bluegrass Festival, Greenville NY
"Bluegrass In Greenville", 3rd annual bluegrass festival.
Dates/times TBA.
www.freeholdaviation.com/bluegrass7.htm

• Sat. Aug. 16: 5th Annual Long Island Bluegrass Festival, Copiague NY
Time TBA. (631)587-3696
www.babylonarts.com/Bluegrass.htm

• Fri. Sept. 12: Liquid Lunch, Shelton CT
Too Blue plays at the Liquid Lunch every 2nd Friday of the month.
Listening room, coffees & lite fare. BYOB. 7:30 - 9:30 pm
434 Howe Ave. in downtown Shelton, CT.
www.liquidlunchrestaurant.com

• Sat. Sept. 20: private engagement

• Fri. Oct. 10: Liquid Lunch, Shelton CT
Too Blue plays at the Liquid Lunch every 2nd Friday of the month.
Listening room, coffees & lite fare. BYOB. 7:30 - 9:30 pm
434 Howe Ave. in downtown Shelton, CT.
www.liquidlunchrestaurant.com

Sat. Oct. 18 & Sun. Oct 19: NY State Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck NY
Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY.
Too Blue will play Saturday Oct. 20 from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm, and Sunday Oct. 21 from noon to 4 pm. Join us for a wild and wooly good time!
Info & directions at:
www.sheepandwool.com

CD Release
Our debut CD, A Little On the Blue Side, is available. Featuring 13 all-original vocal & instrumentals, with guest fiddler Joyce Andersen and liner notes by Jim Hurst, IBMA Guitarist of the Year, 2001 & 2002.

"Too Blue makes an auspicious debut with this CD, offering clever songs, good singing, strong instrumentals and great flatpicking in a well-recorded package."
– Dave McCarty, Flatpicking Guitarmagazine, Sept./Oct.2002

" From all aspects, "A Little On The Blue Side" is a class production from a contemporary bluegrass band that knows how to put swing into their bluegrass."
– Les McIntyre, Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, Oct.2002

Send check or money order for $15 + $2 S&H per CD to: Too Blue, 35 Heritage Dr., Woodbury, CT 06798. US orders only; foreign orders please email for price.
Or buy online (click & buy) at the Flatpicking Mercantile.

Too Blue on "Flatpicking 2002" Sampler CD
Flatpicking 2002 includes "Three Rivers" by Too Blue, as well as cuts from Kenny Smith, David Grier, Wyatt Rice and more. Buy for $10 + $2 S&H per CD.

Reviews
* Click here to read the CD review by Joe Ross on the California Bluegrass Assoc. website, Aug. 2003
* Click here to read the CD review in Taconic Weekend, 2/6/03.
* Click here to read the CD review in Flatpicking Guitar magazine, Sept/Oct 2002.

Download free 30-second mp3 samples by clicking on highlighted tracks.

1. The Leaving Kind
2. Blue Side
3. Two Dogs
4. Start All Over
5. Three Rivers
6. When the Bloom Is Off the Rose
7. Too Good To Be Bad
8. Morning Dew
9. Too Little Too Late
10. Brand New Blues
11. Emma's Dilemma
12. Bad News
13. Full Time Job

"Too Blue" News

~ Look for Too Blue's Betsy Rome in the Sept./Oct. 2006 issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, in a special issue featuring women in flatpicking. Betsy is also included on the accompanying audio CD, performing "Forked Deer". Check out the FGM website at www.flatpick.com

~ Too Blue was in the studio in June 2006, recording "Terence McShane", an original composition by songwriter Christine Kellar. Too Blue performed instrumentals and vocal harmonies. Terence McShane, Joan's brother-in-law, was a NYFD firefighter who lost his life in the 9/11 attack. The song is an upbeat, bluegrass-flavored dedication to his memory. Also performing on the track are Terence's son Aidan McShane on bass, and his nephew Kieran McShane, on drums. All net proceeds from sales of the one-song CD will go to the The New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation and the Nature Conservancy. To purchase, go to www.terencemcshane.com. Also please visit www.nyffburncenter.com and www.nature.org

~ Too Blue performed onstage at the 2004 Joe Val Indoor Bluegrass Festival, as well as at the vendor stage in 2006. Thanks to the BBU for a great event! Check out the photos in our gallery & at Darwin Davidson's site.

~ International listeners, we love you! Too Blue is on the airwaves, from Ireland to Sweden to Holland.

~ Our CD is on the air in Italy! DJ Giovanni Pietro Scazzola of Radio Gold Popular Network in Carpeneto, Italy is spinning "A Little On the Blue Side" and reports positive response from his audience.

~ In France, deejay Dominique Lemarechal has been playing our CD on her "Rockin Chair" radio program and says, "Good bluegrass songs".

~ G'day, mate! Bruce Livingstone has been spinning tunes from our CD frequently on his "Bluegrass Country" radio show in Australia at 3REGFM.

~ Thanks! to Todd Mack & WKZE-FM in Sharon, CT for playing Too Blue's CD, "A Little on the Blue Side", which listeners selected as one of the 10 best independent CD's of 2002.

Presskit & Stageplot

Download the newest Too Blue photos for print (5.5" x 5.7", 360 dpi, 437k jpg): color, black & white

Download the Too Blue color photo for web (275 x 268 pixels, 72 dpi, color jpg)

Download the Too Blue black & white photosheet layout, including logo, caption & contact info (873 k. pdf)

Download the Too Blue brochure (1.7 MB.pdf)

Download the Too Blue quotesheet (388 k, 1 pg. pdf)

Download the Too Blue stageplot (194 k, 1 pg. pdf)

 

Mailing List
Send us an email with your name, address and email address, and we'll keep you up-to-date with our latest news & events.

Links
Here's some sites you may want to visit:
ibluegrass.com -- bluegrass news, reviews, interviews
Mockingbird Music -- Glenn Nelson, luthier in central MA; Joan plays a Mockingbird banjo. See Joan's profile here.
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine -- great flatpicking guitar site
NY Bluegrass -- NY/NJ/CT regional calendar & info
Hudson Valley BG Assoc. -- jam sessions, events in the Hudson Valley NY area
Boston Bluegrass Union -- info about New England bluegrass events
International Bluegrass Music Assoc. -- trade organization for bluegrass music
Rosendale Cafe -- acoustic venue and vegetarian cuisine, Rosendale NY
The Guitar Specialist -- Doug Proper, luthier in S.Salem NY, also a fine jazz guitarist
Out to Lunch -- great band in NY state, featuring our own Michael Sassano
CTBMA -- Connecticut Bluegrass Music Association, info about CT bluegrass scene
Darwin Davidson -- bluegrass photographer & radio personality, WERU-FM, Deer Isle ME

Contacts
Joan Harrison
Betsy Rome