Hey folks,

Things have been super crazy here at Possum Central all summer long and stretching into the fall. A lot of you have been asking about the new record and…well…it’s almost done. It’s been almost done for a while, but we’ve been burning up the road while our engineer and co-producer Doug “Get It Wet” Williams has been logging considerable studio time working on other projects. So yeah, it’s taking longer than expected, but we’re heading back into the studio in a couple of weeks to hopefully put this baby to bed.

By the way, we’re calling the new record Carolinacana.

Possum Jenkins would like to sincerely apologize to our very good friend and longtime supporter Dickson Dorrier for leading him to believe that last Friday’s show at Boone Saloon was the actual CD release party. It was, in fact, supposed to be just that. However, because of the aforementioned causes, there were no CD release festivities to be had. Dickson and some friends drove almost two hours to Boone and were a bit confused when we didn’t have a new CD. DOH!!

On a very serious and extremely somber note, Possum Jenkins’ sometimes sound man Cannon Taylor tragically passed away a few weeks ago, sending his family, many friends and the Possums into a state of shocked sadness. Taylor traveled with us quite a bit during the last year and a half, tweaking the knobs and making us sound better than ever. He was a talented musician and visual artist, as well as a dear friend and hilarious travel companion. We miss him so much. You can read Dave Brewer’s tribute to Taylor by copying and pasting this link: http://www.highcountrypress.com/columns/brewers_briefs/2011/09-22-11.htm.

Our hearts are heavy, but the shows must go on, and we’ve got plenty on the horizon. Check ‘em out:

10/8 High Country Music Fest, Boone (Possum plays at noon)
10/8 First Street Draught House Harvest Fest, Winston-Salem
10/15 Machiavelli’s, Bristol, TN
10/21 Deep South, Raleigh, NC
10/22 Backstreet Pub, Beaufort, NC
11/25 Ziggy’s, Winston-Salem, NC (with Josh Roberts & The Hinges)
12/30 The Garage, Winston-Salem, NC (with Greg Humphreys)

We’ve got new shirts, stickers and koozies!! Within the next few days, we’ll have them all for sale via the web store at PossumJenkinsBand.com.

That’s about it for this newsletter. Thanks for supporting Possum Jenkins. We couldn’t do it without you.

Nate “Craig’s List King” Turner
Brent “My Right Hand Man” Buckner
Davo “Moving on up to the East side” Willis
Jared “Trying out for the choir” Church
Dave “You gonna eat that brat?” Brewer