Vibraphone master Roy Ayers updates today with new listings for this year and next. 2008 additions include October 29 & 30 in NYC at the Blue Note and November 1 in Buffalo, New York, at The Tralf Music Hall. 2009 shows include two nights in Tampa – January 16 & 18, venue TBA, Wellington, New Zealand, on March 5 and Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 6 through 8.

Guitar slinger Pat Travers slots November dates in the good ol’ USofA. Look for him playing Chesterfield, Michigan, on November 7 at New York New York, Aurora, Illinois, on November 8 at Doug’s Place, November 12 in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, at RPM’s, November 13 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, at Sellersville Theater 1894 and Pittsburgh at Moondog’s on November 15.

Just a couple of new shows for Information Society – Halloween in West Palm Beach, Florida, at Respectable Street, and January 31 in Lima, Peru, at the Convention Center.

Finally, some October and November listings for Greensky Bluegrass. October shows include 22 in Chicago at Martyrs’, 25 in Denver at Oriental Theater, 26 in Fort Collins at Hodies Half Note and 29 in Portland, Oregon, at McMenamins Mission Theater. The new listing for November shows the group in Flagstaff, Arizona, at Mogollon Brewing Company on the 6th.

During the first 90 minutes of biz we also updated the schedules for Rose Hill Drive, Hal Ketchum, Craig Karges, Sheryl Crow and The Bellamy Brothers.

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