The Sean Harrison Winter Residency
December 16 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
For the past six years I've been traveling, playing shows from Gallup, NM, to Exeter, NH, and many points in between. Lots in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. Only a few times here at home. I love it. But I'm sort of ready to play more, right here at home for a while. Lots of you have asked me when and where I will play locally, so you can catch what I do.
This winter I'll play a regular weekly 'winter residency' at Roger's Rec, the historic pool hall and bar on Dickson Street, here in my hometown of Fayetteville, AR.
I'm calling it "Songwright - Dickson St." And I'll play on Tuesdays 3-5pm. I plan to bring in some special guests -- other local songwriters -- to share the mic with me.
I want it to be loose and fun, good for telling some stories behind the songs, and open to audience questions and interaction. It will be a way for me to play regularly, stay in practice, be around my favorite people, and try out new material. And I won't have to sleep in the back of my SUV or in an AirBnB in a strange town 500 miles from home.
Why Roger's Rec? Several reasons. Roger's is a Fayetteville landmark. A local treasure. The oldest bar on Dickson Street. And the site of countless verbal exchanges of worldly wisdom and seemingly brilliant ideas.
In the 1960s when I was a kid, my father Bill Harrison and his UA, MFA Writing Program co-founder Jim Whitehead would meet their students at Roger's after classes and have a few beers, tell a few stories, shoot some snooker, and build lifelong bonds.
My younger brother, Quentin Harrison, is a regular down there, carrying on the tradition. He has written some killer songs, by the way.
And I just think Roger's is a fun place to hang out. Maybe the live music will make it even more fun -- in a Fayetteville-funky laid back sort of way.