Howdy, everybody!

Here's the scoop: On Sunday, April 27 I will be one of eight acts playing app. 1/2-hour sets at THE SETS, a bar with a big performance area on the corner of Southern and Mill. Some of you are probably already familiar with it.

Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Which is where you come in.

If you think you'd like to come see me play here, have a beer, watch some of the other acts, etc., I REALLY NEED you to buy advance tickets from me sometime between now and the show.

The way this particular gig works, we all get paid, but how MUCH we get paid depends on how many butts we get through the door from pre-sold tickets.

Those who sell the most tickets get their pick first of when they want to go on (i.e., what slot they want). Personally, I don't want to be last, but I don't want to be first, either. The first act goes on at 6:30, while everybody's still filing in and trying to figure out who they're gonna barf on if they drink too much.

However, I also realize that this is a SUNDAY, and most of you have to work in the morning (as do I) and you probably don't want to stay TOO late.

So here's my proposal: Help me sell tickets to this event by buying one or two yourself from me between now and the day of the show. I'm shooting for 30 people, but the more the merrier. IN RETURN, if I'm not stuck being the opening act anyway, I will shoot for a slot between 7 and 8:30 p.m. That way, if you want to stick around for the acts after me, you can, or you can head on home after that.

I have no idea what the other bands on the docket sound like, except for two of them that happened to have myspace sites. Neither one is awful. I do, however, think that I might be the OLDEST act there, but since I'm funny that doesn't really matter.

You can buy tickets directly from me or you can even use PayPal, to the address ttuerff@aol.com. Include your address and I'll mail the tickets to you.

I'm doing this a month in advance, because I figure some of you haven't made plans yet, and the sooner you all know about it, the more people I might actually get to show up!

Thanks! Contact me if you have any questions! Pass this info on to anybody who might be interested!

By the way, currently I have two other gigs in April: 4/5 at Fiddler's Dream (8 p.m. with two other acts opening; $3) and 4/7 at the Peoria Library Auditorium (7:00 p.m. with two other acts; free!).

Let me know if you can make it to the SETS!

TT