Summer Update!'Feed the Family', it was a good process. Hillgrass Bluebilly Records did a great job. MP3 sales will be available come Sept. 21st for international distribution via Red Eye and all online sales avenues. Until then feel free to follow the merch. link and place an order. There are no dangers of selling out friends, so no worries on delays. HURRAH!! Also our first song book is complete (in the process) and we're taking orders now as well. This is a collection of the past three albums since 2006. As always all the best to ya. Sincerely - Konrad & Family
(Also added to the merch page is the new Possessed by Paul James songbook!)
June Update!
SUMMER TIME AND THE TEXAS SUN IS SMILEN' MAN!! Happy to ya and good on ya pals and friends! FEED THE FAMILY our 3rd record since 2006 is completed. We're in the final stages of production, but it will be sold online via this site as well as Hillgrass Bluebilly Records (link to their website). We will be working with Red Eye Distribution for all MP3 sales and we hope to have that up no later than August. In the mean time we should have some pre-sales available at the local shows here in Texas. We will have a music player on the site soon!
Life is good I tell you what. I want to thank all the good people involved in this record. It took a little time but it's the process that's so damn fun!
We hope ya'll are well this summer. Drink plenty of mojitos and swim in the rivers. We'll be soaken our toes in the Guadalupe or the Boerne pool.
Sincerely - Konrad
May Update!
Back from the crazy pals and we find ourselves in May! Where the hell does the time go man?! So some big changes on our part. As the family grows so does the lack of time. Therefore we've canceled the Euro. run this summer and will no longer be picken much outside Texas. We live here in the Hill Country and that's best to stay close to it. Suburban Home Records of Colorado are great folks and there head hancho Virgil is a true blue fella, but we've opted to work with Hillgrass Bluebilly Records here in Texas to release our 3rd album, 'FEED THE FAMILY'. These fellas Keith and Ryan have been through the thick of it back in the day and they're close to my home so that's a good fit.
We hope ...ha ha... we hope to release it in June of this summer.
So Texas here we be and we be home. The nice thing here is that KUT and KVET Radio in Austin have taken a recent shine to the new tracks on the record. So Travis County if yer listenen to the radio ya may just get an ear full of some PPJ.
New dates posted on the site gang!
Cheers to ya!
-konrad/PPJ
March/April Update!
Presently touring California with Tim Barry, finishing up 'Feed the Family' and we HOPE (cross yer toes and fingers) to have it out by April. There's a strong possibility that Suburban Home Records in Denver, CO may be working with PPJ for this next album either in the areas of distribution and/or signing. We're excited to see this development and we'll keep you good folks informed.
Cheers to ya and all the best.
Sincerely - Konrad/PPJ
Photo: Scott Toepfer
The Folk Singer
Slowboat films presents "The Folk Singer"
"The Folk Singer" – A Tale of Men, Music & America is a journey into the souls of men, maverick roots music and the dying old America. The film follows folk blues singer Jon Konrad a.k.a. Possessed by Paul James on tour from Texas to Louisiana in attempt to make enough money to supply for his unborn child. On his journey his crosses paths with musical peers, honky tonk propietors and religious mavericks...
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