ARCA Christmas Party

There is no business meeting in December. Instead we’ll be gathering for food, fun and fellowship at our annual Christmas party on December 10th.

Specific details are in your ARCA newsletter. We hope to see everyone there!

November Meeting

Our next meeting is November 20th. We gather at 2 pm for
refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.  Jubal John will be at our meeting (Homewood library, room 107) to share his new album with us.  Drop by and meet him and us.  We would love to see you!

"Mr. Right Now" by Jubal John

ARCA member Jubal "John" Dalzell is releasing his debut album "Mr Right Now" today. It is being released on all formats including cd and vinyl. It’s available at local independent record stores, online at Cdbaby, Itunes, Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, Youtube etc.

It took about 2 and a half years to make and was recorded right here in Birmingham at Wild Honey Studio (named after the Beach Boys song). "Mr Right Now" features ten originals by Jubal done in a variety of styles already drawing comparisons to Elvis Costello, Ray Davis, The Beatles and Steve Earle.

You can go to jubaljohn.com for more info and to hear samples. The first single is "Cupid's Pink Slip" (kind of a slight follow up to Sam Cooke's "Cupid") which will be accompanied by a video shot by Wild Honey's Tym Cornell who is also Jubal's music engineer.

September Meeting

Our next meeting is September 18th. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.


 Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in the lower level.

Summer Social

There is no meeting this month.  Pam and Mike Burnett will be hosting our summer social on August 27, 2016.  All members and their families are invited.  See your August newsletter for details.

July Meeting

Our next meeting is July 17th. We gather at 2 pm for
refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.



 Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in the lower level.

JUNE MEETING

Our next meeting is June 26th. Dr. Mark Foster who organized the club, Dr. Foster's House of Vinyl, at Mt. Brook Jr. High School will be the speaker at our meeting.  The club meets about once per month to listen to music from both Dr. Foster's huge collection and those of the students.  Mark is an accomplished trombone player, having performed with the Temptations, The O’Jays, The Alabama Ballet Orchestra, The Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, and The Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He has served as guest conductor at various times and is a member of Birmingham’s Superjazz Big Band. 

We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.

Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in the lower level.

May Meeting

Our next meeting is May 15th. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.



Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in the lower level.

April Meeting Update

We will have a special treat this Sunday at the monthly ARCA meeting. ARCA Honorary Member, Buddy Causey, will be dropping by to participate in our discussion on special concerts people have attended. Buddy is a fantastic singer from Birmingham, who has been in several groups such as 'Daze of the Weak' and 'Cross' as well as being a solo artist who has travelled and lived all over the country. He's now back in Birmingham and, after battling some medical issues, is singing ...again as great as ever. Besides performing the rock music he loves, Buddy also performs Christian music at various churches and gives his testimony.

Guests are always welcome and this month's meeting is this Sunday, April 17 at the Homewood Library, Room 110 beginning at 2:00. Refreshments are served.
Please make plans to stop by and say 'Hi' to Buddy and participate in the program and tell us about a memorable or exciting concert you have attended, past or present.

RECORD STORE DAY

Record Store Day is Saturday, April 16th.   In the Birmingham area we have four stores participating:

Charlemagne Record Exchange, 1924 11th Ave. South, Birmingham, 205-322-5349
Oz Music, 506 14th St., Tuscaloosa, 205-758-1222
Renaissance Records, 2020 11th Ave. South, Birmingham, 205-933-8000
Seasick Records, 5508 Crestwood Blvd., Birmingham, 205-677-3166

If you are in a different area, check http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home to find your store and for additional information.

April Meeting

Our next meeting is April 17th. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.

Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in the lower level.

March Meeting

Our next meeting is March 20th. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.

Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! In fact we hope that all of you that took ARCA information at our Show will drop by.


We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in the lower level.

ALMOST SHOW TIME!

You don’t have to go to a distant galaxy!  Find that “magic” record at our 2016 CD & Record Show on March 4 & 5^th at the Bessemer Civic Center.  It’s conveniently located beside I59/20 with plenty of free parking. 

More details here.

February Meeting

 
 
Our next meeting is February 21st. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.

This is our last meeting before our annual Record Show, please attend so you'll know all of our plans.

Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in the lower level.

Pipeline #99

Dave Burke mailed us a copy of Pipeline #99, which is published in the UK. It has an excellent article on Birmingham's Ramrods. They came to the attention of Pipeline magazine through information in this blog.  Jon Adair of the Ramrods spoke at our September 2010 meeting. 

Isn't it great that music lovers in Europe are discovering one of our sixties bands?