Jon Rauhouse News

Back by popular demand is Jon’s other band “The Shining”.

They will be playing a free show at the Caffe Boa in Tempe AZ on Saturday November 1st – full details, directions etc are up in the “On Tour” section of the site.

The band consists of –

Jon Rauhouse: Pedal Steel, Hawaiian Guitar, Guitar
Robin Vining: Piano, Accordian, Trumpet, Etc
Jennifer Rauhouse: Tenor Guitar, Banjo
Lindsay Cates: Upright Bass
Luke Mathers: Guitar
Gannon Burleigh: Drums

Jon asks that you please join them to support music in Phoenix.

Jon has put together a little combo to play shows when he’s back home in Phoenix.

The Shining will be playing a free show at the Lost Leaf in Phoenix on Friday October 24th – full details, directions etc are up in the “On Tour” section of the site.

The band consists of –

Jon Rauhouse: Pedal Steel, Hawaiian Guitar, Guitar
Robin Vining: Piano, Accordian, Trumpet, Etc
Jennifer Rauhouse: Tenor Guitar, Banjo
Lindsay Cates: Upright Bass
Luke Mathers: Guitar
Gannon Burleigh: Drums

Jon asks that you please join them to support music in Phoenix.

Jon and the gang open up the second day of the 12th annual Hideout Block Party in Chicago on Sunday September 21st.

The Seset kick off proceedings at 1pm, with the gates opening at 12 noon, past events have sold out quickly so see the “On Tour” section for more details and links to buy tickets, or check out the official Block Party sites at – Hideout Block Party or Hideout Chicago.

The Sestet is Jon R (of course), Tommy Connell (guitar), Rachel Flotard (vocals), Kevin O’Donnell (drums), Will Lovell (bass) and Nick Luca (Piano/Guitar).

Jon will also be appearing the night before with Neko Case, who closes the first day of the party, as part of the on going Neko tour.

Jon’s touring schedule heads into and through September with Neko Case.

The dates are up in the “On Tour” section with support from Giant Sand.

A couple of new videos have been added to the “Tour Video” section (see links at top of “On Tour” page).

It’s from Jon’s band, with Rachel Flotard and Tommy Connell, performing in shop set at Selzer’s Records in Ventura, CA on July 19th 2008. The tracks are “Idaho” and “Powerhouse”.

Dates are up on the “On Tour” page for the Jon Rauhouse Sestet July 08 tour, which goes up the West coast of the US.

The line up for the Sestet is

Jon Rauhouse – Steel Guitar
Tommy Connell – Guitar
Rachel Flotard – Vocalist
Kevin O’Donnell – Drums
Will Lovell – Bass
Jeff Livingston – Piano / Guitar

More dates may be added later, so if you are on the West coast of the US catch some great music.

They will also be appearing in Chicago later in the year at the Hideout Block Party.

Jon’s doing a couple of dates in Arizona with his Sestet in February check out the “On Tour” section for more details.

Jon’s on tour with Neko Case again in the new year.

So check out the “On Tour” section for details about up coming dates in the North East US, next January and February.

There’s two dates up for Jon in November both are with Neko Case, first is in Tucson the second in L.A. See the “On TOur” section for more details and links to buy tickets.

Neko and the band are scheduled to make their debut on November 16th at the world famous Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Frank Gehry-designed home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The evening before, on November 15th, they’ll perform a concert in Tucson, AZ to benefit the organization No More Deaths.

Each year since its inception, the Walt Disney Concert Hall “Songbook Series” has brought audiences some of the most cherished evenings of song.

No More Deaths is a grassroots organization of concerned individuals, faith-based communities and human rights activists working in Southern Arizona and across the border to address the suffering and deaths of border crossers, attempting to illuminate and rectify problems in the US border policy. Through direct humanitarian assistance to migrants, research, networking, education and awareness-building, No More Deaths seeks to put an end to the deaths – of which there have been more than 2000 since 1998 – of men, women and children attempting to enter the United States through the Sonoran Desert

Here’s a video of the Jon Rauhouse Orchestra with Jacob Valenzuela and Tommy Connell rehearsing at Plush Tucson, AZ 5-17-07.

Orchestra lineup

• Vocalist: Rachel Flotard (Visqueen, from Seattle)
• Steel Guitar / Vocal: Jon Rauhouse (Phoenix)
• Guitar / Vocal: Tommy Connell (Ventura, CA)
• Drums: Kevin O’Donnell (Andrew Bird’s band, from Chicago)
• Bass: Will Lovell (Salt lake City)
• Piano / Guitar: Jeff Livingston (Las Vegas)
• Tenor Sax: Jeff Jones (Phoenix)
• Trumpet: Jacob Valenzuela (Calexico, Tucson)
• Trombone: Heather Gore(Phoenix)