Crystal Zevon

June 13, 2007

I hope anyone who comes to this site will read these articles. I can’t even talk about the weekend without weeping. Dreams do come true and in our family they are coming true beyond even the dreams themselves.

I am in Santa Barbara trying to iron something to wear to a 9 a.m. radio interview. Then, there will be a gathering of friends at 4 p.m. (Warren and I moved to Santa Barbara to be near Ross MacDonald in 1978… we also ended our marraige here… but it is a town we both loved) and a book event at Borders tonight. Bones Howe is joining me for this one so it should be a lot of fun.

I haven’t stopped moving and am still not sleeping much, so I truly apologize for the long lapses in communicating on this blog. I will get back to putting up more WZ stuff once it all settles down… however, that won’t be for awhile. Looks like I’ll be in Colorado in August. Possibility of going to New Mexico if there is a demand there.

And, I just keep moving… trying to remember to breathe! Thank you, so many of you, for the wonderful letters and moving personal stories. It is all so rewarding that I’m already thinking about my next book.

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April 11, 2007

Ariel and Ben’s Wedding in Portugal

With all the concert hoop-la around Jackson coming to perform, I thought I’d put up another sentimental moment with Jackson from the summer of 2005. We all met up in Portugal where Jackson officiated in the most memorable and touching wedding ceremony any of us had ever attended. Here’s a photo collage Ariel made of the ceremony.

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April 10, 2007

Jackson Browne giving a second show

Jackson Browne adds second Barre concert on June 9

April 10, 2007
By Susan Allen Times Argus Staff

BARRE – Just days after tickets to his planned June 10 concert in Barre sold out in less than an hour, Jackson Browne has agreed to hold a second performance on June 9 as part of his fundraising effort for Ariel Zevon’s downtown market, deli and community center.

“We asked if he would consider and he immediately said ‘yes,’” said Crystal Zevon, Ariel’s mother. She said she was pleased that the rocker was willing to offer a second solo concert after eager fans snapped up the 640 tickets to the June 10th event, leaving many others unable to attend the fundraiser.

“There are a lot of disappointed people,” Zevon said.

Tickets to the June 9 concert will cost $75 and go on sale Thursday at noon at the Barre Opera House. On Line: www.barreoperahouse.org By phone: 802-476-8188

Ariel Zevon is the daughter of ’70s rock star Warren Zevon. She is renovating the former Homer Fitts Co. building downtown to house LACE, the Local Agricultural Community Exchange – a farm-fresh market and café that will feature locally grown produce.

“Jackson is a very old family friend,” Crystal Zevon said. But, she added, “I have to say that I had no expectation that he would agree to do a separate show.”

Zevon noted that Browne’s schedule that week includes his induction to the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in New York City on June 7, the two Barre concerts for LACE on the 9th and 10th, and the World Hunger Year Awards in New York City on June 11.

“It was a lot to ask,” Crystal Zevon said of the request for a second Barre show. She said Browne didn’t hesitate to accept.

Zevon said people have been very supportive of the concert, as well as her daughter’s efforts to open the café and market downtown that will bring together the community and farmers.

“There are the Jackson Browne fans who are excited about the concert,” she said. But the cause is also significant, Zevon said, adding, “Jackson is also very invested in issues of food security and hunger.”

Browne’s poster for the event, featured on the singer’s Web site, reads: “Experience the music, Support VT farms, Celebrate VT foods, Re-Discover Barre.”

Zevon said the publicity for the concert should help the granite city.

“It really is bringing people in from all over and should be good for all the businesses,” Zevon said. “People are planning to come for the weekend. Maybe the infusion is just what we need.”

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April 5, 2007

What I’ve been doing

In case anyone wondered where I’ve disappeared to, this might help explain. While planning the book tour, the business of opening LACE and Jackson’s concert go on! Back with more book news soon, I promise. cz
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/NEWS01/704050382/1002/NEWS01

Red-hot concert tickets sell out in under an hour

April 5, 2007
By Emily Seiffert Times Argus Staff

BARRE – Jackson Browne fans who thought they might wait a day or two before shelling out $75 for one of the 650 tickets to his June concert in Barre can scratch that item off their to-do list.

The June 10 Barre Opera House concert sold out in less than one hour on Tuesday. Tickets went on sale at noon; by 1 p.m., they were gone.

Browne, a rock singer, songwriter and instrumentalist whose international popularity has spanned more than 30 years, will be performing in Barre to help raise funds for LACE (Local Agricultural Community Exchange), a new nonprofit market, café and community center intent upon helping revitalize downtown Barre by bringing the community closer with area farmers.

Ariel Zevon, 30, the mastermind of LACE, said she was thrilled to learn how quickly the concert sold out. At the noon hour on Tuesday when tickets went on sale, she was pulling nails out of boards at the former Homer-Fitts store which she is transforming into the new LACE home.

“We were getting a lot of calls the whole week before, so I had a feeling there wouldn’t be a problem selling it out, but it was shocking how quickly it sold out,” said Zevon on Wednesday.

Dan Casey, acting director of the Barre Opera House, said he had never seen anything like this in Barre, according to Matt Lash, executive director of The Barre Partnership. Lash said that Molly Irish, who runs the box office, was overwhelmed with phone calls and Internet requests from all over the country – from Minnesota to Texas to North Dakota.

After covering expenses, which range from renting the hall to shipping instruments, Zevon said all profits from the concert will go to LACE, which is scheduled to open its doors the same day as the concert and a daylong celebration of local farmers featuring food, music and festivities.

While the Barre Opera House box office was experiencing an extremely busy hour, Crystal Zevon, Ariel’s mother, was selling tickets to a post-concert reception that the two women hope Browne will attend – though they’re not making any promises. Including a few comp tickets, 53 reservations have been made for the reception.

Crystal Zevon said that Browne produced records for Warren Zevon, Ariel’s father.

Ariel said that Browne, a longtime family friend, “has always been an anchor and been extremely generous to my mom and me.” Browne officiated Ariel’s wedding to husband Ben Powell two years ago in Portugal.

Ariel Zevon said that in the couple of years she’s been working on LACE, “a lot of ideas have been put forth and tried to raise funds.”

The idea of approaching Browne about a benefit concert was raised and she “threw it out there.” She said Browne, who will be relatively nearby that weekend in New York, readily agreed. The Songwriters Hall of Fame announced on March 19 that Browne will be among the 2007 inductees at a June 7 awards dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

And, here are the stories (all front page!) from the past ten days!

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/NEWS01/703300374/1002/NEWS01

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070402/NEWS01/704020358/1002/NEWS01

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March 30, 2007

Front page of the Times-Argus

Rocker Jackson Browne coming to Barre (in the paper Jackson’s photo was included)

March 30, 2007
By David Delcore Times Argus Staff

BARRE – In ‘69 he was 21 and he called the road his own. Now Jackson Browne is 58 and the well-known singer/songwriter, who made “Running On Empty” a smash hit in the late ’70s, is bound for Barre.

On June 10, Browne will perform during a three-hour benefit concert at the Barre Opera House that will help the daughter of old friend and fellow ’70s rock star, Warren Zevon, launch her “Local Agricultural Community Exchange.”

Although L.A.C.E. founder Ariel Zevon’s bid to buy Barre’s historic firehouse came up short earlier this year, she fully intends to keep her pledge to bring a “farm fresh market and café” to the city’s central business district. That effort has focused on the building that last housed Homer Fitts’ clothing store and will culminate with a “grand opening” that will conclude with Browne’s performance and a post-concert reception.

“We hope to offer area residents a chance to support Vermont family farms and have a spectacular evening all in one,” says Zevon, who is optimistic that renovations needed to make the market she has planned a reality will be finished in time for what should be an interactive grand opening.

“All day long, L.A.C.E. will welcome the public to come check out the new market in downtown Barre and meet all the local framers and food producers from the area who will be supplying us with all Vermont foods and products all year long,” Zevon says of an event that will feature a combination of “music, food and fun … for the whole family.”

However, Browne’s concert will highlight the event while providing a financial boost to L.A.C.E. – a nonprofit organization that plans to create a convenient place where consumers can buy and eat locally grown and prepared foods at an affordable price.

“Our goal is to put money back into our community and its land,” says Zevon. “We all make a political statement by what we choose to eat each day. Buying and eating locally is one major way a community can reduce its dependence on oil, fight hunger, improve nutrition and strengthen local food systems.”

Browne, a longtime friend of Zevon’s now-deceased dad, has agreed to lend his voice to her cause. With classic albums including “Late For The Sky,” “The Pretender,” “Running On Empty” and “For Everyman,” and songs like “Doctor My Eyes,” “Rock Me On The Water” and “Lives In The Balance,” Browne is expected to be a big draw for members of a generation who grew up listening to his music.

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/NEWS01/703300374/1002/NEWS01

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March 17, 2007

Tickets on sale soon

Here’s a link to the Barre Opera House in case anyone wants to come up to Vermont for Ariel’s Grand Opening festivities, including the Jackson Browne concert at the Barre Opera House. Tickets go on sale April 3rd.

http://www.barreoperahouse.org/calendarmore.php?id=47

BTW I’ve updated the page on Tour Dates to include radio interviews, magazines, etc.

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March 2, 2007

More soon

My son-in-law tells me I need to write something daily… Arrrg… what can I say? Right now I’m swamped… putting together a book tour (more on that very soon), writing a script, helping Ariel with her business which now has a definite (and fantastic) location in downtown Barre, Vermont. It’s looking likely that Jackson Browne will be doing a benefit concert for L.A.C.E. (Local Agricultural Community Exchange - Ariel’s non-profit farm fresh market, cafe, incubator kitchen and community center) in mid-June when he’s back east for his R&R HoF induction concert, etc.
And, on top of all this, I won’t even go into the delights and demands of living with Max and Gus, the 3 1/2 year old twin terrors! So… life goes on. Details to come soon… and I will put up more of the not-to-be-published interviews soon, too.

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