Friday January 20th (7:00pm - 9:00pm)

Claddagh Coffee Cafe

459 7th Street West

Saint Paul, MN 55102

This is a very well put together spot, just a few doors down from The Day by Day Cafe where Cooker John spent the first two years of his Minnesota experience learning how to make toast. Stop down to Claddagh where Mary and her crew make the coffehouse experience into something inspiring, with a staggering selection of coffee drinks, including cold press, the hipsters caffeine modality of choice. Also delicious food and cozy ambiance.

Monday January 23rd (8:00pm)

Dunn Bros on Grand

1569 Grand Avenue

Saint Paul, MN

651-698-0618

www.dunnbrosgrand.com

with Ben Kaplan-drums, Dean Dakota-harmonica

New mp3 added to the downloads page: Blue Monday
This is a song written by Cush Read..We were in a band back in the late seventies. This features Ben Kaplan on drums and Joe Savage on pedal steel Engineered and mixed by Derek Demike.

You can find four new videos of Cooker playing at Merlins with Ben Kaplan on drums and Bill Grenke on bass.
The lighting is very poor, but they are sonically pleasurable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P5F_g0wC6U or just go to YouTube and type in mrcookerjohn

Check out Cooker John videos on YouTube

Check out Dan's Neale's appearance on
Garrison Keillor's Prarie Home Companion
November 4th 2006 show from the Fitzgerald featuring Shawn Colvin.
Hear Dan and the Shoe Band perform a
Cooker John original "Front Porch Rag".