Tortoise and Hair

Mt Bethel United Methodist in Marietta, GA, Tortoise & Hair’s home church, is intensely refocusing itself on community outreach and service under the banner “To the Least and the Lost“. This winter the church has been making nightly trips to downtown Atlanta, picking up bus loads of homeless off the below-freezing streets, and taking them to it’s facilities to provide meals, supplies, and a place to sleep. Church members have been coming by in droves to provide food and supplies and also to mingle with and get to know the guests. This campaign is the beginning of massive effort by the church to find bold new ways to impact the community for the kingdom of God.

Dustin (the Tortoise) performs regularly in the 9:30 Sunday service at Mt Bethel United Methodist.

On Saturday January 8th, 2011, Adrienne (aka the Hair) had the honor of performing for the memorial service of five year old Camden Hiers, whose life was tragically cut short.  The candlelight gathering at Unity Christ Church was tear-filled and heart-felt.  Adrienne did renditions of “In This Life”, “One More Day”, and “Already There”. The love and pain surrounding the loss of this little boy was abundantly palpable at his service, making this performance one of the more difficult, yet beautiful and memorable of Adrienne’s career.

Anyone who wishes to make a donation in Camden’s honor may do so to: Victim Advocacy Fund to Assist Victims of Crime, 270 State Road, Eastpoint, Florida, 32328.

These pictures courtesy of Bub and Bear…….Thanks guys.

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Adrienne’s really into it on this one…..

When Dustin took a solo, some people said “it was like listening to an acoustic Steve Vai”……at least that’s what he was hearing…..

And this is what the little people saw…..

Keep updated on what Tortoise and Hair’s doing next…..

Tortoise and Hair had a great weekend out and about in the community. Friday night after helping provide music at Temple Emmanuel in Dunwoody, we headed over to our stomping grounds, D’Vine Wine Bar, where the fabulous LBcolllective was performing. They featured a song or two from their upcoming album, which we’ll all be looking forward to. They also invited us up to the stage for a couple of tunes. The music was spontaneous, natural, and fun!

Then, on Saturday, we performed in Lenox Mall at an event to raise awareness about domestic violence, put on by the organization Saving Promise. There, we met Colton and Zara whose compelling melodies and infectious positive energy were instantly captivating. They were warm and friendly enough not only to pray with us (In the Middle of Atlanta’s biggest mall, mind you) but also to invite us to come hang out and play music with them in Nashville.

Watch out guys, we just might take you on that.

Tortoise and Hair as can now be heard on Women of Substance Radio! Be sure to click here and give our song, “No One Else in the World” a thumbs up to help get it into the top 10.

Recently, Tortoise & Hair was selected to be the October 2010 new music feature at Juniors Cave, a wonderful independent web-zine. Check out the interview!

Okay, we had someone come out to a show about a month ago wearing Tortoise socks. Our fans rock! We just had to get a picture.

Check out a clip at:watch?v=WLAzZOZNb-Y

On Friday, Sept 10th 2011, Tortoise and Hair performed and was interviewed on Acoustic Songs Live WNJR 91.7. Thanks Mitch for being a great host!

 Here’s a clip:
No One Else in the World

To hear more, go to:
http://acousticsongs.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/new-video-tortoise-and-hair-acousticsongs-live-09-10-2010/