Hi, Elana:  It was great to run into you Tues. night.  Hope you have a great holiday with your family.  Looking forward to more great music from all your groups in 2006.

Diana

Elana,

Did you sing the song sunflower at the Kansas State Fair on the Praire Home Companion?

Sid

Hey Elena

Heard you playing at the Hole in the Wall last week in Austin. Though I caught only the last two songs I thought you and your band were great.

I heard you will be playing again tomorrow and I will be there to hear you from song one this time.

It was exciting to hear that you studied some Indian classical music too!

Good luck and keep playing

Varsha

Hi Elana - we met when you toured the UK in 2004 with HCOC

Hope to meet you again next year on your UK tour - who will you have with you on the tour as backing musos?

ALso please try to get the venues posted as soon as possible, as if you are not going to be performing in the North West, I'll need to book up time off work, and somewhere to stay, as I'm determined to see your show.

Regards

Stewart

We were introduced to the joys of your music recently at the McEvoy Olive Ranch Harvest Party, and I was completely mesmerized.  I have always been a huge music fan and tire so much of the ordinary, video-driven fare.  It isn't easy these days to find quality offerings on the radio, and finding someone inspirational is always a great joy.  Immediately after hearing your music, but without your postcard in hand to help me to remember the full name of the band, I logged on and simply typed "Elana Texas Fiddle" and hit "go".  I found you, and I then purchased a CD, which I have happily listened to non-stop since then.  You're amazing, and you're a true gift to us.  Thank you for brightening our lives!    - Suzanne Porteus, Portola Valley (near San Francisco), California

Heard you might be coming up to Belton for the Texas Western Swing Showcase in March. If you are, you better be working the kinks of of Hoyle's old "Comin' Down fron Denver" & "Shine" as someone"?" might request it! Hope you can make it.

Duke & Cindy Gilleland 

 Bob Gordon

 11-24-05 

            Alana,

                   I had the pleasure of hearing you in Raleigh N.C.and thought you sounded like Grappelli.I have most of his recordings and now that I have found your website I intend to purchase some of yours.There are numerous venues here in the triangle Duke, UNC, so come to N.C. I like the music in your site and will give it a shot on one of my home made fiddles.In one way at least I feel I have mastered the box.                                              Regards

Hey Snarfy & Eva!!!

Tammy says hay!!

   Redd

Elana and the Hazard Boys --

There must be a story there and if there isn't, you need to make one up!

Heard you tonight at T-gill's.  Love the music you play and the way you play it.  Wanted to be sure you had heard Django and Stephane playing Daphne.  I found it on a 1998 ASV CD of original mono recordings titled "The Quintessential Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, La Quintette du Hot Club de France".

Keep swingin'! 

Jason Cooke

Austin, TX

Elana, just found your website and wanted to thank you for some outstanding music. I saw you with HCOCT in Lexington, KY back in the '04 Dylan/Nelson tour.

Please come back to play in Kentucky again soon, with or without whatever incarnation of whatever band you wish. Your outstanding singing and playing are sorely missed!

I caught some of your interview on KGSR this morning.  You sounded great.  I love the way you keep reinventing yourself.  For long time fans like me you keep it interesting.  Can't wait to catch the new ensemble.

Diana

Elana,

We here that you have let Hot Club. We would love for you to find your way back to Winfield sometime in the near future if possible. You were missed this year.

                                   God Bless

                                  The Wright Family

Hi, Elana!

Ok, I just need to tell you that you broke my little fiddle man's heart by not appearing in Winfield, KS, at the Walnut Valley Festival this year!  The "little fiddle man" I am referring to is my  15-year-old son, Chase Foster.  I don't know if you remember him, but you all have met on several occasions...He played at the Legends of Western Swing Festival in Dripping Springs this year and several other places you and the guys were at.  He just adores you, Elana! Just so happens, at this year's Winfield Bluegrass Festival, Chase ended up performing with Tommy Emmanuel in 2 shows--IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!  Chase sang jazz tunes and played fiddle with Tommy!  Chase was asked to open for Tommy in Oklahoma next spring!!  A few weeks later, Chase got asked to play fiddle for Hank Thompson, because his fiddle player came up sick!  What an honor!  Then, Chase shared the stage with Charlie Daniels for the 4th time!  It has been an amazing year for Chase!

Anyway, I would love for Chase to play some tunes with you in the future.  If you ever think you would have time to jam with him during one of your Austin performances, please, let me know...We live in Kansas, but we like to make trips to Texas alot.  He would be honored to jam with you and do some swing or jazz numbers!  Thanks for all your inspiration and great music!  You are SPECTACULAR!

Respectfully,

Toma Foster (aka Chase's Mom)

Elana - You made my amp sound great at Ginny's!  My amp talked about you all the way home.

You're amazing!

Johnny Isaacs

Please come to play in Indianapolis.  We have a wonderful music scene here, and I will make sure that all my music-loving poet friends come.  My 2002 collection of poems set in Indiana, The Country I Come From, took it's title from "With God on Our Side" and includes a poem I wrote in 1971, one of my first: "Song for Bob Dylan" was reprinted in Ben Hedin's recent Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader, a book you would enjoy. My son, daughter (both violinists), and I enjoyed seeing you play in Chicago with BD and Band and MH in early April.

Norbert Krapf

www.krapfpoetry.com

I very much enjoyed listening to the High-Flyers  via  PHC online this morning, Oct. 5, 2005.  I immediately went to Amazon.com and your website but was not able to determine how I might purchase a CD of your music.  Please advise... as I the upbeat tempo of your music can get my day going.

John