My end-of-the-year wrap-up and thank-you note (very long)

A very long thank you note. 

(My mom impressed on me the importance of saying thanks. Thanks, Mom.)

In 2025, I was able to get my third solo album, The Face of 68, released. I could not have done it without the help of all of these folks:

• Rob Ladd, Robert Sledge, Mark Simonsen, Marti Jones, Don Dixon and Jason Richmond, the team who helped bring my songs to life at Overdub Lane. And to Wes and Lisa Lachot for generously helping make that happen.
• Jon Langford for the beautiful front cover, and Jon Krop for the remainder of the graphics.
• Jeff Powell at Takeout Vinyl for making the LPs sound terrific.
• Label 51 Recordings’ staff: Bill Hein, Andy Zicklin, Fred Goldring, Dee Ann Metzger, Ken Gullic, the aforementioned Jon Krop, Travis Whitlock and Oswaldo Gomez.
• My esteemed attorney David Wykoff and his associate Ginger Eldridge for hammering out the agreement.
• Wendy Brynford-Jones for working her magic on getting so many people to listen to and review the album and invite me on their podcast.
• My long-suffering and patient manager and agent Bill Hutchison for standing by me throughout it all.
• The lovely and talented Tina Dunn for booking my West Coast tour.
• My NC bandmates: Ladd, Sledge and Sam Frazier. And Dempsey Elks for providing a lovely space for our rehearsals.
• My LA bandmates: Nick Vincent, David Nolte and Geoff Pearlman. And Nick and Lyn Bertles for opening their home for rehearsals out there.
• David Jenkins, the patron saint of music in Los Angeles, for our long friendship and his help in making the LA show happen.
• My traveling companion and West Coast liaison Pat Thomas.
• My hosts on the West Coast:
• Kevin Bone at The Palms Restaurant, Twentynine Palms CA
• Michael Rennie at Palo Verde House Concerts, San Diego CA
• Paul Rock and his family, Michael Ackerman, Andrew Sandoval, Gabi Lima and David Jenkins at Wild Honey Backyard Shows, Silver Lake CA
• Bernie Larsen and Cassidy Linder at Ojai Underground Exchange, Ojai CA
• Martin Rapalski at The Make Out Room, San Francisco CA
• Daniel Lyon at The Rabbit Box, Seattle WA
• Anny Celsi at her backyard, Portland OR
• My hosts on the East Coast:
• Frank Heath at Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro NC
• Richard Emmett and Andy Tennille at Gas Hill Drinking Room, Winston-Salem NC
• Mike Allen at Wake Forest Listening Room, Wake Forest NC and Slim’s, Raleigh NC
• Rob and Angi Pannell at Chilton House, Richmond VA
• Eddie White at Awendaw Green, Awendaw SC
• Clay White at Zadie’s, Marshall NC
• John Sullivan at Bourgie Nights, Wilmington NC
• Chip Taylor at Port Merchandise, Raleigh NC
• My hosts in the midwest:
• Ben Geffen and Jessica Paxton at the Parkway Theater, Minneapolis MN
• Toffer Christensen at The Bur Oak, Madison WI
• Dan Glomski and JD at Evanston SPACE, Evanston IL
• Peter Jest at Shank Hall, Milwaukee WI
• The record stores who hosted my in-store performances:
• Stephen Judge at Schoolkids Records, Raleigh NC
• Luke Sardello at Josie Records, Dallas TX
• Terry Hackbarth at Irving Place Records, Milwaukee WI
• Terry Currier and Anny Celsi at Music Millennium, Portland OR 
• Everyone I got to share the stage with:
• Don Dixon and Murray Attaway
• Alexandra Scott
• Walter Salas-Humara
• Steve Forbert and Rob Clores
• Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill
• Bernie Larsen
• Florence Dore
• Michael Slawter
• Anny Celsi
• Chris Von Sneidern
• Kate Dinsmore
• Ben Vaughn and Teresa Cowles
• Russ Tolman and Robert Lloyd
• Randy O’Neill, Bonnie Stewart and June Star
• To the radio stations who played songs from the new album:
• WXDU, and especially Sarah Reichman and Miguel Bordo
• Aaron Keck at WCHL
• Palmyra Delran and John Carlucci at Little Steven’s Underground Garage
• Jimi Palacios at NOLA County
• Radio Free Americana
• Stu Reid at TwangTrust on 95.9FM
• All Over the Place Internet Radio
• Evan Davies at WFMU
• Chipper Saam at Indie Pop Takeout on Neighborhood Weekly Radio
• Ron Sanchez
• Everyone else who played tracks who I didn’t hear about, apologies!
• My family: Maggie Holsapple, Webb Holsapple, Miranda Jenkins and most of all Sarah Holsapple, without whom none of this could have taken place.

Love sincerely and onward to 2026!

PeterH