Links & Connections
	This page provides links to some of the people and companies we work with and/or recommend. Browse away, and tell'em we sent you!

Other David LaMotte Stuff on the Web

www.pegpartners.org - the non-profit organization founded by David and his wife Deanna in the 2004 to work with Guatemalan schools.

www.davidlamottefan.com - the fan page! Run by Barb Ruehl, a.k.a. Starchild. It's cool, check it out!

www.myspace.com/davidlamotte - check out some song samples and video and such and sign up to be David's "friend."

Barack Obama blog - David's blog about Barack, his pick for Pres.

CDBaby.com - our favorite online retailer. These guys are great in all sorts of ways; they do good business, they shine with integrity, and they're full of smart-aleck attitude. Of course you can also buy CDs through this web site, but be sure to check out some of the other artists on CDBaby.

Wedding Vows - OK, so this is kind of random, but since they're on the web, might as well link to them. These are David and Deanna's wedding vows from their wedding(s) in the summer of 2003.

Instruments and Music Stuff

Taylor Guitars - David owns two Taylors, a 912-ce and a K14-ce with a cedar top. The folks at Taylor have been kind enough to provide David with an artist sponsorship deal, but they were already his favorite guitars before that.

John Pearse Strings - David's favorite strings (again, even before they gave him an artist deal!).

Acoustic Corner - Black Mountain, NC's finest guitar store (well, they'd still be the finest even if there were another one!)

Folk Alliance - North American Folk Music and Dance organization - David goes to the conference every year. It's part family reunion, part music business conference and part festival.

Web site stuff

Integritive - John Miles & Scott and the crew have logged many hours on this site, and do great work keeping it in shape these days. Asheville based (support local business when you can!)

sky-dog - John Gallagher did the original design work on this site as well as the 'old' site, and also did the cover art for David's children's CD, S.S. Bathtub.

BFDnet.net - Kurt and the gang provide the web hosting services and have bailed us out of many a technical snafu.

Manufacturers, Printers, etc.

Oasis Manufacturing - Oasis will walk you through the CD manufacturing process from start to finish. They do good work and are good folks.

T.S. Designs - These folks manufacture T-shirts using innovative printing technology that avoids PVC inks, and print them on organic cotton sewn in worker-owned cooperatives. Check out the movie "Ants That Moved Mountains" on their website.

Maggie's Organics - make the t-shirts that T.S. Designs uses. They also make lots of other clothes, bedding, etc.

News sources and organizations David uses and supports
(David gets asked about this a lot, so we thought we'd post it here)

Alternet - the rest of the story.

Truthout.org - great investigative reporting.

Democracy Now - the best of radio news.

American Friends Service Committee - Quaker outreach and international news.

Pilgrims of Ibillin - the U.S. support network for the efforts of Father Elias Chacour toward peace, justice and reconciliation in the Middle East.

Palestinian Children's Relief Fund - Providing health care and medical supplies to Palestinian children.

Presbyterian Peacemaking Office - these folks run a solid web site with all sorts of important information.

Habitat for Humanity - David attended his first Habitat work week in Immokalee, Florida when he was fourteen, and has maintained a connection ever since. One dollar from the sale of each copy of his very first recording, Barefoot, still goes to HFH.

Rolling Thunder - The brainchild of Texas politician and activist Jim Hightower, The Rolling Thunder Downhome Democracy Tour is a traveling networking event that features speakers, musicians, poets and activists who are trying to make a difference. David got to appear at the Asheville NC Rolling Thunder along with Jim Hightower, Granny D, Laura Love and Patch Adams.

Google News - Yep, Google. If you click on the "News" tab on the google search engine web site, it takes you to the google news page, which lists the same stories from tons of different sources.