Western states tour at the end of the week and it
sounds like we'll be on TV next Wednesday in Casper, Wyoming. Yeah,
that box with diodes that makes pictures move. More details to come
but be prepared to tune your rabbit ear antennae to Casper at 7am
Mountain Time to see our charming & grizzly visages.
Signed, sealed, delivered. Spent the weekend cuttin'
the next album. Steve Hamilton is the man. Just don't let him eat
granola bars in the morning. On the gas, we got 10 new tracks in
the mix. We have some more work to do, but they'll be hitting stores
in less than a few moons.
Hope your Christmas was merry and your Holidays happy.
The calendar is now set for 2008, so check it out as well as the
bevy of new photos taken of us you can access by clicking the "Pics"
icon on the left. That studio is getting closer and closer...and
closer.
Closer and closer...very soon there will be a big
update with a lot of photos taken by fans at shows. We're still
working on the new material, and it's starting to make appearances
at the shows. Thanks to Hot Body and the librarians for the last
couple of weeks.
Thanksgiving weekend was awesome! We were in the Plymouth
Parade, and got to throw tootsie rolls at little kids while we played
Christmas Songs, and we won the best float prize! Then we ate a
lot of food at Nubby and Sue's house, which was awesome. A hearty
thanks goes out to them and to John Ricke for giving us cozy beds
and enough Jack's Pizzas to feed an army of Clovis Menn. Thanks
everyone!
The Packers are obviously inspired by Clovis Mann.
Planning on getting in the studio in January; a new album is in
the works for all you Clovis Fanns out there.
Currently gracing the front of www.thedailypage.com,
check out the article by clicking on that picture of all three of
our ugly mugs. Next stop: Allman Bros.!
We'll be bludgeoning Wausau this weekend with our
blues rock fury. When we get back to town, it'll be for the big
gig you've been reading about in the Isthmus and on thedailypage.com,
our Allman Bros. Fillmore tribute at the High Noon Saloon on Wednesday.
The gallery page now has pictures from our March Cuda
Cafe show, and our April Memorial Union show. Check out the Mann
in action by clicking on "Pics."
Going in the studio today to record "Lovely Rita"
by the Beatles all for the radio promotion being held by Triple
M. Dial in to 105.5 and you'll hear this cover this summer, especially
the first weekend in June.
Huge show this weekend on campus. 4/20 Friday at the
Union with us and King Cruiser (www.myspace.com/kingcruiser). We'll
be getting together to recreate the Allman Brother's "At Fillmore
East" concert.
On another note, we're featured in the Post this weekend
in the article "Your New Favorite Band." The article was
at the top of Madison.com a couple weeks back. Thanks to the MoreCowbell.net
for the great press.
Lastly, please please please vote for us at www.themamas.org
for best blues band and best rock band. We want to take one of those
home. It'll cost you $5 if you aren't registered with the mamas,
but it's going to a good cause: putting instruments in the hands
of little kids.
We've been honored by being included on the Great
Northern Blues Society's latest blues compilation album featuring
the best blues bands in the state of Wisconsin. The GNBS is the
biggest blues society in Wisconsin, and it's great to be on a disc
with the likes of Dave Steffen, Howard Guitar Luedtke, Otis &
the Alligators, and other amazing Wisconsin blues bands. These are
the best of the best, and we're honored to be included in that group.
For more information about the society, visit their web-site: http://www.gnbs.org/.
We are currently nominated for being the best blues
band in Madison and the best rock band in Madison by the Madison
Area Music Awards (MAMAs). Check out their web-site www.mamas.org.
Being nominated is awesome and hopefully we can take one of those
MAMA awards home.
"Gravedigger" was rated the #2 Blues/Rock
song worldwide on Broadjam during January and February. Their top
10 lists can be found at www.Broadjam.com.
It must be because we've been dedicating it to the late Scott "Bam
Bam" Bigelow lately.