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Sunday, February 14th, 2010 by madmags
Archive for February, 2010
Mad Ms play SF St. Pat’s Day Fest 3/13/10
Friday, February 12th, 2010 by madmagsMark your calendars! Saturday March 13th.
We have the honour of playing the 159th San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival. Festivities begin 11AM. We play 3-5PM on the Civic Center Plaza. This is a free outdoor concert!
Accordion Babes @ Down Home Music – Feb13
Friday, February 12th, 2010 by madmagsCelebrate Accordions and the Women who play them!
Hope to see you at this free in house concert at Down Home Music in El Cerrito this Saturday afternoon from 3PM till 6PM.
Babes perfoming are Renée de la Prade, Nada Lewis, Big Lou, Salane C. Schultz, Marla Fibish, Sabra Daly and me with GDub.
Speisekammer Show cancelled
Friday, February 5th, 2010 by madmagsOh my! Speisekammer owner Cindy Johnson just realised that she had accidentally double booked the evening, Saturday 2/6/10.
She is offering us other dates. When we work out which ones work will let you know.
And we hope to see you there next time!
Couple of Mad Maggies"Lite" Shows coming up
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 by madmags
February 6th – Saturday 8:30PM – Speisekammer Restaurant, Alameda.
GDub (guitars), Johny Blood (tuba), Rhian (whistles/clarinet), Adrian (alto sax) and yours madly on accordion.
Come early and eat — the food is simply stellar at the Speisekammer Restaurant. And their selection of German beer is outstanding!
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February 13th – Saturday 2:00PM – Down Home Music Store, El Cerrito — an Accordion Babes happening. GDub & I will be playing along with several of the 2010 Accordion Babes.
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San Patricios – the Chieftains tell the story
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 by madmagsThis will be a good CD! “San Patricio” – the Chieftains with Ry Cooder on Hear Music.
I’ve always found the story of the San Patricios fascinating for the cross cultural aspects and also the way the story shows how history is viewed depending on the side writing it.
Paddy Moloney and I are on the same wave length. 
When the Irish arrived in America they were met by army recruiters at the docks who promised the immigrants a paycheck and opportunity if they signed up. Once they enlisted the Irish found themselves very poorly treated by the, mainly English descended, Americans who pretty much thought of the Irish as a sub-species. In the American Land Grab Mexican war (1846-1848), many of these Irish soldiers deserted to fight besides the Mexicans, their fellow Catholics.
The members of the “San Patricios” battalion were mostly Irish and German Catholics but also Canadians, African Americans, Italians and others. They fought bravely and at the war’s end many were hanged — a violation of the then “Articles of War”. To this day the San Patricios are much loved and revered by the Mexicans and honored with a national day, September 12.
In American history they are reviled as deserters and traitors.
Watch this short YouTube introduction.
Listeners like Luna Marie
Monday, February 1st, 2010 by madmagsOur tune “Luna Marie” from Crazed and Enthused was rated #5 by listeners in the Online Folk Festival’s Top 35 for January 2010
Download and enjoy this fine Mad Maggie’s song for free.
Weird Al has his 2010 Accordion Babes Calendar
Monday, February 1st, 2010 by madmagsWeird Al Yankovic is an accordion loving man!
We Accordion Babes get around. Yes we do
Get yours here.