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Speisekammer Restaurant tonight 8:30PM.
GDub, Johny Blood, Adrian and Mags are playing.

Hope to see you there!

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March 6th – Saturday 8:30PM – Speisekammer Restaurant, Alameda.

A Side of Mad Maggies: GDub (guitars), Johny Blood (tuba), Adrian (alto sax, bass clarinet) and yours madly on accordion.

I’ve said it before The food is simply stellar at the Speisekammer Restaurant. And the selection of German beer is outstanding!

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Get Your Green On!

March 12 – Friday night at the Abbey Tavern on Geary in San Francisco. We play 9:30PM onward. FREE!

You want a taste of Irish this is the joint!

March 13 – Saturday afternoon at the 159th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival, San Francisco. FREE Festival in the Civic Center Plaza starts 11AM. We play 3-5PM.

We had a blast playing this last year. There was dancing in the streets — my favorite kind of happening.

March 19 – Friday 9:30 at the Vibe, San Rafael with Miracle Mule. We play from 10:30 onward – $10.

This is our first time at this cool dance venue in Marin and it’s gonna be fun.

March 28 – Sunday – Marin Civic Center Farmer’s Market Music in the morning amidst the fruits and veggies.

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Mad Ms own tubist extraordinaire, Johny Blood joins his former band, Magnetic Fields tonight at the Herbst Theater in SF. Sold Out Show! (Though I did see some tix on craigslist …)

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Mark 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!

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Celebrate 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.

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Oh 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!

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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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This 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.

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Our 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.

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