A Mad, Mad World

The first gig of the tour. Wonderful venue, great food, super nice owners. Super fun.

Vintage Wine Bar

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We head north this Friday.

But first in the morning GDub and I go to SF to pick up the van from Bandago.com. A one hundred seventy inch long Sprinter will be our home away from home for 10 days. It’s more economical than driving multiple cars and it gets much better gas mileage than other vans.

We hurry back to Mad Ms Central to meet band mates and pack and load everyone’s gear. Then we hustle the 220 miles to Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant in Redding, CA to play two sets. We are billed as a pre St. Pat’s Day party. You bet! We will be warming up for the big festival the next day

Please tell your friends in Redding that the Mad Ms are coming!

We will be blogging, vlogging, tweeting and generally sharing the fun with you all. So if you like a road trip … and who doesn’t? … be sure and follow our adventures:

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Thanks to all of you who helped us fill our diesel tank with fuel for our upcoming tour. You took us way over the top.

Because of you we can now, for sure, make it back home

We will, as promised, be thanking all you special “fuelers” individually from the road but I couldn’t resist sharing the news tonight.

Now, preparing for take off. 10, 9, 8 ….

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Several generous, loyal friends and fans funded our RocketHub project base goal — in less than 5 days — Wow! So we have funds to cover diesel fuel for 2500 miles of driving. Thank You! Thank You!

We still have 13 days to keep funding our project. All monies now will go towards commercial vehicle insurance required for the trip.

Please consider kicking a few bucks our way. $4 is a perfectly fine amount. Seriously. Don’t get all peer-pressured into thinking that you have to match what others have given.

We will reward you with cool goodies. It’s super easy and secure to do here:

This is not a request for a donation. It is an exchange: funds from fans for rewards from us which include merchandise and shout-outs to all our “fuelers” on our website and as we vlog the tour.

You can see where we are touring on our calendar

Money doesn’t talk, it swears!

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There’s no place quite like Bolinas or Smiley’s Saloon and there’s no band quite like us which all together makes for a good party.

We play the night starting at about 9:15. $7 cover.

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Lenet produces a “Women in Music” show on KVRM in Eugene, Oregon.

She will play some Mad Ms and talk about us tonight at 7pm.

Listen online: Live stream

From the KRVM website:
“Lenet plays the music of all eras, all genres, all women featuring new and self produced artists on Women In Music.”

The KRVM mission is “To provide quality community radio while educating area high school students and volunteers in the techniques of broadcasting.”

We will be at Sam Bond’s Garage in Eugene on March 21.

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We have set up a RocketHub project to help fuel, literally, our upcoming tour to the Pacific Northwest. Please consider dropping a few bucks into our virtual tank.

It’s easy to do. Go to our project page at RocketHub to see how.

We give you some very nice rewards. You’ll be supporting live music. And we’ll get the warm fuzzy feeling that people love us and our music.

Thanks to several very generous, loyal friends and fans we have reached 60% of our goal. Hurray!

We will be thanking all our”fuelers” in creative ways when we are on the road and on our website.

You can see what cities we are playing on our calendar.

Thank you for supporting live music!

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Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

2011: We released our 5th album “Shake Those Bones“, played more and more interesting gigs including a fab tour to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and now have more and more fans.

2012: We will be working on the next batch of tunes and widening our circle for more and more interesting gigs and more and more fabulous fans. We have already booked a nice Pacific Northwest tour in March.

And just sos you know, we wouldn’t exist as a band without your coming to our live shows, listening to our music, buying swag and spreading the word about us. Thank you!

Wishing you more and more crazy joy and live music in the new year,

Mags

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Wishing you all joy & wonder and plenty of live music as the light returns!

From “Earth & Sky”:
Everything You Need to Know About the Winter Solstice

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GDub and I are headed up to Santa Rosa to join Roxanne Oliva and fellow musicians for some Accordion Babe’s Holiday Cheer tonight. Seasonal tunes plus!

Dan Kahane on fiddle, Mad Ms bassist, Tim Sarter and drummer Ian Luke round out the solstice ensemble.

No Cover!

We’ll have Accordion Babes Calenders/CDs for sale.

December 20 – Tuesday 8pm Toad in the Hole, Santa Rosa

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