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
December 10 – Saturday 10pm Toad in the Hole, Santa Rosa. Come for grub, suds and tunes at this popular local pub.
Join Mags, Roxanne Oliva and fellow musicians for some Accordion Babe’s Holiday Cheer. Seasonal tunes plus!
Dan Kahane on fiddle, several Mad Maggies and, well come and see for yourself. We’ll be keeping it lively!
December 20 – Tuesday 7pm Toad in the Hole, Santa Rosa
December 23 – Friday 7pm Aqus Cafe, Petaluma
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Yep, we do love you that much.
The 2012 Accordion Babes Album and Pin Up Calendar is an ideal gift for accordion lovers, music lovers, pin-up fans and more. 13 images of accordions and their lovely owners PLUS a CD with a track from each of the babes.
Mags is Ms. November and “Shake Those Bones” is the track.
$15 plus $5 shipping gets one delivered to your doorstep or mailbox or, well wherever. You can pay with credit or debit card at PayPal.
Come, Me Hearts! Shake Those Bones! There’s rum and beer and wenches and rogues and fine music to stir your blackstained souls. All tonight starting at 9:30 at the Sleeping Lady in Fairfax.
Sometime in the early morn, Jim texted asking whether we wanted to come for the Czech Village Pancake Breakfast. I texted back that we had stayed up way too late. There were snoring musicians in every room and I imagined few would be vertical before noon.
Sometime after this the house filled with the smell of onions being sautéed. Roxanne was making spinach and potato frittatas for brunch. Hallelujah!
We had time to drink tea and coffee, eat and then pack. There was a dance party to play in the Czech Village at the Red Baron pub. We would leave for the airport directly after.
For this show we had even more jamming. Mad Ms whistler Rhian joined Roxanne with Ian on “cats paws” and Renée on button box for a nice Celtic jam. Toes were tapping all through the place. Corn Mo, Paul Rogers, Ron Borelli performed again to everyone’s enjoyment. Billy dished up another dance inducing set with the Mad Ms backing and Renée sitting in on squeeze and Roxanne on triangle.
Then it was up to us to wrap the party up with a bang. I had one eye on the clock because we only had minutes to get to the airport in time for checking in.
It all worked out. We would do it all again in a heartbeat. Thank You, Cedar Rapids! Thank you Jim Jacobmeyer and New Bohemia/Czech Village!
Corn Mo took a couple videos which capture the feeling. Pictures ARE worth thousands of words:
PHOTOS:
A medley of photos on our website (no FB needed)
Suds and Dancin’ — Super pleased to be playing this year’s BrewNost! in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This international beer-tasting event kicks off the Fall Czech Fest and the 1st National Accordion Symposium.
I will be trying my best to blog our adventure.
Are you ready for the Mad Ms, Cedar Rapids?!
Couple more chances to enjoy the Mad Ms this month!
August 28 – Sunday – 12:05-12:55pm Rohnert Park Arts & Music Festival – Free and all ages!
August 31 – Wednesday – 4:20-7:30pm – Lagunitas Tap Room and Beer Sanctuary, Petaluma – wonderful out-door beer garden behind the Lagunitas headquarters. No cover!
Catch Us in the Act
Smiley’s Saloon
41 Wharf Road
Bolinas
Bolinas sits just a tad west of the San Andreas Fault.
The fault runs right through Bolinas Lagoon.
Will this rowdy folk fusion band’s high energy jostle the geology?
Come find out or, better yet, do some terpsichorean jostling along with us tonight!
June 11
Saturday night
50 Mason Social House
San Francisco
No Cover!
The Mad Maggies and Go Van Gogh
Two Septets, Two rounds each
Come cheer us on. This is our third match with our pals, GVG. Training has been intense. Tensions are high. The competition will be fiercely fun.
Musician Ed Ivey opened this hip beer and wine lounge in 2010 so it is fairly new and quickly gaining a very good rep. Check out the positive Yelp reviews to give you an idea of how cool 50 Mason Social House is.
Trivia
Ed and I played together years ago in Polkacide. In fact when I auditioned for that band it was at a place that Ed shared with trumpeter, John Lieb.
