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.
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.
This Thursday night
June 2
Downtown San Rafael Farmer’s Market
Court St. Plaza off 4th Street
6pm until about 9pm
FREE
Kid-friendly
Out of Doors
We always have a good time at this casual, pleasant market.
There’s restaurants on the side of the courtyard where we play. Why not do some shopping and then swing by for a snack or beverage and listen to our tunes?
If your feet get happy, don’t feel shy. Start dancing in the streets!
Mad Ms Trivia:
We made our world debut as a band at this market on July 7, 2005
The Mad Maggies at the Presidio Yacht Club
ALL AGES!!! • Only $5 • FANTASTIC LOCATION!
We play all night long starting at 8:30 and going to just before midnight. Come early, stay late. Bring kids, teens!
If you’re like me you’ll want to be dancing and partying on the night before the “End Times“. I won’t let a silly, lil’ ol’ rapture spoil the fun 
On December 11, 2010 Studio E presented an Accordion Babe Cabaret at Aubergine after Dark in Sebastopol, California. We shared the stage with Vagabondage, Tara Linda and Roxanne Oliva‘s Bellows of Bedlam. Great crowd, great venue, fab lineup!
Drummer, Dan “the Man” Powers sat in with us for our set. Dan is also a videographer and caught the evening’s fun on tape. This is one of the tunes we performed.
I really do share the stage with the finest musicians this side of the Volga River
Thanks to everyone who made the “Skull & Magpies” party at the Accordion Apocalypse a success. It was a fine and rich musical feast. The night was clear and mild with a nearly full moon — perfect for a pirate’s party.
Shannon O’Hare of “Never Was Haul” fame created a wonder filled, nautical atmosphere with block and tackle, ship lights, skeleton, cannons and more. The revelers were fantastically garbed in periwigs, frock coats, bodices, tricornes, bandanas and stripes and skulls everywhere you looked.
Stew Murrie digitally photographed. Erin Cameron videotaped 24p with her Panasonic DVX 100. Dan Brandon ran sound and multi-track recorded to Digital Performer.
We’re eagerly awaiting the media captured so we can share it with everyone. We’ll post it for all to enjoy as soon as possible.
Skyler and Melody were gracious hosts and their tail-wagging accomplices, Ukelele and Garlic were very accommodating of the human sea dogs.
Luz sparkled as our mistress of ceremonies. Her art and humour moved the night along perfectly.
Nada Lewis and Alex opened the show with a skillfully played set of toe-tapping, traditional deck dancing tunes.
Entr’actes included Amber Lee, who sang and played beautifully, Secret Circus, whose antics razzled and dazzled and Vaughn, who performed a delightful, magical, balloon trick.
Joan Wilson Rueter as The Gunner’s Daughter dished up some fine, seafaring fare including a lively, “Drunken Sailor”. Next up was the inimitable, sea-dwelling troglodyte jugband The Hobo Gobbelins. Surprise guests Human Wine followed.
We took the stage at around 11 PM and roused the rabble with tunes from “Skull & Magpies” and other hits from our repertoire. Pirates danced, wenches sang, ghosts shimmied on the rigging, bumboo flowed.
Erstwhile Mad Maggie, JX Lovejones graced us with his clarinet playing on a couple of tunes.
Ah yes, my hearts, it was a grand evening. Happy and content we sailed away in the wee hours swearing to carouse again when next we meet such a lively band of rovers.
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My rococco dress was made by clothing designer, Connie Walkershaw who is also the fabulous saxaphonist with Go Van Gogh.
The vintage pirate movies projected were “The Black Pirate” (1926) starring Douglas Fairbanks, filmed in two strip technicolor and “Captain Kidd” (1945) starring Charles Laughton and Captain Kidd’s Kids (1919) with Harold Lloyd.
Bumboo is a favorite pirate drink made of rum, water, sugar and nutmeg. Of course the recipe may vary.