Rockin' Country Blues News for October

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The Rotary Club Fund Raiser Pictures are in!

Sometimes it really comes in handy that besides being a performing songwriter, an artist (see above) and an
all-around nice guy, Steve is also a tilesetter . . .

He recently traded a tile job for some studio time and so we are in the studio this month, recording demos of our newest songs in order to send them off to be "shopped" to other Artists. We will be doing simple guitar/voice versions of:

I Lose Myself	You Were the One
Memories Don't Take the Place of Love	For You to Break My Heart
Nothin' But the Blues	Reckless Love
One More Chance	Outbound Train
I Believe in Love	What Do You Want

Hey, here's an idea: You could come to our gigs and hear all these new tunes,
along with all your old favorites!!

We recently entered 3 of our songs, Tumblin' Down, Take it As it Comes, & Cruel Cruel World in the BC Country Music Association's Talent on Tape competition, in the Group or Duo Category. . . Wish us luck!///...update...we didn't win... :-( Ah well....

Well the FOG didn't help! We got lost on our way to the gig at the Gourmet Gallery (Sat Oct 19) Man, we were stressed! We left Vancouver in plenty of time, but once we got to Abbotsford, we somehow got turned around, drove up a mountain in the fog, no street lights, winding road, and me going, "Where the hell are you going??" It was not our finest hour.

We arrived at the gig just a half hour before our start time, and went straight to setting up our sound gear. We started right on time at 8:30, frazzled and embarrassed! Not a good way to feel before stepping in front of a group of people, but forgot all about it once we started playing.

There was a good turn-out and the place is pretty cool. The Gourmet Gallery is an antique/gift shop/licenced restaurant/coffeehouse/ice cream parlor with Saturday night entertainment.
Our friends showed up to support us (thanks again!) and we had the pleasure of meeting Jean Konda-Witte from the Abbotsford Times. She was there snap a few photos and cover the show for the paper. She stayed for our entire last set, which was great! What a nice woman! We all got along like a house on fire!

We would like to thank Peter Duncan for booking this gig for us, and for arranging for The Abbotsford Times to cover our show!

The last time we played the Trout Lake Farmer's Market, we were approached by a woman named Barbara Jackson, who booked us for an evening of music at the
Little Mountain Neighbourhood House. . .

click here to see photos & read about the gig!

We played a barn dance on Saturday, October 5th! It was GREAT! It was a Rotary Club Fundraiser with hay bale "bleachers" for seating in the huge and gorgeous barn at Paul & Jacqueline Grant's farm in White Rock, B.C. (This is where we had our CD release party a couple years back.)
The barn was rockin' ~ lots of dancin' fools and lots of great music: Mike Horne of "Dux" played and folks just ate him up! Also Gary Comeau came out to do a set and whipped everyone into a frenzy. And joining us was Scott Smith on dobro & lap steel, which made the songs feel all dressed up!

Steve getting the squeeze from 3 year old Hayley Grant.
I love this one taken by our good friend, John Laird.
Click here to see more photos from the gig!



Carnegie's Friday, October 25 Broadway @ Fir, Vancouver We are playing a 40 minute set starting at 9 pm Licensed WAIT! It's a short set on a Friday night. . . perfect time to visit with us after the show, dontcha think? The Purple Crab Saturday, November 2 3916 Main Street, Vancouver 8 pm - midnight Licensed Restaurant

1. Feel The Fires Rage 2. A Girl Would Have to Be a Fool 3. Borderline 4. Tumblin' Down 5. It's All Right	Radio Stations That Play Our Music Contact them to request songs from Steve Elliott Lucie Walker's Cd, "Straight Up"	6. Cruel Cruel World 7. No Winner Takes All 8. It's Everything to Me 9. Take it As it Comes 10. The Truth is In Your Eyes
Radio Bandcouver 102.7 FM Fridays at 10 pm Contact Host Mark Bignell make a Request!		Vancouver, BC, Canada
Radio ATL "Roots Revival" Contact Hosts Raymond Swennen Theo Geenen make a Request!		Bree, Belgium
Trans Atlantic Broadcast Corporation 78 Station U.S. network, Contact Host Shane Wilder make a Request! (702) 395-5624		Reno, Nevada all over the States
"Make Mine Country" 88.9 WYN-FM Contact Host Trudy Burke make a Request!		Victoria, Australia
"Blue Country Radio" Tuesdays, 10 pm - Midnight Host: Eric Black 101 FM Contact Host Eric Black make a Request!		Queensland, Australia
"Steel Belted Radio" 1280am CHQB in Powell River, and 1490am CFWB in Campbell River Saturdays 10 am - 11 am Contact Host Bob Galloway make a Request! (250) 334-2421		Vancouver Island The Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada
"Hard-core Country" Wednesdays, 10 pm - Midnight CHRW 94.7 FMContact Host Fred Smith make a Request!		London, Ont, Canada
8 FM Radio Gabriel Matute No. 8-7º F Contact Host: J.L. Bueno make a Request!		Cadiz, Spain
CR Radio "Holland Crossroads" Contact Host Jos Van Den Boom make a Request!		Bergen Op Zoom, The Netherlands
"Mojo Dreams" Blues Roots Radio Show Radio SINAAI 105.5 FM, Contact Host Pierre Verbert make a Request!		Zwijndrecht, Belgium
* "Keep It Country!" NSEO 95.2 FM Sunday 5:30-7:00 pm Host: Mathias Andrieu make a Request!		Paris, France

We've just received word that we will soon be on the radio in Austria. . . stay tuned!

Steve Elliott & Lucie Walker are still looking for a bass player. Please contact us via email

Want some good news?	CD BABY also takes cheques, checks, or money orders from anywhere in the world!
To hear our songs click here	Clicking the little button (left) doesn't commit you to a darn thing... in fact, it takes you to a page where you can hear quick 2 minute Real Audio sample songs from the CD!

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