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R o c k i n ' C o u n t r y B l u e s N e w s May/June/July/August/Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec 2005 - I just keep adding to it :) One of our 'famous' Rockin' Country Blues magnets. Get yours FREE at one of our shows!
	Hello! Welcome to the Rockin' Country Blues News! Make yourself at home! This is the page where you'll find out what we've been up to, as well as find out about upcoming gigs, see if you can spot yourself in one of the photos from our shows, and catch our latest news! Hear a song demo from our upcoming disc: 'Closin' Time' Hear Full Length Songs from our first CD, 'Straight Up': Feel The Fires Rage Take it As it Comes It's All Right

Well now, here's some wonderful news!!
We sent some songs to Sony Music last month and they just called to say they loved the stuff,
and to send them more!!
They didn't say BUGGER OFF they said SEND MORE!!
Yeehaaa!

On a related (songwriting) note. . . more good news!
Vancouver duo, DUX,have been performing
Steve's song Borderline for a while now, and they
do a hauntingly beautiful job of it. Recently, they debuted
Steve's tune Whiskey
and Lucie's song I Lose Myself
in what they call their "Rockin' Country Blues" set!
Yeehaa~ Thank you Mike & Garry!

Upcoming Shows

Dec. 15th
We are at the Cottage Bistro
Join us in Celebrating Sheila's Birthday!! Everyone is welcome! 8 pm - midnight
4468 Main Street at 29th Avenue

Our friends Mike Horne and Garry Sullivan (DUX)
run an acoustic open stage at the Vancouver Recovery Club.
They've been inviting us to come play for a while now and we finally made
it out on Sat Jul 23rd. Man! We were really glad we did!
They have a great set up, a stage, lights, good sound system,
and the folks that show up are most chilled and it's a very casual
and relaxing evening of music. Admission $3
It runs every other Saturday, from 8:30 until 1 a.m.

Wow, I (Lucie) experienced a so-far once in a life time thing recently:
Another band performed one of the songs I wrote - DUX did "I Lose Myself" .... and there I was in the audience in the dark, feeling like christmas, just suspended while listening.

I have known for a few weeks that they had added it to their repertoire, because they had approached me with the idea in the first place, but I hadn't heard them do it yet.

I just loved their version/rendition of it, their harmonies just slayed it and made it so gorgeous that for the first time,
I really heard it as a song, a viable song like any song out there. Prior to that it was just something I'd written. It was way cool.

THANKS GUYS :)

Recent Shows

We made the METRO newspaper!
August 28, 2005. . . Darby's Kitsilano Fire Fundraiser with Organzier Marianne Grittani. Our drummer Gido in the back ground, and partially hidden is David Bridges on bass and of course, there's the back of Steve's head :)
metro newspaper photo

What a Night!! Del Pollo Aug. 27............ too much fun!!!!!
Huge thanks to all of you for coming out!! We feel spoiled! As we said, we can only hope that you had as much fun as we did!!!

Here are all the photos from Del Pollo

Arr Billy... Welcome to the Steveston Maritime Festival
skullncrossbones

Photos from our show in Steveston, Sunday August 21st
Thanks to Cherelle Jardine for taking the performance shots :)
Click photos to enlarge

Friday August 12 - WOW! The Summer Sunset Concert Series at the Rowing Club in Stanley Park
was absolutely wonderful!
Breathtaking scenery and fabulous folks!

I took this shot from behind the microphone... we had a beautiful view!	Lucie with our friends, Betty, Betty (another), Mark, Lynda, & John (Blurry but you get the idea, we were havin' fun!) photo by a nice woman at the next table	Folks having fun John Laird photo	Us having fun :) John Laird photo	I took this photo of our dear friends Lynda & John Laird
Steve John Laird photo	Lucie John Laird photo	"Steve's other baby" ;) John Laird photo	Don't know about these two, but we're still havin' fun ;) John Laird photo	Steve John Laird photo

What a great weekend~ First the Bad Ass on Friday night, July 29....... then the Harmony Arts Festival the next day on the 30th
Pics from The cafe formerly known as the Bad Ass... Friday Night - July 29/05 Photos by Deb Olafson (Note: The Bad Ass Cafe has had a name change... they are now CAFE-O-LEI)
Deb, Dave, and Dave's nephew, Michael	Performing some Rockin' Country Blues at the Bad Ass.... a cafe who's name has recently changed to Cafe-o-Lei	With my pal Dave Younker	Songwriter/Performer Ivan Boudreau chatting with Steve and Dave	Lucie pickin' that banjo

Pics from The Harmony Arts Festival at Ambleside Landing in West Vancouver Saturday Afternoon - July 30/05 Photos by Maggie Ennist, Dave Bridges, and one of the band by David's dad, a dentist I only know as Dr.Bridges ...with our thanks to all!
There we are on the sign!	Thanks to performer Lora Bird for singing an extra song while we fought downtown vancouver traffic to get to the show!	Folks looking at arts & crafts	Waitin' for their Rockin' Country Blues	There we are singin' a tune...
Folks enjoying the overcast but warm day	Tuning and yukkin' it up with David	Lots of crafters and vendors at this family event!	Performer Lyndia Scott, who graced the stage right after us	Us at Ambleside, the day before our 12 year anniversary as a couple! Awwwwwwwww
	With Tristan Bacon, the sound man for the day. Great guy, great sound!	This was a great show! Fabulous crowd and everyone was so great to us! We arrived grumpy and stressed out from the traffic snarls but left happy and chilled from this great afternoon of music and happy folks!	The Band at Ambleside Beach (we're here with David Bridges our bass player)

We had a blast at the fabulous El Restaurante Del Pollo on Saturday, July 16
Click picture to read all about it and see all the photos

Click photo to see all the pictures from The Cottage Bistro on Friday, July 8!

We had a WONDERFUL night at the Cottage Bistro on Friday, June 10th! So many friends came out, it was great! Everyone was up and dancing, which is always a good sign! The top row of photos were taken by Brian Jensen and the second row of shots were taken by John Laird. Thank you both! Others also took photos and they will be posted as well in a day or so. Huge thanks to David Bridges who played bass for us that night and to Gido who sat in with us on drums for the first time and did an absolutely stellar job! :)

Tues June 7th found us at the very popular Just Singin' Round Songwriters' Showcase along with Basssist Ronnie Hayward. We performed 3 songs 'in the round'. This is one of our favorite gigs, we just love performing at Just Singin' Round.
Click photos to enlarge:

Main Days (Sat June 4) was tooooo much FUN!!! So much that we didn't get any photos! One of our buddies did though, so maybe something will turn up in this spot! Welp... it's been a month and nuthin' yet so don't bet the rent ;) Thanks to everyone who came out in support of our set, it was wonderful seeing you there! Big thanks to Rupert and Barb for inviting us back this year to perform, and for their generosity in opening up their home for us during and after the show!

Held at the Rowing Club at the entrance of Stanley Park, this evening always goes by so fast!

Ronnie's bass Anita, awaiting instructions

Our gorgeous audience

With Actress/Singer Bev Elliott

We had a really nice time at the Langley Meadows Community Beer Gardens Fundraiser on Saturday May 14th. We played this event last year and had a great time, so we were glad to be invited again! Thanks to Cornel Dyke for thinking of us, and for John & Lynda Laird for taking some of these photos!	Beer Gardens	Deep in the heart of a song
Singer Rob Hess	With our dear friend John Laird	Lucie on banjo
Singin' away...	Family trio: Hank and his two sons, Cornel & Kevin	with Singer Cornel Dyke
With Musician Hank Dyke	Some of the folks	Singin' our lil' hearts out

With Musician Ronnie Hayward

Our gorgeous surroundings

With JSR founder/organizer, Yvonne McSkimming

With Singer/Songwriter Leslie Alexander

Check out the Photos from the Walk to Cure Diabetes show on May 29

Movie News!

Rapid Fire logo

We were pretty thrilled to have 3 of our songs in the film 'Rapid Fire'!!

Based on the real events of one of the most violent bank
robberies in California, the made-for-tv movie appeared
on the USA Network on Tuesday, May 24th (twice) and once on Wednesday, May 25th

They used Steve's 'A Girl Would Have To Be a Fool' in the opening diner scene, his 'Feel the Fires Rage' in a gun shop scene, and Lucie's 'No Winner Takes All' in a poker game scene! Yeeeeeeeeeeha!!

We just got a letter in the mail from the Canadian Country Music Association's Country Music Week folks, starting with "We regret to inform you..."

We didn't get a showcase in Calgary like we'd been hoping.
There's always next year.
Sigh.

Seems congratulations are in order! Greg Kaczor and Terri Clarkofficially announced that they are getting married in the fall! We met Greg back in 2000 at Country Music Week in Edmonton when we opened for Terri Clark. He is Terri's tour manager and guitarist, and a hell of a nice guy! Congratulations to you both!

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