grand prix

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We’re back at the Compass Rose in Huntsville this weekend, playing from Noon to 3:00 on Saturday, May 20. Unlike our Apres Ski events, this gig will feature warm weather and sunny skies! We’re playing along the street to catch the festivities of Huntsville’s Grand Prix, the annual event featuring Cyclekarting, “a caricature of a pre-world war II vintage car” according to the good people hosting the event. While we’re there, we’ll also take in the grand openings of two new art galleries, the Gold Rush Art Gallery & Green Haus Art Co. in downtown Huntsville.

One thing to note: This is the same weekend as the Ogden Marathon, so Ogden Canyon will be closed much of the day. We’ll be getting there early via Trapper’s Loop, ourselves.

Hope to see you there! (If you’re not, we expect you’re running the marathon.)

make it funky: Lighthouse Lounge this weekend

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We get to play a show at Lighthouse Lounge this Saturday, May 6, 9:00 – Midnight (21+, $5). If there’s anywhere we’d want to be after 9:00 PM wearing anything but PJs, it’s the PBR stage with Paddy running sound. We always look forward to it.

Little does the rest of the band know, but Adam made a setlist that pushes the limits of fun and funky, inspired by this clip recorded when we were playing out in the cold a few months ago. Imagine what Tim’s fingers will do on those bass strings when they’re actually warm, Ian screaming out in encouragement as everything builds after Caryn tells the band, “Make it funky.” Indeed, we will.

ice cream, anniversaries, and music

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We’re at the Gandy Dancer again this weekend, 6-8PM on Saturday, April 22. It just so happens that they’re celebrating their 2-year anniversary of mercantile ownership on Washington Boulevard, so the ice cream scoops are generous and discounted, along with other promotions. All ages, free show, but bring your wallet for soup, sandwich, and a cone. And the tip jar, if you’re so inclined.

Maybe on Saturday Adam will start introducing our instrumental breaks so that Caryn doesn’t have to remember those pieces. Here’s a bit of hilarity that sounds a little like some kind of comedy sketch from The Muppet Show, and also includes our debut of Cissy Strut, originally by the Meters, or the Beaters? the Greeters? or someone …

trains and tacos: a double header this week!

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We’ve got good news. Besides sunshine, we have music to offer you this week. There’s something for everyone:

  • Jazz at the Station this Wednesday, 4/12, 7:00 – 8:00 PM at Ogden’s Union Station. Free, all ages, and before our bedtimes.
    We love this venue. The sound resonates in the grand hall so much you can hear it for days. But we’ll only actually be playing for an hour. We lean into jazz standards … and maybe a few others.
  • Xalisco Taco and Tequila bar (2430 Grant Ave, Ogden) this Saturday, 4/15, 4:00 – 7:00 PM. Free, 21+.
    We’re playing for tacos and tips in this great experiment to see how it works to host a show at a “happy hour” time of day. Join us, and bring a friend or four. (We want to show that this kind of early gig is something we can support in the future.)

Hope to see you there!

dancing again

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Join us this Saturday for a free, all-ages, early evening show as we return to Gandy Dancer:

Saturday, March 25th; 6-8 PM
@ Gandy Dancer Mercantile
3920 Washington Blvd, Ogden

We love the welcoming vibe, the hot soup, cold ice cream, and inventive hot dogs. Good seats up front at the bistro tables and relaxed lounging in the back on comfy couches and chairs. Hope to see you there as we run through at least an hour of standards as we work on some stuff for Jazz at the Station next month, followed by an hour of the stuff we bend into our own jazz-adjacent style. And anything else that catches our whimsy in the mix of it all.