Happy 2013! If you missed our legendary show at The White Horse in Austin, you'll still have plenty of chances to catch us around town and around the country this year. We'll be headed to Dallas and Houston at the beginning of February, and will host our annual Valentine's Day dance on Feb 14 right here in Austin at The Continental Club. Check the calendar for details!

We'll be playing with some art at The Blanton Museum on November 30, then headed to NY for special parties on January 5, 6. New record on the rise.

HALLOWEEN BALL TIX HERE

October is always a big month for us, as we look ahead to the 9th Annual WGS Halloween Ball!! We're hosting the party this year at the beautiful Beauty Ballroom. Tickets are going to be an affordable $15 in advance, and are on sale HERE. Joining us will be long time friends Clyde and Clem's Whiskey Business, and Minor Mishap Marching Band, as well as a TON of other activities. Check the FB page here

We're also thrilled to announce we'll be making our way back to Kansas in October, as well as playing Yonder Mountain String Band's Harvest Fest in the Ozarks, Arkansas. Check the Calendar for more details, but here's our schedule:

10/10 Emporia, KS Grenada

10/11 Wichita, KS Loft 150

10/12 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck

10/13 Harvest Fest, Mullberry Mountain, Ozark, AR

We have just also been nominated for a B. Iden Payne Award for our original score for the Glass Half Full production of "Fup Duck"! Here's the nominee list .

Whew!! We'll we're not out of the woods yet, but we've managed to survive another raging Austin Summer. Honestly, It could have been much worse... We're celebrating with an "End of Summer" show on Sept 7 here in Austin with Minor Mishap Marching Band, at Threadgills WHQ. We team up with MMMB once a year, and it's always a helluva show!! The night generally ends with about 50 people on stage blowin, pickin, beatin, hollerin... The Facebook event is HERE

In a few weeks, we'll be headed to Chicago to play some private parties for our pals over at Hendrick's Gin, the Gin of choice for WGS!This is an invite-only event, but if you are in the Chicago area Sept26/27 and interested in attending one of these uber-swanky parties, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , as we have a limited guest list.

October is always a big month for us, as we look ahead to the 9th Annual WGS Halloween Ball!! We're hosting the party this year at the beautiful Beauty Ballroom. Tickets are going to be an affordable $15, and will go on sale the first week of Sept. Joining us will be long time friends Clyde and Clem's Whiskey Business, and the world's best Queen cover band, Magnifico.

We're also thrilled to announce we'll be making our way back to Kansas in October, as well as playing Yonder Mountain String Band's Harvest Fest in the Ozarks, Arkansas. Check the Calendar for more details, but here's our schedule:

10/10 Emporia, KS Grenada

10/11 Wichita, KS Rock Island Live

10/12 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck

10/13 Harvest Fest, Mullberry Mountain, Ozark, AR

On the Halloween Ball tip, every year we start brainstorming ideas for themes around July, and finally, after a painful process, decide on one around....welll...around now! This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your best idea for a theme, and if we use it, you get 2 free tickets to the party. We've got some swimming around, but are interested to hear what our brilliant fans think!

See ya soon!!!

We took a month off in July, but we're back! We've got two great shows this weekend...Fri Aug 3 @ Continental Club with The Carper Family here in Austin(10P), then Sat Aug 4 we'll be at Central Market (N) for a free family show (6:30)

We've been rehearsing with Glass Half Full, our fave theatre troupe here in Austin, for a run of the play "Fup Duck". This is an (adult) puppet show that we'll be providing the live musical accompaniment to. The show runs Aug 10-25, Thurs-Sat 8P, Sun Matinee 3P. For more information and tickets click here! DON"T MISS THIS!!!

We're gonna play the nefarious White Horse again on Aug 18. Last time was just crazy. Don't miss the sweaty mess o' fun this time.

We'll be hitting Dallas at the beautiful Kessler Theatre on Aug 31, then back to our fave spot in Houston, The Mucky Duck, on Sept 1.

See y'all around Texas!

Lot's o' stuff going on right now, so we'll get right to it: Our Facebook people page is filled up! Go here, click "like", and keep up with us on our FB "Fan" page. We're always posting nothing but hilarity and 100% usefull information

We've got two shows at The Mucky Duck in Houston Sat. June 16, 7P and 9:30P, tickets available here. We'll also be doing a pre-show in-store at Cactus Music at 3P

We're taking a little break in July, as Shorty Stump departs for a month-long bike tour of the northern US and Canada. We'll be back in August with shows at The White Horse, Continental Club, and kid-friendly Central Market, as well as a three-week run of the adult puppet show Fup Duck, for which we will be providing the live musical score. But first....we'll be having a going away party for our beloved big man on June 29 at The Saxon Pub in Austin. I imagine this will be quite the glitterous occasion. Tickets for the party are available here.

Turns out we barely made a showing on America's Got Talent, with the back of Shorty's head getting about 2 seconds of airtime. Howard hated us, citing "There's a reason this music went out of style ", Sharon thought we were "..too Broadway " and Howie generally agreed. We'll get 'em next year when we'll audition as "BOOMTOWN!"

We're happy to announce we'll be opening for ????????? on Oct. 12 at Crossroads in KC, followed by our own headlining show at The Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS later that night. Announcement comes 6/20. Then we're off to the Ozarks Oct 13 for our slot in this year's Harvest Fest!

Two songs from our latest release, "Nobody Loves You Like We Do", were featured in the KLRU(PBS) series "Daytripper". Watch the episode here.

Our pal johnlennon1985 has put up some really nice video of the band in action, amounting to almost two whole shows worth of live video.

We're back from Kansas this week and looking forward to our big JUNE 8 show at Antone's in Austin with Whiskey Shivers and East Cameron Folkcore!!! Should be a blast. Tickets are only $10 in advance!! This Friday!!! Check the Calendar for Tix and details!!

We attended the Austin Music awards last month, by invitation from the Austin Chronicle, to learn that we won "Best None of the Above" band category!!

We also placed in some individual awards. Cella placed #3 for Female Vocalist, Westen Placed #4 for Miscellaneous Instrument, and Doyle placed #9 for Horns.

We auditioned for America's Got Talent a couple of weeks ago, and while we cannot say what happened, as Sharon Osborne has sworn to hunt us down if we do, all we can say is that you'll have to tune in and watch...we're quite interested to see what happens, ourselves...

We attended the Austin Music awards, by invitation from the Austin Chronicle, to learn that we won "Best None of the Above" band category!!

We also placed in some individual awards. Cella placed #3 for Female Vocalist, Westen Placed #4 for Miscellaneous Instrument, and Doyle placed #9 for Horns.

We auditioned for America's Got Talent a couple of weeks ago, and while we cannot say what happened, as Sharon Osborne has sworn to hunt us down if we do, all we can say is that you'll have to tune in and watch...we're quite interested to see what happens, ourselves...

We've got a lot of shows happening throughout the Spring and Summer, and we'll be visiting Houston, Kansas, and The Ozarks later this year for Harvest Fest. Check the calendar for details!!

We've got a lot of cool things happening this week! We generally lay pretty low during SXSW, but we will be playing a couple of cool parties, and will be making an appearance at The Austin Music Awards this Wed, March 14....hmmmm....check back in to hear what happened, or get your tickets at Waterloo Records to SEE what happens. Wristbands and badges also will allow you entrance into the awards. Ceremony starts at 7:09P sharp!

Parties we're playing:

Thursday March 15, 6P : The 7th Street Showdown @ Mugshots- See full schedule HERE

Friday March 16, 8P : Far By Farout SXSW 2012- See full schedule/info HERE, Free entry, Free beer, no wristbands required

Our new record,"Nobody Loves You Like We Do", just got a fabulous review by The Austin Chronicle. Check it out HERE

We'll be playing Skinny's Ballroom in Austin this Saturday Feb 11 w/ Clyde and Clem's Whiskey Business and The Paper Moon Shiners. This'll be an earlyish show...check the calendar for details.

HOUSTON!!! We'll be back at The Mucky Duck Fri Frb 24. Check the calenadar for tix. This will sell out.

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