Took my daughter and a friend down to St. Andrews Hall on the 29th to see Never Shout Never (managing to score an autographed shirt from Christopher Drew - I thought Emily was going to faint when she saw it) and caught the opening set of local boys What Happened In Vegas (Warren, MI) who primed the sold-out house, composed mostly of teenage girls and their parents who waited patiently in the back of the room. The boys were lavished with post-performance attention, snapping pics and autographing swag for the freshly pubescent nubiles who swore a blood-oath to follow them to their gig at The Oakland Mall food court on January 14th, 2010. But the teen set aren't the only ones who are supporting the band...(click "read more" below)

January 9th - B93 THE ULTIMATE B93 LOW DOUGH COUNTRY SHOWCASE at The Intersection Grand Rapids (With Roy David Scott, Union Guns, Small Town Son, Douglas James Band, Backwoods Thunder.) 133 Grandville Ave. SW Grand Rapids. MI 49503. Ph 616.451.8232. Grand Rapids Michigan. Tickets are $4.93. You can get them HERE.

March 26th - The Whiskey Barrel Saloon - Lansing, MI - 9:00 p.m. 1:30 a.m. www.whiskeybarrelsaloon.net
410 South Clippert Lansing, MI 48912. Click Here For Map 517-351-5296

March 27th - The Whiskey Barrel Saloon - Lansing, MI - 9:00 p.m. 1:30 a.m. More info at: Blue Coyote Band Tour

Detroit singer-songwriter Doop and his band the Inside Outlaws continue to climb the Americana charts with their second album "Everett Belcher." Released in late summer, the album quickly garnered favorable reviews in his hometown and was noticed by websites and radio stations across the globe.
 
Doop was a featured guest interview on the American Public Media radio show "The Story" and the award-winning podcast Digivegas.com. His songs were also featured on the #1 rated Americana podcast, "Americana Roots Roundtable" debut on No Depression.com and Country Music Pride's special podcast. Americana Daily named "Everett Belcher" the Aug. 31st "Album of the Day." Radio stations worldwide, from Texas to Australia have also added the songs to their playlists.

“Ultimate Detroit Party” at The Magic Bag on Dec. 31

On the Rocks Detroit & Zodiac Vodka in conjunction with Yelp.com present the Ultimate Detroit New Year’s Eve Party “NYE 10” featuring live music by the Howling Diablos, Paper Street Saints, Us Minus Them and Ghosts of August at the Magic Bag on on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.  Doors are at 8 p.m., Advance tickets are $15 ($20 at the door) and ages 21+ are welcome to attend.

Rock party masters the Howling Diablos will ring in the New Year with their nonstop rollicking dance grooves. The funky five piece, with special guest Jimmie Bones of Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker Band on keys, is known for bringing “the Detroit Party”, and New Year’s Eve has them pulling out all the stops!  Promoting their new release “Divine Trash Highway,” the Howling Diablos are “ready to go Susan Boyle on ya for a legendary party you’ll still be talking about next June!” proclaims lead singer Tino Gross.

 Back when MB was first getting started, one of our most fervent supporters was a passionate singer named Xina (a true warrior princess, not that made-for-t.v. crap) who not only arranged our very first fund raiser, but rocked our face off as well.  Bands have come and bands have gone since then and a lot of living has transpired, most of it boring and mundane and some of it just plain ugly. But no matter what happened, eventually you come back to the only thing that puts fire in your belly and joy into your life - no, not alcoholic egg-nog - you come back to the music!  Lucky for us, that's exactly what Xina's done with her latest band Daddy Jack.  Along with Beau & Mike (bass & drums respectively), Xina's hit the studio and the stage again to do what she was born to do - rock & roll with it.  We're honored to have them in our Original Artists / Rock & Pop category.  You can also see performances from Daddy Jack on YouTube.

For your convenience, The Blue Coyote Band has posted their 2010 tour schedule right here on MB (click "read more" below).  We'll be finishing out the year with an appearance on "The Beat Music Show" with Jerry Spencer on Thursday, Dec 17th from 7:00-9:00 pm. You can join us by calling 347-826-9094 during the show.  We'd love to hear from you.  More 2010 tour dates will be added soon, so keep a watch on the MichiganBands.com calendar or visit http://www.bluecoyoteband.com/ for further information.  See you soon. 

As our latest addition to our Original Artists / Funk & Soul category, Lucybrownsville describes their sound as  "70's influenced rock and soul in the genre of sly and the family stone/rolling stones/otis redding, etc...". Judging from the deliciously distorted electric piano and modulated vocals that introduce "Drown" from their their Myspace page, I'd say that about nails the vibe. Of course this isn't exactly a new direction for singer/keyboardist Marcus Christy and drummer Paul Winterhalter. You may recall those names from our 2004 review of Four Deep. Now the pair have matched up with bassist Mike Wilbur and singer Rebekah Hopper to create Lucybrownsville. Check them out live upstairs at The Berkley Front on Dec 19th at 9pm.

The Flipping the Pig song "Hide and Seek," written by Jeff Mansk and found on the album Pout, was heard on the December 2, 2009 episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter. As of this notice, the episode, titled Wrong Turn (episode 155/156), is streaming online at www.aetv.com. The song is played during the final half of the show (shortly after the vehicle rolls over). For more information visit www.flippingthepig.com. 

EDITOR'S NOTE: Actually, you're much more likely to catch the above mentioned moment at the following YouTube link (beginning at 1:36): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxXkC-dwWp8&feature=related.