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)

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. 

Blue Coyote Band's song "Later" went # 1 in the country charts and # 1 in traditional country charts at Soundclick.com . This is BCB's sixth song to reach # 1 in those charts in the last two years.

Blue Coyote Band is on about 400 FM stations in Europe and 1,200 clear channels in the USA. Currently # 12 on the top 30 Country Count Down.  Check it out by clicking HERE.

Bea Bahr is a BLUES, GOSPEL, and R&B vocalist, can range from 1st soprano to tenor. She loves to sing and has recently added Michigan guitarist Michael Galvan to a new blues band (BE BE AND THE BLUES MASTERS). You can check them out on MySpace. 

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Bea grew up in Waynesboro,Mississippi, in a community called Sunlight on the Alabama and Mississippi state line. She sang her first song in church where her father was pastor at age 5. It was during prayer the congregation was moaning the song "Guide Me , Oh Thou Great Jehovah" and she stood up and belted out the second verse (I am weak but thine art strong). Since then she was encouraged by family and friends to sing anytime she could, so she did. She has sung at church, concerts,and private functions in Michigan, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, California, Canada, and Germany.

Michael Galvin  (a.k.a. "Jami Stone) has submitted three videos for your perusal, including a "Blues For Sterline" with vocalist Sterline Richie-Lacy and keyboardist Danny Tyrell at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, and "Get Involved" and "Little Things"   with Chanda Long (a.k.a "Cel") and The Burgundy Soul Project at The Riverwalk during the NCAA finals.  If you've ever been curious about a veteran fixture of the Detroit music scene, check it out in our video section or by clicking the links above. - Mitch

Oh - and be sure to check out MichaelGalvin.com too.

About ten years ago I helped a friend move out to Phoenix and we went clubbing one night - at the mall.  That's right; the mall in Phoenix had three or four night clubs located side-by-side-by-side on the second floor.  You could walk from one club to the next through an opening in the wall on the far side of each bar.  The odd thing was, once you stepped from one club to the next, you were immersed in the music of the club you were in and could no longer hear the music of the one you left.  Well, once we had our fill of techno & rock, we ended up at a club with deuling piano players. It was, surprisingly, very entertaining. Back then it was a new phenom but now they're everywhere.  But as our latest submission in the newly created Cover Bands / Specialties / Dueling Pianos sub-category warns, not all deuling piano shows are created equal. 

Before you make that critical decision about fighting ivories, click "read more" below for links to The Funkeys and Dueling Pianos International.

Somebody from Lorio-Ross Sterling Entertainment, a premier Midwest talent agency based in Royal Oak, dropped by to submit four of their first-class musical acts to our band-links section - and there's a lot more where those came from.  The agency specializes in handling corporate events and special productions as well as representing bands who perform weddings, civic events, society fundraisers and more.  Michiganbands.com welcomes Skyline & The Backstreet Horns, The Jerry Ross Band, NewsMaker and Joyride to our Band Links / Specialties / Wedding Bands section. If you hire one of these great bands for your special day, tell 'em who sent ya, ok?  Maybe they'll throw us a bone. 

  - Mitch   P.S.  Click "read more" below for the links and be sure to check out their demo videos.  Very classy.

Inspired by the latest release from Grand Rapids experimental band Paucity and motivated by a period of writer's block, former Satin Jones guitarist and vocalist Ryan Knott has committed himself publicly to releasing a solo record by late 2010.  But breaking writer's block can be a daunting task. To shake things up a bit, Knott chucked everything he knows about writing songs in favor of something a bit more ... prophetic. 

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