Monster Troubadour Out Tonight

Jack may be out of town, and Jake is AWOL,
but ever busy Mark Noone will be playing tonight
with the Hula Monsters in the Mason District Park
- a free concert- one long set from 7:30 until 8:30.

It's a great band and great players-you can check out their sound at the link above,
or better yet come and see 'em.
Remember variety is the poi of life.

Reunited

Yep, the rumors are true, Jack O' Dell has reunited, and it's not with Jake.
Jack has rejoined Bill Kirchen which will free him from carpentry and put him back on the road again. (as Willie would say) A lot of The Troubadours dates have been preempted, but a Cd is still in the works, and the band will still be together, schedules permitting.
(Consummate professionals that they are- this can happen without too much notice.)

Stay tuned.

Practice Makes Perfect

Steady ...steady ....


AND


taaaaaaah-
Dahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

No Animals Were Harmed...

Jake's Party

Only Jake seems to know what is in store as the other guys in the band seem pretty calm at Jake's birthday party last Saturday night. Below Jake shows the secret ingredients in Mark Noone's cocktail. Stay tuned for what happened next.

Troubadours Rock the Quarry

(Troubadours monitor the women's room at all times)




As Joe Dolan's grandmama would say: Women glow, men perspire and horses sweat.
If she saw The Troubadours last night, she would have said: And the band persevered and kicked you know what.
The guys played their hearts out to a very warm room performing their first CD "On the Red Line" in its entirety, and it sounded great. Anyone who wasn't there... well, you missed a great show.

Chill, baby

It's on the Red Line, but all our worries are over. They blew up that little brown box so we can all come out and live in peace and harmony and see THe Troubadours TONIGHT at The Quarry House in Silver Spring- an extremely limited engagement. The band starts around nine and go go goes until midnight or so. Seven bucks will get you in and a few more will get you tater tots, and depending on your own low or high standards, you can get a beer to suit any mood or pocketbook.

Plus it's Jake's birthday so you KNOW the band will set the place on fire.

Troubadours Quarry House Birthday Combo

There's always something happening around here. This month it's Jake Flack's Birthday Extravaganza (a.k.a. The Troubadours gig) at The Quarry House Tavern tomorrow night, August 9, in not so sylvan but the real deal, downtown Silver Spring.
This is the only such gig lined up for August so far. (Too many private things without public access)
So crawl into your cave tonight and rest up, because Thursday is the night to go out. (Leave the weekends to the amateurs)

Hazy Hot and Cool

August in DC means taking cold showers, drinking and eating things with ice in the name, and sneaking off to the beach in the middle of a work week. We should have a hundred words for hazy hot and humid here, but the weathermen just keep repeating the mantra....that and the heat index. ("Yes, it's 99 degrees out there, but it FEELS like 110, folks. You might want to leave the umbrella and your clothes at home today.")

The only way to stay cool is to be cool, and the one sure way to be cool is to go see the Troubadours this Thursday at the Quarry House Tavern in beautiful revised, revamped and redundant down town Silver Spring- Home of the Tasty Diner, the Discovery Channel, and the one and only Mo Nelson.

Three Guys, Six Ears

What The guys in the band are listening to these long dog days:

I'm digging a band from England called the Magic Numbers. Also a comedian named Patton Oswalt has a new live CD out on Sub Pop. There are some great DC references to Minor Threat, the Bayou, and Arch Campbell. There's a new Fats Domino (best of) coming out that is absolutely great. Steve Earle's new record is really good too.
JAke

Last night I listened to Parthenon Huxley’s new CDs. He has two, but I think one is out takes. Still great! This guy is a Troubadour fan must see. Speaking of must sees, I think Prabir will be at the Galaxy Hut on Sept 21.

Noone

I'm listening to Arcade Fire's new CD "Neon Bible", Conway Twitty (best
of) and NRBQ live bootlegs from the '80's.

Jack

See the Troubadours live this Thursday- a rare public appearance for August

Metamophosis Or Transfiguration?

(The Beatnik Flies @ 9:30 Club July 29)

So what do you get when you cross a Slickee Troubadour with a Beatnik Fly?


trans·fig·u·ra·tion
Pronunciation: (")tran(t)s-"fi-gy&-'rA-sh&n, -g&-
Function: noun
1 a : a change in form or appearance : METAMORPHOSIS b : an exalting, glorifying, or spiritual change


answer: mark noone, of course