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Harry was too sick to go out on the town in Nashville on Friday, February 8th, but I went to see the Travis Mann band (our hosts' son is the front man) down on Lower Broadway. This is the best Country band I have heard in years, they have sold 40,000 copies of their first CD and have another one that will be out soon. They play old time C & W, along the lines of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams with a Rockabilly drive. They play with confidence and swagger and are just plain fun! There was a fine cowboy band across the street at Robert's Bar and we finished the night there.

Harry and I drove to Washington, Missouri to play at Otis Campbell's, a bar down on front street next to the railroad tracks and the Missouri River. We were well received by our audience who were mostly friends of our host, Wheelock Crosby Brown of Fort Charrette. The set went well but Harry woke up feeling worse and on Monday we decided to get him back to Utah, as he thought he would not be able to play at Most Wanted Pizza in Nashville on the 15th and 16th. So, DON'T LOOK FOR US IN NASHVILLE THIS WEEKEND! WE WON'T BE THERE!!

This trip had its highs and lows but we will carry on and try to leverage our experiences into more and better gigs. Watch that Calendar!]]> http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#15 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#14 http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#14 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#13
The semifinal competition took place over two days, Thursday and Friday. The finals were held on Saturday night. There were ten acts at each venue, 100 bands and 60 solo/duo. A panel of four judges determined the scores of the contestants and the panels changed from night to night. Five judges determined the eventual winners, Lionel Young (First) and Ben Prestage (Second). Two judges at the Blues Hall took the time to personally praise our performances after they scored us.

We made friends with Memphis Annie and will play at her hotel, the Mentone Inn, the next time we are in Alabama.

We got our CD's into XM Radio Bluesville DJ Bill Wax's hands with the help of our Venue Coordinator, Liz Lottman and made many other contacts that will help us get into bigger and better gigs down the line, including more festivals.

We have to go back to Gainesville, Florida to get my truck (blown transfer case - $ouch!$). Then we will play in St. Louis and Nashville before we go back to the Rocky Mountains. I'll update the Calendar shortly.]]> http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#13 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#12 http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#12 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#11 http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#11 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#10 http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#10 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#9 http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#9 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#8
Following the EPR, we went to Baltimore, MD to play with "Baltimore Red" Jones. We wound up at a recording studio and laid down tracks for 10 songs that will appear on future CD projects - yes, we're working on our next release - stay tuned!

From Baltimore, we travelled to St. Louis where we stayed at Fort Charette with Wheelock Crosby Brown. Crosby has created an astounding 18th Century retreat on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River about 25 miles southwest of St. Louis. We played at parties on Oct. 6th at Fort Charette and at the Woodcutter's Ball on October 7th. We stayed over an extra day to play/audition at BB's, the #1 Blues & Jazz club in downtown St. Louis. We opened for the Terry Evans Band and had a successful performance - we were invited back to play for money on our next tour. We should be going to Florida in January, so look for us in St. Louis in January and February, 2008.]]> http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#8 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#7
We moved on to Salt Lake City and Pat's Barbecue. Pat's has great food and a great sounding room - one of the best we have ever played in. Thanks to BadBrad Wheeler for setting this up and giving us an interview on KRCL-FM 91.1. We're looking forward to some more music & ribs at Pat's BBQ.

Dean Oliver met us on Nov. 8th in Heber City and we got the tent set up. On the 9th, we did a radio interview and performance on KTMP-AM 940 on Cary Hobbs' show. We played our way from the Zermatt Jam Session to the Open Mic Stage, to the Chuckwagon Stage, to the Main Stage in the auditorium by Sunday afternoon. We have an autographed picture on the "Wall of Fame" at KTMP and we may be on the regular program next year. Getting exposed to a different audience worked well and we hope to be back at Heber City!]]> http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#7 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#6
We have moved on to the Seattle-Tacoma area and are playing at jam sessions at some of the local clubs. We are impressing the locals favorably and we should have gigs here next year that we can coordinate with the Pacific Primitive Rendezvous scheduled for Bear Valley in Oregon next June. We're catching up on our sleep at Randi's - she's the keyboard player and singer who got us set up at the Turtle Shell in Portland and she is getting us into all the right clubs and introducing us to all the right people.

It's overcast and raining but you knew that.]]> http://perfectbedlammusic.com/news.html#6 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Perfect Bedlam Music - Doctor Mongo - News