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AUGUST
2010:
Hey
all! It has been one hell of a year so far. The Vancouver Olympics,
The Junos in St. John's, European tour, a cross Canada tour, a
US tour down to Texas, SXSW in Austin, and a festival summer schedule
that put over 14,000 kms on the ol' Econoline from Ontario to
BC and back.
The band is almost a year in and tighter than ever. We have played
11 festivals and have one more this fall to round it off to an
even 12 this season.
THE
BAND!
The sound of the band has transformed into a once young gal wanna-be
rocker's dream. I used to lip sync Joan Jett in the mirror and
dance around my bedroom to The Rolling Stones when I was a pre-teen
and nowadays I feel like we've come closer to that rockin show
than I ever dreamed I could be part of. Jason Nowicki's leads
are incomparable. He is a slayin demon and his heart and soul
is poured into every note. A true bad ass. You have to see it
to believe it. Dave Landreth on bass and Ryan Voth on drums are
the tightest rhythm section I have ever had the luxury of playing
with. They lay it down fat and hard and support the song with
no egos and no bullshit, takin no prisoners. It's the cat's ass.
Having a solid band like that behind a gal can really push her
to her maximum. I feel like my writing and my playing is at its
best yet.
It truly feels like we're on our game and no one can stop us.
FALL
EAST COAST TOUR!
At the end of September, we head all the way to the East. Finally
back to St. John's, Newfoundland where weI left a big part of
our travel and rock and roll hearts last time we were there for
the Junos. I can't wait to get back and play a double nighter
at The Ship. After Eastern Canada, Jason and I let the rhythm
section off the hook for some touring and we head into New York
and Northeast US to dole out our hard core electric duo show.
LIVE
ALBUM RECORDING!
We are happy to announce the next Romi Mayes Band album will be
coming out May 2011. We are going to record a live album January
14th, 2011 at The West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba
with the help of the great Scott Franchuk as producer. Scott is
better known for his touring as sound man for Corb Lund but I
have known him over the years to record some of the best albums
to ever come out of Alberta in the last decade. He is a righteous
dude and we are excited to work with him. The album will be in
the fashion of Neil Young's Time Fades Away. All new songs. All
rockin. All live.
I have a little more writing and rehearsing to do this winter
to finish the album, but to say we're stoked for a new album would
be a major understatament.
Stay
tuned for more updates as the fall and winter go on. Endless thanks
for all the support all the way through. What a ride.
"Looking
forward, all that I can see,
Is good things happening to you and to me.
I'm not waiting for times to change.
I'm going to live, like a free-roamin' soul,
On the highway of our love"
- Neil Young, Looking Forward
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