NEW!! Rubber Dolly, 2007
Rubber Dolly
Paddy Won't You Drink Some Cider
Train on the Island
Yeah Buddy, 2006
Chilly Winds
Road to Maysville
Quit Kickin' My Dog Around
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John Hurd 206-525-2418
Graphic & site design by Charmaine Slaven charmaine@thetallboys.com
Charmaine has found a new home for her Appalachian Clogging Classes! Get a great workout and learn more about this great style of traditional folk dance! Classes are every Sunday, 3:30-4:20PM, Beginning/Intermediate levels alternating weekly and classes are only $6!! Check out this link www.communityfitness.com for more information, or contact Charmaine directly at charmaine@thetallboys.com.
Thanks to Laura Cassidy, Elke Van de Velde, Cori Ready, and Aviva Palmer for including The Tallboys in the great photos & write up about Holiday Parties in this month's Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, pick up a copy of the magazine or check out a brief overview of it here.
We're also heading back to the studio in the next couple of weeks to cut another album, keep your eyes & ears peeled!
Double your fun! The Tractor Tavern Square Dances are now twice a month, on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month! See our schedule for specific dates.
Also, thanks to Adriana Grant for the great write up about Charmaine and her chicken in the "Day Job" column in this weeks Seattle Weekly - read the article here.
Thanks to everyone who made it to the CD Release in person, and in spirit! Also, thanks to those who caught us on our road-trip to Berkeley. The Berkeley Old Time Convention was most excellent, we highly recommend you all check it out when it comes around next year.
Great news! We now have shirts available, t-shirts for guys, tanks for gals. I'll try to get pictures up soon, they're black cotton with some nice art (if I do say so myself). Email me at charmaine@thetallboys.com if you would like to order one - only $15 + shipping. Or just pick one up at our next show!
We're giving our new CD a proper release party at the Tractor Tavern Friday August 31st. This is one show that shouldn't be missed by all you old-time music lovers as our guest will be the incredible The Flat Mountain Girls from Portland and the rip-roarin' Water Tower String Band from Eugene. So skip the crowds at Bumbershoot and head on over to the Tractor Tavern instead for a night of saucy stringband music from three of the Northwests' finest old-time bands! Advance tickets available at www.ticketweb.com.
We'll be playing live on the radio twice this month to promote the show, so be sure to tune into KBCS 91.3FM 11AM Sat Aug 18th and ,KEXP 90.3FM 6:30PM Thurs Aug 30th. And, if you don't think you can wait until the end of August to pick up our new CD, you can now purchase it in Seattle at Dusty Strings or Sonic Boom Records or online through www.cdbaby.com.
Woohoo!! Our 4th Album, Rubber Dolly, is being released!! Sample mp3's can be heard on the menu bar the the left, or on our Merchandise Page...you can also listen to the entire album and purchase MP3's on Songslide.com. CD's will soon be available through our distributers (see the Merchandise Page), and stay tuned for an awesome CD release party coming soon!
The NW Folklife Festival was tons of fun for us, more great music, jams, & dances than you could shake a stick at! We want to keep the momentum going, and the Tuesday Old Time Socials have been a great outlet for all that spring-time energy. The turn out has been great (20+ musicians) at the first two, so come down & join us!
And, the Tractor Tavern Square Dances have been such a hit, we're continuing the series on through the summer. Next one is on Monday June 11th with Michael Ismerio from Portland calling. Also, if you've been looking for an opportunity to get the whole family envolved, we're playing at the family-friendly South End Square Dance on Friday June 29th...see our schedule for details.
Also, check out page 88 of June's issue of Seattle Magazine - Charlie & I got the whole page!
Thanks to Kim Ruehl for interviewing us for the buskers article in the upcoming Seattle Sound Magazine and listing us in the Best Unknown Folk Artists on About.com (we're on page2). And thanks to Christine Champ who interviewed us for an upcoming article about Square Dancing for MSN.com (we'll let you know when the article is available). Charlie & Charmaine will also be featured buskers in the June issue of Seattle Magazine...woohoo!!
Conor Byrne Pub, 5213 Ballard Ave NW has graciously opened their doors to allow us to start a weekly Old Time Social! Starting Tuesday May 22nd at 8 PM, this event will be a great opportunity to get your old time groove on...and will continue EVERY Tuesday at 8PM!!
Charlie and I are doing the organizing, and are planning to arrange for a different "host" every week, so please contact me if you'd be interested in helping out with orchastrating the tunes. Musicians of all levels are welcome and encouraged to participate!
Also, this event is music-focused, but not just for musicians! It's our hope that dancers, listeners, curiousity-seekers, & anyone with an interest in old time music and culture come check out this event...gritty tunes, tender ballads, spontaneous square dancing, lasso-spinning, keg-stands, and greased-pig contests are bound to make for a grand hootenanny!!
Spread the word & hope to see you all there!!
~Charmaine charmaine@thetallboys.com
Many of you know Paul & Skye McGowen. Paul used to be in The Tallboys and now he and Skye live in Fayetteville, Arkansas where they've formed a band called Shout Lulu. They've just released a great set of tunes & songs called: "A Long Time Ago-go." The regular line-up includes the two of them, and Pete Howard. Paul plays various banjos & guitar, Skye plays baritone ukulele, banjolele & dances, and Pete plays a sassy fiddle. Guest appearing are Curly Miller on bowed bass, and Carole Anne Rose on her specially designed and built banjo-guitar thing. It's some good music!
Here's the link to their SongSlide page where the music can be heard and purchased for download: http://www.songslide.com/ArtistDetail.aspx?ArtistID=84
You can also see their website at www.shoutlulu.com
Click here to hear the story!! http://www.kuow.org/DefaultProgram.asp?ID=12524 - Thanks to KUOW reporter Cathy Duchamp and everyone who's supporting old-time music and dance! Remember, Paul Silveria is back to call the Apr 9th square dance at the Tractor, so come on out for another fantastic evening!
This month's square dance sure was alot of fun! Thanks to all who came out...AND stay tuned into KUOW, Cathy Duchamp came by the dance and interviewed us and some of the dancers for an upcoming story on square dance revival. Thanks Cathy - can't wait to hear the story!!!
The Stranger has lovingly plastered our picture on this weeks Live Music Calender - check it out! It's the sweetest Valentine we've gotten :)
Got another great square dance planned for Monday Feb 12th, bring your sweety to the Tractor for some pre-Valentine's dancin'! Square Dancing is about the easiest and funnest way to get your dancing on, no difficult moves and we keep the dances simple and low-pressure - so don't hesitate to come down if your a beginner! Even when the dancers get jumbled up, it's still hilarious and fun - and Paul Silveria will be coming up from Portland teaching and calling super fun dances.
Also, if your interested in helping distribute flyers/posters to help get the word out for future square dances, please email me at charmaine@thetallboys.com and I'll hook you up with some materials. The more people we get dancin', the funner it is! Thanks!
John Hurd, our bassist, has launched a great new website where you can pick the price for MP3's by independent artists. Check it out, it's a great resource for music being made right here in the Northwest, and a huge percentage of the money goes directly to the artists! If you're a musician with recorded music, sign up and get your recordings heard! www.songslide.com
For those of you that have caught a bad case of clog-dance fever, Charmaine Slaven is now offering instructional workshops at Velocity Dance Studio. Live music will be provided and workshops go about 2 hours. Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to learn Appalachian clogging in the Northwest! See our schedule for details.
Thanks to Kim Hayden of the Stranger for the Dec 14th write-up about the Dec 18th Square Dance for the "Up & Coming" column, and to Brian Barr of the Seattle Weekly for the picture & write-up about The Tallboys at the Dec 20th show at The Tractor. We tip our hats to you fine folks!
Wow! The first square dance at the Tractor was a whole lot of fun & earned a good bit of funds for Seattle Tilth! There wasn't an inch of space left on the dance floor, so "thanks" to all who came to dance. You're next Tractor Square Dance opportunity is "Turkey in The Straw" on Monday Nov 13th - bring an instrument to join our open jam for the first hour, a dish for the appetizer potluck, and dance to the calling of Tony Mates starting at 8 PM...there's no better way to get your pre-thanksgiving exercize in!
The Tractor Tavern in Ballard is working with us in creating a monthly square dance series through the fall & winter months. We're hoping that these fired-up, exciting dances will boost interest in square dancing in Seattle, as we'd like to match the Portland Old Time community in their enthusiam for dancing. This is a great way to help ward off the wintertime blues! All dances will be taught and lead by an experienced dance caller, so no experience necessary! We've got spectacular local caller, Tony Mates, on board for the first couple of dances. We are also kicking off alot of these dances with an open old time jam, so it will be a great opportunity to share tunes. Bring an appetizer to share, some good dancing shoes, and an instrument. First dance is also a benefit for Seattle Tilth - Seattle's nonprofit organic gardening education group. See our schedule for specific dates of the upcoming dances or contact us for more information...
We're pleased to announce that we're going back to the studio this October to record a new album. We hope to have it out early 2007, so stay tuned!