The Cactus Blossoms Begin YEAR LONG Residency at The Turf Club!

Last night The Cactus Blossoms began their YEAR LONG residency at The Turf Club. Head down to The Turf every Monday night to catch them play from 9pm to midnight.

Last year The Cactus Blossoms released one of my favorite albums of 2011. It's available to check out in it's entirety on their Bandcamp page and I certainly suggest a purchase if you're as into Traditional Country as I am.

The Cactus Blossoms Turf Club Residency!

Join The Cactus Blossoms at The Turf Club every Tuesday this month. They play first every night so get there early! Invite yourself on the Facespace in you're into that.

Check back here as well because I plan on posting some recordings from the release show at the Ritz last month...perhaps also a bonus track from the Hymie's Records in-store performance.

Jack Torrey & Meg Ashling @ Acadia Cafe

Acadia Cafe
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday March 13th 2011

Jack Torrey - "Today Is A Sad Day (To Be You)"
Meg Ashling - "I Circle Around"

(Right Click & Save Link As on PC or Control + Click on Mac)

The first time I ran into Jack Torrey and Meg Ashling was at The 400 Bar sometime in 2008. I meant to get a recording up sooner but it wasn't until recently that I was able to catch back up with them and The Great Confinement supporting Gabe Barnett & the Big House Jug Band at Acadia Cafe. Don't get me wrong, the Acadia is a fine establishment that I frequent often for food and drink but it's not the greatest room for live recording. I abandoned the room recordings in a hurry in favor of posting these two tracks from the soundboard tapes. Anyways, it's nice to see Meg is playing shows again and be sure to check out Jack's group The Cactus Blossoms linked above. They've been booking a lot of shows around town lately.

The Flying Dorito Brothers @ Cause

The Flying Burrito Brothers circa '74

The Flying Dorito Brothers
Cause Spirits & Soundbar
Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday April 12th 2011

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: Along the left wall near the front. ~7' ^
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Hypers) > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > razorlame > 320kbps]
Edit: Sound Forge 10 (compression + fades)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

The Flying Dorito Brothers - "Older Guys"
The Flying Dorito Brothers - "Hot Burrito #1"

Cause installed a new PA system last Monday so I was certainly interested in checking out the first show with it in use. I've never been a huge fan of post-'60s Country but The Flying Dorito Brothers are legit and they do their forefathers justice in my book. Word is this was their 3rd ever show. Night Moves and The Burglars supported. Crowds in this room are always a little but that's the nature of the beast and it was a fun night nonetheless.