As I sit here and write this, I realize 2016 was a bad year for a lot
of people.The entertainment world was plagued by the death of
many famous and influential musicians, and we lived through
what must have been the craziest presidential race in our
country's history.
As far as 2016 Skinny Molly business goes, we had an
extremely busy year.We made four runs to Europe and played
some great festivals both at home and abroad. From "Rock the
South" festival in Alabama to the "Rock and Blues Custom Show"
and "Stormin' the Castle" in the UK, (to mention a few) and
some rockin' shows in Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden,
Germany, France and all over Great Britain!
We became the first band to sell out the Real Music Club in
Lauchammer, Germany four times in a row which made us really
proud and grateful to our German Fans!
We played more shows last year than we had in a long time, and
we're really happy to have played more Stateside shows and to
more people in 2016 than any year in the history of the band!
So what are we gonna do for 2017 to top last year? First up,
we've started off this year with plans for a new CD (to be released
in early Fall) and are in the "pre production"phase. Some songs
are written, and demos are being hashed out; changing keys,
arrangements, adding and subtracting. As Bob Seger once sang:
"What to leave in, what to leave out". It can be a difficult and long
process, but worth every second when it comes together. Nothing
is better to us than a new song that we KNOW is going to be fun
to play live!
We also plan on recording a live DVD this year at the aforementioned
venue "Real Music Club" in Lauchammer, Germany which will be
released at the end of the year! It will be a little different than "Live at
the Shed" (which we are extremely proud of) in that it will have some
never-before-seen footage from behind the scenes, chronicling life on
the road with the band. The goal is for it to be a lot more real than
today's "reality" shows on cable :) That should be pretty easy!
As far as firing back up the live shows this year it looks like we are
going to do some things in March in the States, and then go back
to Sweden, Finland, Germany and possibly France in May/early
June.
We're beyond happy to announce that we'll be on the Silja Rock
Cruise the weekend of May 12 2017 from Stockholm Sweden to
Helsinki Finland. We are trying to team up with some of our favorite
bands for some shows in Europe and it's looking good.
Check this space for latest news unfit to print! We will definitely be
returning to Europe in the early Fall, and will be taking a new CD
with us. Thanks more than ever for all your support and for
keeping us in business!
Here's to a great 2017!
SM
of people.The entertainment world was plagued by the death of
many famous and influential musicians, and we lived through
what must have been the craziest presidential race in our
country's history.
As far as 2016 Skinny Molly business goes, we had an
extremely busy year.We made four runs to Europe and played
some great festivals both at home and abroad. From "Rock the
South" festival in Alabama to the "Rock and Blues Custom Show"
and "Stormin' the Castle" in the UK, (to mention a few) and
some rockin' shows in Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden,
Germany, France and all over Great Britain!
We became the first band to sell out the Real Music Club in
Lauchammer, Germany four times in a row which made us really
proud and grateful to our German Fans!
We played more shows last year than we had in a long time, and
we're really happy to have played more Stateside shows and to
more people in 2016 than any year in the history of the band!
So what are we gonna do for 2017 to top last year? First up,
we've started off this year with plans for a new CD (to be released
in early Fall) and are in the "pre production"phase. Some songs
are written, and demos are being hashed out; changing keys,
arrangements, adding and subtracting. As Bob Seger once sang:
"What to leave in, what to leave out". It can be a difficult and long
process, but worth every second when it comes together. Nothing
is better to us than a new song that we KNOW is going to be fun
to play live!
We also plan on recording a live DVD this year at the aforementioned
venue "Real Music Club" in Lauchammer, Germany which will be
released at the end of the year! It will be a little different than "Live at
the Shed" (which we are extremely proud of) in that it will have some
never-before-seen footage from behind the scenes, chronicling life on
the road with the band. The goal is for it to be a lot more real than
today's "reality" shows on cable :) That should be pretty easy!
As far as firing back up the live shows this year it looks like we are
going to do some things in March in the States, and then go back
to Sweden, Finland, Germany and possibly France in May/early
June.
We're beyond happy to announce that we'll be on the Silja Rock
Cruise the weekend of May 12 2017 from Stockholm Sweden to
Helsinki Finland. We are trying to team up with some of our favorite
bands for some shows in Europe and it's looking good.
Check this space for latest news unfit to print! We will definitely be
returning to Europe in the early Fall, and will be taking a new CD
with us. Thanks more than ever for all your support and for
keeping us in business!
Here's to a great 2017!
SM