From Ken. . . Dear HC Men Fans: We had a SUCCESSFUL fundraiser last Sunday at the Rose Room and raised enough $$ to pay for our airfare and accomodations with some meal money left over. THANK you to everyone who showed up, donated $, sent $ and helped.
THANK YOU especially to:
Ellen Burry, Jo Fryberger, Karen and Genevieve Jennings, Donna Gudmundson(Donna and our bassist Bud recently got married-congratulations!), Carmel Crock, Dee Southard, Leslie Trail, Lori B! and The Boys, Underscore, Tige, Roger, The Boise Blues Society, Nancy, Katy, Matt Taylor, Tracey Richards, The Bartels, Joe Brown, David Day, Don Patterson, Tom L, EVERYONE WHO DONATED PRIZES and EVERYONE ELSE not named.
We leave on Jan 30 and play a 25 minute set in the Beale Street area in downtown Memphis(one of THE birthplaces of the Blues) on Thurs Jan 31 and then AGAIN on Fri Feb 1. THEN, if we make the Finals, a 20 minute set on Sat Feb 2. The important thing is that we will be heard by blues bands/writers/record companies/clubowners/journalists/festival promoters/fans from ALL OVER THE WORLD and thanks to your generosity, we can hand out our cd/contact info to all these people. If you go to www.myspace.com/hcmen, we will be performing "Sneakin'" and "Phone Booth" and will also perform "Jaguar Blues," "Soothe Me," "Hummin'", "Back In Idaho," and "You Got No Business" from our cd(on sale at the Record Exchange in the Local Music section at 11th and Idaho-downtown Boise).
We will blog you from Memphis. THANKS AGAIN! If you have any relatives/friends near Memphis who might want to come hear us, we will send out our exact performance times/locales before we fly out.
xxxooo The Hoochie Coochie Men and their families