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Way to go! Thanks for dropping by bobgirard.com! Read a little and catch up...
So now it's 2009. Which means mainly that 2008 is over. Which is good for me, personally. Since it was a - shall we say - "challenging" year.
Personal highlights for 2008 (for me anyhow) were, in no particular order, my two oldest kids graduating from High School and moving on to college, managing to stay married for twenty years, the "Live From The Hook" event in downtown Charlottesville this past July (in which I got to sing with Captain Tunes And His Fabulous Noteguns, Alligator, The Casuals Featuring Johnny Sportcoat plus a one song cameo with Skip Castro), some great Gladstones gigs, some great Alligator gigs, going into the studio with The Gladstones to do some recording for some possible future projects, playing live on the radio (!), being featured in a television program.... There's more stuff I'm sure, and probably some people will remind me of other personal highlights I should have included. Like going to Alaska (seeing Sarah Palin's mansion omg!) and celebrating 4th of July in Seattle with Bryan and Sally Yates and their kids. My musical goals will be to play more and enjoy it even more, and hopefully do another Fridays After Five... And maybe figure out a way to put out a record or two...
Keep your eyes peeled for The Gladstones AND Alligator in 2009. Both bands are good as sh*t. And in many ways as simple as sh*t too. But that makes enjoying either band just as simple as sh*t for you, our partners in listening.
In the meantime keep on supporting live music wherever you can. That means going out and actually seeing live performances, supporting the artists as well as the venues that continue to make live music possible (locally I'm thinking Bel Rio, Gravity Lounge, The Outback Lodge, Durty Nelly's, as well as other places in and around town [plus a bunch of out of town joints too]), buying downloads, dvd's ("Live From The Hook" springs to mind) and records from artists who are working as hard as they can to say something intelligent today. Speaking of records, I happen to have a few titles for sale. Which you can pick up locally at Sidetracks or directly from me or through cd baby: If you want to get them from me just send $15 per copy to me (Bob Girard) at P.O. Box 313 Earlysville, VA 22936. Don't forget to specify which recording that you want to get: "SunGinChocolate" or "It Gets Weirder Every Year" or "Decline And Fall Of John Q Sportcoat". If you're credit-card-and-computer-savvy you can also buy "Decline And Fall..." from cdbaby by clicking here Buy "Decline And Fall...", and "It Gets Weirder Every Year" by clicking here Buy "It Gets Weirder...", and "SunGinChocolate" by clicking here Buy "SunGinChocolate". That was super easy, now wasn't it?
My silk screening business is growing steadily. It's called Hurricane City Tees and it's located right here in Charlottesville. If you need tees, or sweats or hats or mugs or glasses or tote bags or pens and pencils or team wear or frisbees or buttons or water bottles or - you get the picture. Just give me a call at (434) 220-3782. Remember this: if you need any of that stuff PLEASE CALL ME! My e mail is bobgirard@yahoo.com. Click here for Hurricane City Tees information: I'll treat you like you're my most important customer. Because you are!
Thanks for buying my cd's, thanks for coming out to see me and others when we play live,
and most of all thanks for being my friends through all of this. I really mean it. And special
thanks in 2008 to Jim, Steve, Marc, Charlie, Corky, Aaron, Susan, Stuart, Craig D, Craig B, Gibby, Bryan, Bob ("Dr Funk"), Dennis, Bo and Ralph ("The Duke") for making this a very fun year to stand on a stage and sing.
Anyhow, if you have any questions or want to get on the mailing list or the Hurricane
Party list or want to hear more about the cd's or if you have questions about me or The Gladstones, Alligator, The Casuals, Captain Tunes, The Hawaiians Band - whatever Email me..., I'm Bob.
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