Hey Y’all,
It certainly has been awhile. The Tweeds and I have been busy. We have played so many shows up until December and now we have a little down time to do some Christmas shopping. But, not to worry, we have a BIG Christmas show coming up at the Rochester Dinosaur on December 23. make sure you save the date because there are lots of surprises in store….
#1-We might have to pull out a Christmas Song or two.
#2-We will have more condoms to get you all through the holidays!…and t-shirts as well.
#3- FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER…….

 I know, not the best photo….BUT…. WE WILL HAVE PINT GLASSES FOR SALE!
The final stocking stuffer that you all have been looking for will final be available on December 23. Now, I happen to have a bit of a cold right now so yes, that is tea that I am drinking out of mine. For those of you who remember, I used to play solo every Friday back in the day at a place called Bohdi’s in Village Gate, they taught me that drinking tea out of a pint glass was the cool thing to do….BUT I know they will look even more cool with a nice dark Guinness in them. That bold color of a beer is sure to put a nice warm glow behind our faces. Some Jackie D might do the trick too (I am sure that’s what Katy is gonna put in hers:)…hell even Egg Nog for the holidays.
There is a special surprise printed on the back of them but, you can’t see it in the picture, so you will all just have to show up and buy one or two on DECEMBER 23 at DINOSAUR BBQ in Rochester. Show starts at 10pm. I know everyone will have a lot of family in town so bring them out and buy them a beer in an extra special pint glass.

Anywho, in the meantime, stay warm in this lovely snow we are getting. I am so excited to go skiing! But I know it is tough to drive in, so for any of you who might be traveling for the holidays, stay safe…and if you need some road trip music LISTEN TO TEAGAN AND THE TWEEDS!…and if you need more road trip music, I recently became a little obsessed with Florence and the Machine, I highly recommend her album Lungs.

’til next time,
-Teagan

One of the shows we played this weekend was in Utica, NY for the Utica Music Festival. You all know how much the Tweeds and I love our beer….It just so happens that the Saranac Brewery is located in Utica. So naturally, we took a tour:)

The tour was really great. But the best part was the Tavern at the end. I think everyone would agree. They give you two free pints of whatever kind of Saranac you would like. I decided to go with two of their Imperial beers…and before I knew it I was doing things like this…

…and then everyone was doing things like this…

..haha it was great. Saranac is the birthplace of the Shultz and Dooley steins…so we figured we should all pose…

…we couldn’t stop…

..just on more..

…it was a great weekend. We all came home with some good beer for our fridges…and we got to play a few gigs as well. What more could you ask for?

’til next time….

-Teags

I have had way to much coffee today. When this happens I talk everyone’s ear off at work. So I am choosing to blog instead.

The Tweeds and I had a really good summer. We got to open for Eddie Money, Jam with Rusted Root, and perform at a number of random places that included the word “beaver” in their name. Haha no joke.

These are a few pictures from the Beaver Meadow Family Campground. This is where we stayed while we played a gig at The Beaver Hollow Conference Center

Tommy Fishing at Beaver Meadow’s “Bass Pond”

I took these pictures without anyone knowing. It was a beautiful day and I felt it needed to be documented. Michelle, Tommy, Sarah, and fished. Jeremy sat back and watched Rocco.

Jeremy chillin’ with Rocco

 My Birthday was on a Thursday this year. We got everyone together and started our day going out to lunch on the bay. We rented a pontoon and drove to Bayside for lunch, where Katy and Lou met up with us. Fish whisperer Lou decided to cast a line in the water and 5 seconds later, caught the first fish of the day.

Lou’s Fish

So anywho, the coffee is wearing off now…. we had a great summer. We are hitting the road this weekend for a couple gigs outta town. Gonna try and take some good pics to share with everyone.

We also have some new t-shirts coming in. Some of them will be at Rochester Dinosaur show 9/16/10 and then we have a new design coming through by the end of the month. I have even ordered a few youth sizes:)

More to come later….

-Teagan

I am eating my leftover steak salad for breakfast. I just went to stab my fork into a big bite and it spilled in my lap….but no worries I was able to recover most of it. That might be kinda gross, but it’s from Merchants Grill and I didn’t feel like making anything else for breakfast….so whatever.

Anywhoo, I want to talk about the new Grace Potter album. It’s all I have been listening to for the last week or so, and it’s incredible. Michelle and I are planning on going out on the boat with Mike today and it is perfect summer fun music. Everyone who hasn’t purchased the album yet should go do it right now. If you get it online it is surprisingly cheap. The price of hard copy CD’s is falling so much these days.

I think every track is my favorite but right now I am gonna say “Medicine” is my favorite fast song and “Colors” is my favorite ballad. You just gotta check it out for yourself though…it’s ridiculous. Then go see her live if you haven’t yet….just make sure you don’t drive a couple hours in northern NY in January and try to cross Lake Champlain on a ferry to see her show in Burlington, VT. Chances are the ferry will be closed and the bridge will be blown out and then you will have to drive even father…story for a different time:)

I am sick again, not sure how you get a cold when no one else around you is sick, and it’s the middle of June???

I gotta rest up and pop my Vitamin C pills. I gotta make sure I am in tip top shape to open for Eddie Money next week at Party in the Park. Two Tickets to Paradise….can’t miss it! We are excited, everyone should come down and see us:)

I figured I would share this….The picture quality is kinda bad, but this is me practicing my moves for Eddie Money at an early age with my cousin Martin. Courtesy of my Mother-she thinks it’s hilarious to dig up old photos and send my picture messages of them:)

Goodbye for now…see you at Party in the Park!

-Teags

We are all so frustrated with this Local Lilith Fair Contest. We have a buttload of wonderful, dedicated fans that are willing to make their eyes bleed in front a computer screen, for more hours than a regular work week, just to vote for us once. We apologize for entering in this silly competition. If we didn’t do so well right off the bat, it wouldn’t have become such an addiction. But it is now….hahaha and I hope that you all keep voting. We really do appreciate the support, and I am sure you all know what a crazy opportunity this would be. So THANK YOU!

On a different note. We are playing at Pub 511 tonight and I predict that it will ROCK. So I hope to see all of you out and about:)

So the search is over. After many months of sifting and searching for hours on end with Lou, I have ordered my very own Bran’ Spankin’ New Tweed Tube Amp…..and I can’t wait! It is going to rock, hopefully it will be in sometime in June. I guess they were on backorder. I will post a nice new picture when I have it.

I NEED COFFEE before work, so I’m gonna bounce. Off to sell some kayaks….See you at Pub 511 @ 9:30pm SHARP!

      The other day I woke up and went into the kitchen to find a rubbing up against my leg.  I did what most people would do when an interesting furry creature comes up to you and picked it up, within 30 seconds I felt a warm sensation spreading across my belly which turned out to be cat pee.  After finding out that the cat had a urinary tract infection, I was able to forgive Santino.

        Now today when I walked up to the attic as Leo was dismissing himself, that familiar scent of cat piss was in the air.  After about thirty minutes of myself, Kristina, and Katy crawling on the floor sniffing like dogs for the source of the smell, we noticed an unfamiliar lake emerging from the bottom of the organ.  After a thorough investigation, it was determined that this lake was the outlet of a river flowing from the housing of the volume pedal on my organ.  After shining a light in there, you could see pee in the top corner of the housing.  How Leo manged to get his pee all the way up there is a mystery to me.  Even if he could fit in there, he would have had to be on his back with his butt pressed up against the corner. Hopefully the chemicals I applied to remove the scent will work.
   

    Does that look like a cat you could forgive?

                 Tommy

-Teags

It’s 4:00 in the morning. Just packed up the last of the car. Ready to walk out the door. Going to pick-up Jeremy and Michelle…then over to Lou’s to hook up the trailer that is all packed up. Gonna be interesting.I need to get coffee at somepoint, although I am scared that might make the car ride longer if we have to stop. Pearl is not a happy camper, She knows I am leaving and has tried to pack herself in the car several times now. It makes me feel bad:(
Anyways, we will be trying to update every time we hit a place with some sorta wireless internet. I know we are most likely stopping to eat somewhere around Nashville, so maybe then.
Hopefully everything goes smoothly…Can’t wait to be down there!

’til next time,
-Teagan 

Finally…everything is in order for Austin. T-shirts are coming on Friday along with the finished and duplicated demo. WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS. I am giving you my sympathy ahead of time for anyone who ever has to buy a license for an old blues song that they have NO IDEA who wrote.
We wanted to put the song “Little by Little” on our demo for Austin. It is the one and only cover we did for it. Needless to say, we ended up with an issue with licensing the song properly….the issue first was,I didn’t think we needed to buy the license since there is not a bar code on the disc…but of course, we couldn’t get it duplicated with out one. When I found this out I was home on my lunch break and in a hurry. I did a little search on Google and found who I thought was the original writer of the song…ROBERT PLANT, Did you know Robert Plant wrote “Little by Little”? The same song Susan Tedeschi covers on “Just Won’t Burn“….WRONG!

…I bought the wrong license. That was just a minor $106 mistake. What a headache. I was so glad when Monday was over. I made sure I spent Tuesday doing something non-stressful. Tommy and Taylor and I went skiing one last time before we leave in 6 days. I took this picture of them on the lift…hahaha it looks like Tommy has his head resting on Taylor’s shoulder…

It was such a beautiful day. I think all three of us had bright red noses from all the sun. There was hardly anyone else on the mountain and it was spectacular.

Tommorow Katy, Tommy, and I will be going on the Brother Wease show for a radio interview about SXSW and our gig @ Dinosaur BBQ tomorrow night. It will be interesting…tune in if you can to 95.1 The Fox around 10:30am.

I have got to head to bed.

’til next time

-Teags 

 

It was so sunny out today, so Pearl and I went shopping…thats why she is so sleepy now.

First I took her to the pet store and let her pick out a bone…which is a huge ordeal with Pearl. She is very indecisive and usually gets distracted by wedging herself under the bone display to get a tennis ball that someone has dropped. Then she starts to get frustrated and makes strange noises like she is trying to talk…because now she is stuck. The pet store was busy because it is Saturday and there is not a whole lot more embarrassing that can happen in a pet store than when you have to almost lay on the floor to remove your tennis ball crazy Jack Russell from underneath one of the displays. But I got her out and we were able to pick out and purchase a bone…eventually.

So we moved on to a few stores. Pearl sits and sunbathes on my front seat with her bone while I go into the store and try to pick out outfits and predict what the weather might be in Austin. I was halfway successful. I think I need a human shopping buddy next time to join Pearl and I.

Oh we are sooo close to leaving….Everything is finally coming together and working out. After weeks of anticipation and stress we will eventually have to take with us: a new demo with 5 tracks, new Teagan and the Tweeds t-shirts, Stickers, a website (Check it out!), postcards, event flyers, and handbills. Good thing we have a giant SUV and a trailer to take with us!

What started as me taking a shot in the dark 8 months ago is quickly becoming a very exciting reality. I just got an e-mail the other day about the showcase we are playing on Saturday night, saying that MTV will be there looking for new music to place in their shows and commercials…so NO PRESSURE…haha I can’t wait. We have come so far in the last year, even the last 6 months, it’s time to go show Austin how to rock the tweed!

If any of you haven’t noticed, we also just hit 1,000 fans on our FACEBOOK. We are very proud of this, it is such a great way to keep in touch with our fans. We have recently uploaded a few new pictures and some GREAT videos from the Haiti Relief Benefit at the German House by Mike Hanlon, so please stop by our page if you haven’t already and become a fan:)

We have 2 more shows to play here and Rochester before we leave. All the wonderful people of S.I.S. (Sustain. Inspire. Survive.) , HTI (Human Touch Initiative) , and of course our favorite venue Lovin’ Cup,  have decided to throw us a little benefit in Thanks for all the fundraising events we have helped them out with in the past. They approached me and said that they would like to help us absorb some of the costs to go down to Austin. The event will be tomorrow (Sunday March 7) from 4-6pm. It is a much earlier time than we are used to playing, so perhaps some of our fans that don’t like to stay up late can check it out. We will have a few friends stopping down to join us on stage. It should be a good time.

The last show we will play as a band before we go on the road will be Dinosaur BBQ on Thursday March 11 @ 10:00pm. This is our second time playing at this venue. We had such a great time the first time, I personally can’t wait to do it again!

Any who….I think I am going to grab a beer!

’til next time,
-Teags