50 States in 50 Days!

For The Record’s good friend Kevin Montgomery (whose dad happened to be Buddy Holly’s best friend) has made this videologue of his trek to do 50 tour dates in 50 days!

Latest from Kevin’s Journey

>> Good day! Hope you are doing well. I’m home recuperating from the 50
>> States in 50 Days tour. The tour was alot of work, but well worth it.
>> One of the best things i’ve done in awhile.
>>    We made so many new friends along the way, and have some stories
>> to tell. Jill Jackson was a real asset on the tour……she sang
>> great, played great guitar, and drove even better…..a solid driver!
>>    I’m really excited that Jill will be joining me on the upcoming UK
>> tour……..i was looking for a reason to get excited about it, and i
>> finally did last week when she confirmed that she could do the dates.
>>     It is true that the “Roadtrippers” won’t be joining me on this
>> tour…….somethings are not meant to be……timing is everything

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Remember, buying vinyl is also good for the environment!

more about “Video of You Didn’t Throw Out Your LP…“, posted with vodpod

 

The Last Tour is Coming Jan 22-30.

In 1999 the original 1959 Winter Dance Party was replicated by a bunch of dedicated fans led by Dennis Farland. Featured artists in 1999 included John Mueller, Ernie Valens and Paul Kruse. Guest artists included Niki Sullivan, an original Cricket.

In 2009, around the 50th Anniversary of the deaths of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s favorite sons, a commemorative Tour will play at three of the original venues that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper played during that infamous January and February back in 1959. The Milwaukee and Mankato performances will be on the exact 50th Anniversary of the original shows.
Two other venues will be played, one at Medina MN near to where the 1959 Tour played at St Paul and another at Waterloo IA where Buddy Holly had played in 1958 on the Summer Dance Party Tour.

Tommy Allsup was Buddy Holly’s guitarist on the original Tour in 1959 and has had a long career in country and rock ‘n’ roll music ever since. He is a Grammy Award winner and his guitar work was a feature on many on Holly’s hit recordings. Appearing on around 7,000 recordings, he has recorded and produced a great many artists over the years and is still in demand here in the USA and in Europe where he tours each year. Tommy will be accompanied on The Last Tour by Chicago’s Johnny Rogers, reckoned by many to be the finest Buddy Holly tribute artist around, 18 year old rock ‘n’ roll sensation Richie Lee from Des Moines IA and the renowned Shackshakers from Duluth MN.

118 Days till Record Store Day PLUS Free Music on Christmas!

Yes Christmas time is fun and we all look forward to it all year round.  And now thanks to our friends at recordstoreday.com, we have an all new holiday to celebrate!  Record Store Day! Filled with new vinyl only releases, album and 45 sales, and Jack’s homemade pizza!  We just got an email update from the crew at Record Store day.  OH Boy! A Christmas suprise, head over to recordstoreday.com and grab a free download on Christmas Eve.  We don’t even know what it is going to be but it’s guaranteed to be good! Looking forward to April 18! 

From the “Record Store Day” Guys
Home stretch time, and we trust you guys are super-busy this week, but we wanted to take a moment to say HAPPY HOLIDAYS and THANKS for a great event this year. We had such a blast at Record Store Day and can’t believe how great it was that you all were involved. We heart you tremendously. So here’s hoping you have a great holiday season, a great 2009 and are looking forward to Record Store Day, Volume 2 (April 18, 2009).

We’ve teamed up with a band we love (trust us on this one) and we’ve got a little gift for you and your customers: a free download on http://www.recordstoreday.com/ on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Like all good gifts, we’ve promised to keep it a secret until it’s opened, so we’re asking you to use this banner (attached) to let your customers know that on Christmas Eve and Christm! as Day ONLY, they can download a wacky holiday ditty from XXX XXXXX and their special guest. We promise it’s worth the suspense.

So have a great week, and a happy holiday. We’ll see you in 2009!