The Fabulous Ginn Sisters: ephiphany & wit

Hey everybody! Right now we're in 3rd place for the 2006 HEMI awards for new band of the year.  If you want to help, we might take over 1st...and then the world!  We'd stuff the ballot but you can only vote once.

Go to www.americanahighway.com .  It may be a little slow...but pretend that it's five years ago.  Click and wait. 

 

What a super night we had at the Cactus Cafe.  I hope you had a lovely time as well.  Thanks to the huge number of you who came out and I hope you're enjoying your new cd.  Thanks Southpaw for playing a holy wow set.

and Kari the Mom, Larry Paul, Bill, and Timmy for making us sound great...you know...like a real band!

 

 

We've jumped to #26 on the Americana chart. That's a huge leap for us.  Thanks djs for spinning us!  Check out the link for the complete chart.  Scroll down...it's from another day. 

There may be different accounts of this story...check www.abitapia.com  or www.southpawjones.com for their versions. 
I'd love to tell of how we played in St. Louis at Off Broadway and hung out with Beetle Bob.  I'd be thrilled to regale you with drunken debaucherous tales of Stagger Inn in Edwardsville.  But...As there was no power in all of the St. Louis area, there are no stories.  We're musicians, not meteorologists, even if the nerdiest among us thinks he is.  I wish the circumstances would've been different, and I hope you'll stay tuned for rescheduled appearances by not only The Ginn Sisters, but also The Austin Americana Carpool Jamboree....though that band might have broken up.  I'll check on that. 

Thanks to everyone who came out to the KC Hall in Effingham.  What a thrill to play with Bill, Larry Paul AND Larry Passalacqua and Bill Martin and Ted Grunloh. The audience was truly bang-up....the crowd had to be thrown out and the cheering and shouting wouldn't stop.  I hope you know what a mark you make in our lives.  I've hardly scratched the surface on the thank-yous.  We won't be back for another performance no matter how much you twist our arms, so don't even try.  Or we'll call the cops.  Seriously.

You can find us on XM Radio as well! On X-Country

I'll put this up on a real page soon, but just in case you're wondering where you can hear some on-air TGS...

*WSGE 91.7 FM  Dallas, NC 28034

*WQNR-FM 99.9 THE ROCK AUBURN ALABAMA

*WEFT  90.1 FM Champaign, IL

*WBCG 98.9 Port Charlotte, Fla 

*www.themillertellshertale.co.uk

*KUT 90.5 FM Austin, TX

*KOOP 90.1 Austin, TX

*KTEP FM El Paso, TX

*http://www.live365.com/stations/accesssacramento

*KRCB Santa Rosa, CA

*KRCL - SLC, UT

*KFAN Fredericksburg, TX

*WSLR Ssarasota FL

*KEOS 89.1 FM College Station/Bryan, TX

 

I'm really glad that Noah saw this first because I was a little nervous to read this by myself...Tif and Bill are in Effingham and I was supposed to go pick up a Chronicle in the morning.  But...now we can all read it here together.

www.auschron.com

I would like to point out something that the article in the Chronicle failed to mention.  We have two very accomplished lead guitar players on the album.  Larry Paul Passalacqua provides parts on Down the Drain, 2 Cool 2 Cry, Get It and Go, I'm Clean, Time, and It Don't Matter.  Sound engineer and producer, Bradley Kopp, contributes leads on Broken Spirit, Hard Fall, Let It Burn, Not My Friend, and electric on Get It and Go.   And Kari Ginn adds a beautiful third harmony on Leave Me Standin and Hard Fall.  We're lucky to have had them play with us. 

In other exciting TGS news, we are #3 on the Freeform Americana Roots Chart! You can view the chart here.

http://www.accd.edu/tcmn/far
We're on the cover of this month's 3rd Coast Music. Pick one up to read a review by John Conquest.

 

 

 

 

Thanks again to everyone in Peabody, Kansas for a fabulous night at The Coneburg Inn.  Once again, it was a truly lovely time.  The new cd seems to be well-received, even without the washboard solos by Bill.  Took a lot of good video footage that night so look for clips on CMT.  It was Larry's first time at The C, and I think it was all he hoped for and more.  The night went off without a hitch. 

If you want check out some other super bands that kinda fit into our category, you can go to http://cdbaby.com/cd/ginnsisters2

You can order both of our cds there and some other really great stuff.  Go explore cdbaby.com!! 

 

TGS is featured here... 

http://cdbaby.com/style/170

and

http://cdbaby.com/style/27

 

 

 

 

If you like us, go there to write a review of our cd to encourage other people to buy.  But if you don't like, please don't!!!!   Or you know, just be honest.  And no foul language.  I'll be monitoring.

 

 

 

Thanks Schulenburg!  You made for a great night at the Cozy Theatre, Von Minden Hotel and Freyburg Hall.  We appreciate everyone who came out and a super thanks to those of you who bought CDs, T-shirts, and koozies!!

Hi everybody...let's talk for a sec about Generally Happy T-shirts.  I need to take the paypal button off.  I'm an idiot.  I'm sorry.  There are none right now.  We're out.  Sold out.  No mas.  We will have Blood Orange Ts available soon.  We'll have them at our parties and on the website.  I'm not at the computer where I usually work so I can't get to the program to get the button off.  I'm real sorry.

We're home!!!  And just in time for one of our two Texas cd release parties.  Blood Oranges is finally here and we'll be in Schulenburg, TX  on Saturday, July 1 at The Cozy Theatre.  We'll play there at 5pm and then move over to the lobby of The Von Minden Hotel(same building you out-of-towners) for blood orange juice and little bites to eat.  Later that night join us for the party party party at Freyburg Hall. You won't want to miss it...we'll have Bill P on bass and Larry Paul playin his blistering guitar breaks that you may have heard on our downloads or if you've ordered your cd online. If you're as opposed to drinking and driving as we are and forgot to tell your designated driver to not get drunk, there are plenty of places to camp.  Bring your tents!  We're peein' in the woods folks.Email us for directions or more info.

If you can't make if to this party, join us in Austin on August 1st at The Cactus Cafe. 

More exciting news....go to cdbaby.com to get your TGS ringtone!!

You gotta go to www.myspace.com/theginnsisters . i just put up a hilarious video!!! You can see me almost fall out of the raft TWICE!! And you can see Bill try to catch me...and I think that's Tiffani screaming in the background.

I'm in a grand hotel in St. Cloud, Minnesota and I keep thinking that this trip can't get any better.  And then, it does!  We've been so fortunate; have seen old friends in Wakonda and Gayville, South Dakota (check out the new pictures from Gayville Hall taken by Jeff Gullikson), strengthened new friendships, and caught a lotta fish!!!  And this week it will be a treat to have LarryPaul back onstage with us!  Thanks to everyone who has helped us along so far and fed us and put a roof over our heads and put a fishing pole in our hands, whether we wanted it or not!  But he was right, we did want to.

...But we'll be home soon for something truly exciting!!  We'll be releasing  "Blood Oranges" just a few short weeks after Kerrville...more excitement is on the way!

We would like to thank everyone who wrote emails concerning our grandmother who passed away Sunday morning.  We appreciate your thoughts and prayers, and again apologize for missing the show at The Mucky Duck in Houston.  We'll reschedule and be back soon!  All our love,

Brit, Tiffani,&Bill

♥We're getting ridiculously jazzed about the cd. We're choosing pics and editing and putting down the final touches. I hope you're all enjoying "Down the Drain", and "Broken Spirit" if you've gone to www.myspace.com/theginnsisters. It was really hard to decide which songs to put on so I chose the first two cuts off the album. It's also really hard to only put two. I guess we'll all have to wait!!  I can't give anymore away!!♥

Hey guess what I did!! I put a track from the new cd on the music page. Can you believe it? I know!! I'm telling you this here because I know nobody goes to the "music" page anymore.
You can check out the first track. It's called "Down the Drain" and is the extended version of what will actually be on the cd, featuring Larry Paul Passalacqua on lead guitar.
...way to go, Brit...thanks you guys. Just thought I should do something nice 'cause we pushed the release date back a little!

We are getting super excited about the new cd. I know I said May, but ~shockingly~ it's getting pushed back. Didn't want to compete with May flowers. Esp after all these April showers.

Everything seems to be coming together. End of June is what we're shooting for now...so stay tuned! I'll try to put up some clips on www.myspace.com/theginnsisters .
I'm not promising, because it would probably be a lie.

May 13 is going to be a super fun day at Freyburg Hall. Come join us for May Fest! email us for more details.
ginn@theginnsisters.com

I thought I had posted this before...I'm not crazy!!!

www.myspace.com/britginn
www.myspace.com/billposs
www.myspace.com/theginnsisters

HI!! Don't forget about Southpaw's 1st annual 29th Birthday Celebration and CD Release Party. Thursday March 30 at 8pm.
Check out www.myspace.com/britginn for the full invite. It's right under the Reba look-alike contest winners. I'm so jealous.
Word.

Hi everybody! Hope you're enjoying the pictures...I know I've been promising them for a long long time. Now to get that live webcam up and running. Tiffani can't wait!
We've got some pretty exciting stuff in the works. Our new cd will hopefully hopefully hopefully be out in May. We're planning two release parties: one in Austin-- er um -- somewhere (big surprise), and one in Schulenburg and moving out to Freyburg Hall. Keep May 13 open.

Hey everyone....
Change in plans...we will not be playing Artz for South by South Artz (see calendar), but we'll be back home soon, Austinites....
Happy Birthday, Brit!

I could have sworn that someone was having a birthday soon...but I guess not.
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Wow...when Tiffani blogs it's like no one has a birthday coming up...sigh...

It's that time again, the cleaning out of the car, the packing of clothes, and the quiet lamenting of leaving Austins' hazy days. But when we get back to town, spring will have sprung!
Plus, we're going to some pretty cool places this trip- Decatur, Nashville, Dahlonega!!!
We will be making a mad dash back to Austin for SXSArtz(see calendar), and then make our way up to St. Louis to open for Fred Eaglesmith(see calendar). And then who knows(see calendar)?!