Thursday, December 28, 2006

 

Snakebeard in Argus Year in Review

We got three seperate mentions in the Argus Leader's Link Entertainment Year in Review. Click on the link to go to the Argus article. The highlights:

Local Albums of the Year
3. "Snakebeard Jackson," Snakebeard Jackson
Roots rock and country unite on this record and show the promise of a band that always sounds like it's full of smiling guys who drink Schlitz.
(for the record, we primarily drink Bud Light)

Ultimate Sioux Falls Playlist
"Bottles and Breasts"- Snakebeard Jackson
(You can stream "Bottles and Breasts" on our MySpace site)

The Sioux Falls scene on YouTube
Snakebeard Jackson covering "Jumpin' Jack Flash" in Brookings. The light show is annoying but the focus on the mandolin player is interesting.

Thanks to the Argus for the props and most of all to our fans and friends for your support and energy over the last year. We have made great strides this year and look forward to an even better 2007. Keep in touch and we'll see you soon.....

Snakebeard Jackson

Saturday, December 23, 2006

 

A sample of the Lava Lounge show

Below is a video from our show at the Lava Lounge in Sioux Falls on December 22, 2006. The sound didn't transfer to YouTube very well and the conversion makes the crowd difficult to see, but it's just a taste. For the real thing come see us live!!


Wednesday, December 20, 2006

 

Snakebeard. Lava Lounge. Friday. Join Us.

Our first Sioux Falls appearance in over three months and last show of the year! C'mon out and join what is sure to be a jumpin' and drinkin' good time. THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 22nd, 10ish. Click here for directions to The Lava Lounge, formerly Coconut Joe's. Not rain nor sleet nor snow nor dark of night should keep you from this show. Bring your friends and start your Christmas weekend off with Snakebeard Jackson.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

 

Snakebeard in a Small Town

What does it mean it rock a little town? This last weekend we played in a place only eight blocks long and six blocks wide. There are shows we play that have more people, then the population of this entire town of Summit, South Dakota.
To play a great little town like this makes me feel like I'm part of the old weekend dance tradition. Like I'm back in the days when bands traveled dirt roads to play fiddle tunes in some mans barn so the local folks could come out a dance. There we were at the County Line were all were welcome. The young, the middle aged, the retired. All together under one roof to listen and have fun. It's a thing older then the bar gigs and late nights of smoke. It's a family member looking for a way to connect with another. It's grandma buying a CD for the grandkid. To play a place so remote and small is to be a part of those bands of yesterday. When there weren't rock stars and recored contracts. When music heard for only moment then faded into the walls.

Snakebeard Jackson's Mandolin Man

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