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| The Greens @ All Good Music Festival 2009!!!! Please! |
| Thu, Dec. 18 2008 |
| Log on to the All Good Music Festival Website and request The Greens as one of your top 10 bands you wish to see play at All Good 2009!!! Please!!!!
Here's the link: http://fs19.formsite.com/Junipa/form118833598/index.html |
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| Review for Broken Science Volume II by Pat Stealey |
| Sun, May. 18 2008 |
| The Greens have done it again. Tuck and Yoke hit stride with their fifth CD, Broken Science Volume 2. With the trademarked balance of blues and rock, The Greens manage to maintain their signature sound, tossing the theme up in the air to be caught by whomever, wherever.
Track 2, “She’s a Busy Girl”, follows our hero, a misunderstood student who just can’t seem to woo his love interest, only to be spurned by her family over and over again. Somehow, this misguided Romeo’s story seems not only funny, but regretful at the same time. Yoke trades in the crash for the hi-hat, bringing about the rat-a-tat-tat era of the album.
Of course, The Greens aren’t satisfied with leaving their listeners with any clue as to what’s coming next. Track three, “Chinaski,” tosses a hat to Bukowski with an ode to his famous side character, Mr. Henry (Hank) Chinaski, a raging alcoholic and womanizer. Sound like a good time for a rock song to you? Yeah, me too! With distorted guitar chords and a cymbal-driven line, the song unregretfully gives poor Hank a bad case of the blue-faced blues.
Once again, the mood switches from morbidly comical to purely nostalgic. “Oily Rag” yearns for the days of childhood summertimes, asking the question that high-schoolers and college students have been shouting for years (not unlike Andrew Tuck in the second chorus): “How did the outside world become so strange to us?” Sounds like time to light up our “Sad old lonely ways” and return to a better time.
Keep listening, and you’ll be surprised to hear a nothing-short-of-absurd song about a shocking choice of undergarments. Yes, that’s right, “Thunderwear” tells of a dinner date with Captain Beefheart and his mustard escapades. Of course, we feel just as scared as the characters in the song, because somehow, (almost surprisingly) the song is fantastic.
I wasn’t the only one awaiting the release of this CD, as much of the Parkersburg music army has gotten on the “band” wagon. The band’s previous albums (as well as this one) are available for purchase through Mr. Nathan Yoke, and at The Sound Exchange on Grand Central Avenue. After a hiatus, The Greens throw a whirling vortex of emotion and rhythm at their listeners via compact disc, as they once again make it just a little easier to drag ourselves through the days.
~Pat Stealey |
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| WV musicians webpage |
| Wed, Apr. 23 2008 |
| Eric connected us to this web site for WV musicians- www.wv-music.com which seems to focus on bands, etc. from the central part of the state. Give it a look and see the possibilities it presents.
posted by steve tuck |
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| Greens report a good previous night at Gibbie's |
| Wed, Apr. 23 2008 |
| The Greens seemed to make a new "band friend" with their opening act from the Pittsburgh (I think) area at Gibbie's Friday night. Both Andy and Danny told me about making a good connection with these guys. Look for further partnering to come of this. I'll have to re-visit the my space site of the Greens to recall their name- some kind of highway number reference!?!! (apologies in advance for my sloppy/ spontaneous post, without doing my research ahead of time)
posted by steve tuck @ 11:12 AM |
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| This Friday: Greens at Front Row |
| Wed, Apr. 23 2008 |
| Monday, April 21, 2008
The Greens will be back in Parkersburg this weekend on Friday for a show at the Front Row. Coal Canary will be opening for the Greens (with presumably Andy playing his exuberant bass) and then the drummer will sit in with Ben and Andy (as Nate is unable to be there)- so this will recreate the good show up in Marietta from a few weeks ago. This will give folks a solid evening of music in diverse veins, so come on out. I'll be bringing my first early flyers for the Bob Dylan tribute show which will be at the Front Row in a month (May 24th). I have to tactfully promote it elsewhere than at the Wheel HOuse.
posted by steve tuck |
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| Seeking Tour Support: Southbound!!!! |
| Sun, Nov. 4 2007 |
| Seeking Tour Support: Charlotte, NC!!!
Well folks, we are headed down south finally!!!!
Pensacola, Florida in May, and hopefully Charlotte, NC!
We are currently seeking tour support for the greater North Carolina area and if anyone has any leads, let us know!!!!
We have a lot of West Virginian's representing down in NC so we would love to come down and rock out for the hometown crowd!!!!
Keep it rockin'....
~THE GREENS |
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| WVAQ-FM's "Last Band Standing" |
| Tue, Apr. 24 2007 |
| Well, it was RAD!!!
We won! Can you believe it?
Andy got an awesome new guitar, Jan got some new audio equipment, and Nathan finally got some durable cases that won't fall apart every time he loads his car....
The guys at Fawley's were great! They helped us pick out all kinds of stuff....
Now the next thing on the agenda is the Summer tour and our new album....
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| Newsletter: September 2006 |
| Thu, Sep. 21 2006 |
| Hey Everybody!
We've got a lot of things going on right now....
First, here's the shows we have lined up:
Sept. 29th @ the West Virginia Brewing Company in Morgantown, WV
Oct. 13th @ the West Virginia University at Parkersburg (WVUP) Battle of the Bands
Oct. 28th @ the Boreman Wheelhouse in Parkersburg, WV
Nov. 3rd with Thred @ the West Virginia Brewing Company in Morgantown, WV
Nov. 10th @ the V Club in Huntington, WV
Nov. 11th @ the Marietta Brewing Company in Marietta, OH
Nov. 17th @ the Six Pence Pub and Eatery in Parkersburg, WV
Dec. 31st/Jan. 1st New Years Party @ the Boreman Wheelhouse in Parkersburg, WV
Jan. 5th @ the Marietta Brewing Company in Marietta, OH
*All these shows are listed on the website and the Greens myspace. But for any new developments, please check out these sites.
Second, The Greens are now up and fully functional on iTunes! So, if you gotta have a Greens fix, hit up itunes.com or apple.com!
And last, but not least, The Greens are planning a Summer Tour 2007! So, if you have any ideas, please feel free to toss them our way!
Thank you, as always, for supporting live music...
~The Greens |
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| Good Times in Lewisburg! |
| Thu, Jul. 27 2006 |
| Just played our first show @ The Brier Inn!
It was a blast! We can't wait to get back there and do what we do best!
Thanks to Nathan, Jared, and all the people in the audience for a great show (and after party!)....
Peace,
The Greens |
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| Tony has also confirmed @ MBC July 29th!!! |
| Thu, Jul. 20 2006 |
| That's right folks, Tony C has been added to the roster of guests at the Marietta Brewing Company Show! WOOOHOOO!!!
!!! THE GREENS QUINTET!!!
Now all we need is Adam and we'll be one HOT SEXTET!!!
Later,
The Greens |
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| Aaron Returns!!! |
| Tue, Jul. 18 2006 |
| Aaron has confirmed that he will be sitting in @ the Marietta Brewing Company Show on July 29th!!!
WOOHOO!!! |
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