 Last night kicked off my West Coast Tour (w/ Michael
Miller) at Lestat's in San Diego. It's a great place to hear music.
Louie, the sound guy there, rules. Thanks, Louie!
They have a big marquee outside and they put my name in it! Awesome!
Next stop, Hollywood, and then it's up the coast to Ventura and beyond!
CD available now! Tour info, too!
Good news! The new album is available! The physical CD is available here at my website (see the music page) and the digital tracks are available from iTunes, as well as the other usual places.
If you'd like to see a couple of pictures from the album release show, I've posted them on my music page at facebook.
For those of you in LA who might have missed the album release show last weekend, we've got another Los Angeles date at Crane's in Hollywood. I also have a tour coming up. Check out the tour schedule below. I will be opening for my very talented friend, Michael Miller.
West Coast Tour Dates Wed. 2/24 Cranes in Hollywood 10pm Thurs. 2/25 Zoey's in Ventura 8pm Tues. 3/2 SOhO in Santa Barbara 8:45pm Sun. 3/7 Luna's in Sacramento 8pm
We may have more dates to add. You can always go to my website for details and new information.
Thanks for reading this far! Thanks for your interest and support. Some of you have already started buying the CD. I don't even know how you knew about it -- the newsletter hadn't even gone out yet!! Thanks so much!
New CD, album release show, west coast tour
 Great news! Today, I looked out onto my front porch and there had been delivered my brand new CDs. It's a good thing, too, because my CD release show is in 2 weeks. The new album is called "Wash U Clean". Here's the scoop........... 1. The CD release show is at Hotel Cafe on Sat., Feb. 6, @ 9pm. To get in for half price, just say the secret password, "nice monkey", and it's $5 instead of $10. We'll have an extra, extra large band that night. 2. The physical CDs will be available for the first time at the CD release show. After that, they'll be available on my website, and sometime in late Feb., the digital tracks will be available for download in all the usual places. Don't worry, I'll remind you. :-)
3. You can preview some of the songs from "Wash U Clean" at my new website. Go to the music page at http://www.beththornley.com/ and check 'em out. Every week I'll upload another one or two songs for you to hear. 4. And, I'll be doing a tour up the coast of California, opening for my good friend Michael Miller. I'm thrilled because his music is fantastic and so is he. His most recent album is getting some well deserved rave reviews. http://www.myspace.com/michaelmillercrusade2/21 Lestat's in San Diego 2/25 Zoey's in Ventura 2/27 Gypsy Den in Santa Ana 3/2 SOhO in Santa Barbara
3/3 Last Stage West in San Luis Obispo 3/5 Red Rock in San Jose 3/7 Luna's in Sacramento Thanks for reading this far. We'd love to see you at the show.
 Hello wonderful people on my mailing list! First of all, happy holidays. Thank goodness it's time for a collective break, eh? It's nice when the world slows down for just a minute of two. And yes, as you can see from the subject of this email, I made it to the front page "feature" section of You Tube. Not as "beth thornley" but as a member (and a tear is coming to my eye as I say this because I'm so proud), as a member of the Bowen Beer Bottle Band. You can see it on You Tube before it's moved from the front page (it's up for only a few more hours). Or, if you want to see it AND get the scoop on how it all happened - check it out here -- http://bowenbeerbottleband.wordpress.com/ (I pop up in the back row, 4th from the left.) Thanks Matt and Summer Bowen, for putting it all together. It was so much fun. (btw - for those of you who see the Beth Thornley band play live, Matt is the violinist/guitarist/keyboardist/glockenspiel-ist that plays in my band.) I have some album news for you. I sent everything off to be duplicated/replicated/printed, etc..... about 5 days ago. That means that in about 2 weeks I'll have CDs for you. I will send out an email in January letting you know where you can hear it and how you can buy it. I'm very excited about the album and I hope you will be, too. The CD release show will be in Los Angeles at Hotel Cafe on Feb. 6, 2010. I'm also planning a west coast tour in March. And in recent news, "You're Right Where" (from the My Glass Eye album) was heard in the television series "The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty". It is airing currently. Thanks for reading this far. Thanks so much for your interest. Stay warm. Drink some hot apple cidar. And mostly, peace to you all. Beth
Grand Canyon!
 I promised a picture or two when I returned from the Grand Canyon! We had a great time and I wish I didn't have to get back to reality so soon. It's hard to get ready for a vacation - you know, getting someone to take care of the cats, doing enough laundry so that I can pack clean clothes, decided what books to take, unloading half of the makeup bag so that there's room for clothes in the suitcase, crossing fingers that the plants don't die while I'm gone, cleaning out the fridge so there are no surprises when I get home -- you know, all of that. And while I'm getting ready to go out of town I'm thinking it's too much trouble. But, then, when I finally go, it's so nice to not answer a phone, or water a plant or feed a cat (sorry kitties, but sometimes your meows can be annoying!) or make a bed or clean a bathtub. I'm really glad I left. I'm really glad I made it to the Grand Canyon because I had never seen it. And, oh yeah, we stopped by Vegas, too. Have I mentioned that I love playing black jack? Do you think it's all the extra oxygen they pump into the casinos? Can we go again now? Screw the plants, the cats, the fridge, the packing - let's just get in the car and go!    I promised a picture or two when I returned from the Grand Canyon! We had a great time and I wish I didn't have to get back to reality so soon. It's hard to get ready for a vacation - you know, getting someone to take care of the cats, doing enough laundry so that I can pack clean clothes, decided what books to take, unloading half of the makeup bag so that there's room for clothes in the suitcase, crossing fingers that the plants don't die while I'm gone, cleaning out the fridge so there are no surprises when I get home -- you know, all of that. And while I'm getting ready to go out of town I'm thinking it's too much trouble. But, then, when I finally go, it's so nice to not answer a phone, or water a plant or feed a cat (sorry kitties, but sometimes your meows can be annoying!) or make a bed or clean a bathtub. I'm really glad I left. I'm really glad I made it to the Grand Canyon because I had never seen it. And, oh yeah, we stopped by Vegas, too. Have I mentioned that I love playing black jack? Do you think it's all the extra oxygen they pump into the casinos? Can we go again now? Screw the plants, the cats, the fridge, the packing - let's just get in the car and go!
a couple o' things.......
I thought I'd let you know about a couple of cool things. 1. I made Esquire Magazine's "Ultimate Cover Song List" -- TWICE! Once for the Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" and again for Joe Jackson's "Got The Time". I'm one of many, but just being on that list is pretty cool. If you're curious about them, you can hear the full length versions at my website: www.beththornley.com/music. Both songs were on my last album, "My Glass Eye". You can see Esquire Magazine's article about cover songs and the ultimate list here: http://www.esquire.com/the-side/music/cover-songs-list-082009?src=rss2. A song of mine, "I Will Lie", will be in an indie film that's coming out on August 28th. It's called "Play the Game". Paul Campbell will topline the cast of this movie. Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts and Marla Sokoloff also star in this romantic comedy. Marc Feinberg wrote and directed the film, which follows a single guy who teaches his widowed grandfather how to hit on girls. 3. Album news: The album will be ready in October. It will be available to anyone on this email list at that time. However, the official release date will be January 2010 and that's when the general public will be able to get it. I'm still very excited about it. I wish it weren't taking so long, but it's the way this business goes. Music and construction projects, I guess; always over time and over budget. 4. For those of you in the LA area, I will be playing a show at Hotel Cafe on October 6. That's a Tuesday and it's at 8pm. We're going to play old songs, new songs and maybe some covers. Think of it as a warm-up to the CD release in January. I hope you're having a good summer! In a couple of weeks, I will be looking at the Grand Canyon for the first time ever. I can't wait. I'll take some pictures and send them to you.
Album Update
The new album will be finished in October. Not too far off my last prediction! But, because October starts pushing up against the holidays, I'm going to hold it until January '10. My publicist is very happy she's going to have a little more time with it before it's released. Also, there might be some exciting news attached to the album. I can't say anything about it now but as soon as I can, I'll let you know. I need a little time with that, too. A bit of good news though, I plan on playing some shows this fall. We'll do old and new material. Then, in January, we'll have a CD release show. And, finally, I decided to make the album title "Wash U Clean". At least that's what it is for today. ;-) Thanks for reading this! Thanks for your interest! Rock on!
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