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Quote of The Day…

"I think we're the only honky-tonk band that listens to Bartók string quartets while talking about Snoop Dogg at the breakfast table."

- Joe

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hostage

oh. my. god.

i'm being forced to write something about our recording session. zara is poking me in the back yelling "faster!" and "funnier!" and i'm doing the best i can against my will. i have to come up with a creative way to tell everyone how awesome and fun our recording venture has been going so far. and guess what folks?!? it has been awesome and fun!

i met up with zara and stefan in new york on friday night to drive up to emmy's beautiful house in marlboro, vermont, where we all are staying for the week. it is a beautiful, large window house in the middle of the woods, and with the recent few feet of snowfall, it looks like we're surrounded by a giant white ant farm. the fridge is stocked and we're settling in nicely.

after meeting up with emmy, jesse, joe and our wonderful producer, the esteemed eric merrill, we have spent a weekend of solid, rather exhausting rehearsing and fabulous dinner consumption due to the culinary stylings of chef zara bode. as of this evening, we just finished cutting our first track, "cannonball," at northern track studios, led by the fabulous engineering skills of gary henry.

so far, so good.

Where Have All The Cowgirls Gone?

"Gone Like the blowin' wind, gone like that fifth of gin, you drank before you stumbled in and passed out on my floor..."
(Milnes/You're Gone Again)

Fear not Sweetback lovers we are still here! This is a long awaited entry to tell you so! The fall brought wonderful changes to everyone in the band, so we decided to take a little break to focus on our extra-marital affairs. The horizon has a plethora of Sweetback events in-store, but we're only slowly breaking ground. So we must all sit tight and wait for the magic to happen. New web/product designs are in the works for a whole new look for the Sweets and we're booking shows here and there for the next few months, but are focusing on spots for a late summer '08 tour to promote our long awaited full length CD! WA-HOO!

So keep your britches buttoned, and we'll be sure to keep you in "the know."

Sassparilla Kisses.

Zara

p.s. in the next week or so we will be adding some back-logged blogs to fill in the gaps from the last few months. So scroll down and see if you missed anything!