Hey, all, it’s voting time!  For the second year in a row, Reckless Red has been nominated in the blues category, and we’d really love to have a strong showing.  This means we need your vote, your friends votes, your Aunt Mary’s vote, all the support we can get!

You can either pick up a Westword and snail mail your vote, or do it online RIGHT HERE.  While you’re at it, please consider voting for our good friends Potcheen (World category), Something Underground (Traditional Rock category), The Mighty 18 Wheeler (Hard Rock), Marty Jones and the Great Unknowns (Country category), The Demon Funkies (Funk category), and Choke the Word (Gothic category).  All these guys are great at what they do and are good people, too.

Thanks for being the best fans in Colorado, and hope to see you at a show soon!

- CJ and the guys.

Hey, CJ here.  You might already know that we’re working on some new recordings now that Rooster’s got his studio finished.  I laid down the first vocals on Monday night and am back at it again tonight.  I’m having lots of fun getting looser with the vocals and reinterpreting some lyrics and melodies, and I think you’re going to like the results.  We should be finished and ready to release the CD early this summer, so keep an eye out and we’ll update you on our progress.

Meanwhile, we’ll be at Chapultapec Too! this Saturday night, so do come by and have a beer or two.

- CJ

A huge thanks to those who invited us to play for the amazing Stollsteimer family.  What an incredible event they put on, celebrating and raising money for a family lost in a tragic car accident.  The crowd was fantastic, the event was well planned, and the end result was more than $6000 raised for the family.  Thanks also to Iron Tear and The Train Wreckers who also provided some kick ass entertainment along with Reckless Red.

If you weren’t able to make it down but would like to make a contribution to the Stollsteimer Forever Memorial Fund, you can mail it to, P.O. Box 17000, Denver, CO 80217-7000; or it can be dropped off at any Bellco Credit Union.

Rippin

We thought March was going to be a little quiet, but we were wrong!  That’s great, because we aren’t really the quiet types.

We’re now booked to play the Parade Day Hoolie at Quixote’s, 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 12.  This is the big parade after party, and features several Celtic, Americana & Bluegrass bands on three stages.  Gotta be there!  For your St. Patty’s Day drinking pleasure, CJ recommends Jameson, as seen here:

CJ and her sidekick

Here’s all the info:

Be there, RR junkies!

If you’re not on our facebook page yet, you’re probably missing a lot of the action.  All the latest developments, news, shows, feedback, what-have-you, are going on over there.  You can find it at http://www.facebook.com/recklessredband .

As motivation to come join us, the 400th person to “like” our page will get a Reckless Red T-shirt.  It’s a prize worth $2553.95, so don’t miss out.

- CJ