Hey, reckless friends.  Just wanted to let you know that Reckless Red popped up on the Westword ballot for “Best Blues Band”.  Kinda fun to see our names in there!  While we’re not the vote-whoring, begging and pleading types, it would be fun to make a nice showing.

If you’d like to cast a vote for us, you’ll find the ballot at http://polls.westword.com/polls/den/musicshowcase/ .  There are oodles of categories; blues is a few pages in.

Congrats to all the great Denver bands on the ballot.  There’s some great talent in there.

See ya at the Horseshoe this Saturday!

- CJ

Well, damn.  All good things must come to an end eventually.  Sound Guy Bob (Mr. CJ) has taken a job in Charleston, SC, and is stubbornly refusing to commute back to run sound for every RR show.  Selfish, huh? CJ will be staying here (kid-related issues mean leaving the state is out of the question right now) so RR will continue, but without a valuable member of our team.

This Saturday’s show at the Horseshoe Lounge in Denver will likely be Bob’s last show, and the last opportunity for our great and loyal fans to tell him how much they’ve appreciated him.  Come on out to a great bar, hear some gritty music, and raise a glass to Cowboy Bob.

- CJ

Good luck, Charleston. We're sending you this.

Hey, all — CJ here.

Ever been to the Olde Towne Tavern in Littleton?  It’s my living room.  And my satellite office.  (If you ever hear me say that I’m going to “the office”, look for me on Main Street.)  I know pretty much everyone there, on both sides of the counter.  It’s the sort of dark-paneled just-tacky-enough dive bar that everyone feels comfortable at.  You’ll find everything from the crusty old guys, to the poker junkies, to the college crowd, to the rowdy students at the school for the blind next door.

So this Friday night, we’re playing in my living room, entertaining my drinking buddies, and it doesn’t get much more fun than that.  There’s no stage and no lights, but there’s good, stiff, cheap, stiff (stiff, stiff) drinks and a nicely strange crew to party with.  Hope you’ll all be there.

(Be sure to have a Reckless Red shot or two.  Two bucks.  OTT rocks.)

- CJ

Ready for an unscheduled Reckless Red alert?

Part One is bad news — CJ is feeling pretty terrible today. She’s really sick and could hardly sing a note if her life depended on it. Ugh…

So Reckless Red *will not* be appearing tonight ( Sat, March 6th ) at Chapultepec Too on West 38th Ave as we had previously planned.

But Part Two is some other late-breaking news that’s much better:

Reckless Red is opening for Jason Ricci & New Blood (www.jasonricci.com ) *this Thursday night, March 11th* at the Toad Tavern in Littleton ( 5302 S. Federal Circle ). Jason is a wild harmonica dude out of Nashville who has a killer band, tons of bluesy accolades, tours like a madman and puts on a great show — we’ll go on at 7:30 and tickets for the evening ( $12 ) are available at www.ticketswest.com and at King Soopers stores.

Then after a great night with Jason, we immediately get back to the rest of our scheduled March appearances, starting with Lincoln’s Road House the very next night ( this Friday, March 12th ).

So take your pick from the RR calendar — but whatever you choose, come see us again sometime, OK?

We now return to your regularly scheduled web surfing…

Never been this busy before… kinda nutty.
Had a blast at the Little Bear on Saturday …and again at the Toad Blues Fest on Sunday.
Tons coming up…including some RR opening up for Jason Ricci ( www.jasonricci.com ) at the Toad on Thurs Mar 11. Should be a really great show!
Keep your eye on that schedule - and come out and say hi sometime soon!

- CJ and the guys