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We
belong to WAMA, a very supportive group for musicians. We urge you to
join,
too! IN 1999, HTC won a
WAMMIE (the
prestigious WAMA award) for DEBUT CD!! Over
the past three years, Honky Tonk
Confidential
has been nominated for Wammies
in these categories: New Artist; Country, Duo/Group; Mike Woods
(Country
instrumentalist and male vocalist); Bobby Martin (Country
instrumentalist);
Geff King (Country instrumentalist, male vocalist); Diana Quinn
(Country
female vocalist) Woo-HOO!!!
The
venerable Mike Schreibman runs this site, which exists to promote
Washington-area
musicians and artists. One of the premier events they work on is the
annual WAMA
Crosstown Jam - we were there last year, Muddypaws.com --
Home of
Honky Tonk Confidential, The Fabulettes, Tru Fax & the Insaniacs,
and
Too Many Our
sister band, The
Fabulettes, performs the great girl group music of the 1960s. Former Fabulette Lisa Ann Wright has a brand new CD, Sweet Bye & Bye. where to buy alternative country music Miles of Music -- A great mail order company with its own cool ezine. Village Records -- The latest and greatest in alt/country, including lots of undiscovered gems. They're based in Arkansas, and the proprietor, Bill Lavery, is as straight-arrow as they come. Hepcat Records/Distribution -- A way- groovy mail order company in California. The
Music Loft -- Well, you can buy
our
CD there! And guitar strings, and instruments and lessons.
SAM Records and Distribution-- Run by Kevin Johnson himself; he distributes many of the CDs we're on. ezines a great way to spread the alternative country gospel. Twangin! Online - Good source for the latest and most fun in alt-country, insurgent country, whatever they call it country. Editrix Cheryl Cline is truly one of a kind! ( Here's our entry in her Directory of Alt-Country Bands.) Country Standard Time - this is the internet version of the magazine you see in only the coolest venues and record stores.Jeff Remz edits this magazine, which serves up the latest mainstream news as well as underground country reviews and news. Rural Route -- Garth is the Anti-Hank, and Jeff Wall is St. Peter. Check out his irreverent look at the scene. No
Depression
-- The grandaddy of alternative country magazines, No Depressions is a
print mag, but this is its presence on the internet. Twangcast -- We listen to Mike Hays' Twangcast all the time -- it's a website that plays continuous, non-commercial twang 24/7. You can listen to it and keep on working, or whatever, with no interference. bands/real folksThe Demolition String Band -- We love Elena Skye and her hard-twangin' band from Hoboken, NJ. Her site isbeautiful, too. The Dixie Bee-Liners - Buddy Woodward and Brandi Hart have a hell of a good bluegrass band. The Furs -- We met these guys at one of Diana's
songwriter showcases. Very hip, very cool. We suggest that you
buy their record. Available from them or from us. Check out the store! studios Recording Arts -- We do a lot of our recording at Marco Delmar's studio; he really works around our crazy schedules! Bias
Recording -- The creme de la creme on a global scale. One of the best studios, period, and worth Big Bear Productions, Ltd.
-- Scott Twiford is indeed a Big Bear, with a nice comfy studio. He's
also
an excellent reading listFred on Everything - Our friend Fred Reed writes a wicked column out of Washington, D.C. Funny, sardonic, and often achingly accurate. Fred also came up with the name for the surf-instrumental on our Your Trailer or Mine? -- the song's calle Sancho Panzer.Hayseed -- The Online Journal for Hillbillies, Rednecks and White Trash. Modern Twang: An Alternative Country
Music Guide
& Directory -- This is THE definitive encyclopedia of
alternative
country music. I can't find its website any more; look for it in your
local
book/record stories and at amazon.com htc toolkitAltaVista: Translations - How to say, "Honky Tonk Confidential" in Portugese?COWPIE Bunkhouse - where we head when we're in need of the right lyrics to a song. gearFender's Web Site - without Mike and Diana's Teles, and Bobby's Strat, and Geff's Jazz Bass, and the Vibroluxes and the Twins and the Deluxes and even that damn SideKick Reverb, we'd sound a whole lot different!Hang_M_High Vintage Western Wear - This is we find our wildest western duds! for the hell of itThe End of the Internet - They're not kidding!Welcome to the White House
or Welcome
to the Pink House - take your pick. FOR BOOKINGS AND MORE INFORMATION,
email diana@muddypaws.com
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