Otto Mobile and the Moaners

Otto’s Brother Band, the 220 Breakers as well as Otto’s Sister’s Band, Lexi Len Minnich be teaming up to throw down at the John Hartford Memorial Festival in Bean Blossom, Indiana this coming Memorial Day Weekend. 

But first, we plan to rowdy up Max’s Place this Thursday, Feb. 16th with Chicago Farmer’s tough folk poet blues and the Stuttering Ducks with their goofygrass.

Otto been laying down the steel with the Breakers and Lexi for the past half year and we’re picking up steam.

Otto is proud to be stepping to the fine microphones of Russian Recording Studio and broadcasting a set via the friendly radio waves of WFHB – Bloomington Community Powered Radio.  91.3

When I’m riding around Bloomington the dial is set on 91.3.  Some of my favorite shows and local celebrities – Saturday’s Child, Old Time Train, Reggae Children, Ole Dirty Bryce, Local Live and a heavy dose of the real news.

Wednesday Feb. 8th 

9:00 pm (eastern) Indiana Boys and Cade Puckett. 

10:15 – 11:00 Otto Mobile  (7:15 – 8:00 in California.) 

 You can hear the show for free if you’re in Btown at 91.3 or 98.1

You can hear the show streaming for free on the web at www.wfhb.org

The show is also free to see at Russian Recording Studio.

1021 S. Walnut Bloomington, IN

Good night 2011 and thanks for the memories; Good morning 2012.  We are so ready to rock you. 

A quick big thanks to all the bands keeping me active in 2011.  It sure was nice learning your songs, playing your shows, and recording on your albums:

TVMike and the Scarecrowes

Toby Oler

Odawas

Elliott Peck

220 Breakers

Payton Purnell

Lexi Minnich and the Strangers

Scrapper & Blackwell

Furthermore, we’d like to namedrop and give thanks to all the players in the Otto Mobile crew this last year:

Connor O’Sullivan, EP, Rob Schwartz, JonnyCakes Lundquist, Ryan Deasy, Tim Moore, Jason Payton, Ben Fowler, Toby Oler, JB, Joshee Ellison, Michael Carreira, and Fiddle Dave.

Otto has been working out his new Midwest Moaners the last couple months and is ready to light up the Players Pub in Bloomington.  The vibes have been electric the last few rehearsals and a new album’s worth of tunes are coming to life! 

Here is the quartet:

Jon Lundquist – atmospheric guitar theatre, brother harmony

JP – big rock bass thumping

Tim Moore – rock and roll animal on the drums

Matt Lundquist – slide geetar, pedal steel, vox, tunesmith

We will be joined by Buffalo Jump – Biz Strothers and Cate Swan-Lucas are 2 B-town sweethearts singing original country tales in warm, fuzzy harmony.

Players Pub

Thursday Dec. 1st

8:00 – 11:00

Otto Mobile + Buffalo Jump