Otto Mobile and the Moaners http://ottomobile.net/blog Boozy Roots, Country, Blues & Americana music Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Live at Connecticut Yankee http://ottomobile.net/blog/blog/2012/05/live-at-connecticut-yankee/ http://ottomobile.net/blog/blog/2012/05/live-at-connecticut-yankee/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 09:35:59 +0000 Connor http://ottomobile.net/blog/?p=972 “Some Night” from last Saturday’s show at the Connecticut Yankee in SF.

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Nice pic of Connor and Elliott at our first show

Otto is loving his recent West Coast episode.  Lots of adventure, parties, studio time and good looking people.  Great to be playing again with the Coach – Connor O’ Sullivan and EP – Elliot Peck.  The addition of Rob Jr., an explosive Buddha, on drums has us feeling like badasses. 

We celebrate the reunion with a nice Saturday night in San Francisco.  The Quartet will bust out a new batch of tunes by Elliott and let rip on songs from our next album which we are currently mixing.  Opening the show for some City Roots Rockers – Lonesome Locomotive.

www.facebook.com/lonesomelocomotive

 

Connecticut Yankee

100 Connecticut St.  San Francisco

May 12th     9:00

 

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18 friends help tell the story.

Connor O’Sullivan sits in the Wizard’s Production Chair    

Elliott Peck is a Celestial Voice

Matt Lundquist grounds the electricity from his Pedal Steel

Matt Nelson bends scale and time with his Tenor Sax

Dave Lockhart is a Hillbilly Orchestra

Michael Tapscott is a Voice on the Solar Winds

Emery Barter’s guitar is tougher than yours

Nick Kovach’s harmonica has a similar effect on the body as absynthe

 

Listen…

www.ovtov.bandcamp.com

 

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 Saturday April 14th

 

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon and Hotel

 

 

Bolinas, CA

 

 

A crew of our friends will be headed to Bolinas for beaching, hiking, jamming, dancing and camping in a kind of all out party your friends all day and all night type of event.

 From 8:00 – Midnight there will be epic throwdowns on the tunes of Otto Mobile, TV Mike, Elliott Peck, Michael Tapscott and Toby Oler at:

 

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon and Hotel. 

http://www.smileyssaloon.com/

 The Saloon is a 150 year old living relic on the far west coast of civilization. 

The Hotel includes several little cottage rooms set in a hippie fairyland.

There is no beach at high tide so don’t fall sleep on the beach.

Get a room, tent, truck, or backyard to crash in. 

 http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/279775852091386/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

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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

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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.

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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

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One of our all time favorite Bloomington singers, Merrie Sloan, will be playing a set with Josh Bennett.  Also, the Lundquist brothers will perform an early set at 8:00.

 

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Saturday, October 1st

4:00 pm – 10:00 pm

FREE ADMISSION

Community Currency   (www.communitycurrency.bandcamp.com)

Otto Mobile and the Moaners

Ladymoon     (www.ladymoonmusic.net)

Nashville Knives     (www.tobyoler.com)

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