The BellRays

Hey everybody just added the new confirmed and close to confirmed dates for our upcoming tour with the Fleshtones in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. We will also be at SxSW this year so be ready to rock if your gonna be there. We’re hoping to see our fans in Brazil in the next couple of months don’t want to post until it’s confirmed so cross your fingers. Currently getting dates for the USA together so let us know where you want us to play and we’ll plan around you for a change! We are going back to the UK and Spain and will keep you posted as we find out more.

We’ve been super busy with the new record and getting the store in order. Be on the look out for some super cool deals for all you folks that signed up for the mailing list! If you haven’t signed up yet, DO IT NOW!

Thanks for all the support in 2009 and 2010 is looking great!

Lisa

Sorry for the delay everybody. I’ve just been lazy and busy at the same time. Here’s the scoop on what we’ve been doing.

Bob recorded a cd with another band he does with super songwriter Chris Leroy, The Dangers. We played two gigs on September 11th at Pioneer town with Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker and then on the 13th FiStock at Lo Fi Studios in Redlands with Bob and Lisa, Mark Nemetz, Kevin Day, and the Grasshoppers. Both shows were a gas! It’s turning into quite the yearly spectacle! There’s more coming about the Dangers but in the mean time you can email me here for more info (Shirts and cd’s )!

Lisa has picked up another song on the current Basement Jaxx record. “Stay Close” is the title and it’s already getting great reviews! She’s also done songs on the Bloody Beetroots’ record “Talking in My Sleep” and the Legendary Tiger Man’s new album. She’ll be in Portugal for several dates with Tiger Man at the end of September and then in December she’ll be doing some shows with the Jaxx as well. Don’t Miss IT!

Finally, the BellRays have broken ground on our latest record and it’s sounding pretty good (if I do say so myself). We’re in Barefoot Studios working with Wunderkind Matt Radosevich and it’s gonna be an evil, sexy masterpiece. Just the rhythm tracks so far but man…!

Bob and Lisa will also be hitting France again for another tour in December so hopefully we’ll see you there. After that, there’ll be another record out for our favorite acoustic duo. Look for it!

Excelsior!

bob

Hi everyone!

We’re back home now and digging out from being gone for two months. The tour was great and we all want to thank everyone who came out and supported what were some really kick ass shows! I’ll give a blow by blow description of the last bunch of shows later. Right now I just want to say, It’s great to be back!

It’s been a while since I posted here so I’ll try and catch you all up.

We finally got back to the U.K. after a few years and this time was probably the most fun we’ve had there. Our first day was a BBC 6 live radio show. After some very bad traffic we arrived at the station just in time to set up, play, do a quick interview and then bounce out to head down to Brighton to play a great club called the Engine Room. It’s sort of  a Gothic type place and it filled up with our first UK audience in a couple of years. They came ready and gave us back everything we gave them.

The next day we drove back up to London to play the Borderline, which is around the corner from Denmark street. If you like cruising musical instruments (ie guitars) then this is the place for you. I checked out a couple but i just couldn’t pull the trigger on anything. The club was almost packed and again the crowd brought a lot of energy with them. It made our job easy and  it was a great gig.

In Leicester we started off with some great Indian food and played a smaller place called the Musician. Really great people and great hospitality! Met a guy from Atlanta and drank some great beer.

Leeds was a blast as we met up with Paul and Mark again, the two BIGGEST BellRays fans in the U.K.! the Brudenell Social Club is a really cool community center sort of place with a really great sound. Had some great Iranian Pizza and Chinese food!

The last gig in the U.K. was in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Up in the north around Yorkshire. Our hotel was a cool old house and Lisa and I stayed in the Harewood room where we slept like logs! It was  a great show and it left us feeling really great about being able to play Britain again. Hopefully  we’ll get to go back very soon and do a wider UK tour.

Last night was Marburg, Germany. An old town where the Brothers Grimm spent a lot of time while they wrote many of there stories. We got to see their house after the show when we went to a small bar in the downtown area. It’s also the site of the tower that the story of Rapunzel is based. It’s on a mountain that overlooks the town. The show was crazy  and everybody there was really great to us all night.

Tonight it’s the Sonic Ballroom again in Cologne and we’re looking forward to a sold out show.

see ya and hopefully i’ll update this a little sooner next time!

bob

Bob and Lisa are taking their acoustic magic on the road to Europe. They have a new LP entitled “Rosethorns.” Check for dates here and the “Bob and Lisa” sites at myspace and facebook. You can shop for all things Bob & Lisa right here. Sign up for the BellRays fanclub and get a 10% discount off your order.

That’s right LET IT BLAST is now remixed and mastered and ready for ignition. It’s been a long time coming (we know,  we know) but finally it is here for you. Get to a gig or got to our store to get your copy now! Killer version of jazz standard “Strange Fruit”

What what what! The BellRays have finally taken the lock of the masters and pressed up copies of GRAND FURY! There won’t be much left to burn once you unleash this one from the case. Now everybody can stop buggin’ me about this record and buy ever copy we’ve got.

Burning the midnight oil before starting the new tour. We are up late night for the second night in a row in Orleans, France. Spent most of last night watching election results from the internet since we didn’t have cable. We’ve all been running on 4 hours of sleep for the past 24. Ah, somethings never change. No one would know we got here 3 days ago from Finland to relax and get ready. One of these days we’ll start fresh but for now we’ll just start rocking!