The BellRays

If I may say so myself, and I may, this tour is really starting out on the right foot! Carletta Sue Kay was a sight to behold on Sunday night at the El Rio. Had no idea it was gonna be an Inland Empire power night. Carletta hails from Fontana, CA, home town of my baby Bob Vennum! The house was also full of my favorite transplants making the night one to remember. We also played a bunch of the new songs and specifically “Anymore.” That tune came from a loss in 2009 of a great man named Thomas Gibson. We were able to play it for his daughter and my dear friend Natasha at that show as well. So much good fun and a great show. Loads of photos posted on facebook so find them there and we’ll post some here as well.

Sitting at the Rickshaw in Vancouver in the hopes that all of this will eventually end in a sound check. Will let you know how it turns out.

—Lisa

This has been a blazing summer… literally and figuratively. We’ve been home and about and I think this is the most I’ve sweat in one season, even without being on stage! That said we have torn it up close to home this summer with the Las Vegas Shakedown and more recently as the cherry-on-top of the Sunset Junction at Spaceland in Los Angeles, both in August.

Now we are hitting the road for a quick shot up the coast for the Music Fest NW and back down for a more local fest we’ve been supporting with side projects for the past few years– the Cracker Camp-out in Pioneer Town. Our European tour dates will start posting this month for November as well for you folks overseas!

We have been putting the final touches on our new record, gearing up for some awesome dates to come. The adage “good things come to those who wait” has never been more loaded than it is for this record. We will keep you posted on these developments and there are many more to come very soon! So if you haven’t done so yet, check out the up coming dates and know where you need to be!

oxo - Lisa

Hey hey lovely folks! Just added the new dates to the site. Sorry for falling behind. So many things to update in this day and age. FYI, if you haven’t done so already please friend us on myspace, facebook, twitter and reverbnation. Sometimes those spots get the updates sooner than this site. All the info gets here it’s just a matter of time. Besides, the more you sign up for, the more we see you and you see us! Everybody wins!

The last three weeks have been busy as we’ve been to play festivals in Balchik, Bulgaria and Lisbon, Portugal. Bulgaria treated us incredibly well and we had a fabulous time on the coast of the Black Sea! We closed the festival on Saturday night and then partied until very early in the morning with some really fun people. It was a long flight there and back and a week later we were in Lisbon to play the Alive festival where we got to share the stage with the Legendary Tigerman who had a bevy of red hot women singing for him. Peaches, Phoebe, Claudia, Maria, Rita, Cibelle and Lisa took turns blowing the place up, along with Phoebe and the Short Straws and Claudia and the Micro Audio Waves before we got to take the stage at about 2 am. It was a great crowd that filled the tent and it seemed over too soon. Thanks again to everyone who put the festival on and made out trip a great success! All this and we got to watch Spain win the world Cup!

bob

A few of you found a problem with the log in/password step at our store and were having problems either re-logging in or changing your password. That bug should now be fixed. If you were having a problem, you should now be able to get in. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks.

Bob

We are back from our Europe/SXSW tour and unwinding. Touring with the Fleshtones was probably the most fun we’ve had on tour. Those guys are professionals and wacky and a shitload of fun to be around. SXSW was a very successful event for us. We met some great people and had some great shows. We coul’ve done without the traffic but hey…gutters and strikes, right? I’d say we bowled a 280 game.

here’s a link to some feedback

http://www.inlandsocal.com/iguide/music/content/news/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sxsw26.27dc739.html

bob

We made it into Marseille today and we’re currently at the club waiting to eat dinner. We got to meet up with our supremely talented and beautiful photographer friend Emmy  Etie.  We did a photo shoot after soundcheck and it was just like old times. The last two shows were good but it’s been really, really COLD here. Today we drove through some snow on our way to Marseille.  Looking forward to getting on with it tonight!

bob

St.  Nazaire… Wow!  We had a great time here at VIP tonight! The Fleshtones and the Cool Kleps were great and we were on FIRE! Got drunk. Got my Fleshtones t shirt. Gonna take a bath tonight…in a tub! Life is good playahs!

bob

We had a great show in Brest last night. The gig was at Le Carene, a really nice club with a BANGIN’ cook. I had fish with yellow beans and small, white potatoes and some kind of pink sauce that was delicious! The place was packed and from the reaction at the merch table everyone had a great time. The new shirt design is getting a good reaction too. The day after, I’m finally feeling like I’m shaking the effects of three days with very little sleep and a 6,000 mile plane ride. Today we make our way to St. Nazaire and our first show with the Fleshtones. It should be a good time and I’m looking forward to it.

Bob

The newest BellRays T-shirts are in! Check ‘em out and buy ‘em all… while they last!