From daddy at straddledaddy.com Thu Sep 18 19:11:15 2008 From: daddy at straddledaddy.com (daddy at straddledaddy.com) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:11:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Big News - Big Week - Big Love Message-ID: <51161.24.2.205.168.1221779475.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com> I know - We say this a lot..... THANK YOU!!!! Your votes helped us win Best Original Rock Band in the Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam!!! This and our recent successful shows at Toads Place and the Wormtown Music Festival have made this by far our best year yet! So... Come out and reap the harvest of all our collective efforts at Pig's Eye Pub in Hartford next Thursday, Sept 25th at 11PM for the Grand Band Slam! Here's what the Advocate had to say about our win.... Fans of former Band Slam titans the Silent Groove are clearly out there in force, fiending for a mix of rock and rap that has nothing to do with Limp Bizkit. They've found their fix in Middletown's StraddleDaddy, a six-piece hype machine with a singer, a rapper and a beatbox. These heathens play what they call "moxie rock," and boast a repertoire of over 60 original tunes and dozens of covers. It's high energy party music -- think Sublime on speed instead of pot. Love it!!!! And Dan Barry from the Advocate checked out our set at The Chilli Cook off... On Sunday, Middletown's Tuscany Grill hosted its annual Chili Competition & Rock Fest, and they set up a big stage in their parking lot right off of Main Street. I went and saw StraddleDaddy, who just won the Grand Band Slam Original Rock category. Criticisms about their name aside ? it's the most local thing since Stanley Tools ? they were actually very entertaining. They played a weird mix of Chili Peppers-style party rock (big fat basslines; thinly-veiled and comical sex lyrics) and jam-band improv. Quite an eclectic combo, but it works. Bassist Shawn Larochelle ripped out some incredible slap playing, and MC Symes struck a wonderful balance of humor and seriousness without ever once coming off as another annoying white rock-rapper. Ha! -... Lets show some love next week... Thursday, Sept 25th - Pig's Eye Pub, Hartford CT 11PM http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/best/best_gbs_aux.cfm?pid=49&lineup=1 Friday, Sept 26th - Sully's Pub, Hartford CT With one of our favorite bands from MA - The Change Up - Check 'em out and come early- http://www.myspace.com/thechangeup Then it's party time a THE FALL DOWN - Oct 3 & 4 With theFRANKS, The Change Up, StraddleDaddy, Conscious Roots, Chris Sewell and more... hit up http://www.myspace.com/secretagentsyme for details... Friday, Oct 10th - Toads Place, New Haven CT opening for Shakedown See you on the DanceFloor! www.straddledaddy.com www.myspace.com/straddledaddy Contact us - daddy at straddledaddy.com to fulfill your any desire ~