Greetings,
How can it already be the end of November? Time is racing by. We’re relieved that the election is over and happy that Barack Obama will be our new President! We have high hopes!

We’ve had the opportunity to play some really nice gigs this year. Last month we were asked to play with our friends at a memorial service for Olga Kolbeck who owned the Old Faithful Geyser in Calistoga for many years. She passed away just before her 93rd birthday. She wanted more of a party than a memorial service. We were able to get the whole band including our favorite fiddler Terry Ann Gillette to come and play at the Geyser for a couple of hours. It was a beautiful setting and a wonderful celebration of Olga’s life. People even danced, which Olga would have loved.

We’ve just been asked at the very last minute to play for the Mountain Volunteer Fire Department’s party at Mountain Home Ranch, in Calistoga, from 2:00 to 6:00pm Sunday Nov. 30th. They recently got a new Fire Chief and a bunch of new volunteers and have reason to celebrate! The community is welcome to come to this potluck party. For more info call Suzanne or John Fouts at Mountain Home Ranch 942-6616.

On December 5th we’ll be joining our drummer friend David Chapman, who will be playing with his band, The David Chapman Band, at a free family dance put on by the Chamber Of Commerce at the Calistoga Elementary School from 7:00 to 9:00pm. We’ll be playing a few songs with his band, when we’re not dancing!
Hope to see you there.

We hope you’re all well and had a nice Thanksgiving. Enjoy the rest of the season!

Peace, Lindalou and Michael

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We’re looking forward to playing several dates in October:

October 11th 9am to noon
Calistoga Farmer’s Market
On Washington Street
With the 3 D Band
Danny Brunetti on guitar, David Chapman on drums and Duncan Draper, Stand up Bass
(and accordion!)

October 12th 10am to 1pm
Windsor Farmer’s Market
We’ll play as a duo this time
Downtown Windsor on the Town Green

October 18th 7:00pm
Santa Rosa House Concerts
The 2 of us will have the honor of opening for and singing a couple songs with The Rowan Brothers, Lorin and Chris!
This show is already sold out but there may be cancellations. You can contact us for more info.

Oct.19th, 25th and 26th 1:00 to 4:00
Adobe Pumpkin Farm in Petaluma

With the 3 D band except on the 25th when Duncan can’t make it.
Here’s a map.

We hope you’re all well and that we might see you along the way!
Best regards,
Lindalou and Michael

P.S. Back in April we posted our album on a music sharing site in Luxembourg called Jamendo. We’re getting some really nice reviews from several different countries which you can read if you scroll to the bottom of our Jamendo page. It’s great to know at least a few people all over the world are enjoying our songs!

Hi folks,
We don’t usually send music news twice in one month, but we’ve been asked to play at an event in Fairfax and just wanted to invite any of you who might be in Marin this coming Sunday morning, September 28th.

Come Celebrate Public Art!
The Peace Center of Marin is having a dedication of the Seeds of Peace Mural at the Good Earth, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Fairfax.
This is a beautiful mural that the Peace Center has finally completed.
We’ll be playing music with our friends Christopher Smith and Duncan Draper from around 9:30am.
The dedication starts at 10:30 and we’ll be playing before and after that on and off until noon or so. We hope to see some of you there!

We also have several dates coming up in October which we’ll post on the 1st.

Best, Lindalou and Michael

Hello out there,
It’s hard to believe it’s September already! Our summer has been like a roller coaster ride of changes and challenges… some good, some bad, some extremely sad, and we just hope all of you who receive this are well and happy and enjoying life!

I know all our lives are full and this is very short notice, but we just got a call asking us to play at the Calistoga Farmer’s Market tomorrow morning. They had a cancellation and called us, even though we’re already scheduled to play there next weekend.

So just in case you’re near by… (We don’t know about you, but music is what gets us through!)
Here are the upcoming dates:

Saturday, September 6th, 9am to noon
Calistoga Farmer’s Market
Downtown Calistoga on Washington Street

Also on Saturday, Sept 6th, at 8pm.
We’ll play a few songs at the Ketchup Festival.
This is a take-off on the annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival.
It’s actually a benefit for the annual Calistoga Relay for Life, raising money for the American Cancer Society. It’s sort of an open mic but you sign up in advance and pay to perform! Our friend Nick Triglia has organized a great line up and raised extra money several years in a row for his Relay team. This takes place at the Calistoga Roastery on Lincoln Avenue from 5pm to 10pm.  It’s great fun.

On Saturday, Sept. 13th, 9am to noon again
Calistoga Farmer’s Market
Our extremely talented friend Duncan Draper has been showing up and playing Standup Bass (and occasionally accordion…)  with our (also lovely and talented) friends Dan Brunetti on guitar and David Chapman on drums. We had a great response last month when we all played together at the Farmer’s Market. We called our band “Lindalou and Michael and the 3 D’s.”

Later that same day– Sept 13th
Calistoga High School on Lake Street
We’ll play the Relay For Life event which will have a wide variety of music throughout the day and into the evening. We’ll be there with The 3 D’s entertaining folks as they walk the track, sharing the task with their teammates for 24 hours, to raise awareness and funds for cancer research.

Hope to see you soon!

Peace,
Lindalou and Michael

Dear friends,

We hope you’re all safe from fires and smoke. It’s been pretty smoky here in Calistoga and dreadfully hot this past week, but we’re all well here so far! We send our heartfelt thoughts to all who have been affected by these devastating fires lately. We’ve been working really hard the past 2 weeks to make our home in the dense woods more fire safe. It’s an endless job but it’s starting to look park like around here. Napa County/CDF has come up to chip huge brush piles for us 3 times already. What a great service they provide for free!

This is very short notice and many of you are way too far away to come anyway, but just in case you’re near Calistoga tomorrow morning… we’re playing the Calistoga Farmer’s Market again and have a couple of other dates coming up as well.

Saturday, July 12th 9am to noon
On Washington Street by the Community Center.
We’ll be accompanied by our friends Dan Brunetti and David Chapman

Sunday, July 27th, 10am to 1pm
Windsor Farmer’s Market
Downtown Windsor off Hwy 101
We’ll be playing as a duo this time.

On Saturday, August 9th, 9am to noon
At the Calistoga Farmer’s Market again.
with Danny and David making it even more fun!

Best to all of you,
Lindalou and Michael

Dear Friends,
Greetings from Calistoga!
Just a quick note to let you know we’re looking forward to playing music in our little town the next 2 weekends:

Saturday June 14th  9:00am to noon
Calistoga Farmer’s Market
On Washington Street by the Community Center
We’ll be playing as a duo this time.

Saturday June 21st 11:00am to 5:00pm
Calistoga Art Center’s Annual Art in the Park
with our friends Dan Brunetti and David Chapman
at Pioneer Park on Cedar Street.

We want to welcome any newcomers to our mailing list. Thanks for signing on and supporting our music!  If any of you know of anyone looking for live music for their event please keep us in mind and let people know we’re available and looking for work… We hope you’re all well and enjoying the Summer. Thanks again!

Peace,
Lindalou and Michael

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Greetings friends!
We hope you’re all well and enjoying this beautiful May weather.

We got a call last week asking us to play the opening day of the Windsor Farmer’s Market.
Someone who heard us at the Calistoga Market last year highly recommended us.
We love it when that happens!

May Muse Music:

May 10th 9:00am to noon
Calistoga Farmer’s Market
On Washington Street in Calistoga

May 11th 10:00am to 1:00pm
Winsdor Farmer’s Market
Downtown Windsor on the Town Square. (Happy Mother’s Day!)

May 17th 5:30ish to 9:00ish
A Trail Lover’s Event  organized by Volunteers for Outdoor California
Camp out in the field on the Calistoga Mineral Water property after working on the Oat Hill Mine Trail clean up crew all day! To sign up to help out, go to: http://www.v-o-cal.org/index.html
After working on the trail all day they’ll feed every one dinner and we’ll be providing the entertainment for the evening.

The following weekend we’re off to enjoy the Strawberry Music Festival! It’s already sold out but if you want to learn more about it go here: http://www.strawberrymusic.com

Peace and Harmony to ya’ll,
Lindalou and Michael

Hello out there!
Hopefully you’re all well and soaking up the Spring. We haven’t been playing music out in public much since last October, but we’re still playing as much as we can when we’re not working. We’ve recently been asked to play a few events. We hope you might be able to come out and enjoy some of these happenings and hear the new songs we’ve been working on. We’ve been writing a bit but also learning some wonderful new songs written by friends and favorite song writers. We’re looking forward to getting out and about again! Our good friends Dan Brunetti and David Chapman will join us on guitar, drums and vocals. Yay!!!

Friday April 11th 5:30 to 7:30
“Roses In April” A benefit for Hospice Respite Camp
Aegis Of Napa
2100 Redwood Road
Napa, Ca.
707-251-1409

Saturday April 26th 11am to 4pm
Earth Day Celebration in Calistoga!
At Pioneer Park in Calistoga.
This event was originally planned to be on Lincoln Ave. and Myrtle Street but it has been moved to the park.

Saturday May 10th 9am to 12pm
Calistoga Farmer’s Market
Washington Street Calistoga
By the Community Center

Sunday May 11th 10am to 1pm
Windsor Farmer’s Market

Saturday May 17th Music from 5pm to ?
“A Trail Lovers Event”
A benefit for Volunteers for Outdoor California
A weekend camp out event to clean up one of our favorite places here in Calistoga, The Oat Hill Mine Trail at the intersection of Highway 29 and the Silverado Trail. We’ll be playing during dinner and off and on throughout the evening.

June 14th 9am to noon
Calistoga Farmer’s Market

June 21st 11:00am to 5pm
Calistoga Art In the Park
Pioneer Park in Calistoga
For the Calistoga Art Center

Happy Spring to all,
Lindalou and Michael

Greetings!

It’s been awhile since we’ve been playing in public much, although we did today in the Calistoga Visitor Center. This wasn’t planned, but we were volunteering to help out with the local Jazz Festival and though we’re not jazz musicians, people kept encouraging us to play, and we just happened to have our instruments in the car, so…

We’re happy to have been asked to play a few gigs recently. We have until April to practice up for the first one. We don’t have all the details yet, but we thought we should at least get the dates out there since some of you have been asking when we’re playing again. We’ll fill in the details as the dates get closer.

April 11th 5:30 to 7:30 “Roses In April”
A benefit for a Hospice Respite Camp in Napa, CA.
Aegis of Napa
2100 Redwood Road
Napa, CA www.aegisliving.com 707-251-1409

April 26th Earth Day Event in Calistoga
details TBA

May 10th 9am to 12pm Calistoga Farmers Market
on Washington Street in Calistoga by the Community Center.
Our friends Dan Brunetti and David Chapman will accompany us.

May 17th Music from 5pm to ? A benefit for Volunteers for Outdoor California
A weekend camp out event to clean up one of our favorite places here in Calistoga, The Oat Hill Mine Trail, at the intersection of Highway 29 and the Silverado Trail. We’ve been asked to play at the end of the day during dinner at the campsite.

June 14th 9am to noon Calistoga Farmers Market (with Danny and David.)

June 21st 11:00am to 5pm Calistoga Art In the Park
This is a wonderful annual event that we’ve enjoyed playing for the Calistoga Art Center
the past couple of years at Pioneer Park in Calistoga.

July 12th 9am to noon Calistoga Farmers Market
with Danny and David.

August 9th 9am to noon again at the Calistoga Farmers Market

Sept. 13th 9am to noon yet again at the same market

October 11th 9am to noon for the last Calistoga Market of the year for us.

October 18th We’ll have the honor of opening for 2 of the Rowan Brothers, Lorin and Chris, at a Santa Rosa House Concert. Doors open 5:30, Potluck dinner 6pm, show 7pm For more info or tickets call Randy Villa 707-538-1215

These are all a ways off but we thought we’d let you know about these dates in advance in case you’d like to plan ahead to catch one of our concerts. We hope to see some of you along the way!

Be well!

Lindalou and Michael

Hi folks,
We’re playing out and about again in October!

October 13th at The Calistoga Farmer’s Market 9am. to noon
On Washington Street by the Community Center. Dan Brunetti and David Chapman will accompany us.

Also on October 13th 7:00pm at the Sanctuary in Mill Valley.
We’ll have the honor of singing back up for our dear friend Christopher Smith again!
This is sure to be a wonderful show. You can get the details and buy tickets here if you’d like to come.

October 20th 1:00 to 4:00 We’ll be in Petaluma at the Adobe Pumpkin Farm
2478 E Washington Street
Petaluma, CA 94954-3903
Here’s a map

October 21st We’ll be playing at a Memorial Celebration of a dear friend we sadly said goodbye to recently. Some of you may have had the good fortune to know Diane Bodach,
a beautiful poet and singer, who finally left us last week after a long struggle with cancer. She wanted her memorial to be a big party filled with music and joy, and she requested certain songs she wanted us and several other friends to sing. She’ll be missed by many. If you’d like to join us in celebrating Diane’s life, here is a link to the invitation.

October 27th Calistoga Farmer’s Market again, Same time as on the 13th …same place, same musicians.

October 28th Adobe Pumpkin Farm again 1:00 to 4:00
Dan and David will accompany us for both Pumpkin Farm dates.

We’ve loved the little bit of rain we’ve had and know we need more… but hope for clear weather on these weekends! (All of the outdoor gigs are weather permitting.)

Hope all of you are well and enjoying life.
Yours in harmony,
Lindalou and Michael
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