tag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:/blogs/latest-news-80b9fee9-68e3-4e3b-a514-0e9208ce1083?p=2LATEST NEWS2023-01-19T13:43:38-06:00dennysmithmusic.comfalsetag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/71403622023-01-19T13:43:38-06:002023-10-16T10:00:29-05:00Ridin' wheelies down the street.....<p><span class="font_large">Saturday night. THIS Saturday night, specifically, the 21st of January.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">On this particular evening, we’ll be hitting the stage at The Mockingbird Theater in Franklin, TN, for our first official engagement of 2023.</span></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/84074f3ba01f644e91bc484e024ef069c9bd8786/original/12123mockingbird.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large">A resurrected Generation Down will be leading the charge, with doors scheduled to open at 6PM, and their long-awaited return due to commence at 7 sharp.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Once they’re done reintroducing themselves to the masses, we’ll take over, for a solid 45(ish) minutes of that thing we do that’s made us a household name in McMullen, AL (Population: 9).</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Our new friends Blackwood will close out the night.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">You get the whole kit & caboodle for just 10 bones at the door, plus it’s All Ages, so bring the kids AND Granny, if she’s spry.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Beyond that, there’s not much I can tell you other than we’re still working toward the completion of this long-forthcoming LP, as well as refreshing our live show for the new year, with the details of both these endeavors remaining top secret for the time being.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Until the veil is lifted, be good to each other.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Cheers,<br> D.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">p.s. Illinois & Mississippi, we’ll see you soon.</span></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/61336fd1848c84c5f77c0bbf50cb1fb2f3c6678c/original/jbs031723-copy.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/eebc1afd96585f0f632e2023fcf04e9304e9e2f8/original/suinn042223.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/71265142022-12-23T08:00:00-06:002022-12-23T08:00:02-06:00This Cyclone Is Da Bomb: A Christmas update from The Great Affairs<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Merry Christmas, folks (or whatever it is you may opt to celebrate as we wrap up another calendar year)! I went with the obvious choice, simply because it’s the only one I’m truly familiar with, and well, we did just release a song about Santa mucking specifically that up, so…(In case you missed that, you can watch the video <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/b-hnrsPXs34" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a>, or click <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thegreataffairs.hearnow.com/" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a> to stream it from your platform of choice.)</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large"><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/2012ec0cb43f82d0af0672aa371bc8e8efbe231f/original/framedsantasinglegoogles1greentrimoption3.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" style="text-align: center;" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Anyway, we’d like to collectively say thanks to everyone who’s stuck with us for the past decade and then some, as we do sincerely appreciate you doing your best to keep up with the occasionally sporadic comings and goings around here. With any luck, 2023 will be a banner year for all of us, Santa delivers, gas prices continue to fall, and things around the globe start to seem a bit more neighborly. Tall order, I know, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed nonetheless. Oh yeah, and for those of you who wish upon stars, and toss coins into fountains, etc., please don’t hesitate to throw up a request or two on behalf of the impending completion of our new album, like a direct request to the Universe to expedite its delivery. That’d be swell.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">I don’t wanna keep you long, seeing as you’ve probably got last-minute gifts to wrap, so let’s sign off here, with just a quick reminder that we’ll be at Mockingbird Theater in Franklin, TN on Saturday, January 21st. Advanced tickets can be purchased <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://mockingbirdtheater.ticketsauce.com/e/generation-down-w-the-great-affairs-and-blackwood" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a>, or you can grab them at the door for just $10. Doors at 6, Generation Down at 7, us at 8(ish), and Blackwood around 9:30. It’s an All Ages show as well, so bring the fam.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">We’ll see you next year, but in the meantime, if you’re bored and need something to keep you occupied, get out a magnifying glass and use the photo below to play a game of “Where’s Woody?” He’s our personal “Waldo”, and probably owns more TGA swag than anyone really should, so he makes multiple appearances throughout this collage. Also, send us pics of yourself in TGA attire, and we’ll try to slip you into the next one of these.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Ho ho ho,<br> <br> Denny<br> <br> The Great Affairs</span></p>
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<p> </p>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/71097262022-11-25T01:00:00-06:002022-12-21T14:23:47-06:00Santa Lost My List, but found our new Xmas Single & Video...<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Yeah, I know, it’s Black Friday, and you’ve all got stuff to do, so I’m going to do my level best to keep this brief…honest. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/9efee1dab19a9d63d314adcad9973195deb64bd6/original/jbs112522-final.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Tonight, we’re at John Brown’s On The Square in Marion, IL, performing a marathon 2.5 hour show that’ll feature a generous helping of new shizz we’ve not played live to date, as well as the return of a few numbers we’d decommissioned along the way somewhere, for whatever reason. I’ll be leaving my trusty acoustic guitar at home, in its case, so you can bet your sweet ascot we’re gonna throw down. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/44573c72a73d32c4578a000db4a0904853635d9c/original/260492218-306854391446251-2542533991864435807-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/2012ec0cb43f82d0af0672aa371bc8e8efbe231f/original/framedsantasinglegoogles1greentrimoption3.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">In other news, while “Fever Breaks” is still climbing the Hot 100 chart in Singapore, we’ve decided to sabotage its success by releasing our new Christmas single hot on its heels. So, feast your eyes on the new video for “Santa Lost My List (Didn’t Get Sh!t)”, starring Zach & Kate Hoon, along with renowned thespian Michael Santa-Leon, and directed by Nate & Scott Moore. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">(Click <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/b-hnrsPXs34" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a> if your browser isn’t displaying the video, and you’ll be zapped over to it.) </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Click <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thegreataffairs.hearnow.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a> to access a HearNow page loaded with links to various streaming platforms that feature the single as well. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">I’ve done a few interviews recently, and a couple of those are going up today, so please check out The Record Machine Show <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.therecordmachineshow.com/single-post/denny-smith-~-singer-guitarist-from-the-great-affairs-special-guest-on-11-21-2022?fbclid=IwAR1_FsGqg9dNZF5XlML-Mjx3c4rAN_88NhYU0A4nnEP1m_1mtQ1zHb9x8vA" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#f1c40f;">HERE</span></strong></a>, and my chat with Gabe at Hair Metal Mixtape <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://radiofreebrooklyn.org/show/hair-metal-mixtape/?fbclid=IwAR26s11dxXsQmOgLxm_8cToiPDPcY3OZjtChvkJBTrBEZn_9r5z2v8ekIKM" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a> (This one goes LIVE on 11/26 at 9PM EST). </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/84074f3ba01f644e91bc484e024ef069c9bd8786/original/12123mockingbird.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Since I promised brevity, I’m gonna sign off with just this one last bit of info, and let you get to bargain shopping. <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://mockingbirdtheater.ticketsauce.com/e/generation-down-w-the-great-affairs-and-blackwood?fbclid=IwAR0iTRzCDPeK4g7vgw2pmmym6RZWohAjMxVEiY07P57kd3Jn4Ka0ilLZe-0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a> is the ticket link for our January 21st show with Generation Down and Blackwood, at Mockingbird Theater in Franklin, TN. It’s an early one, and all ages, with doors at 6, GD hitting the stage at 7PM sharp, followed by us, and then Blackwood wrapping things up. $10 gets you in. Bring the family, and I’ll try to refrain from using “street language”, as the late, great Bill Ketchmark liked to call my fondness for expletives. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Gobble gobble & ho ho ho, <br>Denny <br>The Great Affairs</span></p>
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</center>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/70854342022-10-20T16:19:17-05:002022-10-20T16:19:17-05:00A Slight Change Of Plans: October 2022<p><span class="font_large">We lied to you. Well, I lied to you, but the rest of the guys were complicit in this deception, because we’d collectively discussed at some length a course of action for this month that involved the release of that 5-song EP I said was on the way in our last entry.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Alas, but one song is now slated for release in October of 2022….from us at least.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/44573c72a73d32c4578a000db4a0904853635d9c/original/260492218-306854391446251-2542533991864435807-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">That’s right, the “Fever Breaks” EP is now, simply, the “Fever Breaks” single.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">If you haven’t stormed out on us already, which you’d be well within your rights to do in light of this seeming bait & switch, I hope you’ll please accept this apology, and the following explanation.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">We wrote a Christmas song. We’re going to record that Christmas song. We’re then going to release said Christmas song sometime before Christmas…like, on Black Friday, most likely. As such, we felt that dropping 5 new songs, followed in short order by yet another new song; festive and holiday-themed as it may be, could be overkill. So, in the interest of not flooding the marketplace, and possibly having any or all of it get lost in the shuffle, we’ve opted to serve up “Fever Breaks” as a standalone track on 10/28, and; just as you’re all getting sick of it, drop a little ditty about our love/hate relationship with Santa shortly thereafter.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">We’ll get into the particulars of our attempt to unseat Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” as the #1 single of all time in the next semi-regular installment of this (sometimes) monthly briefing. For now, it’s “Fever Breaks” we’re about to unleash upon the world, just one week from today.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">So, here’s a little teaser clip…</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large">..and <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thegreataffairs.hearnow.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>’s a link you can hit up on release day, that’ll take you to the many and varied platforms where it will be made available on 10/28.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">The track has already gotten a mess of spins, on a slew of stations and programs. Here’s a partial list of the folks who’ve added it in the last week or two:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Asahartz/ERB Radio<br>Jham Session Radio<br>SuperCoolRadio<br>Unsigned Radio UK<br>TJ Live<br>Valley FM<br>Eye On Jams</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/4ae47aac9cab6e65d63264d109a4fd386b98b38e/original/312027034-536335105164844-6459845576064151294-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><span class="font_large">Back To The Arena Show<br>Ouch, You’re On My Hair<br>Hot From The Forge<br>The Lucky Dip</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/aab4f51b0f52c8fa2a697714b6baa490b6e72ab4/original/310860660-805647340530543-3045762432423480742-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><span class="font_large">Steve Vincent’s Mystery City<br>Turn It Up! with Gerry Casey<br>The Captain Whoremoan Show<br>World Of Rock with Gigi<br>Philly Rock Radio</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/aec17a555c0128c5fadf593c2fae35bce8a89884/original/311316977-401534478843975-2075444767169569288-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><span class="font_large">Duggystone Radio<br>DiGregorio Music<br>The Basement Tapes with Nick & Bootsy<br>Music Authority<br>A1M Radio</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/3f6c8912b0df8249fa54d86597830c787be0787c/original/311569730-1097217497755531-1087889354130605445-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><span class="font_large">Cruz Rock Radio<br>Rox Rock N’ Metal<br>KJAG Radio<br>All About Rock<br>Hot Wax Radio<br>Prospect Radio<br>Black On Track</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/e4255130c9f1801f32eae58b3723cf2a0a6563c1/original/310444433-612140353964963-4904928051624532698-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">While that tune finds its way around, we’re still in the lab, trying to perfect the remaining concoctions that should comprise an eventual full-length LP. As soon as the ideas stop interrupting us, and pushing the finish line away, we’ll get that wrapped up and into your ears as expeditiously as the gatekeepers of the digital realm will allow, but don’t be surprised if we roll out another single or two in the meantime.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">I think that’s everything for now, short of a reminder that we also have a show scheduled for Black Friday, in Marion, IL, at John Brown’s On The Square, where we’ll be unveiling a revamped live set that’s going to feature a slew of debuts, as well as grip of lost favorites we’ve decided to air-up the tires on. I’m leaving the acoustic at home for this one, and we’ll be in loud guitar mode that night, so plan accordingly, and consider yourselves warned.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Happy Halloween, and don’t forget to blast “Fever Breaks” out the window for the kids that night. They’ll love it, and your neighbors will thank you later.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Peace,<br> Denny<br> The Great Affairs</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">p.s. Here’s little snippet of “StrangeLuv” from the Terre Haute, IN show in July, that I just stumbled upon.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large">p.s.s. We’ve got a new t-shirt design, called “Send In The Clowns”, inspired by some of the art mock-ups we’ve been batting around for the new record. It’s another StoreFrontier exclusive, that can be scooped up <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.storefrontier.com/the-great-affairs" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">HERE</span></a>.</span></p>
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</center>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/70569532022-09-09T13:23:40-05:002022-09-09T13:24:31-05:00Fever Breaks: All quiet on the Southeastern Front?<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Nothing to see here, just some guys chiseling away at their masterwork.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">In the interest of not chewing the cud over this stuff any longer, or overwhelming anyone’s diminished 21st Century attention span with an unacceptably generous helping of our premium goods, we’ve decided to cooperate with the prevailing logic, and serve this one up in more easily digestible installments.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">The purpose of this is not entirely altruistic, as we simply have too many songs in the pipeline that we feel good about, and not enough time to get them all up to broadcast-worthy muster, before the ones we’ve been sitting on, polished and ready for their turn on the catwalk, start to resent their brethren.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">To buy ourselves a bit more time for banging away at the rest of these tracks, and alleviate any such tensions, we’re currently making preparations to set free the next 5 in the queue. In just a few weeks, the ‘Fever Breaks’ EP will arrive digitally(Exact release date TBD, but stay tuned, because that’s being ironed out as I type this.), and is slated to include the following:</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/44573c72a73d32c4578a000db4a0904853635d9c/original/260492218-306854391446251-2542533991864435807-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" style="text-align: center;" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">1) Fever Breaks<br>2) When Love Is The Drug<br>3) Sleepwalker<br>4) Way Past Sundown<br>5) Embers</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/bd5b8b6ecae00937a4981b6769106e02418e9dc4/original/305034564-494418769356478-6656819715575366413-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/55ecd26036a538ed3892295b5067e78b6d5204ea/original/300186886-483955067069515-711964862017202090-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" style="text-align: center;" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Once again, we were able to convince our good friend Michael Webb to lend his nimble digits to the ivories on “Embers”, in case you were wondering who to thank for sparing you my ham-fisted “Home Sweet Home”-style take on that number. He really took that one over the top, and while a bit of a departure for us, I think it’s one of the coolest things we’ve ever put down. In fact, there are a handful of twists & turns throughout the record(in its entirety) that I’m especially proud of, and I really think we outdid ourselves this time around.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">You’ll be able to judge for yourself soon enough. StrangeLuv was just an appetizer. We’ll get you to the next course shortly, and please save room for dessert, because that won’t be far behind.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Eventually, the plan is to compile all of these EPs for a physical release, so those of you who still like to own an actual real-world copy of your albums, we’ll have you covered. For now though, we just wanna get this stuff out into the streamosphere as expeditiously as possible, so we can share it with everyone.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/37c6bba01a2f2279de263d409903fb8bce31d459/original/301301447-487053326759689-4526818563495544917-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" style="text-align: center;" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">In the meantime, please feel free to avail yourself of some exclusive merch from our friends over at StoreFrontier. There’s a new TGA “Psych Heart” Tee available now that you can grab <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.storefrontier.com/product/tgapsychhearttee" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>, along with a slew of other designs we don’t always have with us on the road.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Speaking of the road, while we’ve only got a single date posted currently, there have been rumblings of a local show on the horizon, so if you reside in or around Nashville, keep an eye out for a calendar update.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">OK then, I’ve gotta catch a plane for parts unknown, but watch our socials for more details on the upcoming release, and all the associated tomfoolery you’ve come to expect around this sort of event.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Peace,<br> Denny</span></p>
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<p> </p>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/70559062022-09-08T11:07:47-05:002022-09-08T11:08:56-05:00A clip from the deck in Terre Haute, IN.<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S6iw_lGifQA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/70358972022-08-11T15:03:57-05:002022-08-11T15:03:57-05:00Weather: Mild - Youth: Wild : An August 2022 Newsletter from The Great Affairs<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">In case you haven’t heard… </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">StrangeLuv is out there, ready to be streamed straight into your ear-holes via whichever service you fancy. This <a contents="HearNow" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thegreataffairs.hearnow.com/strangeluv" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HearNow</strong></span></a> link is a good way to peruse a few options, if you’re not yet affiliated with any one platform in particular. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">To those of you who’ve already been spinning the sh#t out of our latest, and the new EP attached to it, we salute you, and hope you know that your patronage is sincerely appreciated. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">I’m gonna be honest and admit that I’m having a hard time keeping track of all the stations and shows who’ve been adding the new single(plus I may be a bit addled from working out in the yard for a few hours today, and currently wading through a slight fog as I type this), but if any of you media folks are reading this, please know that we really appreciate all the love, and can’t wait to get the next release out to you soon. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">We’ve been taking our time with this batch of material, in the interest of being certain we deliver a worthy followup to the last record, and; with any luck, a little something special, something that builds upon our previous work, but also shows we’ve still got a few new tricks up our sleeve. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">We did crawl out from under our rock long enough to make a mess of new friends in Indiana last month, supporting Warrant & Skid Row at The Mill in Terre Haute. We scored perfect weather, and a helluva stage to ply our wares on, with a good 3000+ folks in attendance, most of whom had no clue we’d be there, or any idea what to expect. You can hear about the show <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.americanheartbreak.com/rnrgeekwp/skid-row-warrant-and-great-affairs-show-review-dog-days-of-podcasting-day-10/?fbclid=IwAR0YAuAs-5b0P59aMRrstotm9KEydJkZSaDD0KyyABgrQUBSWXobaSw3ako" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>, as reviewed by Chuck Speer for The Rock And Roll Geek Show podcast. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">You can also check out some cool video from the show <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/gfqXEwAEAzo" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>, including drone footage of all three bands. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">As soon as we got back, I dove right into finishing up a few more vocal tracks, Rizzo & I banged out guitars on another tune of Kenny’s, and our trusty Engineer and Co-Producer Michael Saint-Leon gifted us with a fresh mix of a track our buddy Stacy Hogan(Sin Shake Sin/Midnite Mantics) guested on, and it’s ridiculously epic. So, we’re getting close…6 songs mixed, 4 others in various stages of completion, and maybe one or two more to kick around yet…but close, I swear. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">We’re gonna spend the next month or two focusing on the studio. As of this transmission, we’ve only one commitment on the books that will force us to break away momentarily, and gas up the van - our semi-annual tradition of celebrating the night after Thanksgiving with the gang at John Brown’s On The Square in Marion, IL. Otherwise, it’s nose to the grindstone until this thing can be declared a wrap. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Cheers…and as always, please be good to each other, <br> Denny</span></p>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/70086032022-07-06T10:12:18-05:002022-07-06T10:12:18-05:00Get yourself some StrangeLuv...<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/f6ad1f0ed6b19d46b31868c0cc1afa1c0fc1ca0c/original/strangeluv2altcover1shadowflat.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">With no further ado…well, some further ado, depending upon when you consume this information…the release of the ’StrangeLuv’ EP is nearly upon us. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">But first, a “lyric video”…one of those things you piece together in lieu of an actual performance clip or some otherwise more involved and labor-intensive sliver of celluloid. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Rest assured, we do have one or two grand bits of cinema planned as well, for additional tunes yet to be delivered. For now though…</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large">The EP itself will appear, via most any and (hopefully) all streaming platforms on Friday, July 8th. You can click this link <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thegreataffairs.hearnow.com/?fbclid=IwAR3oHI5jAGMvdHmjZxwZzjPRcy2dqt2FAJvxh9xQDYeueUFa0OEW7cd6ecM" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a> for snippets, and it should update on release day to include links to all the usual suspects, if you wanna check back for a direct jump to your service of choice. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">In the midst of all this commotion, we’re gonna fire up the amps tomorrow night (Thursday, July 7th) in Franklin, TN at Mockingbird Theater, opening the show for Black Heart Saints and Native Sons, so we can give the new single a proper live debut. Tickets are $10 in advance, and it’s all ages, so bring the kids, and I’ll tell Rizzo to leave the chaps and studded codpiece at home. We hit at 7PM sharp. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">I had a chat with Jimi Holl, over at The Record Machine Show podcast last week, and we covered all this and then some. If you have 40 minutes to kill on a commute, mowing the lawn, or whilst enjoying a bubble bath, you can listen to that here as you do.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">One topic we discussed at some length was our upcoming show with Skid Row & Warrant. Terre Haute, IN friends, come see us kick that one off on Saturday, July 30th, before we go back into studio mode to finish up this LP. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">OK then, here’s our old pal Woody, modeling one of his multiple “When Love Is The Drug” tees, recently made available exclusively from our <a contents="STOREFRONTIER" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.storefrontier.com/store/the-great-affairs" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>STOREFRONTIER</strong></span></a> page.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/c1cdd831e5bfbaf3e437c536c0ea71874836b1ec/original/291841262-447140010751021-2725101566083860943-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/7e265339abec5c897dc55d027295060356be4387/original/291490515-10227671214996505-3301168951125740807-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">….and here’s a list of folks we’d like to thank for spinning our stuff lately: </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Black On Track <br>The C.O.A.R Radio Show <br>Indiecentric <br>Chris Bolus’ Asahartz Rock Revelation on ERB Radio <br>Jham Session Radio <br>DJ Moto/ Duggystone Radio <br>Talent Vault on UnsignedRadioUK <br>The Lucky Dip Show <br>Wrinkly Rockers Club <br>Super Cool Radio <br>Ouch, You’re On My Hair <br>Steve Vincent’s Mystery City <br>Turn It Up with Gerry Casey <br>Hot Wax Radio <br>Hot From The Forge <br>Scotland Rocks Radio <br>Museboat Live <br>The Philly Rock Network <br>A2Z Radio - Allen “Big Al” Tate </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">You guys are the best. Much obliged. To anyone I may have missed, I sincerely apologize. This “news desk” is a one-man operation, I’m afraid, and it’s been fairly cluttered the last few weeks. Let me know, and I’ll send Kenny straight over to deliver a singing telegram and some chocolates. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">OK then, the work is never done around here it seems, so (unless something really monumental occurs between now & then) I’ll shout at you in a few weeks with the latest. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Peace…like, for real….be good to each other, <br> Denny </span><br><span class="font_large"> The Great Affairs</span></p>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/69935452022-06-14T09:28:48-05:002022-06-14T09:28:48-05:00StrangeLuv, Cherry Pie, and the Youth Gone Wild: A June 2022 Newsletter from The Great Affairs <p><span class="font_large">Alright then, enough of this runaround. Since we keep promising new music, I suppose it’s time we deliver the goods. Well, some of the goods…</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Of course, if you’ve been paying attention lately, we did let an early mix of “When Love Os The Drug” out of the bag. If you missed that, you can still feast your ears(and eyes, to a lesser degree) on it right <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/LdM8lu7IcmA" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">We’ve even added a new “When Love Is The Drug” t-shirt design, over at our StoreFrontier shop, if you’d care to adorn yourself in such signature finery. You can access that option <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.storefrontier.com/product/whenloveisthedrugtee" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#f1c40f;">HERE</span></strong></a>.</span></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/6ff966856205a56d30664df3f27d552298b5246a/original/283297678-419006040231085-6119009769860525400-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/139040fe4d6441ab1a363028393ff575c5fb54a4/original/281648121-414429970688692-1001350904185330340-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/81a0a5685dd728efcd4f4b699d72c8c214654354/original/281867308-414430060688683-6338232123706308543-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Now though, it’s time for a proper, international release…an actual, honest-to-goodness single…but wait, we’ve decided to sweeten the pot, and make an EP of it, with 3 remixes from the last album, plus a radio edit for those of you partial to brevity, or possibly just averse to superfluous guitar noodling. This is like the Ginsu Knife offer of the 21st century.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/f6ad1f0ed6b19d46b31868c0cc1afa1c0fc1ca0c/original/strangeluv2altcover1shadowflat.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/1145305b1b026b5b41f9d24a988780899de8b884/original/strangeluvepbackcovercoverflat.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large">So, on Friday, July 8th, the ’StrangeLuv’ EP will arrive, via your streaming platform of choice, preceded by a lyric video that we’ll drop on Wednesday, July 6th, the two events bookending our show at The Mockingbird Theater in Franklin, TN on Thursday, July 7th. That show is all ages, and we’re opening the whole thing up, kicking off at 7PM, followed by these fellas from Texas known as Black Heart Saints, and some Kentucky boys calling themselves Native Sons. It’s only Rock N’ Roll, front to back, as nature intended. You should make plans to be there.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large">Speaking of shows, we have a pretty light schedule so far this summer, as we work around recording sessions, and gigs some of the guys have as hired guns for other acts. A private event this weekend in Southern Illinois, and the aforementioned July 7th date are all we have on the books between now and July 30th, when we return to Terre Haute, IN to support Skid Row & Warrant at The Mill.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large">Otherwise, it’s woodshedding on the new material, getting it ready to either record or perform live, maybe writing a few more last-minute entries for the final track listing of the ever-forthcoming LP, and attempting to chart a course for said LP once it is eventually birthed, kicking and screaming like Kenny when the Heineken runs out.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large">OK then, I think that about covers everything but the constantly evolving “thank you, (insert program/station name here)” list, dedicated to all the folks who have jumped on the new tune at radio already. Please forgive me, anyone I may miss here in this first round:</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">GlamRat - Hard Rock Hell Radio<br>Gerry Casey at Turn It Up<br>Basement Tapes with Nick & Bootsy on Front Range Radio<br>Steve-O’s Music Madness<br>Thorn Of Rock<br>Eye On Jamz<br>Radio Indie Alliance<br>The Attic Show<br>Super Cool Radio<br>Philly Rock Network<br>Anne’s Rock Show<br>Sharpy’s Rock N’ Roll Train<br>Back To The Arena<br>C.O.A.R. Radio<br>Hot Wax Radio<br>Squatch In The Pit Show<br>Museboat<br>Samantha Knight - Z97.5 Clarksville<br>Belter Radio<br>Hot From The Forge Radio<br>Allen Tate - A2Z Radio</span></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-93-kings-x-chat/id1478688961?i=1000564614260" target="_blank"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/6c1b7d84ee134ad1dbbe4992f932e4b7a6183b9a/original/285193768-777478183626622-4908096778586053345-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></a><br><span class="font_large">Oh yeah, and Rizzo did another cool interview with the A-Sides Podcast. This time, he and his buddy Freddy Herrera (Everclear/The Exies) discuss the band King’s X with host (and prominent lunchbox creator) Andy Halleen. Just click on the image above to check that out.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"> Be good to each other,<br> Denny<br> The Great Affairs</span></p>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/69642792022-05-05T10:43:42-05:002022-05-05T10:43:42-05:00Here’s a single, but Matt’s no longer ready to mingle.: A May 2022 Newsletter from The Great Affairs<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_small">(My trusty canine Juno guards the doorway to Pastry Park Audio Confectionery)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">In the interest of getting right to the meat & potatoes, I shall endeavor (for once) to keep this short & sweet.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Our “man behind the curtain”, Mr. Michael Saint-Leon scored his second Grammy recently, for his work on Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s latest. Here’s to Street-Lion, for another job well done. Just look at that cheese-eatin’ grin. He knows he’s the shizz.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><br><span class="font_large">In other news, both Rizzo & Matt made appearances on the A-Sides Podcast since our last transmission, one to discuss the Grunge Era, and the other to…well, I don’t know….Matt’s was kinda free-form, a bit like some of that Jazz he professes admiration for. You can hear for yourself by clicking <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-88-grunge-era/id1478688961?i=1000555406879" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a> or <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-89-matt-andersen/id1478688961?i=1000556950117" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">We did a couple of shows, and got a good clip of “Lies” from Marion, IL that you can feast your eyes and ears on <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/4HIEENZzuNU" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>, along with some footage and assorted pics by our buddy Rick Miller from the Libertyville, IL date that you can peruse <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/EMC6fFmJRBI" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">We’ve got a private event coming up in June, in the midst of all this recording business, and a local show on Thursday, July 7th, with Black Heart Saints(TX), and Native Sons(KY) at The Mockingbird Theater in Franklin, TN. It’s all ages, with us kicking off the night, and you can get your tickets for just $10 in advance <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://mockingbirdtheater.ticketsauce.com/e/black-heart-saints-w-the-great-affairs-native-sons/tickets" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>, or take your chances at the door(they’ll be $15 day of show, just FYI). This is gonna be a good one, so we hope a bunch of you Nashville folks can make it.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Finally, ladies, we regret to inform you that our bassist Matt Andersen will be stepping down from his duties as our most eligible bachelor, and tying the knot at the end of the month. We’re currently establishing a grief counseling hotline number, so please check back here for further details as they become available. We intend to do our best to help you cope, and see you through this difficult time. Stay strong. There’s someone out there for you, we just know it.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">I kinda failed at the brevity thing….again.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Sorry.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"> Be good to each other,<br> D.</span></p>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/69289782022-03-23T08:00:00-05:002022-03-23T17:50:35-05:00What’s Luckier Than 7? : The Great Affairs’ Mid-March Update<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Yeah, I know, it’s been a solid month & a half since our last proper update, but in the interest of waiting until we had some newsworthy bits to discuss, we inadvertently racked up a whole mess of stuff to cover, so you might wanna pack some extra snacks and a water bottle for this trek.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>We dropped some more new merch over at our StoreFrontier page, including Hoodies and Koozies with our new “Est. 2009” seal design. You can check those out(and place your orders) <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.storefrontier.com/store/the-great-affairs" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">HERE</span></a>.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Rare slow-motion footage of us working out some of our patented choreography surfaced recently. Check <a contents="THIS" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://fb.watch/bT1TBAfwHu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">THIS</span></a> out, but don’t try it at home, kids. We’re trained professionals.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Speaking of kids, here’s Logan, our newest Swag Model Of The Month, sporting a now-vintage ‘Dream In Stereo’ design. Logan enjoys parasailing, gardening, MMA, and betting on college sports. He can also currently deadlift 240 lbs., and recently competed in his first triathlon. Sorry, ladies, he’s taken.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>We recently hit the road for a pair of Mississippi dates, and while the shows were good, our trusty Jean-Claude Damme Van’s tailpipe fell off just as we were about to roll through Memphis, en route to Clarksdale…and again IN Memphis, then once more, the next day, as we made our way to Tupelo, and finally, later that night, somewhere in the middle of nowhere, while we limped our trusty steed home. Various implements were utilized to hastily refasten our exhaust system, but <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://fb.watch/bVJmaL6qX0/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">HERE</span></a>, see for yourself. (Note: JCDV is purring now, and has a shiny new muffler n’ such, but I’m sorry to say our bank balance is significantly smaller than it was when we took off for the Delta.)</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><br><span class="font_large"><strong>I played on a record recently, for some friends of ours called Ghosts Of Sunset. Their new LP ‘No Saints In The City’ is out now, on Golden Robot Records, and if you check out their current single, “The Queen Of Used To Be”, you’ll hear me taking a rare turn at lead guitar. Other guests on the album include current and former members of L.A. Guns, Little Caesar, The Verve Pipe, LSD, Enuff Z’Nuff, and more. It’s good stuff. I highly recommend you check it out, if you dig 80’s Glam Rock and/or Power Pop.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Finally, for the real news, <a contents="CLICK HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://fb.watch/bT1DiziGvB/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">CLICK HERE</span></a> .</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Round One of tracking focused on getting our rhythm section’s parts for 8 tunes, and now Rizzo & I will be moving on to guitars, while we continue to do some writing and haggle over what songs we wanna lay down in Round Two.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>Fever Breaks, When Love Is The Drug, Sleepwalker, Way Past Sundown, Over The Moon, StrangeLuv, Gettin’ Outta Sight, and Embers are in motion, but we still need another gem or two before we can declare this deal done. We might have them already, it’s always hard to say, but since there’s no rush, we’re gonna take our time weeding through the remaining contenders, and attempting to pluck any new goodness from the ether that comes within reach.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>What can I tell you about the new stuff? Well, I don’t generally tend to get too excited about these things, until I notice other folks getting amped-up over the material, but this time around, about midway through the writing and demoing process, I started to get the feeling we’d stumbled into something special with the most recent batch. It was like we truly needed to knock a little of the proverbial rust off, before we could really get down to business, and once we had, some tunes materialized that were a clear cut above. As Kenny and Matt were replacing the stand-in Bass & Drums on those tracks over the weekend, it was obvious we had an especially strong grip of hooks, and I’m now officially stoked to see what we can do with them.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>You’ll be able to judge for yourself though, because I’m gonna guess that sometime in the not-so-distant future, you might see a new single/video appear…a little peek at what we’ve been up to these past few months.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>I think that hit just about everything that needed hitting, so all that’s left to mention are this pair of shows in Illinois that we have coming up. It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been able to do our thing in Libertyville, so we’re really looking forward to that one, and we’d play John Brown’s joint once a week if they’d have us, but John can only handle us in small, somewhat infrequent doses. Maybe if Matt got him an uncompromised box of chocolates…</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong> Be good to each other,<br> D.</strong></span></p>dennysmithmusic.comtag:dennysmithmusic.com,2005:Post/68863932022-02-02T07:13:08-06:002022-02-02T07:17:23-06:00News & Views from The Great Affairs: Punxsutawney Phil Edition<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/5c0d1364cba388ab6d2b3d43e202b75e5d33edd5/original/271828082-330572259074464-298890562595699063-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">What’s Neil Young been up to lately? You never hear that guy’s name being thrown around anymore.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">We boycotted Spotify once, and it cost us tens of listeners.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">The result of our insolence? ‘Dream In Stereo’ is still absent from the service, and every single time I’ve tried to restore it, my efforts fail. Apparently the amount of damage WE did to their bottom line left them just disenchanted enough with us to maintain some sort of blockade.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Luckily, they’ve seen fit to include our subsequent releases, and in 2021, we were all finally able to chip-in on a 2-pack of Gillette Clear Gel “Power Rush” Antiperspirant/Deodorant, WITH Scent XTend Technology no less. It was a banner year for us. If you’ve noticed and appreciated that we’re a bit more fragrant these days, please know that you have Spotify to thank.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">In addition to improved personal hygiene, we got a local date under our belts last month, logging what may have been our final appearance at the soon-to-be defunct Mercy Lounge. You can check out a clip from our set <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/thegreataffairs/videos/685515095786136" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/72643bc7413aa6b4cd5f07a0424e01d7352dae1b/original/271953972-331412372323786-3965262248041937030-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/291fb44720215120ae0dad4d8c0866f35d53e15e/original/271899705-331412365657120-1988258903219185216-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/b0ce9646f58c7173b5d693808475ad03c5d01e29/original/271925147-331412362323787-374615310850475672-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/d6297400274329e5866ddca77fdfcf154de08bb7/original/271990873-331412368990453-4378625222322096330-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/677aa05687f880720bfea4a775075278d0558fd5/original/271873393-331412358990454-2060531681547203779-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">The first show I ever played in Nashville, as a freshly-transplanted pup, was in that building, downstairs at the OG Cannery, with my band Seventeen Days. Our one & only live engagement before we imploded, no document remains, as trusted “roadie”(and occasional videographer) Woody Jester neglected to remove the lens cap from our camcorder at the soundboard. April 1st, 1995(?)..I think…maybe ’94. Either way, the details are fuzzy, but I do recall Benny, the deaf guy who operated the cardboard baler at the warehouse where I worked actually purchased a ticket to the show, and stood directly in front of the P.A. subs, occasionally leaning his head down to “feel” the low frequencies. I wonder where old Benny is these days?</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/30b5c1913d01015045cc01de177795bd7d8fc879/original/img-8444.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" style="text-align: center;" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">But enough reminiscing, we’ve got some shows coming up, and the possibility of a new album to discuss.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/8970def2fb4f73721d41e887be93abcaa870befc/original/3-4-22shackupinn-copy.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/1bb2c569b0953dd7673f471b96fe37150350ce54/original/bluecanoe3-5-22-copy.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">March 4th & 5th, we’re headed down to The Crossroads, like Lightnin’ Boy and Willie Brown, and then cutting over to the birthplace of The King, for back-to-back nights in two of Mississippi’s most sacred locales. Friday we’ll be at Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale, and Saturday at Blue Canoe in Tupelo.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">As for this new record idea we’ve been kicking around, it’s looking like we’re about 3/4s of the way there in terms of having the tunes, so I’d say it’s a just matter of time before we start making plans to capture this stuff with our trusty Engineer/Producer Michael Saint-Leon. We even have a tentative album title. Personally, I’m feeling pretty stoked about the batch we all seem to be agreeing on..loads of hooks, big guitars, plenty of interesting little bells & whistles…my kinda jams. Hopefully you’ll concur. Stay tuned for more on that.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393937/8e52cb524d29dd32b8dee47f61f7e0bc2563ec66/original/272520673-335182278613462-6114681087966901658-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">If you wanna get some sense of what the current lineup sounds like in the studio, <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.reverbnation.com/thegreataffairs/song/33107115-high-on-rose-2021-radio-mix" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a>’s a remix of “High On Rose” from the last record, this version featuring Mr. Corey “Rizzo” Rozzoni on lead guitar. It was his birthday yesterday, by the way, so raise your glasses!</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">While Rizzo’s sipping cocktails somewhere, Kenny & I are gonna be working on some more new tunes over the weekend, getting another demo or two in the can, and seeing if we can’t bring the final pieces of the puzzle together for album #8.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Now, I hate to end one of these transmissions on a somber note, but the band lost a friend recently. Our buddy, and diehard Rock N’ Roll road dog Sean Pruitt unexpectedly passed last month. Sean was one of a kind, a true fan, a guy who championed the bands he was into, going out of his way to spread the gospel wherever and whenever he had a platform to do so. A longtime over-the-road trucker, we were proud to spot our logo, along with a slew of other bands he flew the flag for, displayed on the cab of his rig when we pulled up to a fest in Illinois some years back, and that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg in terms of what he did to promote us on his travels.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">You’ll be missed, brother. RIP.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><br><span class="font_large">Remember, folks, be good to each other.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"> Peace,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">D.</span></p>
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