Rotary Downs 2012 NEWS

2012 NEWS

Happy 2012 folks - thanks for coming out to our shows so far, and it's time to announce our spring plans!

RECORDING
We've already done 3 days with our trusty producer/engineer Ivan Klisanin in Lafayette and are working on many new tunes

GIGS

FOBURG
Saturday, March 10th
DBA
w/ Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang - CD RELEASE
10pm

JAZZ FEST 2012
Saturday, April 28th
Le Bon Temps!
11p

Sunday, May 6th
N.O. Jazz and Heritage Festival
Acura Stage
11:15

Sunday, May 6th
Circle Bar
11pm

Rotary Downs songs available for Rock Band 3!

UPCOMING ROTARY DOWNS>>>>

Cracked Maps and Blue Reports available on iTUNES

Yes, today, you can type Rotary Downs into your iTunes Store browser and the link to our brand new album will come up....spread the word!

Cracked Maps and Blue Reports

Its out y'all...Friday, March 5th pick up your copy at One Eyed Jacks at our CD release party, or you'll have to wait till March 29th for the iTunes Release...you can also get it at:

LA Music Factory (french quarter)
a band member

Here's what they're saying:


FILTER Magazine "Cracked Maps & Blue Reports . . . perfectly New Orleanian: both high and low, in and out, joyous and mournful." - Filter Magazine, March 2010


OFFBEAT Magazine
GAMBIT Weekly
INDEPENDENT WEEKLY

"Cracked Maps & Blue Reports"

MARCH 5TH - ONE EYED JACKS - WE WILL RELEASE:

"Cracked Maps & Blue Reports"

the GIVERS open the show, and first 100 in the door get a free CD

MIKE G in the house

Mike lays trumpet on Indian Summer and Random Diggs

Tiff Smokes Kaht

Follow the Twitters

Follow Rotary Downs' mixing weekend in Lafayette -

@rotarydowns


and we have a YouTube Channel -

MIXING MIXING MIXING

Well, here it is..all hands on deck this weekend. we'll all be heading to lafayette to take over Ivan Klisanins' studio to GET THIS DONE. Spirits are high as we can see the end, and the light (enter favorite euphemism here) -- i hope we can have some finished treats for you...stay tuned.

Rotary Downs Last show of 2009

Friday, December 18th | 10pm door | 11pm show | BOGO drinks ‘til midnight | $5 cover | 18+
Republic, 828 S. Peters...


Well this is it. Rotary Downs' last show of 2009. It has been an amazing year, as they keep getting better. We started this year off w/ a gig in Cannes France. Then in Feb played the 7th annual Not So Super Super Hero Party, and followed that up in March with multiple gigs and showcases at SXSW in Austin. Come April we played our 3rd Jazz Fest in a row, and later that month ended up winning Gambit Weekly's "Best Rock Band" for the 2nd year in a row beating out some amazing other musicians.

2009 brought the recording process into a finer light, and a light that could shine hope on the end of the road for the new album. What had been a struggling 3 year process, now sees 2010 as a new year for a new record. We have tentatively set the national release date for February, and this just announced here - will play our CD Release Party for the album on March 5th at One Eyed Jacks in New Orleans. Stay tuned for more details

But for this last show on December 18th...join us for some fun, some classic RD tunes, and some surprise covers.

Don’t miss the highly anticipated ‘A Christmas Story’ Throwback featuring Rotary Downs, a cheesy Christmas sweater contest, professional pictures with Santa, and buy-one-get-one-free drinks until midnight! Rotary Downs and their special Christmas choir will perform originals and 80s/90s covers while dressed in cheesy Christmas sweaters, and the 80’s holiday classic ‘A Christmas Story’ will play on the big screen all night. Yule definitely want to wear some type of holiday attire. Everyone in a cheesy Christmas sweater will get a free drink ticket at the door, and the best sweater as judged by the audience will win a Throwback slap bracelet, sweatband, and $30 bar tab plus a Rotary Downs CD, DVD, and T-shirt! We’ll also have a professional photographer to take your picture with Santa, Mrs. Clause, and an elf in a winter wonderland! Plus, come early to get buy-one-get-one-free domestic beers and well drinks until midnight! Everyone can also get $2 “Eggnog” shots ($1 with a Throwback Slap Bracelet) at the bar by the door. As always, enjoy $2 High Life and $4 wells, solve a Rubik’s Cube for a free tab, and play the Throwback arcade with 40 retro games all night! Be one of the best-dressed, and we'll also take your Polaroid and put it on the Throwback Wall of Fame. You'll get a $20 bar tab for each Throwback that your picture stays up!
Friday, December 18th | 10pm door | 11pm show | BOGO drinks ‘til midnight | $5 cover | 18+

Rotary Downs @ Le Bon Temps - Friday!

Hello friends...we will be playing our favorite UPT sweet spot, and hope to hit yours in the doings on goings.

Rotary Downs - featuring the Coryky the Comeback Kid on Keys and Trumpet
Le Bon Temps - 4801 Magazine
11pm
FREE




Record Updates:
James and Tiff were in Lafayette this week, putting down vocals on Random Digs, and i can't tell you how amazing this song is going. If i did, my feet would be set in tar and shown the wolves.

ROTARY DOWNS AT VOODOO FEST 2009 - DBA!!!

Don't miss our 3rd Annual Voodoo Fest DBA Psychadelic Throwdown.

October 31st - Saturday - Halloween - DBA DONT MISS!!

pics from years past...






photos by Patrick Quirk

Rotary Downs and BRCM @ DBA Review

http://groovescapes.com/os/groovescapes-blog/Rotary-Downs-and-Big-Rock-Candy-Mountain-at-d.b.a..html

Thanks for coming out Groovescapes...glad ya like the evening.

Mixing it Up

Right about now, the two J's are at our boy Ivan Klisanin's home in Lafayette, mixing/tweaking/patching/poking songs for the next Rotary Downs record. If you dont' remember Ivan, he was the savior of "Chained to the Chariot", producing, recording, and doing final mixes on most of the tapes we had after we scurried West from Hurricane Katrina.

We are happy to be back there, allowing Ivan to see 'how far we've come'. baby.


SEE YOU ON TUESDAY

ROTARY DOWNS AT VOODOO FEST 2009

ROTARY DOWNS AT VOODOO FEST 2009
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST


ALSO

DBA - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST

TONIGHT, Rotary Downs at Le Bon Temps

Tonight, Saturday September 19th - Rotary Downs will do 2 sets at Le Bon Temps - and will also share the stage with Austin's own, Shotgun Party.

Dont miss it...it's FREE.

10pm

2nite. Rotary Downs w Big Rock Candy Mnt. ...@ DBA..10pm

DBA, Friday, August 21st

Rotary Downs will share the stage with up and coming local rock bad asses, Big Rock Candy Mountain - BRCM will hit at 10pm, RD will be on by 11:30

http://www.myspace.com/bigrockcandymountain

check these dudes out. Michael Girardot will be pulling double duty as keys/vocalist for BRCM and Key/trumpet for RD


We will also be visiting one of or favorite joints, Martins in Jackson, MS on Saturday, August 22nd..come hang

Putting the Pieces Together II

@ The Living Room, laying keys for Black Market C-Men

by Zack