Dessa at the Cedar

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The Walker Art Center was kind enough to ask me to play at one of their events–I intend on pouring my PBR into a champagne flute for the occasion.  I’ll be performing on Wednesday at the Cedar Cultural Center with a new little quartet, pictured below.

ON SALE NOW

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Tickets for the Doomtree Blowout V are now on sale. Hit up First-Avenue.com to get yours.

Doomtree Blowout V

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Saturday December 5, 2009 First Avenue Mainroom $15 / 18+ Tickets go on sale September 18th. Trust there’s more in store…

10K FOR 10K

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My friends are building a safe house in Honduras for victims of human trafficking.  Please check out www.10kfor10k.com for more information on how you can help.  Good people, good cause.  Help spread the word.

Dream Team

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I started tracking vocals for my first ever solo record yesterday.  It’s gonna be a little different (light on the lava bangers this time around) but I’m really excited.  Dessa and Stef were kind enough to come down and lend their ears and support.  And that’s Joe Mabbott (engineer extraordinaire) making sure everything sounds awesome.  Keep you posted homies.

Checking In and Checking Out.

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Hello fair friends.  My, what a whirlwind these past few months have been. A whirlwind of modest successes and minor frustrations, of vehicular travel, of music and of friendship all the attendant thrills and heartbreaks.  Doomtree went on tour. As Doomtree is wont to do, we went left: hit the West Coast top to bottom. We were largely impressed by … Read More

Legend Status

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My 93 year old grandpa, “Guts” Mader, at the presidential inauguration.  The man has spent his entire life immersed in Chicago politics.  They gave him a front row seat.  The true definition of the phrase Legend Recognize Legend.