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A NEW CD REVIEW: http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/music/story/824578.html

ALISON PIPITONE BAND
SPECIAL GUEST: LEATHER GARDEN
SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY: THE STRIPTEASERS
WNY BEST ARTISTS AT PRE-PARTY
PRE-PARTY AT 6:30PM
MUSIC STARTS AT 8PM

TICKETS: $20 (includes a copy of the APB new CD, "Me and Miss Grimes")
Tickets available at Tralf Box Office, Rust Belt Books (Allentown, Buffalo), at AP shows, at Buffalo Street Grill (Hamburg), or at TicketMaster.com

Saturday, August 8, 2009
The Tralf Music Hall
622 Main Street
Buffalo, NY
716-852-2860

Another great night at Roz's - Thank you to John Kloberdanz, Diane Meholick, Josh Smith, Jim Caputa, Chris & Mike (from Diva Show & Soul Barons), John Hornberger, the wonderful Rose Bond and dazzling John Allen ..... It was the Night of Many Johns....See you next week! Alison

HI EVERYONE, I want to remind you about the open mic that I'm hosting Wednesdays at Roz's Bar and Grill in Hamburg (5810 Camp Road) Last week was a great first week- thank you to Mudda Nature, Mike Skowronski, Witchdoctor, Brian Adams & 28 Perfect Strings, Navy Brian, Chris from the Diva Show, Led Foot Mel, and all the others who showed up! Please pass this email on to anyone you know in the Southtowns, any musicians who enjoy playing on their night off, and especially to those starting off in songwriting, poetry.... the audience at Roz's is very supportive and they like to hear new stuff. Open mic from 7pm - 10pm; sign up sheet available at 6:30 Until then, ALISON

OPEN MIC HOSTED BY ALISON PIPITONE - Roz's Bar & Grill - 5810 Camp Road - Hamburg - See "Schedule" for details - WEDNESDAYS THIS SUMMER!!!!

Hello! Within 2 weeks we will make an announcement about a very special CD release party. Limited number of tickets sold for exclusive party at private location (30 minutes from Buffalo) - a couple hints....campground, signed CD, catered dinner, adult beverages, performance from APB, bonfire, discounted hotel rooms available, shuttle from hotel to campground....! Tentative date Saturday, August 8...More details to follow - Alison & Band

We are DONE recording!!! Will took it home to mix....my brother Damon will add backing vocals out there in Cali.... I'm pretty sure it sounds outstanding. Many big and cool things in the works. Just thought you'd want to know - Some of my peeps and handlers are telling me I have to twitter. God help me, I don't want to. Who the hell cares what everyone does on any given day? Nothing personal, but I don't care what you had for lunch, and you likewise probably don't care what I had for lunch. For now,I'll be twitterless. Amen.

As you can see below - we are playing at the Hamburg All Stars Music Festival - the idea is to raise money for Hamburg School District Music Programs - each bar features a band either from or currently living in Hamburg. The Hamburg Palace features a band showcase for 7 high school / junior high bands. Jeff Miers and Mary Ramsey will be part of the feedback panel for this part of the event. Bands all day and evening; then the Palace is showing Zappa's "200 Motels" and "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at 10pm and midnight, respectively. Can you come??? $10

Also recently up for purchase - A song Alison co-wrote with Rob Lynch for his CD "Rob Lynch And Friends: Duets" - listen to a clip courtesy of CDBaby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/lynch3 - other Friends on this CD include Mike Morrissey, Joe Rozler, Chris Cannon and many many more...

Alison Pipitone made a guest appearance on Dave Ruch's new CD, "The Oldest was Born First: Traditional songs and tunes from New York State." The song "Wisconsin" (Dave & Alison) was nominated for the 2008 Imprint Award for Record of the Year. Here is a CD review: http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/daveruch.htm.... Dave's CD is available at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/daveruch.

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench - a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side... - Hunter S. Thompson

good morning and happy winter to you all. i am happy to say we are doing a new album in april. We are bringing Will Kennedy from Los Angeles here to do the engineering and mixing. i am super excited about it all. and in the meantime, we will be playing a few shows in the next few months - see schedule for details - but the next one up is Wellsville Creative Arts Center in - you guessed it! - Wellsville! Here is a picture out my back window right now- Shed-ville, USA - i am in a snow globe. have a great day peeps....AP

HELLO - COME TO NIETZSCHES AND HEAR US PLAY OLD AND NEW SONGS WITH OLD AND NEW FRIENDS!!! SEE YOU THERE -

On Saturday, October 11th, please come see the Alison Pipitone Band at Common Ground in Ithaca, New York. It is a fantastic town and a super cool venue. You can get tickets via their website at www.ithacacommonground.com...

You should make a weekend of it because Ithaca has plenty to do and see and hear and feel...

See you there, Alison

Same thing as last month, but check out the new times and day....TUESDAY evenings, 7pm - 9pm on the following dates: 6-3, 6-10, 6-17, 6-24, 7-1, 7-8. Please email me with questions or if you would like to participate. (Go to "contact" and i'll get your email). Exquisite Taste Cafe, Orchard Park, $80. Thanks!

Hey Buffalo songwriters.... I am doing a songwriting workshop on Saturdays in May.... limited to 10 people; there are 6 spots available as of today. So if you're interested, go to "contact" on this webpage -your email will come to me directly - drop me a line - and I will send you back all the information -Thanks, Alison (ps - all songwriters - experienced and never-done-it-yet - all are welcome!)

good golly miss molly! holly christiano and i are enjoying a dreamy vacation in san diego, california.... tennis and the beach and the most hospitable living arrangements courtesy of my mother, dr. shari delisle.... last night my brother damon drove down from los angeles, city of angels, and the three of us (holly, bro,and i) formed a short-lived band. we named ourselves the PT Losers, in honor of our rented sweet-ass pt convertible cruiser. holly on drums, damon on gtr and vocs, me on bass and gtr and some singing. had our one and only gig at the surf n' saddle open mic in solana beach. we wrote two songs for the occasion, "Holly To The Rescue" and "Surfin' With Holly," and did some of our songs previously written, newly arranged. a good time was had by all. ....happy spring, beautiful things!

i'm just thinking about people who i'm grateful for.....do you have those kind of people in your life???? regarding my music career, here is a first list: (in no particular order, and i'll probably add to it shortly):
debby claus
michael meldrum
alex luscher
dale anderson
harry scull jr.
the cash cows
cindy monaco
kerry gray
bob mussell
ray hangen
jim trageser
mike sak
dave st. onge
dwane hall
rob lynch
tamara miller
robbie konikoff
jason hall
ann windish
to be continued......

on friday, feb 29, listen to the alison pipitone band on 88.7 wbfo - alex kelly interviews the band for "avenues" - 8pm - for those of you not in the wny area, check out www.wbfo.org

hello, all...i hope you like the new updates we've put on the website -- enjoy, and don't forget to add your comments! it is february, the winter of my discontent....alas and alack. and a slap on yer back. tomorrow the navy is gonna shoot down that satellite thing -- apparently we told the world to "Clear The Pacific!" - why do I get the feeling that it is gonna land in buffalo? if there is still any liquid on board when it hits the turf, you know we would drink it. have a good afternoon, all yous.

hello, dears... happy new years- what's your resolution? mine is to write more blogs. and to go to prague. and to get another dog. and to not take drogs. with love from your buffalo connection, alison

new press: we are working on a "press" section on this site; sort of a record of articles and reviews over the years. in the meantime, here is an article that just came out in 1300 Elmwood, Buff State's alumni magazine. Enjoy!

www.buffalostate.edu/profiles.xml?proid=127

...it's almost memorial day, and it sure is beautiful here in buffalo, new york!! you may have noticed that our "upcoming shows" section has been a little, well, sparse....we've all been busy trying to answer to the man, make our way in this fast and careless world! patrick and his wife had a son, i just finished working on masters in english lit, gray and jim just got their vcr repair shop off the ground...nat and sheila were on a princess cruises boat; not on vacation, working as part of the dynamic trio "jack and two jills"....anyway, now we're all back together and ready for more action! at some upcoming shows you may notice that we have a different bass player (tyler) or a different backing vocalist (annie)....jim will be in europe for a lot of this summer, and sheila will be in europe - ireland, to be exact - for part of the summer too. thanks tyler and annie for joining us!! anyway, until next time, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars! alison

thanks to everyone who has written and said cool things about the new website. don't forget we're playing at nietzsche's on friday night, along with free henry and our dear ol' friend pamela ryder. as many of you know, pamela now lives in austin, tx. before that she was buffalo's own gloss-wearin', pistol-packin', club-hoppin', jaw-droppin' chanteuse. not even sure what chanteuse means, but i think it's like a singer. anyway, she'll be playing at nietzsche's with the world famous alison pipitone band. free henry has played with us once before and they are super cool, talented guys. showtime is 10pm - cover charge is $7. see you after the sabres game, lads and lassies.

Well, guys and gals, we are back online....thanks to www.nSytes.com and Sue for the great work. I will be posting a blog every week or so and let you all know what" s going on. Saturday night we played at the Buffalo Convention Center for the Patty Parete fundraiser. For those of you who don"t know, she is a Buffalo police officer who was shot in the line of the duty in December 2006. She is in a rehab center in New Jersey, and we are keeping her in our thoughts and prayers. The event was beyond amazing; so much good energy; great and good people; plenty of food and beer beer beer. The Alison Pipitone Band just finished up our 6 month Friday night Happy Hour stint at the Sportsmen"s Tavern; so many friends and honkey tonk times this year! Thanks for that! I"m gonna start working on our summer schedule, so keep your eyes peeled (or is that pealed?) Peeled eyes sounds very painful. Any suggestions of where you"d like us to play this summer let me know - or email our booking address. Apparently you"re gonna be able to answer these blogs. Here"s a question for you all: what is easier to live without: beer or cheese? And what kind in particular is your favorite of each or both? Later alligators. Your faithful rock and roll star, Alison Pipitone