January 01, 2002

This just in from Max Miller, program director, UVR was just listed in a national music magazine as a band to watch. Right on. Modesto bands are still making lots of national noise.

Flying Blind is heading back into the studio with the producer who has done wonders with Cake and Chris Isaak. Hope there is some good stuff coming out.

Grandaddy is on the cover of the SF Chronicle Datebook section on Friday the 11th. Grandaddy's trippy and innovative cover of Revolution. It is right there along with Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper playing Strawberry Fields, Black Crows doing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Big time.

It is kind of funny. The Modesto Indie newsgroup has been bashing the living crud out of cover bands and giving them little value. All of this when the I Am Sam soundtrack is making a lot of noise and is 100% full of covers, including Modesto's Grandaddy. Covers can be very cool and very innovative and have lots of merit.

Waterneck will be at the Fat Cat club 930 11th St Modesto on thurs Jan 17th with Bottlefly we just finished a rough cut of three new songs and have been getting a great response to them..we will head back into the studio in April of 2002 and finish the rest of the CD.. Mark Weinberg who has helped Matt Nathenson as well as his group Crumb get noticed for their great sound is on board to help us prefect ours...Look for 2002 to be the year Waterneck is heard by all. Thanks to everyone who believed in us from the start.........

Grandaddy quoteth:
"Hello everybody. Grandaddy here. There's a new(s) update about current forward meanderings on our site. More stuff has occurred since, like us assembling a limited number of one of a kind books that are a compilation of old flyers and tour programmes, with specialized artwork in each one. Grab your blankets and click on the link below." Thanks, Jim.

http://www.grandaddylandscape.com/newspage.htm
Simplistic's new recording is finally finished. To download two new songs from it, go to http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/simplistic/audio.html

Musicians Needed
Guitarist and drummer looking for bass player, vocals a plus. We have several songs already "done" Influences run the gamut, but most of all we are looking for an intermediate player, someone to grow with us and have fun making music. We have 2 - 3 places to practice, and one
has AC/heat so summer and winter don't matter!!! Anyone interested?? 2nd guitar players will also be considered. Please respond to Awhar23@aol.com

New soundtrack
If you listen in the new movie I Am Sam, with Sean Penn, you will hear Modesto's own Grandaddy covering the Beatles' Revolution. There are lots of great Beatles covers on this soundtrack. This is very cool and you know it's gonna be….awlright.

New MAMA report
Stay tuned for a new and updated MAMA report that will be edited by local musician Steven Clifton of the Steve Clifton Band. If you have a music tips, news or info, send in your scoop to mailto:mama@modestoview.com Get the latest updates in the local music scene at http://www.modestoview.com/mama

The Streeter World Report:
Shelly Streeter here just getting back from 2 months of touring in Australia and New Zealand. It was a fast-paced time. We performed at many country music clubs, The Mildura Festival in Aust. ran for 10 straight days with upwards of 40,000 people coming thru those days. Then on to New Zealand for a Kiwi Fan Fair at the racetrack there in Auckland. Also did a festival in Taupo, New Zealand. Everywhere we went the people talked to us about our great nation and how our people were handling the tragedy. There was an overwhelming outpouring of love and support for us and our homeland. Whew, it was great.

Fe9d UPDATE - Friends & Family,
I'm very happy to be the first to tell you about our new demo that we should have out by Christmas. Its entitled "Moments" and we've already tracked 90% of the music for it and had a great time doing it; I think it'll really show when you hear it. We're very proud of this project, we know it'll be a huge step up from "Tragedy". Everything has gone very smooth in the recording process so far and it'll only get better in the mixing phase. We really feel this recording will capture more of our style & sound than ever before and should play a big role in helping us attract more listeners & supporters to our music. It'll be GRAND!

All Ages Place?
Could it be there is an all ages music place called Uncle Joe's If so, it would be very cool.