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The Delta Jets Electronic Press Kit

 

March 2, 2007: This weekend I get to play in a few bands that I don't normally perform with. Tonight's gig in Madison at The Cafe Montmartre is a pretty big deal. Ivory Library was the first rock band that I got to experience live and their music has been a huge influence on me and my life as a musician. They haven't played out in recent years but have continued writing and recording amazing music. last year they put out a CD called "Dullhead" under the name Squarewave and tonight they are releasing their latest batch of recordings called "a faint glow". Galynne and I are thrilled to have been asked to join them on stage for this rare performance. We'll be filling in the missing pieces necessary to bring their songs to life. Its absolutely a dream come true.

Here is a link to more info on
Squarewave.

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Saturday night I'm playing w/ Joe Slyzelia & The Smooth Operators at EAA for an event called Hops & Props. I highly recommend ordering a copy of his new CD and his less recent record called "other side of the bridge". Here's a message from Sly Joe................

"Greetings Friends,

This Saturday, EAA is hosting the 'Hops & Props' event. More than 100 of the finest microbrews in the country will be offering samples and insight into the brewing process and history. There will also be hor d'oeuvres, two Green Bay Packers, and some of the finest live bands from the Fox Valley to make this an exceptional event.

And, as a fan of Sly Joe & the Smooth Operators you could win FREE TICKETS to this event.

We will be giving these FREE TICKETS ($45 value) to the first few people who follow this link
http://www.myspace.com/slyjoemusic
and purchase the new 'Your Lively Love' CD."

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Sunday night we are back at the Montmartre Cafe in Madison to host he Hootenanny (open jam) after the Winter Wine Dinner. Here's the scoop on that.........

"Sunday night at 6:30, Café Montmartre presents the first in a series of wine dinners. The Winter Wine Dinner is a six course meal featuring grassfed beef and Berkshire pork from Fountain Prairie farms, prepared by Chef Ron Walters and paired with a selection of fabulous wines from Frederick Wildman Wines. John and Dorothy of Fountain Prairie Farms will be on hand to discuss how they raise their animals; Ron will be present to talk about the various courses, and Rob from Frederick Wildman will also be there to speak on how the selected wines pair up with the food. There is still space available and we are taking reservations!"

Here's the Montmartre's phone # if you care to make a reservation 608-255-5900

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One last thing. "The Raindogs", a Tom Waits cover band that I played w/ last week, is in Stevens Point tonight playing at Clark Place. Before the gig they will be at the WWSP (90 FM) studio giving an interview and playing some tunes. Not sure about the exact time, but later this afternoon is what I was told. You can of course stream the broadcast via the internet.
WWSP 90 FM

Hope you have a safe and relaxing weekend.

~MarkOnDrums

February 15, 2007: Its been a busy week and I continue to be blessed with opportunities to make music with amazing people, some that I know quite well, some I've never met before and some that I used to know and am re-connecting with.

Last Friday's recording session with Galynne went extremely well. Partly cause we rehearsed the shit out of the tunes, but mostly cause the material is so great and that Justin Perkins is really,really good at what he does. Nate Kieser came up from Peoria to play guitar and take pictures. He's funny and plays guitar like no-body's business. Plus, since Galynne is his Mom he's heard the tunes before and really added a huge amount of goodness to every song. Hopefully we can finish it soon so you all can hear it. This kind of thing usually takes a while tho, so be patient.

Galynne and I have been rehearsing with a new band (well, an old band w/ a new name) called Squarewave. It's a dream come true to finally be making music with Jeff and Pat from "Ivory Library" and we are hoping to get it together for ONE show. Rumored to be happening very soon. They haven't been playing out in recent years but have been busy recording amazing music at Jeff's home studio. We are really excited to have been asked to fill out the missing pieces for their live show.

Tonight Galynne and band are playing at Clark Place in Stevens Point, opening the night for Little Marsh Overflow. We go on at 9:00 sharp and play an hour set. Tomorrow I'm playing in Oshkosh at Peabody's with the Tom Waits cover band called "Raindogs" and Sunday Galynne and I are starting a Hootenanny at Cafe Montmartre in Madison. This open jam will be every other Sunday for a month and then if all is going well we hope to host the Hootenanny every Sunday from 8 till Midnight.

One week from tonight The Delta Jets play at Cranky Pat's Pizza in Neenah.

February 6, 2007: The International Blues Challenge. Its billed as "The World's Largest Gathering of Blues Bands" and was last weekend in Memphis. The Delta Jets performed on Beale Street along with 160 something other bands and solo/duo bluesmen. I should say "bluespeople" as there were plenty of female artists. There was one club that hosted the younger artists and the "kids-band" that advanced to the finals ended up taking 2nd place. The drummer is a 9 year old girl and her brothers 14 and 12 play Guitar and bass. They're called Homemade Jamz Blues Band from Tupelo Mississippi. The Blues Challenge was indeed International, Stefania Calandra is from Cosenza Italy. She was amazing, Andrue ( Dale's son) saw her show and said she'd be in the finals and she was. Another duo in the finals was from France. There were also groups from Tawain, Finland, Australia and Canada.

The duo that won the semi-finals in the club Dale and I played went on to win the Solo/Duo Finals. We had the pleasure of warming up the room for them on Friday night at Mr. Handy's Blues Hall. They had a great act and really good energy. Nathan James & Ben Hernandez from San Diego are there names and we were very pleased that they won the final. We were blessed with good driving weather, met some great people and had a very good time overall. We played well and our shows were well received. I can't help but feel I'm in the right place. I'm looking forward to Dale retiring from the PO soon so we can take our show on the road more often. Also, Dale is going to be giving clinics and concerts in area schools on a regular basis. If you'd like to see him at your kids school let me know and we'll see about setting something up.

Upcoming performances:

~~The next Delta Jets show will be at Cranky Pat's in Neenah on Thursday 2/22.

~~Galynne has some great gigs coming up as well and we are doing a session with Justin Perkins this Friday. Nate Kieser on guitar, Jeff Burkel on piano and Jeff Knight on bass. Galynne has some songs that are way over due to be recorded. Next week we are doing a band show at Clark Place in Stevens Point on Thursday 2/15. We'll be opening for Little Marsh Overflow (nice name). We start at 9:00.

**Thursday March 1st will be the first of five concerts scheduled at The Historic West Theater inside Club Five-Six. Nick Utrie and CACP (center for collaboration of the arts) is producing shows there every Thursday in March. Sara Zacek and Galynne (Voices of Eve) will perform as part of Juxtaposed, a show that will feature a variety of local performers including Dan Weaver (classical guitar) Jet Set Radio featuring Jason Kruk and Steve Johnson (happy jazz) and short films by Eric Carter.

~~Saturday March 3rd I have the pleasure of performing with "Smooth Operators" featuring Joe Slyzelia at the Hops and Props event held in the hanger at EAA.

Hope you are staying warm.

MohDee

January 6, 2007: The first gig of 2007 is tonight at Basil's in Green Bay w/ Galynne Goodwill & The Good Time Charlies hosting a special Saturday night open jam. The Delta Jets will be on hand to perform a 30 min. set starting promtly at 9:30. Then its a set from Galynne & Co. followed by open jam. We'll have keys, drums, bass and a guitar amp on hand. All genres are welcome. TrippyPackerGuy is bartending and it is sure to be a fun night.

December 2006: Great news for The Delta Jets! Dale Anderson and I are excited to be competing in the 23rd International Blues Challenge this coming February in Memphis Tennessee. More info can be found at www.blues.org.

In other happenings I've migrated south to our Capital City with Galynne. We've already begun rehearsing with some fellow Madisonians and are very much looking forward to what next year brings. Galynne's been writing more great tunes and we hope to record some of them soon for your listening pleasure.

September 2006: Hello, thanx for visiting. My name is Mark Riggenbach and this is the short and sweet of where I'm at as of now,September 2006. I Iive in North Eastern Wisconsin and play in a band called The Delta Jets that features Dale Anderson on guitar. I also accompany singer/songwriter Galynne Goodwill on a regular basis. She and I served as the rhythm section for Rachael Brady and Nigel Kerr on their recent tour to North America and spent a good deal of time recording and touring with Reverend Eddie Danger & The Feel Good Tribe. I also did gigs with Joe Stevens (Slyzelia), Cory Chisel &The Wandering Sons, and recorded some drums tracks for Andy Theil. Check out my current dates below and links to more info with audio samples from the artists that I accompany. Please sign up on my email list and get off the computer. Then go hear some live music!

The Delta Jets

Galynne Goodwill

Reverend Eddie Danger

Rachael Brady