tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336186652008-04-17T19:49:15.166-05:00Jimnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-29565028600470684422008-04-06T14:42:00.010-05:002008-04-06T15:11:57.538-05:00

If you missed the Billy Grant Tribute at Bourbon Street you missed a great event! With several bands performing throughout the day and the enormous amounts of food, it was a wonderful time. The K. Michaels Band hit the stage at 4:00pm and was greeted by the crowd with much appreciation. The incredible amount of people who supported this event was mind blowing! A reported 6,000 people attended

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-88021037060994075662008-03-14T17:44:00.011-05:002008-03-14T21:16:35.721-05:00

Sunday, March 30th The K. Michaels Band (Jim's Band) will be sharing the bill with several other well know bands to honor Chicago Firefighter Billy Grant. On March 23, 2007 Billy Grant a decorated, second-generation Chicago Firefighter lost his life in the line of duty. Billy left behind his young wife, Sharon (nee Nair) and their children ages 3, 5, and 7. His death was a tremendous loss to

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-37429447993943357822008-03-01T20:32:00.011-06:002008-03-01T21:12:47.699-06:00

As we all wait for Spring to arrive here is a little something about what we've been up to. My wife Lisa and I have finally got around to taking a little vacation time. We decided to visit Vegas for a long weekend. Although it was not our kind of thing because we don't gamble, we still had one big reason why we wanted to go. This reason was to catch the The Beatles Cirque Du Soleil show at the

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-28639244574662346252008-01-03T11:04:00.002-06:002008-04-17T19:49:15.261-05:00

Happy New Year! I just want to give you all a run down of the past month. December 7th we made our trek to Neenah, WI to perform for the Theda Care Holiday Party, and although I was feeling pretty bad with a cold we still had a great time seeing many of our friends. Upon returning from Wisconsin that weekend my cold went from bad to worst. I was laid up for the next couple of weeks. Luckily I

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-33058931097053736912007-10-29T11:11:00.000-05:002007-10-29T11:46:08.088-05:00

A few months ago we submitted our 2nd release "Mother's Sunshine" to the Illinois Entertainer for review. The review is in and here is what they had to say...... "Breakin’ Strings are a sweet and melodic acoustic duo who specialize in vocal harmony. Their sound recalls Lowen & Navarro with the

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-69703135345761334462007-07-11T20:04:00.000-05:002007-07-12T13:23:25.082-05:00

We now have our new release "Mother's Sunshine" available online through CD Baby.com. CD Baby is a online record store that sells CD's by independent musicians. We hope by offering our CD via online we can reach a broader audience. You can also browse CD Baby's online store for other independent artist. Look for the CD Baby link in the sidebar to order "Mother's Sunshine". There is also a

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-27841605853035130992007-05-08T12:29:00.000-05:002007-05-08T12:46:47.384-05:00

It's been a few years since our last public appearance in the Fox Valley area, although we have been there on a few private occasions we are looking forward to seeing all of our friends who have been patiently waiting for our return. We will be coming to Appleton's The Speakeasy Bar on Tuesday, July 3rd. This will be a great opportunity for many of you have requested to purchase our new CD to

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-11170321525265839742007-02-01T16:14:00.000-06:002007-02-01T16:42:04.352-06:00

Well it took me awhile, but I finally uploaded the 30 second song clips from our latest release Mother's Sunshine. Visit our CD/MP3 page and click on the song titles to start the stream. If you would like to purchase a CD please send us an email requesting purchasing info by clicking the "contact us" link at the bottom of the CD/MP3 page.

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The first of two party's. This past weekend on Saturday, January 20th we had a chance to really say thank you to our musician friends who had given their time and talent to our newly released album by inviting them to a special thank you dinner. The dinner was hosted at Jim's house and the delicious meal was catered by Maria, Jose's wife. Following dinner everyone finally received their copies

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Happy New Year! We hope you all had a fun and safe new year. We would like to thank Scott and Diane Breslar of Chapin's Restaurant in Morris, IL for having us return to help ring in the new year. We had a great time and hope to return in 2007. On another note we also discovered hidden talent at Chapin's with a wonderful vocalist who wowed the crowd with a couple of songs. Thanks Kim for sharing

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1165805071289667812006-12-10T20:20:00.000-06:002006-12-10T20:53:37.810-06:00

While gigging in Wisconsin this past weekend we stopped in and visited with fellow musician and friend Greg Kautz who we suprised with the presentation of our finished CD. Greg an accomplished dobro and banjo player lent his dobro talents on "Where My Heart Lies". It was Greg's dobro that really brought this song to life. Thank you Greg for the wonderful contribution to our album. We had a

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We've just confirmed a new show added for New Year's Eve. We will once again be at Chapin's Restaurant in Morris IL. Please come out and join us in ringing in the new year. We will have plenty of CD's available at this show. We will post more details as they become available please visit our schedule page for more info. Thank you Scott and Dianne Breslar for having us back, we are looking forward

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1165289718945897162006-12-04T21:20:00.000-06:002006-12-04T21:36:37.993-06:00

The long awaited 2nd release titled "Mother's Sunshine " is finally here! The new CD will be available at all upcoming shows. Ordering information will be forthcoming. We want to say thanks to the ThedaCare Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin for having us once again perform at their annual holiday party. We had such a wonderful time we even forgot about the Illinois blizzard and the 12 inches of snow

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1163353072150037562006-11-12T11:23:00.000-06:002006-11-12T11:42:34.496-06:00

Things are moving again quite slowly concerning our manufacturing company handling our CD. We have approved the final proof of our artwork and since have received our Reference CD which is a proof of how the exact CD will sound. After listening to the first reference CD we made a couple of changes concerning spacing between songs and adding a fade out to one of the tracks. Upon receiving the

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1162524259816568732006-11-02T21:15:00.000-06:002006-11-02T21:24:19.833-06:00

Our upcoming CD is now in the final stages. We have handed it off to Disc Makers the manufacturing company that will be doing the final printing proofs, mastering and replication of the CD's. We are hoping to have the finished product by the end of the month. Keep your fingers crossed! We will keep you posted on it's progress.

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1160494952580569402006-10-10T10:11:00.000-05:002006-10-10T10:48:43.653-05:00

Saturday, October 7th we had the pleasure of being the opening band at this years North Riverside's Block Party with headlining band The Sylvie's. We got a chance to finally debut a few new songs from our upcoming CD. Which is still with our graphic designer who will be working on the overall theme of the cover design. Sorry we couldn't get the word out about this gig, it was very last

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1159285949732474432006-09-26T10:36:00.000-05:002006-10-06T10:28:27.016-05:00

Well we knew moving out to the burbs we would see a little bit of nature, rabbits, chipmunks, hawks and deer. But my kids and I were blown away at what we saw and captured on camera. This 5 inch long praying mantis that had leaped on a grasshopper, tore it's hind leg off and held it in a death grip while it began to devour it. I hope your not having lunch.

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I'm in the process of giving our website a new look. I just got tired of the way things navigated within the old site. Sorry for the inconvenience during the construction. We should have all the links up and running shortly.

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1158247210168748572006-09-14T10:19:00.000-05:002006-09-14T10:20:10.180-05:00

Well the artwork for our upcoming CD has now been handed off to graphic designer Anthony Vitagliano, who by the way is not only a very good friend but also lent his talents playing drums on a couple of tracks "Mother's Sunshine" and "Until I'm Over You". We thank Anthony for making time in his busy schedule to once again help us with completing this project. Anthony was recently nominated for an

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1157409232193674902006-09-04T17:13:00.000-05:002006-10-06T10:33:15.276-05:00

This morning our famly was saddened to learn of the death of the most passionate conservationist this planet has ever known and come to love. We are big fans of the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, from the first time Jose and I ever saw him during one of our first trips to Wisconsin. After the gigs at Fratello's in Oshkosh our routine would be get a coffee and muffin at Kwik Trip and hurry back to

Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33618665.post-1156983345335927922006-08-30T19:07:00.000-05:002006-10-06T10:32:26.476-05:00

Hey Everyone, I know it's been a long time since we've posted some news. We hope by integrating this blog into our website we can stay better in touch. We've gone thru some changes this year, Jim and his family finally making the big move out of the city and now just getting settled. We are still trying to sort out the final details on the new CD. We have shot a few promo pictures that will

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