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Blackwater, Beyonce, and Back to Tejas

By admin ⋅ August 31, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Before we get to all of the Blackwater Music Fest photo goodness, just a couple of little updates on the news front.
KERRVILLE WINE & MUSIC FESTIVAL
Snarky Puppy will be headlining the fest this Sunday night, September 5, at 10pm. La banda will be:
Robert “Sput” Searight – drums
Shaun Martin – keys
Chris McQueen – guitar
Mark Lettieri – [...]

Snarky Puppy @ Blackwater Music Fest

By admin ⋅ August 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Pup returneth this weekend with its first major Florida festival- Blackwater Music Fest. We’ll be playing two sets, one as Snarky Puppy and one as the backing band for our guitar-slinging buddy Matt Grondin.
Matt is a Jacksonville-bred, New Orleans-based guitarist who stumbled upon Snarky Puppy at our favorite NOLA hang, the Blue Nile. He [...]

Victory Blog

By admin ⋅ July 28, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Woo. Sorry for the long time, no writey.
The big obvious news is that Snarky Puppy has been awarded “Best Jazz Act” in the 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards, making it three years in a row. Like daaaaaaaaaa Bulls. Remember? The 90’s? Maybe not.
Anywho, no one was in town to accept the award, so our buddy [...]

Getting some DOMA love

By admin ⋅ June 19, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

What is a DOMA, you arrrrsk?
That silly little acronym stands for Dallas Observer Music Award. Snarky Puppy has been nominated again this year under “Best Jazz Act,” which I always get a kick out of. I guess they didn’t have enough crop for a “Best Crazy Singer-less Combination of Too Many Genres To Even Be [...]

Bum Rush

By admin ⋅ May 24, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Remember how I said in the last post that nothing was happening in the world of Snarky Puppy at the moment? Well, I was right when I wrote that. Since then, stuff has gotten crazy. I’m’a hafta get numerical up on it.
1) We’ve been officially invited to perform at the following 2010 music festivals. And [...]

this is how we do it

By admin ⋅ April 26, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Well, I figure that now would be a good time to give everyone an idea of what we do while we aren’t galavanting about North America wreaking havoc on regional cuisine and public restrooms.
Sput (drums) is back in Dallas, reveling in the giant success (#4 on Billboard! see this post) of Myron Butler & Levi’s [...]

Snarky Churchey

By admin ⋅ April 22, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

I just got off the phone with my beloved big brother Sput, and he let me know that Myron Butler & Levi’s brand new album, “Revealed – Live in Dallas,” has reached number 4 on the Billboard Gospel charts.
For those of you non-gospel types (HEATHENS!!! just kidding), Myron Butler is a ridiculously awesome singer, songwriter, [...]

official(?) spring 2010 tour dates

By admin ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Saying “official” with regard to this band, in any capacity, feels inappropriate. But here goes anyway. With the release of our fourth album/second DVD, tour-time is upon us. Herein lie the details of where we’re stopping.
SPRING 2010 TOUR DATES!
Thursday, 3.11 – Denton, TX / NX35 Festival (headliner) @ The Boiler Room / SP at midnight [...]

tell yo muthafunkin’ friends

By admin ⋅ February 22, 2010 ⋅ One comment

That’s right. The DVD and CD are done. Done! Whoooooo!
It’s been an absolutely insane two weeks finishing mixes, masters, and video edits, but the full package is going out in the mail TODAY to be replicated in nice, shiny little jewel cases. Don’t know anything about it? Then I’m fi’nda edumacate you below.
THE PHILLY DILLY [...]

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