Howdy Y’all –

This month we’ll as busy as ever, jumping around Minnesota and also heading back to the East coast! For more info on the dates below, click on the “shows” tab above!

Here’s where you can find us:
4/5/12 – Brainerd, MN @ Last Turn Saloon – 8:30 PM
4/6/12 – Grand Marais, MN @ Gun Flint Tavern – 8 PM
4/7/12 – Carlton, MN @ Trapper Pete’s – 8 PM
4/9/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ 331 – 10:30 PM after Roe Family Singers
4/10/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ 331 – 10:30 PM after Reina del Cid
4/11/12 – St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar – 10 PM
4/12/12 – St. Joseph, MN @ The Local Blend – 7:30 PM
4/13/12 – Brainerd, MN @ Moonshine Lounge – 8 PM
4/14/12 – Bemidji, MN @ Brigid’s Irish Cross – 8 PM
4/18/12 – Park Rapids, MN @ The Good Life Cafe – 5:30 PM
4/19/12 – Bemidji, MN @ The Blue Ox – 10 PM
4/20/12 – Duluth, MN @ The Rex – 10 PM
4/21/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar – 11 PM after Union Suits and Ruben
4/23/12 – Duluth, MN @ Sir Benedict’s Tavern – 8 PM
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4/24/12 – Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub –10:00 PM opening for Eric Lambert
4/25/12 – Glen Rock, PA @ The Glen Rock Mill Inn – 8:00 PM
4/26/12 – Croydon, PA @ The Dog and Bull Brewery – 8:00 PM
4/27/12 – Concord, NH @ The Barley House – 9:30 PM
4/28/12 – Montpelier, VT @ Charlie O’s – 10:00 PM
4/29/12 – Montpelier, VT @ The Skinny Pancake – 6:00 PM
4/30/12 – Burlington, VT @ Radio Bean – 7:00 PM
4/30/12 – Winooski, VT @ The Monkey House – 9:00 PM
5/1/12 – Putney, VT @ J.D. McCliment’s Pub – 9:00 PM
5/2/12 – Great Barrington, MA @ The Castle Street Cafe – 7:30 PM
5/3/12 – Portsmouth, NH @ The Press Room – 9:00 PM
5/4/12 – Somerville, MA @ Sally O’Brien’s – 9:30 PM
5/5/12 – New York, NY @ The Village Lantern – 10:00 PM
5/7/12 – New Hope, PA @ Triumph Brewing – 9:00 PM
5/8/12 – Conshohocken, PA @ Guppy’s Good Times – TBA
5/9/12 – New York, NY @ Tammany Hall – 1 AM – “Sickboys and Outlaws”
5/10/12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Thunderbird – 9:00 PM
5/11/12 – Chicago, IL @ The Hideout – 10:00 PM
5/12/12 – Milwaukee, WI @ Bremen Cafe – 9:00 PM

We’ll be working out new tracks as well as perfecting the favorites – a new album is in the works for 2012!

Love
SA

We’re doing a couple of great shows this weekend! Here are the details:

Date: Friday, April 20
Time: 11:00 PM
Venue: The Rex, Duluth
Tickets: $5 at the door
Details:
We’ll be playing after the Union Suits, an outlaw country “outfit” from Minneapolis. We played with them at RT Quinlan’s a few months ago and had a wild time. They had success at SXSW in Austin, now let’s give our new friends a north-country welcome.

Date: Saturday, April 21
Time: 9 PM
Venue: 400 Bar
Tickets: $5 in advance, $8 at the door
8:30pm – Crush on Kirsti!
9:30pm – Ruben
10:30pm – Saint Anyway
11:30pm – The Union Suits
Details: We’re playing the middle slot, after Ruben and before the Union Suits. If you plan on coming to the show, save yourself $3 and RSVP by e-mailing saintanyway@gmail.com. Tell us how many people you are bringing and we will put you on the almighty guest list. This guarantees you a $5 ticket at the door and bragging rights.

Love
SA

Update: our Lake Avenue Cafe show on Saturday, March 31st has changed times. It will now be a 10PM instead of 8PM. See you there!!

We’re back from the South and scattered across the globe again. Tony is sippin whiskey coffee in Ireland and Dane and Jamie are cross-country skiing/igloo-building in Minnesota. We’ve been up to a lot, touring non-stop in support of Here On The Ground (which has reached #1 on Billboard top 20 and has been certified steel. Scratch N Sniff editions coming soon featuring guitar-case-beer-stain and backseat-cushion scents.) Here I will attempt to recall the highlights and lowlights of our first ever Southern tour.

In a sentence: 17 shows in 18 days, snow in Texas and rainy voodoo in Louisiana, many fantastic shows overshadowing a dud or two, salmon in a can (never again, that stuff wreaks), the loss of one fuel pump and the heartbroken purchase of another, gumbo and pizza, excited eyes as we saw tumbleweeds for the first time, and one very relaxed day in New Orleans picking at orange trees and getting bit by a squirrel (literally!). Mix in there a lot of sleeping in a van and local drafts. It was good hard work, and we came out alive and hopefully even slightly better people. We’re excited to head back South in several months and do it all over again, ya’ll. We won’t have management or a record company backing us, at least not if we can help it. We’ll be the same folks with the same beat up van, unless she totally dies, with banjos and guitars and new songs and better hair. But before we do that, we’ll be all over Minnesota, the East Coast the rest of the Midwest this summer.

The show with Charlie Parr was revitalizing. Standing on the same stage as one of our favorite musicians was a gift. There will be video popping up here in a few weeks.

March Tour Dates:

03/09/12 – Minocqua, WI @ Minocqua Brewing Company – 8:30 PM
03/10/12 – Duluth, MN @ R.T. Quinlan’s – 11:30 PM (after Roe Family Singers)
03/14/12 – Carlton, MN @ Third Base Bar – 7:00 PM
03/15/12 – Brainerd, MN @ Last Turn Saloon – 8:30 PM
03/16/12 – Brainerd, MN @ Moonshine Lounge – 8:00 PM
03/17/12 – Maple Grove, MN @ Claddagh Irish Pub – 6:00 PM (St. P’s Day!)

Midwest Tour!

03/20/12 – Des Moines, IA @ Hull Avenue Tavern – 9:00 PM
03/21/12 – Lincoln, NE @ Duffy’s Tavern – 11:00 PM
03/22/12 – Omaha, NE @ Barley Street Tavern – 9:30 PM
03/23/12 – Columbia, MO @ The Bridge – 9:00 PM
03/24/12 – Jefferson City, MO @ The Spot – 9:30 PM
03/26/12 – St. Louis, MO @ Plush – 8:30 PM
03/27/12 – Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub – 10:00 PM (opening for Sexfist)
03/28/12 – Chicago, IL @ The Horseshoe – 10:00 PM
03/29/12 – Appleton, WI @ The Cold Shot Bar – 9:30 PM
03/30/12 – Eau Claire, WI @ The Mousetrap – 10:45 PM
03/31/12 – Duluth, MN @ Lake Avenue – 10:00 PM

Love,

SA

Ladies and Gentleman our time has come to do something we’ve been waiting for a long time to do, open for Minnesota/global legend Charlie Parr. If you don’t know who he is, we’re sorry for you, and you should check this video out:

Charlie Parr – Live on ABC Radio

We play at 9 PM, Charlie goes on around 10:15 PM. It’s the last night of his February weekly residency, so catch him while you can. We’ll have a small but talented film crew working on the show that night, it’s going to be packed and exciting, come share the joy with us! Throw your arms up and move your legs like a chicken, your soul will be filled for at least two hours, and on a Tuesday that doesn’t happen often.

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In other news, our Southern tour is wrapping up, and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed every night. Texas had snow (wtf?), Lousiana had soul, North Carolina had the Blue Ridge Parkway, and we’ve still got Kentucky, Illinois and Wisconsin before we get home. We’ll be coming back sometime next year!

Love,
SA

Now that we’re finally getting used to the coldness of winter, we’re packing up our gear and heading South. For the very first time we’ll be hitting Texas, Louisiana, and Kentucky, as well as a few states we’ve traveled through in the past (Missouri, Tennessee, North Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin). It’s going to be a nice change from the past couple months. We won’t have to worry about scavenging for shelter at night, knocking on doors and hassling new acquaintances for couches/floor space. We will be able to safely sleep in Emmylou without the fear of frostbite, and that, is good livin’.

Coronas and sunshine, here we come!

02/08/12 – La Crosse, WI @ The Root Note – 8 PM
02/09/12 – Columbia, MO @ The Bridge – 8 PM
02/10/12 – Dallas, TX @ 2826 Arnetic – 10 PM
02/11/12 – Austin, TX @ Gypsy Lounge – 10:30 PM
02/12/12 – Houston, TX @ Notsuoh – 9:30 PM
02/13/12 – New Orleans, LA @ Dragon’s Den – TBA
02/14/12 – New Orleans, LA @ Neutral Grounds – 9 PM
02/15/12 – New Orleans, LA @ Maison – 6 PM
02/16/12 – Knoxville, TN @ WDVX Radio 12 PM
02/16/12 – Asheville, NC @ The Westville Pub – 9:30 PM
02/17/12 – Durham, NC @ The Garage – 10 PM
02/18/12 – Hickory, NC @ The Hickory Taproom – 9:30 PM
02/19/12 – Weaverville, NC @ Jack of Hearts – 9 PM
02/20/12 – Knoxville, TN @ The Preservation Pub 11:45 PM
02/21/12 – Lexington, KT @ Cosmic Charlie’s – 10:30 PM
02/22/12 – Chicago, IL @ The Horseshoe – 10 PM
02/23/12 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Up and Under Pub – 9:30 PM
02/24/12 – Milwaukee, WI @ Bremen Cafe – 10 PM
02/25/12 – La Crosse, WI @ The Root Note – TBA
02/28/12 – St. Paul, MN @ The Turf Club – 9 PM opening for Charlie Parr (!)

We’re so excited we even Google Mapped the route:

Love,
SA

PS. Thanks to all those who made our show at the 400 Bar a great success! It was a blast to see so many Twin Cities friends. We’ll be seeing you very soon.