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Our
beloved bass player Sabu has been forced
to return to Japan to deal with issues regarding
his Visa. At this point his ability to return
to the country is unknown and we are reaching
out to you, our family and friends, to help
out in any way you possibly can.
We've
set up a "Save Sabu Legal Defense Fund"
and are asking for any donations you can
offer to help Sabu secure a really great
entertainment immigration lawyer. Anything
you all are able to offer is absolutely
invaluable. Also - if any of you out there
know anyone in the immigration department
or any other department or have any ideas
of how we can bring him back quickly please,
please let us know.
Also,
a huge, huge thank you goes out to the Muleskinner
for stepping in!
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Greetings
friends, family, and fans, this is Sabu.
What a successfully Meltdown we had this
year!! I want to thank all of the people
who participated in many different ways
(volunteers, musicians, sound/stage crews,
vendors, sponsors, audience etc,etc) We
could not make this festival happen without
any of the people. So, thank you again for
your hard work with a lot of sweat and dust!!
Also, let us not forget to thank the Darrington
Bluegrass Association who trusts us to use
their property. We are very fortunate to
be able to host Meltdown at this beautiful
site. 'There’s a mystery about this
place'!
It
was very noticeable that pretty much everything
went smooth all around. I was very glad
that we were more organized and as always
had great volunteers to help us this year.
When I saw a huge line of cars on the Thursday
before opening the gate, it was so exciting!!
I remember after working all day and coming
back to my tent to change my clothes for
the show, I could not find my tent for a
long time. I was like “Where is my
tent?” Because when I left my tent
in the morning, there were only several
tents in my section. But when I came back,
there must have been hundreds of more tents!!
I said, 'Holly shit, what the hell happened
here?” But this was a happy complaint!
The next day, more people and bands showed
up. I walked around that day, it was so
nice to see smiles on people's faces while
they were doing yoga in the morning, just
hanging around their tents with friends,
dancing with music and setting and swimming
in the beautiful river (I swam there so
many times, so refreshing and it's blessing
that we have the river). Just seeing people
smiling made me so happy and realized why
we work very hard every year for this festival.
It's very rewarding!
We did it again and we'll do it again the
next year! Next year’s tentative dates
are August 7th-10th, 2008. I hope we can
make it bigger and better. Thanks Flowmotion
fans who stayed out in the rain during our
set on the Saturday! You guys rock!
Thanks again and bless your hearts and beautiful
spirits,
Sabu
Hey,
this is Bob.
In other news, Flowmotion is getting out
of the Northwest again.
And we’re doing it in style riding
in a vintage 1983 Prevost (thanks Tenzen!)
It’s been a while, so if you have
any friends down the west coast, please
turn them on to one of our shows.
California Tour:
10/11 Portland, OR Goodfoot Pub
10/12 Hood River, OR River City Saloon
10/13 Ashland, OR Wellsprings
10/17 Sebastopol, CA All Ages Odd Fellows
Hall with Tina Malia
10/18 San Francisco, CA Boom Boom Room
10/19 Tahoe City, CA Sawtooth Café
with Garaj Mahal
10/20 Nevada City, CA Miner’s Foundry
with Albino
New Years Announced:
Also, Flowmotion is pleased to announce
New Year’s Eve’s show will be
at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard, Seattle.
We can’t think of a better place to
bring in the new year with friends and family
at our favorite local venue. This show sold
out last year and almost entirely through
pre-sold tickets. So, get your ticket early.
I-Tunes
-Digital Downloads:
Flowmotion’s re-released “Is
That Right” is now digitally available
on Itunes, Rhapsody, emusic, and Napster.
You can also download tracks from Is That
Right and some of last year’s Meltdown
through Snocap on www.myspace.com/flowmotionmusic
and www.flowmotion.net/audio.html $.99 a
pop. Pretty good deal for the live version
of Mountain Grove with Vince Herman sitting
in or the 15 minute Got’s Mine/I Believe
in Love with Blake Lewis.
And
lastly, we’re very excited to welcome
some members to the Flowmotion team to help
us conquer the world! Flowmotion is now
being booked through Phil Simon at Simon
Says Booking out of Orange, MA. Other artists
on Phil Simon’s roster include Fareed
Haque of Garaj Majal, Will Bernard, and
Albino. We’re also very pleased to
be working with a new manager Erin Bruce
of StokedSiren Management. Erin was part
of Gov’t Mule & Warren Hayne’s
management team. She was also part of Annie
Ohayon Media in New York that did PR for
artists including Phish, Moe., Billy Corgan,
Lou Reed and more.
That’s
it for now. Thanks fans for all the support!
Bob |
