We’ve FINALLY started RECORDING!
After a year of song writing, “Bag Town” is ready to roll into the studio. We actually started laying down some tracks TODAY. We’ll be sharing more of this adventure with you all as it progresses, so please stay tuned!
The 13th Annual Art Laboe Show Live!
This Saturday, September 19th we'll be performing at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernadino CA along with Zapp, M.C. Baby Bash, The Manhattans and more. John says "I used to catch Art's radio show Sunday afternoons on KGFJ, the AM soul station down in Los Angeles. I was 11 years old! Who knew someday our paths would cross." Art is 90 now and still going strong. He's an inspiration to John (who just turned 60 this month!)
Read moreFrom our YouTube Channel...On The Road: Behind the Scenes Video from Valerie's iPhone
We had an amazing summer full of shows with both our full 8 piece band and the Super Freestyle Explosion Tour. We feel so lucky to get to travel and play with so many great acts and musicians. We wanted to share some of these experiences with you - so Valerie started making little movies on her iPhone. So far, we've got Philadelphia, Stockton CA, and Las Vegas in our "On The Road" playlist on YouTube. Hopefully, we'll get YOUR city in the mix someday soon!
Read moreFreestyle AND Full band Shows in August PLUS a new video series: Q&A w/Valerie & John
We'll be in Philadelphia, PA (8/1), Las Vegas, NV (8/7), and Stockton, CA (8/14) with our Freestyle Explosion pals, and in Portland for our last gig of the summer with our whole band at a benefit for the Special Olympics - The Bite of Oregon (8/8 at 7 PM) We've been trying to get to Las Vegas for years! So far, we've only been to the airport.
We've started a new video feature we call "Q&A with Valerie & John." We invited our Facebook friends to ask us ANYTHING.
Co-Hosting the 80s @8 Show on 106.7 The Eagle w/Jim E. Chonga
We had a great time co-hosting the 80s @8 on 106.7 The Eagle w/Jim E. Chonga (on the right.) It was fun to go in the way back machine AND talk to talk about the NOW of Nu Shooz. Great to meet Bubba too! (on the left)
For those of you who missed the show, check out the tasty conversational tidbits below!
Read moreIt Was 36 Years Ago TODAY
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Actually we have TWO dates to celebrate this month. TODAY, Sunday, June 21st is the 36th anniversary of the first Nu Shooz gig. You read that right. 36 years since that first show in 1979 at Colonel Sumners Park in Portland OR. Yup. We're a summer solstice baby! There were just four band members back then. (It would take another year before the Shoo-horns and I-Lets came on board.)
Also last week, we played Fresno, CA with the Freestyle Explosion Tour. Two years ago in Fresno was our first EVER performance on the tour that has taken us all over the U.S.. Nu Shooz has always had a soft spot for Fresno; friendly people, great crew. It was one of the best shows on the 1986 tour too.
NOW it's on to...
Read moreIt Takes A Universe
It's been interesting around here, a hundred projects going on at once. Carpenters are upstairs rebuilding the shower while downstairs we're working with our friend Mariecella on choreography for the horn section.
Somewhere on the other side of town the finishing touches are being applied to our "nu" website by a guy named Daniel Webb (really - you can't make this stuff up!) and Tim Simpson is building a synth-guitar system so we can trigger piano sounds from a six string.
We have a summer-ful of shows coming up and a million details to attend to; costumes, charts, drum heads, wires, vans....Whoever said it takes a village was only partly right.
It takes a universe.
Read moreCan you believe it's 2015?
That sounds like something out of Star Trek or Star Wars, or...Dancing with the Stars! Weren't we supposed to have flying cars by now?
It's only January, but 2015 is already shaping up to be a fun year. Once again, we'll be appearing with our 80's pals on the Super Freestyle Explosion Tour. Miami, Boston, San Jose, and Fresno are already confirmed.
Read moreHappy Holidays!
May your holidays be bright! Much love to all...
November Shows
If you’re in Oregon, you can catch the reunited Nu Shooz Band twice in November. We’ll be in Sheridan, OR at the Monroe Events Center on November 8th and at Jimmy Mak’s in Portland on Saturday, November 15, for TWO shows - one at 7:30 PM and one at 10:00 PM. The band features Nu Shooz alumni Gary Fountain on bass, Tracey Harris, Margaret Linn, and Haley Horsfall on vocals, Johnny Riley on drums, and the Shoo Horns Paul Mazzio and Tim Jensen performing songs from 'Poolside' through 'Kung Pao Kitchen.' Hope to see you there!