April showered us with incredible fortune and May is flowering into an a-May-zing month!
Our secret sideshow – the Jump Swing Rockabilly thang, MAUREEN & THE MERCURY 5 is truly taking off! We’ve recorded some tunes and have several gigs coming up!
Click here for our Facebook & Reverbnation links: http://www.reverbnation.com/maureenandthemercury5

BBQ CLASSIC ON THE QUEEN MARY

Whose barbecue style reigns supreme? The Queen Mary presents the first-ever West Coast BBQ Classic – Enjoy a full day of finger lickin’ good competition with Pitmasters from around the country battling for the title of Ultimate Pitmaster. Then, dance off that great food with THE FLUTTERBIES and MAUREEN & THE MERCURY 5! Click here for more info: http://westcoastbbqclassic.com/
Here are the details:
SATURDAY MAY 12, 2012 – BBQ CLASSIC AT THE QUEEN MARY
1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, CA 90802
4:30pm The Flutterbies
6:00pm Maureen & the Mercury 5 w/special performances by Swing Dance Sensations – The Hollywood Hotshots!
Between Sets – DJ Little Steven’s Underground Garage! Please come early for 11:30am-Them Novus and 1:30 pm Shoemaker Brothers
Gates open at 11 a.m. General admission to the West Coast Classic is $10 and includes one tasting ticket. Purchase one additional taste for $2; six tastes for $10; or 13 for $20. Children 12 and under are free; admission to the kids’ zone is $5. Parking is $12.

LET’S MOVE TOGETHER AT THE LOS ANGELES ARTHRITIS WALK!

Sing and dance with us for a cure at the Los Angeles Arthritis Walk, Saturday, May 19th, 7:30am to 11:30am on the Santa Monica Pier, Lot 1 North. We know it’s early morning on a Saturday – but come enjoy the beautiful beach weather and meet The Eagles’ Glenn Frey, as he gets an award from Flutterby Maureen and the Arthritis Foundation for his tireless efforts to find a cure (Maureen will sing “Desparado”). We are donating our talents as part of Let’s Move Together, a nationwide movement that encourages people to move to prevent or treat arthritis, the nation’s most common cause of disability. Sign up to walk at 7AM. More info here: http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1001905
Here are the details:
SATURDAY MAY 19, 2012 – ARTHRITIS WALK LOS ANGELES
7:30AM THE FLUTTERBIES – and Glenn Frey presentation
9:00AM – 11AM — Maureen & the Mercury 5 w/the Hollywood Hotshots
COURSE: 3-mile with a 1-mile course option; Pets welcome. Parking is $8 per car

OUR NEW FRIENDS

Ryan Schiff, of Americana band Lou Pine and our cool music director pal from West L.A. School of Rock will sub for Adam Daniel, May 19th. We’re thrilled to add his harmonies to THE FLUTTERBIES family. Also, Peter Kavanaugh, of (all star player of Phat Cat Swinger, among other notables) will sub for Eitaro Sako in MAUREEN & THE MERCURY 5 May 12 & May 19th. THE HOLLYWOOD HOTSHOTS are joining us for both gigs this month too! These dancers have been featured on Super Bowl 2012’s Budweiser Eternal Optimism Commercial, Gloria Estefan’s music video “Hotel Nacional”, Foster The People’s “Houdini” video and even JibJab E-Cards. HOTSHOTS Founder Minn Vo is one of LA’s favorite Swing Dance competitors and was inducted into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame in 2004. Additional accomplishments include the Los Angeles Finals for the FOX reality series “So You Think You Can Dance” (Season 1), The 55th Annual Emmy Awards, The Apollo Theater in Harlem, NY, and sponsorship from Aris Allen Dance Shoes, Adidas, Vitamin Water and RedBull.
Hope to see you out and about…

xo
Maureen and The Flutterbies
Maureen & The Mercury 5

© 2011 The Flutterbies

Official website: www.theflutterbies.com
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WE’D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY….

We can now say we have 2 full songs in an Oscar-Winning film! THE DESCENDANTS boasts the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay — add that to Golden Globe, Critic’s Choice, Indie Spirit and numerous film festival awards and you’ve got quite a sparkly display. We’re thrilled to have been included in this wonderfully-acted, picturesque and poignant film. Listen for “Faith In Rain” and “Hummingbird Heart”. The film is still in theatres now or buy the DVD. Here’s the link: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thedescendants/

FAST & FURIOUS FLUTTERBIES….

Check out this new film BORN TO RACE, described as FAST & FURIOUS meets AMERICAN GRAFITTI. It stars Joseph Cross, John Pyper-Ferguson, Grant Show and Matt McCoy, among other notable actors. “Louder Louder” and “Faith in Rain” are featured! More at this link: http://www.borntoracemovie.com/Site/Home.html” title=”BORN TO RACE”>

GIGS!

Come hear FLUTTERBIES Adam & Maureen, unplugged at THE MINT on March 28th! We’ll be Songwriters in the Round style with Vicki Peterson and Nick Shattell (Not An Airplane). Maureen will reveal some new FB tunes and Adam will share some from his solo endeavor. Nick Shattell’s band got 4 out of 5 stars by Rolling Stone Magazine and he’s driving down from Sacremento. You’ll know Vicki when you see her and remember why you love her. Here are the details:

THE FLUTTERBIES FEAT. MAUREEN DAVIS & ADAM DANIEL
NICK SHATTELL (NOT AN AIRPLANE)
VICKI PETERSON
Songwriters In The Round
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28TH
9:30PM TO 11:PM – NO INTERMISSION
at
THE MINT
6010 W. Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA
Tickets @ the door OR
http://www.themintla.com”
ALL AGES – FULL BAR – FULL MENU
Looking forward to sharing more exciting news in April!

xo
Maureen and The Flutterbies

Happy Holidaze from The Flutterbies!

First Kiss of December

Recently we were asked to rewrite our single "First Rain of October" for a Christmas movie. Always up for a challenge, we obliged. The new track is our gift to you: a free mp3 of "First Kiss of December." We hope you enjoy it!

Click HERE for your free download, available until New Year’s Day 2012.

Music Connection Mini-Feature

The latest issue of Music Connection includes a mini-feature about The Flutterbies songs in the new George Clooney film "The Descendants." Click HERE to check out the magazine’s online edition—we’re on page 35. Thank you to Mark Nardone and Tom Kidd for their ongoing support!

Big in Berlin

Maureen was just interviewed for a German music blog called Sound-Unity. Click HERE to listen to her hilarious bilingual conversation with new Flutterbies friends Stefan and Piano.

Maureen and Molly In Concert

Remember those beautiful harmonies on our EP? They were provided by Molly Pasutti (South Park, Kenny Loggins). Flutterby Maureen joins Molly December 10th for "Strings at the Chapel," an evening of holiday music, poetry, and stories performed among hundreds of glimmering candles. Maureen and Molly will be accompanied on guitar by Emmy-winning composer Jamie Dunlap and on viola and bass by Novi Novog and Larry Tuttle (String Town, Freeway Philharmonic).

Strings at the Chapel
December 10, 2011
Two performances: 5pm and 7pm
Santa Rosa Chapel, 2353 Main Street in Cambria
$15 donation

For tickets, call 805-927-1175 or drop by Lily’s Coffee House and Chamber of Commerce.

A very safe and happy holiday to all!

xo
Maureen and The Flutterbies

Fans and friends, we’re thrilled to share some truly big news with you: The Flutterbies tracks "Hummingbird Heart" and "Faith in Rain" are featured in the new George Clooney film The Descendants, opening November 18! The Fox Searchlight film is directed by Alexander Payne, the genius behind Sideways, About Schmidt, and Election. The film is already generating Oscar buzz, and Clooney recently won Best Actor at the Hollywood Film Awards for his starring role.

We’d like to sincerely thank Music Supervisor Dondi Bastone for the placement.

Click here to find out more about The Descendents: www.foxsearchlight.com/thedescendants

We’ll see you at the movies!

Maureen’s Birthday Bash

Our placement in The Descendants comes right around Flutterby Maureen’s birthday, so we’re celebrating both with a FREE showcase at Molly Malones in Los Angeles! Here are details:

THE FLUTTERBIES FREE SHOWCASE
9:00 PM Wednesday November 16
Molly Malones
575 South Fairfax Ave. in Hollywood
21 and over

The showcase is co-produced with our film placement agency Winogradsky/Sobel, and also features Win/So artists Kelsey Lindstrom and The Reveal. The Flutterbies lineup will be: Maureen Davis/lead vocals, Adam Daniel/guitar and harmony vocals, Steve Whalen/bass, Albe Bonacci/drums, and our friend Lee Curreri/keyboards (best known as Bruno from the classic TV show Fame).

Hop for Hope

Catch our dancing doll Maureen November 12 at the Lindy Hop for Hope (City of Hope) Dance-a-thon, dancing 24 hours for cancer research. To participate or donate, click here for more info: http://www.danceathon.org/

This letter is dedicated to Maureen’s father, Sid, who left our world November 6, 2001. He’s the one who taught her how to string those pretty words together… He was a pretty amazing dancer, too. We’re pretty sure he’s looking down from the clouds and smiling.

Best to all for November!

xo
Maureen and The Flutterbies

Hey, Flutterbies fans… Let us warm you up as the weather cools—with a sexy, swampy "Slow Ride" and some screen time to snuggle up to.

Slow Ride

Our new single is out now! It’s a cover of Foghat’s classic rock anthem "Slow Ride," with seductive slide guitars and smoky vocals. Sounds like the love child of Pussycat Dolls and Ry Cooder. Click the cover art below for streaming audio and links to purchase:

Screen Time

What do pills, porn, clowns, and card tricks have in common? The silly and subversive Cartoon Network/Adult Swim TV show Children’s Hospital, which featured our sweet love ballad "Come Alive" in the August episode, "Night Shift."

Click HERE for The Flutterbies on Children’s Hospital.

Next, check out the wacky webcast of Acme Saturday Night hosted by Don Stark from That 70′s Show. The cast kept us laughing so hard backstage we almost missed our cue to play!

Click HERE for The Flutterbies on Acme Saturday Night.

*Thank you to Elliot Hochberg/booking, Charles Riley/PR, Dan Kane/Executive Producer, Leif Gantvoort/Director, Joseph Limbaugh/Head Writer, and the entire cast and crew.

Upcoming Gigs

Maureen has a new side project! It’s a jump swing and rockabilly band called MAUREEN & THE MERCURY 5.

The band rocks Elvis, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, and Stray Cats covers and features Maureen on lead vocals, Flutterby Adam Daniel/harmony vocals, Phil Cantor/guitar, Charlie Peterson/pedal steel, Vince Tividad/upright bass, and Albe Bonacci/drums.

Here’s gig info:

MAUREEN & THE MERCURY 5
Tuesday, October 18 at 9:00 PM (We’re doing three sets, playing ’til midnight!)
Joe’s American Bar & Grill
4311 W. Magnolia in Burbank
21+ — NO COVER — 2 drink minimum
Full Menu Available
Dance – Drink – Dine

*Special thanks to Dave Bertize from L’il Mo & The Dynaflos and Crown City Bombers for inspiring this project!

Artie

Finally, we mourn the passing of Artie Colatrella, poet and dear friend, who broke on through to the other side in September. Maureen has been dancing 101 straight days in his honor. To donate to the Artie Colatrella Fund—to publish Artie’s fifth and final book of poetry and produce the video for his song "Arlington," co-written from his hospital bed with Lisa Nemzo, Please click HERE.

RIP, Artie. We love you.

xo
Maureen and The Flutterbies

Hey Flutterbies fans, welcome to our May newsletter!

Better Than a Tour, It’s a Webcast

First and foremost, thank you to all of you who’ve download our new single, "First Rain of October." We hope you’re enjoying the song!

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to cancel the East Coast tour we’d booked to promote the single. We’re sad to miss our encore show at Cooldog Concerts in Delaware, and our performance in New York’s Central Park (though we hear from "Shakespeare’s Birthday" producer Melinda Hall that the event we’d have been part of was smashing).

And now, the good news: Instead of touring, we’re webcasting! We’ve booked a hometown show at one of our favorite venues, and our set will be webcast live. Here are full details:

Tuesday May 10 at 9:00 PM
Genghis Cohen
740 North Fairfax Ave. in Hollywood, CA
$8 cover
All ages

We’ll be doing an acoustic set, with special guest Marty Rifkin (Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban) sitting in on pedal steel. We love playing with Marty, and we’re thrilled to be webcasting this gig so you can be blown away by him too…

WATCH US ONLINE AT: www.amaralproductions.com
*The show will be webcast in real time, and also archived for streaming at your leisure.

Hope to see you there, or be seen by you online!

Cody

Last month, Maureen and Jef Scott (The Ghostwriters, Tori Amos, Jim Carroll) backed up her voice/songwriting student Cody La Scala at the Elizabeth Taylor Foundation AIDS Benefit at Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills, CA. Cody, 24 years old and confined to a wheelchair with cerebral palsy, was incredibly inspirational performing his original tune "I Miss You." He received a standing ovation, and phone numbers from several models.

Cody’s mother Lynette La Scala runs the NAPA Center for individuals with neurological conditions. Please check out their website here.

Phlutterbies Pheature

Maureen was recently interviewed for a hot music blog called The Peverett Phile. In the interview, she reveals a shocking photo, her Broadway background, how Bonnie Raitt and Karen Black inspired her and her secret to singing. Click here to read and enjoy! And feel free to leave a comment at the blog…

Part 2, Preview

Finally, our next single will be out in a couple weeks. You’ll never believe which classic heavy metal song we’ve broken in, Flutterbies-style! Stay tuned.

xo
Maureen and The Flutterbies

DANCING DOLLS FOR THE TROOPS

Hope to see you Tuesday, November 23rd at our benefit concert, bake sale and birthday party for Dancing Doll Mary Pittman! Join Maureen, Adam, Christopher, Steve and Bart for a set of rockin’ originals and a few of your favorites.

The Flutterbies full-band electric!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 9:00pm to 10:30pm
@ Joe’s Great American Bar & Grill
4311 Magnolia in Burbank, CA
Rachel & The Resonators 10:30 to Midnight

BAKE SALE & DONATIONS TO The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines – Dark Horse

You may want to pre-order the godiva brownies or the red velvet cupcakes – we ran out last time!! All funds will pay postage for sending goods to Birthday Girl Mary’s pals, The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines – Dark Horse. The Patriot Guard Riders will also make a special appearance! This group is a diverse amalgamation of riders from across the nation with one thing in common besides motorcycles: an unwavering respect for those who risk their very lives for America’s freedom and security.
CHRISTMAS WISH LIST FOR THE TROOPS – we’ll box ‘em up that night!:
Food & Snack — • Jerky (All Types) • Tea • Dry Goods (Can Be Prepped w/ Hot Water) • Unique Snack Foods (Wasabi Peas, Trail-Mix, Kippered Herring) • Baked Goods • Drink Mixes • Holiday Gift Baskets
Comfort Items • Hand Written Cards, Notes, Photos, Etc.
Toiletries (Baby Wipes, Scented Candles, Air Freshener)
Entertainment • DVDs • CDs • Books • Magazines (Sports, Cars & Pin-Ups)
Fun Stuff • Mad Libs • Bubbles • Silly String • Play-Dough • Slinkys • Yo-yos • Board Games

DANCING DOLLS FOR THE TROOPS is produced by Mary Pittman, Gloria Hanson, Rachel Riznor and yours truly, Maureen Davis of The Flutterbies. This holiday, we give thanks for our wonderful friends and family and the people who protect our freedom every day.

xo
Maureen & The Flutterbies

Hey, y’all… Happy Holidays! Welcome to The Flutterbies December newsletter. Keywords this month: Christmas, kudos, and "Come Alive"!

A Holiday Gift For You, From The Flutterbies

We thought and thought… What can we give our fans for the holidays? And then we had the perfect idea: free music! So from now until New Year’s Eve, you can download the first song ever written by The Flutterbies: "Come Alive". The tune is a sweet acoustic duet between Maureen and Flutterby Adam Daniel, recorded live by Kiyoshi Graves and mixed by Tom Caffey.

Click the single art, below, to download the song (it’s also posted for download at our iLike page). Enjoy!

Year-End Kudos

Each December, in a special year-end issue, Music Connection magazine publishes best-of-the-year lists for both recorded and live music. They say they "carefully skim the cream of the crop," and… we rose to the top! The Flutterbies appear on both their Top 25 New Music Critiques and Hot 100 List of Live Unsigned Bands for 2009. The issue, with Sting on the cover, is available at most national booksellers, newsstands, and Guitar Center stores. The top lists are also posted online:

http://musicconnection.com/digital/index.php?page=65
http://musicconnection.com/digital/index.php?page=42

Thanks, Music Connection!

Video Killed the Radio Star, continued

The Flutterbies video for our next single "How I Get Over You" is finally done!! We’ll be uploading it to YouTube and debuting it in January, ringing in 2010 in wild cinematic style… Stay tuned, stay tuned…

Upcoming Gigs

The Flutterbies are playing NAMM! The annual musical equipment trade show in Anaheim, CA is a hard gig to get, and we got it: We’re playing the opening night party, and you don’t need a NAMM badge to attend. So it’s a free show in Orange County! Come on down…

Wednesday January 13 at 8:00 PM
Hilton Anaheim Mainstage
777 Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802

Our love and thanks to classic Country crooner Lynda Kay for hooking us up with NAMM, and also to James Trussart Guitars for sponsoring our set. Gonna be a barn-burner.

The Flutterbies are Maureen Davis on lead vocals, Adam Daniel on guitar/vocals, Christopher Allis on drums, Steve Whalen on bass, and Chris Joyner on Wurlitzer/organ/piano.

Full gig info is always posted and current at our website’s Shows page.

Radio Radio

The Flutterbies continue to widen our international audience… This month, we’re on the radio in Canada! Our song "Louder Louder" is featured in a podcast called The Rock and Roll Report that also airs on CKUT FM radio in Montreal. DJ Mark Boudreau gave us this fine, fine introduction:

This is a great band… This is a great song, and it just says it all for me. This is "Louder Louder" by a band called The Flutterbies. And, I mean, what else can you do with a song called "Louder Louder" than turn it up! So turn it up…

Turn it up, indeed! Click here to stream the podcast. (We’re on 28 minutes into the show.)

Merci, Mark and Montreal!

Stocking Full of Flutterbies

Our EP The Flutterbies featuring Maureen Davis is for sale online, still and always, at iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc. The CD fits snugly into most stockings, and makes a lovely surface on which to spin dreidels after you’ve ripped it to your hard drive. So this holiday season… buy us, baby, buy us!

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Happy/Merry, y’all!

xo
Maureen & The Flutterbies

Hey, y’all! Welcome to The Flutterbies November newsletter. Keywords this month: Top 25, birthday, and rearview!

Minds out of the gutter, children…

The Flutterbies Go Top 25

The Flutterbies will be featured in the December issue of Music Connection magazine: we’re one of their Top 25 New Music Critiques of 2009! Music Connection writes fiercely honest reviews, so we’re honored and tickled to be on their top list. Special thanks to Editor Mark Nardone for being a fan of the band.

Birthday at the Bistro

We celebrated Maureen’s birthday November 2nd with a private industry showcase at Ivan Kane’s Cafe Wa s in Hollywood, CA. The evening was produced by Black Sand Music, who recently signed The Flutterbies for TV, film, advertisement, and video game placement. After an opening set by Shane Alexander, The Flutterbies rocked the bistro… and then the bistro rocked Maureen: everyone in attendence sang her happy birthday.

It’s good to be queen.

The Flutterbies would like to thank everyone who contributed to our spectacular evening: our sound man, Holder; Lana, Ivan, Suzie, and Alex at Cafe Wa s; lovely leather-clad Lynda Kay for her invaluable assistance; our manager, Keith C. Anderson; our licensing agent, Josh Sanderson; and, of course of course, our enthusiastic audience!

Put Another Dime in the Jukebox, Baby, continued

In November you can still catch The Flutterbies’ single "Hummingbird Heart" on your local jukebox! We’re on the Paste Magazine Emerging Artist Channel on the Ecast Network. Ecast jukeboxes appear in over 10,000 bars, nightclubs, and restaurants throughout the country. You want fries with that?!

Video Killed the Radio Star, continued

The Flutterbies video for our next single "How I Get Over You" is just inches shy of done! A few foley effects and we’re fully wrapped. Please allow us to tease you with a still from the clip: Maureen in the rearview mirror…

Stay tuned, stay tuned, stay tuned…

Upcoming Gigs

The Flutterbies are sharing a bill with our new friend, classic country crooner Lynda Kay, at the HEAR NoHo festival in North Hollywood, CA. Cool bands will be taking over various vintage theatres, black boxes, storefronts, art galleries, loading docks, and live-work lofts in the fashionable NoHo Arts District. Pre-sale tickets buy you access to everything happening, including our set. The box office is located at the corner of Magnolia Blvd. and Lankershim Blvd.

We’ll be playing full band, and debuting some new songs! Here are the details:

Thursday December 3 at 9:00 PM
Cella Gallery
5229 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601

Hope to see you there…

The Flutterbies are Maureen Davis on lead vocals, Adam Daniel on guitar/vocals, Christopher Allis on drums, Steve Whalen on bass, and Chris Joyner on keys.

Full gig info is always posted and current at our website’s Shows page.

Flutterbies For Sale

Our EP The Flutterbies featuring Maureen Davis is for sale online, still and always, at iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc. We’re also still in stock at one of the last great retail stores: Amoeba Records in Hollywood. Buy us, baby, buy us!

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And… Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!

xo
Maureen & The Flutterbies

Last minute gig! My friend, the legendary Turley Richards, will be in town this weekend — July 10, 11, & 12 — and I get to sit in with him!

Turley is a blind Louisville musician and former WB Atlantic recording artist. He has sold over 1.4 million records, and shared the stage with Joe Walsh, Frankie Avalon, Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, Kenny Rogers, Ray Charles, Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, and Richard Pryor, and appeared on The Tonight Show.

Friday/Saturday July 10 & 11 @ 8pm
Sunday July 12 @ 7pm

Water Front Concert Theatre (Waterfront Restaurant)
4211 Admiralty Way
Marina Del Rey, Ca.
Phone: 310 448 8900

Hope you can make it! Great food in a beautiful setting with history-making music.

See you there!

Maureen