Well friends, the holidays are just about over as many of us head back to the real world on Monday. With that in mind, there’s still time for one last super-sized music extravaganza this Sunday. And, because the calendar wasn’t kind to us on Thursdays this year, we haven’t yet had a chance for our Steel Belted marathon of silliness. So, this weekend, we combine ‘em both into one action packed show.

We’ll be on this Sunday from 12-5, and T-Bar and KK are expected to drop in. We’ll have “Best of” lists and music aplenty, as well as some memories of some stuff that we might rather forget.

Speaking of the “Best of” we’ve still got a stack of Best of 2009 CDs here. The folks who responded to the survey should have theirs now (well, almost all of ‘em, anyway), but we’re still glad to send a few more out into the world. Either fill out the survey and LEAVE YOUR NAME (http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm), or, just respond to this email, call in during the show, take out a billboard, whatever works for you. For those who might not be aware, every year for the past 8 years I compile a CD (two, actually) of some of my favourite music of the year, as well as some live on UMFM recordings and some other fun stuff, as my gift to you. If you’re an iPod/.mp3 listener, we’ve got the full thing on one handy CD, or you can download the entire package at your leisure. Whatever suits you, just let me know and it’s yours to enjoy! If you know anyone who might like in on that, just ask for an extra copy or let me know who to send one to and we’ll make it so.

Hope you can join us for some fun this Sunday. Drop me a line any time. Thanks for being out there,

Jeff



Merry Christmas, happy days off, enjoy your life, or whatever greeting you prefer!

I’ve been having a wonderful Christmas so far with my family, and I hope that you are doing the same with friends & family that you love (or at least that you can tolerate once a year, anyway).

A couple of quick notices:

1) Tell the Band to Go Home is Super-Sized for the holidays this Sunday (and next) when we run from 12-5 pm central time. I’ve got a few ideas for how to fill the time this week, but I’m always open to suggestion, so do let me know if you’ve got any to offer.

2) Steel Belted Radio is pre-empted tonight (obviously) and next Thursday, but we’ll be back in action in the new year!

3) The long-awaited Best of 2009 compilations are ready! Finally! Some of you have requested CD copies, and I’ll get those to you as soon as I can, but in the meantime we’ve got the digital download versions ready to load into iTunes or your .mp3 player or whatever you use. Of course, those files will be available on CD as well (soon), so if you want to wait for that, we’ll get back to you soon with details on how you can get yours.
If you haven’t requested a copy yet, get in touch! Better yet, fill out the survey (link below) and request a copy that way!

If you wish to download the compilations and information yourself, I will email you links to the .zip files. I’ve already sent those out to the folks who previously requested it or expressed interest so if you don’t have that link, I either forgot/messed up (entirely possible) or you haven’t dropped me a line lately. Let’s fix that, ok?

Whatever you celebrate, do it safely, and do it with love and great music. Hope to hear from you soon, but I’ll be in touch in the next little while…

All the best to you & yours,

Jeff

Hi Friends,

I’ve been so overwhelmed by the great, thoughtful feedback I’ve received from the folks who have responded to my listener survey I mentioned earlier in the week. I really value your comments and suggestions, and will do my best to make the show as interesting and relevant to you, but I need to know what you like and what you want. The responses are surprising, enlightening, and oh so interesting. I’d love it if a few more of you took a moment to fill it out. I promise to get Best of CDs out to survey respondents first (ok, as part of the very first wave, anyway), and with any luck, that will be very soon, so get your responses in. I’m also going to put together a few CDs to give away to a couple of lucky folks who fill out the survey, so leave contact info if you want in on either of those deals. The survey can be done anonymously and all questions are optional.

If you have a few moments, please visit the following site:
http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm

Any feedback (even negative) is VERY helpful and MUCH appreciated. The goal is to give you more of what YOU want, so here’s your chance to speak up.

Thanks, now back to work on those CDs…

The staff at TTBTGH is hard at work putting together this year’s Best of compilation, and that, as well as the end of a year and looking forward to a new one, has us looking back and wondering how we can make things even more useful and interesting for you, the listener. Before we put it all together, we’d love to hear your thoughts. Of course, you’re welcome to email or call us any old time, but we (who the heck is we… who am I trying to impress? I’m a one-man operation.) have also designed an easy survey that you can fill out anonymously if you like, so that we know what you would like on the show and what you think of the compilations.

If you have a few moments, please visit the following site:
http://www.tellthebandtogohome.com/survey.htm

Any feedback (even negative) is VERY helpful and MUCH appreciated. The goal is to give you more of what YOU want, so here’s your chance to speak up.

Thanks, we’ll (uh, I mean, I’ll) get back to you soon when the compilation is ready.