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HI everyone…..in addition to our concerts we’ll be playing a couple of festivals.  We’ll be playing on Saturday September 24th from 11:30 AM- 12:15 at a poetry festival in Reading.  Still don’t know exactly where we’ll be playing.  The other is Saturday October 1st at the Apple Festival in Hellertown.  Details to come for that.  Hope you had a great summer!  JoAnn

Hi all…we’re getting ready to do a few shows.  Ernie and I will be playing as a duo this weekend in two locations.  We’re doing a few songs (15 minutes on stage) at the annual JerryFest on Friday the 4th and then we’ll be playing all evening on Saturday the 5th, again as a duo, at Good Eatz Green Cafe in West Reading.  You can hear the whole band on Saturday August 13th at my sister’s house in Wyomissing Hills.  It’s going to be great playing outside and there’s a pool if you feel like swimming while you listen. Details for all the shows are on our calendar.  Hope to see you!  Best, JoAnn

Here are some great photos taken by our new friend Karl McWherter at Frecon’s Hard Bean this past Friday in Boyertown.

JoAnn groovin' on the bass

Mike and John soloing

Communing

Ernesto and Henry

John and JoAnn

cool cat Miguel with the red hat!

Next show is May 21st at Landhaven Bed and Breakfast / awesome listening room in Huffs Church, PA.  Hope you can join us.

Hi everyone,

Finally getting to updating the website and putting up show dates for the next few months.  We’ll be excited to start playing again after the holiday/winter hiatus.  I’ve been busy working on a solo effort and have been honing down my list of original songs (I have too many for an album!) and then I’m going to start recording in a month or two.  I’m working with my mentor/teacher Ken Gehret, who can play just about any instrument there is.  We’ve been having a wonderful time playing the songs together, experimenting with instrumentation and the sound we’d like to achieve on each piece.  So…..stay tuned!  Hope all is well and happy and healthy with you.  Best wishes for the new year!!!!  JoAnn  Here’s a link to a recent open mic with my song ‘Jamboree’ for your enjoyment.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUb48jMc7r8

We recently played at the Penn Street Market in Reading, the last one of the season, they start up again next June.  We made a new friend in Peter Mitchell and here are 4 videos that he put together from our performance.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/petermitchell533

Whoa!!  Seems like I’ve been ignoring the website!  We’ve been chillin’ from performing this summer, went to the Adirondacks for a lovely spell last month and stayed in the water the whole time to beat the heat!  Ern and I are doing a few performances this weekend, just a few songs here and there.  Tomorrow night we’ll play a few at 6:45 at Jerryfest in Shartlesville www.jerryfest.com and on Saturday night I will be accompanying my friend David O’Connell who will sing a few Irish tunes and then I’ll play a few with Ernie at Osgood’s restaurant in Robesonia, PA, right on 422 during the second set, around 9 PM and then on Sunday we’ll be playing a few between 1 and 2 PM at Bob and Heidi Koch’s House Party at 61 Quarry Road in Oley, PA. Maybe we’ll see you.  Hope you’re having a great summer!  JoAnn

Hi all,

We’ll be playing at Frecon’s Hard Bean Cafe Saturday May 15th at 8 PM.  This is a BYOB establishment.  We will be joined by our old friend Chuck Manzella on drums and percussion and Don Consul on vocals, bass and guitar.  Hope you can join us.  JoAnn and the Rhythm Roadsters

Hi all and a very happy new year  to you!!!    After a break for the holidays we are gearing up for the spring.  Ernie and I will be doing a couple of shows as a duo, in February in a double bill with Lee Smedley and band at the Boyertown Hard Bean Cafe, and in March at the colorful Crave Cafe in Womelsdorf, PA.  The band will be doing our annual show at Landhaven Bed and Breakfast on Saturday April 10th.  We want to extend our best wishes to Chuck Manzella and Amy Forsyth who are no longer with us.  Our current sitution allows us to invite guest artists and we will have John Samuels and Don Consul  joining us at Landhaven.  Hope all is well with you.  All the best,  JoAnn