We’re excited to spend some time in Wittmann Az with this fine organization on Saturday, April 12th! We will be playing three hours of music beginning at 5 or 6 pm.
Arizona SXS Adrenaline Therapy understands that veterans, military personnel, and first responders face different stressors, triggers, and challenges daily. That is why they strive to help them relax and take care of their mental health through outdoor fun.
Based in Phoenix, Arizona SxS Adrenaline Therapy is a proud independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving the veterans, military personnel, and first responders in their local community.
They aim to help individuals who serve and protect through adrenaline therapy, allowing them to take care of their mental health and emotional wellness while having off-road and outdoor fun with people like them.
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We sure enjoyed playing a few hours of music before the auction began at Player’s Pub in Catalina last Saturday. This was the 23rd year for the Toy drive auction by the non-profit “Catalina Crusaders” and the brave men & women of the Golder Ranch Fire Department. Once we had cleared our gear away after playing, the auctioneer began the live auction with the Hold my Beer Band being the first item up for auction. I guess we were auditioning! We were won with a $550 final bid for a future gig at someone’s house or business. We can’t wait to find out!
Here’s some more information from the Player’s Pub Facebook page;
“Thank you Catalina and all of those who donated and participated in the 23rd Annual Players Pub and Golder Ranch Fire Department Toy Drive and Live Auction!
Because of you, we will be writing a check for $18,000 to Golder Ranch Fire to provide Christmas for so many kiddos! We also received a huge trailer load of toys!
Can’t wait to see the pictures of all the kids shopping with the firefighters 
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Every October and April we make a road trip to Jerome to play the World-Famous Spirit Room Stage, then the next day, we play the 10-12 Lounge just down the hill in Clarkdale. Both of these historic towns are mining towns, so there is a connection between many of the older towns in Arizona, and that connection is mining. We always book the middle of the month of October so that it coincides with kaleidoscope weekend and Spook weekend in Jerome. One of the world’s largest kaleidoscope stores is located in Jerome. It is called the Nellie Bly, right on main street. Folks who build kaleidoscopes host all types of workshops for several days with parties in the evening! Spook weekend is when all of the surviving graduates of Jerome High School gather to celebrate each other’s lives as well as enjoy the mariachi music on main street in front of the steps.
If you’ve never visited Jerome, Clarkdale or Old Town Cottonwood, we highly recommend it! You’re not far from Sedona and can view the beautiful red rocks from Jerome, hike Sycamore Canyon between Clarkdale and Old town or just enjoy the fall weather!
The weather has been beautiful lately and it looks like it’s going to be a typically sunny Spring Day so there will be a lot of folks out and about enjoying this wonderful weather. Porters is known as a destination for folks who ride bikes, side by sides and everything in-between! Arrive a bit early to avoid the rush. Put in an order for your favorite meal or appetizer then wash it all down with a beer or cocktail and get ready to dance!
Need directions to Porters? Head to our event calendar and find the directions and a map! How helpful are we?
We had a really great crowd show up, even at the tail end of a two-week heat wave in Az. You can’t be a sissy and live in Az in the summer. Anyway, we enjoy playing some tunes at Sue & Jerry’s Trading post with Zoomer and Buzz, both harpists. Well what do you know? They both show up and have their harps in different keys, ready to pop-up on stage and do a few tunes.
How about an informal “Battle of the Harps” our lead guitar player Rocky asked? Let’s do it! What should we play? Let’s try the standard “Route 66”. I mean, we are in Arizona, aren’t we?
Our heart-felt thanks to Zoomer and Buzz for giving a very spirited performance. Also, a big hearty Thanks to our ever-growing fan base as well. Then a special Thanks to Penney from Oracle who happened to video the performance. WARNING: she sometimes swears when she is enjoying the music.
We perform the last Saturday of every month at the Ore House Hilltop Tavern in Oracle Az from 6-8 pm. Rocky will then keep the party going while playing DJ with his extensive collection of downloaded music.
]]>This last Saturday we played to an amazing crowd of appreciative folks at the Ore House Hilltop Tavern in Oracle Arizona. What we all forgot, perhaps, was that this was also rodeo weekend in Tucson. We saw a crowd unlike any other that evening and the folks who were able to show up early and grab a seat were very appreciative! It was a “human carwash” type of evening where if you had to go to the restroom, or get another drink . . . you had to move through a corridor filled with folks. Thankfully, they’re all friendly and having a great time.
We’re always thankful for the large outdoor patio that is available most of the year. Lucky for all of us, the amazing snow storm arrived early the next morning, so the temperature outside was actually very comfortable. There are portable heaters outdoors as well, so the owners made sure that a few of them were lit as folks would go outdoors to smoke a cigarette or simply to escape the growing crowd indoors.
Hopefully by next month, when we play again on Saturday, March 25th from 6-8 at the Ore House, we will be graced with wonderful Spring type weather so we can setup outdoors and play. On a side note, if you do arrive a little late and only catch the end of our live sets, Rocky keeps the party going by acting as DJ and getting you folks out on the dance floor!
]]>So, anyway, while perusing the old internet, we stumbled on this cartoon clip, reported to be the first known usage of the phrase “Hold my beer”. Well, it works for us, but maybe we need to look into a trademark for that phrase? Or, maybe it’s already been trademarked! Stay tuned folks. You ain’t heard the last of this one!
Whoops! Maybe we shouldn’t ask you to hold our beers! We’re still lookin’ for some photos or videos of us playing our last gig of 2022 on Friday, December 30th @ the Ore House Hilltop Tavern in Oracle Az. We may have to check our FacePlant thing-a-ma-bobby and see if anyone has tagged #holdmybeerband. It could happen, right? Anyhoo, we have a feeling we may be asked back to perform at the Ore House, so maybe you should come back and check our gig calendar often!
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Heck, there are three out of the Hold My Beer Band members that are retired! The music is something that we’ve always enjoyed yet knew that a full-time job is necessary in order to afford being a musician. (Only musicians will get that inside joke . . . or is it?) Anyway, we’re also pleased to announce that we’ve added a drummer/percussionist to the mix! We’re enjoying our practice sessions a bit more now that the whole time-keeping scenario has changed for all of us. It’s on the drummer now!
We would truly enjoy inviting all of our fans but unfortunately, that’s not in the cards on this gig. But there will be other gigs in other spots so stay tuned!
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