(Ding.) "You are now free to move about the cabin of limitless possibility and most high vibrations..."

(Unbuckles seatbelt. Stretches and yawns. Stands. Wiggles. Touches toes. Prepares to dance about like a high-flying Amazon princess)

I don't know about you. I'm sure there are some folks out there that aren't on the same wavelength right now but for Ginger and me, 2010 has been the best year ever.

Yes I know. We're 3 days in. A little early in the game to call it, you might say. But I am. So there.

We left TX on Tuesday the 29th to make the lengthy 10-hour drive to Little Rock, AR. We wanted to get all the driving out of the way on Tuesday since we'd scheduled a TV appearance and live performance on KATV's "Good Morning Arkansas" the next morning. We arrived at the hustling bustling Chateaux de Seis (Motel 6) around 8pm and tried to hit the hay right away. We knew we'd be getting up early as HELL the next morning (at least by the average musician's clock) in order to be at the studio by 7:30. The room was a room, nothing more and possibly less. If I'm going to stay at a cheap motel, I prefer the ones where everyone has their own exterior door. Seems to be more private that way. This bungalow of bleh was set up so that the rooms were exclusively accessible via a long, musty, interior hallway. After spending the night in a state of paranoid semi-sleep, waking at least once an hour to the sound of either a slamming door or couple yelling angry obscenities at one another, we rose and shone at FIVE A.M.

Our trusty GPS "Jane" brought us to the studio with no problem. The staff at KATV was super nice and friendly and got us all set up for our Arkansas television debut. Lights, Camera, Action. We did one pre-recorded song (Eleanor Rigby) that they used as a teaser throughout the show, then did a live performance (Upon Finding Myself) and interview, and finally closed out the show with a final song (This Cocoon). I thought it went really well though I did have one wincing moment when I started to say "live mucus venue" in response to their interview question about where we were playing in Eureka Springs. Eck... I think I saved it well enough.

After we finished at KATV, we headed for Fayetteville and the home of Esyule (the Cool). Little tufts of leftover snow loitered on the sides of the road we traveled down. If there was any question as to whether or not we were from around here, one needed only to observe our gleeful obsession with these little pockets of fluffy cold white. I'm sure we'll look back one day and be thrilled that we took 75 pictures of snow on the side of the highway...

We made it to Esyule's and romped through the leftover snow bits that peppered her front yard, made a few sad little attempts at snowballs and threw them at the trailer, then came in and passed out for a long winter's nap. Later that night we rallied long enough to pop down to Opal Fly's Feel Good Lounge where many hands were still working on getting everything ready for the grand opening the following night.

Opal's new place is a gem. A peach. A cup of steaming, frothy goodness that warms your soul the minute you walk into the brightly colored lounge. Tapestries and original art adorn this community-centered live music venue which places a refreshing emphasis on providing its patrons with various and sundry ways to feel gooooood. Where countless others offer cocktails, Opal's bar serves decadent "Feel Good Shots" made with only raw cacao, acai berries and spices. I cannot begin to describe how delicious these healthy treats were and as I can attest, hangover free. Some other of Opal's tasty fare includes Kava Kava shots, smoothies, gypsy teas, peace coffee, and all natural soda pop.

And while you may think that a non-alcoholic venue would not be the place to party, let me assure you, it IS. The New Year's Eve Grand Opening was unbelievable! The crowd was large and lively and digging on this new destination. Opal Fly and the Feel Goods really kicked it out after we finished our set. The lights came down, save a couple black lights, and they hit the stage covered in black light paint and costumed glory. It was an incredible show and the dance floor was packed with people moving and dancing and feeling fine thanks to Opal and her vision manifest.

Another thing we noticed and adored about Opal's crowd was that there was no obvious demographic. There were all ages and varieties sharing the dance floor, from high school prepsters to 65-year-old hippies. This truely is a place for all people and all paths; all those who like to feel good.

I hope anyone reading this will seriously consider boosting the signal about Opal's new venue. (http://www.opalfly.com/live.html) We all know that opening a new business is a HUGE undertaking and the start-up costs are big. We wanna see this place take off and that takes community support. This is a BIG community! It's as simple as talking about it with our friends and on this World Wide Web we all plug into. I can do that. And I suspect (twirls mustache) that you can too.

Bliss!

Last night we played the most AMAZING house concert hosted by our new, dear friend Jori Costello and her sweetie Leona. Easily one of the top 3 GBmojo shows to date. (Yup, you shoulda been there.) Jori and her bandmates, Rene and Melodie from 'Big Bad Gina' and one Ms. Angela Edge, played the opening set in the "Dojo", the garage turned gorgeous performance space outside Jori and Leona's house. I mean to tell you, the energy in the room was through the roof and out the back door! The Dojo was packed with a ton of folks, mostly from the womyn's community here in Fayetteville, and what an engaging, gregarious bunch they were. Jori, Melodie, Rene, and Angela played an incredible set. These are 4 very talented songwriters and solid, multi-instrumentalists who sing gorgeous 2, 3, and 4 part harmonies to die for! Their collective catalog of originals range from haunting, moody waltzes to up beat, empowering anthems to which your butt simply MUST move. (Check out BBG's "Amazon Warrior Princess") I was so taken with these women both as performers and musicians, and as new friends. They are tremendously kind, light-filled people who filled up my soul, plain and simple.

Ginger and I were tre' nervous about following these incredible women who'd rocked the house so thoroughly and we wondered if we shouldn't have opened for them instead. :) We felt really good though and were super pumped to get up there and bring everything we had. I can comfortably say that we did and the crowd was WILD! From start to finish, we felt like with every song, every lyric, every part of our message, they just got it. All of it. They loved it and were SO very vocal about how much they loved it. We got so much energy from them and consequently, gave so much energy TO them, and round and round we went.

We had the pleasure of hanging out with the girls after the show and winding down by the cozy fire outside. Somewhere in between several impromptu sing-alongs, we noticed little flurries beginning to fall. As the night went on and the revelry continued, the snow fell harder and harder. Once again, camera out, we strolled down the drive taking more pictures of snow than we'll ever know what to do with.
Esyule and Ginger and I got in a snowball fight out by the cars. (Not totally certain, but I think that was my first...) What a blissful night.

It took us 20 minutes to drive the 2 miles back to Esyule's. This was a serious snowfall, man! Even Esyule said so, so there's proof that we're not just being ridiculous Texans...

Today we slept terribly late and I have stayed in my pajamas all day. Outside everything is covered in inches of white and the redbirds look especially beautiful set against it. I'm feeling pretty zonked after the last 3 nights/shows with a touch of what feels like a cold. Luckily, I'm in a very healing, special place and know that I'll be fine with just a little more rest...

Happiest New Year, everyone.
Sending love and good juju from the warmest couch in this cold and brilliant town,
xobekah

It seems like only yesterday we were rolling through Arkansas for the very first time. We met so many cool new folks and fell in all KINDS of love with many of your fair cities. And now we are SO pleased to announce that we will be coming back for a round of amazing shows real soon. Once we wrap up this busy and blustery holiday season with our families here in TX, we will hit the road and head to you to ring in the NEW YEAR!

Below is where we'll be. Please feel free to spread the word ☺ We are so grateful for your support!

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Wednesday, December 30th
GBmojo LIVE performance on Good Morning Arkansas - 9am
Tune in to Channel 7 KATV and check out GBmojo - We're part of a complete breakfast, you know...

Thursday December 31st, NEW YEARS EVE!
GBmojo performs at Fayetteville's newest, coolest, funky-fresh live music spot
Opal Fly's Feel Good Lounge - Grand Opening Party!
40 E. Center St. Fayetteville AR
Ring in the New Year with
The Joe Credits (4-6), GBmojo (6-8)
Opal Fly & The Feel Goods with Foxfire Magik and The 1 OZ. Jig (8-1am)
DJ's Spinning (1am-4am)

Friday January 1st, NEW YEARS DAY!
We're back for round two at Opal Fly's Feel Good Lounge
40 E. Center St. Fayetteville AR
The Joe Credits (4-6), GBmojo (6-8)
The Pope County Bootleggers and Opal Fly & The Feel Goods (8-1am) DJ's Spinning (1am-4am)



Saturday January 2nd
Prima Diva Productions Presents:
"GBmojo in the Dojo"
with Big Bad Gina and Jorian Oxygen
Fayetteville AR 72701
Among other things, both of the amazing bands we're playing with on this special night feature our new friend and talented singer/songwriter Jori Costello. She and her lady (to whom we are so very grateful!) will be our gracious hosts for this post-New Years house concert and party-get-down-jam-out. DON'T MISS OUT! Tickets are on sale now and goin' fast! If interested, ya better get on it and email Jori at joric.cat@gmail.com


Friday January 8th
The New Delhi Cafe
2 North Main Street
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
GBmojo bringing the soulful, acoustic, harmonic stylings from 6:30-10:30pm at this cozy cafe featuring a bevy of savory Indian dishes and treats and well as beer, wine, coffee & teas.

Saturday January 9th
The New Delhi Cafe - Cause one time just ain't enough!
2 North Main Street
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
Once again, GBmojo bringing the soulful, acoustic, harmonic stylings from 6:30-10:30pm at this cozy cafe featuring a bevvy of savory Indian dishes and treats and well as beer, wine, coffee & teas.

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So that's the scoop, Arkansas. We really look forward to seeing you all again and hope you'll be able to make it out to many of these events. As always, you can email service@gbmojo.com with any questions, comments, quandaries, conundrums, existentialist emergencies of ANY sort and we will do our best to help you out.

Please enjoy the holidays, however you choose to celebrate them. Take care of yourself and look forward to imagining a new year of Peace, Prosperity, and most of all LOVE.

See you out there!
xoxoGBmojo

On November 4th, (aye, a month ago!) we arrived at the home of Mitch and Darby, our gig and crash-space hosts in Birmingham. These two lovebirds are the owners of Books Beans and Candles Metaphysical Shop, (of GBmojo admiration), and have hosted many shows for us in their great hall. Once again we had a wonderful time meeting new people and seeing remembered faces, sharing stories and songs with all who gathered 'round their mugs of “wicked brew”. After the show Mitch and Darby took us out to Rouge, a spacious and sexy live music venue, bar and restaurant for a last minute meal. (Last minute because we walked in at 9:55 and they stop serving at 10.) Graciously they served Ginger and I some tasty portabella burgers. Mitchell was quite sad to hear we'd gone Vegan (can't figure out why this makes people sad... it's really a good thing!) but he didn't rake us over too bad about it. :)

It's been strange and fascinating to behold the gambit of reactions from our many friends, fans, and collogues when they first learn we've adopted a Vegan diet. I told Ginger the main thing I've noticed is that with no provocation, people immediately want to defend their reasons for eating meat (and dairy and eggs) and articulate why they'll never stop. :) That line of thinking mostly revolves around one central idea. There’s titanium steel in the strength of their conviction as they declare, “Cause it tastes goooood.”
Yes, yes it does. I remember it well. Just this morning (e'hem, afternoon. Who am I kidding?) Ginger and I woke up and immediately started naming all the breakfast foods we wish we could eat on this beautiful and lazy Saturday.
It’s true. We miss it sometimes, in a dreamlike silly sort of way. But mostly, thank goodness, we don't at all. Because we too have that ol’ titanium steel in our convictions, just like those omnivorous friends who flatly refuse to let go of their tasty meats and cheeses. Our steely resolutions manifested once we learned, and in some great detail, about the downright brutal and cruel conditions of factory farming in this country. After such a profound heart changing, there was simply no more question. All of those “tasty things” lose their appeal in the unsettling light of the conditions they come from. And I am happy to report to anyone who thinks we must be miserable with our plant-based foods that we have not felt deprived at all. If there weren't SO many fantastic, finger-licking vegan options and recepies, we might be in trouble. Alas...

From Birmingham we headed to Songdog Central in Marietta GA where we happily reunited with Talyn, Maggie, Inara and Tier. One of our favorite Clan's out there, it was great to be with them again. On the 6th we headed into Atlanta where we were honored to play the Atlanta Queer Literary Fest after-party. Our friend and powerful poet Megan Volport set this gig up for us. (Thank you Megan) Megan is on the board for AQLF and said this year's event was the best yet with so many award winning and up-n-coming queer poets and writers on the bill. Opening the night at Danneman's was new friend Lucas Mire who delivered several tender songs in his scratchy-sweet voice. We were tickled to the core when we got to hear 2 of the award-winning slam poets perform for us after Lucas finished up his set. Wow! What amazing talent and a real treat for us who rarely get to peek into the world of performance poetry. (Why is that? Seems like music and poetry would go hand in hand...) A few nights later we got to hook up with Megan and Mindy for some Indian food. We caught up on all the happs, had the "why and how are you Vegan? I could never be!" conversation, discussed Jesus-camp, Bollywood, and unicorn after-birth. (Did I mention Mindy's a comedian?) We were so grateful to get some QT with these two and look forward to much more.

Saturday night, after the AQLF deal, we were honored to be musical guests for "Samhain at Smokey's". It was a small gathering of kindred souls who came together to honor the ancestors and celebrate life on Smokey's land, which is rolling, and gorgeous hills in every direction. We were particularly blown away by the main fire. Literally built of huge tree trunks and stacked in the cleverest of ways, this was one of the biggest, warmest, most beautiful fires we've ever seen. Many thanks to Scott, Niko, and Smokey for having us out and to the Songdog Family for making that connect.

We spent the next few days with the Songdogs and had great chill time them playing Apples to Apples and watching UFC matches on Tivo. We departed Wednesday morning after Talyn returned from shoulder surgery. All is well and surgery was a success! Many blessings to you brother, and keep on healing!

From Atlanta we made our way down to St. Petersburg to the home of our darling Stacey (aka Pantera and Da' Asian Spice). Once again, she took us into her home and made us snug as a bug with her and her two twin kitties, Jet and Sable. Friday night we journeyed to Orlando for our first Traveling Fates show in several weeks. It was a welcome blessing to lay eyes and arms on our beloved Sooj and K who’d been bouncing all over the country for the last many days prior. Our host Hillary was the dearest of sorts and by the way, went WAY above and beyond in accommodating our vegan diet. She researched for days and days! When we arrived on Friday she was in the middle of baking us VEGAN POT PIE! Ah! As if that wasn't enough, she also made us Vegan pun'kin pie! The sweetest thing! (The pie was wonderful, but I meant her.) So many thanks to Hillary, Don, Conner, and the girls for making us feel so welcome in their home. We had a blast meeting all the friends and neighbors who came out to see about these mysterious gypsy musician girls. It was a bit of ambassador work, I feel, because many of the guests had never been to a house concert and weren't sure what to expect. Now they know. They absolutely loved it and hopefully will not hesitate to go where house concerts be happenin in the future. We fight this fight not only for ourselves, but for all musician kind! :) It’s epic really…

Saturday the 14th, back in St. Petersburg, we reunited with dear friends we made last time through, the lovely women of Karmic Tattoo! Lisa, Pam, and Amy comprise this band of rockin' mama's who've been holdin it town in St. Pete's for some time now. We fell in love with them right away. It was great seeing them and the incomparable Ms. Tiffany at Club Nautico where we all took over the sexy stage for a triple lineup of all fem bands. Us, Karmic Tattoo, and the power-house Elysian Sex Drive. Until then, I had only seen the latter on Youtube and holy CRYP these women are monster players. It's not only the musicianship but the pure, raw, pulsing energy that is enough to make your head bang. I knew I was in for a treat when on their opening song, a lengthy jam where everyone played their ass off, Kat White Star stayed seated on the floor of the stage, meditating throughout the whole thing. Yes MA’AM! My kinda people! We were all too stoked when they asked us up to the stage to supply some funky-fresh Fates vocals on a few sing-alongs with them. It was a blast.

DeLaran, with smokey vocals and furious guitar work, was a force to be reckoned with. We took turns gushing on each other after the show, trading awe and excitement at the other's talent. We're looking very forward to hooking up with them again somewhere on down this rambling road. When Karmic Tattoo took the stage after Elysian, my smile only got bigger. KT treated us to many of their rockin originals and several cover-tunes that had the whole crowd dancing. It should be noted in the Traveling Fates baby book that we all shared our first Time Warp. It is, after all, just a jump to the left… After the song finished and we all collapsed on the floor in proper Rocky Horror fashion, Sooj declared "I'm so glad we're not too cool for that". Definitely not. The night ended when Karmic Tattoo asked us and DeLaran up to the stage to sing Feel Like Making Love with them. It was a sea of hotness and hair as the headbanging commenced. Not head bobbing, mind you. 7 women rocking out on stage, full on head banging to the chorus of Feel Like Making Love.  Yea, it was that awesome...

Ah sweet Eureka Springs, how did we love thee? Seriously folks, if you’ve never been and get a chance to, GO! As we were driving through this quaint yet funky mountain town I was strangely compelled to tell Ginger “I think we’re moving here”.
I hadn’t even stepped out of the car yet! We hooked up with our long-time buddy Eric Young who moved to Eureka some years back and became THE booking man for all of Eureka’s music events. (And holy cow do they have some amazing music events) We’re clearly not the only ones who feel the incredible vibes of this town as Eric told us the population of this tiny town can swell from 2,000 to 30,000 at any given time, depending on the event! We had been invited by Eric to play at Basin Spring Park in the middle of their “town square” as featured performers during their Fall Diversity Weekend. Rainbow flags adorned the storefronts of so many of these cool, funky little shops that line the streets of downtown Eureka. It made our hearts happy to stroll the sidewalks and see so much diversity. It was inside the store windows with all the eclectic and eccentric fare, as well as outside the windows, walking beside us.

After the gig, a quick bite and a bit of exploring, we headed out to a HUGE Halloween-Samhain-Wicker Man party at a friend of a friend’s place there in Eureka. We’d heard rumor that our other buddy, Joe Credit, (aka Mandolin Joe) would be there. Normally I am a total wuss about attending parties where I may or may not know anyone there but the idea of surprising Joe was all the motivation I needed. See, we hadn’t seen Joe in over 2 years and that was in Missouri. He’d never expect to see us in Arkansas! As we made our way to the back yard of the party and saw the giant bonfire blazing with at least 100 people around it, we wondered if we’d ever find Joe. But fate was sweet and sure enough, he was one of the first people we spotted. He could hardly believe his eyes and ears as Ginger called out to him and I said “It’s Bekah and Ginger!”… In disbelief he came our way: “What? No Way!!? (walk smile, walk laugh, walk) Oh my GOD! The LAST people I expected to see here tonight!!” We all shared big, minute-long hugs the way old friends do. We were also elated to reconnect with Foxfire, another Missouri friend, of the musical, magical, fire spinning kind. We were introduced to his lovely lady, the incomparable Ms. Opal Fly. Joe had been on tour with Opal and Foxy for some time and was just beginning to wind things up with them before heading back to MO. A little note on Opal Fly: she is Billie Holiday incarnate, one sassy little faery who ALSO plays baritone sax like nobody’s business in addition to singing her butt off. We had a beautifully magical jam session with Joe, Foxy, Opal, some other amazing players whose names I embarrassingly admit I can’t recall, and one super-fly mama named Darlene. I had an OMG fan-girl moment when Darlene picked up the guitar and started to sing. I was totally star-struck. Like, I might as well have been in the room with Fiona Apple. Ginger and I agreed it was one of the best – no, strike that. – THE best Halloween we’ve ever had.

The next morning we took a brief but totally necessary visit to the Christ of the Ozarks with Eric. He relayed to us some local lore and facts, including the fact that the original plans called for the monument to be at least 30’ taller. Unfortunately it would have, at that point, become an issue for over-flying airplanes. Thus, the C. of the O. was cut off at the knees. A bit stubby he is. But you can’t really tell.
After frolicking and picture taking with the mammoth Christ, we stopped by the New Delhi Café where Opal, Foxfire, and Joe were gigging that afternoon. What a treat! They were SO sweet to us, bringing us up for some GBmojo songs and even passing the dang tip jar for us! Foxfire began plotting with us to bring us back for New Years Eve and Day to play the grand opening of Opal’s new music venue “Opal Fly’s Feel Good Lounge”: a full scale live music venue, dance & arts social club offering massage, yoga, drum & dance workshops with a smoothie bar & retail store… What the what! How great does this sound? Read their press release here. More about our part in this later…

After delicious Indian buffet at New Delhi Café, we headed over to Fayetteville to the home of the wonderful Esyule. Both Esyule’s energy and her home are the pure essence of nurturing and peace and we quickly fell into our giant, comfy beds for the night, tucked in our little cocoon. The next day she took us to an open-mic for peace at the new OMNI center. OMNI is an incredible organization dedicated to peace, justice, and ecology. The open-mic is run by Donna Stjerna and Kelly Mulhollan: long time companions, VP’s of OMNI, and members of the Ozark duo “Still on the Hill”. This is one of the most original groups I’ve heard in a really long time. We fell so in love with these two! We also met new friend Jori Costello, local singer-songwriter and one bad maama-jamma. The OMNI group meets regularly for these “open-mics for peace” where folks gather to share music and poems that fit the theme of peace. Many shared their songs of protest and it was an incredibly inspiring night. We each got to do one song. Ginger performed Mask, her anthemic guitar song about hate-crimes and equality, to a wonderful response. I did “Upon Finding Myself”, citing that peace can never be without if it does not begin within. We made many new friends. Donna and Kelly invited us over to their house the next night for hang-time and jam session along with Jori and Esyule. They said we’d get a tour of the ball museum. I thought they were kidding.

You can’t help but notice as you walk through their front door that the spirit of “fun” permeates their home. Maybe it’s the fact that you’re immediately greeted by two of the biggest, most genuine smiles you’ve ever seen. And maybe it’s the fact that there are literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of balls in their living room. The ball museum is no joke with balls of every shape, size, color, texture, and function. (Picture shown is just ONE part of ONE wall) Donna says it’s their retirement plan. When they get too old to travel and play music, they’ll open the doors of their home and let people in to see the glory of it all, for a small fee of course… They can give tours and be the Ball Museum House Band. Genius! (It made us think - what can GBmojo start collecting??? And where do we put it?) We were honored to get the free tour. We all got to know each other over a few glasses of good red wine and moved back into “the ballroom” for another one of the best jam sessions ever. We even got a tour of Kelly’s studio where Ginger played the pump organ and we did our cover of Eleanor Rigby. She sat down on a stool with wheels so as she pumped the pedals, she kept rolling back and every so often would shout out “push me up!” in the middle of the chorus. (it was very near a literal ROFL moment) Jori captured much of this awesome night on video and we’re told it will be mailed to us soon. So with any luck, you’ll get to see some highlights too!

Earlier that night, Jori invited us down to CAT-TV where she was running something called “Shortcuts”. Anyone can come in and get 5 minutes of air-time to perform, do or say whatever they want. How can you pass that up?! It was super fun and apparently it aired 13 times over the next week. Maybe we got a few new Mojo-fans out there now. We had a blast and look forward to seeing the performance when Jori, in all her technical savvy, sends us cuts from that as well. Thank you Jori! And special heart-felt thanks to Esyule for opening her home to us, for our care and feeding, for the great company you give, and for plugging us in with some of the coolest folks we’ve ever met!

We loved Arkansas so much that we have made an exception to our “we’re not going anywhere January-March” rule and are announcing a 2 week Tour-de-Ark. We are very excited and honored to announce that we will be part of the musical lineup for the “Grand Opening” weekend event at Opal Fly’s Feel Good Lounge, playing shows on both Dec 31 and Jan 1 with these super cool cats. We’ve also booked a house concert in Fayetteville with Jori Costello for Sat. January 2nd and 2 gigs at New Delhi Café in Eureka Springs for Jan 8th and 9th. Wahooo! Even though we will have only been home, what, 2.5 weeks by the time its time to leave again, we cannot wait to get back to AR and all the lovelies we met while there.

Until next time, peace from the road!
XObekahandginger

How you doing out there, o ye of Mojo love? Hope all is going well with you and yours. Though Ginger and I are now perched in Florida at the home of our friends The Cooks, we have had so many adventures over the past several weeks that we haven’t gotten to journal about. So now that’s just what I’m gonna do…

Imagine your view getting blurry as the camera cuts away to a time before time… Decades in road-years! It was all of 6 weeks ago. (shot warps in dream sequence…diddely doo diddely doo diddely doo)

After parting ways with our St. Louis crew on Oct 12th, The Traveling Fates headed to Tennessee. Sooj and K split off and made for Memphis to catch up and cuddle up with some of their loves while Ginger and I headed for Hendersonville to stay with our dear friends Karla and Joe. Karla and Joe's is one of our very favorite places to stay for many reasons. The diggs are gorgeous with scenic views on nearly every wall (as we've noted in diaries past) and the energy here always seems to tread on a perfect blend of chill & party. Just our speed :) There had been a small dinner party planned for the night we arrived and I'd offered to cook some vegan fare to add to the party's mix: "Pan Sauteed Portabella Penne with Roasted Garlic and Sun dried Tomatoes". Yea. It’s ok. You can drool. I have made this once before at home in San Antonio to rave reviews (including my own, I must say) and was ready to blow all my omnivorous Hendersonville friends away with the creamy herb taste and complete non-animal-ness of this recipe. Here’s what I learned that night: I cannot catch up with dear friends and cook at the same time. Or I can but I better not expect fantastic food. Good food maybe, pretty good food even, but damn it that's not GOOD ENOUGH! (I am a perfectionist at times, have I mentioned?) Seriously, everyone appeared to enjoy the dish EXCEPT ME. Next time I’ll try to pay more attention to measurements and cook times than I to good conversation and wine. But enough about my pasta aspirations, it was such a fun night and we had a blast hanging out with Bob and Judy (and later that week with Amber and with Eric too! Friends always gather at Karla and Joe's.)

On Wednesday we reunited with Sooj and K at the beautiful First UU Church of Nashville for a Traveling Fates show. The main sanctuary was adorned with the colorful modern-art of a talented local artist (whose name, I’m sorry, I cannot recall), but her pieces made the space feel vibrant and full. We even enjoyed the sound of this room, courtesy of its fantastic acoustics and the company of all the friends in audience. The space was rather large and we had a nice but not overly big turnout on this Wednesday night show. Even still, hot damn! You could so not tell that the room wasn’t packed to the brim as the acoustics made their rabid applause positively thunderous! (And damn it we weren’t recording!) Kevin and Even kept me giggling as they tangoed back and forth across the room while Sooj sang “Alligator” to a captive audience.

  

After saying ado to Karla and Joe, we 3 ruffians headed to Memphis for Festival of Souls. A sweet reunion it was! We played FOS for the first time last year and were very happy to be asked back this year. We gleefully accepted and I’m so glad we did because this year was yet another fantastic event. We saw so many of our beloved Tennessee family and met many new faces as well. I must also take a moment to recognize the kitchen staff who made THE most wonderful vegan dinners. SO wonderful, in fact, that we did not believe they were vegan and kept going back to the serving counter saying “I’m sorry, are you sure???” It had been a while since we’d had a nice hot meal that we hadn’t made ourselves so THANK YOU to the awesome kitchen witches.

Saturday night was the big concert, as well as costume contest. As you may already know from pictures, The Fates went in full Wonderland style this year. Sooj as the Cheshire Cat (grinning up a storm); Ginger as the Mad Hatter (could it be any other way?), and I as Alice (after a psychedelic trip down the rabbit hole.) The hall was full-up and the dancing began almost instantly with our new friends Satyr and Sandie blazing across the floor. It climaxed with a long conga-line dance to Mama Dragon. Trudy, (Mama Dragon herself) was sorry she missed it ☹ but says she heard it in her dreams from her cabin down the way. The drums in the room practically lifted the building off its foundation for Come Down. We were high on this show for days and days.

                                                           

After FOS we jaunted back to House Brokenface, the fabulous abode of our dear friends Scott, Andrea, and little Ms. Rowan Fae. Always a pleasure, we got some much needed down time AND chill time with them and the beautiful Ashley Brown. We shared many a back-porch conversation and played Beatles Rock Band into the wee hours. I even got to lose myself in a bookstore for a few hours one day. Seriously - so good! That Friday we arrived at the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center for a GBmojo show (cause by then Sooj had departed for more SJ Tucker solo adventures.) The Center was so kind and welcoming to us, as always, and though we tried for an outdoor show this time it was just too damn cold. No worries – we snuggled up inside and made it work. Dat’s what you do…

Saturday we headed for Jackson TN to the House of Cats and Dragons (aka Flame and Ryan’s place) for a gorgeous evening house concert. We were delighted to see our friends Evan and Eli show up just after we did. These roadie-angels had been around for almost all our former TN shows and let us know right away that their hands were there for helping. (Thank you gentlemen for ALL that you did for us!) Coming back to Flame’s house felt like a toasty-warm blanket and it wrapped us up in its magic. Vegan chili was on the menu (Thank you Ryan!) and we played a very intimate and at times, very emotional show. Ginger broke down into tears while performing The Tor. This was a first for her, but she felt safe doing it in with a room full of people we love. Powerful songs sometime invoke more energy than we can handle…

After just a smidge more time in TN, we headed to Hot Springs AR for a show at The Poet’s Loft on October 29th. Unfortunately for us when we arrived to set up, we saw only a note on the door that read “Venue Closed. Show Cancelled Due To Flooding. Sorry” WTF???!!! We sat there for a moment looking at the sandbags resting at the foot of the door and wondered a) why we hadn’t been told earlier and b) what flooding? What you gonna do, though… right? You take your butts to a local motel and bunker down, that’s what you do. And that’s exactly what we did. It turns out it was an email snafu that kept us from being notified. The owner had sent an email at about 10am that morning. So no disrespect or love lost for The Poet’s Loft. They good peeps and I really hope we can make something work another time.
So while the rain came pouring down in sheets, Ginger and I goofed off and made silly videos at the motel complete with cameo’s from the pair roaches hanging outside our door. (Yes, just outside. Thank God.) We settled in for a good nights sleep before heading to Eureka Springs for a full Halloween weekend.

More to come as we catch up on dis here tour diary!

     OK now it’s my turn to report. Ginger here from my comfy post in Memphis with hosts Andrea and Scott the wonderful. We just arrived a couple of days ago from Festival of Souls which was as wonderful as it was chilly. But I am getting ahead of myself. Let’s go back in time - back, BACK, BAAAAACK! OK not that far back – just to where our last diary left off a couple of weeks ago in OKC from where we would head out to the hippy delicious hide out of Steve and Willie Moses in the Ozarks of Missouri. Champion, Missouri to be exact, where the traffic flow consists solely of our S.U.V. and trailer driving through and missing the turn. The street where we were going cannot be found on any map other the hand drawn version Steve sends you via email. And our GPS, we were told, will go insane if you type in the address. So off we went from OKC with map in hand. Tulsa anyone? Yes. We stopped in Tulsa for the night to avoid driving the unfamiliar dirt roads of Missouri in the dark - and boy were we glad we did. Once we got within in a five-mile radius of Steve and Willies, we realized that we did not understand the map at all. After we had enough of driving around the dirt road paradise in utter confusion, we stopped in Champion for directions. Champion consists of a store and a church. The store has been there since 1940 and inside it sits a radio, which has been tuned to the same station for just as long. Having a bit of small town experience I simply asked the clerk if they knew where the Moses place was. She said “Sure!” and told me how to get there. Turns out we just veered left when we shoulda veered right. After that we found our way just fine and were in heaven from the moment we arrived. This was as cool a hippy hang out as it gets. Warm wooden flooring and walls surrounded an open living room & kitchen, with details that had been lovingly crafted by it current residents. It was harvest time as well, and their ample garden had yielded tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, wild grapes, and much more. Steve collected up a bunch of those veggies and threw em into a pot with noodles to make what he called street-walker pasta. After dinner he spun sounds from his old jazz records while we sipped wine and ate dark chocolate chips. An equally amazing meal and evening the next night when Willie returned.  Such chilled out bliss; we had a blast! Leaving there was hard but we were so glad we came. We plan to go back as often as travel plans allow.
      Next it was off to Wolvenold – their Samhain fest. I had not been there since Dreamtrybe played the very first Wolvenwold in 2000. It was hard to believe I was coming back after such a long time, but there I was. We pulled in and my distant memory became shiny and new. We went to the main house and said hello to Beltana and her chickens, which moved toward us in that “why are they surrounding us?” sort of way. Granted we reacted that way because we are city folk and we don’t understand that chickens can be as curious as they are lipless, and as harmless as they are cute. From there we ventured onto their beautiful festival site where we were warmly welcomed and extremely well cared for. Shortly after setting up camp we were surprised by two of our favorite people in the St. Louis tribe, Mitch and Amber who camped next to us. They made us smile with their sparkly energy, their stories and their beautifully hand made masks. They even offered up to us some of their Starbucks “Via” which we tried for the first time. Good job Starbucks; really hits the spot out in the cold wilderness. The show was fabulous and so many people offered to help we had to turn folks away. ☺ Thanks to everyone at Wolenwold for such an amazing event.
      Next we made the jaunt to St. Louis, where we would connect with Sooj and K for the first in our series of Traveling Fates shows this tour. Stephan and Anna opened their home to all of us and we collapsed into post festival slumber, postponing our happy reunion until we got some sleep. Our next GBmojo show was the extremely cool coffee house, Mokabes. I highly recommend it to all those visiting St. Louis. The way cool and super cute baristas were extremely laid back and they told us to set up “wherever we thought would work best.” We found a cool spot over by the front corner. The place filled up and the show had powerful energy and a very appreciative response. Sooj came up and did a couple of songs with us as a preview to the upcoming Traveling Fates show the following Saturday at the Edwardsville SIU Campus Center for Spirituality and Sustainability. The crowd knew her well and greeted her warmly and the three of us were blissful to be together and singing again.
      Next the Fates were off to Indianapolis for a quick detour up from St. Louis and back again. Unfortunately for us we did not realize our quick detour was a 5 and a half hour drive across a time zone (loose an hour) from where we were. We did not realize this until the night before we were suppose to leave. Whoops! A five hour drive ain’t so bad, but when you have a 5 hour drive before you play, and the very next day you have another 5 hour drive before you play again, it gets tiring. Now I’m not complaining. I mean, there are plenty of touring acts who go days and days and miles and miles before they even get a night off. However they have the help of roadies, drivers and managers handling everything while they sleep on the bus. We do ALL that stuff ourselves. Now let me just shout from the hills, I am happy to do it. The thing is since we do all the driving and loading we like to give ourselves a break in between the long drive and show time, and since we handle all the booking we can usually manage that. We are usually so prepared but for this show we typed the wrong city into google maps while calculating the routing and thought we had a two-hour drive. NOPE. Anyway it weren’t no big deal. We handled it like the hard-core road warriors we are.
      We arrived a bit behind schedule and our host Debbie was ready for us. Her place was in the middle of some beautiful Indiana farm country and gratefully she had the makings of vegan spinach humus wraps for Bekah and I and sandwiches for K and Sooj ready to go. Even though we were behind schedule the timing was perfect. Right after we finished load in, set up and sound check the people came - like all at once. It was awesome. We performed some old favorites and got to try on some new ones as well. It was the Traveling Fates first performance of Tough Titty Cup Cakes – A song by Betsy Tinney that Sooj performs by bringing to life the character of Tough Titty – the sultry southern raccoon mama who steals food to feed her babies. Bekah and I took on the role of two of her little babies singing backup. It brought the house down and had Kevin kicking himself that he was not filming.
      The next day we went back down to St. Louis and the SIU Edwardsville campus. We are very thankful to the folks at Bengal Home for all they did to put this show/benefit together. It was a beautiful space and we were happy to see our St.Louis friends again. The sound in the dome echoed off the geodesic walls in a way we had never experienced before making it sound like there were twelve of us on stage instead of three. “Welcome the Traveling Fates girls choir and their six piece band!” We had a lot of fun and a ton of helping hands – thanks to everyone in Bengal home!
     Well that's all for now.  Stay tuned for the fun filled entry coming soon about the awesome Traveling Fates show at Festival of Souls

(Re: Last weekend's show - Just now getting to post!)

   After scrambling last week to get ourselves together, we were happy to find that we were mostly ready on Thursday night with just a few odds and ends left to take care of in the morning. We enjoyed a delicious bon voyage dinner with my mom then we all watched the latest Project Runway, one of my favoritey-favorite guilty pleasures. Scoff if you must, but it is SO much fun to watch these artists pluck ideas out of their heads, put it on paper, grab some fabric and hot damn! There is this new creation in the world. And you can WEAR it! Maybe I love it so much because my brain don’t do that. Not in the visual, tactile way. I’ve made peace with it though. My brain does some other cool things…
   Friday morning went smoothly. The hardest part, as usual, was saying bye to my mama. What can I say, “I am the baby of the family it happens, so…” Ever the trooper, she sent us on our way with powerful blessings and all her love. Hasta luego Mamacita! Te Amo Mucho Mucho! She’s the best.
   Being the savvy road warriors we are, we planned for the infamous Dallas traffic and gave ourselves beau coup time to get there. What we did not account for was the massive traffic jams we hit in Kyle and Austin.
    <------ we're supposed to be at Liz's in 6 minutes?

We arrived in Dallas in all its trafficy glory and were a little on the late side when we arrived at the home of our host for the evening, one fabulous Ms. Liz Eysink.  Sweet Liz greeted us warmly and showed us the spacious back yard digs where we would be setting up on their brand new screened-in patio. After the load-in set-up tango and a quick dash to the store, we were thrilled to see the smiling faces of so many of our Dallas friends: Lynn, Deshawn, Krystal, Pat, Christy & Valerie to name a few. We had a cozy outdoor show with an audience comprised of ½ our crew and ½ Liz’s. After echoing requests, Ginger made a last minute edition to the set and added “Shadow”. All 4 of the ladies in the front row had special connection to this song, all stemming from deep personal loss, and they sang every last word with us while Deshawn stayed on the side and kept the flow going with his air-fire spinning. (Think air guitar for poi enthusiasts – actually quite beautiful.) If we’d known how big the back yard was, we would have asked him to bring the real thing. Next time D! Overall it was a lovely and very personal show. We have been asked to please oh please bring the Traveling Fates to Dallas when we come to TX this December and are now working on making that a reality. Thanks Liz and everybody for a wonderful night!

   We woke the next morning still a little zonked. This is the first tour where we’ve had significant travel and a show on Day 1 followed by more travel and a show on Day 2. That, paired with all the running around we did to get ready, left us a little wiped as we made our way to Oklahoma City.
   We arrived with time to spare at the casa of my dear dear deeeear friend Lara Stewart. Stew and I went to high school together back in San Antonio. As they often do, all other relationships from that formative time in my life have faded away save the one between we kindred girls. I’m SO exceedingly proud of Lara because she took her LSAT (law school entrance exams) on Saturday (only hours before we arrived, no less). She’s got quite a brain, that girl, and I have NO doubt whatsoever that she kicked it’s ass. After months and months of study, she was done and thoroughly ready to paint the town with us… or at least paint the venue we’d be playing later that night.
My original intention was to arrive at her place, say hi, then go down for a nap before the show. (Remember, zonked!) But I should have known better. Lara and I yapped until it was time for me to hit the shower, get dressed, and head down to Sauced, our favorite OKC venue.
   We did the show in the Sauced annex with our new friend Willie Mansour. Though our musical styles differ quite a bit, we really hit it off with Willie and the show blended nicely. I thought I was going to fall out of my chair when he announced in his second set “This next song is called Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too.” No waaaay!!! (I am a serious Shel Silverstein fan.) I think I hafta find my own Silverstein poem to spin now… Thanks Willie!
   As usual, the staff at Sauced couldn’t be a nicer group of people. This venue is leagues above others in my book, not because of any fancy ambience or VIP rooms but because of the way they treat their customers and the artists who play there. They care and they show it and it’s not rocket science, it’s just kinda rare in the club-world so it means a lot to us. When we find a venue we love, we stick with it. As far as I’m concerned, OKC is Sauced and Sauced is OKC. Thank you to Ed, Mandy, and the entire staff for setting the bar.

  John and Denise (our friends, supporters and some of the sweetest sweetie pies we know) brought a herd of beautiful people with them to the show. Just their party filled up the entire right side of the Annex!
John turned many a head and made many a smile that night. See picture…
And I almost lost track of my song when Jim walked in! I’ve seen him at festival upon festival for the last many years but never ONCE on his home turf. It took my brain a moment to believe. ☺ We got to sing happy birthday to Vince, made a lot of new fans, and made a serendipitous connection with the non-profit group “The Wishing Well”, an amazing organization that we are looking very forward to partnering with in the near future. It was a fantastic night.



  Sunday was spent lying around playing musical naps at Lara’s place. We capped off the day with a scrumptious meal at ‘Couscous’, a quiet little Moroccan restaurant whose tea and zaanook totally floated my boat.
   Ginger and I made the switch to a vegan diet 2+ months back. We are both really happy with the change and surprisingly it hasn’t been hard. When you undergo a true change of heart, it makes it much easier to tackle this kind of drastic transition. (As opposed to cutting something out of your diet that you really really love and then walking around craving it all the time, feeling deprived and eventually caving.) The big V takes some planning when out on the road though, that is for sure. We’ve always been pretty healthy eaters. We’ve always traveled with our own groceries on Mojo tours past so reaching for a healthy snack in the car has always been and continues to be easy enough. It’s going out for the occasional bite that requires a bit more cunning and savvy. But we’re managing fine and places like ‘Couscous’ make it not only easy and affordable but OoooOOOOooooh so good.
   We’re now en route to Missouri. We’ll be visiting the parents of our dear friend Sam for a few nights then headed out to Wolvenwold for Soule Fest. Happy trails are here again. (I’m mixing music, I know, but if the lyrical error fits…) ~bekah

Howdy folks!

It's that time again. In just a few days we'll be starting the 10 week journey that will bring us to so many of you on wings of song. We kicked things off with an awesome show in Austin Friday night! The beautiful energy was captured by our friend and brilliant videographer Danny Dale and new GBmojo LIVE videos will soon be available!


Here in TX we're working hard to safely launch ourselves on this journey. In an effort to raise the initial funding, we're announcing a MUSIC FIRE SALE! For a limited time:

* CD's are just $10! Take advantage and get discount copies of our latest releases, Mud Blossom and This Cocoon. Pick up a few for your friends and spread the GBmojo love around.
* And while they last, we're selling ALL remaining stock of our commemorative album T-shirts. We will not be reprinting these shirts after they're gone.  We're down to the wire on these organic, chem-free, hippy happy T-shirts which normally sell for $18.  While supplies last, get these collectors items for only $12. 




October 14th - The Traveling Fates - Nashville TN - First UU Church

November 4th - GBmojo - Birmingham AL - Books Beans and Candles




This Friday! - Sept. 25th - House Concert - Dallas TX - 7:30pm
BYOB and RSVP to service@gbmojo.com for directions
$6-$15 Suggested Donation supports GBmojo on tour

This Saturday! - Sept. 26th - Sauced - Oklahoma City, OK - 8:30pm
Located at 2912 Paseo
w/Mike Mansour and special guests
$6-$15 Suggested Donation supports GBmojo on tour

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Peace and Blessings to all of you, our friends and gypsy family! We'll see you out there!

xogbmojo
Bekah & Ginger

Now if I was REALLY on top of my game, I would have posted little notes and recaps after every show. THAT way, I would not be trying to cram it all into one email. I don't expect anyone has the time to sit down and read an epic newsletter, so concise it key. Thus, the game plan here is to list each show followed by a handful of memories about said show, a little something to impart a sense of flavor. Here we go:

Books, Beans, and Candles - Birmingham AL - Our 2nd time here, many new and many remembered faces, intimate acoustics, Ohm cappuccino's. Alabama had just "freed the hops" by allowing beer to have more than 6% hops (so specialty beers were FLOWIN' like woah). Mitchell and Darby: awesome owners and our hosts for the night whose gorgeous home backs up to a state park forest. PUF - Burns TN - Our 1st time here but already knew and loved a good chunk of the folks there. Our cozy cabin (though it took us about an hour to figure out which one was ours), super sweet staff (oops, I mean staph) Lizbet the awesome, Trevor's post-concert dance party, a beautiful lake and wonderful company, and a potluck dinner of DOOM (meaning it was awwwesome...) Megan and Mindy's House Concert, Decatur GA - Super cool new friends of ours with an awesome and welcoming home. Somber circumstances prompted the house concert to morph into a New Orleans-style wake for their best friend Justin, complete with authentic beads and Megan's new fleur de lis tattoo. Thought provoking performance poetry book ended our concert. Oh, and Sun in my Belly! Just go there... really. Go. Eddies Attic Open Mic Shootout, Decatur GA - You've never seen so much amazing talent in the same room. Knees were knocking while trying to look cool as a cucumber (complete with involuntary smiling). The Songdog family came out to show some love (THANK YOU!). Although we didn't make it to the finals, our competition could NOT be nicer, the STAFF could not be nicer, and Eddie's wants to host a GBmojo show this Fall (Yay!!). Unity Church of Chattanooga, TN - Um, did we really book this for the morning AFTER Eddies Attic? Yes... yes we did. And we are SO glad we did! Sweet people and energy filled the room of this close knit spiritual community who welcomed us as musical guests at their service. We came on the right Sunday: Potluck Sunday! They invited us to stay after and eat up! Looking forward to playing at their coffeehouse ('Charles and Myrtle's Coffeehouse") next time we come through. MGLCC, Memphis TN - Another awesome show at MGLCC! The audience gets bigger and bigger here every time we come through. We're bustin' at the seams! So many familiar faces that I miss so much when we're away... (xo!) This Center does *amazing* things for the local GLBT community and is simply an inspired and uplifting place to be. The Goddess and The Moon, Nashville TN - Our first time to play this beautiful shop. Tish, the owner, also runs the show out at PUF (see above). Great turnout. Great enough that the only space left for dancing was in the kitchen and it was utilized damn well, if I do say so myself. Shout out to Lizbet, once again, for workin' this show and spreading the word and the love, like ya do! Lots of new fans - awesome energy at this show. House Concert at Karla and Joe's, Hendersonville TN - Karla and Joe's is becoming one of those stops where if we *don't* go there for some reason, it's just not a GBmojo tour. It has become a vital part, like our Go Lean cereal and ground flaxseed that simply must travel with us everywhere we go. ;) As always, it was an awesome party. K and J just don't throw a bad one. Met lots of cool new people and saw familiar faces as well. Some of our hippies came too and it felt so warm and snuggly to have them there! Next day was pool party and karaoke with K and J and friends galore. Java Cabana, Memphis TN - 1st time to play here. This room is equal parts tiny and awesome and hot. I (Bekah) was quite literally ringing out my hair by the 4th song - soooo hot. Great turnout of GBmojo friends and fans, too much for this place to hold. Think we're gonna have to find a bigger room next time we come through... Reunited with SJ Tucker (yay!) who got up on our last song, Eleanor Rigby, to kick it out Traveling Fates style. Too cool. Day after the show, SJ, Ginger, Andrea, Ashley, and I (aka The Sexy Caravan) hit the road for St. Louis for an exciting VIP Solstice Party at one very cool, A-list author's home. LKH Solstice Party, St. Louis MO - Wow. Wow wow wow. This house was so beautiful. We played under a big beautiful outdoor canopy that had tiny white lights strewn from top to bottom and a raised wooden floor. The event was catered and the food delicious. It had all the classy parts of a wedding reception but way more laid back and oh-so-much cooler. And by cooler, I am certainly not talking about the temp. because it was one of the hottest outdoor gigs we've ever played. We think it had to be 300% humidity. It just had to be. K and Sooj did a beautiful fire show after our first set and I'm amazed they didn't just melt away. Close, but not quite, thank god. Ashley and Andrea, the best and most beautiful merch girls in all the land, did a bang-up job working our tables and helping us load and unload. Andrea says she has a whooole new respect for what touring musicians have to do to make a live show happen and thanked us personally for the new muscles she felt budding under her skin after just one weekend with us. The Venice Cafe, St. Louis MO - Definition of funky: see Venice Cafe. Wandering through this venue was like traipsing through an artist's dream. Mosaic patterns covered nearly every inch of this place. Doors, stairs, floors, tables, bars... And what was not mosaic was completely funky in some other way (covered in license plates, lights, buttons, Simpsons figurines). It was a pretty unique experience to be singing your heart out right next to Hulk Hogan, a water-logged alien head, a giant poster of Tiny Tim and a lamp filled with hypodermic needles. We welcomed a great turnout, but we played pretty late for a Wednesday and many had to leave before our final set. BUT those hardcore folks who did stay got a hell of a thank you. Post-show we took gobs of pictures with and in front of all of the pretty things. House Concert Mitch and Ambers, St. Louis MO - Such a cool place owned by this lovely couple of gypsy jewelry makers. They gifted us right away! Ginger got a cool wooden wolf pendent, I got new hair sticks, and all the Fates received silver-cast tree necklaces. The place was packed, packed, packed. Many were hardcore SJ Tucker fans who were introduced to GBmojo for the first time. Thank you Sooj! The Bengalhome crew was on site and on point once again. Marti even brought us all delicious home made crème brule cheesecakes! Such a fun night with lots of new friends and fans made. Lunalushede Covenstead, Raytown MO - Patrick, Selene, and Kaleigh welcomed us to their giant home and backyard where we were going to set up for the show. Set up we did... in 1,000 degree weather. Then we did a meticulous sound check, EQing every last little thing and juuuuust as we finished, the thunder began to roll in. We proceeded to tear everthing down and moved inside. We set up the stage in front of 3 windows that looked out into the front porch and yard. So even though we weren't facing them, the overflow crowd who couldn't fit in the room with us (biggest house concert crowd yet!) enjoyed the show from the "backstage" perspective. I heard it wasn't such a bad seat after all :) By the end of Come Down, the sardine-crammed people who were in the room with us decided to dance anyway. Amazing final show for the Traveling Fates who will reunite again later this year. Sauced, Oklahoma City OK - 3rd time to play this OK venue. As much as their tasty food and beverages, their laid back atmosphere makes this place so much fun to play. We were surprised and excited to learn that we were featured in the Oklahoma Gazette in a section called "Hey Do This", a weekly listing of Editor's picks for things to do that week. (Drink This, Dance This, Fest This, Hear This, etc.) The latter is where GBmojo's show was spotlighted! My favorite part of the write up was when they described us as a "pair of chanteuses". Too cool. At the gig and in the days following, we got to spend time with and stay with my suuuuper cool buddy Lara who I had not seen or really talked to in the last 8 months since she moved to OKC. She's my Stewie Stew! Love that girl... House Concert at Jon and Denise's, OKC OK - An awesome group of people! They took hospitality to the Nth degree, continually topping off our glasses of water and wine, feeding us, aiming cooling fans at us so we would not melt, bringing us cool towels in between sets and offering us a comfy bed to crash in. It was a great show with a lively group of listeners who hooted and hollered. We were grateful to sell lots of CDs - One guy even suggested he might go donate plasma on Monday in order to raise the extra dough so he could buy some stuff too. Hard. Core. :) Our final song, Come Down, had some interesting technical snafu's. The speakers shut off and we did it a capella. The drummers in the room, along with a chorus of voices, carried the song to its finish. It was great and the crowd was on point, truly a wonderful way to end the tour.

Whew! Aaaand we're home...


So now that we're home, we're sinking our teeth into some new projects...

Ginger is currently laying down tracks for her next release, "Hand & Hammer". (Or as I like to call it, Hah!) This release will feature some Ginger "classics" re-recorded as well as some new songs - all featuring a dynamic and rhythmic blend of piano and percussion (Hence, "Hand and Hammer"). For the listener, the music on this release serves as a window into Ginger's own spiritual journey and is sure to please the many folks who have been asking for the live performance versions of songs like 4 Directions and Hanged Man.

Ginger and I will also begin work on a new song writing project, collaborating with long time friend and renaissance man Ricky Hernandez, as well as award-winning engineer Robert De La Garza. The project is packed with potential and could lead to more exciting opportunities for all of us. We're currently in writing stages... keep ya posted.

We will also be mapping out our route, booking shows and reserving crash space for our upcoming Fall tour which will be part GBmojo and part Traveling Fates shows. All in all, it looks like it's going to be somewhere in the ballpark of 3 months. Yowza! That's a month longer than we've ever done before! We'll start by heading out to Missouri and over the course of the trip we'll be winding and weaving back and forth, all the way down into central Florida. It's gonna be long and very very cool. We'll keep you all in the loop as we get closer to departure.

Well that's all folks! (She said as if she didn't just share 6 pages worth of information with you) Please feel free to reply to this email with any questions, comments, deep thoughts... whatever! We love hearing from you.

Peace, be well, and we'll see you soon!
xoGBmojo

As many of you know, we are preparing to hit the road for next week for our summer tour. To help raise the funds for this journey, we're having a big ol' sale and fundraising drive!

This Cocoon and Mud Blossom only $13.95
The Little Mojo Package (one copy of each album) only $25.00
The Mojolicious Super Fan Package (one copy each album + one Bekah Kelso T-shirt + one Ginger Doss T-shirt) only $50.00! (That's only 12.50 per item!!!)

Get your discounted merch at www.gbmojo.com/buymerch.cfm

IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO OUR TIP JAR, we gratefully accept it thru Paypal. Just think: If only 200 of you mojo-music-lovers donated just 5 bucks, we'd hit our goal in no time and be on our way! And there are so many of you out there!

If you have the means and would like to join in the effort to make this tour happen, you can go make your donation (really, in any amount of your choosing - from $1 and up!) by cutting and pasting the following link into your browser:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5560690

(Of course, you can always find the "donate" button on the homepage of our website as well...)

You guys rock so hard! THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO! Because of your help, we can continue touring and bringing the music to you! Much love and many, many, MANY blessings to you!

xoxoGinger and Bekah

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