They're gonna need air conditioning!

We'll heat up even Arizona when we play the beautiful
Welcome Air Conditioned Motel on Highway 89!

Chloe "Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Me?" Kleimenhagen,
on tour with The GilmerMetcalves, 2008

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We'll be wakin' the dead!

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First stop on the tour is the fabulous Club De Escorpión in beautiful Antelope Wells, New Mexico! Join us while we shake some bones and rattle some skulls!

Chloe "Does This Skeleton Costume Make Me Look Fat?" Kleimenhagen,
on tour with The GilmerMetcalves, 2008

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And we're off!

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We're hitting the road and riding it hard for the next month and a half! Check in every few days for updates and info!

Chloe "Head 'Em Up, Move 'Em Out" Kleimenhagen,
On the road with The GilmerMetcalves, 2008


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¡Permítanos el partido!

Even though we're in rehearsal for the upcoming Fall Tour of New Mexico and The Great Southwest (commencing in just one week!), we're always available for an extra gig or five before and after! So keep us in mind when meeting your entertainment needs for those quinceaneras, bar and bat mitzvahs, wedding receptions, and/or secret rituals by moonlight beside the Sacred Mesquite Tree!

Chloe "Queen of the Quinceaneras" Kleimenhagen,
rehearsing and scaring up business with The GilmerMetcalves, 2008

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Livestock lullabies!

When preparing for a major tour rehearsal time is essential! And when it can be coordinated with a gig doing good for our hooved friends, so much the better. So it is that we found ourselves crooning to sleep the magnificent show cattle at the legendary State Fair of Texas. They were much appreciative, of course, as the mellifluous music provided by the band eased the bovines from the excitement of the day into the sweet slumber of night. Soon the gentle lowing turned to sometimes guttural snoring...but we woke up Clyde before he disturbed our snoozing charges!
Just kidding, Clyde!

Anyway, we had the opportunity to polish some of our more easy listening numbers for a decidedly uncritical audience...good preparation for those more laid back fans we expect to find in Santa Fe and Taos during our upcoming Fall 2008 Tour of New Mexico and The Great Southwest!

Chloe "Wake Me When It's Over" Kleimenhagen,
rehearsing with The GilmerMetcalves at the State Fair of Texas, 2008

Listen up and download "A Rough Ride in Luxury" and "The Ballad of el Toro de Fantasma", then saddle up with all of your official GilmerMetcalves merchandise!

Friendly reminder!

Meanwhile, listen up and download "A Rough Ride in Luxury" and "The Ballad of el Toro de Fantasma", then saddle up with all of your official GilmerMetcalves merchandise!

It’s a wrap!

The soon to be legend in song and story GilmerMetcalves Hill Country Tour 08 has come to its screeching halt this past Labor Day weekend, with an amazing live guerilla concert on the grounds of the historic and eristic Alamo.

I say “screeching halt” because the squeal of braking tires mixed with the wail of sirens and the chop-chop-chop of local news helicopters overhead to bring a rousing version of “There She Was (Gone)”, accompanied by a robust tourist singalong, now that the long debated lyrical contribution of Red Sendup is out in the open for all to enjoy and memorize for just such an occasion, to a premature end.

We were barely into our second set, when apparently the local constabulary decided the first set was quite enough. Also apparent was the total lack of serious crime afoot that particular Sunday afternoon, since it seemed well over half of San Antonio’s Finest converged on our little recital and shut down the proceedings with extreme prejudice!
All was not lost, however, since the lack of excitement in other sections of town meant the local news channels had none of the usual stabbings, shootings, and car crashes to fill their usual quota of such folderol, so we were front and center on all four channels!

This photo below was sent to us by a fan, and it only begins to suggest the ensuing chaos.



A fitting end to a remarkable six month musical promenade!
But we haven’t long to rest and recuperate, basking in the Texas sunset glory of several jobs well done!

The GilmerMetcalves Fall of 08 Tour of New Mexico and the Great Southwest begins soon with dates and venues to be announced as soon as we know what they are ourselves.
Of course, as always you can keep apprised of the latest barn burning (literally, sometimes) gigs on this blog. Check in often and early!

Chloe “It Would Be Miller Time If I Drank That Crap, Hand Me The Patron Bottle Instead” Kleimenhagen,
relaxing with the GilmerMetcalves, 2008


Listen up and download "A Rough Ride in Luxury" and "The Ballad of el Toro de Fantasma", then saddle up with all of your official GilmerMetcalves merchandise!