Tuesday, August 11, 2009

It's Fall, Must be Time to Play Again!

Summer is drawing to a close and that means the Mood Swings are wrapping up projects we've been working on since May ("What I Did On My Summer Vacation"), only some of which I can talk about -- the other tidbits aren't quite ready, but we are excited -- details in mid-September, I promise. In the meanwhile, a sneak peek of our new songs for the Fall is below.

To kick off the "fall season," the 'Swings will play the big Tour de NeighborsGo event in Lewisville on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 -noon. It's at the Village Shops at Castle Hills, a gorgeous new enclave right off of Lady of the Lake Boulevard. It's a family thing, with trike event at 9:30, "Big Bike" event at 10, and 'Swings at 11. Families, vendors, fun, live music, and free! Details to come around the first week in September in every edition of "NeighborsGo" in The Dallas Morning News.

On Thursday, Sept. 10, our sax-flute-guitar-vox-kitchen sink member, Diane, plays a benefit for Dallas Heritage Village in an intimate setting -- the Alamo Saloon ! -- with Jubal's Paradise partner, guitar master Kevin Kirk. Jubal's plays gorgeous acoustic songs featuring guitar and flute. This venue seats only 25 people and tickets will sell out quickly -- for an evening of truly beautiful music benefiting the historic, accredited Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park, call Michelle at 214-413-3675.

Then on Saturday, Sept. 19 the whole band is back at Dallas Heritage Village for the Chili Cookoff. Mood Swings play at 1:30; this is a CASI-sanctioned cookoff for chili aficianados. Details at www.dallasheritagevillage.org!

Preview of some of the new songs on the horizon:
"Chickenheaded Thing": Southern Rock meets aliens on a farm-to-market road!
"Unh When I Sit Down (Unh When I Get Up Again)": Danceable rap, in full Mood Swings mode.
"Geez Louise": Swingin' tune about a society gal who has it all.
"Father Time": Rich harmonies in this thoughtful song about music, friendship and encouragement.
"There": Bittersweet, old-fashioned ballad of lost love.
"Don't Come Back": Done-Me-Wrong for the last time, cheater takes a hike in this rock-pop tune.

Have a topic you want the Mood Swings to sing about? Let us know--then be brave.