tag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:/blogs/a-wild-ride-so-far?p=1A Wild Ride So Far2021-08-19T20:31:11-06:00Mountain Blues Brothersfalsetag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/67218872021-08-19T20:31:11-06:002023-12-10T12:43:13-07:00Playing at a 51st Wedding Anniversary!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/0f78faf2309ef5797427d32373c6eefc80b99f6f/original/img-1780.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/66908322021-07-17T10:04:39-06:002023-12-10T09:55:22-07:00"Blessings" is our latest original song<p><span class="font_large"><a contents='Check out our latest original song "Blessings"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xF7fLwGBZY" style="">Check out our latest original song "Blessings"</a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xF7fLwGBZY</span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/65727882021-03-13T10:52:42-07:002022-06-01T19:04:20-06:00What Steve Did During Pandemic<p><span class="font_large">No performing during the pandemic so what does Steve do?</span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><a contents="Click on this link to see sled ride" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep8ENCwh6SQ" style="">Click on this link to see sled ride</a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/0c10e2294daea9ae7128efb25d0b124c40499b9e/original/img-1649.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/65168412021-01-08T19:47:28-07:002023-03-10T05:08:39-07:00Please Vote for my Song!<p><span class="font_large"><span class="font_large">Roots Tech has selected my song, Smile Into the Sky, as a semi-finalist in their song writing contest. You can listen to the song, see the lyrics and vote for it at the following link: <a contents="Please vote for my song, Smile Into the Sky!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://rootstechsongcontest.org/smile-into-the-sky/" style="">Please vote for my song, Smile Into the Sky!</a></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/401dabb7c0c25eba38cc64210bf0e1df2124e4b0/original/steve-b.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/64875572020-11-28T11:48:08-07:002022-07-28T06:01:41-06:00See our latest video, Ward House Rock!<p><span class="font_large"><span class="font_large">Watch our latest video, Ward House Rock:</span></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><span class="font_large"><a contents="https://youtu.be/qjz8teHUa_s" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjz8teHUa_s&feature=youtu.be">https://youtu.be/qjz8teHUa_s</a></span></span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/64693202020-11-03T09:14:57-07:002023-12-10T10:50:53-07:00Listen to us on Spotify!<p><span style="font-size: 23.52px;">Did you know that you can listen to our music on Spotify? Thanks for listening to our music! Here is a link:</span></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/660ecZfJOHuIyGDlnLLDR4?highlight=spotify:track:5Gx0UYUs0nRomln1s91HNC"><span style="font-size: 23.52px;">https://open.spotify.com/album/660ecZfJOHuIyGDlnLLDR4?highlight=spotify:track:5Gx0UYUs0nRomln1s91HNC</span></a></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/63134662020-05-12T10:28:31-06:002022-05-30T19:05:02-06:00For those who have lost a spouse<p><span class="font_large">I wrote "Smile Into the Sky" for anyone who has lost a spouse. I feel blessed to still have mine. I love how my Blues Brother, Bill Coleman, harmonizes on this with me. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon or at this link: <a contents="Mountain Blues Brothers Album" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An_DhiP_GZU&list=OLAK5uy_lRjIR4qXjuwu65Bb8vXKiWuqgoUldkr6Y&index=1&fbclid=IwAR2LWiZV6xHh_nzAA1v7Fk7q8r1_6XCEjViWPjuYVnHD0ODDeohv1TioTsg" style="">Mountain Blues Brothers Album</a></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/98189725b8e7e8486a7e155a65ed43fb12a12933/original/steve-and-evelyn.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/62738212020-04-06T16:47:47-06:002022-05-31T20:05:14-06:00Have a Wonderful Easter!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/babec14d3c6903add027bf1bb7aa424e7b07401f/original/img-1486.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>6:23Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/62390042020-03-05T19:16:00-07:002023-12-10T10:44:22-07:00Our First Album is Here!<p><span class="font_large"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/d9d569fb4237355fc23a7406c3970f1c6dada81d/original/album-back.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Go to our music page to listen to our entire album, digitally download or purchase a physical CD! Thank you for supporting our music! <a contents="https://mountainbluesbrothers.com/music" data-link-label="Music" data-link-type="page" href="/music">https://mountainbluesbrothers.com/music</a></span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/62110252020-02-10T18:16:46-07:002023-12-10T11:32:38-07:00Our First Album is Coming Soon!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/06dd80013a93b2a47b53b2867cda6229901071d6/original/album-cover.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_large">Watch for our first album to be out within the next month! It will be available in a physical CD, digital download and most of the streaming apps. The album will consist of ten original songs including beautiful ballads, funny blues songs and inspirational faith building music. We are so excited!</span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/60448242019-12-24T15:22:01-07:002023-12-10T11:30:56-07:00Merry Christmas from the Mountain Blues Brothers!<p><span class="font_large">Merry Christmas to you all! Thank you for your great support this past year! 2020 looks like another great year with 60 concerts already scheduled! We hope to see you at one of them! We hope you have a wonderful year in 2020.</span><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/0eb80c67469e8f48645ad17f6b8eab74a31af786/original/christmas-2019-two.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/59836182019-11-28T10:09:52-07:002023-12-10T09:32:47-07:00Another Fun Utah State Prison Concert<p><span class="font_large">Bill and I had another successful concert at the Utah State Prison. It is a special experience for us to play for the inmates. I hope they will let us play there again. It is a lot of fun. This year, our inmate sound man had done the sound for United Concerts for many years. He had worked with acts like Sting and Pat Benetar. He knew what he was doing! We've got a good start for 2020 with 46 concerts already booked!</span><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/9e47908099cde1d903e6837ad5a7b249789f74d9/original/prison-2019.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/59240392019-10-11T21:22:08-06:002023-12-10T12:32:38-07:00Over 100 Concerts the Past Two Years<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/d193a5b5477d69e2d175287c171123c013192cc7/original/mbb-with-truck.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><span class="font_large">Bill and Steve are in their 4th year of playing together as Blues Brothers. The past two years they have performed over 100 concerts. They are now getting requests for concert dates in 2020.</span> <span class="font_large">Fun times!</span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/58032402019-06-25T09:35:33-06:002022-04-21T09:25:43-06:00Don't Miss Our Concert in the Park!<p><span class="font_large">This coming Sunday, June 30th, we will be playing at Pleasant Grove Concerts in the Park located east of Pleasant Grove Recreation Center at 547 South Locust Avenue beginning at 7:30 pm. Bring your lawn chair and come early as we will probably play some warm up songs. If the weather is iffy, it will be moved inside the recreation center.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/7f58e34eb34f62f53cfe445b7e7768678e685062/original/img-3504.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /> </span></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/57640172019-05-22T10:19:22-06:002022-03-01T04:19:52-07:00Concert in the Park<p><span class="font_large">Want to see our band without going to a senior living center or the Utah State Prison? Then come and see us at Pleasant Grove's Concert in the Park series on Sunday evening, June 30th at 7:30 pm. Bring a lawn chair and come early. It will be fun! We hope to see you there!</span></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/9469829fc9188140f99e04411b7dba3d7706b769/original/pg-concerts-in-the-park.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/56020162019-01-18T11:52:02-07:002022-04-30T10:07:03-06:002019 Will Be A Great Year<p>After 35 Concerts in 2018 including a performance at Pleasant Grove Concert's in the Park and a Utah State Prison Concert, the Mountain Blues Brothers are starting out strong in 2019. We have already scheduled 11 performances including another show at Pleasant Grove Concert's in the Park on June 30th. Click on the Shows page to see where and when or contact us if you would like to schedule a performance. We hope to see you in 2019!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/286662/c32b17dd11d33bfa1819e35cb8226bbcfda11ab0/original/prisonpromo.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/54598372018-10-08T12:20:52-06:002022-01-09T23:19:43-07:00We Have a New Name<p>We have changed our name in order to honor President Russell M. Nelson, the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, request of all members of our church to not use "Mormon", a church nickname. We support and sustain President Nelson as our Prophet and felt it was important to abide by his counsel. When the church recently announced that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's name was changed to the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, we knew our name needed to change. After listening to President Russell M Nelson's sincere conference talk yesterday about this subject, Bill and I immediately began searching for a new name. Our new name will be Mountain Blues Brothers. We now have the Utah DBA of that name, the domain name MountainBluesBrothers.com, a new gmail account MountainBluesBrothers@gmail.com, a new Mountain Blues Brothers YouTube Channel and Facebook page. It may take time for all of the transitions to be made, but we feel great about this change.</p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/54550582018-10-04T10:50:14-06:002022-01-24T07:25:32-07:00Prison Inmates Like Us Too!<p> We had a successful concert at the Utah State Prison where we received two standing ovations! This group of inmates were very nice and it was fun to interact with them. They had earned the privilege of being able to attend because of their good behavior. It was a great experience for Bill and I. One of the inmates who plays the guitar wanted to know if he could get the music to our song "Honor Flight" because he loved the song and wanted to learn how to play it. I gave my copy to a trustee so that he could use it.</p>
<p> We played the debut of our new song "He Will Come Again", which we hope to submit to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for consideration for the new Hymn Book. Several inmates thought it was a beautiful piece and hoped it would make it in the Hymn Book.</p>
<p> This was a wonderful opportunity for us. We hope we will be able to perform there again someday. Meanwhile we are still performing at Senior Living Centers and recently had a great time with a large crowd of residents at Sagewood Senior Living in Daybreak. What a fun group!</p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/53836262018-08-11T10:32:12-06:002023-12-10T10:44:22-07:00A Fun Summer!<p>Hi everyone! We topped off the summer with a great time at Pleasant Grove Concerts in the Park. We've been taking somewhat of a break in August and look forward to more performances starting in September including a gig at the Utah State Prison. We are looking forward to that one!</p>
<p>We would like to spend more time recording and making videos of some of our newer tunes. In particular, our song Honor Flight, which recognizes Veterans and the Honor Flight organization for their service would be a good one to record.</p>
<p>We've performed 27 times this year and look forward to many more. Thanks for your interest in our music. We have many original songs and we can't wait to record them into an album.</p>Mountain Blues Brotherstag:mountainbluesbrothers.com,2005:Post/52239902018-05-08T21:10:06-06:002023-12-10T10:44:22-07:00A Wild Ride So Far<p><span class="font_large"> The past few months, we (the Mormon Blues Brothers) have been busy boys. We have played weekly or twice weekly since February. We have also added new songs to our repertoire. Since Bill is a full time school teacher and Steve is a full time missionary, there has been little time to record videos or MP3s of our music lately. We hope to do more recording this summer and there are new songs coming as well. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"> Our summer performance schedule is filling up. We are excited to perform at some different venues such as the Utah Ukulele Festival, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pleasant Grove Concerts in the Park and a Riverwoods Gazebo performance. Steve will also be teaching a "Funky Blues Fingerpicking" class at the Uke Festival and the Mormon Blues Brothers will emcee the evening concert. We have been very successful playing at various Senior Centers in Utah Valley to rave reviews. Many of them are asking us back to play again. We are also planning to play Senior Centers in Salt Lake Valley as well. We also hope to play to more LDS audiences in the future too. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"> We have enough original music for an album now and hopefully, we will get something out this summer. Life is good! Thanks for your support! </span></p>
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