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Posted 3-5-07
Aye, The Toads Are Playin’ A St. Pattie’s Day Show!
Saturday, March 17th, 9:00 p.m.
At “Cruisin’
Route 72” Restaurant & Bar
On The Corner of
(1.5 miles west of
Yep, The Toads Return Home To Cruisin’
Rt. 72 in Gilberts For Another Cozy, Cool And Tasty ALL AGES SHOW. Be Wearin’ The
Green And Get There Early To Join The Fun!
We Have Some Real Surprises In Store Along With A Lot O’
We know Everybodys Workin For The Weekend so the
band is getting ready to Roll With The
Changes to make our shows more fun than ever!
In Peace With Loud
Pipes, Chrome Wipes and Pinstripes…
Your Friends,
The Road Toads
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1-16-07
Happy New Year!
The band has a ton of
new songs planned for ’07 but we also need your help! We would like to know
your all-time favorite songs. It is important to us that we play what YOU want
to hear. The list can have one or one hundred songs on it. If it is Toadilly possible at all, we will play it. Rock, Country (yes, i
said country), Surf, Rockabilly, Punk, Metal...anything to make you want to
spill your drink, kick over the chairs,
and swarm up on the dance floor to mosh with reckless
abandon. Scratch your list on any handy item... cocktail napkins, monogrammed
hankies (unused please), papyrus, tree bark, $100 bills etc. Or you can email
your list to: roadtoads1@yahoo.com
Thanks!
We will be announcing
our upcoming shows very soon. Several brand new venues are on the horizon as
well as some old friends.
NOW!
The following bit is something I’ve always wanted to do. So I’m a gonna do it.
Ok World, I would like
to pay tribute to a truly great singer, musician and the reason the Road Toads
(or any band I’ve ever been in) exists…
Dave’s mother, Dolores
(Dolly) and her band in mid-1950s.
She left us January 1st, 1966 but her legacy
lives on every time Danny or I step onstage.
She never got a chance to see either of us play.
“Thanks for showing me the way mom.
I have always missed you and I always will miss you”
- dave
whoever reads this - that
was just something that needed to be said.
Thank you
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In Peace With Loud
Pipes, Chrome Wipes and Pinstripes…
Your Friends,
The Road Toads
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12-16-06
The Band Would Like To Take This
The Past Year Was Simply Grand. All The
Shows, The Hot Rod Trips, The Laughs. They Were The Best Times We Have Ever
Had. Hopefully, With God’s Blessing, We Will Have Lots More To
Come In The Future.
But It Goes Way Beyond Just Guitars, Cars And Other Things.
The Deep Friendships That Have Blossomed Along The Way
Made Everything Worthwhile. When Danny
And I Decided To Start This Band Two Years Ago, We Were Just Hoping To Have A
Little Fun. What We Actually Gained Was So Much More Than We Had Ever Dreamed
Possible. You Are The Reason For That.
So Many Great Times
Shared And Memories That Will Never Be Forgotten. THANK YOU!
Merry Christmas And Happy New Year From The Toads: Dave, Danny, Joe, Colby
Kevin And Val.
To Return To Our Special
Sincerely,
Dave and Danny Jacobsen
11-20-06
It’s the most wonderful
time of the year…
Family, Friends, Gifts,
In a few days, the official beginning of the
One present the band has always wanted to give
everyone is a studio recording of us doing some favorite tunes. Well, the
waiting is over and work has started on that particular project. We went into
the studio last week and began laying down tracks for our first CD! It is a lot of work, putting a song together
piece by piece but that’s how its done and its well
worth the effort. You can hear the results of our first recording session by
clicking on the “Breakup Song” link on our Website’s Home Page. It will take a
minute or two to download but it should come up shortly and you can save the
file to put it on your pod or you can play it on your computer. We only have
the one song completed so far but we wanted to get what we have out to you as
soon as possible. It will give you an idea of grand things yet to come! Let us
know what you think. Enjoy! Also, check
out the stuff we have added and changed on the site. After all, we had to make
things spiffy for the holidays. So until next time…
Thanks!
In Peace With Loud
Pipes, Chrome Wipes and Pinstripes…
Your Friends,
The Road Toads
11-3-06
Howdy sportsfans. How
time flies! It’s almost the beginning of the
Car Show Cruise Season is pretty much done for
this year. However, we certainly took advantage of every opportunity to hit the
streets. It wasn’t just about the cars though. Just as when we play someplace,
our friends are the main reason these events mean so much to us. Without
friends, it wouldn’t be the same at all. Thank You for the best times of our
lives both on the road and onstage!
Now some
serious restoration work will commence on the 72 Chevelle.
We will see how much gets done before next spring. The Joe Mobiles are getting
spruced up as well. The ‘31 Coupe in particular has a new look that just kicks
ass with new wheels etc. Plus, A new motor is coming. We will get some photos
up soon.
Till Next Time Then,
The Toads
8-14-06
Wow, it has been along time since writing in this
newsletter! An eventful summer. The Toads played a number of new places
including a few parties, clubs and
School will be starting shortly and Danny can’t
wait…yeah, right!
We’ve done a lot of cruisin
in the Toadmobile this summer. Actually, all the Toadmobiles have had some miles put on them! Joe’s cars get
driven regularly as well. We made a nice road trip to
5-18-06
Another Toad On The Road
Again!
The 72 Chevelle (The Toadmobile) is now rockin and rollin! Look for us at a cruise night near you. Plenty of
work still to do on her but we are gonna do some drivin’ right now! The dynamic of Danny and Dave will get
to wrenching and all that good stuff shortly. In the meantime…HOOO RAWWW! Its Kick the tires, light the fires, strap down and aim it buddy!
Pics in
the gallery.
We’re getting ready for our next show at Cruisin’ On 72 in Gilberts on May
20th! Its an all ages show at 9:00pm. Be
there! No its not a cruise night as was originally
planned but you can still bring your favorite ride if you want…we wont mind one
bit! Anyway, its gonna be
another night of fun and frivolity as you have come to expect from us. Did I
mention BE THERE yet?
We are doing a full blown, big time cruise night
show on June 10th. Check out our shows listing for info.
In peace with loud pipes, chrome
wipes and pinstripes…
the Toads
5-7-06
The Toads Go International and Get the Blues
etc,etc.
The weekend of May 28 was the busiest in the
history of the band. Friday night brought us to Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church/School in
Saturday saw us hitting the Road to the Marriott
Lincolnshire Resort where we appeared at the Rotary Club International’s Convention.
It was the band’s first overnighter (yeah, Danny Boy liked that!) What a
fabulous hotel!...and the awesome people with the
Rotary Club set the stage for what would be an unforgettably fantastic, Toadilly Cool night. A lot of new songs…some learned on the
fly that night. We have no idea how many people were there to party but there
was a BIG crowd. We want to say HELLO! to all our new
friends associated with the Rotary Club. Particularly, Chris, Alan and Mike for
giving us the opportunity to show our stuff to a truly International crowd.
Thanks to this show, the Toads now have friends in
So, the weekend was a lot of traveling,
loading-in, loading out, setting-up and tearing down, performing etc, but it
was all worth it as we had a dynamite time.
Rock n roll all night and party every day!
3-31-06
We now have music files for your downloading
pleasure!!
Many of you have asked if there were any MP3 files
available of the Toads in action. Well yes, kind of... They are raw recordings
of our performances so don’t expect studio quality at all at this point. They
are completely unedited. We will be in the studio for some better quality stuff
soon. Starting the ball rolling is “After Midnight” from our March 25th Cruisin’ show. You can download it and either hit SAVE when
the little window pops up and play it using Media Player or hit OPEN and it
will automatically play once it is downloaded. In the future, we will have a
streaming audio player online so you can play them right on our website! Happy
Listening
3-30-06
JOE GETS A STREET ROD!
Smokin’ Joe showed up at the band meeting Wednesday in
a cherry red, ’31 Ford 3-window coupe! Pics will be
up soon. She has a sweet 350 even though Joe is a confirmed Big Block lover.
She moves right along just fine… A perfect addition to the Road Toad Fleet! (theres
at least 5 cruiseable cars right now in the band) Now
if only Kevin still had his T-bucket!
Look for Joe and Kim with the new baby at a cruise night near you! Don’t
think theres enough room for all his drums in the
rumble seat though. In other news…Work is progressing
nicely on the 71 Chevelle’s engine/tranny. She should be ready to rock by the time decent weather
is here! The Toad Fleet will increase by still another cool car! Dave plans to have her at as many cruise
nights as possible too! Kevin’s Nova is coming along also with her new 350 and lookin’ better all the time. It has been a busy winter with
the band and cars (the way it should be!) We can’t wait to hit the streets
(well, when we aren’t actually playing a show somewhere!) now on to music news…
3-26-06
The show at Cruisin’ Rt. 72 on Mar. 25 was fantastic! We are so grateful to all who were there …and
a
The Toads are still a fairly new band and are
constantly working on ways to improve everything we do. We took another BIG
step in that direction by introducing our “Mystery Guest” Val Rosenberg and she
rocked the house with “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” by
Pat Benetar. It was just a small taste of what she
can do and we are absolutely delighted to be working with her as a member of
the Toads! We only had the chance for one brief rehearsal with her prior to the
show and despite that, she delivered the goods with her fabulous voice in
professional style! Welcome to the Toads
VAL! You ROCK!
In addition
to Val’s song (the first of many to come), we did three more new ones for
y’all. There’s plenty more to come in future shows!
AT THE MOMENT, THE NEXT SCHEDULED SHOW WILL BE
APRIL 28 AT GOOD SHEPHERD IN ELGIN…We expect there may be an additional club
show toward the end of April so STAY TUNED!
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NEWS and updates check out
Thanks! The Toads: Val, Joe, Kevin, Danny, Colby and Dave