Flatbed Honeymoon is playing Chelsea’s in Baton Rouge this New Year’s Eve! If you’re in town, come on by and ring in the New Year with us. Schmitty’s got a traditional version of Auld Lang Syne he’s all excited to lay down at midnight. Streamers, noise makers, booze, dancing … you know the drill. See you there!

Had a great time over at the Red Dragon Saturday night for Roofapalooza. Got to hang with our old friends Polly Pry, Jody James, and Martin Flanagan and met some new folks, too, like the Bedlamville Triflers and Clay Parker. Thanks for everything, Chris! Check out the photo page for some shots of the evening. Also, the north European train keeps rolling on, as we are back on the Rootsrevival playlist in Belgium.

The Flatbed Honeymoon North-Central European juggernaut continues to roll right along … Gerrit Caspers’ Americana radio show Goodno(i)se on Meer Radio in the Netherlands recently told us that he has added “Iron Rails” to his playlist. Thanks, Gerrit! For whatever reason, things are happening in Belgium and the Netherlands for your friends in Flatbed Honeymoon. The Beatles went to Germany … maybe we need to go to the Netherlands?

The Baton Rouge entertainment magazine 225 just released their Top 5 Most Intriguing Records of 2011 list and yours truly was named #1! Check out the article here. If you’re local, you can pick up a copy of The Traveler at Garden District Coffee on Perkins, Atomic Pop Shop on Government, and Circa 1857 on Government. The vinyl is also available at Euclid Records on Chartres in New Orleans. You can also find it at CDBaby and iTunes!

Howdy, folks! If you’re around this weekend, come see us at Chelsea’s in Baton Rouge on Friday and the Wild Salmon in Lafayette on Saturday. We’ve got some cool new tunes to show ya’ll! Hope the holidays are setting up well for everyone. See you around …

Playing our virgin performance at the Haven Gallery and Listening Room in downtown Baton Rouge tomorrow (631 Laurel St)! Excited to feel out a new room, and it sounds like a cool place. In other news, The Traveler was reviewed on the Belgian website Rootstime. Check it out – or check out the press page for a Google-Translated version

We had a rocking time at the Blue Moon Saloon in Lafayette recently (although this drumming blog poster needed the help of Jack Daniels to survive the gig and this damn pinched nerve in my neck), and also enjoyed what might be the last of that beautiful two-week period between the scorching hot summer and the cold, rainy winter at Chris and Sarah’s wedding gig in Port Allen last Saturday! Some gigs coming up in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette soon, so check the Gigs page. Also, we are currently the Artist of the Week at The Alternate Root Website … check it out!

photo by Kaju Sarkar

We had our first post-Jazz Fest New Orleans gig last Friday at Checkpoint Charlie’s and found a new favorite venue in the process … what a great place! Thanks to all for coming out and to Clyde for sitting in all night on the fiddle. And let’s not forget the great Angelina behind the bar! We’re making arrangements for another show down there soon, so keep an eye on the gigs page. In other news, we just had a cool write up in Dig Magazine. Thanks to Christie Matherne for taking the time to interview us and Kaju Sarkar for the great photos!

We had another great time at the always festive (yet swelteringly hot) Magnolia Cafe last night. Met some folks from the Red Dragon scene who supported our Kickstarter project (based solely on the fact we pressed vinyl) and were responsive to our late set Gram Parsons and Neil Young covers (always a good sign!) Also … at the end of our set, a gentleman with a British accent came up and said how much he enjoyed the music. Turns out it was Jonathan Price, the actor, in town to shoot G.I. Joe 2. Lovely guy … check out his body of work. Pretty impressive! We gave him a CD … hope he digs it! Thanks to everyone who came and hung out with us.