On deck for June and July - be sure to check with the Wail calendar at http://www.wail.com/gigs for the details and the future.

Sat. June 21 9pm - Madison, WI - The Brink Lounge with very special guest Dave Adler on melodica and conga - also joining the Wail will be our old buddy John Mesaloras on bass. AND special Brink prices for CD's - $10.

Sun June 22, 11am - 2pm Mag & Sims Duo at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI

Friday July 11, 9:30pm - Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in State College PA

 Sat. July 12, 9pm Katerina's, 1920 W. Irving Pk Rd, Chicago IL - with special guests Steve Gibons - leader of Gypsy Rhythm Project and the former violinist of Swing Gitan .

Also that night - our pal from the Gomers, keyboard wiz guy Dave Adler on melodica and congas. Hell, I'd go if I wasn't already giging.

We are VERY excited about this. Sit back, relax, pour a wee dram of your favorite or steep a cup o tea and take a stroll through www.wail.com. Please offer your thoughts and feed back and be sure to click to the fans page, especially the wail inspirations section. A millions thanks goes to our new web master, John Christensen. (featured below).

It only seems natural to start this new section of the monthly Wail news with the most harmonious guy in wail world - the one, the only JOHN CHRISTENSEN. John was the Wail bassist from Jan 1, 2005 to April 17, 2008 and he is now the most exalted web master of www.wail-world. John was absolutely wonderful to travel with - turning us all on to new music - he was so in love with his iPod we dubbed him "jPod". If you get a chance, ask him to tell you the joke with the punch line "Run Henry Run!" -- if he can remember the rest of the joke - the punch line got enough laughs by itself. We have worked with a pretty large number of bassists and John's flowing, lyrical and supportive approach is unequaled.

We've got the title - Resist Temptation, a cover and release dates set - digital release is Sept 23 and the official hard copy street date is Oct 7, (2008).

Here is the song list;

August 22 and 23

Things are shaping up and the heat is on. First of all - a plea -- hear ye, hear ye, This is the time for all Gypsy swing volunteers to come to the aid of their Sims - call me or email me (contact page of wail.com) and we will begin our monthly volunteer meetings. - end of plea

Once again at the Art in the Barn on Adams Rd in Fitchburg, this year with a larger dance tent for Saturday Aug 23. Friday will feature a concert in the barn and Saturday dance sets, workshops and barn concerts. Here is the proposed line up so far;