Happy Holidays from the Rodeo!

I'll start by saying Happy Holidays! We're back from our 2008 US tour and just starting the planning process for Europe in '09. It's great to be back in Seattle for a bit. This is a beautiful place at Christmas time. It snowed this weekend and everyone seems to be in the Christmas spirit. We hosted the Brent Amaker and the Rodeo Christmas party this weekend. Black Daisy and the Purrs opened the show and kicked some serious ass. I gave away presents, the guests drank egg nog, and we all listened to classic holiday songs. Before the evening ended The Rodeo laid down some tunes and served up about 40 shots of whiskey. We also premiered our brand new music video produced by Black Daisy:

It's gonna be a great 2009. We just released our new CD "Howdy Do!" on GraveWax Records. As if that's not enough, you can now hear one of our songs on the Season 2 soundtrack for the Showtime original series Californication. It's available on I-tunes now and the CD will be in stores soon. Man, I love that show. Who doesn't like to see a broken hearted man in his 40's gettin' with all the young pussy in L.A.? My kind of show!

Speaking of our new CD, Americana UK took the time to review it. Here's an excerpt:

Quite simply the most horrendous album I've ever had the misfortune to hear and review. Gawd help us.
- Americana UK

You can check out the whole review in all it's glory here:

http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/modules.php?op=modload&;name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=4203

There are a lot more journal entries up on our Myspace page at www.myspace.com/brentamakerandtherodeo. I'll have them all up for you during our next tour.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Brent Amaker and the Rodeo