....Because now we're Marna & Macy! We played at Cabo's last Saturday, the eve of New Years Eve, and it was the last gig with the title Marna Bales Band. It was a great night at Cabo's. Quite a few MBB fans came out to party with us a little early for New Years, make quite a few requests off our first two albums, and it ended up being a really great night to dance! Believe it or not, we did not gig on New Years, and layed low! My Ma and Jo said that they hadn't spent a New Years not gigging in at least 15 years...and I imagine Velpo, Audie, and John are in the same boat. So I hope they enjoyed the much deserved break. ...'cause it's a new year and time to work!
We got some demos this past week as promised from some publishers in Nashville. We are truely honored to be given the opportunity to take a stab at them, and have already begun to play around with a few of the tracks.
Maybe we'll play one at a gig in the near future?......
Hope to see you at Bahama Joe's this Friday! First gig of 2007, and as Marna & Macy...so don't miss it!

MacyLou

(I have to be honest....it is really strange seeing my name with the band now..."no pressure or anything".....surreal...hope I don't let anyone down!...)

The first thing we saw was the Outlaws "Marna & Macy" marquee as we drove in Friday night. What a nice welcome! During the first set we performed many of our original songs to a packed dance floor - Judy has been teaching line dances to about 10 of our songs - yeah!! I think I need to go to one of her classes. Our song "On This Chrismas Day" was recently added to a compliation CD that was sent to our troops overseas so about midway through the night we thanked our local military for their service by giving away a box of our holiday CDs. It was great seeing so many new faces - hope to see you all again soon.

: ) Marna

Jody and I met at Bahama Joe's last Friday afternoon to load in and it felt like we hadn't moved gear in a year! In reality, it had been just 3 weeks since our last gig but after Nashville, Thanksgiving, and a weekend off we were ready to rock! At the beginning of the night, we were all a bit skeptical of the "holiday crowd." Because of shopping, company parties, and travel, it's normally a slow time of year in the bars. Play your best whether it's for 5 people or 500 people, right? So we did! We played all of our hard-hitting tunes with our super loud subs and drew the growing crowd onto the dance floor for the night. One of my best friends just returned from Iraq, and was experiencing the band for his first time with some girlfriends of mine. With original plans to stick around for 1 or 2 sets, they were having such a blast and quickly gave in to staying for the whole night! Right before our last set, I noticed some more familiar faces in the crowd, and realized that people I had not seen since high school were there! They had no idea that I was in a band, and were absolutely SHOCKED to find out that the "hot girl" I was singing on stage with was my MOM! By closing time I think the high of being back on stage took over for the band, and we were having a blast! I was taking pictures of the crowd and band from the stage, learned my first line dance with the help of some BJ regulars, and Ma and I sang the last few songs while getting our groove on within the crowd. Jody said "now THAT'S entertaining..you've GOT to do that ALL THE TIME." I think he's right ? 'Cause it kicked ass!

Macy