Aaaaaand We're Back!
Good Saturday morning friends!
It's been 8 months, but we are finally just one week away from the return of The PWB at Cow97's St. Jude's Honky Tonk Fundraiser at Colonial in Sparta next Saturday night. We are extremely excited about this show, and all of the great shows we have already on the schedule for this year. Stay tuned because the list keeps growing.
We want to take this opportunity to tell you "Thank You." This band played its first show together in October 2008. For nearly 3 full years of performing, we never had to cancel a single show. Needless to say, it was a difficult call to make to take some time off for Pat's throat surgery and Rick's hand surgery. But it's proven to be the right call. We can't say thanks enough to our sponsors Miller Lite and Westside Wine and Spirits the venue owners who were understanding of the situation, and especially to all of you for all of the emails and facebook messages we received letting us know you were behind us 100% and you'd be here when we got back.
It's important that you know that you're as big a part of the PWB as we are. Who we are as a band isn't measured by what comes out of the speakers. It's measured by the connection we have with you, and by your commitment to what we do. By that measure, you've always made us better for your presence.
When we told you last June that we would be taking some time off, we promised we wouldn't miss a beat and we would be back as soon as we could to pick right up where we left off. I think you'll see we intend to fully deliver on that promise.
So we hope we see you next Saturday night at Colonial for a great high-energy show, some real country music, and a few holler and swallers! God bless you and yours, and long live Wisconsin Country Music.
FORWARD,
Curt, Mick, Pat, Paul, Rick, and Jess
The Pat Watters Band
www.patwattersband.com
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and Westside Wine and Spirits
Vote for the WAMI Awards!
It’s that time of year again! The Pat Watters Band is in the running for the 2012 WAMI Award for People’s Choice Band of the year, and we could again use your help.
As a band that believes in making Wisconsin music for Wisconsin people, this award means a great deal to us. The WAMI membership is heavily skewed toward eastern Wisconsin. So we consider this our one opportunity to represent the people and the music being made over here on our side of the state.
The WAMIs have also added a favorite radio station category this year. COW97 has been a big supporter of the PWB since we started, and we would love nothing more than to stand side by side with them at the awards show in April.
Voting has been simplified this year and takes less than a minute:
STEP 1: CLICK HERE
STEP 2: Enter your email address
STEP 3: Select the “Southwest” region
STEP 4: Enter “The Pat Watters Band” for Artist of the Year
STEP 5: Enter “COW97” for Radio Station of the Year
STEP 6: Click “Submit”
After you’ve voted, spread the word! Any help you could give us by forwarding this email or telling your friends on facebook, twitter, or google+ would be greatly appreciated.
As always, thanks for the support. Without you, this band doesn’t exist. Thanks again! FORWARD!
The PWB at Star Spangled Celebration 2012!
Hey friends,
Big news to share with you! It's time to THINK SUMMER! The PWB is booked to play Star Spangled Celebration in Richland Center, WI on Saturday, June 23!
We will be joining KIP MOORE ("Somethin' Bout a Truck", "Marry was the Marryin' Kind"), THE GATLIN BROTHERS ("All the Gold in California", "Houston (Means that I'm One Day Closer to You)), DAVID NAIL ("Red Light", "Let it Rain"), and 2011 CMA Male Vocalist of the Year MR. BLAKE SHELTON (18 singles and 10 #1 songs you know by heart, and star of NBC's The Voice).
Obviously this is big news for us! We hope you'll join us in making Star Spangled Celebration your 2012 summer country music festival. There are a ton of great artists coming all weekend including Eli Young Band, Jake Owen, Leann Rimes, and Jerrod Neimann. There are also a number of slots still being filled. For ticket/camping/lineup info, check out www.starspangled.com.
Stay tuned to your email and www.facebook.com/thepwb for more info as the show approaches. Were hoping to organize a fan bus as well, and we will have more info on that in the coming months. If that's something you'd be interested in, let us know and we will get you on the list.
Summer will be here before you know it!
February 25, 2012 - The Colonial - Sparta, WI
It's official! Our first show back will be February 25 at The Colonial in Sparta, WI. We will be playing COW97's St. Jude's Honky Tonk. So excited to get in front oof you all with live music again You can expect a lot of energy, a bunch of new original songs (and some new covers), and a very, very entertaining show. See you there!
Look for more 2012 dates coming soon...
Bring on 2012!
Hey friends,
Just a quick note to let you know what’s going on with the PWB. We are starting to book for 2012, and can’t wait to share with you the list of great shows on our schedule. We are looking forward to getting out to your town soon. If you know of a bar, club, theater, fair, or festival that the PWB would be perfect for, send them here to our website or pass their information along to us.
Thanks for all you do to support live, original country music in Wisconsin. See you soon!
FREE Country USA Tickets from the PWB
Wanna win FREE 5-day tickets to Country USA in Oshkosh, WI? We got em. An we're just gonna give em away!
Come see us June 11 at Sparta Butterfest, and sign up to win. Right before our last set, we're going to give a pair of free tickets away to one lucky person. And between you and me... I have a feeling YOU are going to win. Shhhh. It's our secret.
All Night, One Weekend in Madison!
Just a quick announcement! Our stay in Madison next week for the Memorial Union Terrace show just got a little longer! In addition to the Terrace show on the 21st, we've added a show opening for Stealing Angels at Majestic Theatre on Friday, May 20. Hope to see some of our long lost Madison compadres while we're in town!
Summer? Summer!
The weather is taking its sweet time catching up, but if you're like us summer has been on your minds since about mid-February. We're getting fired up to kick off our summer full of country next month at Memorial Union Terrace at UW-Madison!
From Sparta Butterfest and Wisconsin Dells to Castle Rock Lake and Madison, the PWB is looking forward to being the soundtrack of your summer this year. And stay tuned... we'll soon be announcing our plans to send some lucky PWB fans to Oshkosh, WI for Country USA!
Thanks to you!
Thanks to every single PWB fan who came out in big numbers to vote, we won the SW Wisconsin People's Choice WAMI again this year! You guys are remarkable. Thanks so much for the support throughout the year. It means the world to us.
2011 WAMI People’s Choice Award Nomination
Hey friends, just a short note to say a big THANK YOU for your votes in the 2011 WAMI People’s Choice Awards. We just learned this morning that we are a finalist! This is the third year in a row that the PWB faithful have come through and put us in the top 3. Last year your votes won us our first ever award. It meant so much more to us knowing you voted to make it happen. And win, lose, or draw it feels good just to be nominated by your votes again this year.
The Awards show is Sunday night in Milwaukee. Stay tuned to our facebook page (www.facebook.com/thepwb) and our twitter page (www.twitter.com/thepwb) for updates Sunday night. Thanks again!
Gearing up for summer...
Hey friends! You're checking out this new news page, eh? You sly dog you. You like it? Cool. So do we.
Hot damn, summer is coming to Western Wisconsin, ain't it? Weather's warmin up, and it won't be long now. The PWB is gearing up as well. We have two shows in April, one this coming Saturday night in Cashton and one on Friday, 4/29 in Bangor. Both shows are for the rural volunteer fire departments in each town. Very excited for both. For all of the details be sure to check out the tour page on this site.
And speaking of summer- our summer 2011 booking is complete and we have a printable schedule available for you right here on this site. Click this link for your dpwnloadable pdf of the Summer 2011 Wiscountry Music Tour. Hope to see you gettin' a little sideways on the honky tonk tear with us soon!
