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Last Minute Rock!
27 Jan 2012 @ 12:47 am

Hey all. We'll be performing tonight (Fri., January 27th) at The Dogwood Tavern in Falls Church, VA. This was a last minute thing, so we apologize for the late notice. Hopefully you all can make it out for a great time.

Winter Doldrums
17 Jan 2012 @ 11:39 pm

Hi all. Thanks to all those that came out and supported us last week at The Hamilton. That place was sweet. We really appreciate your constant support. Really. I'm not kidding.

This week we roll into Arlington, VA to play at good ol' Ragtime on Thursday night. Oh Ragtime, we just can't stay away from you for some reason. Show starts at 930pm.

Named After Alexander...I Think
09 Jan 2012 @ 10:00 am

This week we are playing a very exciting show at a brand spanking new listening room in Washington DC, The Hamilton. We are also very excited to have the very talented Caitlin Schneiderman opening up the show. Music starts at 8pm sharp this Wednesday night. It is gonna be a very special night of music. I hope you all can join us.

New Year
02 Jan 2012 @ 11:01 am

Happy New Year everybody! We hope you had a safe and exciting holiday season. We sure did. Our next show is a very exciting one. We'll be performing at an all new listening room in Washington DC called The Hamilton on January 11th. Caitlin Schneiderman will be opening for us at 8pm. It's gonna be a great night for sure.

Sorry that the calendar on the right>>>>> is all messed up. We're hoping to have it fixed asap. See yous on the road.

It's A Christmas Miracle!
19 Dec 2011 @ 09:18 am

Happy Holidays folks. As a Christmas gift for you, we have two more Herb & Hanson shows this year. First off, we will be rolling into Falls Church, VA Thursday night to play at The Dogwood Tavern. And on Friday, we'll be in Strasburg, Va at Cristina's Cafe. Both nights will feature future Christmas standards like Candles and Banjos, Warm Woman and Brooklyn Girl. Come on out and sing along!

M4K
15 Dec 2011 @ 10:34 am

The 'Stache Bash is tomorrow night at Kefi in Wilmington, NC. and we are both excited and honored to be once again playing this celebration for a month-long fundraiser for children in need. Did I mention that it is also a costume party? Uh-huh. After growing mustaches for a whole month, these fine and generous gentlemen will be flaunting their lip flair with complementing attire. Will we see Ron Burgundy? Tom Selleck? The lunch lady?

The anticipation is killing me.

The Hamilton
09 Dec 2011 @ 12:11 am

The Hamilton is a new venue opening up in downtown DC on 14th and F streets. It's design was intended to provide a unique and comfortable listening room for its patrons. We're honored to be invited to play in such an historic building.

Let's face it. We love playing bars. This is true. But, performing in an actual listening room allows us to manipulate different dynamics with our tunes and is an overall wonderful experience for us. And, we've managed to get our great friend Caitlin Schneiderman to open up for us. What?! That's awesome!! We hope to share this with you all on January 11 at the Hamilton in DC.

And to boot, these tickets would make an excellent present. I'm just sayin', is all...

VA shows
05 Dec 2011 @ 11:44 am

Hey all! We've got a coupla shows this week to end the sabbatical. Wednesday brings us to St. Elmo's in Alexandria. This will be a new venue for us and we're always excited to play new places. Thursday brings us back to Ragtime, our home in Arlington.

If you need help getting ready for the impending cold, we'll be getting things hot this week. Hope to see you all soon!

Mustaches for Kids
28 Nov 2011 @ 1:00 pm

We've got a bunch of fun shows coming up next month, but there is one in particular that I wanted to call to your attention.

Mustaches for Kids is a nation-wide non-profit that raises money for children's charities by growing mustaches. Yep. The chapter in Wilmington, NC is the largest with 175 growers last year raising $35,000. At the end of their growing season, the M4K Wilmington chapter throws a party known as the "'Stache Bash" where growers dress up in costume to complement their respective Mustaches.

We are honored to be invited back to help celebrate another growing season's worth of charity work and lip-fuzz.

Find out more at http://www.m4k-ilm.org/M4K-ILM_2011/Home.html and make a difference!

New blogs.
22 Nov 2011 @ 1:53 pm

We sure miss playing for you all. But, it's just over 2 weeks now until our next show! Thank you all for being patient while we spend some time this month with our loved ones. We hope that you all are enjoying this last month of the Fall as well and we can't wait to sing songs for you all once again.

There are some new blogs just posted about our different trips so you all can keep up to date with some very relevant news about our private lives.

See you all soon!

Keeping fingers tough
14 Nov 2011 @ 12:01 am

It's sometimes a delicate thing to keep your fingers tough when playing stringed instruments. Playing an average of 8 shows a month oughtta do the trick. But, this is just an average.

This month off from playing shows greatly lessens the time spent with guitar in hand, whereas september had us working 3-4 hour nights for 15 out of it's 30 days. Without the regular gigging, one's practices at home rarely yield a 3 hour session, while a full workload will seldom give the full time musician's appendages respite.

There's a balance somewhere, but this is something I'll need to figure out some other time. For right now, keeping my fingers tough on this month-long sabbatical is priority.

Time to hit the weight room.

Songwriting
08 Nov 2011 @ 11:47 am

Bob Dylan seemed to think that constant motion assisted inspiration. Let's hope that this works during this month off for 'ol H&H as they traipse through Virginia's and Maryland's eastern shore, the Left Coast, and Central and South America, respectively.

You may ask yourself, "But, don't Herb & Hanson travel 25,000 miles a year playing shows? Why don't they write songs on the road?"

The road's different when touring. That's for drinking.*

"Lookin' left, turnin' right. Eyes up front not behind.
Can't seem to find the line 'though you're tryin'.
And you've done every deed calculatedly conceived
with your appetite the whetter and your tears a-far from dryin'.
Oh! It's a mess, but only just.
Pick it up or leave it. I don't care.
Please, keep refraining from complaining 'bout the carpet that you're staining.
It won't matter in a hundred years." -- work in progress, H&H

*This is intended as a joke as Herb and Hanson never have nor will they ever condone operating vehicles or heavy machinery while under the influence of alcohol.

Different Kind Of Travelin'
01 Nov 2011 @ 12:18 am

Herb & Hanson are taking the month of November off from the circling road to do some independent traveling and experience some general merriment. Herb will be visiting some friends and family on the West Coast for a couple of weeks. Too bad Mikey went and got a job. He'll have to take a few days off. And Hanson will be heading south to Central America with his special lady friend to do some exploring and learning. And hopefully, some song writing.

We'll be trying to keep things updates around here in between all of the excitement so please stick around. We're also gonna try to implement some exciting changes to the website.

See ya in December!

Last One For Awhile
24 Oct 2011 @ 3:11 pm

We'll be rocking out Ragtime in Arlington, VA this Thursday night. It'll be our last club show for quite some time, as Hanson has some very important business overseas during November. And Herb has some very importnat business on the west coast. So come on out if ya wann asee the duo rock out.

We will also be performing at the Sheptown Halloween Party on Saturday night at Pack Horse Ford. Those of you who know, should be there. Those of you who don't, should find out.

Would Somebody PLEASE Think Of The Children!!!
18 Oct 2011 @ 10:27 am

Hey everybody! This Friday night we'll be returning to 8 Chains North in Waterford, VA for some early evening rocking out. Always a good time.

And then on Saturday, we'll be in the form of Over Under Down Yonder, playing at a benefit for the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Old Town Alexandria. It is a great organization that helps inner city kids find interests and passions and security. That show goes from 4-7pm. Check out the link from the gigs page for more details.

Things In The Works
09 Oct 2011 @ 6:00 pm

Summer's over and our schedule is lightening up a bit, giving us time to work on some other exciting projects that we've been chomping at the bit to get out to you guys. Some have been in the works for three years. Others are just some new ideas that have surfaced recently.

Our next show will be 10/21 in VA. I'll try and fund some stuff to keep you entertained til then. Stay tuned.

Columbus Would've Wanted It This Way
03 Oct 2011 @ 10:09 am

Thanks to everyone at Dante's for the good times. We'll remember it forever.

This week we'll be heading up to Wheeling WV on Sunday to play a very special Columbus Day Eve show at good ol' Down On Main St. Startin' early too, 6pm.

It's Time For Dante's
26 Sep 2011 @ 07:34 am

Thanks so much to everyone that came out and shared in the music the last couple of weeks. It was a crazy ride that was incredibly fun. Thanks for making our jobs even more fun than you think it is.

This Friday night we'll be returning to Frostburg, MD to play at Dante's. This is a great room and we are happy toi be sharing the stage this Friday with the great Halftime String Band out of Morgantown, WV. This is gonna be a great time. I promise.

Slippery Rock and NoVa
20 Sep 2011 @ 11:38 am

What a weekend! We played in four states in three days and Hanson completely lost his voice. Good times. Thanks for everyone that came out and shared in the music. We so much appreciate it.

This week we have a bunch more shows lined up for ya. Tuesday finds us back at The North Country Brewery in Slippery Rock, PA. That show is an early one- 7pm. Then we'll be in a few different joints in northern Virginia. Wednesday night we're back at Ragtime in Arlington. Thursday we're at The Dogwood Tavern in Falls Church. And the culminates with a show at Brion's on Saturday night. Maybe Hanson's voice will be back by one of those shows.

Strasburg, Heritage and Doodles
12 Sep 2011 @ 10:45 am

We've got a great few shows coming up this weekend that everyone is gonna want to be a part of. Friday we'll make our debut at Cristina's in Strasburg, VA. Then we perform at the Charles Town Heritage Festival on Saturday afternoon. And to round off the weekend, Sunday we'll be playing a couple sets at the Derby St. Wang Dang Doodle along with some other great acts. Sounds pretty awesome, right?

NYC This Thurs...Then the Cape..Then The World
06 Sep 2011 @ 09:32 am

Hey all. We'll be up in New York City this Thursday night playing at Googie's Lounge at 930pm sharp. We're really looking forward to seeing all our city friends,a s it's been a while since we've played up there. Lookin' forward to it.

Then we head up to Cape Cod, MA to play at our good friends Laureano and Dardi's wedding. Wish you all could come to that too because it's gonna be awesome. But unfortunately Larry told me I could only bring one guest....

Tons of shows all over this month though, so be sure to click on the gigs link to see when we're gonna be near your personal town. Take it.

Harrisburg, Indiana, Friendly
29 Aug 2011 @ 09:05 am

Those words seem like some kind of Super Password clue when I see them together. But they are really just where we'll be performing this week. Thursday night we're in Harrisburg, PA at HMAC. Friday night we make our first ever stop in Indiana, PA at The Brown Hotel. And on Saturday we return to Friendly, WV to play the 2011 String Swing. These are gonna be some great shows. The password is "Gonna Rock".

New and Exciting
22 Aug 2011 @ 10:02 am

We've got some great shows coming up this week. First off, on Thursday night, we return to Ragtime in Arlington, VA to continue our monthly residency. What? That's not exciting enough for you? Well, then on Friday we travel to Ligonier, PA to play a whole new town and room at The Ligonier Tavern. Our good friends Glenn and Jane will be warming up the stage. H&H play at 830. HUH!? Still not that exciting you say? First off, you're wrong. Secondly, we will be playing on Saturday night at Johnstown, PA's Venue Of Merging Arts (VOMA). It's an all blues night featuring us and Jeff Perigo and Scott Jeffreys, and a few other of Johnstown's finest. Now that's exciting! See y'all out there.

OUDY Gonna Get Rowdy
08 Aug 2011 @ 08:18 am

Can you believe it's been 7 months since OUDY has been at Tiffany Tavern? Wel, it's true. Are you calling me a liar? Herb & Hanson join forces with their great musician friends Rollin' Ralph and T-Peg to form Over Under Down Yonder (OUDY) and will be playing this Saturday night in Old Town Alexandria, VA. It's gonna be rad.

Headin' South
01 Aug 2011 @ 10:30 pm

This week we'll be heading down south for a couple of days. First off, this Thursday, we'll be returning to The Acoustic Coffeehouse in Johnson City, TN. This is a great listening room that has full music from around the country every night of the week. We start at 8pm.

Then we'll be in NC for a couple days playing music for the nuptial celebration of our good friends Davis and Lissa. Can't wait for that one!

That Was Real Fun!
18 Jul 2011 @ 08:00 am

Alright everybody! That last week was a blast. Thanks so much to everyone that came out and shared in the music. You guys make it fun.

This Friday we'll be returning to Grafton, WV to play at the Grafton 123. This joint is an awesome listening room with great food and fun atmosphere. And beer. Hope to see y'all out there.

Ragetime, Wine, and OUDY at Church
10 Jul 2011 @ 9:47 pm

We've got some great shows coming up this week. Thursday night we return for our monthly residency at Ragtime in Arlington, VA. Friday finds us doing a double dip with an early show at 8 Chains Winery, followed by a three band bluegrassy extravaganza at Balls Bluff in Leesburg, VA. How can we top that you say? Well, after a private party on Saturday, OUDY rolls in to Burke, VA to play outside at a church. Wild, huh?!?

We really hope to see as many of you all as possible. Why? Because we like you. Most of you anyway.

Holiday
02 Jul 2011 @ 2:00 pm

Have a great holiday weekend everyone. I know I will. Herb probably will too. Rock America as hard as you can!

Next show will be at Dante's in Frostburg, MD on Friday, July 8th. It will be fun.

Six In Seven
20 Jun 2011 @ 09:07 am

Alright! So we have six shows in seven days in some really fun places this week. And it all starts Tuesday night around Pittsburgh, PA. Then we'll be all over western, PA and northern, WV. Check over there on the calendar for all the specifics and we'll see you out there on the road!

PS- Summer officially starts tomorrow. Enjoy the solstice!

Ah...Memories
06 Jun 2011 @ 09:30 am

Remember last week? Man, that was good times. Thanks so much to all those that came out to Bubbles and Bluegrass and Brion's and of course, the Celebration of Textiles. We love textiles. It was fabulous to be a part of all those events.

This week we are playing a very special wedding that I wish everyone reading was invited to because it's gonna be so awesome. But unfortunately, you're not. So more beer for us.

We'll be back at it full swing next week with a slew of shows all over the place. Check the gigs page for when we're playing near you.

See ya in the funny pages.

Good Shows
31 May 2011 @ 11:35 pm

Powered by the magic and inspiration of Delfest, we've got some incredible shows lined up this week. First off, OUDY will be benefiting the city of Alexandria at Bubbles and Bluegrass on Thursday night. This is a public fundraising event and you should go to their website from our gigs page for details.

Then a rockin' good ol' H&H time at Brions on Saturday night. And finally, the piece of resistance (is that right?), we'll be returning to the Textile Festival to celebrate cloth and all its' grandeur. This was an incredible event last year and we are honored to return this year.

Pop Pop!

Delfest Break
24 May 2011 @ 12:06 am

We'll be heading up to Delfest this week with a bunch of friends to enjoy 4 days of great music and camping. We are not performing on a stage at Delfest this year. We're just going for the fun of it. So if you're there this week, and you hear H&H pickin' and signin' in the campground somewhere, stop on by and say hi.

Headin' North
17 May 2011 @ 2:08 pm

We've got a couple of really fun shows coming up this week in the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Saturday evening we'll be up near Rockton, PA to play at Over The Mountain, one of our hands down most favorite places to visit. And then on Sunday afternoon we'll be returning to the Glades Pike Winery in sweet, sweet Somerset, PA. This is an early outdoor show, 1pm. See you all out there!

Northern Virginia
09 May 2011 @ 10:20 am

Howdy folks. This week we've got a couple of shows in the Northern Virginia area. First off is on Thursday night in Arlington continuing our unofficial residency at Ragtime. Always fun and awesome. And this night, we'll aslo be celebrating a birthday.

Then on Friday we'll be heading out to Waterford, VA to play at 8 Chains North. It'll be our first time out there in the beautiful country setting off of Rte. 9. I think it will also be be fun and awesome. See y'all out there!

More Rock Is Coming
28 Apr 2011 @ 3:19 pm

Thanks to all our new friends from the Panhandle Earth Day Festival. The music and weather and vendors and sound guys and pretty much everything was incredible. Way to go earth.

The next show will be May 4th in Baltimore, MD. Some call it Charm City. I'm sure there are other nicknames for it as well. Lookin' forward to it!

Panhandle Gonna Get Rocked
18 Apr 2011 @ 10:40 am

First off, our deepest apologies to everyone in Frostburg for the last minute cancelation on Friday night. We experienced unavoidable car trouble and were unable to make it. Which sucks. We'll be back in June and we promise we'll be there this time.

This Saturday we are headed to the 2nd Annual Panhandle Earth Day Celebration. This is a wonderful even that we are honored to be a part of outside of Shepherdstown, WV. There will be vendors and informative earth day stuff, and of course music. Lots of great bands from all over the area. H&H will be playing at 3pm sharp on the main stage. See ya there!

Ragetime and Frostburg
11 Apr 2011 @ 10:01 am

We had a pretty awesome time with The Colebrook Road up in Harrisburg, PA the other night. Thanks to those guys for having us and thanks for everyone that came out. Hopefully we'll do a few more shows with those guys in the future.

This week we'll be rocking out at Ragtime in Arlington, Va on Wednesday. And then some unadulterated rock is going on at Dante's in Frostburg on Friday. Gonna be awesome.

Thanks Wheeling. Harrisburg Bound.
04 Apr 2011 @ 07:06 am

A quick thanks to all those folks in and around Wheeling that came out to the show last week. What a time! You continue to remind us why we keep coming back there.

This week we are headed up to Harrisburg, PA to play what promises to be a heck of a show with our new friends Colebrook Road at the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center. We are super excited to be back in Capital City. See ya there!

Here We Come Wheeling!
28 Mar 2011 @ 11:38 am

First off, thanks so much to all the folks in State College and Purcellville last week for the great times. We hope to be back again sooner than later. It was a blast!

This week we finally return to Wheeling, WV for our forst visit since the new record came out. Let's throw down harder than we ever have before!

Springtime!
21 Mar 2011 @ 12:38 am

Oh man! Springtime is officially here and music is in the air. As long as you live in Sate College, PA this Thursday night. We'll be making our triumphant return to the north central town at Otto's Brewery. It's been a while since we've rocked that town. Definitely looking forward to it.

And just so you know, Awakeness peaked on the Amazon charts at number 53,884. Now it has slumped down to 85,481. That is unacceptable. Do you have it yet?

So...uh..How Do You Like It?
14 Mar 2011 @ 11:21 pm

So our new record Awakeness has been out in the world for almost a month now. And Herb and I were wondering what you all thought about it. So please let us know what you think! Post your thoughts on the facebook. Or post them here in the comments. Or shoot us an email via the contact page. Just tell us what you think. In any way you choose. Um, only if you like it though. I don't know if I can take that kind of rejection.

CD Release in Fairfax, VA
09 Mar 2011 @ 2:43 pm

We'll be making our way back to our good old home town (-ish) of Fairfax, VA to play at Brion's Grille on Saturday night. Since this is our first show in NoVa since the record popped out, we are gonna call it a Cd Release Party Show Extravaganza Good Fun Time.

And if you can't make this incredible event to pick up the new record, it's available all over the place: Here in our store. iTunes. CD Baby. Amazon.com. eMusic. And a handful of other places that I honestly haven't ever heard of. So go buy it. And tell us what you think. We'd love to hear it.

Awakeness Available Everywhere!
28 Feb 2011 @ 09:59 am

Our new record, Awakeness is now available pretty much everywhere you would want to buy it. You can find it here in our store, of course. And it is available on cd baby, itunes, and amazon for digital download. We would like to thank everyone that has already purchased it. It's selling like hotcakes and we are amazed at how well it selling so far. You guys are the best!

We're traveling down to Georgia for a few days this week to play at a private function. I wish I could invite you all, but it's not my private function. So you'll have to wait.

We are planning a big release party in Fairfax, VA on March 12th though. Anyone and everyone can come to that one.

CD Baby and Release Party In J-Town
21 Feb 2011 @ 12:10 am

Our new record, Awakeness, is now available for digital download at CD Baby.com. So if you prefer your music in pre-digitized form, shoot on over there and download it now!

This Saturday night we'll be having a big blowout at Dively's in Johnstown, PA in celebration of our latest record release. I'm not sure what that entails exactly. There will be give-aways. There will be revelry. There will be high energy. There will be excitement. And there will be Lee.

So all you central Pa folks should come on out and join in the fun. Promise?

Awakeness Is Here!
16 Feb 2011 @ 12:33 am

Our new full length record, Awakeness, is here and ready for shipping. Head on over to the store and place your order now. Or later. There's no rush really. but you are gonna want to get this thing as soon as possible because it is really awesome.

West Virginia Week
16 Feb 2011 @ 12:32 am

This week we'll be traveling through West Virginia spreading some acoustic destruction where ever we go. First top is Wednesday night in Elkins. Then on over to the Purple Fiddle in Thomas on Thursday. And Friday night we'll be in Grafton at the 123. These will be some great shows.

Awakeness Available for Pre-Order!
02 Feb 2011 @ 2:55 pm

Alright friends, our new album, Awakeness is now available for pre-order. Just click on the store link or the handy link on the middle right of this page to listen to two tracks and place your order. They will be shipped out starting on the 14th of February. It will still be a little while before it is available via iTunes, so stay tuned for that.

But at the very least, please go there and listen to the two new songs available and tell us what ya think. And you should probably buy it if you like those songs. All the other songs are even better!

Done And Done
31 Jan 2011 @ 1:21 pm

So our new record, Awakeness, has been sent off to the printing press. It will be available soon here at the website and at shows. And a little after that, it will be available at all your favorite digital downloading sites.

It's worth the wait folks. This album is so good.

Not A Jedi Master...
16 Jan 2011 @ 5:56 pm

...but a recording master. The break is going well and giving us the time and opportunity to finish up this new record. I'll be taking it in to get mastered this week and than it's off for replication. And then my friends, then you can get your hands on it. What a glorious day that will be! Stay tuned.

Cold Equals Inspiration?
04 Jan 2011 @ 11:19 am

Happy New Year everybody. As I'm sure you've noticed by now, the schedule is pretty light for this month. We'll be taking some time off of the road to focus on some other aspects of our business. Particularly, working out some new numbers and getting them ready for the stage and for you. Since the cold is forcing me inside for most of the day, I'll at least let it inspire me for some indoor creativity.

But don't neglect us here at herbandhanson.com. We'll have some big exciting news coming up in the near future regarding the release of our new studio record, Awakeness. Stay tuned! And stay warm!