Road Cage

Poor comm got the news fucked up. Moonalice did NOT cancel. My mistake. A few puckered assholes over that mistake, apparently. Oh well. bc

Moonalice has seen the facts, has stood by band solidarity and officially cancelled this abortion of a gig!

New Riders and Moonalice are playing the next few dates together www.thenewriders.com starting July 23 at Great American Music Hall in SF, followed by the Mystic Theater in Petaluma, CA. Then, we both head over to the Crystal Bay Casino in Nevada on Friday. bc

The contract was not with Steve Tickle. It was signed and violated by Tim Sun Dog, and only him. So, get the attention OFF Tickle and get to the point, which is to boycott the promoter’s rip-off gig in the name of Gracia. Buddy

7/16/2008 2:48:33 AM

Here’s the real story of the planned event in Thorneville, OH named Grateful Garcia Gathering

This ‘promoter’, one Tim Sun Dog booked NRPS for almost a year without ever coming up with the guarantee (deposit), then abruptly cancelled NRPS 2 weeks ago. Also, without notice to us.

He publishes several lame reasons as to why this occurred, inferring as well that NRPS had been the party cancelling. This was all bogus – it is an out and out lie. He did this action when it appeared that his ticket sales were lagging. He cancelled 2 of the highest dollar bands on the bill – New Riders and Donna Jean & The Tricksters. By dropping NRPS he was saving himself a 6500 dollar guarantee, ripping us off, deceiving the public!

Last night, I was sitting here on the tour bus listening to the conversation Tim Sun Dog was having with my Tour Mgr. after he reneged when called by our Crew Chief to ‘advance’ the show. Apparently Tim S.D. was complaining about my blogging concerning his deception (oh well!), our Tour Mgr. told him to clean up his act, to publicly tell the truth to the fans and public at large the truth. And to change the billing on his advertisement of the show. To wit: Take our (NRPS) name OFF his online flyer. He was still suggesting that we were going to possibly appear! Fraud.

Toast gave him 2 hours to get honest, to admit fault and be truthful to the public. At the same time and over this period of 2 weeks, Tim S.D. has been verbally abusive to fans wanting their money back, since it had leaked that NRPS would NOT be playing at his show on July 31.

So far, no honest retraction or apology has been witnessed by this band.

This petty rip-off is nothing more than a cheap, two-bit swindle. And he STILL persists perpetrating this fraud in the name of Jerry Garcia. DON’T GO. Boycott this clown. The Garcia estate should sue this clown for using Jerry’s name in such a deception!

Buddy Cage

July 5, 2008

As of July 1, the promoter of the festival named Grateful Garcia Gathering in Thorneville, Ohio cancelled NRPS from our contract. The promoter, one Tim Sun Dawg, broke our deal to play this festival, a gig that had been booked for the better part of a year without ever paying the necessary deposit.

This is completely unacceptable and entirely unprofessional, we will pursue whatever action is necessary to recover our losses.

Another point which can never be overlooked: A couple of the groups who were signed as NRPS were, seem to have opted not to stand with us by voluntarily withdrawing themselves from this aborted project. Time will soon tell if they have a conscience which matches those of us in New Riders. The A.F. of M isn’t geared up for handling events at this level – musicians have only the bond and unity among themselves to actively fight the sort of irresponsible practice of signing artists without an escrow account to back their contractual obligations.

If a promoter screws one group of artists, the others involved should help to collapse this sort of unprofessional behavior so that this sort of fraud cannot be perpetuated on other bands, or the music fans. To set up an event in the name of Jerry Garcia and to break the contract is beyond the pale. This promoter is now refusing to refund the advance ticket monies already paid by the folks who originally paid to see NRPS.