CEDAR CITY, UTAH
It’s
the final MUSIC & Related Events CALENDAR of the year - for the week of December
17, 2012
From
the desk of Tim Groove
GROOVACIOUS/GROOVEFEST
AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
173
N. 100 W. Cedar City, Utah 84720
435-867-9800
Merry
Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! This will be our last blast of the
year…
I want to
take this opportunity to thank you for keeping us in business for another year!
It’s still hard for me to believe it’s been twenty years, but like they say,
time flies when you’re having fun!
Please
take a moment to look over our top favorite albums of 2012. This year was one
of the best I can recall, so I hope you will pick up at least a couple of these
if you have not done so already. And please remember, there is nothing like
being able to hold you music in your hands!
Here’s to
a great 2013!! And don’t forget us for all your music-lovers for Christmas!!
TIM
GROOVE'S TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2012
1. Sean Rowe - The Salesman & the Shark
2. Chuck Prophet - Temple Beautiful
3. Calexico - Algiers
4. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
5. Beachwood Sparks - Tarnished Gold
6. D. Hidalgo/M. Nanji/L. Dickinson - 3 Skulls and the Truth
7. Jeff Lynne - Long Wave
8. The Sheep Dogs - The Sheep Dogs
9. Giant Sand - Tuscon: A Country Rock Opera
10. Grizzly Bear - Shields
11. The Shins - Port of Morrow
12. Joe Walsh - Analog Man
13. Husky - Forever So
14. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Throw It to the Universe
15. ZZ Top - La Futura
16. The White Buffalo - Once Upon a Time In the West
17. Ponderosa - Pool Party
18. Lost In the Trees - A Church That Fits Our Needs
19. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
20. Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream
1. Sean Rowe - The Salesman & the Shark
2. Chuck Prophet - Temple Beautiful
3. Calexico - Algiers
4. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
5. Beachwood Sparks - Tarnished Gold
6. D. Hidalgo/M. Nanji/L. Dickinson - 3 Skulls and the Truth
7. Jeff Lynne - Long Wave
8. The Sheep Dogs - The Sheep Dogs
9. Giant Sand - Tuscon: A Country Rock Opera
10. Grizzly Bear - Shields
11. The Shins - Port of Morrow
12. Joe Walsh - Analog Man
13. Husky - Forever So
14. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Throw It to the Universe
15. ZZ Top - La Futura
16. The White Buffalo - Once Upon a Time In the West
17. Ponderosa - Pool Party
18. Lost In the Trees - A Church That Fits Our Needs
19. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
20. Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream
Lisa’s
20 Favorite Records of 2012
-to
be played in the following order-
Kelly Joe Phelps “Brother,
Sinner and the Whale” Black Hen Music
Carolina Chocolate Drops “Leaving Eden” Nonesuch
Kelly Hogan “I Like
to Keep Myself in Pain” Anti-
The Walkmen “Heaven” Fat Possum Records
Grizzly Bear “Shields” Warp Records
The Shins “Port of Morrow” Columbia
Andrew Bird “Break
It To Yourself” Mom&Pop
Chuck Prophet “Temple Beautiful” yeproc
The Sheepdogs “The
Sheepdogs” Atlantic
Sean Rowe “The
Salesman and the Shark” Anti-
Giant Sand “Tucson” Fire Records
Bob Dylan “Tempest” Columbia
Neil Young &
Crazy Horse “Psychedelic Pill” Reprise
Bonnie Raitt “Slipstream” Redwing
Jeff Lynne “Long
Wave” Frontiers Records
Beachwood Sparks “Tarnished
Gold” SubPop
Father John Misty “Fear
Fun” SubPop
Lost in the Trees “A
Church That Fits Our Needs” Anti-
Ponderosa “Pool
Party” New West
The White Buffalo
“Once Upon a Time in the West” Unison
Music
The
Groovacious Top Dozen - our Best Sellers for December 10-15, 2012:
1-
Led Zeppelin “Celebration Day”
2-
Holidays Rule
3-
Calexico “Algiers”
4-
The Hobbit
5-
Sera Cahoone “Deer
Creek Canyon”
6-
The Game “Bloodbath”
7-
Maroon 5 “Overexposed”
8-
Elle Goulding “Humming by the Flowered Vine”
9-
Death Might Be Your Santa
10-
Beth Orton “Sugaring Season”
11-
Stone Sour “House of Gold and Bones, Vol. 1”
12-
Green Day “Tre”
-----------------------
Here’s what we found happening through New Year’s Eve ---------------------
Tuesday,
December 18, all day:
NEW RELEASE DAY AT GROOVACIOUS! There
are still some things coming out before Christmas, but not much after that
until a couple weeks into January: T.I., THE-DREAM, CHIEF KEEF, TOOTS &
THE MAYTALS, RUSH, BUDDY GUY, THE POGUES. A lot of these albums, as usual,
will be on warm, cozy vinyl!
Wednesday,
December 12, 6:30PM:
Launch Party for FORGOTTEN ENEMY by C.B. HAIGHT AT Braun Books at 25 N.
Main in Cedar City.
Camilla Haight will be on hand to celebrate the
publication of her first young adult novel. There will also be a giveaway of
one free copy of the book. 435-586-8303
Wednesday,
December 19, 8:00PM:
NO Open Mic Night at Groovacious THIS WEEK!! In fact there will be no open
mic until further notice; probably until the spring.
Wednesday,
December 19, 8:00PM:
A Very Crack Shack Christmas at The
Busta Crack Shack on 100 W., starring SLFM, THE PABLO SEXTET, RUMBLE RUMBLE & BUDDY
BLANK.
Saturday,
December 21, 9:00PM:
END OF THE WORLD BASH WITH DJ JOHNNY
UTAH at Mike’s Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City.
Great door prizes and Mikes Tavern tee shirt giveaways! 435-867-5990 www.facebook.com/events/515932385086245/
Sunday,
December 22, 7:00PM – 9:00PM: GROOVEFEST
REWIND, every Sunday on KSUU Power 91.1. Relive all your favorite Groovefest
performances every week! www.power91radio.com
Saturday, December 22, 9:00PM: Christmas Karaoke at Mike’s Tavern at
90 W. Hoover in Cedar City 435-867-5990 www.facebook.com/events/115545008611541/
Saturday, December 22, 9:00PM: LOOSE CONNECTION at Eagle Point Ski
Resort in Beaver, Utah. www.facebook.com/events/451891521533570/
Monday, December 31, 9:00PM: NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH DICK EARL’S ELECTRIC WITNESS at Mike’s Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City. Just a $5.00 admission includes food, noise-makers and a great time at Mike's. 435-867-5990 www.facebook.com/events/405221426213594/
Monday, December 31, 9:00PM: NEW YEAR’S EVE DOWNTOWN WITH ERIK THE RED
at George’s Corner Restaurant at 2 W. St. George Blvd. #1 in
St. George. 435-216-7311 www.facebook.com/events/274179699371607/
Monday, December 31, 9:00PM: NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH CHIKANO & DJ FLORES at Jazzy’s Rock N Roll Grill at 285 N. Bluff St. in
St. George. 435-674-1678 www.facebook.com/events/376660979092892/
Monday, December 31, 9:00PM: NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH WITH TWO AND A HALF
WHITE GUYS at The Bit N Spur at 1212
Zion Park Blvd. in Springdale. 435-772-3498
www.facebook.com/events/419038244836849/
Monday, December 31, 9:00PM: NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY WITH DJ JOHNNY UTAH at
Envy Nightclub at 792 W. Pioneer Blvd. in Mesquite,
Nevada. 702-346-9000
www.facebook.com/events/543662918993354/
**Here is a great little
review in the Buffalo
News about our friends Martin & Susan Tyner’s book “Healer of Angels”. The
website listed at the bottom of the review happens to be wrong. The correct web
address is www.gowildlife.org.
Support Groovefest
This
summer put your business in front of 30,000+ music fans, who will gather
together in downtown
Please
go to www.groovefestutah.com to see the
partnership levels and other opportunities to support Cedar City’s
music festival!
