IT'S THE HOLIDAYS! HERE WE GO!!

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

groovacious@groovacious.com

www.groovacious.com

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

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    

https://www.facebook.com/events/390820934332286/?suggestsessionid=6878819781355185297

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.

www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121216/OPINION/121219514/1074#comment-739922151

Support Groovefest

This summer put your business in front of 30,000+ music fans, who will gather together in downtown Cedar City for the 11th annual Groovefest American Music Festival.

We have substantially reduced the partnership rates for this years’ festival in order to make it more affordable. We hope to retain our past partners as well as welcome new ones. If you would like to be a Groovefest partner for 2013, let us know right away so we can get you the maximum coverage!!

Your partnership pays for advertising, staging and entertainment expenses and we thank you for wanting to have your name attached to this great community event! With just a commitment your advertising dollars go to work immediately!

Please go to www.groovefestutah.com to see the partnership levels and other opportunities to support Cedar City’s music festival!