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WALTER's BIRTHDAY CD

Wasn't last week end fun?...TWO very cool gigs....so much wonderful music... First, Friday's WALTER's BIRTHDAY CD Release Party at THE SPIRAL CAFE in Yelm went very well indeed with a packed crowd AND lots of CD's sold. A great sucess. That's TOD LEMKUHL/guitar/vocals, SCOTT ERCOLIANI/drums, JON BARONI/keys/harp/vocals and of course...STEVE BARTLETT/bass, as WALTER's BIRTHDAY. An awesome background video by SCOTT ERCOLIANI, opened the show as JON BARONI sang his DAKOTA RODEO...written by JON BARONI the late TED HALL, Steve reported that it was all very touching. Wish I could get there...soon folks. 
Then, THE SHELLY ELY JAM in Spanaway on Sunday at UNCLE SAM's AMERICAN BAR AND GRILL...lots of fun, STEVE BARTLETT/bass was filling in for TERRY JAE/bass.... well, first we all know Ms. Bluzzz, vocalist SHELLY ELY's always a blast...and amazing JHO BLENIS was on guitar...WOW,  What a great night of music.
But,...the big surprise of the night was.....MARTIN SALINAS/guitar/vocals came into jam with these great musicans. This was the first sighting of SALINAS since the closing of his LIQUID SOUL COFFEE ROASTER's in McKenna on August 12th. He told Steve,,,he'll be in the area for about the next six months, then plans to return to his old home town of San Diago, CA. We'll miss you Martin.
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So, what's next?....On September 9th, a private gig THE BOW-WOW BASH in Olympia is set up with BARTLETT/bass playing again with that fine band, WALTER's BIRTHDAY. JON BARONI will be arranging all the details.
On Sept 23rd, the WALTER's BIRTHDAY band will return to THE SPIRAL CAFE in Yelm with BARTLETT ON BASS. SCOTT ERCOLIANI is setting this gig up with TAM BORELLI/owner of THE SPIRAL CAFE. It will be posted on the WALTER's BIRTHDAY site by TOD LEMKUHL. Go.HERE  T. Jan

The Long Awaited WALTER's BIRTHDAY CD Release Party

Photo by WALTER's BIRTHDAY

I posted this first on BARTLETT ON BASS.T. Jan
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OK, OK,.....we're ALL ready for this....The WALTER's BIRTHDAY CD RELEASE PARTY on Friday, August 26th, at THE SPIRAL CAFE ARTS and WELLNESS CENTER in Yelm.
This new CD is awesome and a keeper, it's called just 'WALTER's BIRTHDAY' and that says it ALL....Cool, all music especially written by these very talented musicans.. AND, the CD will be available, of course, at this very special event. So, none of us want to miss this fun night of live music in Yelm. st_robert will be the sound engineer for the night and recording the evening too. So, come early so you won't miss a thing.
It all begins at 8:30 with a special guest performer...to warm us all up and get our dancing feet wet...THEN...at 9 pm,...the WALTER's BIRTHDAY band will begin and perform all of the new CD tunes along with all our favorite  WALTER's BIRTHDAY tunes until 12 midnight. There's only a $10.00 cover for this awesome night.
My hubby, STEVE BARTLETT/BARTLETT ON BASS just loves this band. He plays bass with his special music buddies in WALTER's BIRTHDAY. That's JON BARONI/keys/harp/vocals, SCOTT ERCOLIANI/drums, and TOD LEMKUHL/guitar/vocals. To listen to a sample of this CD, visit WALTER's BIRTHDAY HERE.
What a fun night. T.Jan
WHERE: The Location is 201 Yelm Ave, first floor. That's in Yelm...only 14 miles from Lacey, pass The RED WIND CASINO...into Yelm, THE SPIRAL is on the right, 2 blocks from the first stoplight...AND,15 miles from Spanaway...take the Roy 'Y' exit to Yelm. T. Jan
Just called Tam Borrelli, Owner of THE SPIRAL CAFE  HERE. Phone 360/400-2233. She said there will be a full bar and bar menu offered on the 26th. Always...A BIG dance floor. Cool. T. Jan

st_robert's recording of WAKE UP CALLS [C] by JON BARONI Performed by WALTER's BIRTHDAY





JON BARONI

  

First reported on BARTLETT ON BASS....10/12/10. T. Jan 

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Thanks st_robert "recorded a band called "walter's birthday" the other night. no overdubs, no trickery, just live... brilliant players, good people. the

world needs more music like this. here's a sample:" Here's a link.  All music [C] 2010. Taken from st_robert's FACEBOOK page  Jan

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'WAKE UP CALLS' [C] 2010.

Artist: [C] 2010 walter's birthday

Album: live at the smokehouse

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From T.Jan beginning here......

Please buy JON BARONI's/ CD 'WAKE UP CALLS' including this tune and many other meaningful, cool tunes by Jon, with long time friend, Steve BARTLETT ON BASS playing bass on several of the selections  for Jon HERE. Jon has many CDs available at CDBABY....Check him out.  OK?

JON BARONI/keys/harp/vocals is one of my very favorite artists of all time and, of course, writes many of the tunes for WALTER's BIRTHDAY.  TOD LEMKUHL/guitar/vocals is a fantastic writer too, writing several songs on the latest CD from WALTER's BIRTHDAY , called just 'WALTER's BIRTHDAY.  Take listen.HERE
SCOTT ERCOLIANI is the drummer for WALTER's BIRTHDAY and my hubby, STEVE BARTLETT/bass. of course. T. Jan
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About the photo...Jon Baroni, Taken in 2007 by me...J.A. Rose, at the Tenino Smokehouse. C.C.

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Steve Bartlett and T. Jan Rose-Bartlett

Hi, my name is T. Jan and my hubby is Steve Bartlett or BARTLETT ON BASS. He's the bassman for the new awesome band called WALTER's BIRTHDAY. This band is just wonderful. Their CD just named 'WALTER's BIRTHDAY' is coming out next week. My hubby is proud of this CD,  and he does a fantastic job. [I love it when I can hear his bass...he reminds me of JACO PASTORIUS....way cool]...Well, the whole band is way cool really...I'm a FAN. A BIG Fan. So, created this site to share the news and activities of my husband, Steve Bartlett and the band WALTER's BIRTHDAY,and other wonderful musicians he plays with...Shelly Ely, Martin Salinas etc.

We've had lots of interest in the CD this past week...well, it's just wonderful, that's all...and, I've heard it already...really cool. You're gonna love it too. Go HERE to take a free listen. OK?

Thanks for letting me share. T. Jan
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8/31/11...Realized today that people may be looking for RUSSELL BARTLETT when they find this page. I'll add any info. I recieve about Steve's brother Russell here too. Thanks, T. Jan

RUSSELL BARTLETT