In other news....

Hello Hot Meals Land!
     Wow! We have had a blast lately! 3 shows since our last post. Evolution Public House has been a TON of fun lately! As you can see by the pictures we had a great time celebrating St. Patrick's Day! Some of us had too much fun. We have the follwing shows coming up that you won't want to miss.

4/5 - John And K.t. Acoustic at Tall Tales brewery from 6 - 9p.m.
 http://www.talltalesbrew.com/  
Tall Tales Brewing Company
6929 Heron Grove Court
Parsonsburg, MD  21849
410.824.BREW

DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND
4/26- Dogfish Head Pub in Rehobeth.
4/27 - Evo Public House


5/3 - Break Time

5/17 -Evo Public House

6/28- Evo Public House
7/26- Evo Public House
8/16- Evo Public House
8/31- Evo Public House

PLENTY MORE TO COME!

Upcoming Events

 We have a few gigs coming up and are currently working on setting up our warm weather gigs. Here's what we have so far.


2/22 - Evo 9-12 NO COVER

3/8 and 5/3: We are back at Break Time!

3/16 We are back at the E.V.O. Public House for a St. Patty's Day Blow out!


4/26 we return to Dogfish Head Brew Pub in Rehobeth. This is sure to be a good time!

We hope to see everyone soon!!

We are evolving!

We had a blast at Evolution Craft Brewing Co.-Public House
So much so that we have lined up three more gigs!

12/ 28- Evo 9-12 NO COVER More info. , banter, and smack talk with Test Kitchen are available at our Facebook event
 

1/11- We will be back at Break  Time!

Continuing with our recent love affair with playing at breweries, we will be at Dogfish Head Brewing and Eats in Rehobeth on 1/19. This show starts at 10. More info. is available at our Facebook event 

2/1 -  Evo 9-12 NO COVER

2/22 - Evo 9-12 NO COVER

3/8 and 5/3: We are back at Break Time!

We hope to see everyone soon!!

Upcoming Dates

Yikes! It looks like our show calendar that used to be directly to your right is busted! That would mean that it's a great time to discuss all the happenings in The Hot Meals world. 

Coming up this weekend 12/15 we will be playing at The Evo Public House for the first time. We start at 9:30 and there will be NO COVER.  Please visit our event on Facebook


1/11 we will be back at Break  Time!

Continuing with our recent love affair with playing at breweries, we will be at Dogfish Head Brewing and Eats in Rehobeth on 1/19. This show starts at 10. More info. is available at our Facebook event 

3/8 and 5/3: We are back at Break Time!

We hope to see everyone soon!!

Business Time

Business Time....

So we took the second half of October off to give your brains time to recuperate. But November is knocking on the door, and it's time to get funky again....

November 16th brings us back to Burley Oak Brewery for a second time. Some of the finest beer you'll have (they just won a major award up in B-more) will be paired with some of our greasiest jams. 

For you folks making it back to the Bury for Thanksgiving time, we will be at Break Time for a pre-holiday show on the 21st, the day before turkey day. Come out and John will demonstrate how to make homemade cranberry sauce...

Looking ahead, we are also in talks to play a venue we've long admired and wanted to play. We won't spill the beans yet, but it's Dogfish Head. Keep your fingers crossed!

Balls

The Hot Meals love their Beer!

      This weekend is a busy one for The Hot Meals. This Friday from 9 pm - 12pm we will be playing Burley Oak Brewery, a new venue for us. We've been hearing great things about this place and even better things about their beer. As noted in out Facebook Event , They don't serve food, but you're allowed to order in, or bring food in with you. 

     Then to round things out and make this a total Hot Beer weekend, we are playing at The Good Beer Festival in Salisbury at Pemberton Park on Sunday 10/14. We play at 4:30. We would love for everyone to assemble and hang out with us starting at 2:30 near The Bar Stage which is where we will be playing. That way we can have a chance to see everybody before we get started. We wanna show the folks at The Beer Fest how The Hot Meals Army does it. Check out our Facebook Event for that and more information.


      We can't wait to see everyone this weekend!
Here are some things that might come in handy to get you through this weekend!!

Delmarva Crossroads article

There is an article in this week's issue of Delmarva Crossroads that features The Hot Meals. It is in print now. We will link to it as soon as it is online.

God Bless You

Our first studio album, "God Bless You" is now available for download for only $5!

http://thehotmeals.bandcamp.com/

Upcoming Shows

Aloha Hot Meals Army,

     We just wanted to throw a couple of reminders out there for all of you regarding our upcoming dates.

• Don't forget about our Cd Release Party at Break Time in Salisbury on Saturday August 18th! We will have our CD for sale with a minimum purchase price of $5. As many of you have already asked, it's perfectly o.k. to pay more! People are already raving about the few CD's that we let go in advance. Here's what they're saying: "Is it supposed to sound like that?" "Are all of the CD's the same" " Are you sure this song has a keyboard in it?" and other glowing reviews.
• We will be back again for the first time at MoJo's in Salisbury on Friday September 1st. This will be our first time in Mojo's but as some of you know, those walls hold some serious MOJO in them from our beginnings in the old Flavor's. This will be a night to remember. NO COVER.
• Oct. 5th we are back at Break Time.
• Lastly, we will be playing Burley Oak Brewery for the first time on Friday October 12th. If you haven't been yet, this place has a seriously chill vibe and excellent beer. Bring your dancing shoes, we play 9-midnight, and knowing us that will be straight through. NO COVER.

See you at the show!

Cd Release Party!

    We are proud to announce that we will be officially releasing our Cd on August 18th at Break Time in Salisbury. "God Bless you" will be available at the show for $5. We have uploaded the first two tracks to reverbnation for you to preview. If you are a Face book user please check out our event by clicking HERE.

Don't forget THIS Friday, July 20th, we will be downtown playing the 3rd Friday events, with a Test Kitchen sandwich in between our sets. Oh, and we'll have copies of our 1st album in hand!!

3rd Friday Show!

We will be back downtown next Friday, July 20th. Come check out the finest of Salisbury's artists, musicians, and performers. We will keep you up to date on what time, and where exactly we will be performing, as well as get you a release date of our 1st album "God Bless You".

See you soon!

2012 Somerset Concert Festival

http://www.facebook.com/SummerConcertFestivalInThePark

We will be playing the 2012 Somerset Concert Festival in the Park on June 16th at the Long Centralized Athletic Complex. There will 6 bands performing throughout the day, food vendors, beer and wine vendors, Bounce houses for kids. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. We play at 4:00 but come for the whole day!

Return of The Lagoon

We had such a blast at The Benefit that we decided to head back to The Lagoon this Friday 4/13. Join us there.The Forecast for Friday is 85 degrees with money raining from the sky! Join us to celebrate this moment in nature!

Making Progress!

     We finished up another studio session on Sunday and think that we now have everything recorded.  We have a photo session this Saturday for the cover. Now all we need is mixing and Presto Bam! Here's a glimpse of the magic!

Thank you!

A big thanks goes out to everyone that came out to The Lagoon Show! It was a huge success as we raised a good amount of money for the cause. It was the longest show we've played to date and definitely one of the most fun. Photos from this show will be up soon. This weekend we head back to Bassmental Studios to finish up our album. We can't wait for you to hear it.

Upcoming Dates

     This Friday, February 10th, we will be at Break Time. This is going to be a fun Friday night so don't miss out! Check out our Facebook Event. Remember, if you click attending you are legally obligated to attend.

   
     Secondly, we want to spread the word about our show on Saturday, February 25th, at The Lagoon. We will be playing a special and rare 3 set show starting at 7p.m. to help raise money for a work colleague of John's that was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Please join us and consider giving a donation. The Facebook event can be found here.

     
     Lastly, we will be heading back up to Bassmental studios this Sunday to put the finishing touches on our first studio album. Look for its release in the coming months.

1st Album Progress

We have just finished up rough tracks for ten songs, for our forthcoming debut album! Many thanks to Mr. Ben Gilbert of BassMental Studios up near Annapolis. Any bands looking to record need to check him out! Fair rates, professional yet cozy vibe, all you need to crank some tight stuff out. http://bassmentalstudios.com/

Pictures from the recording sessions are coming up soon, as well as progress reports when we finish vocals, mixing, and mastering.

Tracks to be included:

Steak Gravy

Lucille

Choose Your Own Adventure

Pulled Pork

Road House

Rosie

Marlboro Reds

Midnight Snack

I'm With Country

Estes

Stay Tuned Meals Army!

Breaktime Fest!

     In extremely rare fashion we will be playing Breaktime this Thursday 1/19 in order to help them celebrate their 12th anniversary week!. Even rarer than that is the fact that everything (food, Booze....everything) will be 50% off! Even though it's a week night this will be a night not to be missed! In addition we will be playing several new originals. More info. at our facebook event.

     In other news, we will be traveling to Annapolis this Saturday for our first ever studio session. We feel it's the right time to try and capture some of the things that have been happening at our live shows and can't wait to get the final product in your hands!

Adam's Strikes Back!

Please join us this Friday January 6th for our second show at Adam's Ribs in Fruitland. 
Click HERE to view or event link on Facebook.