Dear Friends and Family,
Welcome to the newly remodeled Mission River Band website! We had a great 2009 performance and benefits season, and 2010 is looking even better. Over the next several weeks, we will be continuing to add more content to our site and get messages out to you regarding our upcoming events.
Over the last few months, the members of the Mission River Band have busy planning and preparing for what is shaping up to be an exciting performance year in 2010. We have revamped our website with a fresh new look with more and better content. Our repertoire has grown with an eye (or an ear) toward requests we have received for fan favorites, and some interesting new songs. We got a chance to try out our new, edgier sound at the Sportzone in Germantown last month, and it was fun.
As always, our “mission” is at the heart of what we do, and we have some really cool events planned in support of some very good causes.
To kick things off – we will be back at the Sportzone on Friday, February 19th for a benefit show for “Friends for Health in Haiti”. Check out this great organization and its commitment to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere which began long before the recent tragedy and will extend for many years ahead as Haiti rebuilds.
On Saturday, March 13th, we will debut “Mission Creek” in a performance at Fiddlehead’s in Cedarburg in a benefit for breast cancer research. Mission Creek is a stripped down, acoustic version of MRB – same players – just less stuff. For Mission Creek, we have reworked some Mission River favorites, and added new songs specific to the acoustic genre’.
On Friday, April 23rd, Mission River will be appearing at the Harley-Davidson Museum for a benefit show for “Guitars For Vets”. The MRB partnership with G4V continues to grow as we raise funds and awareness for this terrific organization which offers support programs for our wounded warriors.
Check out the details of upcoming events along with directions on the Calendar link on our website, and we will be looking for you at the Sportzone this Friday night! As always, because of you, it’s fun for us.
Bud, Dave, Jim, Lou and Dick
The Mission River Band "Mission Statement":
Some people like to listen to classic rock & roll and blues. Some love to experience it at live performances. Others enjoy owning and collecting the music and the memorabilia. Still others want to re-create it…
The Mission River Band plays the great music from the “golden age of rock” - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Clapton, The Eagles, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, Santana, Neil Young, Tom Petty, and some interesting “deep cuts” as well a few classic R&B favorites.
MRB evolved from the friendship of a group of guys - all busy in their professions, dedicated to their families, and active in the community – who got together to play simply for the joy of making music with people they liked. After a number of months of informal rehearsing on a semi-regular basis, in 2006, Mission River tested the performance waters, playing out at some private parties and local taverns. The response was more than the guys expected, and positive feedback fueled the desire to improve the performance and tighten the sound.
As the friendships deepened, the musicianship improved, and the repertoire expanded, the “mission” of Mission River also evolved. MRB is unique in that the band’s inspiration and motivation comes from performing in support of causes that are important to the group’s members. MRB has performed in support of fundraising events for organizations including Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Lumen Christi Parish School, the Boerner Botanical Gardens, Guitars for Veterans (G4V), Special Olympics, and the Retinal Research Foundation.
Come on out and join The Mission River Band in a celebration of the music we love, in support of causes we believe in. What’s better than Classic Rock, except Rock for a Reason?
Mission River… Let it flow.