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May 6, 2008 --- Hello Amber Blues fans, family, and friends, We're feeling good and getting ready for a very rockin' May starting this week. Last Saturday we went up to upstate New York to Waverly where we were greeted by beautiful people who really made the long trip worth it. We had a wonderful crowd and we'll be definitely going up there again this summer.
 
This week we have 3 shows, 2 of which are new venues for us. We'll be starting off in Asbury Park, playing at The Saint with The Atmosferics again on Wednesday the 7th. On Friday the 9th we'll be in Ewing, NJ at The All Call Inn...which will be a chance for us to see faces from the Trenton area.  We're very excited about our show on Thursday the 8th, where we'll be in New York City, at Sullivan Hall (known as the Lion's Den) in the Village. It's a very important show for us, and we're setting up rides to the City and back for our NJ fans to make easy to join us in going to the show. The trip will be $10 to help out in gas and parking for our friend drivers, and the show is $10 at the door. A good turnout at that show will be a big boost to our presence in the Big Apple.
 
To wrap up the month we've got a show on Saturday, May 31st at The Juggling Gypsy in Wilmington, NC.  We are also trying to secure another show in Wilmington or perhaps Boone, NC on Friday, May 30th.  This will be AB's first excursion down South and it's sure to prove to be interesting and fun!  We've been working on many new ideas, and we've got a lot of craziness happening this summer so keep checking our website and myspace often for updates and show additions! Hope to see you all real soon rockin' out at an AB show near you! Peace, love, light and unity to everyone, -Tarek & Dave

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Mar. 14, 2008 --- Hello Amber Blues Peoples, We wanted to announce the first Amber Blues poll on amberblues.com. We'd like everyone to help us out and participate. The poll this month is "What is your favorite AB song?". You'll find the poll at the middle left of our home page, in a green box titled March's poll. There's a drop down list of AB songs including ones we haven't played in a long time, as well as new songs we premiered at our CD release show. This will help us see which songs are the crowd favorites and tell us if we need to revive some of our older material for live shows soon. So go to amberblues.com and let us know what you think. We hope to make the polls a regular thing each month, so we can get as much feedback as possible from everyone.

Before I go, just a reminder that we'll be at The Old Bay in New Brunswick this Sunday the 16th (free show!), at The Saint in Asbury Park next Thursday the 20th with the Atmosferics and Turtle Soup, and at The Hills Tavern in Lenox, Mass. on Friday the 21st with the Bad Apples...it's gonna be a very interesting week for sure. Peace, love, light and anything you like, See you all soon -Tarek

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Mar. 1, 2008 --- Hello Amber Blues friends, family, and fans, February was quiet on the outside since we had no shows booked for the month. We started making demos of our new songs to see how they sound, worked a little on some of our old ones, and tried different things. However, we're back to playing live heavily again in March. We got 5 shows booked this month, reaching out to different parts of Jersey we've never been to and going up to Massachusetts for the first time.

We're starting this Sunday at Matawan Ave. Middle School in Cliffwood, NJ. It's a benefit show, where there will be canned food/clothing drives. It is presented by members of the Girl Scout troop of Matawan, and we'll be playing with our friends Hartwell, Lunar Electric, and Bad Apples. There will be other performances by high school students as well. On the 16th, we'll be playing our first Sunday night (and also St. Patty's Day - Eve) at the Old Bay in New Brunswick (free show!), which is always a lot of fun.... and that will be the beginning of a crazy week! We play at The Saint in Asbury Park on Thursday the 20th, and then we'll be driving up on Friday the 21st to Lenox, Mass. with Bad Apples to play at The Hills Tavern. We'll end the month in a another new venue in Morristown, NJ at Cafe Arabica. So there's lots of shows this month, and as usual lots of surprises and new material to look out for.

In case you haven't been there in a while, we have a totally new look to amberblues.com. The website is renewed with new features, lots of nice new photos (you may find yourself there if you came to our shows), music, new wallpapers, and just overall goodness. You'll find details for all our upcoming shows there, so check out our calendar and come out if we're near you. We'll be bringing out our new merch and CDs to all our shows. We're currently working on getting our albums and merch sold online to be available easily for everyone, anywhere. It's exciting times, and we're planning shows in upstate NY, NC and returning to NH again in the spring. There's more in the works too as we recently finished our press kit and we're sending it out to new venues, so check out amberblues.com regularly for updates and new bookings. In the end we want to thank all our supporters and lovely fans, and hope to see you all soon. Peace, love, light and happiness to everyone, -Tarek

P.S.: I love you

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Jan. 16, 2008 --- Hello Amber Blues family, friends and fans,
We'd first like to thank everyone who made it to the CD release party on the 5th of this month. The turn out was really amazing, and the support we got was overwhelming. We can't thank you all enough for being there. We also want to thank all the participating bands that night that really made it worthwhile to hang out at the pony from as early as 7 p.m until 1:30 a.m. Bob Denson, Lunar Electric, Newbru, Chemical Swing (feat. Bernie Worrell, which was quite a treat!!), Hartwell and Jazz vs. The Space Tiger all did an excellent job in entertaining the crowd to the fullest. Not to mention our friends Murdock & Johny from 90.3 FM radio, "The Core," who did commentary on the compilation CD, Patchwork, and introduced bands, hosted AB trivia, and announced our raffle winners. We can't thank them enough!! It was a celebration to remember. We got good response towards our new merchandise... Keep rockin' those Amber Blues' shirts!!

All we hope now is that the album was worth the long wait. So sign our guestbook at www.amberblues.com, and let us know what you think of the album and what your favorite songs are. We greatly appreciate feedback and constructive criticism and we're actually hoping to get some reviews. We're wrapping up the group of shows this month on Saturday the 19th at Finnigan's Lounge on Rt. 130 in East Windsor with Jazz vs. The Space Tiger; which is sure to a lot of fun!! Saturday will be our third consecutive show with the space creature fighting jazz band. We've also started planning ahead and putting together ideas and listing songs for our next album.

Before I go, I also want to thank the big group of people who came out to the Old Bay in New Brunswick last Saturday, it was a lot of fun and turned out to be one the biggest turnouts we've had in New Brunswick to date. So, another big thank you to all the people who made it there...and keep coming back! Peace, Love, Light and Happiness to you all, -Tarek

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Jan. 4, 2008  Amber Blues Gets Pressified:

--- Amber Blues in The Pulse/The Home News Tribune:
A colorful mix: East Brunswick's Amber Blues rocks to its own beat

--- Amber Blues in The Asbury Park Press:
Don't paint Amber Blues in a corner

--- Amber Blues in The Daily Record:
Amber Blues has established a broad fan base

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Jan. 3, 2008

--- Amber Blues in The Sentinel:
Amber Blues to host CD release party in Asbury

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Jan. 3, 2008 --- Hello dear Amber Blues fans, family and friends,
We're eagerly anticipating this Saturday (Jan. 5th) for our CD release party. It's so exciting!!!!!!! We're planning for a show like no other that night to give our fans something extra special, and give people who haven't seen us before a good reason to come see us again and again. We've been practicing more aggressively as the show gets closer. We'll be playing a group of new songs as well as a few older songs we haven't performed for a while (or ever!). The bands joining are preparing killer sets as well (check out our attached flyer for all participating artists and bands), so it'll surely be quite a night! We'll be sending you more blooze news after the show to give everyone an update on how the show went, and what's coming up after. That's it for now.

We wish you all a happy happy new year.....and hope to see you on Saturday.
Peace, Love, Light and Happiness to you all! -Tarek

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Dec. 19, 2007 --- Hello Amber blues fans, friends and family,
We in Amber Blues are proud to announce that our first studio album is finally complete. We actually have copies that we're listening to these days..YAAAY!! It took a really long time, with many many hours of tedious mixing and recording and rerecording and remixing...etc, and we finally have the full album. We are almost done creating the album sleeve, artwork, and doing all the final touches to release the album. The album is titled "A Year and Some Days", and as you can imagine we're really excited. Our CD release will be on January 5th, 2008, at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. We've been meeting with all the participating bands, and artists to get everything together. We're really excited to be playing with all these great bands that agreed to celebrate our album release with us. James "J-Pat" Dalton, Hartwell, Newbru, Chemical Swing, Lunar Electric, and Jazz vs. the Space Tiger will all be joining us for the event. We've also been rehearsing with some guests to spice up our set a little more than usual. So expect a few surprises from us. We'll be having some cool new merch for all of you, including some Amber Blues winter gear. Everyone here's been busy getting all their usual holiday things together in addition to the work we're doing towards the show.

As for the band, we've been working on a number of new tunes we're planning to premiere gradually into our set lists. We've been surviving well as a 5 piece, and it will be worth it for our old fans to come and check us out in our new simpler version of the band without Seth. We had a couple of warm up shows in December.... Last Friday the 14th at the Crossroads--it was great to perform with The Atmosferics and Jazz vs. the Space Tiger. We also had a show on 12/8 at Marita's Cantina in New Brunswick with our friend James "J-Pat" Dalton, which was a lot of fun.

In the end we'd like to wish you all happy holidays (Hanukkah/ Eid ElAdha/ Christmas/ Kwanzaa), and we hope to see you all soon. Peace, Love, Light and Happiness to you all! -Tarek

P.S: "Only the mediocre are always at their best"

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Oct. 15, 2007 --- Hello Amber blues fans, friends and family,
Even though we were in the shadows most of September, it was one our busiest and actually most productive months. We spent a lot of time cutting final vocal and guitar tracks and doing final mixes for the remaining tracks on the album; and it's actually very close to completion (serious this time). We're still looking for a title and already started reviewing artwork ideas. On Saturday the 22nd we played at the Old Bay in New Brunswick to a packed crowd, where we said farewell to Seth. We had a GREAT time, and we'd like to thank our friends Hartwell and everyone who came to cheer us up as we were sadly saying goodbye to Seth's days in Amber Blues. It was really a great turnout and appreciate the love. Oh we'll miss Seth.

We have officially become a 5 piece, Jimmy will be handling all the guitar work. We've been spending a lot of time re-arranging our older songs to fit the new formation, and have been actively writing very exciting new songs. We're looking into finishing the album tracks in October. We'll be back in live action near the end of the month in New Brunswick. We're really excited to be playing "Rock the Vote" in Rutgers, New Brunswick on the 26th. We'll also show up at the Harvest Moon on the 28th to cap the month. We'll be a different formation by then, so expect our old songs to sound different and possibly a new song or two. Hope to see you all soon, Peace, Love, Light and Happiness to you all.

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Jun. 7, 2007 --- Hey out there AB fans! Summer is off to a hot start this June, and we've got a lot planned for the summer. We just had a fantastic show with Keith Kenny this past Sunday at the Harvest Moon. (Third time's a charm... The rain didn't stop usthis time!!) Our second show this month is Phanphest's Battle of the Bands TONIGHT (Wed., June 6) at The Saint, Asbury Park, NJ. Unfortunately due to his extremly busy work schedule with the NBA, LaMar will not be performing at this show. He will be flying out to San Antonio for the NBA finals. We wish him a safe trip and anticipate his return. Our friend Brian will be filling in on drums for this show, some of you may recognize him from our Tent State show (4/21). We've got a lot of crazy surprises for everyone tonight, it's sure to be an Amber Blues experience unlike any you've ever seen. The show will include a very unique performance as well as some "special guests", we're pullin out all the stops for this one, hope to see you all there to support! The remainder of June will be spent in the studio mixing and fixing tracks for our album and then we'll be back in July with some big shows!

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Apr. 7, 2007 --- Spring is here and Amber Blues is warming up for a month of really hot shows! The guys are starting out the month with a huge show tonight (4/7) at The Saint --Phanphest Presents: Amber Blues, Give Us the Money Lebowski, and The Breakfast. But the madness doesn't stop there... On April 15th, AB will be apperaring at the Harvest Moon Brewery with Keith Kenny opening up, this is sure to be a jamtastic show! And we'll wrap up with a huge appearance at Tent State at Rutgers University on Saturday, April 21st at 9pm. This is going to be one of our biggest and most important shows to date, and loyal AB fans in attendance will be in for a surprise..........

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Mar. 6, 2007 --- Happy spring AB fans! March has certainly rolled in smoothly for Amber Blues... we started off the month this past Saturday with a fantastic show at Marita’s Cantina in New Brunswick, with our good friends Chemical Swing! These guys have proven themselves to be a powerful musical ally and we always look forward to any chance to play with them. Some other highlights for March include AB’s first show tomorrow night at The Whiskey Bar in Hoboken, as well as the first round of Jersey Show’s Battle of the Bands at The Court Tavern in New Brunswick. The month ends with a Tuesday night performance at The 449 Room in Trenton with MoBro (The Morrison Brothers), who have also been a really great ally for us. We hope to see you all come out and support this month, especially for the BOTB on the 11th, but if you can’t keep checking back for more info and updates.

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Feb. 18, 2007

--- Amber Blues in The Sentinel
Amber Blues go way beyond playin' the blues [2/15/07]

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Feb. 7, 2007 --- Hey out there AB fans... Another glorious month has come and gone. With January over and out of the way the band is gearing up for February, and what a busy month it will be! This month Amber Blues will be back in The Jam Room Studio recording the final four tracks of their long awaited debut album. We are expecting a late spring early summer release once all the mastering and duplication has been done. This past Sunday, we began our duo February New Brunswick appearance at The Harvest Moon Brewery. Our next Newbie show will be this Saturday, Feb. 10th at The Old Bay (Church St.). This will be the band’s first time appearing at The Old Bay but surely not their last! The third week of February will quiet down for thee band--LaMar will be in Vegas with his new NBA job, and Dave will be up on a mountain somewhere shredding some snow! This month ends with a show at Siberia in NYC on Saturday, Feb. 24th. This is sure to be a great show, as each NY show has been getting better and better. Yay!! Thanks for rockin’ out at shows, and we’ll see you all soon.

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Jan. 17, 2007 --- Happy New Year AB fans! 2007 is off to a ripping start. We hosted our first charity show--Groovin’ for Goodwill--on Jan. 5th and it was a huge success! Over $1,200 was raised (between five bands) to benefit The Valerie Fund and The Boys and Girls Club of Asbury Park. We would like to thank everyone involved and hope that future events will be just as successful. And a special thank you to the bands that played with us: Chemical Swing, The Morrison Brothers (MOBRO), Almost There, and Tito & the Junkyard Band. The rest of the month is relatively calm in comparison. We played at The Rusty Nail in North Brunswick this past weekend. Coming up tomorrow we’ll be in NYC at The Mean Fiddler. Our last NY show was a huge success and we hope this one will be bigger.

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Dec. 12, 2006 --- Hey there AB fans! First and foremost we’d like to welcome the two newest additions to Amber Blues: Vince Troyani on Alto Saxophone and Tom Petrecaro on Tenor Saxophone. We’re really excited to be working with them! Come check out one of the upcoming shows to hear all the good sound blends! We are breaking a new milestone this month playing 3 states in 3 days! (Our first mini-tour!) We’ll be playing in Philly on 12/28, NYC on 12/29, then we’re back in Jersey on 12/30. We’re capping off 2006 with a huge New Year’s Eve extravaganza at Dave’s house. All four of these shows are sure to be rippin’! Contact any of the band members for more info and details!

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Nov. 15, 2006 --- Hey out there AB Fans! The month started off with a bang at The 449 Room in Trenton, NJ. Our friend Tom P. from Chemical Swing came out and played sax on the last two songs, capping off an explosive set. Expect many near future collaborations with both Tom and Chemical Swing who hooked us up with the show. Tonight we're at the Harvest Moon Brewery in New Brunswick, beginning around 10:30pm (21+over, $4 cover), so come on out and get your groove on!

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Oct. 12, 2006 --- After much waiting and anticipation, our Free E.P. Demo has finally arrived! If you've received a copy, let us know what you think--sign our guestbook or post a comment on our MySpace. And don't worry Amber Blues fans, the album is coming soon!! We are currently in the finishing stages... only 4 more songs to go. We're expecting a release date of Jan. 2007, so keep your eyes on the Website and MySpace for updates. October is a light month for us as far as gigs, Tarek will be leaving for Egypt for 2 weeks on Oct. 13. We wish him a safe trip and we eagerly await his return on Halloween! Our next show will be on Oct. 21 at Indigo Coffeehouse in Aberdeen, NJ. If you’ve never seen us before, now is your chance to catch us at a FREE, All Ages show!

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