DQYDJPlayers Announce First Concert of 2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 8, 2000

THE DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB PLAYERS RETURN TO THE LION'S DEN FOR FIRST CONCERT OF THE NEW YEAR
New bass player debuts at February 25th concert

New York--The Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, an acclaimed rock/blues/country band, have announced their first concert of the year 2000 at the Lion's Den in New York City on Friday February 25th at 8pm. This 40-minute show--the group's fourth at the Den--will mark the band debut of new bass player Pat O'Brien.

As a special bonus, anyone who signs up for the band's mailing list at this gig will get a free copy of the DQYDJPlayers' first CD, TKB. Anyone who gets someone to sign up for the list will get a special thank-you card with an illusration by comics artist Peter Pachoumis. In addition, for this gig only, copies of the band's second CD, BLUES SPOKEN HERE (which was released at the Lion's Den in August 1999) will be on sale for the special low price of $10. Other goodies will be made available to all attendees as well.

The Lion's Den is located at 214 Sullivan Street, between West 3rd and Bleecker Streets, in the heart of Manhattan's Greenwich Village area. Admission is $8; you must be 18 or over to enter, 21 or over to drink (picture ID required). For more information, call the club at 212-477-2782.

The DQYDJPlayers have performed from Atlanta to Amherst and from Anaheim to Albany, made several radio appearances, including "21st Century Music Radio" on WGBB in New York and the nationally syndicated "Reality Break" on WREK in Atlanta, and had their two CDs played on over half a dozen college radio stations. The song "Monday Night Blues" off of BLUES SPOKEN HERE recently made its European radio premiere on Belgium's Radio Milo show "Somewhere Between..." hosted by Ray Pieters. Two other songs off the CD, "When the Magic Goes Away" and "You're Still Mine," have earned places as finalists in the Sennheiser Evolution Contest. The MP3 and RealPlayer versions of "Blues Spoken Here" are each individually in the top ten downloads at talkmusic.com (the MP3 clip has been in the top ten since it was made available in August 1999).

BLUES SPOKEN HERE has received favorable reviews in SOUTHEAST PERFORMER magazine and at the web site listen.com. The band has been called "a travelling musical earthquake" by author/folk singer Spider Robinson, and rock'n'roller Greg Kihn raved, "The road to rock and roll heaven is paved with the bleached skulls of bands like the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players." The DQYDJPlayers are David M. Honigsberg (vocals, guitar), Keith R.A. DeCandido (percussion, vocals), Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg (vocals, violin, viola), Steven L. Rosenhaus (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Tom Laubenthal (drums), and Pat O'Brien (bass, vocals).

For more information about the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, check out the band's web site at www.dqydjp.com or e-mail them at dqydjp@dqydjp.com