The Calf Branders: News

Thanks to all that came out for our last show of 2009. Everyone seemed to have a good time, especially all us brothers on stage!

As everyone in the band has other projects - (Big Hank goes to Hawaii in November with Hillbilly Hellcats) we realized that we we had no free time to play again this year. Therefore, the last show...

We promise to be back in 2010 and have plans for at least one new CD and maybe a second!

Thanks again to all our fans and we'll see you next year!

Branding calves, playing in other bands, all the Calf Branders are busy with other projects and we realized that we had no time to book any more show this year. Therefore we are playing tonight at the Skylark for the final show of the year.

Don't worry we will be back in 2010!

Had a great time playing to a sleepy and hot crowd at the last day of Taste of Colorado - Labor Day. We invited Jeremy Lawton of Big Head Todd and the Monsters to sit in with us on pedal steel guitar and as usual, he was superb.

We are now sponsored in part by Farm Bureau Insurance (see pictures of Taste of Colorado). For all your Insurance needs consider Farm Bureau for a quote!

Thanks to all who came out to our show at the famous Skylark Lounge on Friday August 14th. We had a great time and tried out several new original songs and a few covers. One of the highlights was Christian singing "Night Life" a song written by Willie Nelson and made famous by Ray Price. Christian did the song proud, and it stopped everyone (including the band) in their tracks, when he "got to the good part".

The Calf Branders (finally) are playing in their hometown area of Elbert County after 4 years of trying to play the famous "flatbed show" at the Elbert County Fair.

THIS SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN!

Thanks to all that came to the Skylark last night! We had a ball too! The Calf Branders look forward to playing for our fans as long as you will put up with us.

The flyswatters and the girl T-Shirts were a big hit. (We didn't realize that our fans had as big of a fly problem as we do......)

Thanks for your support.

We play again at the Skylark on Friday June 26th.

Due to Tony's and the Railbenders summer schedule, the Calf Branders have decided to reform and play some shows in the summer of 2009 (and beyond?)

We are having our CD release party for "It's Time to Party" on May 8th at the Skylark Lounge!

AT LONG LAST, THE 2ND CALF BRANDERS CD IS AVAILABLE! 17 GREAT SONGS AS ONLY THE CALF BRANDERS CAN DO THEM.

ORDER YOURS TODAY FROM CD BABY OR GET IT FROM BIG HANK DIRECT. SEND A CHECK TO: LANCE BAKEMEYER, 15550 COUNTY ROAD 102, FONDIS, COLORADO 80106 - $12 POST PAID

Tony is now the new lead guitarist for the Denver based Hard Country band the Railbenders! Congrats Tony!

Thanks to all that came out and supported us at the Skylark. We finally figured out how to make our PA work and we had an excellent time. We look forward to playing there again on March 23rd!

Thanks everyone for coming out and supporting us, Marty Jones, Mr. Bingham and BuckWild. We had a GREAT time playing for y'all!

Check out the December issue of Music Buzz magazine for an article about Big Hank and his slap bass, (and his influence on other standup players in Denver).

Thanks for all you fans that stayed right up to the end at the Skylark last friday. It is great to meet such nice new fans as well! Us country boys ain't used to such accolades, as most of our fans in Fondis can't clap or stomp or even yell as they ain't even human!? (Swishing of tails is about all we usually get).

We learned some Rockabilly from some friends like Johhny Burnette, Billy Lee Riley and the Hillbilly Hellcats that we hope you like - (at least you seemed to like it when we played it at the Skylark).

Anyway, thanks for the support - it really helps to keep us excited on our long drive from Fondis to Denver.

Big Hank has set up his own personal webpage at www.myspace/lancebakemeyer. Check it out to here some original compositions that may someday be Calf Branders new material!

A Big Country thanks to the mighty 18 Wheeler for having us open for them at the Skylark Lounge! We learned some new rockabilly licks from these fabulous rockabilly rebels.

(We also learned that if you rock hard enough, you can get women to take off their clothes!?) We're going to have to try that!

The Calf Branders had the good fortune to play once again for the Comcast Tailgate Party before the Bronco game.
Unfortunetly, it appears that the Broncos may have had too much beer and brats and they lost the game. We had a good time tho~

Thanks to all you new Calf Branders fans that came out and supported us!

Brrrrrr! We nearly froze our branding irons off in the steady frigid drizzle last Sunday, outside Invesco Field. But the Hooters girls, the great bartenders and staff at Comcast made us feel all warm and fuzzy! We're sure that our music was the inspiration for the Broncos win over the Ravens.
-Tony

Many thanks to everybody who made it out to May Farms last Friday. We had a blast at this new and very nice venue. We got to see the legendary Jake Jabs sing a few karaoke numbers! We also had a surprise guest vocalist, Maxine, who came up and sang a killer version of Stormy Monday with us! It was great to see some familiar faces who made the big drive out from Denver. Thanks again!
-Tony

The Calf Branders have finally found the venue that understands us. A jukebox like the one in Fondis, black and white photo's of all the stars we are familiar with a good dance floor and a great bartender. (Pinup artist Gary Lee). We had a GREAT time playing this newly remodeled live music venue, and hope to have new dates there soon!

Thanks to all you new fans that stayed to help us load out for the long trip home - Big Hank

The Calf Branders song, Roadkill Cafe' (that the Hillbilly Hellcats covered) was on the CBS show Wife Swap, during the meal preparation segment of the show. Because we don't have TV where we live, perhaps someone could tell us what the show is about? It aired on 10/17/2005, and paid us enough to have a really nice steak dinner. (Not the Roadkill Cafe' kind). - Big Hank

Thank you to all fans that came out to the Coyote Creek Concert last night. We had a great time and really enjoyed all the support.

The Railbenders, of course put on a great show and Tony sounds great with them.

Thanks again - the Calf Branders

Thanks to all the ropers that attended the 2nd annual Fondis invitaional roping. Over $250,000 in cash and prizes were awarded. A High Plains rider article will soon follow!

Thanks to all fans (new and not so new) for your support at the Peoples Fair. We had a great time and we especially enjoyed the dancing acts that came out in full force for our set!

Big Hank

The Calf Branders have spent some time in the studio recently and have some rough mixes of some great songs for a new CD. We hope to have this complete by August 11th.

The Calf Branders played a great and packed show with the Railbenders and Buck Wild. Big Hank had not seen Buck for over 5 years and it was a great reunion. All three bands rocked the house. Thanks to all who came out and we hope to play with this line up again sometime.