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June 2008 New Orleans
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Dragons Den, Saturday, June 28th - shared the night with touring artist Elke Robitaille
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Pride Fest 2008 - Washington Square Park - MOTR rocks the big stage under the sun
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May 2008 Dragons Den, New Orleans
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Spring 2008 - Cafe Negril with El DeOrazio & Friends
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El DeOrazio & Friends performing in New Orleans. Melissa sings to her husband, Matt.
photo credit: www.showoffpostcards.com
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El DeOrazio & Friends performing in New Orleans.
photo credit: www.showoffpostcards.com
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El DeOrazio & Friends performing in New Orleans.
photo credit: www.showoffpostcards.com
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El DeOrazio & Friends performing in New Orleans. Melissa and Matt, in love and happy.
photo credit: www.showoffpostcards.com
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Halloween 2007 - Cafe Negril, New Orleans
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frenchman street around midnite...intensely packed. good times abound.
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October 2007 - MOTR tour
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Java Monkey - Atlanta, GA
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Java Monkey - Atlanta, GA
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Java Monkey - Atlanta, GA
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Austin Grill - Silver Spring, MD
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pre-show photo: Matthew and Melissa
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Read Street Books - Baltimore, MD
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Sept East Coast Tour 2007 - solo-acoustic with gilli moon
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gilli moon and I prepare to ride the bus from Montclair, NJ to the subways of NYC...simplify...less is more
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The Baggot Inn - NYC
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Kenny's Castaways - NYC
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gilli jams my guitar at Baggot Inn - NYC
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self-portrait, Staten Island Ferry
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Mo Pitkins - NYC - Songsalive! Sirens Showcase with gilli moon and Amy Clarke
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gilli moon and I at the Charles River in Boston
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the Atlantic Ocean!
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melissa and gilli duet at Victoria Station Cafe in Putnam, CT
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sunset in Putnam, CT
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drawbridge at dusk in Mystic, CT
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butterfly on the Atlantic beach near Red Bank, NJ
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picking autumn apples at a Connecticut orchard...divinely delish.
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Read Street Books - Baltimore, MD - show with gilli moon and our fabulous host, Susan Souza
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Dewey Beach on the bay side
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Melissa at the Songsalive! booth - DBMC
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Dewey Beach Music Conference
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dinner party/sunset at Dewey Beach; they had amazing food and all free for artists!
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exquisite sunset at Dewey Beach
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in rotation on the local TV screens in the various venues for DBMC
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sunset reflected
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Mo Pitkins - NYC
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melissa and gilli perform together at McShea's Pub for the Dewey Beach Music Conference
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last day of tour, last day on the beach, good times they were
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the drive from L.A. to N.O. LA
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S. Calif. wind farms
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Calif. trains
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somewhere between AZ and TX
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I-10 is 80 mph through these parts
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love those dusk sky shots
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full moon, extra bright with dramatic clouds - Tucson, AZ
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windy full moon night in Tucson, AZ
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rainbow sky - west TX
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west TX shambles pt 1
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west TX shambles pt 2
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west TX shambles pt 3
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truck stop sunset...somewhere in west TX
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Parker Dinkins, our mastering engineer in Covington, Louisiana
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L.A. Women's Music Fest - 8/25/07
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sunset at Woodley Park - Encino, CA
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not only did I volunteer and work the fest, I performed too!
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there were many arts/crafts tents, as well as animal adoption tents
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Summer 2007 - SoCal
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Melissa performs at Karma Cafe in Hollywood
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Los Angeles - rows and rows of palms
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Newport Beach sunrise on the bay side
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newport sunrise on the bay side
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SoCal sunrise
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Pacific Ocean
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gilli moon and melissa - Coffee Junction in Tarzana - it's Melissa's bday (3rd of Aug)
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South Park, CO June 2007
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is she miniature or are they over-sized?
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horses at dusk, CO
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Melissa performs at the South Park Music Tour - Fairplay, CO
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Fairplay, CO
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Melissa speaks on a panel about touring at the South Park Music Tour
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fancy hot tub in the woods, super fantastic
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still snow on those Rocky Mtns in the summer!
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Pikes Peak, CO
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Melissa and gilli moon at the Songsalive! booth at the South Park Music Tour
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June 2007 - Red Room at the Grill - Tucson, AZ
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Bob, patron saint of the Grill
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self-portrait with Bob. had to be done. looking his surly best.
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Tucson; land of cactus and sun
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my name, in the Tuscon Weekly!
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May 2007 - NM/CO tour
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stopping for fresh air, panhandle, TX
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Santa Fe Brewing Company
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Santa Fe Brewing Company
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a moment to dream in Garden of the Gods - Co Spgs, CO
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Co Spgs, nearing dusk
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Kinfolks - Manitou Spgs, CO
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community radio of Ft Collins, CO
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radio performance and interview on KRFC, Ft Collins, CO
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Hodi's Half Note - Ft Collins, CO
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Jessie Jane's - Justiceberg, TX - May 2007
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last stop on the may tour; hwy 84 south of lubbock (bfe)
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this night was a highlight; never what we expected from a one-building town in the middle of nowhere
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very cool place, outdoor stage, where we started, but storms moved us inside, cozy
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beautiful sunset, pre-thunderstorm
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the bar; lots of dollar bills tacked to the ceiling. they are rich :)
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as the night moved on, the music enlivened the crowd more
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El DeOrazio rockin those drums
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okay, now we've got them dancing on the bar.
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it's memorial weekend, school is out, party is on
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getting the groove on, it takes all kinds, and all ages
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jam session ensues with member of the crowd
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Melissa, singin' her heart out
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El DeOrazio takes to the guitar
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while Melissa takes to the drums
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Melissa with the infamous, Ms. Jessie Jane, to whom we are grateful for having us share music. It was a truly epic night
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