Dear Friends,
We shall now offer you a brief Lesson in Etiquette relating to one’s conduct in the tavern. As is our habit, we shall ask you, friend, to imagine yourself in the position described below. We will then invite you to choose, from a variety of seemingly sound options, the preferred approach. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Letters from The Gentlevan’
October 12, 2009
Lessons in Etiquette: Vol. 7
October 8, 2009
Why We Search Antique Stores for Records…
Dear Friends,
The morning after a performance, we Gentlemen can often be found in your local antique or junk emporium in search of aged records and, for The Councilman, miscellaneous household knick-knacks. We are the ones in slightly disheveled evening-wear, milling about groggily. Our efforts are usually fruitless. But occasionally, as today, we Gentlemen are victorious. [...]
October 7, 2009
Fresh Compositions Revealed!
Dear Friends,
Between concert engagements this month The Councilman and I shall endeavor to ready a minivan full of new compositions. We intend to record these compositions next month. As a special treat, I shall reveal to you here the titles of some of these pieces. We think these titles accurately reflect the [...]
October 5, 2009
A True Story of Survival: Part 4!
Dear Internet,
I present to you the quite unbelievable two-part conclusion of that True Story of Two Man Gentlemen Band Survival begun many months ago.
As this is a serial piece, I invite you to re-ingest the opening three installments here, here, and here. For those who cannot be burdened with additional reading, I shall, grudgingly re-set [...]
October 4, 2009
Breaking News in Lancaster, PA!
Dear Friends,
Here is one of the many reasons we enjoy life on the road. Some breaking news from Lancaster, PA:
August 28, 2009
Some August Photos and Captions!
Dear Friends,
One hates to end one’s summer with regrets, but we Gentlemen must confess this one: With all our two-man music making, excessive socializing, and interminable minivan driving, we’ve had precious little time for electronic journal keeping, etiquette lesson giving, and general word-making here. For this we have issued ourselves a Blogging Demerit. And while [...]
July 27, 2009
Watch The Gents play a Baseball Stadium!
Dear Friends,
We present for your approval video evidence of The Two Man Gentlemen Band Quartet’s first performance opening The Bob Dylan Show in Dayton, OH. Lucky for us, Dayton enjoys Minivans and Reefer.
Performing our original composition “Me, I Get High on Reefer”
Performing our original composition “Into My [...]
July 13, 2009
Pictures from The Big Time!
Dear Friends,
We gents had a positively delightful time opening for the Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, & John Mellencamp tour this weekend in Ohio. The crowds in Dayton & Cleveland were wonderfully receptive to our music. Special thanks to TMGB quartet members Matt Downing (on tenor guitar) and Brian Kantor (on the drums) who brought the [...]
June 6, 2009
Something that makes The Gentlemen very Happy.
Well done, Justin!
Andy Bean
The Two Man Gentlemen Band
www.thetwogentlemen.com
May 5, 2009
Hello from England!
Dear Friends,
The Councilman and I wish to share with you a few photos of The Gentlemen in England. Here we are at the Rochester Sweeps Festival in Rochester, Kent & by the seashore in Broadstairs. Enjoy!
The Councilman sips from his tankard in front of Rochester Castle
The Councilman sips from his tankard on High St
Andy Bean [...]
