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Ladies and Gentlemen,

We in the Dirty Bourbon River Show have been hard at work these past weeks since our last Southeast tour. There has been much writing and learning, much rehearsing and perfecting, we’ve finished recording our 2012 releases and filmed a music video for one of our upcoming singles, and yet there is still so much to do!

After a successful Mardi Gras show in our hometown, the Dirty Dirty, New Orleans herownself, we prepare for a brief return to the midwest next week ->

and then a few shows leading up to the grand release of Volume III and the kick off of our four-month-long national tour!

However, despite all of the wonderful shenanigans we have in store for you, we have a serious matter to tend to:

WE NEED A NEW VAN!!!!!

Friends and family, before we embark on our great quarter-year journey that begins with a trek back to the wonderful, beautiful, and treacherous mountains of Colorado, we must secure a new mode of transportation!

I’m sure all of you at one point or another have seen our hulking, sagging, meandering beast of a van and probably heard her grunts and sighs of protest, too! She’s stood the test of time so far, but her journey is coming quickly to an end. I’ll put it this way: she’s got no A/C or heat, no insulation, completely busted shocks, and an engine held together in some parts with whatever we could find to do the job! For as lovely and enduring as she’s been (and she is a trooper!), it is simply time to upgrade to something that will not ultimately kill us.

SO! If you’ve thought about donating and haven’t gotten around to it, PLEASE DO IT NOW! If you didn’t think we needed the money/a new van that badly, WE DO! If you have anything from a dollar to 20,000 of them lying around, please, PLEASE, help out your brothers and family in music and good times, the Dirty Bourbon River Show, to continue our quest to bring our ever-evolving original music to the world at large, so that we don’t end up like this!

Loved ones, please take a moment to search your hearts and your wallets in this time of the utmost seriousness. We are on the verge of greater things than ever before in this great journey, and we can’t do it without your help! For anything at all, no matter how big or small, that you can donate to our cause, we are eternally and deeply grateful.

A Call To Action

You’ve all seen that rickity rockity tin can of a van we roll through your city in. The thing’s barely staying on its axles, it has no insolation or interior, no heat or a/c, holes in the bottom that leak water inside, a constant cacophony of strange noises and moans, no real guarantee that we’ll get to point B, not to mention a whole host of other problems… Yup, it’s time to get a new (or slightly less used) van.

But unfortunately vans are very expensive – it’s going to take at least $40,000 to purchase and outfit the kind of vehicle we need for our heavy 250+ days-a-year touring schedule. And that’s money we just don’t have! We are going to raise half of it ourselves through gigging and private parties (though $20,000 if A LOT and we’ll probably have to take out a bank loan) and we’re hoping to raise the other $20,000 from you, the listener, the lover, the supporter of live homemade 100% grassroots music….

Those of you who have recently downloaded our Old-Timey AfroPop Jibberish Junction or Free Love albums know that we don’t mind giving things away for free – and now we’d like to ask for just a little back. We need this van to stay alive, stay safe, and get to you – your town, wherever that may be. Please help us do that – the arts don’t pay us much (sometimes we literally skip meals), but we are heavily invested in heart – for the music, and for you. Do your part – help musician’s livelihoods – do something cool ladies and gentlemen… now is your chance.

How To Donate

All donations are run through Paypal’s secure server. You do not need a Paypal account to contribute – all major credit cards are accepted as well. The form is private and easy to use. You may access the donations page by clicking on the donate button below:

Your Reward

What, you thought we were just going to hit you up for some mula, and not offer anything in return? Of course not – we’ve arranged a whole tier of spectacular and magnificent rewards to show just how much we appreciate your generosity. Dig it:

$1-20 Thank you email including unreleased track from our next album, Volume Three

$21-40 All of the above + Personal thank you letter by mail with Big Charlie Baseball Card including digital download code

$41-60 All of the above + Hand-painted DBRS kazoo + Linked list of required listening from each band member

$61-120 All of the above + Hand-designed T-shirt + complete collection of our discography

$121-250 All of the above + Hand-drawn Big Charlie dinosaur + Video cover of any song you want

$251-500 All of the above + Hand-crafted Jimmian button-style silk suspenders + All original DBRS “Many Faces of Bootsy” calendar + “A Gentlemen’s Guide to Style” by Matt Thomas, Saxophones

$501-1,000 All of the above + Specially bound, unreleased “Important Things Humans Should Know” book, 1st edition w/ illustrations + Unreleased EP of early Dirty Bourbon material + Specially wrapped package of 10 artifacts from the road

$1,001-5,000 All of the above + Noah’s Special Wild Card

$5001-10,000 All exclusive private house show within our reach

$10,001-15,000 Your choice of: 1) free shows for life, or 2) our old van

$15,001-19,999 Clay and Matt will have a fencing match in your living room

$20,000+ We will let you blow up (or destroy in any preferred manner) our old van

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