James Hardesty: Co-Owner
.........................Booking Agent
.........................Manager
........................ Bartender/Janitor
Nate Carlson: Co-Owner
about the GREEN FROG CAFE ACOUSTIC TAVERN...
Beer. Music. Peanuts. These are the three essential ingredients to having a great time at the Green Frog Cafe Acoustic Tavern (which is a tavern, not a band).
We feature 23 delectable fermented beverages ON TAP, all which hail from the West Coast. We take great pride and joy in finding and selecting (via microscopic-brewery-hunting-trips) the finest ales and lagers for your drinking pleasure. You are bound to find something that interests your palate.
The variety of music that graces our humble establishment is down right mind-boggling.
You may have already seen DANNY BARNES, ANAIS MITCHELL, ALYSE BLACK, CHUCKANUT DRIVE, C.R.AVERY, HAMELL ON TRIAL, HILLSTOMP, HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN, JONATHAN BYRD, MATT COUGHLIN, MICHELLE MALONE, THE WAYBACKS, RACHEL RIES, THE SAM MARSHALL TRIO, STAR ANNA, ROBERT SARAZIN BLAKE, KASEY ANDERSON, THE CRYING SHAME, THE GINN SISTERS, THE MIGHTY GHOSTS OF HEAVEN, or another great act. We have live music every night of the week. The musicians that come through our door are not always well known, but always worth a listen. Please come down and support them.
If you didn't know, 100% OF THE MUSIC you hear in the tavern was made from the BANDS/MUSICIANS THAT HAVE GRACED OUR STAGE, no exceptions. So, if you're hearing it, chances are you saw the show or you're standing next to someone who did.
Get our once a month reminder-email of upcoming shows and brewers nights.
The one thing that separates us from the masses is that we provide instruments for our customers to play. Guitars, banjo, mandolin, bass...we have them all. The stage is open for anyone that wishes to play (unless, of course, there is a scheduled performer on it). The amount of talent in the Bellingham area is incredible and it is truly a joy to provide a venue for those without one.
This has become a peanut bar. The peanuts used to be free, but then we realized we gave away 9000.00 dollars worth of the salty legumes last year. You still get to throw the shells on the floor, but you might think twice about using them to peg your friends across the bar. After all, they were originally intended for consumption.
Influences
Ron Hardesty, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Emmylou Harris, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings.... Beer. New influences include but are not limited to: Chuckanut Drive, Robert Sarizin Blake, Hamell on Trial, Rachel Ries, Anais Mitchell, Danny Schmidt, Sweet City Slang, CR Avery Band, Felix "Sonnyboy" Wilson, Barton Carroll, Darren Smith, and many more that have played here over the last few years.
Sounds Like
ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC!! Due to ongoing pressure from ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC, the Green Frog Cafe Acoustic Tavern is adopting the official policy of Original Music Only.
Just wanted to stop by and say thanks and to let you know we posted the
final mixes for "The Nickajack EP (Part One)" today. We'd love it if
you stopped in for a listen and let us know what you think.
Hey! Thanks for the add. I've got a couple shows this month (6/24 @ The Swiss in Tacoma and 6/26 @ The Mocha Moo in Lakewood) so if you're in the area, come check it out!
well, it has been a long and winding road, and an even longer time coming, but my debut CD, I Remember, is FINALLY HERE!!! YAY!!!!!
to celebrate, American HeartBeat Records(tm) has arranged a FREE DOWNLOAD of Now Is The Time in exchange for a valid email address. Now Is The Time is a brand new, upbeat song I wrote: we are living in turbulent times. suddenly it is okay to be greedy and heartless? no way! a song of hope for our future, a new vision of America and the world.
we have a bunch of exciting things planned to kick this whole thing off, and we need to get a better picture of who our friends are, so the FREE DOWNLOAD form will ask you a few questions, like, what is your country and nearest major city. it all takes maybe 15 seconds.
York Mt. Migration Yard Sale Treasure Hunt BBQ Bring more food 609 York st Bring more smiles Fri, sat, sun Big ol Wisconsin cheese smiles Brothers and sisters Recommended Fortune telling Probably Drumming Yes Chalk Oh yeah Paint pallet ROYGBIV Stereo Working on it Bring instruments Stay a while Kick a shoe off Pull a little piggy Stretch your arms Make a snow angel while standing Its almost 70 degrees soon Crack an egg Scoop the shells Bite a bell pepper Skin a carrot alive Come scramble with us
Hey there! You gotta check out the latest Muley's Roadside Podcast with singer/songwriter and Old Boise Guitar Company's owner, Johnny Shoes! The new and greatly approved sound quality is brought to us by Aaron's International Music Division.
Thanks for your friendship and supporting our music!
With a diverse array of influences, Shai PoeNt (lyricist) and Vanessa Stone (vocalist), cogitatively expand the canon of their artistic liberation. Drawn to hip-hop, jazz, rock, funk, house, and trance, the duo deliberately tease out every strand of their experiences and turns them into something others can relate to.
LUV MY STONER FRIENDS! THEY MAKE MY HEART LIFT! THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO SHOW MY THANX, SO HERE'S A SPECIAL GIFT. I SEND IT TO ALL MY BUDS TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT & IT'S NOT A WASTE...JUST TRYIN' TO FREE WEED AROUND THE NATION. SO...HELLO! WHAT'S UP? & HOW HAVE YA BEEN? THANX FOR THE ADD! YOU'RE TOTALLY RAD! & SO GLAD YOU'RE NOW MY FRIEND! SO...
UR SUCH A COOL FRIEND BETTERTHAN I COULD EVER EXPECT! GLAD 2 KNOW U & LUV UR STYLE , SINCE WE'RE BOTH STONERS,HOPE YA HANG AROUND AWHILE! UR VERY CREATIVE & I LUV UR TASTE,& WITHOUT STONERS LIKE U IN THIS WORLD IT'D BE SUCH A WASTE. WITH A LOVING FAMILY & FRIENDS NOTHING'S HOLDING U BACK , ALTHOUGH THERE'S SUMTHING U RATHER LACK. THE LEGALIZATION OF WEED, WHICH ALL THE STONERS TRULY NEED...IT TAKES THE HELP OF EVERY1 & ALL YA GOTTA DO IS SPREAD MY SONG..IT'S A WEED SONG THAT SPREADS SUM SENSE ABOUT THE LIES THAT SOCIETY VENTS...SO WHAT DO YA SAY? WANNA SPREAD MY SONG 2DAY? IF SO REPLY BACK 'I HEAR YA!' OR ELSE, THE COPS, I FEAR YA! PS. I'LL BE SENDIN' ANOTHER POEM BUT IT'S NOT MY WEED SONG, IT'S JUST A LITTLE EXTRA...2 SEE A SONG THAT PROMOTES THE SMOKE, YA GOTTA COME BACK WITH 'I HEARYA' (THE NAME OF MY SONG) & I'LL DIRECT U 2 IT...PEACE:}
If you live in the Northwest and plan to make one trip this summer, I recommend checking out the Victoria Ska Festival! It's the only event of it's type in this corner of the world, and it's a quick drive and ferry ride up, or just a hop onto the victoria clipper, which takes you from downtown Seattle right to downtown Victoria.
The Festival runs from July 8-11th and has 2 or 3 shows each day, all within walking distance. All information about the shows, transportation, and accomodations can be found at www.victoriaskafest.ca
Yours truly, the Georgetown Orbits, will be opening for Chris Murray and the Slackers on friday night at the Ship Point Inner Harbor Stage!
In local news, the Georgetown Orbits are booked for the following summer shows in the Seattle area:
May 22 @9pm at the Anchor Pub in Everett (this is a rollergirl afterparty)
May 25 @5pm at NW Folklife's Reggae showcase at the Mural Ampitheater in Seattle Center (opening for Clinton Fearon and Boogie Brown Band)
Jul 18 @8pm at The Red Bicycle on Vashon Island
July 25 @8pm at Bison Creek Pizza in Burien
July 31 @8pm at the Comet Tavern
Aug 7 @5pm on the Plaza Stage at the GORGE Ampitheater
and Aug 8 @8pm at the MIX down in Georgetown (formerly the Christoff Gallery). Other bands TBA!
I know we have some talented Fairgrounds Friends out there! At our first ever Skagit County Free Kids' Day at the Fairgrounds we will have a community stage. The KWLE The Whale stage will host Skagit's Got Talent.
If you want to showcase your talent -- send me an email. I will get you all of the information to apply. We have some great talent that has already turned in their forms -- we would like to hear from you!
2 ALL THOSE IN NEED OF THE EFFECTS OF WEED 2 IMPROVE UR WAY OF LIVING OR NEED WHAT POT IS GIVING I'M SENDING WISHES UR WAY & 2 THOSE WHO NEED MEDICAL MARAJUANA I SAY...SO SORRY 4 UR HEALTH, & THANK GOD U HAVE POT...IT FILLS UR LIFE WITH WEALTH & WITHOUT IT U'D BE IN A TUFF SPOT...BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE THE FUSS IS, IT'S ONLY A PLANT.. CREATED 4 MANY USES SO DON'T TELL ME 2 QUIT CUZ I CAN'T (ACTUALLY I WON'T)...IT'S NATURE'S ASPIRIN RELIEVING WHAT AIL'S U & 2 DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT 2 APPROVE IT IS A WASTE CUZ THEY FAIL U...IT RELIEVES STRESS, MENSTRUAL CRAMPS, ACHES & PAINS, ENHANCING THE MOOD UR IN, IMPROVING UR HEALTH AGAIN, & CONTRIBUTING 2 UR GAINS...2 DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US STONERS & THEN 2 GLORIFY THE ALCOHOLICS...MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A LONER & WE CAN BLAME IT ON POLITICS...THE EFFECTS ALCOHOL & CIGARETTES TAKE ON SOCIETY & 2 THEN SAY MARAJUANA IS WORSE ADDS 2 MY ANXIETY...WE HEADS AREN'T THAT BAD BETTER THAN ALCOHOLICS,SMOKERS & DRUGGIES...WE ADD SUNSHINE, AMUSEMENT & PEACE 2 LIFE SMOTHERIN' U WITH KISSES, LUVS, & HUGGIES...SO MOST DEFINITELY LEGALIZE POT 4 THE CHRONICALLY ILL, BUT ALSO LEGALIZE IT 4 THE RECREATIONAL THRILL...WHAT COULD IT HURT, THE WORSE, IT COULD MAKE U A FLIRT...LEGALIZE 2DAY & SEND HAPPY STONERS OUR WAY:}