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Mrs. Hobbs
Lounge / Experimental / Acoustic

Not your mother's accordion music



Santa Monica, California
United States

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Last Login:  7/8/2009
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   Mrs. Hobbs: General Info
Member Since3/25/2007
Band Websitehttp://www.MrsHobbs.com
Band MembersMrs. Hobbs: Vocals, 3-Row Button Hohner Panther Accordion, 48-bass Barcarole piano accordion

Collaborators:

Jerry the Priest - Trombone, Guitar, Vocals
Annabelle - Violin
Quentin Josephy - Afro-Cuban Percussion
Milo Martin - Poetry
Anne & Jeff Grimaldo of Naked With Shoes - Dance
Poli Marichal - Shadow puppets
Stefan Fabry & Mitra Martin - Tango Dancers
Amy Kaps - Visual/Spatial Performance
InfluencesPractically everything but polka! Jazz, rock, blues, tango, bossa nova, glam, punk, French chanson, and more........................

FAVORITE BANDS WITH ACCORDIONS, BANDONEONS, ETC.: Gotan Project, Bajofondo Tango Club, Astor Piazzola, Beirut, Arcade Fire, Nouvelle Vague, Les Negresses Vertes, The Pogues, Tom Waites, Nick Cave, Vagabond Opera, Alec K Redfearn and the Eyesores, Cat Hair Ensemble, Fishtank Ensemble, Jessica Fichot, Mrs. Brown's Lovely Daughter, Jason Webley, Radio Fantastique, Jeffrey Butzer, Squeeze-bot, Stars of Aviation, Alarm Will Sound........................

FAVORITE SINGERS: Jesca Hoop, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe, Astrud Gilberto, Chet Baker, Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Jane Birkin, Sia (of Zero 7), Camille (of Nouvelle Vague), Holly Golightly, Mama Cass, Nico, Cat Power, Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth), Sabina Sciubba (of Brazilian Girls), Alison Goldfrapp (of Goldfrapp)........................

OTHER FAVORITE MUSICIANS/BANDS: Serge Gainsbourg, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Air, Beck, The Like, The White Stripes, The Lost & Wandering Jazz & Blues Band, Mulatu Astatki, Sigur Ros, Stereolab, Dengue Fever.

Sounds Like Comments at performances include: "eclectic", "cinematic", "erotic", "weird but good".



The Girl of the Sea by The Mrs. Hobbs Experience


Coming Home - Mrs Hobbs & the Q & A - LA Accordion Festival 2008


March of the Tango by Mrs Hobbs & The Q & A - Accordion Festival


This Tree Called Love by Mrs Hobbs with puppet show at festival


Mrs. Hobbs performing Autumn Leaves at Bordello

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Naked With Shoes & Mrs Hobbs - 365 @ Highways - Click Clack

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Mrs. Hobbs in QuattroFormaggio - Accordion Descending

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   About Mrs. Hobbs


Elegant, but edgy, Mrs. Hobbs is a sultry cabaret singer and accordion player. Mixing and mashing up jazz, rock, glam, tango, punk, gypsy, classical and minimalist influences, her songs are filled with "mood": melancholic, sensuous, humorous. Whether performing original songs or what has been said to be the best interpretations of others' songs, Mrs. Hobbs is changing people's ideas of what accordion music can be.

Mrs. Hobbs came into being in early 2005. Of course, she always had a love of music, having sung in the high school chorus, been a DJ at her college radio station, lived with musicians in a boat community in France (ah! la vie de bohème!), and sung lullabies to her daughter, but she had never played an instrument until then.

She taught herself the accordion and started playing around Los Angeles at venues such as Bordello Bar, The Rainbow Bar & Grill, Highways Performance Space, Club Ding-A-Ling, The Mbar, The Talking Stick, The UnUrban, The Abbot Kinney Festival, Robin’s Sculpture Garden, James Gray Gallery, and Elizabeth Paige Smith Atelier.

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Why the accordion? A clear plastic toy accordion was first espied in 2005 and subsequently purchased by "zee artiste", after which a real adult version was acquired.

There is the feeling of strapping it on and holding it to one's chest, the breathing of the accordion upon squeezing, the movement of the bellows.

There are the sounds that resonate, the richness of the tones, the deep bass notes, the high sighs, the fullness of sound, and even sometimes a whisper.

Then there were the years spent in France seeing accordion players in the streets that undoubtably played a part in the love of the accordion....................

In another life she's also a visual artist and designer (all the "album covers" are designed by her)....................

See MrsHobbs.com for more details.



   Mrs. Hobbs's Friend Space (Top 40)
Mrs. Hobbs has 455 friends.
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 Jessica Fichot 


 Mrs. Brown's Lovely Daughter 


 Annabelle 


 Quentin 


 milomartin 


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 Fishtank Ensemble 


 Vermillion Lies 


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 Gotan Project Official 


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 Madeleine Peyroux 


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Mrs. Hobbs's Friends Comments
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RAMEKEGA





Jul 9 2009 5:39 PM

Hi Mrs. Hobbs!
Thanks for including us in your circle of friends! Like your songs! It was cool getting to see you perform at the Talking Stick last night! We wish you and your music all the best, and we hope that you enjoy our music too! Please let us know what you think! Have a great week, and take care! (*^_^*)

Blessings,
Melissa, Kelli, and Gabrielle
RAMEKEGA

P.S. We have our gigs schedule up, so we hope you can make it to either one of the shows!
rizorkestra one-man-folk-roots-blues-band





Jun 10 2009 2:20 AM

"...keepin' music real down-home for y'all..."

live in santa cruz...
"grandma-grandma (does your dog bite?)"



rizorkestra youtube
bryan christian titus





May 28 2009 4:03 PM

To my dear Mrs. Hobbs,

I wanted to invite you to my first full band show
(featuring jon weed, jeremy miller, and will weissman)
It's happening NEXT WEEK!

Thursday, June 4th at 10:30

at the world famous
HOUSE OF BLUES (Sunset Strip)
Foundation Room

This great line up of killer bands
that starts at 8:30

Thursday is the NEW Friday after all so ...
Come rock out with me!

~titus
Daddy Bone





May 18 2009 11:38 PM



Killer Show on Saturday Mrs. Hobbs

You really got my attention!







www.daddybone.com

MALABOMBA!





May 12 2009 7:23 AM


Wish you were here...

Daddy Bone





Apr 16 2009 3:39 PM




April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

~William Shakespeare





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SVAHN





Apr 11 2009 3:19 PM

Setra, Daughter of the Sun





Apr 7 2009 7:28 PM

Hey Mrs.
Hobbs,

It's been a long time.
I hope that you been well and happy and enjoying the adventure of life, one glorious moment at a time!

Lots of exciting things have been happening in the land of the daughter of the sun.


When you get a moment, please drop me a line and let me know how you've been doing.


Abundant Love and Sunshine,
Setra
www. daughterofthesun.
com
Vieniste





Mar 19 2009 11:23 PM

flyer 3/22
Tom Sender





Mar 14 2009 9:07 PM

I'm in sanberdu next week :(
can't wait to see the troop sometime soon,
Tom
Tom Sender





Mar 14 2009 6:21 PM

I wub you mrs hobbs.
Daddy Bone





Feb 20 2009 4:51 PM



OSCAR HOPEFULS




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La Santa Cecilia





Jan 24 2009 4:01 AM

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La Santa Cecilia





Jan 20 2009 4:44 AM

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Daddy Bone





Jan 8 2009 5:01 AM



HAPPY NUDE YEAR!




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Daddy Bone joins the world famous Hats
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this Thursday night @ 7:30





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Wood Spider - Booking Summer Tour!





Jan 7 2009 10:49 PM

Wood Spider is coming to Boston! Hope to see you there! Sincerely yours, -WS
La Santa Cecilia





Jan 7 2009 12:19 AM

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GRIT





Dec 17 2008 4:45 AM

Daddy Bone





Dec 16 2008 9:43 PM



Happy Holidaze Mrs.
Hobbs!

Hope you get everything you wish for



I GOT MY CHRISTMAS WISH!



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MO TREDNES





Dec 7 2008 9:35 AM

Hey Mrs. Hobbs,
I hear the party was a smash and you have new hoop moves.
T
La Santa Cecilia





Dec 3 2008 5:27 AM

Vamos!!
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Mika Christy





Nov 27 2008 6:18 PM

Hey there! Happy Thanksgiving! Just thinkin about ya'
;-)
Mika
The ATMA





Nov 24 2008 7:43 AM

People who comment on special comment # 1, automatically earn themselves special comment #2:

Did you tell your underwear it’s high time to debrief?
Or ask a monkey’s uncle for the number of his niece?
And did you walk a tightrope over vats of boiling laughter?
And did you mop up all the weeping mess the morning after?
Did you drink volcanoes through a Coney island straw?
Or call Poseidon’s cell phone to make sure your sushi’s raw?
And did you streak the freeway in the brisk December snow?
Did you expect religion to explain what you don’t know?
And do you ever think about how much some money’s worth?
Do you ever lie and tell the birds down south they’re north?
And did you fail at algebra till you took it in Braille?
Did you draw DaVinci with the slime tracks of a snail?
And did you smash an apple on the cemetery wall?
Did you tell the Sea-World staff their Walruses are Paul?
And did you flee from church in search of something you could hold?
Did you trade your coward’s dice to go roll something bold?
And did you throw a Q-tip at the card-house that you built?
And did you find it hard to wipe the mistakes up you spilt?
Did you swing upon a lamp-post’s rusted metal neck?
Did you make a paper airplane with your payroll check?
And did you ride a toothbrush through the mountains of Peru?
Did you ask yourself just what the hell you’re listening to?

Did you say The Atma like as if it hit your bruise?
And did you know there ain’t no better way to cure the blues….

Stay Sane,

The Atma
The ATMA





Nov 24 2008 1:12 AM

There are people
Who would keep a
Weary eye upon a peep hole
Of a door
Looking for
Someone to befriend before
Saying simply
I am guilty
Of the want to have you with me
So it goes
We are those
Who will say aloud in prose
Thanks to thee
For finding we
The wacky Atma Family
We won’t run
From what you've done
We accept you as our chum
We won't hide
If you come by
We accept you in our Pride
Of Lion Cubs
Smoking dubs
Or if your sober, we don't judge
Thanks again,
Know its been
A creamy treat to call you "Friend"

Three cheers For Beers! (Or Ginger-ale)

Love

The Atma
Gianni Donnini





Nov 21 2008 8:53 PM

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