BETTY DYLAN NEWS

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Sesac Magazine - Fall 2005
Perfect Harmony - Sesac's conjugal co-writers keep it together
From Gilbert and Sullivan to Rogers and Hart to Lennon and McCartney, successful musical collaborations are certainly nothing new. But a surprising number of Sesac affiliates--partners in music and in life--are taking this collaboration thing to a whole new level. We caught up with five of Sesac's busy co-writing couples to get some insight into how their love lives affect their music, and vice-versa.

Interviews with Dan & Vickie Dubelman of Betty Dylan as well as these fine swingin' couples... Jay Lyons & Sophia J, Sam & Annie Tate, Kay Story & Damon Scott, and Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart.

Click here to see of full article with pretty pics (PDF document (912k)

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10/23/05 Betty Dylan Tunes in another Movie!
Check out this new film, "Manhattan Minutiae". The band featured in the movie is an all female band fronted by our good friend Ms. Eddie Daniels....they rock hard and they're called "Maxitit".

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10/20/05 Betty Dylan on Tomato Records?
I hope we passed the audition! After being slightly wined and dined, we auditioned for Tomato Records at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City. The plan is for us to record an acoustic album at Willie's studio in Texas with Townes Van Zandt's backing musicians. If we sign with Tomato, we'll have a lot of kewl dead label-mates such as Albert King, T-Bone Walker, Muddy and Townes. Stay tuned....

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The Tennessean - August 25, 2005
Front page of the special section with a picture and caption of Dan and Vickie eating lunch at their favorite Hendersonville BBQ joint, Centerpoint BBQ.

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Cornell Alumni Magazine - September 2005

Dan's alma mater wrote a piece on him for our upcoming tour...

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8/26/05 Betty Dylan recording with Cracker!?
...stay tuned!

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8/22/05 Do you iChat? We do!
Send us your "handle" and we'll send you ours. We'll add you to our Buddy List!

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8/20/05 We're Videoblogging! Welcome to our personal lives! Lots of new videos coming in all the time. Bio-docs, music videos, rants, tour footage, etc. Check it out. Our first video is a music video for our song "Banned at the Bluebird". The newest entry is a little documentary short we just did on the East Nashville Tomato Festival which has caused quite a stir here (tomatoes have a right to life, too, you know.)

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6/30/05 NEW Betty Dylan Podcasts
Live concert recordings, Go Plug Yourself interviews and performances, etc! Our first "episode" is an interview at our Go Plug Yourself show with Josie Kuhn! We're getting some videoblogs ready, too!
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6/10/05 BETTY ON MYSPACE.COM
Betty Dylan is on MYSPACE. Sign up for a free account and come be our friend. We're meeting WAY too many of the coolest people there. http://myspace.com/bettydylan

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5/23/05 NEW BD VIDEO
Check out the NEW BETTY DYLAN "Banned at the Bluebird" VIDEO!! Download the Quicktime movie now! (9.23MB) or go to our Vlog at http://www.bettydylan.blogspot.com

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4/15/05 NASHVILLE RAGE "WHY YOU ROCK" FEATURING BD
This week in THE NASHVILLE RAGE...Betty Dylan interview "Why You Rock"!

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3/14/05 LOTS OF SHOWS COMING UP
New gigs have been posted on the Gigs Page. There's nothing like live music...go see some!

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3/01/05 BETTY DYLAN's 6th CD IN THE WORKS
Betty Dylan is in the studio recording their 6th CD, "Don't I Know You From the Future?", with Producer, Michael Webb (Allison Moorer, Stacey Earl, Fugitive Glue). Release Spring/Summer 2005...fingers crossed...(keep putting those tips in the tip jar!)

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2/21/05 NEW TOUR DIARY ENTRIES
We've caught up a little on the Tour Diary pages including the true stories of why Betty Dylan was banned from the Bluebird and kicked off the stage at the Living Room in NYC.

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2/21/05 NEW DREAMS POSTED
Vickie has some new dreams posted.

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2/15/05 BETTY NOMINATED FOR BEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Betty Dylan is honored to have been nominated for Best Musical Performance in Evansville Indiana for the first annual Synchronicity VIP Awards. The red carpet event on February 27th was a blast! Hopefully, pictures coming soon.

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2/25/05
Betty Dylan hosts The Go Plug Yourself Variety Show at the Sutler
Think George & Gracie or Regis & Kelly with an Andy Warhol twist. Dan & Vickie, better known as "Betty Dylan", host The Go Plug Yourself Variety Show sitting on a couch on stage with their guests who chat with them and perform a couple of songs each. Betty Dylan introduce and interview each invited guest as well as perform.

In addition to great songwriters and singers (yes, you can be one or the other if not both), guests may also include comedians, short indie film directors, entertaining experts of some kind or another, and other unusual entertainers.

The "talk show" format allows Dan and Vickie to do what they do best, use the element of spontaneity and openness to not only entertain and interact with the performing guests, but with the audience itself who are all but invited to add their two-cents to the conversation as well.

Sit back and be entertained, or be part of the entertainment itself. Sure, there's the possibility that things could get out of hand, but Dan and Vickie are adept at minding the helm and keeping things moving along. The monthly show continues to enjoy a growing audience.

Once per month from 7:30pm sharp - 9pm. FREE ADMISSION. The Sutler, 2608 Franklin Pike, Nashville, TN. Tel: (615) 292-5254 Check the Gigs Page for dates.

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1/10/05
Betty Dylan Begins New Year in the Studio
Only months after releasing their fifth CD, Abdicate the Throne, Betty Dylan is in the studio again recording their sixth CD with Nashville's hottest roots rock band, Fugitive Glue. Michael Webb, who has worked with such acts as Allison Moorer, Stacey Earle and others, is producing.

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9/10/04
East Nashville Roots Rock Scene goes to Farm Aid
One of Middle Tennessee's best alt-country roots rock bands, Betty Dylan, is taking the East Nashville roots rock scene to FARM AID 2004.

Betty Dylan is the alt-country husband/wife duo, Vickie and Dan Dubelman, known for being banned from the legendary Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. One of the couple's dreams was to someday play at Farm Aid. While searching the internet, they stumbled upon a new web site, TalentMatch.com, which seemed to be the only place to submit a band for the prestigious event. So they joined. A few days later, Betty Dylan received a phone call with the news that they had won the coveted headlining spot on the second stage at FARM AID.

On September 18th, Betty Dylan will join Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews who are hosting Farm Aid at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, WA near Seattle. The duo will be backed by Fugitive Glue band member Mike Webb, who has played on many of the alt-country albums to come out of Nashville over the last 15 years including Allison Moorer, Stacey Earle, Amy Rigby, Pinmonkey, and many others. Also backing Betty Dylan will be drummer, Rick Schell best known for his efforts with Poco, Pinmonkey and Pure Prairie League.

As co-hosts of Roots Rock @ The 5 Spot every Thursday night in East Nashville, Betty Dylan along with fellow roots rock band and co-hosts, Fugitive Glue, are quickly creating a scene. Weekly guest artists at Roots Rock @ The 5 Spot include local talent as well as touring bands such as multi-Grammy award-winner Pete Anderson who will appear on September 23rd with a new artist he is producing, Moot Davis. Local stars such as Brian Waldschlager, Ned Van Go, Mary Alice Wood, and Tim Carrol also plan to appear as regulars.

This talented group of cooperative artists have formed an informal collective, and the goal is simply to bring the positive energy from touring back to the community by playing some good music, letting loose and having a good time (watch out for flying peanuts!) It's a world where today's Gram Parson would stop by for a drink, a sandwich and a laugh. This year, the East Nashville roots rock scene is bringing that spirit to Willie Nelson's FARM AID.

Farm Aid: http://www.farmaid.org
TalentMatch: http://www.TalentMatch.com
The 5 Spot: http://www.the5spot.net
Fugitive Glue: http://www.FugitiveGlue.com
BettyDylan.: http://www.BettyDylan.com

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8/12/04
Roots Rock @ The 5 Spot kickoff erupts into Dancing and a Peanut Fight
The first Roots Rock @ The 5 Spot show erupted into a playful peanut fight Thursday night in East Nashville. Candles lit the street as you entered the club, tins of peanuts and a western-themed backdrop helped create the mood. Co-hosted by two of Middle Tennessee's best alt-country and roots-rock bands, Betty Dylan and Fugitive Glue, the night brought back the playful spirit of rock and roll with a touch of outlaw sensibility.
Every Thursday starting in September, Roots Rock Night will feature touring bands such as multi-Grammy award-winner Pete Anderson with a new artist he is working with, Moot Davis, on September 23rd. Local stars such as Brian Waldschlager, Ned Van Go, Mary Alice Wood, and Tim Carrol also plan to be regularsThe Nashville music scene is associated with the best country musicians, world-class songwriters, and high production quality. Thursday's Roots Rock @ The 5 Spot provides all that, but is more about having fun. It's a world where today's Gram Parson would stop by for a drink, a sandwich and a laugh. A talented group of cooperative artists have formed an informal collective, and the goal is simply to have fun and play some good music.

Something even stranger than the playful peanut fight happened at the Roots Rock @ The 5 Spot kickoff in Nashville - people danced to the sweet country rock, and for a second we were all innocent again.

Thursday nights in September catch Roots Rock @ The 5 Spot, 1006 Forrest Avenue in East Nashville. 9 p.m. $5 cover.

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July 2004
Betty Dylan's Abdicate the Throne CD Enfuriates Fans
Abdicate the Throne is the title of Betty Dylan's latest release and has already created a stir amongst fans of the band. While on tour promoting their new album, Betty Dylan announced they would play at a "Beat Bush" rally which prompted several fans to request that they be deleted from the band's email list. Lead singer, Vickie Dubelman, was surprised. "I know not everyone agrees with us all the time, but it seemed a little extreme if you've liked our music in the past. We're not one-dimentional," she says.

But it's not only the fans who were put off. "I even sent a copy for review to a small music magazine that caters a bit more to the country side of music and they took the time and spent the money to actually put the CD into a larger envelope and mail it back to us unopened. They could have easily just tossed it in the garbage without a word! It really displayed a lot of anger on their part. That's how fueled up people are about this upcoming Presidential election. Funny thing is, yes we have our opinions, but the music is still worth listening to and not every song is about the fu*&^$g President. It's actually a lot deeper than that."

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February 2004
"HIPPIES & REDNECKS UNITE!" TOUR with TOM CONSTANTEN of The Grateful Dead
Betty Dylan's "Hippies & Rednecks Unite" tour will feature Tom Constanten, keyboard player of the Grateful Dead, in February 2004. WMNF in Tampa has been very supportive of Betty Dylan and will be promoting their show as headliners at Skipper's Smokehouse on February 22nd.

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January 2004
Betty Dylan Songs In a Movie
Betty Dylan places 8 songs in movie, "Shrink Rap" featuring Priscilla Barnes (Three's Company) and other faces you'll recognize. Look for it in your video store and on cable/indie channels!

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2003
Betty Dylan Gets lots of Press in 2003
To download pdfs and read reviews...please go HERE

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04/03
Betty Dylan releases 4th CD, "Heart Land" featuring Kenny Aronoff on drums (John Mellencamp, Melissa Ethridge, Michelle Branch, Smashing Pumpkins, Willie Nelson, etc.) and Jake Smith (Vulger Boatmen) on bass, and Megan Weeder on violin!

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1/24/03
Alt-country duo Betty Dylan discovers joys of Bloomington
By David Coonce - Great article in Herald-Times entertainment section with a huge picture of us. We're recording the next album, "Heart Land", here in Bloomington, Indiana, with Mellencamp drummer Kenny Aronoff, violinist Megan Weeder and bassist Jake Smith! They'll join us for our first big show in Bloomington at the Blue Bird on Tuesday 1/28/03! It's snowing and we're having a blast! Click here to download .PDF of the article.

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11/2/02
Radio is Adding "Brand New Key"
Betty Dylan's third release, Brand New Key, has been added to over 175 college and AAA stations so far!

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11/2/02
Betty Dylan has the # 4 record on the new Roots Rock Chart this week at http://www.rootsmusicreport.com!

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10/8/02
Online Station: Radio Crystal Blue features Betty Dylan
On October 8, 2002, Radio Crystal Blue will feature songs from Betty Dylan. Support local and live music. Visit the site and listen in anytime. Click this link: http://www.radiocrystalblue.com

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10/02
KAFM is now Streaming!
One of Betty Dylan's fave supporters, KAFM in Grand Junction, CO, is now streaming online! Give a listen to this cool station anytime from anywhere...go to: http://www.kafmradio.org

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9/20/02
BETTY DYLAN WINS AWARD FOR MOST CREATIVE MARKETING
The 12th Annual LA Music Awards 2002 awarded a Special Achievement Award to Betty Dylan for Most Creative Marketing for their book and CD package, American Trash. A very unique package, American Trash is not only the title of the self-produced CD (all but the heart-wrenching cover of Your Cheating Heart by Hank Williams are original tunes), it also includes a novel of fiction written by Dan Dubelman and fictionally credited to the fictional "Betty Dylan". This special Achievement category was created just for Betty Dylan this year. For other winners and info click here.

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8/21/02
FIRST BETTY DYLAN BREAKFAST CLUB (BDBK) GATHERING
Betty Dylan fan #1, Liz, kicked off the new Betty Dylan Breakfast Club, with a bagel breakfast in Los Angeles on a perfect day. Over 40 showed up for the private gathering, the first of many that Betty Dylan hopes to do at fans' homes across the country. For more info on the BDBK, click here.

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7/21/02
BETTY DYLAN ROCKS AT THE LOCOBAZOOKA HARD ROCK FEST
They didn't know what hit 'em. They looked confused, they looked amused, then the mohawk and pierced crowd cheered with wild enthusiasm for the unexpected acoustic set by Betty Dylan which kicked off the day on the main stage at the hard rock Locobazooka Festival. Betty Dylan opened the day for bands FILTER, SEVENDUST, MAD AT GRAVITY, MUSHROOM HEAD, EARSHOT and other hard rock bands.

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6/22/02
NEW ALBUM DUE IN SEPTEMBER
Betty Dylan's next record, tentatively titled "Brand New Key", will be released in September keeping pace with their goal of releasing a new album every 6 months. If you don't have the first two, "American Trash" and "Flame", you should pick them up now so you can follow the progress. It's amazing. Songs slated for the new release include a funky cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" as well as a host of originals with the same eclecticism that Betty is known for. Two acoustic songs, Vickie's "Kiss Me Back" and Dr. Dan's "Sunken Heart", are sure to bring a tear. While "Summer's in Sight" will make you feel the teenage summer heat.

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6/22/02
HAVE RV WILL TRAVEL....AND HOW
Vickie and Dr. Dan of Betty Dylan just sold everything and are touring indefinitely in their new RV (named "Homey"). They're currently driving through fires in the west/midwest and doing their rain dances in the hopes of dousing the flames. Then, they're heading to the Northwest in late August/September, the East Coast in October/November, then Texas and the South in the winter. They want to know if they can get the RV to Europe.?

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6/10/02
180 RADIO STATIONS HAVE FIGURED OUT BETTY ROCKS
Over 180 college and AAA radio stations have placed Betty Dylan's new CD, "Flame", into their playlists! A map with request line numbers will be published soon on this web site so Betty supporters can do their part!

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6/2/02
BETTY DYLAN BREAKFAST CLUB
Plans are in the works for a fan club, The Betty Dylan Breakfast Club, where long-time fans and friends of Betty Dylan can be rewarded for their long-time relationship with Betty Dylan. Advance CD's, free tickets, etc....Breakfast Club members will be privy to all the new stuff that comes out first and maybe even backstage passes and private parties in the RV or at their homes! Interested fans should let Betty Dylan know what they think would be cool! Contact Eddie@BettyDylan.com with ideas.

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1/27/02
BETTY DYLAN ON TOUR IN 2002
Be on the lookout for Betty Dylan on the road this year (2002). Starting March 9th at the Soiled Dove in Denver, CO, Betty opens for the hot Americana band, Brethren Fast. Brethren Fast's sound is described as James Brown meets Johnny Cash. They seem like a crazy, partying bunch. Vickie and Dan can't wait to meet 'em. Get on the mailing list now if you aren't already so you can keep up with the action.

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1/1/02
POSSIBLE COLLECTIBLES: "AMERICAN TRASH...14 SONGS AND A BOOK"
Betty Dylan's book/CD project, "American Trash...14 Songs and a Book" is becoming a collectible? Quite possibly. The book and CD combination, Betty Dylan's first release which was released in April 2001, is running out and it may not ever go into reprint. It's not confirmed, but in the future, you may only be able to download the book via .pdf. So, get your copy asap from Amazon.com or here at BettyDylan.com.

12/22/00
"AMERICAN TRASH" ALBUM TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AMERICAN TRASH, THE BOOK
It was a brilliant idea. Producer, Marvin Etzioni, thought of it after reading Dr. Dan's book entitled American Trash. It fit perfectly with the new album Betty Dylan was recording in NYC with Bernard Purdie and Jerry Jemmott. A new song was written, "American Trash", and a movie is in the works. The album and book are due to be released mid to late March 2001. Pre-orders now being taken--click here.

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12/01/00
BETTY DYLAN'S ACOUSTIC HOLIDAY LIVING ROOM TOUR
Sometime in 2001, BETTY DYLAN and guest artists will be appearing in a living room near you. Slated to appear L.A., New York, Austin and points in between, this acoustic tour will no doubt be the most intimate and lyrically rich shows to date. They are BYOB/food/whatever and donations will benefit Sweet Relief. If you'd like your house to be a stop on the tour, e-mail us to book a date asap. If you're interested in attending these shows, you'd best join the Betty Dylan Announcements List as the guest lists are "by invitation only" and the details will go out ONLY TO THOSE ON THE LIST.

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11/3/00
RECORDING "AMERICAN TRASH", THE ALBUM, IN NYC
Vickie, Dr. Dan and Producer, Marvin Etzioni, are currently in a NYC studio overlooking Times Square recording Betty Dylan's new album, "American Trash", with legendary drummer, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, and Jerry "The Groovemaster" Jemmott, on bass.

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10/8/00
BETTY TAKES NYC
Secret shows in NYC to be announced. For the most up-to-date details, get on that e-mail list if you aren't already!