January 03, 2009 | Stories Told - just released
I am pleased to announce that my second CD - Stories Told is in final production and very soon I will be scheduling CD release events in San Francisco, the east bay and my hometown of Martinez.

This album is dedicated to all my friends and family who are so supportive of my musicial endeavors.

Andy

December 10, 2008 | This Friday @The BrainWash Cafe
Looking forward to performing at the Last Stop Records Artist showcase at the BrainWash Cafe in San Francisco this Friday evening.

Great cafe with good food and drinks. This show is both free admission and all ages!

October 14, 2008 | Beer Drinkin' Acoustic Night
Tomorrow night - Wednesday, October 15th - you'll find me performing at JJ Schultz's monthly showcase at the Hotel Utah, San Francisco. Sharing the bill withe me is Koozito, the JJ Schultz Band and Oona. Admission: $5. Hope to see you there!

Check out the poster design in the photo gallery.

August 20, 2008 | East Bay Express Award for Martinez beavers
All:

The East Bay Express Awarded the Martinez beavers for "most watchable wildlife" for the East Bay's Best of the Bay....amazing!! come watch these amazing rodents in action around dusk in downtown martinez near Bertolas restaurant..

"jus dont kill them beavers....they got work to do...."

laters....

andy mason

May 18, 2008 | thanks for attending the show!!
All:

much thanks for all the friends and family who came out to watch us last night at the hotel utah sf. It was a warm crisp evening with plenty of great tunes and musical collaboration...love you guys...

andy mason featuring todd shipley+Jesse
JJ Schultz
Fleeting Trance
& GG Tanaka Electric Band

March 09, 2008 | Thanks for coming!!!!
all:

much thanks to all who attended the show at becketts last night. dave g."deisel" is the ultimate bass player and was more than a great accompaniment on my set. Also much props to Adam Balbo who played harp on alhambra way with me you rock.... GG Tanaka's violent fems tribute band was awesome....and Dave G. finished the night off perfectly with a great set of tunes.....

thanks to all who bought andy mason t-shirts-i almost sold out the stash....


laters

andy mason

March 04, 2008 | Andy Mason T-Shirts for sale
All:

I know this is blatant self promotion but yes ive made t-shirts for my old album "andy mason songs from town"-im currently recording my new cd with dave reep over at nomadic recordings in west oakland....its gonna be a hoot

where can i get one???

Becketts Irich Pub in berkeley off shattuck avenue

saturday night 8pm-ill be opening up for the GG tanaka band-there a rockin..

andy mason

February 21, 2008 | My next show
My next show - Tuesday, February 26th @8pm - McGrath's Irish Pub, Alameda, California. Free admission. Hope to see you there.
- Andy

January 29, 2008 | Songs From Town at Good Stuff, Martinez
All:

Andy Mason Songs From Town for sale

at Good Stuff Music in Martinez CA on Main Street...

Good Stuff is a great place for showcasing local music and has a variety of new and used gear to choose from...

.....in the back is a wall with local artist's posters and gig postings....

come by and say hi....

January 19, 2008 | Canned Food Drive Show Success!!!
all:

last nights show at the edinburgh castle in SF was a hoot

thanks to all my coworkers, friends, family for attending and donating canned goods to benefit sf local food bank...

thanks again emily ritz,adambalbo, and dave reep for a solid performance on stage and helping in this collaborative effort...you guys rock....

good stuff

mason

November 08, 2007 | Andy Mason Pro Beaver family song - CBS/KTVU
all i wrote a song called "dont kill them beavers" about the locla beaver family that built a dam in my hometown of martinez california. the beavers were slated for a grim demise-but due to our outrage they will be relocated so i decided to wrote a protest song-its what i do best..... ..... i love martinez thats all right with me

September 16, 2007 | Andy Mason on payplay.fm
chums,

Im on payplay.fm you can here sound clips of my tunes

http://payplay.fm/masonandy

its kinda like cd baby-but more for MP3s not actual cds.......

give it a listen-thanks for supporting me

have a good sunday-off to see Fancy Dan play at Thee Parkside SF 5pm

mason

August 30, 2007 | Thanks for attending show at beale st. SF
All:

Much thanks to all who came out and supported local artists at the beale street bar SF. A great night and a supportive crowd.

A special thanks to my friends that stayed up late to watch me play super late-Collin w, tommy, rob lo, joceyln, beth D. Miriam, T. Shipley, M. Ling, Lea G.Trevor C., Alex and all others who i might have forgotten to mention--you guys rock!!!!

Much thanks for Ronnie Cato who organized all this, and to Tony who had us play at his bar last night

Pat Parra
Will Harrison
Ronnie Cato
Emily Ritz
Andy Mason

laters

Mason

August 17, 2007 | New show added - October 13
New show added - Sunday, October 13 - at the Alameda Marketplace Harvest Festival. Noon to 5pm. With Paul Manousos, Todd Shipley and GG Tanaka.

August 10, 2007 | Panama Bay review...
Hey Andy,

Just want to say how much my friend Deb and I enjoyed your show with Todd on Sunday at the Panama Bay in Concord. The coffee house was a pretty mellow venue for listening to some nice acoustic sounds, which was perfect for us, since we are so very over the mega-concert experience. And we almost had you guys all to ourselves, which we loved, although I'm sure you would've preferred a larger audience. Well, please know that although the numbers were small, the appreciation was huge!

We both bought your CD and agree that it's great - very well done! I've played it over and over and it always makes me smile, especially at Tinez.

You're really very talented, you know. You definitely know what you're doing. We are now your true fans and wish you lots of success, which would be well-deserved. I will let the world know about you.


Later,
Carolyn

August 04, 2007 | gonna be a hoot!!
all:

Please come to either show or both shows manana

08/05/2007 04:00 PM - (4PM) - Panama Bay Coffee, Concord, Ca.
2151 K Salvio Street
Concord, California 91520
US
Cost:N/A
Description:Come on out to concord on a balmy sunday-grab some tea and listen to "teatime". The spot is right on Todos Santos park-its gonna be great...i got cds for sale... Andy Mason and Todd Shipley...

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08/05/2007 08:00 PM - (10PM) - Becketts Irish Pub, Berkeley, Ca.
Shattuck
Berkeley, California
US
Cost:free
Description:With Todd Shipley, GG Tanaka and Kevvn4.

gonna be a hoot!!!!!

August 04, 2007 | In collaboration with rapper Donn West
All:

Im currently in a collab. with LA rapper Donn West. He's got smooth beautiful lyrics and just the swagger to make it look mean... We are looping some of my freelance guitar tracks and modifying to fit particular beats. Lots of fun-and a good musical stretch for me. Its not often a country folk singer can get to collaborate with one of hiphop's up and coming young soldiers. I've got some tracks we've worked on, but im not gonna throw them out there just yet. Were just in the initial stages. When you bump into me-ask me about it-its an exciting project. People might not know this or assume this at first glance that i do like hip/hop and rap in small doses. 2pac(smooth fluid lyrics like he wrote a lot of it just wakin up in the morning-with that hankerchief on his head-i could never pull that off), too short(get in where you fit in-has some of the best base lines ever..... period-and filthy freakin lyrics), dj quick(simple squeaky rymes), ja-zee(massive east coast style horn sections....like the big band era all over again)

anyways look on my myspacemusic page and come to my darn shows-

www.myspace.com/masontown

love you guys-and support local music

andy mason