Of cowboy bars and rock 'n' roll bands

One week from tomorrow my band, Riveter will be playing our first show of the year.

Not only is it the first show of the year, but it's the first full show with our new singer. Pants joined our band just before Thanksgiving last year. (That's her in the poster, second from the right.)

At the last show, Pants sang the first set. The second set saw us saying goodbye to our original singer.

So not only is this the first show of the new year, the first show entirely with our new singer, but we have a bunch of new music as well. A couple originals and a few super fun covers.

But that's not all ... Jan. 20 will mark our first show of the year, the first time with Pants leading whole show, the first time we'll be playing a bunch of new songs, but also the first time Riveter will be playing in what is ostensibly a country bar.

The club is called Midnight Rodeo ... sounds country to me and I'm not the only one.

We play an eclectic mix of rock 'n' roll — there's something for everyone: Ramones, AC/DC, Everclear, Neil Young, Dramarama, Bob Dylan, Neko Case, Poison (yep, one of our new covers is a Poison song — it's fun, don't laugh).

There's something for everyone — unless you're a cowboy.

We've been assured that despite the name, the venue draws a varied crowd.

I sure hope so.

One of my favorite things about playing music is drawing in the crowd, winning over the skeptics and rocking the diehards.

We do have the one thing that sets us apart from most other bands — we're all girls and I know that is something even cowboys can appreciate.