The Spanish dates for the fellows tour are know, time to book that holiday in october now.

16 October 2009 - Cafe Antzokia, BILBAO
17 October 2009 - Helldorado, VITORIA
18 October 2009 - Casino, GIJON
19 October 2009 - TBC (prob.Galicia)
22 October 2009 - Loco Club, VALENCIA
23 October 2009 - 12&MEDIO, MURCIA
24 October 2009 - Sala El Sol, MADRID

Am trying to catch up on the latest happenings of the minus 5/young fresh fellows. First off, here is a cool interview Scott did with the guys from blurt-online. They talk about the various bands Scott is in these days and also about an upcoming Jimmy Silva tribute album the Fellows recently recorded 2 songs for.

Spinner got a nice article about the return of the fellows here.

The Minus 5 got together at the Kink FM studios on july the 10th to play some songs to promote their new album and the gig they did later that evening. They did a nice version of "Ambulance Dancehall" and "Scott Walker's Fault" and you get a little interview with Scott on top of that. The band consists of Scott McCaughey, Ezra Holbrook, Tucker Jackson, Anna Shelton, Little Sue and Peter Buck.
You can download the podcast here

More Media can be found at YouTube:
Merchvancouver posted 3 songs from the YFF set at the Tractor in June
Young Fresh Fellows Theme
Young Fresh Fellows- Amy Grant
Young Fresh Fellows- Blue Angels

And TacomaRockCity posted 3 songs from the set The Minus 5 played at Hell's Kitchen this weekend.

The Minus 5 - "Vintage Violet"
The Minus 5 - "The Lurking Barrister"
The Minus 5 - "Lies of the Living Dead"

3 Bands, 4 people (Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Peter Buck & Linda Pitmon), an entertaining filled evening for sure. While the baseball project will have their kick off show in Spain a few weeks earlier, this tour will take them all through the US. Starting off in Portland at the end of august for a few dates in the NorthWest, they will quickly pick it up again in Seattle for Bumbershoot in the beginning of September and then of to the Midwest for dates St. Paul and Chicago and the further down east for Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and then down south for 3 shows in Kentucky including the Christ the King Oktoberfest and Atlanta and Athens to end October 1st in Austin, Texas.



An Evening with the Minus 5
The Baseball Project
& The Steve Wynn IV

26 August - Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, OR
28 August - Lake Arrowhead Village, Lake Arrowhead, CA
29 August - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
30 August - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
07 September - Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
10 September - Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
11 September - Martyrs, Chicago, IL
12 September - Union County MusicFest, Clark, NJ
13 September - The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ONT
15 September - World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
16 September - Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
17 September - St. Francis, Louisville, KY
18 September - Christ the King Oktoberfest, Lexington, KY
19 September - Southgate House (Parlour), Newport, KY
21 September - Valentine's, Albany, NY
22 September - Middle East, Cambridge, MA
23 September - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
25 September - IOTA Club and Cafe, Arlington, VA
26 September - Cats Cradle, Chapel Hil, NC
27 September - The Earl, Atlanta, GA
28 September - The 40 Watt, Athens, GA
29 September - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA
01 October - The Continental Club, Austin, TX

*PS a new fun contest coming up for this soonish.

Scott McCaughey stays busy despite referencing his own demise
by Ryan White, The Oregonian

Scott McCaughey looks good for a dead guy.
"Well, thanks," he says, laughing.
It's a sunny, late-June afternoon at the Liberty Glass, off North Mississippi Avenue. McCaughey pedaled down from the nearby house he shares with his girlfriend.
He greets everyone working in the bar by name, orders a beer and settles in on the second floor to talk music while Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones leak out of the speakers.

Despite what it says along the top of his newest release, where the copyright reads "2009 Scott McCaughey (Deceased)," he's very much with us -- and busy.
His original band, the influential and raucous Seattle-based Young Fresh Fellows, released "I Think This Is," on Tuesday, the same day REM, whom McCaughey had been playing and recording with since the mid-1990s, released a live digital EP.
...

First off, thanks to everyone for playing the game, it was nice to see a good response to it. Was also fun reading some of your personal stories.
The correct answers where

- The first Minus 5 album, "Old Liquidator" was produced by Scott McCaughey, but he also got help from two long time friends, who are they?
Ken Stringfellow and Conrad Uno
- The Young Fresh Fellows have a long tradition of giving their albums different tittles on the spines, what is the alternative title for their debut "The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest"?
Kids Bring Zucchinis And Stay All Day

Our lucky two winners of the Yeproc pack are
Vincent Redman and Gini Dodds.
five more people will receive one of the button sets from me.

And in case anyone is wondering how i picked the winners, I put a number to each email you send and then generated some random numbers through www.random.org