Amanda's Blog

So Denver went well.  I didn't get much time to see anything, however, I was going full force from the moment I got there till the moment we left!  Still, it was cool waking up and seeing mountains in the distance rather than cornfields!  So tomorrow the boys and I are hoping on the big ol' jet airliner to go to Blue Lake, California!  I am super excited about this one!  I copied this from the website:

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Hey ya'll!  Last minute show!   We will be headed to Loveland, CO next Friday, September the 3rd for Thunder in the Rockies Harley Davidson Rally!  Vince Neil takes the stage Saturday!  You can see me on FOX 31 Friday morning at 8:15.  So, if you are in the area, come on over and rock out with Amanda and the boys!

4250 Byrd Drive
Loveland, CO 80538

www.thunderintherockies.com

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So Bikefest on the Grand was a blast!  I got to go early as I had television and radio spots to do the day before the show and got to meet some really fun people!  Thanks Conestoga Campground management and campers for the fine hospitality!  Also, thanks to Chris for showing us around!  Next up, we got a long haul to Blue Lake, CA.  No kidding, it is going to take us 4, count em', 4 airplanes to get us there!  Look it up on a map, it is clear over on the coast of California near the Oregon border.  Boondocks!  But we are so excited to go, it is gorgeous out there!  We haven't been since last year so it will be a blast!  I would also like to welcome the two new members of the band, Ritchie Wilkison on Lead Guitar and Aaron Lanane on Bass.  They had their first experience of the craziness that is the AO Tour this weekend, and luckily, they are still here!  (Even after our bus got stuck in the sand...yeah, we had to get a bulldozer to pull it out!)  Don't forget to go to my Facebook page as well to keep up on what we are doing.  There are pictures, video, etc. from this weekend!  And tell your buddies to "Like" my page too!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amanda-Overmyer/105525432828986?ref=sgm

Here is the information for the Blue Lake, CA show, those of you on the West Coast......Look out!  AO and the boys are headed your way!!!!

God Bless

Blue Lake Ride
When: Friday 09/10/2010 (10:00 PM - 02:00 PM)
Where: Sapphire Palace Event Center
American Idol start Amanda Overmyer plays the Blue Lake Ride Motorcycle Rally.

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Hello, AO Troops!  So, yeah, anything that could have gone wrong, went wrong for the Pontiac show.  An hour into the trip, the bus alternator gave out, so I drove back to the house, grabbed the Suburban, piled everyone into three cars (this was the trip everyone's family could go to so we had a lot more people) and took off.  Rolled in at 1 am hit the bunks.  Showed up the next day at 11 for soundcheck, but the way the show was lined up, we determined it was best to soundcheck right before we played, so we left and went back to the hotel.  We came back to the venue at 5:30 ready to go only to find out the promoters were having "funding issues" and then proceeded to go back to the hotel to head back home the next day.  As soon as I parked my truck in the driveway.....the water pump went out.  We did make the best of it and had fun redneck style and drank beer in the hotel parking lot on the curb by the the truck and trailor.  We are a classy bunch!  So, I would love to post about how great the show was, but we didn't get to play, so I can't!  But, never fear, because the next show we do is in Michigan, so those of you who didn't get to see us this weekend, we are coming back the 21st! 

BikeFest on the Grand
Conestoga Campground
9720 Oriole Dr
Coopersville, MI

Thank you all so much for your continued support and encouragement.  I truly love and enjoy what I do and I am very blessed to be able to do it for a living and that is all because of your support!   I can't wait for this next show, we are going to have so much fun!!!

See you there!

Amanda

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So, the Fulton Co. fair was a lot of fun, other than the fact that we got half way through the show and then mother nature promptly threw a MONSOON at us and we had to quit playing.  Do you want to know what the worst part of it all was?  Our stage was set up on a dirt track..what does dirt turn to when it gets wet?  MUD!  I, no joke, had just that day swept and mopped the bus and it was spotless.  With the rain, all the boys tracked massive amounts of mud into my perfectly clean bus!  Guess what I get to do tomorrow!?!?  But, other than the mess, it was still a blast!  Rochester has got some super cool people!  And the food there was awesome!  Not to mention, we unveiled the new T-Shirts!  Everyone loved them, so make sure you get one, they are so cool!  So this weekend we have two shows, one Friday, one Saturday in Pontiac, MI at the Silverdome for the Midwest Motorcycle Fest.  We will be playing with Jackyl and the one an only David Allan Coe!  This will be so much fun I can't even think about it.  PLUS - the ENTIRE Overmyer clan will be there.  Where there is one Overmyer, there is 20.  Come hang out with us, I know we will be having fun!  See you there!

For Tix visit midwestmotorcyclefest.com

1200 Featherstone Rd Pontiac, MI 48342

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Hey AO watchers!  Hope your week has gone great!  Big thanks to Chris with T-Productions for again, making our show in Kokomo awesome!  Greatest sound man ever!  Thanks to the inmates (correct me if I am wrong) from the Miami Correctional Facility for helping us set up and tear down the stage, I was going to post a picture of everyone but the guard said no!  Anyway, the Haynes-Apperson festival was a blast!  We had so much fun!  Next up on the schedule is the Fulton Co. 4-H Fair in Rochester, IN!  We are playing July 23rd at 9:00p so I hope to see you all there!  This will be the last show in Indiana for awhile so if you are from where I am from, you better get out the house and come see us!  Don't forget to go to my Facebook pages and talk with me a bit - I am on there talking with fans a lot so I'm sure you'll catch me! Also, if you haven't yet, go to aoarmystreetteam.com to join the AO Army today!!!!!

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So last night went great at the amphitheater off 43.  What a great venue! We should totally do more concerts there....maybe we will (hint hint!)  I big thanks to Didiayer Snyder from ABCs Extreme Makeover Home Edition for having us out.  Our fellow entertainers Krimzen, Friends of Downtown and all those who came out to support Habitat for Humanity.  It was alot of fun!

Moving on to tomorrows show in Kokomo, IN:  It is the Haynes Apperson Festival in downtown Kokomo on Main street (between Walnut and Sycamore).  We go on stage at 8:30 with two local bands opening first band to start at 5.  I am looking forward to this show, I used to work in Kokomo and haven't been back so it will be nice to see the area I used to spend the majority of my time in!  So, if you don't have anything to do, or if you do, change your plans and come out to Kokomo to see an awesome Rock concert on your 4th of July weekend!

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First of all, thanks to Loreen in Ionia, MI for inviting me to the Thunder on the Grand biker rally benefiting the American Cancer Society.  I had a great time and got to meet some really nice people!  Thank you so much! 

Tomorrow (Thursday, June 30), you can come to West Lafayette and support Habitat for Humanity with us!  We will be playing an hour set at the outdoor amphitheater off highway 43!

Benefit for Habitat for Humanity the 2010 Women's Breast Cancer Awareness Build
Tippecanoe County Amphitheater, 4449 N. Indiana 43
Gates open at 6 PM; you go on at 7 PM, followed by KrimZen (rock band from CA).
Tickets:  $6, $3 for ages 12 and under!

From there, we go to Kokomo Saturday night for the Haynes-Apperson Festival Downtown! Show starts at 8:30!  See you there!

For those of you who don't already have it, you can get an album at McGuire Music in Lafaytte, IN as well as itunes, cdbaby.com and amazon.com!   See you this weekend!

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Hello all!  So this past weekend was a blast in Iowa.  Thanks to Troy for being such a great host and helping us have a great show!  Go to my Facebook page for videos and pictures of the concert!  This weekend I am taking off to Ionia, MI for the Thunder on the Grand biker rally!  I will be performing a few songs Friday and Saturday night with the house bands at the show!  For the remainder of the night, I will just be hanging out at my tent saying hi and meeting all the great people of Michigan!  Can't wait!  If you haven't seen it, Carly and Kayla (Carly being from Michigan!) have started a street team that you can sign up for to join the AO Army team!  Ill have the sign up info at the show!  Here is the location - we will see you there!
Ionia Free Fair Grounds, N. M-66 Hwy. Ionia, MI

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So we just got back from Maryland and Tennessee.  Both equally excellent and awesome shows!  We had a blast at both places!  Thanks to Chaos, Mad Max and Mickey for the great hospitality!  Next weekend we are headed to Sioux City, IA for the Awesome Biker Nights biker rally where we will open the show Friday with Jakyl!  This is a huge event, so come on out to see the show!  Look for me on the Iowa FOX channel Friday morning for an appearance!  Also in new news, two of my favorite fans Carly and Kayla have just become commanding officers in the AO Army Street Team!  If you would like to join and help get the word out on "Solidify" go to aoarmystreetteam.webs.com for details!  Taking over American music one gig at a time!!  See you this weekend!

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So I finally got a chance to be out on a motorcycle all day yesterday.  It has been absolutely murky dismal outside!  I feel like I have been waiting forever for summer to get here.  We just played in Texas and of course, the A/C compressor went out so in the dead heat of Texas, there was no air conditioning for awhile.  Luckily, we were able to get it in somewhere quickly and get it fixed!  Next up, we are headed to Maryland and I am looking forward to that one.  I have never been to Maryland!  The schedule is filling up for this year, so I am looking forward to seeing everyone.  You all will have to help me out if I am at a town near you...bring your friends!!  On a personal note, my cat had kittens today.  6 of them.  They don't have tails!  So cute!  Everyone take care, don't forget to keep in touch with me on my Facebook page, I am on there everyday answering emails and what not.  Summertime......Finally!

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Hello all you crazy kids!  How awesome is it that we are now looking at spring - Motorcycle season!  As I write this, I am looking out at a brilliant thunderstorm cloud and the faint green tint on all the trees!  God has blessed us with an amazing landscape, wouldn't you say?  Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing a lot of you again, and meeting some of you for the first time at the shows we have coming up.  We will be adding more as the season goes on!  I currently have a single we are working on and hopefully will be releasing a new album this fall/winter.  We had a whirlwind of a year last year, some good, some bad, with the economy looking the way it does, I am really *ahem* anxious to see how this year goes, but hey, we will do it together!  But all in all I can say that the Lord has blessed me with more than I could ask for - I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park!  Keep Rockin', Keep Ridin' and I will see you guys at the next city!  Here we go!  Round 2! 

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February 28th - Had a great show last night! What a blast! Thank you to everyone that made it out! Keep an eye on the schedule for the next upcoming show!

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