Happy Chichester

January - May 2010

Happy News : NEW MUSIC IS COMING AND HAPPY IS TOURING THE USA Happy is heading out on tour across the USA this Winter and Spring --supporting RJD2 and then sitting in with Derek DiCenzo and Sam Brown as RJ's touring band!
MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE SHOWS PAGE AND his Myspace Page and Facebook for show dates!
Happy now has a facebook page -- FAN HIM!
the media player is finally up -- so you can order MP3's and the reglar cd's! Watch for tshirts and posters and download cards soon!
FREE TICKETS: Happy is giving away his guestlist spots, so you and a friend can see the show for free. Just e-mail him at happychichesterfriends@gmail.com with the city and state you'd like to see the show in. All names will be put in hat and a winner in each city will be chosen the day before the show. They'll email you if you won. Good luck! (Sorry -- contest not available for Columbus, OH or Cincinnati, OH)!
We are adding new content to the website this month-- including new posters and vintage t-shirts for sale! So -- be sure to look around. We are also updating the mailing list, so e-mail :HAPPYNEWSLetter@Aol.com if you'd like to sign up!

August/September 2009

Happy News : NEW MUSIC IS COMING AND SUMMER TIME IS ALMOST OVER Happy has a few sporadic shows lined up this summer as he gets back in the studio recording. many of the shows are benefits-- so it's a good opportunity to help within your community, check out Happy's show, see some new music, and
MAKE SURE NOT TO MISS A RARE ONE TIME ONLY SHOW
COUMBUS OHIO has a very very special ONE TIME ONLY show this Friday at Rumba Cafe ( corner of Hudson and Summit streets ) go to www.columbusrumbacafe.com for directions----so what is so special ? Here are Happy's own words to telll you : (lifted from his myspace blog) " So I used to have this rock band called Howlin' Maggie. Some of you may have heard the music, others not. There were several versions of the band, and we made two albums. The band was certainly near and dear to me, but having focused my attention on solo work these last seven years, Howlin' Maggie music has been largely unplayed and unheard. This week, however, during my 6-9 pm early show at Rumba Café, that will change. This week, and this week only, former band members Randy Sanders, Andy Harrison, Derek DiCenzo, and Lance Ellison will join me and drummer Sam Brown for a long set Friday, August 7, at Rumba Café, where we will dust off some songs from the Howlin' Maggie debut album Honeysuckle Strange. After I play a relatively mellow solo set, expect heroic doses of rock, hard drumming, loud guitars, and the kinds of sounds you'd expect from a band who once shared a manager with Guns 'n' Roses. " so to recap : RUMBA CAFE :HAPPY HOUR SHOW FRIDAY AUG 7 SHOW TIME 6:00 thru 9:00 pm -- get there early -
We are adding new content to the website this month-- including new posters and vintage t-shirts for sale! So -- be sure to look around. We are also updating the mailinglist, so e-mail :HAPPYNEWSLetter@Aol.com if you'd like to sign up!

March/April 2009 News

Happy News : NEW VIDEO FOR A MAN NEEDS AN AIRPLANE Happy has a new video for A Man Needs An Airplane. The video is the work of Bob Egle and Greg Sabo, and was made for the Ohio Film Office. Bob and Greg, along with editor Lance Moody, have created an engaging short film from the song's lyrics, and cut it with performance footage shot last week at The Schuster Center in Dayton. Dayton's connection to the Wright Brothers, and Ohio's contributions to the history of flight and aviation are evoked in the video, and Bob and Greg really captured the majesty and outer-space beauty of The Schuster Center. The scenes shot at the Schuster are beautiful and if you aren't familiar with the building, it is home to the Dayton Philharmonic, and has amazing acoustics and The Milky Way starfield high above. What is cool is this was all created, filmed, edited in 3 weeks -- you should check out the behind the scenes shots and learn about the airplane and how the shots all came to be! You can view the video SEE THE VIDEO HERE here, you click "see all videos" and then scroll down, our video is around the middle of the page.

January/February 2009 News

Happy News : HOLIDAY HAPPY HOUR FOOD DRIVE --NEW TOUR AND NEW ALBUM!! A HUGE THANKS TO OUR AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD! The Holiday Happy Hour Food Drive was a HUGE success! Everyone came out each Friday, bringing with them bags and cans of food and we all collected $55 and 305 pounds of food to give to the Mid-ohio Foodbank (! A special thanks to our neighbor, Mark Fisher. who loaded the food and drove it to our home each and every week, a thanks to Rumba Cafe for hosting such a lovely generous food drive and to everyone who brought food to help feed our neighbors!
February brings Happy out on another West Coast tour as the opening act for The Gutter Twins, which is Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan
On the final night of the tour, in Seattle, Happy will have an opening set, Shawn Smith will have an opening set -- and it MIGHT be the only time EVER that the Original Twilight Singers share the stage ( Happy, Greg and Shawn! ) .....should be great!

November / December 2008 News

Happy News : HOLIDAY HAPPY HOUR FOOD DRIVE -- as of 12/05/08 -- we collected over 114 pounds of food and $40 cash! Lets see if we can top that in the next two weeks!! Now that we've welcomed a new president we can be proud of, lets talk hunger!
What in the world would Thanksgiving and Christmas mean without the "giving" part? Without the "thanks" part? Without a little revelry? The answer is "nothing," "nothing," and "more nothing." To help make sure none of us falls prey to a feeling of emptiness and hollow commercialization during these holidays -- and because there are four Fridays nestled in between the two holidays, during which Happy will be holding down the happy hour slot at Rumba Café -- we're putting the "thanks," the "giving," and the "revelry" all together with a Holiday Happy Hour Food Drive. Bring a can of food, a bag of dried beans, a box of mac and cheese, or other non-perishable food to any or all of the shows and receive: a nice, warm feeling of wholeness and generosity as you take a break from the hustle-bustle of the holidays. The generosity goes out into the world and keeps the holidays from being empty. The food goes to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank so that they can do their amazing job of distributing it to people who could use a little warmth in December.
Where: Rumba Cafe 2507 Summit Street (corner of Hudson and Summit). When: 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Fridays from November 28th through December 19th. ( TWO MORE WEEKS DEC 12 and Dec 19 TH) Why: because you care.

August/September 2008 News

Happy News : Happy is beginning work on the new cd! Check here and Myspace for never before released songs,live performances and videos! Hopefully that'll hold you until the new cd comes out!
Happy will be performing a month long residency every Friday from 6-9 pm (happy hour) at Rumba Cafe in Columbus. The shows start Nov 28 and continue each Friday night until Dec 19th! If you are in town for the holidays -- it's a great chance to share happy hour drinks and hear what he's working on! Look for guest performers too!
That will be all of the shows for 2008-- so don't miss them!
Happy's cd, Lovers Come Back is gaining airplay on Sirrius and several other stations - thanks to the successful USA tours opening for RJD2. Check back here and his myspace page ( www.myspace/com/happychichester) for videos and pictures from the tour!
Happy will be playing few dates this summer as he settles in to work on recording his next CD.
check out the new cd

Summer 2008 News

Happy News : The indi Short movie, Zoe's Day, was Happy's first film to score and has won several awards and most recently is up to be aired on PBS! click here Zoe's Day to see the film and hear Happy's music -- including the song Save Me recorded by Happy and The Pierces! Happy's cd, Lovers Come Back is gaining airplay on Sirrius and several other stations - thanks to the successful USA tours opening for RJD2. Check back here and his myspace page ( www.myspace/com/happychichester) for videos and pictures from the tour!
Happy will be playing few dates this summer as he settles in to work on recording his next CD.
check out the new cd

April News

Ticket Winners

Winners for Ashville NC are : Mike Demaria plus one
Atlanta -- prefers not to be listed publically!
Austin -- Beth
Dallas - Greg Tudor plus one guest
LA - Jeff Miles plus one guest
San Francisco - Angela Higginbotham plus one guest
PORTLAND - Kevin Oldfield plus one
Seattle - David Capelli plus one guest
Denver - Andy Gurokovich plus one guest
Minneapolis - Leah Kann plus one guest
Chicago - Andrew Young plus one guest
Check back for other dates! All shows with Tickets have been issued! DC, NYC and Boston are sold out--sorry - there are not any free guest passes for those shows! Check back to read the reviews and blogs from the winners!

February News

Happy's cd is now available at Target click here to order!Order Lovers Come Back $13.99 Happy will be playing tons this year -- so be sure to check the shows page to see where.
check out the new cd

December News

Happy's cd is now available at Target click here to order!Order Lovers Come Back $13.99 Hi everyone...there are a couple places to get advance tickets to the ( dec 19 ) Chicago, ( dec 20 ) Detroit, ( dec 21 ) Columbus, ( dec 22 ) Athens, OH shows in December...the links are below. You can also get tickets at the door the night of the show-- but they cost a little more! All shows will feature Captain of Industry opening, followed by Happy Chichester - solo, then Happy with his backing band and then The Receiver will round out the night. Most shows start at 10:00 with Happy going on around 11:00---but check his website to be sure --

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