November 18, 2009

Big Engine on THE ROCK DELI #18 this week

Thanks to the demand from you, our dedicated fans; Big Engine is being featured on THE ROCK DELI again! ~ Listen for us on THE ROCK DELI #18 ~ It is airing now (WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009) on the top of their show playlist & will remain at the top of the playlist until next weeks show airs. You can still listen to the 1st show Kimmi featured us on, #15; by simply scrolling down and clicking.

Here is The Rock Deli #18 playlist. You can see Kimmi is featuring 2 Big Engine songs on the show this week!

THE ROCK DELI #18

· MODEL STRANGER – Morning Paper
· FAE – The Last Time
· THE POLKA FLOYD SHOW – Hey You
· BIG ENGINE – No Money
· FIFTH WAY -- Lose Control
· SCARS OF PARADISE – Silence
· 8KOUNT – Ashes to Ashes
· ANCHORS – Mendoza
· CASSOCK – Liquorice Hearts
· OUR RISING – Something About Surrender
· BIG ENGINE – That Girl’s A Freak

LOG ON TO http://www.therockdeli.com/rockdeli.html NOW AND LISTEN! Don't forget to give Kimmi your feedback!

Thanks for your friendship and support!

November 17, 2009

No longer Playing Box Seats Thurs. Nights.

Due to the current economic climate, we will no longer be playing Thursday nights at Box Seats. That sucks. We played there for nearly 3 years and always had a great time. Thanks to everybody that came out on a regular basis to make it so much fun for us. We did not see this coming and it sure would've been nice to have some notice but what are you going to do? Hopefully, Box Seats will pull through their financial situation.

Thanks for your friendship and support!

Tony Mikus

November 2, 2009

SOMER'S RIDE - POKER RUN

7 year old Orange Park child, Somer Thompson, vanished during a walk home from school. Her lifeless body was found two days later in a Georgia landfill.

A Poker Run To Benefit her family is being held on Nov. 21st, 2009.

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There will be Raffles at every stop for prizes, a 50/50 drawing and poker hands to all the riders. Must be present to win all prizes. There will also be live entertainment.

BIG ENGINE WILL BE PLAYING FROM 3-5 P.M.

Southbound and Malice provide the entertainment for the rest of the evening.

Whitey's Fish Camp has graciously agreed to host the final stop. Richard Nunn of WXJT will be the Master of Ceremonies.

BEGINNING LOCATION: Bayard Rooster located at 12661 Phillips Hwy. at 9:30a.m. Kickstands up at 10:30a.m.

LAST BIKE IN: Whitey's Fish Camp at 5:30 p.m.

WHITEY'S FISH CAMP
2032 CR 220
ORANGE PARK, FL 32068

There will be free fish fry to all of the riders. A nominal fee of $5.00 for passengers and walk-ups.

The cost of the ride is $15.00 for pre registered or $20.00 the day of the event. Passengers $5.00 extra.

Please call Laura at 904-683-6372 or e-mail at somersride@live.com to pre register or with any questions.

THE INTENTION IS TO MAKE THIS THE LARGEST BIKE RUN IN FLORIDA HISTORY! GENIS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS HAS BEEN CONTACTED.

Thank You and God Bless!

October 28, 2009

"Wasted" Featured on The Rock Deli #15

Starting today, Wednesday, Oct. 28th; The Rock Deli #15 will be airing for the entire week on www.therockdeli.com. We are very excited that the first song featured on the show is our own "Wasted"! Sebastian Bach's "Love Is A Bitchslap" featuring Axl Rose is on the playlist on this week's show as well! Log on to www.therockdeli.com and check it out!

October 23, 2009

Toys For Tots Drive in Jacksonville

A friend asked us to let everyone know that U Stor on Wesconnett Blvd in Jacksonville is having a Toy drive collecting Toys For Tots for "The Kids For Christmas" (formerly Dorkas Drake). They need new toy donations dropped off at their donation box at U Stor on Wesconnett Blvd. This is sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Anyone donating a toy will receive $20 off storage rental. See Rebecca at U Stor.

U-Stor
www.u-stor.com

4714 Wesconnett Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32210-7315
(904) 778-4686

July 25, 2009

Benny Puckett Featured In Folio Weekly

Hello Friends! Recently, our own Benny Puckett was the subject of a local, online hoax in Jacksonville, Florida. Apparently, Jacksonville, FL has a couple of immature and often resentful musicians that have a lot to say about Big Engine on an anonymous musician's forum on Craiglist! LOL We didn't even know such a forum existed until a couple people brought it to our attention. We avoided reading the posts until one day recently, when we started getting contacted by concerned friends and drummers seeking a job who read or heard about a particular post on the Craiglist forum. The post was supposedly from a blog written by Benny announcing that he was leaving the band. The funny thing is Benny has never written a blog! LOL Anyway, John E. Citrone of Folio Weekly and News 4 JAX contacted Benny right away to ask about it and comment on it. Below is a link to John's ariticle. Check it Out!



http://www.flogfolioweekly.com/?p=771

D. Barnes, the fake author of the now removed post must be very proud! HAHA

Big Engine Music Now Available On RINGTONES!!

We're very excited to tell you that 4 Big Engine albums worth of songs are now available on Ringtones through Myxer! That's right! Any songs that you want from Mechanically Inclined, Live At Boot Hill (available twice), Rock n' Roll Machine & That Girl are available as ringtones for only $1.99 each! Click on the link below and pick up one now!

http://wap.mxr.cc/get/artist/22368928/

Thanks for your friendship and support!!!

July 16, 2009

4 Big Engine Albums For Only $5.99 Each!

 Out Of The Box Records has released "That Girl" & have reissued 3 other titles from the Big Engine catalog to over 600 Digital Distributors throughout the world! 

From 2009: Our latest album "That Girl"
From 2007: "Rock-N-Roll Machine" 
From 2004: "Live from Boothill Saloon"
From 1993: The first Big Engine Album "Mechanically Inclined" got reissued! Congrats to Steve Wheeler, Ashton Geoghan, Billy Nail, and Ryan Williams for having a 16 year old recording heard again! 

You can pick up all four of these albums on iTunes for only $5.99 each!

Rock-N-Roll Machine and Live from Boot Hill Saloon are each offered twice on the site. The only difference is the price so make sure you get the $5.99 version! Go to itunes and check it out!

For a full list of all the outlets that are carrying these albums or will be in the immediate future; check out 

http://www.fullentertainmusic.com/Digital_Distribution.html

Thanks for you support!

June 24, 2009

Big Engine Music Video Shoot

Calling all Freaks! We need YOU to come to Brewsters - The PIT on Friday, July 10th! This will be no ordinary Big Engine show! As always, we will be performing live and rocking you into the night. However, this time we will be filming and recording live! We need you to be there rockin' out and giving us inspiration! Consider this your casting call to be in a few Live Big Engine Music Videos. We wanna see you in your Big Engine shirts & singing along to every song; all night long!

$5.00 admission, 18 and up admitted, Its open to the public so bring some friends! The PIT is a full liquor bar!

Brewsters - the PIT
14003 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32250
904-223-9850

http://www.myspace.com/brewsterspit

June 2, 2009

Coach Leonard Skinner's Final Public Appearance ~ Featuring Gene Odum!

Come out to Box Seats on Thursday, June 11th and get a piece of rock history in the form of a Coach Leonard Skinner autograph. For those of you who don't know the history of the band, Lynyrd Skynyrd got their name from Coach Leonard Skinner at Lee High School on the westside of Jacksonville. Coach Skinner later became friends with the band and introduced them in concert on occasion. Sadly, Coach Skinner has developed Alzheimer's. His son, Leonard Skinner along with Gene Odum want to take Coach Skinner on a trip before the disease gets worse. To raise money for the trip, Coach Skinner will be making one last public appearance that night to sign t-shirts at our gig. There will be a limited number of Coach Leonard Skinner t-shirts available for $20 so get there early and purchase a collector's item! COACH SKINNER WILL BE APPEARING FROM 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Gene Odum was lead singer Ronnie VanZant's best friend and body guard. He also was in the plane crash and has the scars to show for it. Gene wrote a great book about Lynyrd Skynyrd entitled "Remembering The Freebirds Of Southern Rock". Gene will also be at Box Seats on Thursday, June 11th selling and autographing a limited number of books. I enjoyed this book so much that I purchased several copies and gave them to friends. If you are a Skynyrd fan, don't miss the chance to get an autographed copy!

- Tony Mikus!

April 1, 2009

New Album, Reverb Nation & Big Shows!

Many of you have joined us on Reverbnation. If you haven't yet, it is FREE so check it out. We are currently in the top 100 thanks to you guys!

Our new cd is now available through our Store! Usually ships the next day! $15 includes shipping!


You can purchase the cd as a download for only $9.99 at DigStation

We have some really big shows coming up. The 1st is this Saturday night, when we headline the 7th Annual Rock-N-Wheels Festival at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park!!!! This is a great event and we have been lucky to be a part of it for years now!

Then, next Wednesday we open for 38 Special at the Clay County Agricultural Fair. We play at 6:30pm and 38 Special is at 8pm so get there early!

There are many more great shows coming up including more shows with 38 Special; other shows with Georgia Satellites, Shooter Jennings & Atlanta Rhythm Section. Check the show schedule for details or join our mailing list!


Thanks everybody! We look forward to seeing you soon. Oh! Please leave us comments and let us know what you think of the "That Girl".

- Big Engine

February 26, 2009

That Girl CD Release Parties

Hello Everyone! We are excited to you tell about the upcoming release of our next CD entitled "That Girl". 10 tracks in all; "That Girl" is a collection of 8 Big Engine songs cherry picked from Big Engine CDs that preceded "Rock N Roll Machine" & two brand new songs.

We are celebrating the release of "That Girl" with two parties. The first taking place in Daytona Beach, FL at the Boot Hill Saloon on March 27th and the 2nd in Jacksonville, FL at the Pit on March 28th. We are lowering the price of "That Girl" to you on these two nights only to $5 BUCKS!!

Check our schedule for additional details.

We hope to see you there!

Thanks for your support!

Big Engine Will Upload New Songs March 9th!!

Hello everyone! I'm blogging to let you all know that we are adding a couple new Big Engine songs to our MySpace Music Player and to our REVERBNATION TUNE WIDGET on March 9th!!! The countdown has begun!!

Spread the word!

January 3, 2009

Big Engine Is Taking Time Off

Hello everyone! Just taking a moment to let you all know that Big Engine is taking some time off in January to focus our energy on writing songs. Our next show will be on Thursday, January 15th at Box Seats on Blanding Blvd. in Jacksonville FL. We'll see you then!

We hope you guys had a great time ringing in 2009! Thank You to everyone who came and partied with us at the Rock n Rodeo on NYE. We had a blast!! Everyone in Big Engine is very excited about 2009. We are working towards making it a great year for Big Engine and our fans.

Thanks for your friendship and support throughout the years. As of January 1st, Big Engine turned 18 years old!!