24 August 2008
Big thanks to the fantastic crowd at Nectar's...can't wait 'til our next visit to Vermont. We also had a blast playing PhanPhest in Pennsylvania. Thanks also to Jen & Barney and everyone else who hung out with us at the luau.

18 August 2008

Congratulations to Jon and Erin for tying the knot on Saturday. We were honored to be a part of your special day. Thanks to everyone who checked us out at A Bear's Picnic on Friday - especially Bill Bacas (of Willie Jack & The Northern Light) for sitting in on harmonica.

12 August 2008
A giant thanks goes to the Art Farm crew and everyone else who got down with us in Bethlehem and Easton last weekend...we can't wait for Musikfest 26!

4 August 2008

We'd like to send a humongous thank you go to the Golier family and friends for hosting us at FarmJammaLamma last weekend. We have three shows in Northampton County, PA this weekend: Pearly Baker's, Bethlehem Musikfest, and the Wildflower Cafe.

27 July 2008
Thanks to everyone who came to check us out at Zeno's this summer...we'll be back when Penn State's Fall semester is in session. We'd also like to send an enormous thank you to Eric, Mystery Fyre, and everyone else who came to the OYETD show last night. August is set to be our busiest month ever. Check our schedule page to see what's going on.

5 July 2008
The Big Dirty is very excited to announce their first place finish at last Thursday's "Battle of the Bands" at The Saint in Asbury Park, New Jersey. This win awarded the band a slot at Phan Phest 4.0 in Kempton, Pennsylvania next month. We would also like to send a special thanks to Reba and the rest of the Paul family for having us perform at their annual party and fireworks display last night.

22 June 2008

Big thanks to everyone who helped Sol Fest go so well. We have 3 shows lined up at the end of the week and are finalizing details on more autumn gigs. Keep checking the site for updates.

15 June 2008
Happy Fathers Day and thanks to everyone who hung out in Stage College and Bloomsburg with us last weekend. Thanks, also, to Joe Longo for taking photos and Dakini for sharing the stage with us on Saturday. We'll see you at Sol Fest this weekend.

7 June 2008
Big thanks to Agent Moosehead, El Ensemble, and School of Rock for having a very Frankaliscious time with us at the "Philly Zappa Tribute Fest" at World Cafe Live.

3 June 2008

We'd like to send a giant thank you to all who came out to our shows last weekend - especially The Dirty Nickels for making Saturday night extra filthy. Streamable audio from Friday's event is on the Catacomb. You can catch us at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia this Friday night.

26 May 2008
We have 3 shows lined up in Pennsylvania this weekend: Thursday in State College, Friday in Elysburg, and Saturday in Bloomsburg...hope to see you out.

29 April 2008

Thanks to everyone who got down with us at the "into it" stage at Some Kind Of Jam 3...we can't wait until next year's.

18 April 2008

Move! is now available on Amazon, iTunes, Napster, and Rhapsody. You can also download or stream the majority of last weekend's show (always absolutely free-of-charge) on our Catacomb page. We'll be seeing many of you at the Earth Day festival this Saturday and Some Kind Of Jam 3 the following weekend.

27 March 2008

Our debut album, Move!, will be available on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, Amazon, and several other websites by the first week of May. In the meantime, email us if you would like a cd mailed to you or pick one up at any of our shows.

23 March 2008

We had lots of fun with our friends and family back home last weekend. Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting us and the benefitting charities. We have some great shows lined up. Keep checking the website or send an email to news@thebigdirty.com to join our email newsletter.

16 March 2008

Friday's album release party at OYETD was a blast. Thanks to Josh and Heather for taking pictures of the event and everyone else who got down with us all night. The second half of our cd release party will be next Friday in our backyard.

9 March 2008

Thanks to all of our fans who made the rain-filled journey to Williamsport on Friday night. We'd also like to give a special thanks to Steve for the hospitality, Rod for running the sound, as well as Will and his band for doing what they do.

23 February 2008

The Big Dirty will be opening for Grammy-nominated guitarist Will Bernard in Jeremiah's Listening Room at Bullfrog Brewery on Friday, March 7. Doors open at 8:00pm and tickets are available at Ticket Muncher.

14 February 2008

We recently added some very fun spring/summer dates -- including Bethlehem Musikfest and other not-to-be-missed festivals. Check out our schedule page for a full list. We'd like to send a special thanks to the hyperactive crowd at Harry's last weekend. We'll be back in Bloomsburg on March 15.

6 January 2008

Nick and Russ oversaw the final mixing of our album, Move!, on Saturday afternoon. In the meantime, free audio downloads from four 2007 shows (May 18, November 21, December 7, December 15) were just added to the Catacomb - with may 18 and december 7 being the only live audio (so far) of The Big Dirty with Repeat Offenders.

13 December 2007

We spent last Saturday afternoon, evening, and early Sunday morning at Double-A-Productions recording what will be our first full-length album. We're all extremely excited about the rough cut and can't wait for everyone else to hear the finished project. In the meantime, we've got a gig every Saturday for the rest of the month in Williamsport, Elysburg, and Reading respectively.

17 November 2007

Thanks to all who came out to see us over the past month. Streaming audio of the Mr. E's and Harry's shows are on our Catacomb page. We're back with our friends and families in the coal region on Thanksgiving Eve.

3 October 2007

We have been nominated for "Best Jam Band" by Harrisburg Online. You (and all of your friends) may vote once per day throughout October. Thanks a million.

2 October 2007

Thanks to everyone who showed up to The Underscore in NYC last Saturday. Check out our schedule for more October shows we just added.

14 September 2007

During this past month The Big Dirty has been chosen to have "Cherry Soda" included on the globaly-released Jam OUTLOUD sampler (with all proceeds benefiting human rights and HIV/AIDS organizations). We'll give you more information when it hits the presses.

28 August 2007

It was great to be back at Harry’s last weekend. We'll see you all again on October 19. Thanks to Repeat Offenders for ripping the place apart on the mics.

6 August 2007

Lockstock was a load of fun on Saturday afternoon (major props to the sound guys). Thanks to Shaun Gilmour for sitting in on the skins at the Bullfrog at night and thanks to all of our new fans we met throughout the day. We'll be back in Williamsport in December.

29 July 2007

Thanks to everyone who supported us in Reading, PA; Coolville, OH; Annville, PA; and King of Prussia, PA over the last few weeks. This Saturday we're playing a double-header in north-central Pennsylvania. First we have Lockstock in Lock Haven at 2pm, then we're heading down the road to Bullfrog Brewery in Williamsport starting at 10pm. We hope to see you there.

25 June 2007

On Saturday night we're playing two gigs in/near Reading, PA: Our Shine Fest time slot starts at 5:45, then we're with Natural Breakdown at The Brass Lantern later that night. The festival is completely free-of-charge and Natty B is not to be missed. Thanks to everyone who made it out to Kokomos last Thursday.

13 June 2007

We'll be backing Repeat Offenders at Kokomos in Harrisburg on June 21, and we've got Shine Fest near Reading on June 30. Also, The Big Dirty t-shirts and stickers will be available within the next few weeks (we'll keep you posted when we know more). Thanks to everyone who came out to the Road's End last weekend, too.

20 May 2007

What a weekend! It was great meeting and collaborating with the hip hop acts at The Blue Star on Friday. Thanks to Tex Ritter for setting us up with the gig, and thanks to everyone who let us back them up (especially Repeat Offenders). Thanks again to all the Penn Tech graduates and everyone else who got down with us at Kimball's on Saturday. The staff (thanks for the cold ones, Jess) made us feel right at home. Sorry we missed out on the after party. See you next time.

5 May 2007

Over $3000 was raised at last night's Habitat for Humanity / re-New Orleans benefit with The Dave Holt Band. Thanks to Robin Church and Paul Scott for sitting in with us and helping us take our music to the next level, and thanks again to all who helped support the cause.

29 April 2007

A very special thanks goes out to everyone who had anything to do with "Some Kind Of Jam 2" - especially Tim and his hardworking crew (you guys did an unbelievable job keeping everything smooth and everyone happy), Jibberjazz Productions, and all the fine musicians and listeners. We can't wait until SKOJ3.

9 April 2007

Thanks to everyone who shared the excitement of our first two shows with the new lineup. We would especially like to thank Arnie, Danny, Jon, Josh, Justine, and Scott for sitting in, as well as the fine staff at Harry's Grille and Evans' Roadhouse. We'll see you at Some Kind of Jam 2 at the end of the month.

26 March 2007

The Big Dirty would like to welcome the newest member of the band, Nick Merena, on saxophone and vocals. He sat in at a few of our previous shows, but his first official show as a member of the band will be this Friday at Evans' Roadhouse - near Hazleton. In other news, Brad has announced that he is leaving the band to concentrate on his profession among other things. We all wish him the best.

5 March 2007

We are pleased to announce that The Big Dirty has won first place in the ZBands online Battle of the Bands. Thanks to all our fans and new listeners who voted for us. We're in the studio this weekend and we'll have the tracks up on the site shortly.

22 February 2007

The Big Dirty is one of seven bands across the country chosen for the latest ZBands Battle of the Bands competition. Click on the link, scroll to the bottom, vote for us, and pass the word. Thanks for your support.

11 February 2007

We had a great time with all the familiar (and new) faces at Harry's on Friday. See you again on Good Friday.

2 February 2007

Our newest addition to the website is the Catacomb where we're posting streaming audio, video, downloads, galleries, and set lists from our past shows. See you at Harry's in Bloomsburg next Friday.

29 January 2007

Thanks to everyone who showed up to the Elks on Saturday - especially Nick for blowing his sax with us. The Electric Fern and Ithic sets sounded fantastic.

15 January 2007

We put up three recent shows in mp3 format on our audio/video page. Enjoy.

4 January 2007

Happy New Year from The Big Dirty (especially Mike - he loves holiday cheer). Our first show of 2007 will be at the Elks Lodge near Brad's home base (Tamaqua) with Ithic and Electric Fern on January 27. The show starts at 9pm and the booze is ridiculously cheap.

3 December 2006

That's Russ singing our newest tune "Ride" on the audio/video page. There's an mp3 and a link to the video shot during practice.

25 November 2006

We added galleries of photos taken by Jay and Maria from our last two shows. Thanks to everyone who came out to the gig at Evans' Roadhouse last Wednesday - we'll be back next year.

5 November 2006

Thank you to all of the beautiful listeners at Harry's last night. It was great seeing so many familiar faces again. And thanks Nick, for ripping it up on that sax. Live audio from the show will be up on the site shortly. We just booked a Thanksgiving Eve gig at Evans' Roadhouse outside of Hazleton, PA. Get down, give thanks, and get dirty.

17 October 2006

A big thanks to Jim and everyone else at The Road's End Pub for making our first show in Mike's hometown a great one. We'll be back at the bar for a few more in 2007. Also, we put a video of "Cherry Soda" shot during practice on YouTube and MySpace.

2 October 2006

Special thanks to everyone who made the haul from Hazleton on The Big Dirty Bus, every single listener in the audience, Sten and Budzack for sitting in, and the very hospitable staff at Harry's Grille. The energy was incredible. We're back on November 4.

1 September 2006

We are all quite pleased to announce Russ Nahodil as the newest member of The Big Dirty. Thanks for the great photos, Heather. We thank Josh for his time with us and wish good luck with all of his future ventures.

1 August 2006

First of all, thanks to Russ Nahodil for an incredible job filling in on bass on Saturday. You made our first trip to Bullfrog Brewery one to remember. Thanks to the patrons and employees for an enjoyable experience overall.