LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 31: Taylor Hanson attends A Celebration of Craft Presented by Producers & Engineers and Songwriters & Composers Wings for the 66th GRAMMY Awards at The GRAMMY Museum on January 31, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Thanks to those who went live from Maggie’s last night and have posted videos in various groups! (We are not sure if “Dancing Underneath the Stars” is the correct title) If anyone can help out it would be appreciated.
Finnish musician / producer Otu, who works under the banner Moonic Productions, has shared his take on what would happen if Limp Bizkit wrote Hanson’s “Mmmbop”. Check it out below, get the full version via his Patreon page here.
Cambry Shields, Tulsa World
Cain’s Ballroom will be celebrating its centennial with Robert Plant and Allison Krauss.
A news conference was staged Tuesday at Cain’s Ballroom to launch the iconic venue’s 100th year.
Three centennial concerts were announced, including a Plant and Krauss show. They will launch a summer tour June 2 at Cain’s.
Hanson, a homegrown pop-rock trio, will perform in December. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will return to Cain’s Ballroom for May 5 and May 6 shows.
Cain’s debuted in 1924 as an auto garage before becoming a dance academy, the Bob Wills-fueled birthplace of western swing music and, ultimately, a 100-year honky tonk with a rich history.
“I got this to say,” former Cain’s Ballroom owner Larry Shaeffer said when he took his turn at the microphone on the stage. “At last, at last, thank god at last, Cain’s made it to 100.”
Shaeffer called Cain’s Ballroom one of the most revered venues in the U.S. and reminded attendees that few places like Cain’s exist nowadays.
The Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts & Culture — or Tulsa FMAC — partnered with Cain’s to kick off the centennial year celebration with an event that included the show announcements and attendees sampling Cain’s Centennial Beer, courtesy of Marshall Brewing Co.
“We are going to celebrate all year long, but this is the beginning,” said Renee McKenney, president of Tulsa Regional Tourism.
Meg Gould, executive director of Tulsa FMAC, said it’s because of Cain’s Ballroom that Tulsa is known as a music city. She talked about working with the city to make sure Cain’s is “acknowledged and recognized for everything they have done.”
Mayor G.T. Bynum called it a great day and issued a proclamation in Cain’s Ballroom’s honor. He said Cain’s is a special place for Tulsans.
“Just having grown up here, I have so many special memories at Cain’s,” he said, sharing specifics with the crowd.
Bynum said attending a show at Cain’s is like hanging out in a small club with the world’s greatest artists. Shaeffer mentioned Van Halen, Annie Lennox, the Pretenders, the Police, Bon Jovi and U2 among acts who have played Cain’s.
Shaeffer said he “was lucky enough to bring guys in here — and girls — and watched them grow.”
Shaeffer, who owned Cain’s Ballroom for about 25 years, said the shows at Cain’s are unforgettable and that that’s due in part to the “other” stars of the building — the people who showed up to support the shows.
Bynum said it’s important that, as the centennial of Cain’s is celebrated, people know they are not celebrating the centennial of just a building. There are other old buildings in Tulsa.
“What makes this special is it’s an institution,” he said, pointing out that an institution is an institution because of people — “not because of brick and mortar, but because of the dedication people have to that institution.”
Bynum credited Shaeffer and the current owners — the Rodgers family — with preserving Cain’s Ballroom. Shaeffer also praised the Rodgers family.
Co-owner Chad Rodgers, speaking on behalf of the family, said his parents recognized the importance of Cain’s, both for Tulsa and for music history, and took a big leap of faith in purchasing the building in 2002. He thanked his brother, Hunter, who has worked alongside him in shepherding Cain’s to its centennial, and a Cain’s Ballroom staff that he considers family.
To show appreciation for the support that Cain’s has received over the years, Chad Rodgers said some free concerts are being planned. Details will be announced later, and new merchandise will arrive soon.
Rodgers made the Isbell concert announcement before turning over the microphone to music artist J.D. McPherson, who recently returned to Tulsa from Nashville. McPherson, who has shared stages with Krauss and Plant, handled the announcement about their Cain’s show.
Rodgers returned to the microphone to announce the Hanson show and told the audience that Taylor Hanson was in the crowd.
“The Hansons have been friends of Cain’s for many years, and it is always a pleasure working with them,” Rodgers said.
Wes Alexander, Marshall Brewing Co.’s director of sales and marketing, said a release party for the Cain’s Centennial Beer will be held at Marshall Brewing Co. at a later date.
Blue Monday, often considered the most depressing day of the year, can hit us hard with its combination of post-holiday blues, short weather, cold weather, and the return to routine. Lucky for us, some songs have the incredible power to uplift, energize and cheer us up.
To help you combat the Monday blues, here’s a playlist featuring some feel-good tunes that are sure to bring a smile to your face.
The upbeat and catchy tune of “MMMBop” by Hanson is a throwback to the ’90s that will add a dose of nostalgia to your Monday. Hopefully its carefree vibe will transport you to a more carefree time. If that doesn’t work, consider that an MMMBop is a reminder that time passes quickly so you need to reach for what is important and meaningful.
“A lot of people ask what ‘MMMBop’ means … Well ‘MMMBop’ as a word, it represents time. It represents the fact that time passes very quickly … And so in a story about reaching for what’s important and kind of driving towards the impossible dream, ‘MMMBop’ is telling you: go now, go now, go now, because in a moment, in an ‘MMMBop,’ life will be over and have passed you by.”
— Zac Hanson
The setlist pages on the site have been updated with a cassette icon next to songs that are covers. Now you can easily see which songs in each setlist are not Hanson originals. This feature is available on mobile and desktop.
As always, if you have any issues with this new feature, please let me know at blog@hansonstage.com so we can troubleshoot!
*Still working hard on figuring out the log in and reset password glitches, but had this feature already done that doesn’t require logging in to see! As soon as things are working I will make a post!*
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Another amazing time on the island with BTTI 2024! We’re already excited to go Back.
*Priority is going to be fixing the reset password and log in issues that are currently going on, but once that’s done I’ll be looking for something fun to try!*
The suggestion box is once again open! At the end of 2022, I challenged myself to try and add 1 new feature a month for all of 2023. I am happy to report that I was successful with that endeavor. I do still have a bit of a back log of some past suggestions I will be working through, but am always looking for more ideas about what you’d like to see! I am completely self taught and will look into attempting anything that is suggested (within reason). Sometimes it take me years to figure it out, but I almost always do! Leave a comment or email blog@hansonstage.com with any thoughts or ideas you have, and I’ll see what I can come up with!
January – Milestone show surprise
February – Songs Played Live by album [from a suggestion]
March – Shows by Date
April – Albums on Lyrics pages [from a suggestion]
May – Users at shows, Public member pages [from a suggestion]
June – Numbered shows! [from a suggestion]
July – % heard [from a suggestion]
August – Photo Gallery
September – Albertane Tour ‘Zine
October – Concert Achievements
November – (More) Concert Achievements
December – Shows with others! [from a suggestion]
As always, if you like the work I’ve been doing and would like to help offset the hosting costs of the website I do have a virtual tip jar! Any amount helps!
