2020 Winter & Spring Shows

Join The Swimming Pool Q's + Mitch Easter, on Friday, Feb. 7th at The Vista Room ATL. Tickets are on sale now at: 
https://www.freshtix.com/events/spq-2-7-20

The Swimming Pool Q's will play a two-date stand this Summer, with the original Love Tractor! The shows will be in Decatur at The Vista Room ATL on Fri. June 28, and in Athens at the 40 Watt Club on Sat. June 29. The Athens show is all ages, 8 pm door, $15-20 tickets 

Atlanta, come join us! Tickets available at:https://www.freshtix.com/events/lt-spqs-6-28-2019

Athens, Ga friends! All ages show! Tickets are available at:https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1850364.

In just a few weeks, The Swimming Pool Q’s will be playing the Tenth Annual 30A Song Writers Festival 2019 in South Walton Florida. The event is the weekend of Jan 18 – 21. Tickets are on sale now. The day, time, and venue that the Q’s will be playing will be announced the week of the event. For more information, please visit either the 30 A Facebook page. You can visit The 30 A official website at or stay tuned here to the SPQ’s FB Official, and we’ll inform you as news develops! There will also be a downloadable app for your smartphone, as we approach the week of the festival.

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The Swimming Pool Q's & Wuxtry Records Double 40th Anniversary

The Swimming Pool Q’s celebrate their 40th Anniversary on Friday, November 9 at The Vista Room ATL in Decatur at 8 PM. The show will be a special double-event co-hosted by one of Atlanta’s oldest vinyl emporiums, Wuxtry Records-Decatur, also commemorating their 40th Anniversary. The evening features a guest appearance by 3, which has two members of the legendary Atlanta post-punk trio, 86, guitarist Ken Schenck (guitar) and Max Koshewa (bass), with Richard C. Kuykendall on drums. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 the day-of-show. Each of first 200 tickets will come with two free drinks.

A SPECIAL EVENING WITH THE SWIMMING POOL Q’s & MITCH EASTER AT THE VISTA ROOM ON FRIDAY, MARCH 30.

Join the Swimming Pool Q’s and Mitch Easter (& his combo!) for a special evening at Decatur’s The Vista Room ATL on Friday, March 30. Founder of Let’s Active and co-producer of R.E.M.’s Murmur and Reckoning, songwriter/ guitarist Mitch Easter is one of the giants to emerge from the South’s original New Wave & Post-Punk explosion. The Q’s are celebrating our 40th Anniversary this year, and at the Vista we’ll be playing new songs and fan favorites from our entire career. Q’s are at 8:30 with Mitch at 10:00. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show.

Tickets: https://www.freshtix.com/events/swimm

Jeff will also be playing with his dark psychedelic band The Hot Place, opening up once again for David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets) on Thursday, March 1st. 2018 at Little Tree Studios in Avondale Estates,with special guest James Hall. Advance Tickets Only with Limited Seating. You can purchase tickets on David J's Bandcamp Page here. Speaking of The Hot Place, Mr. Calder just played EBow and Backwards Guitar on "Little Doll", a special holiday 7" single cover of The Stooges song, by Album Gatefold + The Hot Place. All proceeds go to support the THORN charity, Digital Defenders of Children, www.wearethorn.org. You can stream and purchase the single on Bandcamp here.

Love Tractor & The Swimming Pool Q's will play The Vista Room ATL, on Friday Nov. 17th. The Q's go on at 8 p.m. and Love Tractor will go on at 9:30 p.m. Stay Tuned! We will announce when tickets go on sale. For more information please visit: https://www.thevistaroom.com/musiccalendar

The Swimming Pool Q's & Pylon Reenactment Society play The Vista Room ATL, on Friday, July 28. Doors at 7 p.m., The SPQ's will take the stage at 8 p.m. and PRS will go on at 9:30 p.m. Please visit The Vista Room for ticketing.

The Swimming Pool Q’s will appear, along with David Olney and Randall Bramblett, in Savannah on Friday, May 12 at the the 42nd Anniversary Celebration of the Night-Flight Cafe (1975-2017) to be held at the Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 MLK Blvd., Savannah, GA 31401. Doors are at 6 PM, with the Q’s taking the stage at 7 PM. Tickets are $42 general admission. 

The Swimming Pool Q's first performed at the Night-Flight Cafe in 1979. There weren’t many opportunities for quirky New Wave bands in the Southeast then, but Night-Flight proprietors Tim Coy and Scott Alexander gave us a chance and treated us royally well.

Join the Facebook Event Page Here.

The SPQ's in the window of the Night Flight Cafe, Savannah, GA 1983. 

photo by Anne Richmond Boston

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Jeff Calder of The SPQ's will be performing with his dark psychedelic band The Hot Place, (with Lisa King and Mike Lynn) in June. The band will be opening up for David J (of Bauhaus/Love and Rockets) on a Southeastern leg of David's "Vagabond Songs" LP tour. Tickets for The Atlanta show on 6/7. the Athens Show on 6/9, and the Savannah show on 6/11 are on sale now.  These intimate and acoustic living room shows will be held at Little Tree Studios in Atlanta, The Georgia Theatre Rooftop Bar in Athens, and The Chapel at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah. 

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Jeff Calder of The Swimming Pool Q's / The Hot Place will be performing with The Glenn Phillips Band, Friday, November 4 at the Red Clay Music Foundry in Duluth GA. This special performance will celebrate the album release of Glenn's 1977 Rainbow Theatre concert in London exactly 39 years after it was recorded. For more information, please join the FB event page!

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JEFF CALDER, ROME, GA, Saturday, Sept. 10th, 7 p.m.-11 p.m., with The Glenn Phillips Band at Schroeder's in Rome, Ga: Jeff will be playing keys, guitars, and singing with The Glenn Phillips Band at Schroeder's New Deli.The show will be outdoors, rain or shine, and two sets. 

JEFF CALDER, AVONDALE ESTATES, ATLANTA, GA, Sunday, Sept. 19th, 7 p.m., with The Hot Place as opening support for David J of Bauhaus/Love & Rockets: Jeff will be playing guitar with his newest musical project The Hot Place, opening up for David J Haskins, with special guests James Hall & Jaz Jillette and Sasha Vallely of Midnight Larks, at Electron Gardens Studio in Avondale Estates, Ga. The Hot Place will be playing from 7 p.m.-7:30 p.m. RSVP, advance tickets only.

JEFF CALDER, ATHENS, GA, Monday, Sept. 20th, 7 p.m., with The Hot Place as opening support for David J of Bauhaus/Love & Rockets: Jeff will be playing guitar with The Hot Place, opening up for David J Haskins atThe World Famous in Athens, Ga. The Hot Place will be playing from 7 p.m.-7:30 p.m. RSVP, advance tickets only.

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The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing two dates in July, with The Pylon Reenactment Society, celebrating the release of "Pylon LIVE". Tickets go on sale Friday, 5/27. 

ATLANTA: Pylon Reenactment Society, We Love Tractor & The Swimming Pool Q's.The EARL, Friday, July 29 at 8 PM. $15 in advance/$18 day of show, 21+. Presented by Chunklet Industries Please join the FB event page!

ATHENS: Chunklet Industries Presents a Record Release Party for “PYLON LIVE” Saturday Jul 30, 2016. Pylon Reenactment Society & The Swimming Pool Q's. 40 Watt Club, 285 West Washington Street, Athens, GA. Doors: 8:00 PM, Show: 9:00 PM, All Ages.$10 - $12. 

Jeff Calder will be playing keys and guitars with The Glenn Phillips Band, at the Alzheimer’s Music Fest, which will be held on August 6, 2016 at the Red Clay Music Foundry in Duluth, Georgia. 

PAST SHOWS:

Join David J (of Bauhaus/Love & Rockets) and special guest The Hot Place (featuring Lisa King, Jeff Calder of the Swimming Pool Q's, and Mike Lynn, ) for TWO intimate Living Room Shows this Summer! The events will be Acoustic, RSVP-only, and Limited Seating on Sunday, June 12 at Electron Gardens Studio in Avondale Estates, and on Tuesday, June 14 at ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. 

For advance tickets, please visit the DAVID J OFFICIAL website. 

The Q's will be playing at the Inman Park Festival on The Delta Stage, on May 1st, 2:30-3:30. Please visit the festival's website for all information about the event!

The SPQ's will be playing Rataid, on May 14th 2006 at Smith's Olde bar. Please click here for ticketing and more information about the show! The Q's will go on "10 p.m.-ish" according to the site.

 Photo: Uncut Magazine rates Lost at Sea reissue "9 out of 10."

The Q's play Changefest at 2:15-3:00 pm on Saturday, April 18th. RAIN or SHINE. Artists will include The Glenn Phillips Band with Cindy Wilson of the B-52's and Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo. The address is 731 Peachtree St. Atlanta Ga. For more information or directions, click here.

Join the SPQ's for their first show of 2015, at The Music Room at Smith's Olde Bar, Sat. Jan. 3rd with Murray Attaway's Blasting Cap! Ticketing and information here.

The Glenn Phillips Band & The Supreme Court, featuring Jeff Calder of the Q's on guitar, vocals, and keys, will by playing Steve's Live Music in Atlanta on Saturday, Dec. 27th. Special guest, Cindy Wilson of the B-52's. For more information visit the FB event page. Visit Steve's ticketing page here. There will be two sets, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

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THIS Saturday, Nov. 8th: Join Tinsley Ellis, Glenn Phillips Band (featuring Jeff Calder of The Swimming Pool Q's and The Hot Place), and AJ Ghent for a night of great Georgia guitarists at the Historic DeSoto Theatre presented by 95.7. We're celebrating music's greatest invention -- the electric guitar! JoinTinsley Ellis, Glenn Phillips, and AJ Ghent for a night of great Georgia guitarists at the Historic DeSoto Theatre presented by 95.7 The Ridge. This is a part of the VenueDog Concert Series, and is a benefit for the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation. 

http://www.venuedog.com/rome/events/georgia-guitar-explosion

No Big Wheel Records presents an album release party for The Hot Place, (Jeff Calder and Robert Schmid of the Swimming Pool Q's with Lisa King and Mike Lynn) with very special opening guests DJ Gori & Kevin McFoy Dunn, on Saturday, November 15th from 7 p.m. until Midnight, at Little Tree Studios in Avondale Estates, Ga. The Hot Place will play The Language of Birds live in its entirety. Maestro Kevin will be playing his own special blend of cocktail music from space, peppered with baroque guitar and acoustic resonator slide.

The Hot Place will have copies of their 180 gram limited edition orange vinyl available for $20, Digital Download Cards for $10, t-shirts, pins, and posters. The band will be available after the show to sign merch, and take photographs. The event is free, with some refreshments provided. It is an all ages show, you can BYOB, and snacks. It is a no smoking event. Parking is available in front of the space, and on the street. Be aware that this event may be filmed.

Members of the #SAVEWRAS movement will be in the house, educating YOU on how you can help keep Album 88.5 student-run 24/7.

The SPQ's proper will be playing the Avondale Autumn Fest on Sat. Oct. 4th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Make sure you come down and celebrate Fall with a two hour set!

Jeff Calder of the SPQ's will be moderating two panels at theDecatur Book Festival at the end of August. "Song of The Shank" (Introducer) on Saturday, Aug. 30th, 10:00 at City Hall Stage and and "For Motorheads" (Moderator) Sunday, Aug. 31st, 3:45 at Eddie's Attic Stage. Jeff's writings have appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Music Magazine, and Duke University's South Atlantic Quarterly.

The Hot Place, featuring Jeff Calder & Robert Schmid of The Swimming Pool Q's, with Lisa King and Mike Lynn, will be playing the 2014 International Pop Overthrow Festival on Friday, Sept. 12th at The Star Bar in Atlanta. There's an amazing lineup of bands and rock that night. Stay tuned for more information!

On May 15, The Swimming Pool Q's are at Eddie's Attic for an AM 1690 Voice of the Arts special event. The evening will include several great Atlanta musicians along with author Alan Paul, who will be signing copies of One Way Out: The Inside History of The Allman Brothers Band, favorably reviewed in the AJC on March 2 by Jeff Calder of The Q's. (To clarify, The Allman Brothers Band will not be appearing, and The Q's won't be playing any ABB tunes--they're too hard!) Among the featured artists are Bill Sheffield, Barry Richman, Lamar Williams, Jr., and Mike Holbrook and friends. You can click here for Eddie's Attic Showtimes and Ticketing for the event.

Also, The Swimming Pool Q's' Bob Elsey and Jeff Calder will be on Mike's 1690 radio show tomorrow night, Thursday, April 24, at 7 PM, which will air once again on Saturday, April 26 at 8 PM. Here is more info about the radio show: 

Jeff Calder and Bob Elsey of The Swimming Pool Q's will be talking to Mike Holbrook on his 1690 AM Radio Free Radio show this Thursday, April 24th at 7 PM and again on Saturday, May 26 at 8 PM. Jeff and Bob will spin some of their favorite songs and recall performing with NRBQ, The Police, The Plasmatics and The Power Station. Host Mike Holbrook was the bassist for the legendary Hampton Grease Band (Music to Eat). Mike has also performed and recorded with the Supreme Court, which features Glenn Phillips and The Q's' Jeff Calder.

1690 AM Live broadcast web link is:
http://1690wmlb.com/radio-free-radio/

The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing The Melting Point in Athens, GA. on Friday, March 14th with March 14th with Murray Attaway (of Guadalcanal Diary). For ticketing, show times, and more info please click here.

Jeff Calder of The Swimming Pool Q's will be appearing with Glenn Phillips Band for two dates at the 30A Songwriters festival in Florida this weekend, January 17-19. Glenn will play two dates: Saturday, January 18 at Pandora's Main Room at 9:30 pm (just before Matthew Sweet!) and Sunday, January 19 at noon at the Gulf Place Amphitheater. The 30A SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL is a three-day music festival featuring more than 150 songwriters and over 200 performances in venues ranging from intimate listening rooms to spacious outdoor amphitheaters along scenic Highway 30A in Northwest Florida. For information, schedules and updates visit: http://www.30asongwritersfestival.com/

Reissues and New Music Find The Swimming Pool Q’s Considering Both Past and Future, Article by Kevin Oliver for Free Times, Columbia, SC. Don't miss the Q's show Nov. 8th at Jake’s-on-Devine (formerly Rockerfeller’s) in Columbia SC on Friday! 

Don't miss The Swimming Pool Q's and Marshall Crenshaw on Nov. 9th at The Pour House Music Hall in Raleigh, NC this weekend! 

Ticketing for the Q's and Marshall Crenshaw:http://www.thepourhousemusichall.com/

Article by David Klein for Indy Week, Raleigh/Chapel Hill

The Q’s continue to celebrate their 35th Anniversary and the release of The A&M Years 1984-1986 with two upcoming dates in the Carolinas.  We'll be appearing at Jake’s-on-Devine (formerly Rockerfeller’s) in Columbia SC on Friday, November 8 and at The Pour House Music Hall in Raleigh NC (with Marshall Crenshaw!) on Saturday, November 9. We hope to see you there!

The SPQ's will be playing The Windjammer in Charleston, SC on Saturday, August 17th to celebrate their 35th Anniversary and their Double CD Reissue of "The A&M" Years!

The SPQ's will be playing Smiths Olde Bar in Atlanta, on June 15th to celebrate their 35th Anniversary and their Double CD Reissue of "The A&M" Years! We strongly recommend purchasing advance tickets to Smith's!

The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing Sunday, April 28th at the Inman Park Festival in Atlanta, Ga. on April 28th. They will play the "Euclid Ave" stage at 3:30 p.m. For more information about parking, maps of the stages and festival, do's and dont's, directions and more, please visit the Inman Park Festival website.

PAST EVENTS:

The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing March 16th, 2013 at the Bohemian Cafe in Greenville SC.

The Swimming Pool Q's and The Glenn Phillips Band will play Saturday, March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, at The Red Light Cafe in Atlanta, Ga. Jeff Calder of The Swimming Pool Q's will play guitar & keyboards with Glenn. 

The Swimming Pool Q's will perform several rare tracks including "Now I'm Talking About Now" from Blue Tomorrow, and "Yin Yang" & "The Do What and The Who What" from the Royal Academy of Reality album. 

Show starts at 8 p.m. The show is All Ages, and No Smoking. The Red Light Café is located at: 553 Amsterdam Avenue in Atlanta. Phone: 404-874-7828
For more info please visit The Red Light Cafe's site at:http://www.redlightcafe.com/

The Swimming Pool Q’s and The Amazing Mongooses will appear on Saturday, January 28 at Parkview High School Auditorium on Cole Drive in Lilburn GA (off of Five Forks Trickum Rd., close to Stone Mountain, (770) 921-2824). Showtime is 7 PM. It’s for a great cause: The American Cancer Society and Relay for Life.
There will also be performances by the PHS Drum Line, the PHS Glee Club (performing some Beatles), and more.

Tickets are $10 advance, $12 at the door. 

To order your tickets, send check made payable to “Parkview Relay for Life” to

RELAY FOR LIFE CONCERT
Mountain Park Elementary School
1500 Pounds Rd. SW
Lilburn GA 30047
(770) 921-2224

Be sure to include your mailing address, because you tickets will be mailed to you. 

 The SPQ's will be playing the 5 Points Pub in Columbia, SC on Friday, December 2nd at 8 p.m. For more details and directions, visit the

5 Points Pub Website.

A reminder that the SPQ's will be playing the Candler Park Fall Fest THIS Saturday, October 15th at 7:30 p.m. For more information including music schedule, FAQ's about the Festival, and more, please visit: http://fallfest.candlerpark.org/

The Pool Q's will be playing on Saturday, October 8 at the Bohemian Cafe, in Greenville SC. Please note: This show was misprinted in "The Greenville Journal" as a Sunday show. It is indeed on Saturday, the 8th. For more information visit the website of the Bohemian Cafe.

The Swimming Pool Q’s and Right As Rain will appear at the Red Light Café in Atlanta on Saturday, September 17. Showtime for Right As Rain is 8:00; The Q’s take the stage at 9:00.

The Swimming Pool Q’s will play their 1981 debut The Deep End in its entirety, including several bonus tracks from the album’s 21st Century reissue. (Robert Schmid, who played drums on The Deep End, will play bass.) The group will also perform their forthcoming 6-minute single “System of Love”, as well as a few rare tracks from The Swimming Pool Q’s and Blue Tomorrow.

The Q’s and Right As Rain have a long association dating back to the 1980s. Right As Rain’s self-titled 1987 EP debut was produced by Swimming Pool Q’s’ J.E. Garnett, who also played bass. Q’s singer Anne Richmond Boston designed the packaging, as she did for their 1991 album Stop! Look! Listen!. (Anne also contributed vocals on two of the band’s releases.)

Right As Rain was formed in Atlanta in 1986 by primary songwriter Rick Taylor and original drummer Bruce Threlkeld. The two had attended Rollins College in Florida, where they became regular performers at the campus coffeehouse. They would eventually incorporate their interest in bluegrass and folk music into Right As Rain’s electric guitar rock.

After college, Rick and Bruce spent time in Houston and Hollywood before Taylor relocated briefly in Austin. During his Texas sojourn, Rick had become aware of R.E.M. and the new sounds happening in Georgia. “While I was in Austin, I read an article about The Swimming Pool Q’s,” says Rick. “Atlanta seemed like a better place for us to be.”

After settling in Atlanta, Rick and Bruce joined up with lead guitarist John “Johnny D” Daly [Michelle Malone] and bassist James St. James. They named their new combo Right As Rain and released a 4-song self-titled EP on the Florida-based indie Safety Net. Two full-length albums followed on the pioneering Georgia label DB Records: Undertown (1988; produced with Brendan O’Brien) and Stop! Look! Listen! (1991; produced with Brendan O’Brien and Rob Gal). The group wound down in 1993, but returned with a new line up in 2000 that today includes drummer Pete McDade of Uncle Green/3 Lb. Thrill*.

RIGHT AS RAIN
Johnny D.: lead guitar, 6-string banjo
James St. James: bass, vocals
Pete McDade: drums
Rick Taylor: vocals, guitar

*Note: 3 Lb. Thrill’s unreleased 32-song lost masterpiece Rycopa from 1987 is now forthcoming as a 2-disc set.

The SPQ's will be playing in Savannah, Ga. on Saturday, August 20 at The Jinx. This club is located at 127 W. Congress St • Savannah, GA 31401. 

Operating hours are from Mon - Sat:4:00 pm-3:00 am, ph: 912.236.2281, and for more information you can visit: http://www.thejinx.net/. The club also has a great FB page you can like, to keep up with upcoming events at:https://www.facebook.com/pages​/The-Jinx-Savannah-Events/1607​87300638665

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The SPQ's will be playing "The Hummingbird" in Macon, Georgia on Friday, August 5th, at 10 p.m. For more information, & directions to the venue, you can visit the club's website at: http://www.hummingbirdmacon.co​m/ 

The Swimming Pool Q's will appear for two engagements in Columbia, SC, Friday and Saturday, April 15 & 16. Friday evening at Wet Willie's, the Q's play two sets beginning at 10 p.m. No Cover Charge! Saturday afternoon, the Q's will be at the Tin Roof for the Rockafellas Reunion, a special event featuring Drivin' & Cryin' and many more artists. The Q's perform on the outdoor stage at 3:30 p.m. Click HERE to purchase tickets to the Rockafella's Reunion show.

The Glenn Phillips Band will feature Special Guest David Byrd, who played pedal steel and guitar with Glenn in the '70s and was on his second album, Swim in the Wind. This will be David's first appearance with the band in 35 years. Supreme Court features Glenn and vocalist Jeff Calder of the Swimming Pool Q's, and they'll be joined by SPQ's vocalist Anne Richmond Boston for their first set. Come get down! For more information please visit the Glenn Phillips Band website.

The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing on Friday, Nov. 12th to celebrate the re-opening of 688 Atlanta, at it's new location at 714 Spring Street. They will also be playing The Hummingbird in Macon, Georgia on Friday, Nov. 19th.

St. Patrick's Day Celebration!

The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing a special double bill with The Glenn Phillips Band on Saturday, March 13th at the Red Light Cafe in Atlanta, Ga. (The Saturday before St. Patrick's Day.) GPB plays at 8:30 and the SPQ's play at 10:30. All ages; No Smoking. The Red Light Cafe is located at 553 Amsterdam Ave. in Atlanta, Phone: 404-874-7828.

The Swimming Pool Q's will be playing the Candler Park 2009 Fall Fest on Saturday, October 10th, at 6:50 p.m. For more information on the festival, please visit www.candlerparkfallfest.org.

The Swimming Pool Q's  will be playing with the Tim Lee 3 on "First Friday", June 5th , at The Hummingbird Stage and Taproom, in Macon, Georgia. Music starts at 10 p.m. (3430 Cherry St. Macon, Ga. 31201, 478-741-9130)

Live Show Archive 2008-2009:

Special Double Bill on St. Patrick's Day Weekend
THE SWIMMING POOL Q's & GLENN PHILLIPS BAND

In a special double bill, The Swimming Pool Q's and The Glenn Phillips Band will be appearing on Saturday, March 14
at the Red Light Café in Atlanta, Georgia

Glenn Phillips Band plays at 8:30
The Swimming Pool Q's play at 10:30
All-Ages, No-Smoking
Bring the Family

The Red Light Café
553 Amsterdam Avenue in Atlanta
Phone: 404.874.7828

The Supreme Court CD Supreme Court Goes Electric (with Jeff Calder, Anne Richmond Boston, and Glenn Phillips) is now availabale for downloads! Link to Downloads here:

iTunes / eMusic (Glenn Phillips) / eMusic (Supreme Court) / Rhapsody / napster / Zune / Amazon

The Swimming Pool Q's will appear at the 688/Metroplex Reunion  event at the Masquerade in Atlanta on Saturday evening, October 4.  Q's showtime will be 11 PM.  The Q's will also support Tom Gray and Charles Wolf for several songs by their legendary band, The Brains.
Artists include Follow For Now, Mary My Hope, The Nightporters, Phreddy Vomit & Plastic Jesus, The Restraints, Hallows Eve, The Roys, Vietnam, Dead Elvis, Rotten Gimmick, and Liers In Wait.

The Q's will be appearing at The Hummingbird in Macon, Ga. on Friday, May 2nd. For more information, visit: http://www.myspace.com/thebirdstage

The SPQ's will begin celebrating their 30th Anniversary with a special show, Living by Night in the Land of Opportunity Tour: Returning to Lakeland after 30 Years on the Road in the Music Business.  The show will be on Saturday, April 26th at the ornate,  historic Vaudeville-era movie palace, the Polk Theater in Lakeland, Florida.  Doors open at 6 p.m. The event was named after an essay written by Jeff Calder in the book, "Present Tense, Rock & Roll and Culture", edited by Anthony De Curtis, Duke University Press, 1992. For ticketing, and more information about the event, visit the Lakeland Music and Friends website.

On Saturday, March 15, St. Patrick's Day Weekend, The SWIMMING POOL Q's and THE GLENN PHILLIPS BAND will be appearing on at Red Light Café in Atlanta, Georgia.  Glenn Phillips Band plays at 8:30; The Swimming Pool Q's play at 10:30.  Jeff Calder of The Q's will also play keyboards and guitar with Glenn.  It will be an all ages, non-smoking event.  The Red Light Café is located at 553 Amsterdam Avenue in Atlanta, 403.874.7828

Following their recent appearance at the Cox Capitol Theatre in Macon, sponsored by the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, The Q's are back by popular demand this Friday, November 2, appearing at The Hummingbird in downtown Macon.

www.hummingbirdstageandtaproom.com
430 Cherry St.
Macon, GA 31201
(478) 741-9130

 The Swimming Pool Q's will appear at the Cox Capitol Theatre in Macon, Georgia on October 23 for the Live @ Five concert sponsored by the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Also appearing will be Hank Vegas. Show starts at 5:30. Cox Capitol Theatre is located at 382 Second St. in downtown Macon.

GLENN PHILLIPS BAND & THE SUPREME COURT

In a special double bill, both THE GLENN PHILLIPS BAND and THE SUPREME COURT will be appearing on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th at SCHROEDER'S in Rome, Georgia! Both Bands will play from 8pm to 11pm Outdoor music under the stars! The Supreme Court features Glenn & vocalist Jeff Calder (of the Swimming Pool Q's.) They have released one CD, Supreme Court goes electric, which received a 4-star review from Rolling Stone. Schroeder's is an Outdoor restaurant/music venue located in the heart of Downtown Rome at 406 Broad Street. Phone: 706-234-4613 * In Case of Rain, Call Club *

On Friday, July 27, The Swimming Pool Q's will play Five Spot in Atlanta's Little Five Points community.  http://www.fivespot-atl.com/

This will be The Q's first engagement at The Spot, and it comes on the heels of several successful regional dates, including a full house at the spectacular ballroom of Savannah's American Legion Post No. 135 and Roswell's Riverside Park, where 1500 people turned out.

For those of you who haven't been to the Five Spot, it's an excellent venue just a few doors down from the Variety Playhouse.  It has ample parking along the side and rear of the building.  Throughout the evening, The Q's will hit a number of rarely played songs from our 2003 disc Royal Academy of Reality.  See you there!

Remember, 2008 will be our 30th Anniversary:  The Year of The Q's.

The Q's will appear Saturday, July 7th, in Roswell, GA at the Roswell Riverside Sounds concert series.  2 sets.  7:30 to 9 PM.

The Q's will be playing the following dates in June:

Friday, June 22 in Macon, Ga. The Hummingbird.
Saturday, June 23 in Savannah, Ga. American Legion Post No. 135, 8 p.m. door; A Tiny Team Production

Jeff Calder will perform with The Glenn Phillips Band on Saturday, June 2nd at Schroeders in Rome, Georgia at 8 p.m.  

In May, The Q's will be playing 2 engagements in South Carolina:

The Windjammer at the Isle of Palms, SC on Thursday, May 10
Doc's Gumbo Grille in Columbia, SC on Friday, May 11.

The Swimming Pool Q's will appear at Club 29 in Atlanta on Saturday, January 27. As a special feature, The Q's will back singer/songwriter Tom Gray performing several of the songs he recorded with his legendary Atlanta group, The Brains. (http://www.myspace.com/lastdancebandontheplanet ).

The Q's and The Brains were contemporaries on the late 70s/early 80s Atlanta music scene. The Brains' classic "Money Changes Everything" won the 1979 Village Voice Pazz & Jop Single of the Year. ("Money" eventually became a hit for Cyndi Lauper.) They recorded two albums for Mercury/Polygram, produced by British ace, Steve Lillywhite (U2, XTC, Peter Gabriel) and an ep for Atlanta's Landslide Records, Dancing Under Streetlights (1982).
Currently, Tom performs and records regularly with his combo, Delta Moon (http://www.deltamoon.com/). He contributed dulcimer and lap steel on The Swimming Pool Q's 2003 release, Royal Academy of Reality. His recent appearance with The Q's at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta can be be viewed on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfVj2XFQQc8
Opening the show at Club 29 will be The Downtown Executives
ttp://www.myspace.com/theswimmingpoolqs

The Swimming Pool Q's will be appearing at Doc's Gumbo Grille in Columbia, SC on Friday, Nov. 10. In addition to performing songs from their classic repertoire, The Q's set will feature selections from their most recent release Royal Academy of Reality and their album-in-progress, Suddenly Not Yet.

Saturday, August 26th The Q's with the Glenn Phillips Band at the Red Light Cafe, Atlanta. 8:30-GPB and 10:30- SPQ's. For the first time in 20 years, the Q's will play "Wig of Sensation."

Sunday, June 4, Q's at Wax n Facts 30th Anniversary celebration, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta. More details: http://www.myspace.com/waxnfacts

Friday, June 2, Q's guitarist Bob Elsey with the Hampton Grease Band reunion with Col. Bruce Hampton at Variety Playhouse. Thermos Greenwood opens with Bob also on guitar.

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