A song for Sister!

So, as many of you know my little, er "younger" (she never liked being called little, and, okay, she is taller than me....) sister got married this past February to an awesome guy, and they had a truly kickass wedding!  I was the maid of honor, and I express myself best through song, so I wrote a little diddy for my toast.... A bunch of folks who were there requested that we post it on Youtube, and my dad just sent over the footage, so here it is!  I've included a pic of the happy couple. I know, I know....it looks like a photo from the cover of a wedding magazine - that is the work of my amazingly talented friend Inda Reid, who did all the pics.  Plus the bride and groom ain't bad to look at!  So, I am dedicating this blog entry to Sister and Brother..... I love you both to pieces and then some.

Time to start packing, Brokedown's heading back to Iraq!

Hey guys!  So, as many of you know, we spent last Thanksgiving over in Kuwait Iraq performing for the troops, and we are BEYOND thrilled and honored to have been invited back this April!  We felt like the last trip flew by so quickly, so we jumped at the invitation to go again.  We'll be heading over for a 10-day tour, and have been busy writing some new stuff and working hard to get a great show together for all the guys and gals over there.  
We'll be reuniting with the Hooters girls again, so I'm sure all the boys will be psyched about that! I've been practicing the pose (see above photo).....actually, even Randy's been working on it - I think he's ready, what do you think?

And Danny has been practicing looking like he has a tiny head. It's an important skill.  
The only thing I'm dreading is packing.... I'm a horrible packer! I am so meticulous about rolling things up into teeny tiny space saving bundles....sounds great in theory, but once you take things out the first time, they just never go back in.  Every time I swear I will not overpack, but you should see the stack of stuff that I am expecting to go into one bag....it's like the clown car, but, ya know, the duffel bag version..... Ugh.  Can someone just come over and pack for me? Any takers? 
Anywho, we are SO excited to see the badassness of our troops in action again!  
And for all you guys and gals over there working your booties off in the desert - get ready to shake your stuff, we're gonna have some fun!  Can't wait to see you!  xoxoxo

Need a laugh on a friday morning? I am here for you....

Someone just sent this to me and I thought you all might get some enjoyment out of it.  Skip ahead to the :45 mark for me, circa 1989, at my "after school job."  Enjoy!  I'll be hiding under a table somewhere.....

Country Goodness in the Middle of LA.....

Sorry I haven't written in a while, it's been a crazy couple of months!  But I should be back on track now!
I wanted to give a big thank you to Sean Arenas and Diana Diaz, who came out to our show at Molly Malone's a few weeks ago.  They said some really nice things about us in their reviews, which we really appreciate!  Check out the articles below.....


Review by Diana Diaz:

Country goodness in the middle of LA, Brokedown Cadillac at Molly Malone's 1/30/09

A country band performing in an Irish bar in the middle of Los Angeles?  Why not?  L. A.'s odd pastiche of people means anything goes. Dig deep enough and history shows that Los Angeles was once the mythic Wild West with shootouts and stagecoach races on downtown streets.  Before movies and red carpets, ranchos and cattle populated the Hills and the Valley.  A few line dancing bars can be found in the outskirts of town, and San Dimas is the home of a yearly rodeo.

Brokedown Cadillac's lead singer, Corrie English, presents herself with Southern charm, a rarity in the Los Angeles area.  It makes her that much more watchable.  She's an actress who has appeared as a guest star in recognizable shows like Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, Without a Trace, NCIS, and CSI Miami.  She's even appeared in a few feature films.   All and that and she can sing.

These days English's favorite role is performing with Brokedown Cadillac and being a songwriter.  She also cowrote the song "Fly Away," which appeared on Sugarland's triple platinum debut album.

English's honey-inflected mezzo voice regales the audience with sincerity and sweetness.  When she sings of being angry at a boss and wanting him to kiss her ________, not only does she stop from singing the word, she retracts saying it's not her style.  The audience most certainly understands.  She give life to mostly female characters in her songs.  The women are dreamers, schemers, hopeful, sexy, sweet.....  read the rest of the review here.  

Photos by Sean Arenas:

Brokedown Cadillac played at Molly Malone’s in Los Angeles, California, on January 30, 2010.

See photos of Brokedown Cadillac by Sean Arenas in the slideshow below.

Brokedown Cadillac is a 5-piece modern country band formed by Corri English and Randy Dunham.  Corri English spends some time acting on TV and in movies.  You may have seen her on Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill, Joan of Arcadia, CSI, or Navy NCIS.  You may also have seen Corri in Unrest (2006) or House of Fears (2007), or heard her voice in the video game Dragon Age: Origins (2009).

Randy Dunham and Corri English both appear in Race to Witch Mountain (2009) and perform music for the movie.  Five of Brokedown Cadillac’s songs appear on the soundtrack.

When the band plays at Molly Malone’s, expect a packed room.  The audience of fans cheered on the band as they rolled from song to song, playing tunes that moved the crowd and made them get up and dance several times.... click here to see all of the photos.

LA Show!

It's been a long time since we've played in LA, so we're throwing together a Molly Malone's show and sure hope you can make it - we've got tons of new tunes to share, and it's on a Saturday night so no school the next day, yeehaw!

The deets....
Molly Malone's - 575 South Fairfax, LA 90036.
Time: 8:30pm
Cover: $8
21 & up, sorry kiddos.

Oh, and if you have never been there, make sure you go all the way to the back of the bar and hang a left, go through the door, and you'll be in the music venue section (sounds silly, but we've had folks totally miss our show waiting for us to play on the teensy weency stage in the bar area!). Let me know if you have any questions.

And make sure to follow @brokedowncaddy on our new Twitter account, so you'll be sure to know when I'm eating froyo, Randy is doing his hair, and Jeff is practicing his modeling moves.

Really hope you can make it, we'd love to see all of our LA peeps - we've missed ya!

All 4 parts of our tour, right in a neat little row.....

Okay, so I've got all 4 parts of our Iraq tour posted now, and I figured it would be much less confusing to just put them all in a row right here, ya know? So, here they are! You can also head to our YouTube channel and check out all of our other videos, rate and comment on them, and subscribe to our channel!

A video & free song download! Happy holidays!!

As a little Christmas/Hanukkah/New Years gift, we're giving you a free song! Between now and New Year's Day, just send an email to brokedowncadillacband@yahoo.com with FREE SONG in the subject line, and we'll send you back a Brokedown tune! (If you have the album, don't worry, it's a song that's not on there....) This offer is open to everyone, so go ahead and tell your friends and family and we'll hook them up too!

Some other info - we're now selling our band t-shirts, you can order them on our website or our myspace! And we've started a twitter account for the band, so make sure to follow us!

Finally, to all of our guys and gals who are away from their families, serving our country during the holidays- just want ya'll to know we're thinking about you and appreciating more than ever all you do for us.

Wishing you all tons of love!
-Corri, Randy, Don, Danny, & Jeff

Good times at Camp Taji!

We had a super fun time at Camp Taji in Iraq, and someone just posted this video from our show there - it was such a great night! I was so bummed because I had a camera issue the night of this show and I don't have any footage, so this was fun to see! If anyone else has Taji footage let us know, we'd love to have more!

This is us doing Ain't No Road - I pulled one of the guys up and sang to him, he was great, loved him!!