Alex Meixner

Grammy Nominated Musician & Producer

Catching Up With Everything!

I’ve been so busy lately, I’ve barely had time to think- let alone get a new blog out!!! Firstly I’d like to thank all the parents and kids that
participated in this year’s Madcap Jazz Camp– it’s a lot of work for all of us, but I really enjoyed the week again this year… The Alex Meixner Band had some nice regional concert gigs in Buckingham and Hollidaysburg, PA. It’s always fun to play in these communities with our mix of music– even if we’re dodging potential weather!! (Luckily it held out in Buckingham– and the rain came earlier in the day for Hollidaysburg!)

Of course, this week- finds the band out in East Lansing, MI performing for 2 days at the Great Lakes Folk Festival (Fri-Sat) and then doing our traditional closing day performances at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA on Sunday (Volksplatz 3-4:30 and Festplatz 7:30-11pm before and after the fireworks). Hope to see ya there…

The new record, Stay All Night, is out! We have it on Cd baby but digital distribution isn’t finalized. We’ll have more info on it soon— stay tuned!

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Small world, eh?

As I’m continuing the engagement here at the Hofbrau Haus in Panama City Beach- had a few interesting encounters… A group of Army dudes came in on Wednesday- as their ringleader saw The Alex Meixner Band play at Newport, RI’s Oktoberfest a few years ago… total coincidence that they happened to be passing the Hofbrau that night! Always good—hope to be playing for them in New England later this year again with the whole band…  Besides old faces, it was a little slow last night in our early set, so we were going through some different repertoire in our medleys—and happened to play one of my old Polish favorites- “Hey Cavalier”. Turns out there was a group of students from Michigan at the pizza place next door- including a driver/ promoter for the Dynabrass, a great Polish band from up there… totally random! Always good to run into some already converted polka fans! The Alex Meixner Duo continues at the Hofbrau Haus in Panama City Beach tonight at 7pm. We’re there on Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 6pm before heading out of town…hope to see ya there….
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