From the band’s MySpace page – “dear friends–it is with a heavy heart that i tell you this: the shows we have listed are the last we will ever play. our fetching charismatic mercurial bass player, Cherilyn Dimond, is moving to Maine and getting married in the very near future. in fact, by the time we play the Bloodshot CMJ party in Brooklyn in November, she will already live there. Jo, Peter, and Bill may play together again by sometime next year, but without Cherilyn it is doubtful whether we will ever again call ourselves the Meat Purveyors.
considering that we already broke up once and did not play a show for two years after New Year’s Eve 1999/2000, then re-formed and recorded three more albums, it would seem that we are in bonus time anyway. it has been so much fun, and we have met so many cool people and/or hilarious characters. we have had a great run and seen a lot of places that we never would have seen.
so try and come see us one more time if you can. here again are our last 10 shows. it is appropriate that our last Austin show be at the Hole in the Wall. it was the first club to give us shows, the place we played New Year’s Eve 1999, and the first club we played when we came back, in January 2002.
by the way, as a favor to the people putting on North vs. South, we have switched our show from Saturday late at the Jackpot to Friday early at the Replay…
fri aug 18  Replay Lounge 9:00 (pre-Split Lip) Lawrence, KS ($3 cover)
sun aug 20 Record Bar  midnightish? KC, MO  (partly electric)
thu aug 24 Make Out Room S.F.  middle slot (earlyish)
fri aug 25  Forestville Club  Forestville, CA  middle slot
sat aug 26 Starry Plough  Berkeley, CA  middle slot
sun aug 27 Stork Club  Oakland, CA    8ish (all-day multiband festival)
sat sept 9   Hole in the Wall  midnight (last Austin show)
we sept 13 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
thr sept 14Â live on KEXPÂ Seattle, WAÂ Â 8ish
fri sept 15  Tractor Tavern   Seattle, WA
sat nov 4    Union Pool Brooklyn, NY    (multiband Bloodshot party)
thanks everyone for all the support, the laughs, the free shots of whiskey to the stage, the drunken confusing directions to the afterparty….
xox, TMP
all I have to say is…..SHIT, SONOFABITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!