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Hey-lo and Happy Holls!

If you are receiving this newsletter it's because you are being invited to the long-awaited performance of THE REFUGEES, Hazel Aliaga and Samantha Stollenwerck's side project of stripped down, acoustic arrangements of rad cover songs!

In honor of Tom Petty, master and commander of all things big and small, we (Hazel and Samantha), longtime BFFs, partners in debauchery, fellow singer-songwriters and, more specifically, Petty lovers, decided one day over a pint of Guinness to put together a side-project of stripped down, original versions of our fav tunes...other people's tunes, that is.

The project features unique arrangements of songs from bands like Massive Attack, Wilco, Dylan, David Gray, Radiohead, Ben Harper, The Killers and, of course, The Heartbreakers. We'll keep adding on because there's nothing more satisfying than doing a killer, stripped down, harmony-laden version of a great song.

Most of you know us as having graced (if you will) stages for years, from Pappy's Pub and the colorful, microbrew stained carpet of the Bison Brewery in Berkeley to loftier venues such as The Fillmore, The Independent and Viper Room. Hazel currently plays in L.A.-based Latin rock band SONSOLES while SAMANTHA continues to knock out stellar jams with her brand of Cali-Soul.

It was thus decided, on a lazy evening perched over the cherrywood sculpted bar of Tom Bergin's and nearly a decade worth of living room jams later, that we shared a "special something" together and that it would be in our best interest to join musical forces. And that, my sweet and salty friends, is how THE REFUGEES came to be.

We thought it would be cool to take a break from our own projects and put together a special Holiday show for our friends and family. And that's the haps...

Mark your calendars!...

THE REFUGEES
Friday, December 14th
The Derby (V.I.P Acoustic Lounge)
4500 Los Feliz Blvd./ Silverlake, CA
8:30PM
$10 with FLYER/ $15 at DOOR

*FREE Open Bar from 8-9PM! . . .don't forget to mention this at the door to get your drink ticket!

Hope to see you all there!

xo-Stollenwerck & Shmaze
THE REFUGEES

Refugee: A person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country.

"It don't really matter to me, baby. Everybody's had to fight to be free.
You don't have to live like a Refugee..."
-Tom Petty


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