come see us at the beautiful restored Paramount theater Saturday, September 30th
This is an all age show so invite your friends and family to join us for this special evening of Faith Nation music.

Paramount Arts
Appearing with The Bad Animals (A tribute to Heart)
Tickets on sale now - Reserved Seating (Click Paramount Arts Link to reserve your seats)
Sponsored by: American Hometown Title, Classic Rock 103.7  The Loon, and, Mix 94.9 FM
7:00 Faith Nation "you know we rock"
9:00 The Bad Animals "nominated for MN Music award as best tribute band 2005-2006

What a cool show on the big outdoor stage at Rockin Rogers Days. We had a blast performing the new songs and music from the last three c.d.'s. We also appreciated so many of you long time friends and fans coming to see us at the Main Event, especially those of you who drove in from WI! Thanks to all who purchased the new disk that weekend, we sold out all we had. To all the first time listeners, it was fun meeting you!

Come out and join us for a great time and outdoor festival atmosphere at "Rockin Rogers Days" Friday 6/23/06, in beautiful downtown Rogers. Just south of the 94 Rogers exit off of 101. We perform from 6:30-8:00, so it's a great chance for you to catch us without staying out past midnight. Fun for everyone, see you there.
The following night we will be in Fridley at the Main Event performing with our friends "The Bad Animals- A Tribute to Heart" We start at 9:00 this is a door show so please come out and support the band, bring as many friends as you can so we can rock a packed house! Thanks to you our fans who make our live shows so fun.

Stretch

Here's a big thank you to all who are serving our country now! We remember with gratitude those who gave the ultimate sacrifice that we can enjoy the relative freedom of living in this great experiment called the United States of America. We honor the fallen by living with passion, integrity and purpose to make this country a great place to rear children as we pass on a vision of hope for the future amidst the pessimists and winers. Wishing you and yours a safe holiday, may you celebrate life, family and love as we of Faith Nation will be.

While many celebrate Earth Day & worship "mother earth" today, we celebrate the Maker of the heavens and Earth who alone is worthy of worship. It is a funny thing that we humans worship the created rather than the creator. I was director of marketing for an environmental recycling company that developed and sold equipment to prevent mercury from polluting our environment. It was the result of a God given "vision" to a godly business man that understood that we have a responsibility to be good stewards of the earth and it's resources. During my time with the company I rubbed shoulders with environmental activists that although well meaning were placing the care of "mother earth" above the needs of humanity and saw business and industry as evil, and referred to humanity as a bacteria on the planet. I remember thinking wow, if you follow that thru logically, we should kill the bacteria (ie humans) and allow the earth to remain unspoiled. The truth is, there is a bacteria that has infected and is destroying our planet: evil and sin. Pride and selfishness and greed are destroying our civilization and our planet. Responding to the great Love of the creator, creates a well spring of love for people, and also love and appreciation of the planet. Let's keep the right perspective..........spread the love today!

Stretch

before, during, and after our first concert with the new line up at Diamonds. We really appreciated your response to the band and our new material! It meant a lot to us that many of you traveled several hours to be there for the debut concert. The demand for the first release of "Western World" was very strong, and we were humbled by all the requests for autographs. As a reminder that you never know who might be in the audience, and breaks can happen from any show, the promoter for "Rockin Rogers Days" came to check us out, liked what he saw and heard, and booked us for a 3000 person show on the 23rd of June. We will post further details and directions closer to the show. Hope to see you and your friends at one of our next concerts. We love to play for you!! Thanks for keeping the faith! Love & Peace.........Stretch

Hope you get a chance to hear the FN in an in studio interview @ Rockin 101.7 SUN NIGHT 3-24 during MN Homegrown at 9pm. It will be a 1/2 hour interview and Tim will spin three of our tunes from Welcome to the Western World. If you miss it go to rockin 101.7 web site for archived interviews. See you Friday night at Diamonds! (West of Anoka on Hwy 10....south side) Stretch

We have heard your requests for some live dates and we are happy to announce the first show of 2006 will be Friday March 31st at Diamonds in Ramsey. We will be starting up the show @ 9pm and our friends "The Bad animals" a tribute to Heart will perform after us. Come on out and bring some friends to hear the band rumble. We know are friends in Wi can't wait for us to play Dibbo's but satisfactory terms have not been reached yet. We will keep you posted. To our delight, Brian Owen was able to work out his schedule so that he is able to continue to work with us. The new material we are writing together is very powerful and our best yet! We are very excited and look forward to rocking hard for you @ Diamonds

See you soon....Stretch

In other news.......

Congratulations to Hewey and his daughter Angie for the healthy arrival of Sophia Rae on 1-25-06 Hewey shares....She is 9lbs 1ounce and 20 and a half inces long. Most babies all look the same to me and I know when a kid isn't cute but this little girl is is really cute. I was really glad that I was at the hospital when she was born. Angie's doing well. Thanks for your prayers guy's. Your all the best! P.S. I will not do tricks with my dentures on stage! The new grandkid is doing well. She eats, sleeps and poops a lot but the rest of my family does too so I'm used to that.

God Bless all of you, Hewey

Merry Christmas, from Faith Nation: Hewey, Lewis, Matt, Pete & the spontaneously combusting Drummer. The reference to our spinal-tap drummer situation, is due to the sad fact that Brian Owen, our friend and awesome drum pounder, cannot continue with the recording and touring demands of the band due to personal issues. We wish him the best and hope to collaborate again in the future. This was a big disappointment for all of us, and we find ourselves needing to find a suitable replacement, no easy task. We welcome any referrals of excellent drummers as we are already holding auditions. Send contact info to email on contact us page.

I must apologize for the failure to press copies of "Western World", when I received the master, I found that there were things I wanted to change and improve before a full release. This requires some re-recording, not just remixing. I hate to disappoint you who have supported us and have been anticipating this records release with such patience. Hewey & I both admit to being compulsive perfectionists, and this certainly can get in the way of getting product to press. The important thing for us, is that any record we put out represent our music in the best way possible. So we continue to tweak things, and will keep you posted.

This years natural disasters have reminded us of how fragile life is, how "material stuff" while of little importance is still necessary and significant to those who lost everything, and how blessed we are. Faith Nation has been asked to include a track on a hurricane relief album that will be out soon, Stretch provides the keyboard tracks for all of the artists, We will let you know here when it can be purchased.

We are very thankful for the blessings in our lives and wish you and yours a joyful and peaceful holiday season. It often seems that the words peaceful & holiday season are incongruent these days with all of the hustle and business of modern life. However the peace that passes all understanding is a great gift from God, the result of the first Christmas gift and the reason for the season, the birth of Jesus. The depressing reality of the music business would have robbed me of all joy, if not my life if not for investigating this "Jesus" stuff, and finding the reality of God's presence and Love. If you are finding yourself missing out on the joy & peace of this season, it is found not from religious activity, but a relationship with God who loves you accepts you as you are. Giving your life to God by accepting his Love and sacrifice will lead to knowing the freedom of graceful acceptance and that there is a plan for your life. His presence will bring peace in the midst of chaos and Joy that endures. May God's peace & Joy be yours. Stretch

Just received the compilation disk from Munich that contains a rerelease of "how can I leave you now" , the booklet contains, the evolution of Faith Nation & the updated information about "western world" and our new disk and includes a picture of the band w/Pete. They also liked "western world" and it sounds like we will be getting some airplay internationally! See our links page for munichshardisthits.com to order your copy, there are 14 other rocking bands from all over the world represented so check it out, and as you do, please request that they play "western world" as well. Thanks for your support. Stretch