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"Tomatoes" on a national Hunt's Tomato Commercial"Tell Me" videoOyster Ridge Music Festival, Kemmerer, WY


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Myspace BackgroundsLuscious and original, Asheville's own 'Ménage' delivers a contagious mix of soul, swing, pop, country and blues. Ménage presents an exciting and powerful live show that began in a small neighborhood pub in West Asheville, NC in 2002. Since that time, much of the positive and widespread buzz about Ménage can be attributed to the support of local newspapers, television and news stations that keep Ménage in regular rotation. WNCW used one of the group's songs on their annual compilation disc in 2004, which also featured Donna the Buffalo, Gillian Welch, Tim O'Brian, The Indigo Girls, and many more. Currently, Hunt's is using their song, "Tomatoes" from the 7 Songs EP released in 2005 for a national Hunts tomato commercial. Ménage has shared the stage with nationally and internationally appreciated groups such as The Snake Oil Medicine Show, Donna the Buffalo, The Blue Rags, The Avett Brothers, The Duhks, Spin Doctors front man Chris Barron, Chris Isaak, and Stella Parton. "Ménage is the most exciting new Asheville act I've heard this year," Martin Anderson, program director, WNCW-FM, May 2004. This regional favorite has been wooing folks from near and far with their own brand of sass. To describe their original music: Think Patsy Cline country, Nina Simone soul, Bob Wills western swing, Tom Waits jazz, Pretenders rock, B52's pop, and Jimmy Reed blues. Originally a female trio with a focus on vocal harmony, Ménage now has a new attitude. The band is fronted by 2003 founding members Sarah McDonald, the swanky wordsmith (guitar, banjo, super sultry singin') and Mary Ellen Bush, the sophisticated growler (dog house bass, guitar, harmonica, and amazing boots.) Ménage is proud to introduce "the Matt's": Matthew Kinne on electric guitars (Kellin Watson, The Zealots) and Matthew Roberts on the drums (The Afromotive)

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Member Since: 3/9/2005
Band Website: themenage.com
Band Members: Sarah McDonald - vocals, guitar, banjo. Mary Ellen Bush - vocals, bass. Matt Kinne - electric guitar. Matthew Roberts - drums.
Influences: Terpsicorps performance of "Ugly" featuring Holiday Childress of the Goodies and Sarah, Mary Ellen and Matthew of Ménage. "Add it Up" Violent Femmes.Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) October 07
Sounds Like: Purchase our songs on iTunes! copy and paste the link below!http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/view Album?playListId=265716290sarah's online earring store!

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My Blog

Sarah’s new business www.sarahenglish.etsy.com

Hey guys and gals...I've been hard at work at my new little jewelry business.  It doesn't have a name yet, but I am slowly...very slowly getting my earrings posted on etsy.com.  You can log ...
Posted by Ménage on Sun, 11 May 2008 04:10:00 PST

Ménage kicks back....

Hey everyone!!We sure are enjoying our time off the road, it's good to take a little break once in a while.  Mary Ellen and I are deep in the throws of the design world, staying cool and looking ...
Posted by Ménage on Sat, 10 May 2008 03:42:00 PST

New Years and themenage.com

Hey y'all..so you may have noticed when you try to go to our website themenage.com it spits you out onto our myspace page. We hope for all you non-myspacers that you will find ease in navigating your ...
Posted by Ménage on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:20:00 PST

Ménage in the Laurel of Asheville

http://www.thelaurelofasheville.com/0907/index.php
Posted by Ménage on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:45:00 PST

Tomatoes in the Mountain X-Press

http://www.mountainx.com/ae/2007/frech_picked_menage_tapped_ for_tomato_commercials
Posted by Ménage on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:43:00 PST

Ménage on national Hunts Tomato commercial

That's right folks!  The song "Tomatoes" by  Ménage is now featured on a national Hunt's Tomato commercial.  The song was written by Sarah McDonald in the summer of 2003 and was recorde...
Posted by Ménage on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:09:00 PST

Too Far to Drive

Ménage started off our national tour with a bang...well, not necessarily a bang, more like a slow sputtering death into the hands of fate.  Two hours into the trip headed for the Grassroots ...
Posted by Ménage on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:56:00 PST

Buy the new cd "Tell Me"!

http://cdbaby.com/cd/menagemusic...
Posted by Ménage on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:07:00 PST

Ménage in NY

The cd has been released!!!  Thanks to everyone at the Westville Pub, Chuck Lichtenberger, Stephaine Morgan, Brody and friends, Johnny Corbin, Mark and Joe Salvatore...it was a huge success! ...
Posted by Ménage on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:23:00 PST

Kind words from the cd release party...

From our buddy, Mark who helped run sound for us at the release party.  Thanks Mark and Joe, you guys did an awesome job, the release was a huge success!!! --My friend Joe and I had the pleasure ...
Posted by Ménage on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:45:00 PST