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Clear Blue Betty

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"The lyrics and music come together to add up to that magical something that is greater than the sum of its parts." (Rick's Cafe, May 06)
2007 Madison Area Music Awards (MAMAs):
Entertainer of the Year
Best Rock Artist
Best Rock Album (Write Your Name in the Sky)
2006 MAMA Awards:
Best Female Vocalist (Beth Kille)
2005 MAMA Awards:
Best Rock Album (Never Been a Rebel)
(Finalist: Best Rock Artist)
Clear Blue Betty emerged in 2002 out of the highly respected Madison music scene and has quickly risen through the ranks to become a Wisconsin-music powerhouse. Their freshman release, Never Been a Rebel, earned them the 2005 Madison Area Music Award (MAMA) for Best Rock Album. Not to be outdone, their 2006 sophomore release, Write Your Name in the Sky, also earned them the 2007 MAMA Award for Best Rock Album and has been described as "a giant step forward ... putting Clear Blue Betty in the running as one of Madison's hottest groups" (Rick's Cafe, May 06).
The band is led by "the straightforward local rockers' not-so-secret weapon" (Isthmus, April 06), Beth Kille, who was recently dubbed the Queen of the Madison Rock Scene (John Urban, of Urban Theater, UPN 14) and earned the 2006 MAMA for Best Female Vocalist.
They have been described as anything from "Madison's answer to the BoDeans" (Isthmus, Aug 06) to "intelligent, vigorous rock & roll" (Madison Songwriters' Group, May 06) and "high energy Midwest roots rock" (Appleton Post Crescent, Mar 06).
Whatever the description, one thing is evident - their live shows are always powerful and entertaining, as thousands of fans across the Midwest can attest.
Discography
Write Your Name in the Sky (2006)
* Winner: Best Rock Album, 2007 Madison Area Music Awards
(Along with Best Rock Artist and Entertainer of the Year)
* Released in April 2006 to a sold-out Majestic Theatre crowd.
Includes:
- "Long Way Tonight", winner of the Best Female Vocalist, 2006 Madison Area Music Awards
- "Bulletproof", a "screaming stunner with Beth Kille in full-out rocker mode" (The Onion, April 06)
- "Come Over", a "near-perfect execution of a power ballad" (Rick's Cafe, May 06)
Never Been a Rebel (2004)
* Winner: Best Rock Album, 2005 Madison Area Music Awards
Includes:
- "Go Back", one of Madison's Isthmus top 5 local songs of 2004. "You simply can not write and produce a more perfect country-pop song." (Isthmus, Dec 04)
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Member Since: 11/10/2005
Band Website: www.clearbluebetty.com
Band Members: Beth Kille (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, mandolin)
John Masino (lead guitar, backing vocals)
Rob Koth (guitar, backing vocals)
Doug Sies (bass guitar, backing vocals)
Tony Kille (percussion)
Jim Smith (percussion, backing vocals)

Photos by john urban photography

Influences: Counting Crows, Black Crowes, Sheryl Crow, all the crows really...
Alanis, Los Lonely Boys, Incubus, Barenaked Ladies,
Neil Young, David Gray, Brian Wilson...
...
and Dane Cook

Sounds Like:
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Fat Cat New Glarus

Right before Beth & her friend Holly departed on the big road trip back to Texas, Beth made a solo appearance at the Fat Cat Coffee House in New Glarus, WI. Holly & Beth decided that their big...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:41:00 GMT

Mount Horeb Relay For Life

Half of CBB played an early show for the Mount Horeb Relay for Life (American Cancer Society fundraiser) on July 26th. Jim, Doug & I had WAY too much fun for 9:30 a.m.!! Despite the early hour (ye...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:22:00 GMT

Back in Wisconsin!

Beth made a trip back from Houston to Wisconsin to play a few shows and got a rockstar welcome at the airport by Dan-dan the merch-man disguised as a chauffer! It was quite the welcome (even though th...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:25:00 GMT

Betty Lou Cruise

Beth & John "rocked the boat" on the Betty Lou cruise on Friday the thirteenth.  Fortunately for us, the waters were calm (especially for Mr. Dramamine himself- John Masino!) and we played to...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:33:00 GMT

Tofflers, June 14, 2008

Tofflers:CBB played their final gig before Beth & Tony's departure in a "stripped down" format at Toffler's in New Glarus.  We had another close call with thunderstorms early in the day ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:39:00 GMT

Arthur’s in Spring Green-Final full band performance of 2008

We had a blast at our last show together at Arthur's in Spring Green.  We even had Clownboy do a special guest appearance on the drums.  Thanks again to all the fantastic fans who showe...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:55:00 GMT

Monona Terrace Concert on the Rooftop

We lucked out on Thursday night & played a rockin' set between the thunderstorms on the beautiful Monona Terrace rooftop as part of their summer concert series.  This was CBB's last full-band...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:42:00 GMT

CBB at the Club Tavern

It doesn't get much better than Saturday night at the Club Tavern - unfortunately, Beth's voice hadn't quite recovered from the Led Zeppelin incident Friday night (or maybe it was from doing the worm)...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 18:04:00 GMT

Bratfest Rocked, but Robert Plant is a Bastard!

Friday was a beautiful day for the Bratfest Kick-off.  Many of our favorite local bands were playing (Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo, Sharp & Harkins, Sunspot, MSB, Bob Rocks, Sand) and then...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 17:57:00 GMT

Clear Blue Betty takes home 2 MAMAs!

We had a busy Saturday! Started off with an early afternoon fund raiser for Beth's good friend Jennifer. She is en-route to raising $15,000 for the Elizabeth Glasser foundation which helps provide me...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 13:15:00 GMT