Awards and Blessings!

"LIVING IN A MOVIE" WON BEST ROCK ALBUM IN HAWAII
 at the 2002 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards.

• 10/27/03 MTV "The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet" licensed the instrumental mix of "Paper Doll" for part of the soundtrack of episode #4.

• 10/25 The Maui Music Festival was a great success and I am once again incredibly thankful and humbled by the people who organized and performed at the event.  Willie Nelson joined my band for our first live performance of "Half a Heart" - Thank you Willie!! :) 
  

• 6/4/03 Kauai Music Festival selected "Half a Heart" as a winner in their songwriting competition and the prize is this  beautiful blue Gibson Dobro guitar.  What a blessing - thank you very very very much! :) This was an amazing songwriter event and I am truly inspired by everyone I met and heard!  I learned some great things about music, human kindness and songwriting. :) This BMI event will be held every year and I think it's the coolest of it's kind. :)
  

• 3/14/03 Andelle Music chose "Couple in the Corner" as the winner in their songwriting contest for the pop/rock category - Thank you Andelle!
  

• 1/15/03 JOHN LENNON SONGWRITING CONTEST 2002 
   "Even the Angels Cried" and "Couple in the Corner" won Finalist and Runner up
   in Pop and Country categories
  

• 12/04/02 "Half a Heart" just wins the Country Category in the
    USA Songwriting Competition!

• "Half a Heart" won an "honorable mention"  in the ISC Songwriting contest.
  

• 2/14/02 WON the TONOS Valentines Day Songwriting contest - Carole Bayer Sager chose "Half  a Heart" as the winning song. 

• 11/13 "Fill Your Heart Up" is 2nd place WINNER in the Lady Six String Songwriting Contest!
  

Cool shows
(Most recent first)

Opening for LISA LOEB June 8th!

2nd Annual "Pat and Gail's Local Licks" March 29/30th
Doobie Brother Pat Simmons and Gail Swanson with special guests Norton Buffalo, Barry Flanagan and Steve Sargenti!  This was a great fundraising event. 

BIG  SHOW 10/19 with WILLIE NELSON, PAT SIMMONS, LOS LONELY BOYS AND MORE!! CLICK HERE.

Opened for Melissa Etheridge July 20th at the MACC!

Played a whole set with my buddy  Pat Simmons
 at the David Crosby/CPR show on Maui!

1st annual "Pat and Gail's Local Licks" 3/10/02
 PAT SIMMONS, WILLIE NELSON, MICHAEL MCDONALD AND  MAURICE BEGA ...3/10 Read the Review

Steven Tyler showed up when Gail and the Groove were Jamming with Willie Nelson at Charleys  and all did a blues tune together... check out the pictures!

Opened for Henry Kapono at the Coachhouse in California

Opened for Cecilio and Kapono!

Opened for the Doobie Brothers - my first BIG show - I was SCARED!!!

Other news:

Co-author of the upcoming book "Chicken Soup for the Music Lover's Soul"
For info and to submit a story please visit www.MusicLoversSoul.com

Got to do some writing with the very cool Michael McDonald! :)

Released "Living in a Movie" with special guests,
 Patrick Simmons and Willie Nelson!

Manao Radio asked Gail to DJ once a month on the coolest radio station on Maui - listener supported, so the DJs can play anything they want! 

Life is good - Thanks for all the blessings!!! :)