The Hellbusters: Hard Blues: Archive

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Jan 30th

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Jan 9th

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Sin Responsibly (click here) →

Here’s a music video and article I made about the Hellbusters’ trip to the (world-famous whorehouse) Mustang Ranch in Nevada for Street Vibrations in September. Now playing at the Good Men Project. You can watch and comment if you like, and download a free mp3 live version of “Sin Responsibly”. Please check it out. It’s PG-13.

Jan 7th

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Nov 8th

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Oct 24th

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Sep 18th

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Sep 14th

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Sep 12th

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The One About the Real Value of $1 Bets Among... →

I’ve posted a new song, new video, and new story about $1 bets, friendship and my father in law over at the Good Men Project. There is also a free, downloadable and non-copy-protected .mp3 version for you to get, too. Click over, watch, download, and leave a comment if you like it. It’s pretty good.

Jun 24th

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Jun 9th

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May 16th

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May 1st

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Apr 4th

"Any man caught trying to help homeless people... →

I did a video and article for the Good Men Project Magazine on our Cardboard Box City adventure in 2010. Video features footage of the event and a pretty good blues song I wrote. You may find the article and video interesting, please click over and check it out

Mar 18th

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Jan 19th

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Dec 14th

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Welcome to the Fall

Hi everybody, and welcome to the fall (with whatever apologies that are appropriate to Ministry). You may be tempted to think it’s been a quiet few months in Hellbusterland. Resist this temptation. Because while outwardly there haven’t been many Hellbuster sightings since July, things have been busy behind the scenes. I wrote a new album’s worth of material between July and September. I...

Oct 4th

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Sep 11th

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Sep 11th

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Spring Digest of Hellbusteristic Activities

Checking in, everybody. So we just finished a run of shows at Harry’s American Bar in Reno. It was pretty fun. Made some money, made some new friends, and played in a very relaxing atmosphere. We took our little “busking rig” down there, first unveiled at the RBS Mash Bash last year, and played. I did three nights solo, and two nights with Jack. Thanks to everyone who came...

May 12th

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Hellbuster Unleashed On Innocent Elementary School...

So, there I was, walking into the cool-ass hippy school my kids go to, carrying a suitcase with my Pignose amp in it, and with Master Chief, my black Traveler electric guitar AND my new as-yet-unnamed Little Martin acoustic travel guitar on my back. The lady at the front desk looked suspicious. She’s seen me before, but not looking like this. I had my Doc Martens on, and my...

Mar 3rd

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Jan 28th

Todd Mauldin profiled by Good Men Project (click... →

How about that?

Jan 19th

Jan 1st

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It's 2010, and the air is right for Hellbusting

Happy New Year, everybody! Which is also a great song by Todd Snider… Anyway, welcome to 2010, friends. Yes, I’ll get around to changing the graphics on the home page one of these days, but not today. Today I’m sitting in the cold and snow of Reno and thinking about the year to come. The year past, while very good in Hellbusting, was pretty sucky in general overall for just about everybody, so...

Jan 1st

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Man, That Went By Quick

Hi everybody! I don’t know what happned, the last couple of months BLEW by and it’s been forever since I posted anything here on hellbusters.net. I can report the summer was really great Hellbusting… The highlights of Burning Girl, Taylorsville Solar Cookoff and the Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest are now behind us but we’ll never forget them. Playing music on a ranch by the...

Oct 29th

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"SEE US RIDE OUT OF THE SUNRISE ON YOUR COLOR TV...

…with apologies to Bon Scott and AC/DC… Folks, we just got word that we’ll be appearing on KOLO and KRNV’s morning shows on Friday 8/14 in support of the Reno Tahoe Blues Festival! We’re very excited to be a part of it. Both stations will be doing live remotes from Rancho San Rafel park from 5 to 7 am and we’ll be playing music and talking about the...

Aug 11th

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Hellbusters get a hard working man through the...

I’ve been saying this for years, and you know I’m right: Obeying the Hellbusters is good for you and can make all kinds of miracles happen. Here’s what Hellbuster Associate Steve in Ohio emailed me just now, about a miraculous encounter with that powerful Hellbustery music: “Funny story, Todd. I’m in one of my stores today, got my headphones on, Zune set to...

Aug 5th

GREETINGS RENO-TAHOE BLUES FEST FANS!

The Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest just posted links from facebook for all the second-stage bands at the 2009 RTBF, and so the Hellbusters would like to welcome you all to our little site. You can learn (almost) everything you need to know about us by clicking around in that big box over there on the left side of your screen. We’ll see you August 15th!

Jul 30th

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Hellbusters Back At Cardboard Box City 9/25

We’ve been invited back to Cardboard Box City on September 25th and are very happy about it! Cardboard Box City is an annual event to raise awareness of the challenges homeless people and families face and funds raised benefit Family Promise of Reno. It’s our third time playing at this event and this year I’m planning to stay all night (I haven’t made it all night since...

Jul 1st

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Here’s a little front-porch Hellbusting,...

Jun 30th

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Jun 21st

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We play so nice, they want us twice

What’s up, Hellbuster Associates? We just got word that the Reno Tahoe Blues Fest folks liked what I did over at Spring Vibrations the other day enough to move the Hellbusters down (and that’s a good thing) in the rotation of local bands on the side stage, to 2:45p on Saturday August 15. Which is super cool, but then they went and decided to have us play our originally-scheduled 11am...

Jun 19th

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...And Thus, An Unlikely Battle Of The Bands...

Here’s part of an email I got the other day… I thought you guys might enjoy it: “It all started when my co-worker Dawn showed me a website featuring a band she claims to know personally. Bear in mind I’m not making this stuff up…they’re a Gay punk rock band called Pansy Division (I swear this is all true) and they have a documentary in release that discusses...

Jun 14th

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Jun 4th

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All is well for Burning Girl; Come And See The...

Hi everybody, Just a quick update: everything is cool at Burning Girl, we’re still going to appear there on July 4th. More details and instructions to follow. It’s more of a private party down there now but you’re all still invited. Also, please do drop by tomorrow Friday 6/5 over in Victorian Square in Sparks to see me bust a little hell from the Reno/Tahoe Blues Fest...

Jun 4th

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New Gigs Announced, And A Spot of Trouble

Hi Hellbuster Associates, Just found out I will be playing a solo set at Spring Vibrations, the springtime biker freakout in Sparks, on Friday June 5. I’ll be the first act going on the side stage somewhere at Victorian Square that has been generously given to the Reno Tahoe Blues Festival people, starting at 11 am. After me, Terrapin Road will play a couple of sets, and then the Pickled...

May 29th

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ACOUSTIC HELLBUSTERY - “One Bad Stud” ...

May 20th

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May 19th

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Listen

May 17th

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Hellbusters Make The Grade, Will Play At Reno...

Hi Hellbuster Associates, Hey just found out we are going to be on the bill at the Reno Tahoe Blues Fest this year! We’ll be the first thing smokin’ at 11 am on Saturda Aug. 15th and we’re very excited. For years, we in the Reno blues community and the Reno Blues Society had been hoping for more synergy with the Reno Tahoe Blues Festival, who put on a helluva show every year...

May 17th

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Hellbusters.Net has new, low-rent look

…which some may find more appropriate and revealing about us. We’ve relocated hellbusters.net to a more readily-updatable blog-style service… we’re still getting the hang of the “blog” thing (and resisting the idea of calling the place the “hellblog” or “the hellblogsters” or something like that) but we’ve gotten so many emails and...

May 12th

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ACOUSTIC HELLBUSTERY “Black Snake...

Apr 23rd

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OBEY THE HELLBUSTERS (frequently asked questions)

What do you guys mean by “Obey the Hellbusters”? Don’t kill nobody. It’s wrong and you know it. Don’t rape nobody. It’s wrong and you know it. Don’t steal nothing. It’s wrong and you know it. Anything else is between you and God. What other tenets of Obeying the Hellbusters are there? There are a number of minor tenets that go with the above… that include (but aren’t limited to): 1. ...

Apr 15th