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| 06/26 | B | Private Party |
| 08/18 - 08/19 | S | Backyard Bar Tulsa OK |
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| I've been playing music for my entire life...Played in the Big Boys from '79 to '84, Poison 13 from '83 - '85, Junkyard from '86 -'92, the Skatenigs in '93 & '94, 99pounds from '96 to 2001, The Charter Bulldogs from 2002 - 2005, and now this. Pretty cool... This actually began with a conversation... I was talking to my buddy Jon Dee Graham about the fact that I hadn't really written much that was meaningful lyrically for nearly 10 years - First I was such a mess that I lost the ability, then when I sorted myself out I spent several years working with an amazing vocalist and lyricist names Lisa Loomis (99pounds), where my job was to create music for her words and melodies. Then came the Charter Bulldogs, where the meaningful bit was more in HOW we played than what we said... The Bulldogs lead me back into lyric writing, and eventually to Jon Dee's front porch. A couple of months into writing and demo-ing the songs it dawned on me that I was actually in the process of starting a solo project - an idea that was a bit daunting after 25 years of writing and letting someone else do the singing... I love that there are still things that scare me even after all this time. So I got a great bunch of guys together and started playing around Texas, figuring out what I was doing as we went. After a year or so we recorded "Ain't It Grand...". The record took a while to finish, but it was a great experience and it's a great record. As time rolled on and situations changes I found myself without a band and having to reassess the way I was thinking about what I was doing. I began writing with more focus and playing solo acoustic gigs to help me sort out the material. I'd never done the guy and a guitar thing before, and it was and is a great learning experience... the more I do it the more I can relax and just be myself onstage, so the more fun it is. Not having a band has also allowed me a lot of freedom in the arrangement of the new material - I can't wait to start recording it so I can see where it takes me. Playing music I love the way I want to play it with guys I love hanging out with... doesn't get much better than that... |
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