Hello, Rodeo Republic! Well, it was nice having some time off. We were able to re-charge the batteries, so to speak, but now it's time to get going again!
We were originally scheduled to play a show on January 25th, but it was cancelled. In lieu of that, Roy and I decided to hole up in the studio, and get some work done on the upcoming album. A lot of progress was made. I finished the electric guitar tracks, on a new song called Rodeo Radio. All that's left to do on this one, is to record the vocals. After that, we will work on the levels, and then send it off to be mastered. Mastering, basically levels off the eq's, and makes it "sizzle", as Roy likes to say.
I also applied some guitar overdubs, to another song called, What Kind Of Life Is This. We have played this song, at all of our recent live shows. I've gradually added a few things live, that were not on the studio version. We wanted that same "feel" on the recording, so we went back and added them. It's nothing major, but it makes the song "sizzle" a little more. Hmm.. their is that word again. Anyway, moving along.
We have another song idea, that has taken on the name of "Track 6". The reason we call it this, is quite simple. First, we were looking at it, as the sixth song on the album's running order. Secondly, the lyrics aren't done yet. We went ahead and laid down the acoustic guitar track, as a guide for the lyrics, and the rest of the song.
The next order of business, was to get a tempo down, for another new song called Into The Night. This one actually has the lyrics complete, but not the music. As you can see, Roy and I have no rhyme or reason, in the way that we write. We have three other ideas, in various forms, that we are working on, but they will not be included on this album. At some point, you have to make a decision to close the album, so to speak. We currently have 13 songs, that will be included on this album. We feel that anymore then that, would be overkill. We also have set a release date for the album. It will be released on Tuesday, April 2nd. It will be available on itunes and Amazon. It will also be available on our reverbnation page, found here www.reverbnation.com/sanddollarrodeo Here, you will be able to order it either digitally, or via CD. We will also have it available, as a CD, at our live shows. To say we are excited, would be an understatement. We will be back in the studio, during the weekend of February 9th, and again, the weekend of February 23rd. Our goal, is to be completely done with recording, by then.
I would like to share, one last bit of album news. We received our first mastered track, back, this week. That means, it's completely done! It is the the title track of the new album, called GPS To Nowhere. We are working on getting this out, to some area radio stations, in advance of the album's release date.
This week, we will also be getting back out on the road, so to speak. We have a show on Saturday, February 2, at the Happy Armadillo. The Happy Armadillo is located at 1701 Everman Parkway, Everman, Texas. SDR will take the stage at 9pm. If your in the area, c'mon by and see us.!
I have one more, live show note. We have booked a return trip to the Keller Tavern, on Friday, April 12th, at 8pm. This is scheduled to be an outdoor event. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate with us, this time. If not, I guess we will move it indoors again.
Well, that's all I've got, for now. I'm outta here! See ya next time, and thanks for reading!
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
On Tap This Week: Some Downtime
Well, 2013 is off to a roaring start, for Sand Dollar Rodeo. We hit the ground running, with 4 shows, over the first two weekends, of January. We would like to thank, Fred's Texas Cafe, Dirt Road's Dancehall, Wet Creek Bar, and Keller Tavern, for having us out. Also, a big thanks to Marti Ludwig, our booking agent, for booking these shows.
Each venue was unique, in it's own way. Fred's, is a restaurant, with some of the best burgers ever. Dirt Road's Dancehall, is a good old fashioned honky-tonk, complete with pool tables, and a dance floor. I would especially like to thank, all the folks, that came out to this particular show. A lot of friends and family, showed up for this one, and Roy and I appreciate it, very much. Wet Creek, was a good old fashioned dive bar. I mean that in a very positive way. We had a blast, with the good folks out there. We also had a special guest with us, that night, as Benay Dennis and The No Names, joined us. They have a great sound, and if you get a chance, you should check them out. Rounding out the group, was the Keller Tavern. This is a sports bar and grill, that has a kind of "Cheers" feel to it. Normally, they have their bands play outside. They have a nice stage, and a huge patio area. Unfortunately, we knew that we were going to be inside, and were not sure what to expect. You see, the temperature plunged down into the 30's, and we had rain and hail. Not really ideal conditions for an ourdoor concert, huh?
Marti warned us, to please keep the volume down, as much as possible at Keller Tavern. One of her other acts had previously played there, and faced the same challenge, that we would. They had problems, keeping the volume down, to the venue's satisfaction. I'm not blaming her other artist, at all, for this. Honestly, it's really hard to keep the music "quiet", when you are playing live. A lot of people, seem to think that you can just reach up, and turn a knob, as if you are adjusting a stereo. Well, it's a whole lot more complicated then that. For one, you are pretty much at the mercy, of the drums. Drums are loud, their is no other way around it. Even if your drummer plays, "quietly", they still produce, a lot of volume. Cisco did a fabulous job, of keeping things in check. He is a pro, and has been in this buisness for a long time. In the end, the manager was very happy with us, at the end of the evening. He went on to say, that we could have brought the volume up, some, if we had wanted to. That was really nice to hear.
For more details, on these shows, please be sure to check out Roy's blog here http://royholliday.blogspot.com His blog, goes into more detail about each show. He plans to blog about every live show, that we do. Here you can find the good, the bad, and the ugly, of each show. Included, will be a good dose of Roy's, twisted, sense of humor.
I would like to share a couple of other observations, from the shows. First, for whatever reason, time is a really loose thing, with live music. It always has been, and I guess, it always will be. A friend of mine, from a prior band, used to say, "It's rock-n-roll, you never start on time." First instance of this, was at Fred's. We were scheduled to start at 7pm. We were told, that load in, was at 6pm. Roy, Cisco, and I, all thought, that this was cutting it pretty close. We agreed to get there between 5:30 and 5:45.
I arrived first, and decided to get the, "lay of the land". Roy and Cisco, arrived shortly, thereafter. The first thing we noticed, was no PA system. I looked over my notes, and they said, "House PA." I asked the person, in charge, about this, and he said, "Oh yeah, he's really fast, and if you guys don't start right at 7, it's no biggie." "Well, ok, that works for me.", I replied. We proceeded, to set up our gear. We were finished, by about 6:30, and still no soundman! The manager, came up a short time later, and advised that the soundman was running late. He said that he would be there, between 6:45 and 7. I knew that we wouldn't start on time, now. The manager seemed unconcerned, so I was not going to worry about it, either. The soundman, showed up at about 6:50. I will give him props though, he worked fast! He had everything up and running by 7:20. We were supposed to play until 10, but ended up running a little over, due to the late start. Anyway, we ended up having a fun time, and hope to come back, some time.
More drama, started, the following day. It was the day of the show, at Dirt Roads Dancehall. I was chilling, with my girls, and almost in nap mode, when I received a call from Marti. She received either an email or call, from the club (can't remember which), that they wanted us down there at 6pm, for setup and soundcheck. This was a whole hour earlier, then anticipated. I went back over my notes, for the show, and they specfically said, that setup, and soundcheck, was at 7pm. This seemed ridiculous, as the show was not scheduled to start, until 9:30! Not only did they want that, but they also wanted both bands to have their gear, on the stage, at the same time! We were playing this show, with another artist, named Zach Coffey. In all of my years of performing, I have never had, or heard of an issue, such as this. A 30 minute break was scheduled, between bands. Naturally, I assumed that this would allow us, to get our gear off stage, and allow Zach, and his band, to get set up, and checked. Well, we weren't going to have to worry about this problem, as Zach, simply wasn't going to be able to be there, that early. He was driving from North Dallas, which is about an hour and a half, away from the venue. His band, was not going to be able to be there, that early, either. Some of them, were at work, and couldn't come that early. Marti, was frantically texting back and forth with me, and Zach. Roy, was kind of out of the loop, at this point, as he had a pretty long drive, also. He was busy, getting ready to go. Marti texted me back, to advise that Zach would not be there, until 8pm. She asked if we could pleaasee!, be their by 6. I told her, "No problem. We will be there." She then texted me back, to relay a message from Zach. He was wanting to know if it would be ok, to load his drums onstage, with our equipment. I let Marti know, that we would do whatever the club, wanted us to do.
I arrived at 6, and Roy was already there. We went in, and met the manager. I asked about the change of time, and he said, he always likes to do it at 6, to get it over and done with. I told him that our e-mail confirmation, said 7. He said, "Yeah, I think I screwed up, and sent out the wrong time." I said, "Ok, I understand.", and then proceeded to ask him, if he still wanted us to start at 9:30? He said, "Sure, whenever you want, 9:30, 10, it dosen't matter to me." Well, we were setup and soundchecked by 7pm. Roy and I, decided, we would start right at 9:30. With that long of a wait, both of us would be antsy, and raring to go. We played a mostly original set, and it seemed to go over well. The crowd, did a lot of dancing, and hoopin and hollerin, so that's always good.
The only thing, that jumped out to me at Wet Creek, aside from some ghost sound issues, (see Roy's blog mentioned above, for more details on this), happened during one of our sets. For the longer shows, we are supplementing some cover tunes, to go along with our original songs. One of the covers, is a song called "Home". It was written by Michael Buble, Amy Foster-Gillies and Alan Chang. The version, that we are playing, was recorded by Blake Shelton. It is a very challenging song, both vocally and musically. It's one of the best written songs, that I have ever played. It's also, easily, our most difficult cover song.
Well, we got the bright idea, to strip it down, to an acoustic version, and make it even more difficult! We worked on it, at every rehearsal, leading up to these shows. Somehow, though, we never could get it to gel, just right. It was on our setlist, for 3 of these first 4 shows. We intentionally left it off, of the Dirt Roads setlist. At Fred's, when it came up, we all looked at each other, and said, "Skip it." After the first round of shows, Roy decided to give up on it, as far as an acoustic arrangement, goes. I wholeheartedly agreed, with this decision. #1, it would alleviate me having to haul my acoustic guitar, to the gig. Less gear, to haul, is always a good thing. #2, I could now play the arrangement, on my Fender Strat, which is a much easier guitar to play, especially in a live setting.
Roy, Cisco, and I use a file sharing service, called Dropbox. We use this for original compositions, as well as cover arrangements. Whenever, one of us puts something in there, we notify each other, via email. It works really well, for us. Roy sent me an e-mail, mid-week, that he had arranged a backing track for Home. I went to go practice it, later that night, but the track was nowhere, to be found! I e-mailed Roy, about the issue, and he responded the next morning, saying, "Weird, I'm seeing it, on my end." From that point, I totally forgot about it. That is, up until the time, it was time to play it, at the gig! Roy, was kind of talking about the song, when it hit me! I whispered, "I haven't practiced this at all, so I'll be following your lead." Roy's face turned pale, and he looked at me, like I had grown a third eye ball. I reassured him, that everything would be fine. I explained, that I always practiced the song, along with the CD version, anyway. He said, "Ok.", and we went for it. Honestly, I have no idea, how it turned out. During two separate conversations, with Roy and Cisco, Roy stated, "I think that went pretty well." While, Cisco said, "I don't know if we should ever play that song again." When it came up again, the next night at Keller Tavern, we again, skipped it. I guess time will tell, whether we keep this song, or not.
Now, as mentioned in the title of this blog post, SDR, is taking some much needed, downtime, this week. You may be thinking, "Wow! They already need a break, after only 4 shows?" Well, their is a lot more to this, then just that. You see, Roy and I, have pretty much been going non-stop, since October. This includes, getting together at lease once a week for rehearsals, and/or recording sessions, as well as practice time at home. In between all of that, their was communication, almost on a daily basis, in regards to future planning, and other various business issues. In addition to that, we both write blogs, we manage our social media, and Roy manages our mailing list. I don't want you to think, that I am complaining, because I am not. I love what we are doing, or I wouldn't be doing it. I'm just giving you the inside scoop, and to let you know, that a lot more goes into this, then "just showing up and playing."
As I've said, we've had this open week, planned for some time now. Roy's birthday is on January 18th. He has some family coming in to visit, this week, and then he is heading to Galveston, this weekend, to celebrate his birthday, with some friends. I hope he has a great time.
Cisco, is taking off, for the great white north, of Minnesota. He will be visiting some family, up there. I wish him safe travels, and hope he dosen't get stuck up there.
As for me, I will be sticking close to home, and taking my girls, to the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. They are farm animal crazy, right now, so they are really looking forward to this. I'm hoping, that this might cull their wants, for awhile. I doubt it, but we'll see. My youngest daughter, actually asked for a cow, for Christmas, and my oldest daughter, asked for a pony. Maybe one of these days, I can buy a farm for them, and all that livestock, that they plan on owning. In any case, I'm looking forward to this weekend, and will welcome some downtime.
Our next live show, was scheduled for Friday, January 25th, at Buffalo West Steakhouse. However, I found out on Tuesday, of this week, that the venue had contacted Marti, and cancelled us. The owner had scheduled another band, on the same night, so it appears, that it was double booked. Marti, is looking into an alternate date, as of publishing time.
As a result of this latest development, we have switched gears, and will be going into the studio, that weekend, to continue work on our album. Our next live show, is now scheduled for Friday, February 1st, at the Happy Armadillo, in Everman, Texas. SDR, will take the stage at 9pm.
Now, for one last tidbit. We hope to have a very big announcement, in the near future. We are keeping our fingers crossed, and should know something, in the next few weeks! That's all I have, for now. So until next time, see you in the funnies!
Each venue was unique, in it's own way. Fred's, is a restaurant, with some of the best burgers ever. Dirt Road's Dancehall, is a good old fashioned honky-tonk, complete with pool tables, and a dance floor. I would especially like to thank, all the folks, that came out to this particular show. A lot of friends and family, showed up for this one, and Roy and I appreciate it, very much. Wet Creek, was a good old fashioned dive bar. I mean that in a very positive way. We had a blast, with the good folks out there. We also had a special guest with us, that night, as Benay Dennis and The No Names, joined us. They have a great sound, and if you get a chance, you should check them out. Rounding out the group, was the Keller Tavern. This is a sports bar and grill, that has a kind of "Cheers" feel to it. Normally, they have their bands play outside. They have a nice stage, and a huge patio area. Unfortunately, we knew that we were going to be inside, and were not sure what to expect. You see, the temperature plunged down into the 30's, and we had rain and hail. Not really ideal conditions for an ourdoor concert, huh?
Marti warned us, to please keep the volume down, as much as possible at Keller Tavern. One of her other acts had previously played there, and faced the same challenge, that we would. They had problems, keeping the volume down, to the venue's satisfaction. I'm not blaming her other artist, at all, for this. Honestly, it's really hard to keep the music "quiet", when you are playing live. A lot of people, seem to think that you can just reach up, and turn a knob, as if you are adjusting a stereo. Well, it's a whole lot more complicated then that. For one, you are pretty much at the mercy, of the drums. Drums are loud, their is no other way around it. Even if your drummer plays, "quietly", they still produce, a lot of volume. Cisco did a fabulous job, of keeping things in check. He is a pro, and has been in this buisness for a long time. In the end, the manager was very happy with us, at the end of the evening. He went on to say, that we could have brought the volume up, some, if we had wanted to. That was really nice to hear.
For more details, on these shows, please be sure to check out Roy's blog here http://royholliday.blogspot.com His blog, goes into more detail about each show. He plans to blog about every live show, that we do. Here you can find the good, the bad, and the ugly, of each show. Included, will be a good dose of Roy's, twisted, sense of humor.
I would like to share a couple of other observations, from the shows. First, for whatever reason, time is a really loose thing, with live music. It always has been, and I guess, it always will be. A friend of mine, from a prior band, used to say, "It's rock-n-roll, you never start on time." First instance of this, was at Fred's. We were scheduled to start at 7pm. We were told, that load in, was at 6pm. Roy, Cisco, and I, all thought, that this was cutting it pretty close. We agreed to get there between 5:30 and 5:45.
I arrived first, and decided to get the, "lay of the land". Roy and Cisco, arrived shortly, thereafter. The first thing we noticed, was no PA system. I looked over my notes, and they said, "House PA." I asked the person, in charge, about this, and he said, "Oh yeah, he's really fast, and if you guys don't start right at 7, it's no biggie." "Well, ok, that works for me.", I replied. We proceeded, to set up our gear. We were finished, by about 6:30, and still no soundman! The manager, came up a short time later, and advised that the soundman was running late. He said that he would be there, between 6:45 and 7. I knew that we wouldn't start on time, now. The manager seemed unconcerned, so I was not going to worry about it, either. The soundman, showed up at about 6:50. I will give him props though, he worked fast! He had everything up and running by 7:20. We were supposed to play until 10, but ended up running a little over, due to the late start. Anyway, we ended up having a fun time, and hope to come back, some time.
More drama, started, the following day. It was the day of the show, at Dirt Roads Dancehall. I was chilling, with my girls, and almost in nap mode, when I received a call from Marti. She received either an email or call, from the club (can't remember which), that they wanted us down there at 6pm, for setup and soundcheck. This was a whole hour earlier, then anticipated. I went back over my notes, for the show, and they specfically said, that setup, and soundcheck, was at 7pm. This seemed ridiculous, as the show was not scheduled to start, until 9:30! Not only did they want that, but they also wanted both bands to have their gear, on the stage, at the same time! We were playing this show, with another artist, named Zach Coffey. In all of my years of performing, I have never had, or heard of an issue, such as this. A 30 minute break was scheduled, between bands. Naturally, I assumed that this would allow us, to get our gear off stage, and allow Zach, and his band, to get set up, and checked. Well, we weren't going to have to worry about this problem, as Zach, simply wasn't going to be able to be there, that early. He was driving from North Dallas, which is about an hour and a half, away from the venue. His band, was not going to be able to be there, that early, either. Some of them, were at work, and couldn't come that early. Marti, was frantically texting back and forth with me, and Zach. Roy, was kind of out of the loop, at this point, as he had a pretty long drive, also. He was busy, getting ready to go. Marti texted me back, to advise that Zach would not be there, until 8pm. She asked if we could pleaasee!, be their by 6. I told her, "No problem. We will be there." She then texted me back, to relay a message from Zach. He was wanting to know if it would be ok, to load his drums onstage, with our equipment. I let Marti know, that we would do whatever the club, wanted us to do.
I arrived at 6, and Roy was already there. We went in, and met the manager. I asked about the change of time, and he said, he always likes to do it at 6, to get it over and done with. I told him that our e-mail confirmation, said 7. He said, "Yeah, I think I screwed up, and sent out the wrong time." I said, "Ok, I understand.", and then proceeded to ask him, if he still wanted us to start at 9:30? He said, "Sure, whenever you want, 9:30, 10, it dosen't matter to me." Well, we were setup and soundchecked by 7pm. Roy and I, decided, we would start right at 9:30. With that long of a wait, both of us would be antsy, and raring to go. We played a mostly original set, and it seemed to go over well. The crowd, did a lot of dancing, and hoopin and hollerin, so that's always good.
The only thing, that jumped out to me at Wet Creek, aside from some ghost sound issues, (see Roy's blog mentioned above, for more details on this), happened during one of our sets. For the longer shows, we are supplementing some cover tunes, to go along with our original songs. One of the covers, is a song called "Home". It was written by Michael Buble, Amy Foster-Gillies and Alan Chang. The version, that we are playing, was recorded by Blake Shelton. It is a very challenging song, both vocally and musically. It's one of the best written songs, that I have ever played. It's also, easily, our most difficult cover song.
Well, we got the bright idea, to strip it down, to an acoustic version, and make it even more difficult! We worked on it, at every rehearsal, leading up to these shows. Somehow, though, we never could get it to gel, just right. It was on our setlist, for 3 of these first 4 shows. We intentionally left it off, of the Dirt Roads setlist. At Fred's, when it came up, we all looked at each other, and said, "Skip it." After the first round of shows, Roy decided to give up on it, as far as an acoustic arrangement, goes. I wholeheartedly agreed, with this decision. #1, it would alleviate me having to haul my acoustic guitar, to the gig. Less gear, to haul, is always a good thing. #2, I could now play the arrangement, on my Fender Strat, which is a much easier guitar to play, especially in a live setting.
Roy, Cisco, and I use a file sharing service, called Dropbox. We use this for original compositions, as well as cover arrangements. Whenever, one of us puts something in there, we notify each other, via email. It works really well, for us. Roy sent me an e-mail, mid-week, that he had arranged a backing track for Home. I went to go practice it, later that night, but the track was nowhere, to be found! I e-mailed Roy, about the issue, and he responded the next morning, saying, "Weird, I'm seeing it, on my end." From that point, I totally forgot about it. That is, up until the time, it was time to play it, at the gig! Roy, was kind of talking about the song, when it hit me! I whispered, "I haven't practiced this at all, so I'll be following your lead." Roy's face turned pale, and he looked at me, like I had grown a third eye ball. I reassured him, that everything would be fine. I explained, that I always practiced the song, along with the CD version, anyway. He said, "Ok.", and we went for it. Honestly, I have no idea, how it turned out. During two separate conversations, with Roy and Cisco, Roy stated, "I think that went pretty well." While, Cisco said, "I don't know if we should ever play that song again." When it came up again, the next night at Keller Tavern, we again, skipped it. I guess time will tell, whether we keep this song, or not.
Now, as mentioned in the title of this blog post, SDR, is taking some much needed, downtime, this week. You may be thinking, "Wow! They already need a break, after only 4 shows?" Well, their is a lot more to this, then just that. You see, Roy and I, have pretty much been going non-stop, since October. This includes, getting together at lease once a week for rehearsals, and/or recording sessions, as well as practice time at home. In between all of that, their was communication, almost on a daily basis, in regards to future planning, and other various business issues. In addition to that, we both write blogs, we manage our social media, and Roy manages our mailing list. I don't want you to think, that I am complaining, because I am not. I love what we are doing, or I wouldn't be doing it. I'm just giving you the inside scoop, and to let you know, that a lot more goes into this, then "just showing up and playing."
As I've said, we've had this open week, planned for some time now. Roy's birthday is on January 18th. He has some family coming in to visit, this week, and then he is heading to Galveston, this weekend, to celebrate his birthday, with some friends. I hope he has a great time.
Cisco, is taking off, for the great white north, of Minnesota. He will be visiting some family, up there. I wish him safe travels, and hope he dosen't get stuck up there.
As for me, I will be sticking close to home, and taking my girls, to the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. They are farm animal crazy, right now, so they are really looking forward to this. I'm hoping, that this might cull their wants, for awhile. I doubt it, but we'll see. My youngest daughter, actually asked for a cow, for Christmas, and my oldest daughter, asked for a pony. Maybe one of these days, I can buy a farm for them, and all that livestock, that they plan on owning. In any case, I'm looking forward to this weekend, and will welcome some downtime.
Our next live show, was scheduled for Friday, January 25th, at Buffalo West Steakhouse. However, I found out on Tuesday, of this week, that the venue had contacted Marti, and cancelled us. The owner had scheduled another band, on the same night, so it appears, that it was double booked. Marti, is looking into an alternate date, as of publishing time.
As a result of this latest development, we have switched gears, and will be going into the studio, that weekend, to continue work on our album. Our next live show, is now scheduled for Friday, February 1st, at the Happy Armadillo, in Everman, Texas. SDR, will take the stage at 9pm.
Now, for one last tidbit. We hope to have a very big announcement, in the near future. We are keeping our fingers crossed, and should know something, in the next few weeks! That's all I have, for now. So until next time, see you in the funnies!
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you enjoyed your Holiday Season. I know, I did! I haven't been on here in a couple of weeks, due to all the chaos, associated with this time of year. We had a great Christmas, and a quiet New Years. My kids made out like bandits, this year, as they seem to do every year. Santa, was pretty good to me, as well! I received a new overdrive pedal, that I had been eyeing for some time, now. Santa, must have realized that SDR was about to kick off 2013, with a flurry of live shows, as he also delivered a new guitar rack, that will hold 5 guitars on stage. It just so happens, that Roy and I have 5 guitars between us, so this sucker will be perfect for holding our axes. He also delivered me a drink holder, that will fit on my mic stand. How cool is that? Pretty cool, if you ask me.
As I stated earlier, it was a quiet New Year's, around our front. I got together with Roy and Cisco, around noon, on New Year's Eve, for our final dress rehearsal. It went well, and the only concern I have, is with my voice. I have been battling colds and conjestion, since mid-December. I'm to the point, of being totally frustrated, with it. Other then that, I feel really good, about everything. We finished our rehearsal about 4pm, and I went home to rest my voice and chill, with the family. We played Twister and Connect 4, with the kids, and the wife and I watched a Pawn Stars marathon, in between.
On New Year's Day, we chilled some more, and just enjoyed the down time. I practiced some of my parts, that weren't quite tight enough, for me, and the wife and I watched Braveheart. She had never seen this movie before! I couldn't believe it! It's one of my favorites, but I hadn't seen it in a long, long time.
I really didn't make any New Year's resolutions, but I'm always striving, to be a better father and husband. I'm really looking forward to 2013, as I anticipate it being a great year, for my family and I, as well as for Sand Dollar Rodeo. Marti has already booked 14 shows, for 2013. We are really excited about "hitting the road", so to speak, and bringing our music to you. If you are interested in booking us, for an event, please contact Marti here eventsbymarti@sbcglobal.net
This week, on Friday, January 4th, we will be playing at Fred's Texas Cafe, which is located at 915 Currie St., Ft. Worth, TX 76107. Their phone number is 817-332-0083. This place is a pretty famous hole-in-the-wall, and was once featured on the popular TV show, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. They are well known for their famous burgers, and the place can fill up in a hurry. We will be on the patio area, but don't fret. They have promised that the patio will be wrapped, and the heaters will be blowing. We are really excited to be playing at Fred's, so come on out and enjoy a burger, and some music. SDR will take the stage at 7pm.
If, braving the weather ain't your thing, then you can also catch us the next night, at the newly named, Dirt Road Dancehall, located at 12301 Camp Bowie West, Aledo, TX 76008. Their phone number is 817-244-6638. This place was formerly known as, Wet Willie's. It's really not in Aledo, though. It's right off of the Linkcrest Exit on I-30. Here, you won't have to deal with any weather issues, whatsoever, as it's a totally indoor honky tonk, complete with pool tables and a dance floor. We are co-headlining this show, with another artist named, Zach Coffey. SDR will be taking the stage around 9:30pm, so come on down, and boot scoot with us. Zach will take the stage about 11:30pm. We are really looking forward to meeting Zach, and having a fun evening with him, and his band.
We hope to see you at one, or both of these shows. So, until next time, remember, you are what you eat, or not! Ehh.. honestly, I just couldn't come up with anything better, to close this post, ha ha! See ya next time!
As I stated earlier, it was a quiet New Year's, around our front. I got together with Roy and Cisco, around noon, on New Year's Eve, for our final dress rehearsal. It went well, and the only concern I have, is with my voice. I have been battling colds and conjestion, since mid-December. I'm to the point, of being totally frustrated, with it. Other then that, I feel really good, about everything. We finished our rehearsal about 4pm, and I went home to rest my voice and chill, with the family. We played Twister and Connect 4, with the kids, and the wife and I watched a Pawn Stars marathon, in between.
On New Year's Day, we chilled some more, and just enjoyed the down time. I practiced some of my parts, that weren't quite tight enough, for me, and the wife and I watched Braveheart. She had never seen this movie before! I couldn't believe it! It's one of my favorites, but I hadn't seen it in a long, long time.
I really didn't make any New Year's resolutions, but I'm always striving, to be a better father and husband. I'm really looking forward to 2013, as I anticipate it being a great year, for my family and I, as well as for Sand Dollar Rodeo. Marti has already booked 14 shows, for 2013. We are really excited about "hitting the road", so to speak, and bringing our music to you. If you are interested in booking us, for an event, please contact Marti here eventsbymarti@sbcglobal.net
This week, on Friday, January 4th, we will be playing at Fred's Texas Cafe, which is located at 915 Currie St., Ft. Worth, TX 76107. Their phone number is 817-332-0083. This place is a pretty famous hole-in-the-wall, and was once featured on the popular TV show, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. They are well known for their famous burgers, and the place can fill up in a hurry. We will be on the patio area, but don't fret. They have promised that the patio will be wrapped, and the heaters will be blowing. We are really excited to be playing at Fred's, so come on out and enjoy a burger, and some music. SDR will take the stage at 7pm.
If, braving the weather ain't your thing, then you can also catch us the next night, at the newly named, Dirt Road Dancehall, located at 12301 Camp Bowie West, Aledo, TX 76008. Their phone number is 817-244-6638. This place was formerly known as, Wet Willie's. It's really not in Aledo, though. It's right off of the Linkcrest Exit on I-30. Here, you won't have to deal with any weather issues, whatsoever, as it's a totally indoor honky tonk, complete with pool tables and a dance floor. We are co-headlining this show, with another artist named, Zach Coffey. SDR will be taking the stage around 9:30pm, so come on down, and boot scoot with us. Zach will take the stage about 11:30pm. We are really looking forward to meeting Zach, and having a fun evening with him, and his band.
We hope to see you at one, or both of these shows. So, until next time, remember, you are what you eat, or not! Ehh.. honestly, I just couldn't come up with anything better, to close this post, ha ha! See ya next time!
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