Finally! Some Shows

Last weekend was a fun one. Roy and I got together, and recorded a live show favorite called Tonga Juice. We've noticed that when we play it live, you can look out across the audience, and see quite a few of them tapping their feet to it. It's a song that Roy wrote, when he was working with his previous band, the Island Castaways. The song actually appears on their latest album, entitled "Lost N Loving It". The Castaways are based out of the New England area, so if your up in that area, you should go check them out sometime. Here is their website www.islandcastawaysband.com As for our version of Tonga Juice, we haven't really decided what we are going to do with it yet. We have several options on the table, and will make a decision, once the mixing and mastering are complete.

We were also able to get in some acoustic practice, for our series of "unplugged" events, that we have coming up. We will be playing acoustic shows on April 19, May 1, June 13, and July 19. More details on these, to come, as we get closer to the dates.

Speaking of events, we will finally be returning to the stage, after several weeks off. It feels more like a couple of months, however. We love to play live. Roy and I were commenting about how much we wished we had a show, last weekend.

We have a back to back on tap, for this weekend. On Friday, we will be playing at the Fort Worth Convention Center. This performance is part of the USITT National Conference. You can read more about this event in my prior blog post, from last week. We will actually be playing in the big 10,000 seat arena. My mom saw Elvis there, and I saw U2 there. I have no idea what to expect from this, but I'm very excited and nervous at the same time. The only downside on this one, is it's basically a private event. We were only allotted 8 tickets, and unfortunately they have all been taken. We plan to post plenty of photographs, from the event, and hopefully some video too, but no promises on the latter, lol. Be sure and check out Roy's blog in the coming days www.royholliday.blogspot.com as he will do a complete write up on the show, just as he does for all of our shows.

On Saturday night, we will move things down to the River Oaks area, as we return to the Cowtown Bowling Palace. This will be our first appearance here for 2014, and our first appearance overall since last November. We had a show scheduled there in December, but it was iced out, literally! This show is part of their "Bowling With The Bands" concert series. It's a great deal. For $10, you get unlimited bowling for 2 hours, plus live music. They also have a full service kitchen and plenty of ice cold drinks, both of the alcoholic and non-alcoholic variety. We will start at 9pm, and we have several new songs that we will be trying out, including a new original. So come on down! Kids are also welcome.

Ok, with that said, it's time for me to get off the computer, go pick up the guitar, and make sure I have those new songs down. That's all for now, thanks for reading and I'll talk to ya soon!