The big 30

What a great weekend! We started off Friday night playing at Filthy McNasty's in Ft Worth. It is always nice to have a bar owner who gets what we go through and what we provide to his bar. He always takes care of us and for that, we say Thank You Don!When we hit the stage we had a great crowd, which always makes for a great show. Had a lot of good friends show up for day one of Birthday bash weekend and the shots were flowing. We also got ICED on stage by our friend (or should I say EX friend) Justin. Hard as shit to chug ice cold Smirnoff Ice. Ended the night with a little trip to Waffle House and a few laughs.

Day 2 we headed to Tayt's Dads house for his birthday party aka: Possum Holler Bash! We have been playing this party now for 6 or 7 years and always have a blast! We had a bit of trouble trying to figure out what the weather was going to do and after moving our equipment for the 3rd time we started jamming. Once again the shots were flowing.... I never remember to many details of Possum Holler parties. After we got done playing our good friend and musical hero of mine, Bret Graham hit the stage. He was entertaining as always! The band had a front row spot in the pool and we stayed there all night! Already excited about next year!

Woke up this morning...well...EXTREMELY Hungover! As the the guys slept in the van on the way home, I got to thinking about the Last 10 years of this band. I have had the best time traveling Texas and playing new places. I have seen so many cool things in my travels that most people never get to see. Most importantly, I get to do it with 4 of my best friends. We have our issues every once in awhile like everyone else, but at the end of the day we are still brothers. The band is doing better than ever these days, and we are getting super excited to put ourselves out there in Texas scene even more! Its time for our day in the sun and we have worked long and hard for the chance. With all the support we have had from friends, family, management, and most importantly FANS, we hope to take over this scene!

Thanks to everybody who gives a damn about us and always keeping up with what we are doing! Keep spreading the word, because we couldn't do it with out ya!
 
see ya down the road
Chad

P.S. I turn 30 tomorrow and will be having drinks at Weirdo's in North Austin around 8pm! Everybody is welcome to join me!

Three days on the road...

We left Austin Thursday afternoon to Longview to start our Acoustic run. We played at the Levee with a great new band Cory Johnson and Shy Blakeman. We played for 45min and the 10 people there really seemed to enjoy our tunes. It's nice to hear clapping when you finish a song. Meet some cool people when we got done and got our drink on for a bit before heading to Frisco.

Our show Friday was canceled, so we sat around and watched Orange County Choppers. The best part of the day was eating at Taco Bueno... I love Taco Bueno. After food, we got a bottle of whiskey and a case of Bud Light. This is the part where I don't remember many details. I do know when we woke up the next day, the whiskey was gone and there was only a few beers left. I haven't felt that bad in a long time, but there was no time to sit around and nurse our pounding heads. So, off to Ft. Worth we went!

We played a bar near the TCU campus called The Moon. with a band called the Troubadours and Rob Baird!

Once again we didn't have a lot of people, but they were really responsive to our tunes. Our hangovers were in full force, but we pulled through. We didn't make a penny for that show and we were out of money, so we jumped in the van, licked our wounds, and headed home to Austin.

Finished off this weekend with multiple naps, my Dog Emma coming home from doggy daycare, Mothers day dinner at Hoovers, and reruns of Ax Men. Hope everybody had a great weekend and day with their Moms. Till I blog again...See ya down the road!

Chad