On The Move

Our demo is now available online. You can listen to it at OTMband.com. There are 12 cover songs you can hear and vote on as well.
You can catch us this week-end, Oct 24th, downtown at the Memphis River Arts Festival. We will be on the Sam's Town Main Stage from 1:00-2:00. It is located at the National Civil Rights Museum just off South Main Street.
And those of you who have been following my music over the last few years, will recognize Dani, 'cause she is playing at 2:30 on the same stage. Last year, this festival saw more than 70,000 people. Come on out!

"All the way from Memphis..."

Last week was good. So I've heard this Fried Glass Onions Showcase was the best yet. It's good to see Dave Smith , Gene Nunez and Greg Lundy again. EJ(from Free World), you did a great job on the horns. If you haven't heard Zack's version of "Love Me Do", ya need to find it on the third FGO's CD. By the way, this was another first for me this year. So add playing at the Gibson Showcase to the list with FedEx Forum and Desoto Civic Center.

Here's another first. Saturday night we were in Hornersville, MO, playing at the 6th annual "Little Riverfest". Here's a backstage picture at the Festival. I can't seem to get away from the day job, check out the stairs on the right. It's an old airline passenger boarding bridge. And yes, this is a permanent structure. You can see it from the Satellite view on Google maps.
Saturday, the 28th we will be in Millington from noon til 2:30 at a Q107.5 remote broadcast from Freedom Homes on Hi 51.

I need pictures! If you've got any, send them my way.
Oh yeah, If you plan on getting tickets to Beale St Music Festival, Monday is the last day to get them discounted.

Fried Glass Onions Party

This will be fun! Thursday night at the Gibson Guitar Showcase will be several Memphis artist' bringing their sound of Beatles music. Once again, I'm invited to be in the house band while they take the stage. There's no need to mention what feeling the Beatles bring about, but if you've ever been to the Gibson Showcase, you know this is a great venue for music.

Friday morning, Dani, Zack and I are going to be on channel 13's "Good Morning from Memphis". I don't know what times yet, so I'll keep you posted later.

Saturday we head up to Hornersville, Missouri and perform at the Sixth Annual Little Riverfest. They are referring to this as "the Bootheel's version of Memphis in May".

Speaking of "Memphis in May", have you seen who is coming? Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, Derek Trucks, North Mississippi Allstars and that's just part of the line up on Friday night. I mean you still got Kenny Wayne Shephard, Kelley Hunt, and my favorite this year, Steely Dan. They are scheduled for Saturday night. Man, I have only started the list to who's coming. Did you notice Daddy Mack Blues Band? He will be at The Gibson this Thursday. Click on "Memphis in May" for the line up and come on out. Oh yeah, see ya Thursday.

Back from Gulf Shores

I'm back. Yeah it's been a week or so, but family first. Scout Base camp with Colby this week-end was a hoot. There was about 10,000 campers there in Tunica. You know, we played there a couple of years ago. It was in Millington then. How about that for a segway to music.

I have posted some pics from Shrimpfest. You can find them in the Photo Albums on the right. There's some more on the way, but you can enjoy these for now. It was a good trip down there. From Memphis we went down Hi-78 to Tupelo and then Hi-45 all the way to Mobile. Mostly 4 lanes and less traffic makes for a shorter drive. Don't tell anyone though, it may get crowded.

You know I finally saw Dr Zarr and the Amazing Funk Monsters. They're from Memphis and I go to the gulf to see 'em. What's up with that? It was good to revisit the disco. They've got some pics posted from the Shrimpfest too.

Stick around, ok so stickboy didn't get to go, 'cause there's always more...

National Shrimp Festival

Gulf Shores, here we come! Thursday And Friday we will be on the gulf coast for 2 shows at the Shrimp Festival. This ought to be alot of fun. We will sharing the stage with Mustang Sally on Thursday. On Friday we will be on before Emerson Drive. We are trying out a new driving route this time. I'll let you know how that goes. Last year we missed the turn in Hattiesburg, 'cause Katrina blew the signs down.

If you haven't, check out the "bored" area on the right. And, if you've got any other sites of interest, let me know. The shrimp fest website has got a web cam on the beach you can control. C'mon, see ya down there. Oct 12th and 13th.

"All the world's a stage..."

Here we are at Bay Days in Hampton, VA. That show is always a good time. If you haven't looked lately, this week we are at the Horseshoe in Tunica. Seven nights in a row, 11 o'clock start. Yeah, that turns out to be a late night, considering there's a day job involved. Oh, I made some changes to make this happen, I can't burn the candle like I used to. It's been a good run so far. Now that we're past the slow part of the week, Friday and Saturday should be a wild one. We start at midnight. Hopefully, for me things will get back to normal next week. Stay in touch, we are booked back in November and December. In the meantime, Gulfshores here we come!!!

Road Back Home

Jar of pickles? You tell me. We found them in the back alley behind Preservation Pub. It was our first stop this week-end. In between the stops? Well let me see, mp3's, DVD's, cell phones, laptops, blackberries, XM radio, splitters for the headphones and McD's to go. It was good to get there and do what we do, MUSIC! Live and loud! We got reacquainted with old friends and made some new ones along the way. Mr Mac in Cookville calls everyone George. He's gotta mean well. Dan in Black Mountain has got his hands full with the Town Pump. Val, thanks for the good food. The whole Delbert thing was an experience. Those guys are all good. Rocky on sound, you too. Vaughn, you gotta send me some of those AFKAS pics. And to Chris, WH!
Ok, I've got most of the pics posted. Check 'em out. AFKAS has got a couple added to his "my space" and his Flickr album. It was good to get out again, but better to get back home.
Congrats on the release Billy Gibson.

Bay Days

Oh yeah! So check this out, we got to meet Delbert McClinton. Opened for him at Bay Days in Hampton , VA. What a band! He even invited Dani up to sing with him on "Stormy Monday". Yeah we're buzzing. This has been a great trip so far. I've got some pics from it all, just give me a couple of days to post 'em.
Vaughn, Suzy and Don: you and your whole crew are so good to us. Thanks for it all!!!

I'm BACK!!!

Ok, it's been awhile. A long, hot summer and yes, almost tuneless. So here we go again. I've been practicing w/ 2 versions of Dani. Huh, what's that about? New songs and a couple of new faces. First you can find us this Saturday at Newby's on Highland. We are opening for Django Walker(son of Jerry Jeff). Oh yeah, the we thing is a little different. Zack is still there on guitar, but there's Chris Cook on drums and Chris Geswein on bass. More on them later.
You can catch us next week-end at Whistler's in Bartlett. That'll be on Friday the 1st.

Ok ok, the 2 version thing. If you noticed the calendar update(i know, i've been out of touch), we've got some gigs at the Horseshoe in Tunica. The "we" thing there is, Dani(of course) , Gene Nunez on guitar, Jeremy Smith on drums and Louis Meek on bass.

And the picture up top, it's from Southaven Springfest back in April. That's Neil Bowen in the middle, Dave Kropf on drums and you know who on both ends.

I'll be back, promise.

Southaven Springfest

Grab you a cup o' coffee, 'cause there's lots to catch up on. First, Dani was featured and on the cover of "Memphis Woman" magazine. Yours truly was called on, interviewed and quoted in the article. So yes, I made Memphis Woman Magazine. Although I can now play drums according to the picture's caption.

Moving on, the scenery has changed on stage. At Isaac Hayes last week-end we brought along Neal Bowen on bass and Gene Nunez on lead guitar. They'll be there for the festival this week-end too.

So what happened to Zack? I told you earlier Jordan opted out, well Zack followed suit and you can find them playing as "Crazy and the Crutch". Good luck guys.

Yep, we're opening for Sister Hazel this Friday at Southaven Springfest. Snowden Park's the place and we're on at 8:00.

have ya noticed? the pictures of the Fried Glass Onions CD's have disappeared. I dunno what happened. I'll figure it out later. Did you see the "something to do- site of the week" on the right?
Check it out.

Sweet Sixteen

Yeah it was spring break and I took some time off. So let me get you caught up. I had a real humbling experience a couple of weeks back. Dani and I played at Target House for some of the patients and families of St Jude Hosptial. I'm in awe of those guys and how that place is run. All the people and companies that make it possible to provide the care at no cost.

Here's the latest. We're opening for Sister Hazel on April 21st at the Southaven Springfest. Cool huh? Oh yeah, the we thing has changed a bit. Neal Bowen is going to join us on bass in April. That's first going to be at Isaac Hayes on the 14th.

Did I hear someone say Bo Bice is going to be in Southaven?

Ok, nothing I've got going has to do with Sweet Sixteen except, GO TIGERS!!

Shrimp Fest

Oh man, what a week-end! Had such a blast, I almost forgot the back pain. That's us pictured with Ron Kutter in the VIP tent after playing Saturday. On Friday, we ate some great gumbo brought in from Lulu's and on Saturday it was BBQ and boiled shrimp. What a treat!
We drove in on Friday and played an hour later, whew. Bushed, we didn't stay to hear alot of music, but met the band backing Kim Carson, The Casualties.
Checking into our condo for the week-end was a nice surprise. Found out we were on the 10th floor over looking the gulf. Needless to say, we all checked-out early for the night since we'd been on the road since 4am. The place was packed Saturday. We met the guys from Foxy Iguanas and AFKAS snuck in some pictures with the Wes Loper Band. Did you check out the web cam I mentioned earlier? Or even the pictures Dave posted along the way? Those are some candid shots. The one below with Dani was shot with his camera phone.
Gotta send some thanks out. Ginger Parnell, your crew really treated us great. Rick, thanks for getting us there and back in one piece and the daily devotions. And thanks to our roadie, Justin, who was a big help to the band. Zack you're the king of "6 degrees of separation".
Don't forget to visit the photo album. AFKAS was there too, and he has his own pics.

National Shrimp Festival

Here we go again, another road trip. We're headed to Gulf Shores, ALA this week-end for the 34th Annual National Shrimp Festival. When you go to the Festival website, there's a web-cam you can control. You gotta check that out! Along the way, Dave should be posting photos on his moblog site. Oh yeah, I've replaced my old camera so I'll have some pics on our return.
Wet Willie is playing Saturday night and you know AFKAS is looking forward to getting his picture taken with Jimmy and Jack.

The guitar and mandolin have new strings(D'Addario's that is), got extra 9 volts, ibuprofen's packed, phone's charged up and I'm ready to go. See ya on the flip-flop.

Week's End Update

Check out this custom guitar of Bo's. Along w/ meeting him and his band after the show at Bay Days, this famous axe passed my way so I was able to get this shot.
New faces and old friends or new friends and old faces. You need to make one of these Thursday nights at the Shanti. It's our laid back show and some good eating.
News from the Doc, I've got a ruptured disk in my back. Going for the nerve block Monday and following up w/ PT. Day job is still on hold.
I NEED A ROADIE!
So get out and support your Memphis music.

I Know Bo!

Check this out! Yep, that's me and Bo Diddley. We got to hang out w/ Bo and his band after Saturday's show. We had great seats, side stage just a few feet from him.
Oh yeah, we played a couple of times too. Friday night we played our acoustic set on the country stage. Then Saturday afternoon we went early, checked out Don Butcher's Band, met some pirates, followed AFKAS around, hungout in the back stage trailer and invited Sue Ann to sing back-up on a couple of tunes. On stage sound was mixed great so it gave us all a boost, Dani did a great job & Zack was on fire. The Bay Days people treated us like royalty, from the stage crew, security, catering and even the crowd was responsive. It's just odd to me to be signing autographs.
Meanwhile, back on Earth...
Our trip home lead us back through Black Mountain, NC again. While there, one of our trailer springs snapped. That extended our drive home another day. Unload the trailer, load another, get up early, get springs fixed, unload rented trailer and load ours back up. Finally back on the road Monday noon and home after dark.
News to come...
AFKAS is working on his blogging adventures(site up soon).
Photos should be in sometime Wednesday.
Don't forget The Shanti Thursday and Isaac Hayes Friday night.
Vaughn, thanks for the camera batteries!!!

Bixby Oklahoma

Here we come.
Saturday night we will be at Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival on their new amphitheater.
We've added a couple of tunes for this one 'cause it's one full set at two hours.
Check back thru the week-end as I'll be leaving an audio from back stage.
See ya then.

May Schedule

May is here. Our schedule cranks up at Isaac Hayes this Saturday(7th). We''ll be trying on a new bass player and drummer. On bass will be Stephen Adkisson and drums, Mark Stauffer. Both came highly recommended out of Visible school in Lakeland.
The following week-end, we will be in Bixby, OK for a BBQ & Blues Fest. The next week-end we're back to Isaac's so check the calendar. June is starting to fill up too. Those will be posted when confirmed.
See ya Saturday at 7:30.

More News

We're gearing up for a busy summer. With life's schedules, Dave(our drummer) can't make all our dates so we are in need of a sub. Mark Stauffer, from Visible School, has recently joined us and should be at Isaac Hayes Club on May 7th. Vince has announced that he needs to commit more time to the newly released CD,"Volume 4" from Crossway Worship Band. With that news, we are trying out a new bass player as well. Cousin Vinnie is gonna stay on w/ us through the Bixby Blues & BBQ gig.
Hampton, Virginia's "Bay Days" festival has invited us back this Sept. Last year we opened for Chely Wright and what a blast that was. This year we're on another stage and headlining. We may play 2 different days and open for Bo Diddly.
More news coming, we're waiting on some replies so I'll save on those for another blog. It's late, I'm outta here!

Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival

We're headed to Oklahoma. May 15th we will be opening for Bobby Blue Bland on an evening billed as "Memphis Blues invades Oklahoma". Sounds like fun. It will also be an opening week-end for a new amphitheatre.

Last time I was in Tulsa, I met up with Narvel Blackstock. Who? Reba McEntire's husband, who was her road manager. I was there for an audition and I think it was 1984. I didn't get to meet Reba, yet what an experience!