I wish I still had the poster for the Pardoned Fugitives show we did back in '93 w/ MooBar, but all I have left is this sticker we made for friends. That was the first real club show I ever played. I played drums but then switched with Brandon and played guitar and sang while he played drums...so much fun. I'm sure we sounded terrible but who cares.
When I was with Mastema we played numerous shows with our friends Myra Mains...and if I'm not mistaken, this was one of the first ones.
We had a home club in Longview called the Ocean Club that we played all the time. We considered it our default club that we could book a show at anytime and we knew friends and fans would flood the place. This was a Halloween show we did, and I think Engine #9 opened for us even though they weren't on the flyer.
This was a big one. Myra Mains had a huge CD Release show in 1996. There was a ton of promotion through the big local radio station 99X, tickets sold all over East Texas, and we shared the bill with all our friends. I think I blew my amp at this show.
Another show that happened in '96 wasn't a really good one by any means...but it now means a lot to me. This was the festival in Nacogdoches that I shared the stage with someone I wouldn't meet until 2006. My good friend Richie Deegan played drums in a band called Level and I was in Mastema. I also can't believe Drowning Pool played this thing as well. Also...nice poster...geeeez.
Thursday, Sept. 29th 2005 @ Stubb's
I played a lot of great shows with Cord, but this was special because this was the night I'd meet good friends Jason Poe & Corbin Petersen. They were playing in a band called The Professional Americans...we would soon join forces in Jets Under Fire.
This is a clipping from the Austin Chronicle ad for Stubb's that Hollie saved for me. Thanks Baby :)
This could very well be my favorite show I've ever played with a band. Jets Under Fire released our CD "Kingdoms" to an awesome crowd at (now closed) Merkaba Lounge. Our friends The Soldier Thread, Pompeii & Sounds Under Radio joined us for an amazing night. Everything just felt really good that night.
I had to add our tour that year. We played some really fun and some really crappy shows on that tour, but we had a blast.
As you can see by the the bill, both of my bands Cord and Jets Under Fire shared the stage for the first time. This was Cord's CD Release show for "Songs For Your Season" the record I recorded with them a year earlier. It was fun to play a show with those guys again and also to play with Alpha Rev for the first time.
I've met some really close friends while playing music and Taylor Muse is no exception. Taylor leads a band called Quiet Company and this was our first show to play with those guys.
This show however, SUCKED!! Just kidding...I loved it. Quiet Company CD Release show w/ The Rocketboys at the Mohawk...can't go wrong with that. I think I had a smile on my face the whole night.
Another great Mohawk show we played was a Pop Unknown Reunion Show.
Anytime we played with Alpha Rev we knew we'd have a great time. These were two of the best.
I always have a great time playing SXSW, no matter how big the shows are or where we play. It's just fun making music in the middle of all that madness. Playing 6 shows in a week can drain you, but it's well worth it. Surefire also put on a great showcase that year.
Both these shows we're fun because the bands we played with were amazing musicians.
So yeah, those are some of my favorite shows...but if I find some more posters of others I loved I'll add 'em.
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