2014 Halftime

2014 is flying by. In fact it’s already halfway over. In these last six months we’ve played some  of our dream venues and have shared the stage with some of our favorite musicians. We also released our second full length album that has received airplay on radio stations across the country.  Here are some images from the first half of 2014.

On stage with Mike Campell and the Dirty Knobs at SoHo in Santa Barbara

Wrong Side of the Road album cover

On stage with Lukas Nelson at the Redwood Mountain Faire in Felton.

Opening for Jackie Greene at a sold out Catalyst in Santa Cruz

As much fun as the first half of 2014 has been, we expect to have an even better second half. Check out some of cities we will be playing in this Summer.

June 13th- Cooper’s Pub & Restaurant, Monterey, Ca June 17th- Cozmic, Eugene, Or June 18th- The White Eagle, Portland, Or June 19th- LaurelThirst Public House, Portland, Or June 20-21st- 4 Peaks Music Festival, Bend, Or June 28th- Incline Spirits Barefoot Bar, Incline Village, Nv July 5th- Bacon Festival of America, San Jose, Ca July 11th- Sauced BBQ & Spirits, Livermore, Ca July 12th- Don Quixote’s International Music Hall, Felton, Ca July 17th- Crazy Horse Saloon & Grill, Nevada City, Ca July 24th- Town Square Tavern, Jackson, Wy July 25th- The Hog Wallow Pub, Salt Lake City, Ut July 27th- Oyster Ridge Music Festival, Kemmerer, Wy July 28th- Roadhouse Brewing Co., Jackson, Wy July 30th- The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle, Wa Aug 1-3rd- Salmonstock, Ninilchik, Ak Aug 23rd- West End Celebration, Sand City, Ca

Catalyst Debut with Jackie Greene!

This Saturday, March 22nd we will be making our debut at the legendary Catalyst in Santa Cruz. Being a Santa Cruz band, getting to play this stage is a real milestone for us. If that was the end of the story then we would be feeling good, but it isn’t. Along with getting to play at The Catalyst we will be opening for one of our heroes, Jackie Greene. Jackie has become a major influence on our writing, performing, and recording over the past four years so we are extremely excited to get to share the stage with him in our hometown. Tickets are going fast so grab them while you can. Doors- 8pm Show- 9pm http://www.catalystclub.com/event/463511-jackie-greene-santa-cruz/

Following The Catalyst on March 22nd we will hitting the road and we’ll be getting to share the stage with another one of our heroes. On April 16th we will be supporting Mike Viola at The Mint in Los Angeles. He’s one of our favorite writers, producers, and musicians so we can’t way to play with him again. Check out some of our other dates and catch us when we come to your town.

April 5th- Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastapol (supporting Free Peoples) April 12th- Lucidity Festival, Santa Barbara (12pm) April 12th- Frog & Peach Pub, San Luis Obispo (10pm) April 16th- The Mint, Los Angeles, (supporting Mike Viola) April 17th- Lestat’s West, San Diego May 9th- Kelly’s Olympian, Portland, OR June 20-21- 4 Peaks Music Festival, Bend, OR July 27- Oyster Ridge Music Festival, Kemmerer, WY

Hog Heaven

We’ve had a noticeable hop in our step recently as we have experienced some rather good fortune over the last few weeks.

A quick recap; We released our second full length album “Wrong Side of the Road” at our hometown venue, Don Quixote’s, in front of the best crowd we’ve had there yet, then the next week we opened a sold out show at SLO Brew in San Luis Obipso for one our heroes Jackie Greene, and while we were on the way there we heard our song “Trouble Town” being played on 107.5 KPIG radio.

Request our song on KPIG by calling 831-722-2299

Whew! Not tooo shabby.

The support we’ve received and excitement we’ve shared since the release of “WSOTR” (yep, its now officially acronym worthy folks) has been truly humbling. Thanks!

We’ve posted a few new shows recently, including our first appearance at Hopmonk in Sebastapol, and a spot at Mint in L.A supporting a great songwriter, producer and performer Mike Viola. We’ve become rather fond of him since sharing a bill with him in Monterey a while back. Stay tuned for a few more announcements coming soon!

Everybody loves a topical video to tie a blog post together. It’s a classic crowd pleaser. Accordingly, we will leave you with a video that portrays a recent event in our lives as well as features a song written and performed by the aforementioned Mike Viola.