Hey All, hard to believe Fall is here, and November is so full of shows! This Saturday, 11/9 we're playing with the Stereo Embers in Seattle and Purusa from Portland -- going to be a super fun show and we're looking forward to it, with a little bit of a set-change and a few rehearsals with a new bass player, Jeremy Lightfoot, who will be sitting in with us the next couple gigs. Friday the 22nd I'll be doing a solo set at the new McMenamins in Tacoma, with Erin Rubin backing me up on piano, and on the 23rd, I'll be playing again with the Sugarmakers for a special release show (announcement coming on monday from Hockeytalkter Records and Pearl Jam 10 club) on Vashon Island---- going to be a blast for us, and a way of celebrating with a small crowd. Come out!!
I've been playing a series of stripped-down shows this fall, and will be through the winter, gearing up for an acoustic record in the Spring. If you can make any of these shows, I'd love to hear what you think of the new material. I've always written the majority of my songs on acoustic and it has been nice to record this record in a more spare way.
11/30 I'll be travelling to Walla Walla to play Sleight of Hand Cellars tasting room (solo show) and then on 12/1 I'll be in PDX at Mississippi Studios with Dead Lee (solo show).
Hey all, we'll be booking some shows out of town this fall, Spokane, Bellingham, Bremerton and possibly some dates down the coast. We'll have new vinyl here for the Steal the World in late September and be planning a couple of shows around that as well as celebrating the next Hockeytalkter release with an Upcoming show.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!! we're coming to the Sunset this saturday with a pocketful of new songs and the best album we've made yet, Steal the World. Come on out and join us and Stag and the Stereo Embers for a quality night of songs and lead bass! We'll have cd's of the new record for sale, some posters and swag, but most of all it'll be a great night of Seattle rock n roll with some of the best players. Rick will give select hugs. I may tell a story or two. C'mon saturday night!!
Been some crazy hours at Studio Litho in Seattle, getting the last tracks done -- 14 tracks!! now off to the golden ears of John Goodmanson for the next couple weeks for the final mixing. The last 3 songs we cut, Burning Brightly, 14 Days and the potential single: Cold Release with Fiia Mcgann singing with me, came out better than I'd hoped and were a little like opening different shaped christmas presents full of things that I had no idea I wanted. Eric Corson engineered, John Goodmanson stopped by and brought his 1970 les paul that I usually do leads through cause its got some strange juice, and Eric Eagle slayed with Rick Friel playing some lead bass that made the roof shake. the Sugarmakers always record live in a big room, but Cold Release was recorded at Eric Eagle's small studio, for a more personal sound. We tracked the entire song and all vocals in a day.
Hey All, crazy, crazy with working on new tracks and thinking Im done and then having to touchup a little guitar here, rewrite a verse, but now were down to our last session at Stone's studio Litho in Fremont at the beginning of October, so we'll be starting to make a little noise around the hollidays with a single or two and a video and a release show (TBA)!! Its going to be a humdinger of a record, if I do say myself and I cant wait for it to be out. But first, we'll be doing another indie campaign for vinyl with some very special perks for people who want to get an uprfront copy and support us. (I'll be talking about that more in the next few weeks, but it's going to be a super special event AND a copy of the vinyl --) So stay tuned here, and catch our last few shows: Harvest Festival on Vashon October 13, and then a show with our friends Big Wheel stuntshow in Tacoma at the awesome Jazzbones on December 14th. November 23 I'll be playing the Last Waltz tribute show to support Northwest harvest at the Neptune Theater.
Hey Sugarmakers -- we had a great time with you all at the Tractor show on the 8th! Sold out crowd and a great feel in the room. Kim Virant played a great set and so did the Stereo embers with full rock flavor. A nice line-up! weve been tossing some mixes back and forth for record number 3 the past couple weeks, with John Goodmanson tweaking some keyboard sounds and us getting ready to record the last 2 songs on the 1st and 2nd of October... I'm thinking we'll start releasing a couple singles by November and then drop the whole enchilada in January. Videos with singles seem to be a good way to get a hold of some peoples' attention, besides, we haven't really dived into the visuals as much as we could, and we have some talented friends who I think will have some good ideas for the new songs.
