| | Hipsters built this townI made it back to my old haunt The Hi-Dive tonight. I'm about to be rocked by prog-rockers Pena. They rock pretty awesome. Hold onto your calculators, nerds! Man I can't wait for them to start
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| | | Rockin the Rack RoomChicks:
Friday I perform my triumphant return to Denver show by opening for indie rockers Rosalie at the Rackhouse Lounge on Kalamath. 9:30. Prepare yourselves
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| | | No, I don't post any gigsMainly because I don't do a lot of gigs right now. I'm in what we industry folks call "a lapse of good judgement". It's kind of complicated, but the bottom line is I spend all my time writing and not rocking. But fear not, little chicks, I will have shows this spring a-plenty. I actually sang live at a bar in Scottsdale, AZ last week. Maybe it was the Mezcal, but I think I did pretty good. I had the early stages of a cold going and I always sound better with a stuffy nose. Plus I got the "good job, man" wordless nod from the guitar player after my songs were over. You can't fake that, man.
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| | | If you're ever in Scottsdale, AZyou should check out the Rusty Spur saloon. It is smaller than the dairy barn we had back on the farm of my youth, but big on crazy. Me and bro Mike went in there after he bought his first legitimate pair of cowboy boots. (sidenote: he bought them from Saba's in Scottsdale, and those guys were pretty awesome too. they had a pair of Lucchese Mad Dogs for like $230. Not too shabby!) We strolled in through the flappy, old-style doors and got a welcome at the bar wound up hanging out there the whole night. It was pretty awesome. They had a guy singing and playing guitar, but the the bar owner and bartender had another microphone and sang along, or jumped in for a verse or two. It was pretty funny the bar owner, who looked like an old cattleman complete with the clean straw hat and everything got up and starts singing like an angel, and then tells me he had to take choir in high school to keep his grades up. Nice.
Anyhow it was a good time and I plan to visit there next time I head down AZ way. Which hopefully will be soon, because I haven't even told you about Quartzsite yet
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| | | Feb just hitOK so Nashville got 2 inches of snow this weekend. The town shut down. But I don't blame them. It gets pretty cold here! I know because my furnace went out a couple weeks ago. It was me, the dog, and an electric resistor heater all cuddled up in the corner. I had to pull out my "0 Degree F" sleeping bag, which is only rated at "0" if you are a polar bear. I had to wear 2 jackets.
But really Nashville is so hilly I voluntarily stayed indoors the whole time. Cars were sliding by all weekend. I bet you didnt know this but they still make Jeep Liberties and Nissan Xterras with real wheel drive. Watching that, friends, is like watching the Dukes slip Roscoe into the swamp.
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| | | What the h just happened?OK so 2 weeks ago was my last blog post. I woke up this morning and it was 2 weeks later and I hadnt said a word. But lots of things happened to me....I cant tell you how fast time flies when you have no job and are tasked only with writing country songs and brushing your dog's teeth. I mean really. I couldn't tell you. I buy nylabones for that stuff.
I am writing. Lots. I will be recording, soon. Nashville will erupt with yellow chick stickers everywhere as soon as the new material drops.
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| | | I am so good at bloggingI cant believe it has been 12 days since my last post. But I don't believe in much anymore, especially that whole tooth fairy, so 12 days seems reasonable. I have come up with a new, totally awesome name for my backing band. Dig this on a marquee sign somewhere:
JOHN CROGHAN
AND THE LIKE
pretty amazing, right?
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